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Dragonite first appeared in BW091, where it was fighting with a Hydreigon in Undella Town. It was injured in the battle and caused a blackout when it crashed into a power station. Officer Jenny thought is was on purpose and began pursuing it along with several trainers. Iris didn't believe that the Dragonite caused the blackout and used her ability to read Dragonite's heart, discovering the truth that the blackout was indeed an accident. After protecting it and clearing it of all accusations, it allowed Iris to capture it.
Iris used it in the Pokémon World Tournament in BW092 against Georgia's Beartic. It started to disobey Iris during its battle with Georgia's Beartic, but it was made obvious that it is a skilled battler, easily fending off Beartic's attacks despite the type disadvantages and defeated it with a single ThunderPunch.
Dragonite was used again in BW093 againset Dawn's Mamoswine. Again it had another type disadvantage simply dodging Hidden Power but is still disobeying Iris again enduring Ice Shard and when Mamoswine used Take Down, Dragonite grabbed its tusks and tossed the Twin Tusked Pokemon to the ground. It learned Dragon Rush and knocked out Mamoswine pushing Iris into the semi-finals.
Dragonite was used in BW094 against Ash's Krokorok. Dragonite, like in its previous battles quickly took lead, but Krokorok evolved into Krookodile. Using its newly learned Dragon Claw, Krookodile defeated Dragonite, knocking Iris out of the tournament.
Known moves
|Ice Beam
|Iris and the Rouge Dragonite!
|Iris and the Rouge Dragonite!
|Iris and the Rouge Dragonite!
|Dragon Rush
|+ indicates this Pokémon used this move recently.*
- indicates this Pokémon normally can't use this move.
- Dragonite is the first fully evolved pseudo-legendary Pokemon to be owned by a main character.
- Dragonite is the first Pokémon not native to Unova to be owned by a main character in the Best Wishes series, excluding Pikachu.
- Dragonite is the second Dragon-type Pokémon to be captured by Iris, the first being Axew.
- Dragonite is the second fully evolved stage 2 Pokemon to be caught by a main character, the first was Dawn's Togekiss (although it was a gift from Princess Salvia).
- Dragonite is the only Pokemon that Iris owns that does not begin with a vowel.
|Iris' Pokémon
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29 March 2014
17:50 | Posted by TRACEY O
I had a giggle when I found this photo of my son from 10 years ago. It was his 4th birthday party and we had a fairy face painter. A bit different from the parties he has nowadays!
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26 March 2014
14:40 | Posted by TRACEY O
This began as a cheap little metal umbrella I picked up in a market in Singapore for next to nothing. I removed the mesh cover that it had and used it as a template for the paper umbrella.
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22 March 2014
17:17 | Posted by TRACEY O
I made a little oriental style screen. This will hide some mess on a shelf in my craft room.
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18 March 2014
21:38 | Posted by TRACEY O
Here is a another pretty layout from Alicia.
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Bazzill Basics Paper:
10-1001 Bazzill white
6-685 Grape delight
S5-086 Bitty Blossoms
S2-047 Blooms four
S2-005 Flourish Trim
S2-013 Medallion Two
S4-371 Les papillions
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Kaisercraft papers
Eggplant Ranger Dimensional Paint
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15 March 2014
20:23 | Posted by TRACEY O
Lots of lovely layers of decorative rectangles plus the soft colours on this card make it perfect for the lover of vintage loveliness.
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8-811E French Vanilla
S5-161 Radiant Rectangles
S5-077 Labels Twenty-Five
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12 March 2014
19:59 | Posted by TRACEY O
Here is another pretty layout from Alicia.
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10-1001 Bazzill white
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S2-047 Blooms four
S2-048 Sprig
S4-414 Captivating Squares
Other Materials Used:
American Craft papers
Ranger liquid pearls: platinum
Kaisercraft chipboard letters
Clear Snaps embossing powder
Ranger distress paint: weathered wood
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9 March 2014
19:37 | Posted by TRACEY O
This is a gender neutral shaker card - great for older children, young teens or "tweens"if you prefer.
