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Chess Champ Kasparov Remembers Bobby Fischer
Chess Champ Kasparov Remembers Bobby Fischer
Bobby Fischer, the reclusive chess genius, has died of kidney failure at a hospital in Iceland. He was 64. Russian chess grandmaster Garry Kasparov talks with Melissa Block about Fischer's influence on the chess world. While in recent years Fischer seemed to have slipped into madness, his impact on the game is still unquestioned.
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He was the youngest U.S. chess champion at age 14, a grandmaster at 15. Bobby Fischer has died in Iceland. He was 64. In 1972, Fischer faced off against Russian world champion Boris Spassky in a match that became a symbol of the Cold War, a showdown between two superpowers - dubbed: The Match of the Century. Fischer won that match, becoming the first U.S.-born world champion. There hasn't been another since. After the match in Reykjavik, he talked about his victory in his typically brash style.
Mr. BOBBY FISCHER (World Chess Champion): The Russians are the ones that started all this and they are the ones who have been using chess as a propaganda weapon and using every, you know, trick to keep the title and all that. Now, it finally turned against them, you know? And probably, they wish they never even started to play chess.
BLOCK: Soon after that match, Bobby Fischer became a recluse and didn't play competitive chess for nearly 20 years. Then, in 1992, he challenged Boris Spassky again in a match in Yugoslavia, defying international sanctions. Fischer was filmed spitting on the order banning the match.
Mr. FISCHER: So this is my reply to their order not to defend my title here. That's my answer.
BLOCK: The U.S. issued a warrant for his arrest. Fischer moved around the world and finally settled in Iceland, where he died. Over the years, Bobby Fischer would occasionally emerge from seclusion to issue venomous rants against Jews and the United States. One of these anti-Semitic tirades came on September 11th, 2001 - a few hours after the attacks - when he called a radio station in the Philippines.
Mr. FISCHER: I applaud the act. Huh. The U.S. and Israel have been slaughtering the Palestinians, slaughtering them for years, robbing them and slaughtering them. Nobody even gave a (censored by network). Now, it's coming back to the U.S. (Censored by network) the U.S. I want to see the U.S. wiped out.
BLOCK: A spokesman for Fischer says he died after a serious but unspecified illness. We're going to talk about Bobby Fischer's influence on the chess world with Russian Grandmaster Garry Kasparov, who joins us from Moscow. And Mr. Kasparov, you are what, about 9 years old during that 1972 Fischer-Spassky match?
Mr. GARRY KASPAROV (Former Chess Grandmaster): Yes, I was 9 years old. I was the rising young star in my native town, Baku, in the Soviet Union. And we're all following Fischer who offered us a new source of inspiration.
BLOCK: New source of inspiration. Why is that?
Mr. KASPAROV: Fischer's chess was very refreshing. And we sensed - we were not great experts yet to understand it fully and appreciate it, but we sensed it was a new style, a new strategy, a new tactic, something that will form in a new type of the game of chess.
BLOCK: And what would that new type of game be?
Mr. KASPAROV: Again, it was very difficult to be specific at that time. It's, it was more of feelings of the 9-year-old boy in Baku and hundreds of sons and fathers who followed Fischer. But we sensed that Fischer played a different chess. He pioneered many new ideas in the openings and also in the middle game. And his style was a combination of chess enthusiasm, full concentration, and also, elements of the psychological warfare. He dedicated himself to the game of chess to be part of the game of chess and to be on the winning side.
BLOCK: That psychological warfare, you talked about, he was known for his demands, his eccentricity, his walking out of matches, coming late, making demands about lighting and cameras. He said he'd like to make his opponents squirm.
Mr. KASPAROV: Absolutely. And - but it, it was part of a chess personality. He was a great individual. And yet, for his chess fans in the Soviet Union, it is not clear - as for his chess fans in America - that the match was an element of the Cold War because we didn't care very much about the ideological differences. But Fischer was seen as an individual who was taking on a very mighty, all powerful sort of chess mission.
BLOCK: Bobby Fischer's name, of course, is also going to be linked to someone who descended into extreme paranoia and vitriol. How damaging is that side of Bobby Fischer to his reputation and his legacy?
Mr. KASPAROV: It is damaging for the game of chess because for many people, it was another sign that the game chess could be potentially detrimental for mental health. But I don't think that today it's going to damage his reputation as one of the greatest chess players. Obviously, up to 1972, when he was just 29, he left my field of expertise. And since I'm not an expert in psychiatry, I, I can offer very little explanation of his sort of actions. It was very sad period of his life. And I think the only good news about the last years of Bobby Fischer was it eventually ended up in Iceland, the country where he is a national hero, the man who've always remembered as the greatest chess player and nothing else.
BLOCK: Well, Garry Kasparov, thanks for talking with us today.
Mr. KASPAROV: Okay. Thanks, Melissa.
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Chess Champion Bobby Fischer Dies in Iceland
U.S. chess master Bobby Fischer died Thursday at his home in Iceland.
Fischer, 64, became a Cold War icon in 1972 when he outmaneuvered the Soviet Union's Boris Spassky to become world chess champion.
Born Robert James Fischer in Chicago, Fisher was raised in Brooklyn, N.Y. He became a U.S. chess champion at 14 and a grand master at 15. He beat Spassky in a series of games in Reykjavik, Iceland, to claim America's first world chess championship in more than a century.
The event had great symbolic importance, pitting the young American against a product of the grim and soulless Soviet Union.
It also was marked by Fischer's odd behavior — possibly calculated psychological warfare against Spassky — that ranged from arriving two days late to complaining about the lighting, TV cameras, the spectators, even the shine on the table.
2004 Arrest
Former Russian chess champion Garry Kasparov said Fischer's conquest of the chess world in the 1960s was "a revolutionary breakthrough" for the game.
But Fischer's reputation as a chess genius soon was eclipsed by his idiosyncrasies. He lost his world title in 1975 after refusing to defend it against Anatoly Karpov. He dropped out of competitive chess and largely out of view.
Fischer lived in secret outside the United States but emerged in 1992 to confront Spassky again, in a highly publicized match in Yugoslavia. He beat Spassky 10-5 to win $3.35 million.
The U.S. government said Fischer's playing the match violated U.N. sanctions against Yugoslavia, imposed for Serb leader Slobodan Milosevic's role in fomenting war in the Balkans.
He was arrested in Japan in July 2004 and threatened with extradition to the United States to face charges for violating the sanctions. He spent nine months in custody before the dispute was resolved when Iceland — a chess-mad nation and site of his greatest triumph — granted him citizenship.
Although his mother was Jewish, Fischer became increasingly anti-Semitic and anti-American. After the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, Fisher said the U.S. should be "wiped out."
Fischer died in a hospital in Reykjavik, his spokesman, Gardar Sverrisson, said. There was no immediate word on the cause of death.
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Judgmental Cookie discusses Lock-Step Teaching
That sticks in my craw. Suppose you have a teacher that is not successful and needs some help and suggestions on how to present a topic. Just because they're using a from-above sanctified activity, does not mean that it will automatically be successful. The same qualities of their teaching that makes them not successful will still be there with this worksheet (or such).
Sure, make sure they're covering the same topics, but then go in and make general teaching suggestions and follow through and update and check up on the teacher to measure if there's progress made. Don't stifle potentially new and better ideas and creativity by dictating what and how one should teach. I know my friend will do all of these things as she is awesome, but this "everybody does identical work" thing does not sit well with me.
This also does new teachers a disservice. If everything is handed to them/us, they/we will probably never learn to create their/our own activities and will always be at the whim of the textbook companies and such.
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- Anonymous12:56 PM
I'm with you, up to the new teacher part. Learning to teach is hard enough. Why make newbies write their own (invariably inferior) lessons? Let them use what's already there, and as they gain experience they can modify the plans or junk them and replace them to fit their own styles and interests.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous4:48 PM
Good point. I guess I'm thinking along the lines of "here are some activities we've used. You are free to use them or create your own and run it past us".ReplyDelete
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- Anonymous7:58 PM
Yeah, I think that's a different story. I would agree with you there.ReplyDelete
What I still resent (11 years later) was that I was expected to write daily lessons (and I did) in my first year, when there were perfectly serviceable lessons lying around that no one would share with me.
I needed to work, hard, on management skills, and instead sweated stupid lesson details. Totally unnecessary.
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Yup. If there's a more efficient way to teach new teachers about management skills than presently seems available, that would be great. But it seems to be that you don't learn until you're in the thick of things and then you only learn if you make the effort or if someone is watching you and probing for what's happening in your classroom and making good suggestions. .... Maybe that's the "constructivism (?)" style of teaching.ReplyDelete
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As Operation Yewtree had its remit further extended and acquired the services of 400 historians, yet more shameful allegations about Britain's show business past emerged, including the suggestion, inferred from the stated age of Juliet in Romeo and Juliet, that William Shakespeare may once have touched a teen's boob. The consequent fury at the Bard's betrayal of public trust led to a flurry of questions: should he have his knighthood posthumously removed? Who forgot to give him a knighthood? Can he be given one posthumously? Is Shakespeare too talented to be retrospectively shamed? This led to a Guardian editorial calling for a formula to be devised that would balance a dead public figure's alleged abuses with their artistic achievements and then tell us whether or not we have to take all their statues down: "Jimmy Savile's talents as a performer frankly wouldn't excuse him so much as a cheeky knee squeeze. The likes of Shakespeare, Beethoven or JK Rowling can have done whatever the hell they liked."
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In a sale of film memorabilia, the no clothes the cast of hit Britcom The Full Monty wore at the film's climax were the star attraction. There was some controversy when the winning bidder said he thought he was buying the clothes the metal-workers had discarded earlier in the scene. "I'd wanted to get my hands on Robert Carlyle's pants," complained the anonymous millionaire. A Sotheby's spokesman clarified: "This lot isn't the clothes they weren't wearing at the end – this is the no clothes they were." Asked if it was a bit "emperor's new clothes", he said that "couldn't be further from the truth. That emperor was a nude man claiming to be wearing clothes. The absence of clothes in this lot isn't something we're denying – it's something we're celebrating. This is a chance to buy not only a unique, and easily storable, piece of film history but also a share in the very concept of nudity."
Reading tourist board sues actress Emilia Fox
"Reading, gardening and butterflies." That was the answer that an article on the BBC News website in December 2012 quoted Emilia Fox as giving to the question: "Tell me three things that you like." The Reading tourist board seized on this rare vote of confidence with a high-profile campaign heavily focusing on the popular actress. It was only when the hoardings were up, the local TV commercial shot and the adverts placed in magazines that a videotape of the original interview, which Fox had given nearly three years earlier, emerged. The head of the tourist board explained his horror: "She said 'reading' to rhyme with 'weeding'. The capital letter was only there because it was the start of a sentence. Or what passes for a sentence these days – there was no verb." He explained his decision to take legal action: "It's negligence, pure and simple. She knew there could have been transcripts. She could so easily have said, 'Gardening, reading and butterflies' and there would have been no confusion."
Schadenfreude bounce in economy follows Clarkson driving ban
The 200-point rise in the FTSE 100 share index on the day last June that Jeremy Clarkson was banned from driving gave economic theorists a lot to think about. "People just loved that story – it was the perfect misfortune for that public figure to undergo and the schadenfreude seriously lifted the public mood for several hours, which added billions to stock prices… Markets are emotional places and we can't underestimate the importance of this sort of boost at difficult times like these," said a leading analyst from HSBC. The government was quick to see the potential of this insight and over the next few weeks Cheryl Cole suffered an outbreak of Bell's palsy, Seb Coe dramatically succumbed to male pattern baldness and Eamonn Holmes got stuck for several hours in the doorway of a branch of Greggs.
David Mitchell's autobiography, Back Story, is out now


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Reebok Classic Leather Legacy Men's
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Reebok Classic Leather Legacy "Street Sleigh" features:
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Country guides Caribbean
Climate in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico enjoys a warm, tropical climate with temperatures of around 82ºF (27ºC) throughout the year. The temperature in the south is usually a few degrees higher than the north and temperatures in the central interior mountains are always cooler than the rest of the island.
The dry season is usually from November to May but short showers can be expected throughout the year. The hurricane season is between June and November, but generally there is plenty of warning.


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Failure can be a leader's greatest lesson. Why? It can take falling down to help you find the right path to success.
There are many people who have failed miserably in business before eventually hitting it big. And while the initial failure may have been difficult to swallow, each person achieved even better results later on.
Watch on Forbes:
Need more proof? Here are a four reasons why it helps to fail.
It shows you what doesn't work. Sometimes you need to see the bad before the good. You need to know what doesn't work before you can focus on what does. The best leaders didn't reach the top of their industries because everything came easy to them. They did so after multiple failures and subsequent lessons learned, which then informed future greatness.
Tomas Gorny, co-founder and CEO of cloud communications giant Nextiva, is a prime example of a successful entrepreneur who has failed, but has also succeeded. Growing up in Poland, Gorny dreamed of the day when he could move to America and take control of his own destiny. After joining a web hosting startup and gaining equity, he soon found himself a multi-millionaire in his early 20's.
However, after a couple failures during the dot-com boom and bust, he was soon nearly broke. Time and dedication helped Gorny emerge a leader years later, hitting it big with another web hosting company that would eventually sell for roughly $1 billion.
Had Gorny succeeded from day one, he might not have not reached the level of success he's enjoying today. Nextiva now has 150,000 clients, more than 750 employees and no signs of slowing down.