Bazzill Basics Cardstock:
10-1023E White OP
3-305E Hazard OP
S5-188 Superellipse
Other Materials Used:
Darkroom Door Grid background stamp
Viva Pearl Pen
KaiserCraft patterned paper
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5 March 2014
06:50 | Posted by TRACEY O
Here is a pretty card from Alicia.
Materials used:
Bazzill Basics Paper:
10-1001 Bazzill white
S5-086 Bitty Blossoms
S5-148 Decorative Labels eight
S5-176 A2 Floral Ribbon Threader
S4-371 Les Papillions
Other Materials Used:
Maja Design papers
Platinum Ranger Liquid Pearls
Silk ribbon
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2 March 2014
07:05 | Posted by TRACEY O
This card is designed for a masculine recipient, who probably wouldn't appreciate filly pink on a card, as lovely as it would be!
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8-813E Quick Sand
10-1023E White OP
S4-136 Hearts
S4-137 Scalloped Heart
S5-204 Lace Hearts
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KaiserCraft Art of Life paper
Viva Pearl Pen
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LSU defensive back and return man Tyrann Mathieu will not return to the Tigers this year, as announced by head coach Les Miles at a press conference in Baton Rouge today. The Honey Badger, who finished fifth in last year's Heisman voting and became a favorite of Brent Musburger, was the subject of an odd ESPN The Magazine piece published online this week that mentioned the magazine's failed attempts to talk to the athlete. The article also noted the school was not promoting Mathieu with a Heisman campaign, an oddity for a returning athlete who was already a finalist.
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By using this optimisation step cpclean is able to look not just at the current project settings and find 'bad' points, but is able to find points that are 'bad' under a range of circumstances.
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cpclean -n 1 -o output.pto project.pto
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Jason Segel is starting to suspect that you're just as excited to have the Muppets back as he is.
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"I was relieved to know I wasn't crazy," chuckles Segel. "Because I'd had that hunch. I feel like the Muppets got lodged in all of our subconsciouses, growing up with them. They came during a time of real subversive comedy: they were on 'Saturday Night Live,' and I believe the first Muppet Special was called 'The Muppets: Sex and Violence' – that was the first Jim Henson Muppet Special [The 1975 ABC program served as a pilot of sorts for the syndicated "The Muppet Show" which launched the following year]. So they informed comedy to a young guy like me at the time. And it turns out a lot of people feel exactly the same way."
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Segel says the building anticipation for the film, which he co-wrote with his "Forgetting Sarah Marshall" director Nicholas Stoller, shows there's an appetite for the more edgy, anarchic Muppets he loved from his youth, rather than the softer, marketing-minded versions they'd morphed into.
"They're excited to show their kids the Muppets that they grew up with," he says. "Not the Muppets of the past ten years where it's been Pizza Hut commercials and stuff like that – and no offense to that – but that late '70s early '80s Muppet era, which was awesome. I mean, it got watered down a tiny bit, but by no fault of their own. The entity traded hands quite a bit. But I think finally they found a really good home."
Segel admits realizing his dream of restoring the Muppets to greatness was a much bigger challenge that he originally imagined. "It was very difficult to make," he says. "I didn't quite know what I was getting into. logistically and technically. It was tricky: you have to build elevated sets and there's all sorts of stuff that I didn't foresee, but it was truly a dream come true. I can't say enough about those puppeteers as well. Part of their job is to be invisible – you're not supposed to think about the puppeteer. When in reality these guys are actors and musicians and comedians – and contortionists, a lot of the time. And I was just in awe."
He's also excited to shine the spotlight on some of his favorite, lesser-known Muppets, outside the familiar clique of Kermit, Miss Piggy, Fozzie, Gonzo, Animal and the rest. "I'm a Crazy Harry fan – he'd just always come in and randomly blow stuff up, and that makes me laugh," he reveals. "And I always had an affinity for Lew Zealand, as well. He'd throw the fish. You know – the boomerang fish?"
The labor of love also came with its share of magic moments, both sublime and overwhelming, for Segel. "I cried when they brought out Kermit for the first time and he started saying stuff I wrote," he admits. "It was crazy. So it's been four years in the making. but coming up Thanksgiving time I think we'll all be very happy."


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Currently, Florida and most other states have only vague limits regulating nutrient pollution, according to the environmental groups.
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Wednesday, September 28, 2011
My New Writing Buddy
My kids were so sad when she died. We buried her under the ginkgo tree in our front yard. I tried to ease the pain by telling them she'll compost away and show up in the ginkgo's new, spring leaves. It helped a little.
Circle of life, dudes.
During our fish-mourning, my hubby bought me a half-moon betta. He looks like a blue peony in fish form. All fins and glamour! We named him Finnegan. Finney for short. Finney has his own crib so he won't attack every other fish in the tank. He's beautiful but not vain. In fact, he loathes my iPhone camera. He swims away whenever he sees it. It took, like, 50 tries to get this portrait.
Finney is my new writing buddy. He gets me through the tough times now.
Me: "I can't figure out how to fix this plot problem!"
Me: "I need a writing break. Do you need a break?"
Me: "Does my butt look too big? Too small? Misshapen?"
As you can see, he's awesome. He a speck of fishy companionship in this lonely writing business.
*RIP, Convict*
How about you? Do you have something (non-food related) that keeps you company when you write?
Also, if you have a moment, please stop by Deb Salisbury's blog and Sarah Fine's post to see how she creates her characters! If you missed it, check out Laura's post and mine.
Posted by Lydia Kang at 5:30 AM
58 comments:
- Miranda Hardy said...
Sorry about Convict. Finney is so cute. I don't have a writing partner such as the wonderful Finney. I, sometimes will write to sounds or songs.
- September 28, 2011 at 5:50 AM
- Andrea Mack said...
Finney is lovely! My writing companion is my dog, but I have to say, she hasn't been much help with plotting or rewrites. She does like it when we take writing breaks though!
- September 28, 2011 at 5:58 AM
- shelly said...
Sir Poops-A-Lot, a Chinese Crested powder puff, and Hair Ball, a Malti-poo. One sits on my and one his own chair. They listen to me read my writings at loud. Their comments are usually head tilts and ear raises.
- September 28, 2011 at 6:05 AM
- Angela said...
I used to have a smiling face picture on my bedroom wall that I named Bethy and would occasionally rant at or talk to when I got lonely.
On one hand, it felt wonderful. On the other, I think that might be unhealthy. Or are the proper words "slightly-insane."
Probably, I shouldn't have admitted that.
- September 28, 2011 at 6:21 AM
- Connie Keller said...
I love Finney.
I have a purple, plastic M&m figurine that my kids gave me years ago. They called him "Book Knowledge Man." Apparently, he had total and complete knowledge of book writing. Sadly, he's about as talkative as Finney.
- September 28, 2011 at 6:31 AM
- Unknown said...
Wow, how cute! I would love a fish on my desk but here in Mexico we have no heat in the house in the winter and I fear my buddy would freeze to death. So, I have my trusty dog.
- September 28, 2011 at 6:33 AM
- Unknown said...
My daughter's trying to convince me to get her a fish since daddy won't let her get a cat. Hmmm. I might have to get one considering how helpful Finney is with solving plot problems. :)
- September 28, 2011 at 6:53 AM
- Anne Gallagher said...
Godspeed, Convict.
(Awesome name for a fish!)
I have the dogs who every now and then pop their heads up on the window ledge in the back yard and scare the hay-zoo out of me as I write.
- September 28, 2011 at 7:22 AM
- B.E. Sanderson said...
Sorry to hear about your writing buddy. I'm glad she's becoming a part of your gingko tree so you can remember her forever. =o)
I have a little plastic Eeyore that my daughter gave me years ago. Right now, he's about buried in loose pens, but he likes it that way. I also have the cats, but they're no help at all.