It helps mold your mindset. The facts are grim: 90% of startups fail, and only 10% survive. Everyone starts in business with the focus and intent to be a part of the 10% that survive. However with such high rates of business failure, this means that the majority of even the best entrepreneurs have seen failure at some point in their careers, and have learned that its how you deal with your failure that shapes your future.
Just because you fail when starting one business doesn't mean that you will fail when starting another. The best leaders don't concern themselves with failure. They know that this is part of the game, and that failure is often the first step in achieving success. By changing your approach and altering your mindset, you're improving yourself with the goal of avoiding a similar fate.
It makes you more grateful for what you have. Building a successful business, life, or relationship is hard. When you've struggled early one, it's true that the successes that follow are more meaningful. Simply put, the harder we have to work for something the less we take it for granted. This is true not only for entrepreneurs, but anyone who's had to work to get to where they are.
Gratefulness is one of the most essential qualities in building a successful and meaningful life. A study by Harvard showed that there is a strong connection between those who give thanks and overall happiness.
If that's not enough for you, this article from Forbes goes explains seven ways that gratitude will make you scientifically more motivated.
Failing at anything is never a pleasant experience, but if it makes us happier and more motivated for the rest of our lives, it can't be that bad can it?
Failure moves you away from your comfort zone. Failure forces you to get out of your comfort zone and to change your way of thinking. A great analogy I like to think of is weightlifting. If you never struggle lifting the weights, you're lifting too light. Leadership growth is similar to muscle growth, resistance and working to failure makes us stronger.
All top business leaders have experienced failure. They've processed what went wrong, took steps out of their comfort zone, and forged ahead. It's easy to look at business failure as nothing more than a disappointment, but if you walk away after one setback, you will always be hung up on what went wrong.
It's those who learn from failure who become the best leaders. Every failure, no matter how big or small, has lessons built in. Make sure you never forget this.
Did you fail when starting your first business? Did you learn something along the way? Has this turned you into a better leader? Share your thoughts, feedback and personal experiences in the comment section below.


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Turtle neck: Club Monanco
Jeans: Citizens of Humanity
Boots: Online Avenue
(20% off code "ONLINEAVENUE20)
Vest: Cien Boutique
Chloe Zhang
The weather gets colder day by day in Toronto, layering is the key to stay warm. Wearing a turtle neck wool sweater to keep your upper body and neck warm. In order to incorporate style to this look, I added this structured grey neoprene vest from Cien Boutique. Of course, my outfit would not be completed without a pair of black booties right? Loving this pair of black suede booties with gold details.
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Ah, another movie, another attempt to get back home to New York City.
In this trailer for the third installment of the popular Madagascar series, our fearless (OK, a little fearful) friends Alex the lion (Ben Stiller), Marty the zebra (Chris Rock), Gloria the hippo (Jada Pinkett Smith) and Melman the giraffe (David Schwimmer) once again have their work cut out for them. This time, however, the action takes place in and around Monte Carlo as the foursome try to evade animal control. (Trust us, it'll make more sense after you watch the clip above.)
PHOTOS: Movies From the Future!
Oh my! What to do? How can they possibly get through Europe without attracting attention? Well, how about joining a traveling circus? Um, yeah, good luck with that.
"Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted" is scheduled to hit theaters on June 8.


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Absolute Real Estate and Antiques Auction!
Structurally sound two story old style home with full basement. Built in 1900. The property has approximately 3,322 square feet of living space on .19 acres of land. Additionally, it is a well kept property centrally located in Madison, NY within minutes from the public schools, Madison Lake, Morrisville College and Colgate University.
Auction to take place on-site at 7332 State Route 20, Madison, NY 13402 (Madison County)
Saturday, May 5th, 2018 at 12 noon * preview begins at 11 am.
Auction for Calvin E. Tabolt and Connie Tabolt.
Open House
Tuesday, May 1st from 4:30-5:30 and 1 hour prior to auction.
Real Estate
1st Floor
-dining room
-multiple closets
2nd floor
-5 bedrooms
-multiple closets
-nice large bathroom
-full basement with concrete floor and rock walls
-100 amp electric
-kenmore power miser 6, 40 gallon, hot water heater
-5 year old Williamson furnace, forced hot air
-250 gallon oil tank
-some new windows
-painted tin roof
-large garage
– .19 acres
Additional features
Efficiency within home with kitchen, bathroom, one bedroom, with refrigerator and stove.
Antiques and Personal property to be sold
Antique clocks
Depression glass
Vintage lighters
Breyer horses
Costume jewelry
Ant fence stretcher
Military medals/badges
Tiger maple and cherry cabinet with display top
Office chair
Beautiful hand woven pakistan rug from Colgate University
Library table
Double gateleg drop leaf table
Framed antique photos (gesso frames)
Oak lift seat hall stand with beveled mirror
Player piano
Cast iron book scraper
Marble top butlers chest
Belt buckles
Antique prints
Ornate cast iron grates
Mortens great dane
2 piece cabinet
Ogee mirror
Vint metal doll farmer
Deco dresser
Silver plate flatware
Vintage christmas decor
Vintage stainless aluminum christmas tree
Display cases
Enclosed trailer (large enough to fit 4 snowmobiles)
More to come. Please watch our website for new additions.
Property Information
-Tax Map # = 114.15 – 1 – 73
-Built in 1900
-~3,322 square feet of living area
-Total assessed at $84,200
-Property class: one family res
-Madison School District
-2017 taxes paid without exemptions (county/school/village)= $3,621.03
-private sewer
-public water
– .19 acres
-Utilities= oil and electric
– Building style: old style
Standard Real Estate Auction Terms
Standard Antique/Personal Property Auction Terms
10% buyer's premium added to final bid to equal the total purchase price. Time is of the essence. Full payment due day of auction by cash, VISA, Mastercard, Discover and debit cards (there will be an extra 3% added to process credit cards), checks with bank letter of guarantee. All items sold in "As Is" condition. Subject to errors and omissions. Driver's license required for bidding number. All statements at auction take precedence over any printed material. NOTHING removed until settled for.
Z and R Auctions NOTE
Don't miss the opportunity to buy this centrally located property in Madison, NY. It is located just minutes from Madison schools, Madison Lake, Morrisville College, Colgate University and Bouckville, home of the world famous antique show.


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Happily Ever After Is Just The Beginning – What's Your Biggest Question About Marriage
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If you're like most people, you didn't really know what you were getting into when you said, "I do." You were in love and it was the step you wanted to take in your relationship. What else did you need to know? You probably have an answer to that today and it's a big question. What most of us don't know about marriage is huge and it leads to unhappiness and divorce. Gerald Rogers, transformational leader, speaker, coach, and the author of The Marriage Advice I Wish I Would Have Known: What Divorce Taught Me About Love and Life joins Lesli in a discussion about how to get marriage right the first time. Share the show with your friends on Facebook, Twitter, and Clammr.