- September 28, 2011 at 8:09 AM
- Alexandra Shostak said...
That fish is SO pretty. I'm sorry about Convict, though.
My cat keeps me company by chewing on my notes and sitting on my lap in such a way that makes it very difficult to type. Sometimes I wonder if that means I'm going in the wrong direction.
- September 28, 2011 at 8:29 AM
- Meredith said...
So sorry about Convict! But Finney is such a pretty little fish! Perfect writing companion. :)
- September 28, 2011 at 8:30 AM
Sorry to hear of Convict's passing. At least you gave him a proper burial rather than flushing him down the toilet.
- September 28, 2011 at 8:59 AM
- Emily Rose said...
I'm really sorry about Convict. We had a beta named Joe. They are beautiful fish:)In fact, he looked a lot like Finney.
- September 28, 2011 at 9:09 AM
- Karen Baldwin said...
Ha HA! Finney's answers...those are the kind of comments I get from my family about my writing.
- September 28, 2011 at 9:26 AM
- Jen Chandler said...
Aw :( Sorry about Convict. I like your explanation, thought, about coming back as Ginko leaves.
My cat Colby usually keeps me company while I write. He'll curl up in the general vicinity of where I'm typing and snore. Funny, but he gives the exact same answers that Finney does (who is a beautiful fish, BTW).
- September 28, 2011 at 9:59 AM
- Susan Oloier said...
Sorry about Convict. My older son just lost some (yes, more than one) aquatic pets several weeks ago. We had a burial by the pine tree, so I totally understand.
I have pic of--and my by--my kids. Does that count?
- September 28, 2011 at 10:05 AM
- Unknown said...
R.I.P. Convict - so sorry to hear of your loss. Finney is beautiful, and I'm sure he'll take up a bit of that broken heart.
I have several photos around that help me when I'm writing - either not to feel so lonely or as inspiration. They are of my dad and grandma who have passed. By having them near me, it feels like I have my own cheerleaders.
- September 28, 2011 at 10:16 AM
- Sarah Tokeley said...
Sorry to hear about Convict. Your new companion is beautiful :-)
- September 28, 2011 at 10:44 AM
- Southpaw said...
That Finney is a talker all right!
- September 28, 2011 at 10:47 AM
- LD Masterson said...
My condolences on Convict. Finney is lovely.
I lost my writing buddy in July when we had to put our beloved old dog, Brandi, to sleep. It's lonesome writing without her.
- September 28, 2011 at 11:05 AM
- Krispy said...
Sorry about Convict, but Finney is very pretty! My friend had a blue beta that I fish-sat for a weekend in college while she was away. He proceeded to spend that entire weekend freaking me out. See, he was quite old (as my friend had told me) and he liked to creep up to the edge of his bowl and stop moving. So he'd slightly start tipping to the side like he was going belly-up, which freaked me out EVERY TIME. I didn't want my friend to come back from the weekend and think I'd killed her fish. :P
Ahem, tangent aside, there's a random assortment of stuffed animals that hang out on the couch with me when I write. Also my sister's Loki action figure used to glare at me over my shoulder from the side-table, but he's been relocated.
- September 28, 2011 at 11:06 AM
- Deb Salisbury, Magic Seeker and Mantua-Maker said...
RIP, Convict.
ROFL at Finney's comments! I so love betas. What a beautiful fish!
- September 28, 2011 at 11:11 AM
- Munk said...
How can one's butt become misshapen? What have you done?
- September 28, 2011 at 11:14 AM
- David P. King said...
That's too bad. Fish are the best, aren't they? So quiet and understanding.
I have a Spidey figure sitting on top of the hutch of my desk. Does that count? :)
- September 28, 2011 at 11:16 AM
- Heather said...
Aw, I'm so sorry about Convict but Finny sounds like he'll be a great companion. A man who knows when not to talk is a smart man, even if he's a fish. ;) My cat Lady Fluffy (I know, not very original either) keeps me company while I write.
- September 28, 2011 at 11:44 AM
- Linda Gray said...
Buzzing keeps me company when I write. Either buzzing in my head from unknown mysterious sources, or buzzing from loud people all around me because I'm in a coffee shop. I find it less alarming when it's coming from others, so I like to write in coffee shops.
Finney is beautiful, and so smart! So sorry about Convict. :-(
- September 28, 2011 at 12:11 PM
- Liza said...
My cat ignores me for a few hours while I write...then stalks me and stands there and ye-owls until I pet her or feed her or both.
- September 28, 2011 at 12:51 PM
Sorry about Convict, your new fish is beautiful though. I'm sure he will be a great mascot.
- September 28, 2011 at 12:57 PM
- Tricia J. O'Brien said...
Finney looks like a mighty fine muse. I have my squeezable plush whale that has authentic whale recordings inside. I can call the deep whenever I like. ;)
- September 28, 2011 at 1:29 PM
- Carrie Butler said...
I'm sorry to hear about Convict, but I'm glad you found another fish to keep you company. Finney is gorgeous. :)
I have a hockey puck that I turn over and over in my hands while I plot. Does that count? *grins*
- September 28, 2011 at 1:59 PM
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- September 28, 2011 at 3:21 PM
- Carol Riggs said...
Aw. Sending sympathies for Convict and your kids, but Finney sounds like a wonderful companion (haha, loved your dialogue bit there).
I have a 5" little black and gray stuffed cow sitting by my desk to keep me company. His name is Moooofi. ;o)
- September 28, 2011 at 3:22 PM
- notesfromnadir said...
Too bad about Convict -- that seems pretty old for a fish.
I like your new writing buddy's witty comebacks!
- September 28, 2011 at 3:48 PM
- Ghenet Myrthil said...
Sorry to hear about Convict. I had two betta fish for a while but they didn't live very long. (Not my fault!) What I really want is a puppy, so I'm waiting to have enough time to take care of one.
- September 28, 2011 at 3:48 PM
- Cynthia Chapman Willis said...
Aww, I'm sorry to read about Convict. It's hard to lose a pet. But Finney is beautiful and happily not too talkative (so as not to disturb your writing).
I have three Siamese kitties that keep me company when I am working. They are adorable and spoiled rotten.
- September 28, 2011 at 4:28 PM
- Alex J. Cavanaugh said...
Sorry about your fish.
I bet Finney is a male - smart enough to know when to keep quite. Especially for that last question.
- September 28, 2011 at 4:46 PM
- Jennifer Hillier said...
Aw, I'm sorry about Convict, but hooray for the new, very glamorous Finney! What a lovely color he is.
I see he's great to bounce ideas off of, too. :)
- September 28, 2011 at 4:51 PM
- Sherrie Petersen said...
I can't believe you buried the fish! We always do a "ceremony" at the toilet, more for the kids than the fish :)
- September 28, 2011 at 6:31 PM
Sorry about the fish!! Total bummer.
I love having my favorite, ratty, ragged sweatshirt around when I'm writing. Even when it's a little hot (I live in the desert) I don't mind cuddling up with it as I write.
Not so much when I'm editing, just writing. :)
- September 28, 2011 at 7:10 PM
- Suze said...
Aw, honey, I'm so sorry! I have a fish called Fatso and I so get this post. :(
- September 28, 2011 at 9:25 PM
I'm sorry about Convict. :(
One of my cats snuggles up to me and kneads my hip while I write.
- September 29, 2011 at 2:51 AM
- Susan Fields said...
I'm sorry to hear about Convict - losing a pet is so sad!
I love your conversations with Finney, sounds like he knows all the right things to say. :)
My dog keeps me company when I write, sometimes more than I'd like.
- September 29, 2011 at 7:18 AM
- LTM said...
BAH!!! Lydia! You are cracking me up. Finney is indeed gorgeous--and those fighting fish are totally my favorite. Watch out b/c they're jumpers, but otherwise, he should live a long time... unlike poor Convict. I guess his evil ways caught up w/him... :D j/k. Sorry 'bout your fish. :o| <3
- September 29, 2011 at 9:14 AM
Finney is the strong and silent type, I can tell. And he's so handsome!