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I was going to photograph the dudes (bandogs) in our factory but we had to leave the work early. So it wasn't going to be a daily and current photo and I decided to share this one.
This is Romeo. She ( yes she..) was my cousin's bunny. Here she's getting love kisses from me. I LOVE YOU ROMEO! ♥


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Samsung Plans $18 Billion of New Investments in Chip Production
EghtesadOnline: Samsung Electronics Co., the world's biggest maker of memory chips, announced 20.4 trillion won ($18 billion) of new investments to expand semiconductor output in South Korea.
After spending 15.6 trillion won on its Pyeongtaek plant south of Seoul, total investment in the facility will rise to 30 trillion won by 2021, it said in an statement Tuesday. The Suwon-based company will also commit 6 trillion won to expand production in Hwaseong while it also considers a new display manufacturing site for organic light-emitting diodes by 2018 and a second production line at Xi'an in China.
According to Reuters, Samsung announced the spending plans as it started mass production of chips from the Pyeongtaek facility just over two years after breaking ground on the plant. The company is building capacity to cater to an expected surge in demand from Internet of Things, artificial intelligence and automotive technologies.
While known to consumers for its smartphones and televisions, Samsung's chip business is its biggest contributor to earnings, supplying to makers of mobiles, computers and other devices. In 2016, semiconductors generated 46.5 percent of operating income at the company, according to data compiledby Bloomberg.
Shares of Samsung were unchanged at 2.361 million won as of 11:48 a.m. in Seoul.


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If ever there was a half hour of TV comedy that I wish I could disqualify myself from rating, it's this episode. It's very silly, which is fine by me, and a lot of it is pretty funny, and there's one running joke that has the special resonance of a joke that has a solid grounding in believable human behavior: Both Virginia and Sabrina know their men are lying when they "over-explain" by coughing up a "double excuse." For example, in the past, Virginia has known that Burt's gambling addiction was going full blast when she caught him with a Racing Form, and he explained that he took it away from some kid in the park so that the kid wouldn't develop a gambling problem, and anyway, he thought it was a menu from a Chinese restaurant. As the Chance's silver anniversary approaches, she catches Burt furtively making a phone call in the back yard, and when she asks him about it, he says that it was a wrong number, and he was also placing an order for a pizza to be delivered in a week. So Virginia thinks he's gambling again.
We should be so lucky. Burt does have a secret, but it's that he's discovered a lump on his testicle. (Which testicle, Barney asks, in a scene that takes the comedy of secretive male bonding as far as I ever want to see it go. "Starsky," says Burt. Okay, says Barney, which one's Starsky? "Obviously, the one in the driver's seat," says Burt.) This is a big problem, on many levels. For one thing, Burt knows he should see a doctor, but he's so frightened of hearing the worst that he's been dragging his feet, and he doesn't want to cause Virginia unnecessary concern. For another, there's the small matter that I, the viewer, am trying to relax with a light comedy but am being forced to think about lumps on testicles. I had to get up and check myself twice during the commercials.
I imagine this isn't a problem for roughly half the Earth's population, but I'll bet that, among those of us grouped with the other half, I am a long way from being alone on this. And anyway, when did Fox become the "Cancer—it's funny!" network? Last night on Rake, Greg Kinnear defended a woman who had solicited charitable donations on behalf of her healthy little son, who she had turned into a poster boy for cancer sufferers by stuffing him into a wheelchair and shaving his head. (She, too, had a gambling problem.) I'm all for black comedy, and I can forgive a little mess and a few failed experiments in the name of pushing the envelope. I just wish I could shake this suspicion that Fox is herding all this stuff together and airing it against the first few nights of the Winter Olympics, the way a farmer whose land is close to a nuclear reactor keeps all his five-legged cows in the pasture farthest from the road.
The most unfortunate thing about the distraction of Burt's lumpy ball is that it draws attention away from what should be this episode's greatest distinguishing feature: It took a few years, but we finally get the guest appearance we've all been hoping and praying for: Martha Plimpton's father, Keith Carradine his damn self. Thanks to Sabrina's snooping—she overhears Burt confiding to Jimmy about his "drooping" "jewels"—Virginia believes that Burt is going all out on her anniversary gift, and getting her those nifty earrings that Fran Drescher—"America's nanny"—has been hawking on TV.
So she has to up her game on Burt's gift, which means shanghaiing him the afternoon he has his doctor's appointment and taking him to a dude ranch for a "simulated Western experience," described by the head—well, from the looks of it, only—cowboy staffer as "a whole day of ranch-working, cow-poking, hat-wearing, spur-jangling cowboy work, culminating with you birthing a realistic-looking calf from a real cow!" The insane cowboy is played by Carradine, wearing a mustache that's droopier than Burt's testicles could possibly be, chaps you could lose a badger in, and what may be his old wig from Deadwood, after it's been through the wash a few too many times. His wildly spirited cameo is the best news about the episode. The second best news is that, despite my initial concerns, there is no cameo by Fran Drescher.
Stray observations:
- Although Carradine's character turns out to be a solid good guy, he goes a little nuts when the Chances try to slip away before their visit is over: "I poured my heart into the campfire song," he explains after he cools off, "and nobody ever stays to listen to it!" In the final moments, Burt, Virginia, Jimmy, Sabrina, and Hope gather round the campfire and listen to him croon. It's a sweet moment, and the mock-cowboy song he sings is fairly funny. But I can't help feel that the show missed out on a great moment by not having him sing "I'm Easy."
- In a subplot, Frank briefly becomes the boss at Howdy's and goes mad with power. Although Frank himself is a riot here, especially in the "inspecting Burt's testicle" scene in Barney's office, those whose memories stretch back as far as the It's A Wonderful Life episode from a couple of Christmases back will remember that Frank went mad with power after achieving power over the whole town, so seeing it happen when he takes over a grocery store is a tad anticlimactic.
- It's okay, it was just a fatty deposit. Now let us never speak of Burt's testicles again.


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While DefMin Airshow MacKay prevaricates in the House about the extent to which Canada is complicit in the NSA 'foreigner' surveillance program PRISM outed by whistleblower Edward Snowden, former NSA and other foreign government officials are more forthcoming :
Guardian : NSA 'offers intelligence to British counterparts to skirt UK law'
The US National Security Agency circumvents UK law by offering, rather than being asked for, intelligence from global websites to their British counterparts, according to David Blunkett, who was home secretary at the time of the 9/11 attacks. British agents have to seek ministerial approval to request information from the US.
DutchNews : Dutch security service has received information via PRISM: [h/t Min Reyes]
Dutch security service AIVD has also received information on email and social media traffic via US spy system PRISM, the Telegraaf reports on Tuesday.
If the AIVD lists an American address as suspicious, it is supplied all the information within five minutes.
Der Spiegel : Prism Exposed: Data Surveillance with Global Implications
Former NSA employees Thomas Drake and Bill Binney told SPIEGEL in March that the facility would soon store personal data on people from all over the world and keep it for decades. This includes emails, Skype conversations, Google searches, YouTube videos, Facebook posts, bank transfers -- electronic data of every kind.
The NSA's research projects aim to forecast, on the basis of telephone data and Twitter and Facebook posts, when uprisings, social protests and other events will occur.
Gus Hunt, the CIA's chief technology officer, made a forthright admission in March: "We fundamentally try to collect everything and hang onto it forever." What he meant by "everything," Hunt also made clear: "It is really very nearly within our grasp to be able to compute on all human-generated information," he said.
Seen on twitter : Prism is currently reported to be searching for Sara Connor.


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Thank you to PLE and PAP for this week's post about the buddy program between Prep and Year 5 students.
As the parent of a Year 5 student, I know the excitement around meeting your buddy is just as great for the older kids as it is for the Preps!
Thank you to PLE and PAP for this week's post about the buddy program between Prep and Year 5 students.
As the parent of a Year 5 student, I know the excitement around meeting your buddy is just as great for the older kids as it is for the Preps!
When Shelley Ware sent me this week's blog post I was amazed by all the photos of the beautiful artwork. But truly, the photos don't do the work justice! Head to school pick-up a few minutes early one day and take a walk down the corridors to see all of these amazing pieces up close.
What a creative fun start to the Art year we have had at Kew Primary School. We started off with all of the classes completing a Collaborative Circle painting on calico. They are an amazing 1m x 2m in length and all are collaborative masterpieces. You will see them hanging proudly in and outside of the classrooms throughout the school. There is also one hanging in the art room that every student in the school was asked to paint on. It's beautiful so please feel free to come into the art room and have a look anytime. Continue reading
How is it that an extra day can feel like so much more? (And how is that the extra day plays havoc with the following week, leaving you doing your 'Monday things' on Tuesday, your 'Tuesday things' on Wednesday and so on….?!). Sophie Apperly and the Year 2 classes reflect on their long weekend break. Continue reading
There's one activity that Year 6 prizes above all others – the billy cart program. Every year, it's greeted with excitement and enthusiasm (and envy from all the other year levels!). Chris Athanasiadis explains –
This blog was written by four of our Grade 6s: Rachael, Bharat, Abigail and Anand. They were extremely excited when they learned that they would be writing a blog on our Billy Carts incursion and program. We are lucky enough to have an amazing billy cart program that has reached cult status at our school and is something that students look forward to from their early years at KPS. We are all very excited to see what amazing designs our Grade 6s will come up with this year and how the hard work and process of building, collaborating, leading and designing our billy carts will create an electrifying race that stops our Kewmunity!
House Swimming
The first major sporting event at Kew PS in 2018 was the annual House Swimming Carnival. It was fantastic to see everyone in their house colours whilst cheering, chanting and supporting each other. Throughout the day the performances in the pool accurately reflected the schools motto 'Be Worthy' as everyone put 100% into every event they were competing in. Continue reading


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With her lilting accents, Eilidh Beaton transports the listener to another place and time. In the Scottish Highlands during WWII, Maisie has left home to become a "lumberjill" with the Women's Timber Corps. It's here that she meets John, a Canadian with secrets and hidden emotional pain. Beaton gives this young adult novel a soothing tone, adding heightened emotions when required. However, her slow delivery makes this historical romance sound as if it were written for a much younger audience, especially when she voices the Canadian characters. Additionally, some slight inconsistencies in accents stand out due to the leisurely pace. Overall, this is a passable narration. A.L.S.M. © AudioFile 2018, Portland, Maine [Published: OCTOBER 2018]
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According to Digitimes, Intel has seemingly started informing partners that mass availability of its upcoming Ivy Bridge processors won't be available until 'after June'. However, the chip-making company is up to stick to its previous plans of introducing Ivy Bridge in April, but a limited number of shipments will be made at the given time. Mass availability of the chip will be possible somewhere around mid of this year.
Intel has recently informed its partners about its plans to delay mass shipments of its forthcoming Ivy Bridge processors. Still, the company says that it will be able to ship small amount of its new processors on its previously scheduled time. Also, the company will continue to introduce new products during that time. Sources from notebook players claim that mass availability of Ivy Bridge chips will not be possible for Intel before June.
According to report, the delay from Intel is perhaps because of the fact that it holding off to bring down its own oversupply of existing Sandy Bridge chips and its partners' PC stocks, which have been selling at slower pace than expected, as users continue to refrain from buying new computers.
A good number of Apple fan-base is anxiously waiting for the Ivy Bridge to arrive, as it is supposed to be the processors that are expected to be a part of next updates of Apple's Macs.
There are variable reports claiming that Apple is hoping to use Ivy Bridge chips in a redesigned MacBook Pro, taking a number of designing cues from the MacBook Air. Perhaps, the new design will be a mix of two ranges. There is an ambiguity in the minds of many observers regarding the launching time of the redesigned MacBook Pros and Ivy Bridge processors, whether Ivy Bridge will be available in sufficient amount for Apple to upgrade its MacBook Pro.


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This bridging course is designed for anyone wanting to study the Certificate IV in Music Industry but who are not currently enrolled into or have not completed the Certificate III in Music Industry prerequisite (Students wishing to study the Certificate IV in Music Industry - Performance stream will also need to complete an audition prior to entry). This qualification introduces the student to the role of individuals who apply a broad range of competencies in a varied work context in the music industry, using some discretion and judgement and the theoretical knowledge. It is also suitable for anyone wanting to develop skills and knowledge in music literacy or introduction to Pro Tools software for personal interest or as a taster for further study at the CIT Music Industry Centre.
This course will be updated later in Semester 2 2022
|Statement of Attainment - Music Industry Bridging
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|CIT Reid
|2 weeks full time (approximately 35 hours per week, 7 hours per day) - intensive format. No part time equivalent.
You will be expected to complete your own study, homework, assignments and/or exam preparation during the allocated study time. Each day of the course you will be expected to attend 5 hours of classes plus 2 hours study time.
Cost Info:
The 2022 Semester 2 enrolment fees for this course are based on the costs per subject as indicated below. The total course cost may vary depending on the choice of elective subjects or if subjects are attempted more than once. Subject costs identified as Standard are partially subsidised by the ACT Government. Concessions may be available to eligible students.
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|Give students the skills and knowledge to apply for entry to Certificate IV in Music Industry (CUA40915) at CIT. Students wishing to study the Certificate IV in Music Industry - Performance stream will also need to complete an audition prior to entry.
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Additional Information
Successful completion of this course will allow students to enter the Certificate IV in Music Industry at CIT. Students wishing to study the Performance stream will also need to complete an audition prior to entry.
Skills Recognition
Entry Requirements
It is recommended that you are able to demonstrate an interest/involvement, skills and experience in the music field.
To study any course at CIT (excluding degrees and non-accredited training) you must have a Unique Student Identifier (USI).