My condolences for Convict.
- September 29, 2011 at 1:22 PM
- Karen Lange said...
Finney does sound awesome! Maybe I need a similar writing companion. It would be better than consuming too many calories as I write...
- September 29, 2011 at 2:24 PM
- WritingNut said...
I'm so sorry about Convict, but Finny is beautiful and a great writing buddy!
- September 29, 2011 at 8:36 PM
- Slamdunk said...
Great idea telling the kids that Convict will compost and be part of the tree. That would comfort me as well.
Hmm, we do have goldfish that beg for food while I type, but I change locations for writing--so I think my answer to your question is "no."
- September 29, 2011 at 8:53 PM
- KM Nalle said...
So sorry to hear about Convict, but Finney is lovely.
So talkative too. (LOL).
My pups keep me company, but more often than not they are a tad bit distracting.
- September 29, 2011 at 10:15 PM
- Arlee Bird said...
It's probably more distraction than it is company, but it's the radio.
Tossing It Out
- September 29, 2011 at 11:21 PM
- J.L. Campbell said...
Cool conversation between you and Finney. Life would be so much easier if my kid would respond like that. He's as argumentative as they come.
- September 30, 2011 at 7:53 PM
- Leslie S. Rose said...
Finney's a beauty, and I'm not even a fish person. I am pestered by three cats who enjoy traipsing across my keyboard when I'm on a writing roll and not paying enough attention to them. Fish are looking better and better.
- October 1, 2011 at 11:25 AM
- DL Hammons said...
I have a cap I wear backwards when I'm in writing mode. If I go more than a couple days with it sitting there on the shelf, it starts calling my name. When I tell people some of my story idea's come "just from the top of my head", I'm not joking! :)
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And it is DEFINITELY dinosaurs. I can't even tell you how long I have been "working" on this quilt. I redid the pieces that I tried out originally, because they were awful, but I am super-proud of how everything is turning out this time. These hybrid blocks will likely be interspersed with log cabin blocks made solely of cotton prints, but I haven't gotten that far in my head yet.
I'm just going to roll with the momentum that I've got so far, and good luck that the whole damn thing doesn't get put away again for another year. Thank gawd the kid still loves dinosaurs!


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This collection consists of 5 letters, four from Latrobe to Jervis and one from Jervis to Latrobe. Of the two Jervis seems to have had a wider ranging career and was a distinguished author on engineering.
Letter 1: March 9, 1839. Latrobe urges the formation of a National Soc. of Engineers to Amass and [UNK] among its members results of their experiences - to form a self incorporated Society to promote good feeling and esprit de corps in the profession. Latrobe asks him to express his views, as nothing was said at the Convention except about the English Soc. of Engineers. Latrobe has not seen their Constitution and he would prefer not to be associated with the [UNK] Institute here.
Letter 2: May 23rd, 1845 John B. Jervis cutlines the construction of wooden bridges, the [UNK] and counter bracing, the prevention of sinking, etc. He prefers the Pannel type which depends for its strength on iron bracing and uprights and would cost less. He [UNK] at the moment calculate its strength under tension. From sketches he thinks the truss bracing on the B and O bridges good. There follows details on abutments and masonry below the level of the roadway - again says Pannel construction with iron bracing would give greater stability...suggests roof to protect bridge from rot, etc. He again says he is not in postiion to give opinion on use of iron as circumstances differ. He ends letter with request for information on fuel for locomotives: what was the result of experiments with anthracite vs. Cumberland coal or wood - how about sparks?
Letter 3: May 28th, 1845 Latrobe to Jervis: Thanks him for his opinions on fuel and replies to his questions on this subject- wood, coal, coke. Engines were built later for anthracite...technical discussion of engines follows. Latrobe has experimented since 1838 on the three types of fuel and discovered the superiority of bituminous coal. In 1843 he experimented on cost of fuel and consumption per day of wood vs. coal and combustion of both....description of boilers needed...risk from sparks lees from coal.
Letter 4: May 31, 1848. Latrobe thanks Mr. Jervis for valuable description of aqueduct (Croton, N. Y.). He then discusses his experiments with coke. He tells of laying 600 feet of his triple rail as test for perfecting new rail system.
Letter 5: July 28, 1862 Benjamin Latrobe asks Mr. Jervis for further aid in securing money from capitalists to finish the Pittsburgh-Connellsville R. R.. He is about to visit New York and Boston and would like to quote Jervis as supporting his estimates. These he would send at once to Jervis.
Item 2 Two booklets printed by the Jervis Library in Rome, New York in 1966 and 1968: Name Index to Jervis Papers, (1968) and Index to the Papers of John [UNK] Jervis (1966).


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Portland's top scorer and rebounder had his wisdom teeth removed Sunday. So on Thursday night, he was still in some pain. Worse, he hadn't had much to eat. But Aldridge came out and had 32 points and 10 rebounds for the Trail Blazers in a 116-112 overtime victory over the Clippers.
"I've had nothing but soup for the last four days," he said. "So I was a little worried about my energy levels."
In the end, he didn't even have a turnover as the surprising Blazers upped their record to an NBA-best 24-5. Portland has won seven of its past eight games, and the Blazers have dropped just two at home this season.
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Aldridge hit a fadeaway with 39 seconds left in overtime, and Portland went ahead 110-109.
Griffin missed a layup on the other end before Nicolas Batummade a pair of free throws to make it 112-109 with 26.5 seconds to go. After Griffin dunked to narrow it again, Damian Lillardmade two free throws for Portland.
Portland clung to a 114-112 lead with 13.4 seconds left and padded it with Wesley Matthews' foul shots. Paul missed a 3-point attempt as time ran out.
Aldridge scored all of Portland's field goals in overtime, and finished with his ninth game this season with at least 25 points and 10 rebounds, second only to Minnesota's Kevin Love.
As for his teeth? "It's a little bit throbbing," he said, shrugging.
It was the second of back-to-back losses for the Clippers. Earlier Thursday, the NBA said its referees made a mistake when they ejected Griffin in the team's 105-103 loss to the Warriors on Wednesday night.
Griffin got his second technical with 10:43 left after scuffling with Andrew Bogut, following Warriors forward Draymond Greento the showers after they got into it at the end of the third.
"A common foul should have been called on Griffin for initially attempting to dislodge the Warriors' Andrew Bogut and a technical foul should have been assessed to Bogut for grabbing Griffin by the shirt and wrestling with him," Rod Thorn, the NBA's president of basketball operations, said in a statement.
Clippers coach Doc Rivers said he thought Griffin handled the situation well.
"Everyone is a target at some point in their career," Rivers said. "You just have to play through it."
It was the second ejection for the Clippers in as many games. Forward Matt Barneswas ejected with 56 seconds left in the third quarter of a 120-116 OT win over the Minnesota Timberwolveson Sunday night. Barnes fouled Love.
"It's a long season. We're in a bad ejection rut right now," Rivers said. "We'll get out of it."
No one got tossed Thursday.
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Dorell Wrighthit a 3-pointer that gave the Blazers an 84-75 lead early in the fourth quarter.
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Undaunted, Batum hit a 3-pointer to tie it at 101 with 5.3 seconds to go. Paul missed a 17-footer to send the game into overtime.
"I got right where I wanted to -- I probably tricked myself too much, I don't even know if they had a foul to give," Paul said. "And with five seconds left, I think I went a little too quick because I thought they were going to try and use one of their fouls. I didn't think I would end up as wide open as I was -- I've got to make that shot. "


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Those would include locations outside of the community looking forward to having those jobs when the store opened, I suppose.