Literacy Skills Information
We suggest that you will need Australian Core Skills Framework literacy levels of at least 3 across reading, writing, learning, oral communication and, depending on your course of study, numeracy skills to successfully complete this course. If you do not have this level, you can still enrol and seek support to improve your skills or you may prefer to begin with the lower level course. Please visit Foundation Skills.
Transition Information
Qualifications at CIT are regularly updated or replaced to meet current industry needs and maximise your employment opportunities. If this occurs while you are part way through a qualification, you may need to vary your learning to meet the new national requirements. CIT will aim to make this as smooth as possible for you.
Subject Cancellations/Changes
To ensure positive outcomes for all students, CIT may need to cancel or change classes at short notice. CIT will make every effort to inform students as soon as changes are made and will also make every effort to offer alternative arrangements for students to meet the requirements of the subject and complete their qualification. In an unfortunate instance when this cannot be met, you will receive a full refund. Please ensure you maintain current contact details via CIT Self Service or by contacting CIT Student Services at email@example.com.
Subject Information
Complete 4 subjects
Core: Complete all 4
- CUASOU202 Perform basic sound editing
CIT Code: MEDA308 Cost: Standard $253.00
Description: This unit describes the skills and knowledge required for basic digital sound editing. It applies to individuals working under supervision who are responsible for preparing, assembling and digitally editing relatively simple sound sequences for media content. Individuals are expected to contribute to creative outcomes, including selection and acquisition of sound materials. Prerequisites: Nil
- ICTICT312 Use advanced features of applications
CIT Code: INFT1144 Cost: Standard $88.00
Description: This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to use computer applications employing advanced features in the preparation and presentation of data. It involves manipulating data and accessing support resources to solve routine problems.It applies to individuals who work under minimal supervision and support information technology activities in software applications.No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication. Prerequisites: Nil
- CUAMLT303 Notate music
CIT Code: MUSC284 Cost: Standard $260.00
Description: This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to set down music in a notated form, by hand or using computer based music notation applications.It applies to individuals including emerging composers, arrangers, conductors, performers, musicians, music producers, music editors and publishers. No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication. Prerequisites: Nil
- CUAMCP303 Develop simple musical pieces using electronic media
CIT Code: MUSC270 Cost: Standard $128.00
Description: This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to prepare for and use computer based technology to develop simple musical pieces. It applies to individuals who apply knowledge of musical styles, elements and structures to create musical pieces, using computer based technology as the primary development tool. No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication. Prerequisites: Nil
Related Courses
|Non-Accredited Training
|Pro Tools 201
|Non-Accredited Training
|Club DJ Fundamentals
|Non-Accredited Training
|Club DJ Advanced
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Powering Potential has set its sights on installing a SPARC+ computer lab at the SoitSambu Secondary School. SoitSambu is located in the Ngorongoro District, Arusha Region of northern Tanzania, home to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area and the Arusha National Park among other natural wonders.
The original SPARC lab was part of our three school project in the Ngorongoro District that we completed in July 2014. One of those three schools, Nainokanoka Secondary School, was successfully upgraded to a SPARC+ lab in January 2017.
Nainokanoka Secondary School in 2017
The SoitSambu Secondary School has faced hardship. An accidental fire in 2015 completely destroyed one of the boys' dormitories, rendering them homeless. Thankfully, there were no injuries, but the year-long rebuild caused delays for other initiatives. This school has more than 700 girls and boys and they continue to flourish with active enthusiasm for their education. We are excited to return there.
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Our plan involves increasing the number of computers to 20, expanding the solar energy system, upgrading the Raspberry computers and software, and installing the Tanzanian digitized secondary school curriculum from Shule Direct. The staff will also benefit from new training. The arrival of the PEF team always creates excitement among the student body. (PEF is our partner organization in Tanzania.) The students are inquisitive, eager to learn and even volunteer to help!
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Land dispute leads to lawsuit
Residents sue city of Kings Mountain
The use of a segment of Kings Mountain Boulevard is now at the center of a civil lawsuit.
Brinkley Properties and several homeowners are suing the city of Kings Mountain and Orchard Trace over proposed development of 140 acres of land along Kings Mountain Boulevard near Margrace Road.
Complainants say the city did not follow proper protocol before approving a rezoning request that would allow apartments, houses and offices on the property.
City Council met on Dec. 20, 2016, and a request by Orchard Trace was on the agenda. The council listened to a presentation and looked over site plans for the proposed project before unanimously approving the rezoning, according to minutes from the meeting.
The lawsuit faults the city with rushing through the process and claims Orchard Trace didn't do all the work required before getting the approval.
Alleged issues
According to court documents, there should have been a traffic study and an overall assessment of how infrastructure, schools and utilities may be affected by adding 679 multi-family residences along Kings Mountain Boulevard.
The suit also says such a large addition of apartments and homes could cause traffic and parking problems, along with noise pollution and loss of property value for current residents of the area.
More information should have been gathered about possible soil erosion, necessary stormwater management, potential harm to wildlife and archaeological significance of the property, the lawsuit states.
During the December meeting, council members were told that such information would be gathered once zoning was approved.
In addition to the alleged lack of due diligence, the lawsuit says that Orchard Trace made a basic mistake in its request for rezoning, filing the documents under Orchid Trace.
The suit also says such a zoning request should be made by one entity that owns the entire piece of property, but there were five owners at the time council members approved the change.
Request for dismissal
Two property owners spoke against the zoning change during the December meeting and suggested that, if the project moved forward, a barrier such as a wall should be built to add a buffer for neighbors. Council members were told that developers hoped to keep a natural buffer of woods, but that approach could change once the plans are complete.
The plaintiffs have requested a temporary and permanent injunction to stop the project from moving forward.
Such a motion is a moot point at the moment, as progress will not continue until Orchard Trace files an application to proceed, which it has not, said Mickey Corry, attorney for the city of Kings Mountain.
Kings Mountain and Orchard Trace have answered back to the lawsuit, denying the wrongdoing and asking for a dismissal.
The parties were scheduled to be in court this week to address the city's motion to dismiss, but the matter was postponed until July because one of the attorneys was sick.
If the project moves forward, it would mean a $32 million investment in Kings Mountain.
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I had to setup a forwarding DNS servers today and since I had never done it before I was looking for a quick way.
I installed the bind rpm package that comes with RHEL5 and was puzzled since it did not create the /etc/named.conf. So I created one with this content:
options {
directory "/var/named";
forwarders {10.1.1.1; 10.1.1.2;};
forward only;
Changed the ownership to named:named and started the service.
Quite simple and in our lab it is a simple way to address an issue with routes to access a DNS Server.


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Butler did it: Smithville's sixth man provides spark in victory over Orrville
SMITHVILLE -- As the fouls began to pile up on Orrville not even midway through the third quarter Saturday, OHS coach Sly Slaughter had to go deep into his bench.
When Smithville's Jim Frizell went to his reserves, all he had to do was send in Micah Butler.
For the second straight night, the Smithies' sixth man gave his team some instant offense, this time hitting for 19 points. Nine came in a game-turning stretch in the second half, as Smithville rallied by visiting Orrville for a 62-56 victory at Wilbur Berkey Field House.
Butler and the Smithies overcame a 13-point deficit in the third quarter to run their season-opening winning streak to five. They did so by holding Orrville to 17 second-half points, scrapping their usual fullcourt pressure in favor of a tight halfcourt man-to-man defense, while attacking the basket at the other end.
Orrville, which led 44-31 in the third period, would eventually lose two starters to fouls, and Smithville would end with a 21-point advantage at the foul line. Although the Red Riders (0-4) got a banked-in 3-pointer from Bryce Short to go ahead 49-45 at the third-quarter buzzer, the momentum didn't carry over.
Following an OHS turnover, Butler drilled a 3 from the top of the key, and Isaac Callender's short jumper put Smithville up 50-49. Butler made two more free throws, Alex Bates had back-to-back buckets, and Bates fed Tolan Shane to finish off a fast break and it was 58-51 Smithies with 4:20 to play. From there, the Riders wouldn't get closer than four.
"At the half, coach said we had to put the defense on lockdown, then attack the hole on offense," said Butler, a 6-foot-1 junior who came off the bench for three first-quarter 3-pointers Friday to start a rout of Hillsdale, then followed it up with his career-high Saturday. Eleven of Butler's points were in the second half as part of a 27-7 Smithie run spanning the third and fourth quarters.
"Coming off the bench, I focus on defense first," he added. "I know I can shoot -- you have to have confidence, and I've got it right now."
"He's a great offensive threat, and pretty good defensively, too," Frizell said. "It's nice to know I can bring a guy in like that, and he's really responded to that role.
"In the first half, I've never seen us that selfish, not sharing the ball," the coach continued. "Guys were trying to do too much on their own. The second half, I challenged them, and it was a different story."
Orrville took a 39-29 lead with its best offensive half of the season, as Trevor Summers poured in 20 points, including 4-of-4 3-pointers. But Summers, 8-of-10 in the first half, was just 1-of-3 in the second, as the Riders were 6-of-27 from the field in their 17-point second half.
"In the first half we had ball movement, we pushed it on the break, and then we stopped doing that," Slaughter said. "We're up 12, then Alex Smith got his fourth foul, Jonathan Landis got his fourth, and Trevor picks up his fourth right before the end of the third quarter. We never got back in rhythm after that."
Summers led the Riders with 23 points and a team-high seven rebounds, while Jimmy Pew scored 15 points and Bates 10 to join Butler in double figures for Smithville. Pew was 8-of-10 at the foul line and Butler was 7-of-9 as the Smithies were 25-of-32 overall, while Bates, who was 3-of-14 from the field, still managed a double-double with 10 rebounds.
"I told the team to be happy, but not content," said Frizell of the Smithies' hot start. "We had a nice weekend, but come Monday, it's back to work.
"Still, it's nice to be in this position, and we're going to continue to get better."
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THIBODAUX – The Louisiana Native Plant Initiative (LNPI) – a multi-institution effort that includes Nicholls State University – has issued its annual report for 2010, detailing the progress and expansion of species cultivation at the University Farm.
The initiative's mission is to collect, preserve, increase and study native grasses, forbs and legumes from Louisiana's ecosystems. In doing so, researchers hope to conserve a vanishing natural resource and help jumpstart the development of a native seed industry that will supply plant materials for restoration, revegetation, roadside plantings and the ornamental plant industry.
"Louisiana's coastal wetlands have experienced significant habitat reductions," Dr. Quenton Fontenot, Nicholls associate professor of biological sciences and coordinator of the marine and environmental biology graduate program, said. "The purpose of this annual report is to detail the restorative work that has been accomplished at the University Farm. I do hope that the public will continue to recognize the indispensability of the farm to the LNPI as our faculty and students work to preserve and multiply our native Louisiana plants on the Gulf coast."
Having expanded steadily since its birth in 2006, the farm's LNPI operation has cultivated 20 native species of seed crops, divided among three fields, one maritime forest preserve and one coastal dune garden. Faculty and students manage all crops with the intention of increasing the abundance of native plant materials for field testing and to provide partners with seeds for additional native plant increase.
Co-authors of the annual report – which details species type, geographical acquisition, yields and goals – include Gary Fine, vegetation specialist and research scientist at the Nicholls Farm, and Dr. Allyse Ferrara, associate professor of biological sciences at Nicholls.
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LONDON – Former Doctor Who co-star and writer/comedian Catherine Tate, along with Natalia Tena (Game of Thrones) and Laura Haddock (The Inbetweeners Movie), will star alongside Brett Goldstein in British comedy caper Superbob.
The movie details the story of a mild-mannered London postman who finds himself with superhuman capabilities after a radioactive meteor crashes to Earth. Despite his newfound powers, "Superbob" remains shy and unassuming – especially when it comes to women. As he tries to balance the increasing demands of the international community with preparations for his first date in six years, matters come to a head when a film crew arrives to document his day off.
Ruth Sheen (Run, Fat Boy, Run) and British comedian Ricky Grover (Getting On) also star in the movie, which marks the feature debut for Jon Drever, based on his own short film of the same name.
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Goldstein and Will Bridges share screenwriting credits, with the producers listed as Wayne Marc Godfrey and Robert Jones (Run, Fat Boy, Run and the forthcoming The Harry Hill Movie).
The movie is mounted by The Fyzz Facility, Grain Media and Jonescompany Productions and is shooting in London this month.
Goldstein said: "Every day, as I crush my testicles into a far too tight superhero costume in a Peckham high street, I look at my wincing face in the mirror and gently repeat my mantra, 'I'm living the dream … I'm living the dream …' "
Drever added: "I feel so lucky that this story has attracted such a cast of brilliant comic actors and am having the time of my life working them. As for Brett, I grew up with him, and although his testicles are a bit too big for the role, we're working around them."
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Founded in September 2010 by Godfrey and Jones, The Fyzz Facility is a movie financing, production and development company with credits including Something From Nothing: The Art of Rap, co-directed by Ice-T, and Warner Bros.' Getaway starring Ethan Hawke and Selena Gomez and set for release in September.
Drever and Orlando von Eisendel founded shortform production specialist Grain Media in 2006, with this movie repping its first steps into feature production.
Jones and his banner Jonescompany have credits including The Usual Suspects, Dirty Pretty Things, Run, Fat Boy, Run and The Harry Hill Movie.
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Genitorturers (1986-present): a Industrial Metal band from Orlando, Florida, USA.
t was no surprise during the 1990s that a band would come to rise specifically catering to the S&M sexual fetish scene that had become chic over the turn of the century. Indeed rubber, leather, body piercing, collars, chains and other such garb became an important part of the Genitorturers act.
'IRS Records', while looking for acts, discovered them for a film they wanted to produce featuring rock acts with bizarre stage shows. The movie was cancelled but not before the band had managed to eek a name for themselves. Shortly later the band released their seedy debut 120 Days Of Genitorture (1993). Vocalssssist Gen, the star of the show, was a professional body piercer and statuesque dominatrix whose day job was an organ reclamation technician at a local hospital with the belief in the new piercing ethos that saw sadomasochism as not only a sexual practice but also as a spiritual and tribal following as well. Reminiscent of the styles of Wendy O'Williams, Gen's voice was gruff and the accompanying music, a cross between Marilyn Manson and Rammstein, mixed beat oriented thrash/power metal with hardcore punk rock played to a backdrop of sampled dialog and sound effects under the control of fellow members Jerry (guitar), Sean (bass) and A. Wolfgang R. (drums). Live, the act is even more memorable featuring live piercing and genital torture (hence the act's name) along with an ample supply of whips, chains and other S&M tools of the trade.
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The dungeon was silent for several years while the act toured and changed membership to Gen plus Chuck "Chains" Lenihan (guitar), David Vincent (ex-Morbid Angel/ex-Terrorizer; bass; and now Gen's husband) and Racci Shay (drums) to release Sin City (1998) and a remix album Machine Love (2000), most specifically including covers of David Ogilvy and Scott Humfrey & KMFDM.
Shay was replaced by Angel for Flesh Is The Law EP (2002) but by this time their S&M ways had been toned down, at least on stage, and their sound was progressively more punk rock and psychedellic.
By the release of Blackheart Revolution (2009), the membership had shifted to Gen plus Eric Griffin (guitars/backing vocals) and Ryan Seelbach (bass); Kriz D.K. would assume the drums in 2011.
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These are not easy days for Australian winemakers. Besieged by a perfect storm—years of drought, a vast oversupply of grapes and wine, changing fashion and a steadily climbing dollar—they could hunker down and wait it out. But that's not an Australian attitude. They're not quitters: not at the battles of Gallipoli or Tobruk, and certainly not now.
It's true that, overall, branded wine sales are down, while bulk wine sales are up. Widely circulated estimates are of a 100-million-liter wine surplus, which is having a depressive effect on wine prices. Yet amidst all of the hand-wringing, the seeds of future success are being sown. And even now, reports South Australia's The Advertiser, family wineries are gaining market share.
Summer came early to South Australia this year. When I stepped off a plane in Adelaide with a jacket under my arm last November, the city was in week three of a heat wave that saw temperatures climb as high as 109°F. The heat and the tension were palpable. The threat of bushfires was very real, memories of the previous year's fires in Victoria that claimed 173 lives too close for comfort.
Persistent hot, dry conditions have made life tough for growers in Langhorne Creek over the past several years. Formerly reliant on water from Lake Alexandrina to meet their irrigation needs and with its growing salinity threatening their livelihoods, a recently completed $10-million self-financed pipeline to bring water from the Murray River further upstream has given them renewed optimism.
Famous within the industry for producing the fruit behind Wolf Blass's trophy-winning Black Label wines, much of Langhorne Creek's production has been blended into the big boys' multiregional wines for decades. But declining demand for those wines and water limitations have left big swathes of vineyard abandoned. In the wake of the devastation, multigenerational family-run businesses have stepped in to fill the void. Try the quality wines from Bleasdale, Bremerton, Brothers in Arms and Lake Breeze.
Grizzled chemist David Bruer catches my attention with his unique blend of prosletic zeal and Australian pragmatism. He farms his vineyards organically, touts a fungicide made from milk whey that is more effective than sulfur, and offers a range of wines made with no preservatives. Yet he routinely uses cultured yeasts and partially dealcoholizes some wines to bring them back into balance. He's
forging his own path, an explorer in the bush—emblematic of the Australian wine scene.
The trend toward organics and biodynamics is steadily accelerating in Australia, and it makes eminent sense given the continent's generally benign climate. The commercial and winemaking successes of such top producers as Castagna, Cullen and Henschke only add to the appeal. In Padthaway, Kim Longbottom mulls a decision to take her Henry's Drive vineyards organic; she blames her late husband's leukemia on a life of exposure to agrichemicals.
In the Clare Valley, many folks bemoan Constellation's decision to close the Leasingham winery. While Leasingham wines will continue to carry the Clare name to the world, they will be henceforth made in McLaren Vale. As one of the region's most visible producers, the impact goes far beyond the loss of local jobs—it represents a growing distance between the place and the product. And many grape growers are without contracts for their 2010 fruit.
On the other hand, energetic winemaker Kerri Thompson sees opportunity in the valley, and is steadily increasing her tiny production of single-vineyard Clare wines under her KT and the Falcon label. For every multinational struggling in the current market, there are dozens of embryonic wine businesses sprouting up, joining ambitious winemakers with grape growers seeking homes for their fruit.
In the Hunter Valley, where iconic brands once ruled, the bucolic landscape has been overtaken by a trove of boutique wineries. Rosemount and Lindemans share a modest cellar door (the wines are made elsewhere); the Wyndham Estate wines are made in Barossa. Yet the Tulloch family purchased back their namesake brand from Southcorp in 2001, and have successfully resuscitated it, while entrepreneur Michael Hope purchased the Rothbury Estate winery from Fosters in 2006 to house the growing production of his Hope Estate.
This energy carries over into the pioneering research being conducted at the Australian Wine Research Institute (AWRI). While I was in Adelaide, the institute put on a tasting to illustrate some of its current work, ranging from closures (in which the screw cap is
the clear favorite), to levels of eucalyptol (from nearby gum trees), guiacol (smoke taint) and rotundone (the compound responsible for peppery spice in Shiraz) in finished wines.
Science can only go so far, though, and grapevines still need water. Continuing water shortages means only the vineyards capable of generating the best returns will survive, making a move away from mass-produced wines inevitable. It may take a generation, but passionate individuals farming the best sites, combined with cutting-edge research, will lead to a new Golden Age of Australian wines.


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Today i'm sharing my DIY fizzy bath bombs recipe! These are just like the bath bombs you can get from LUSH. If you've ever wondered how to make bath bombs, or how difficult it is, then I hope this tutorial helps! They really are easy to make, and I'd say they are one of the easier 5 minute kid crafts- they've got easy clean up! I've tried a fed different recipes, but this is the best bath bomb recipe i've found. The amount of bath bombs per batch varies depending on your mold size, but with these large ones I use you get about 2 per batch.
My full recipe:
- 1 cup citric acid
- 1 cup cornstarch
- 2 cups baking soda
- 1 cup coconut oil
- 2 TBSP Essential oil
- Food dye – optional (few drops)
For directions, watch the video tutorial HERE!
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