That's the thing about chain retail jobs. They're liable to just up and take a hike. We'll add this to the bulging file of reasons why trading historic ground for retail development might not be such a hot idea, just in case anybody responsible for making those decisions ever asks to see it.


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My free time has been brief in the past few weeks, but I've managed to give the Crux ISO for i586 a turn or two.
The initial Crux 2.7 release included a strong suggestion to avoid upgrading, but I don't recall now if that meant using the upgrade option on the ISO, or simply pointing the ports files at the 2.7 repository and upgrading manually.
For me this was the first time I had actively tried an upgrade as opposed to a clean installation. I got into that habit with Ubuntu, and for me that's still the best way.
This time I used the 133Mhz Pentium, which is droning away with kernel 126.96.36.199, downloading torrents and living out its days as an in-house network host.
I have the added complication of needing to yank the drive any time I do any real work with it, so in my case I used a flashed image of the drive, mounted it from an emulated machine, followed the upgrade option on the 2.7 ISO, and crossed my fingers when I replanted it in the host.
Results were mixed. Most of the software seemed to install correctly, and I didn't run into any of the issues that were mentioned with the 2.7 release note.
But oddly, the host machine — the X60s running Arch Linux — can't recognize the correct size of the drive (120Gb), and keeps spitting out disk errors because the machine is reporting impossible locations on the drive.
The true host though, the Pentium, doesn't care (how's that for ironic?). So I end up wrangling with the drive anyway to get the results I want.
As a consequence I have a feeling things don't really take in the way I wanted them too. And this is the "easy" machine really — the 120Mhz machine with no USB drive and no CDROM … now that's going to be a challenge — so I don't mind rebuilding from scratch.
Lesson learned … is … I don't know. I have a feeling with a traditional system (in other words, one that didn't require technical acrobatics to get the system working) the ISO upgrade option would be okay.
But things are never that easy at my house. And usually I only have myself to blame for that. 🙂


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text: Job Discussion Forums :: View topic - ILS Milano? Get TEFL Certified & Start Your Adventure Today! Job Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in ILS Milano? Goto page Previous 1, 2 Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Italy View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message Teacher in RomeJoined: 09 Jul 2003Posts: 1286 Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2011 6:25 pm Post subject: Quote: Here are some of the terms of the contract: 2500 eur monthly w/ severance pay at end Apartment available ticket reimbursement visa assistance overtime when available 25 hours teaching time per week health care paid by school Just to second Spiral, this raises lots of red flags for me. An apartment might be available, but it would almost certainly not be free - especially with such a high salary. Health care is free for everyone who's paid in at least a year's worth of contributions. These are automatically deducted from your salary each month. The salary is way too high for any school that I know of. Look on tefl dot com to get a feel of what the rates are. You may well end up earning this sort of figure in Milan, but only if you work freelance. I've just started teaching at a university, but not as a lecturer. Some universities run their degree courses through English, and my role is to provide this English support. But because uni funding has been cut (as has all state education in Italy) you won't earn as much as you would teaching in the corporate world. Finally, CELTA is the benchmark teaching qualification here. You might need an MA for top academic posts, but these don't really exist as far as I know in Italy. For straightforward classroom teaching, it's a CELTA or Trinity TESOL. Some places are obviously more flexible than others - if you've got classroom experience and some form of qualification you're probably fine. Back to top traceyhamesJoined: 06 Dec 2011Posts: 1 Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2011 10:56 pm Post subject: ils-milano I have had the job offer and the contract, am convinced it is a scam although I haven't been asked for money, so what is their purpose? Back to top MilanTeacherJoined: 08 Mar 2011Posts: 28 Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2011 2:06 am Post subject: A little input. I actually worked for ILS. They are a legit school (not fantastic, but definitely legit). The people who have offered you a job are not ILS. ILS offers no benefits whatsoever, other than roughly 12 euros an hour after tax and 20 hours a week if you are lucky. No airfare, no health care, no visas, etc. They don't even pay for transportation to classes in companies. It would certainly not be a good enough job offer to move to a foreign country (I calculated I would have been financially better off working at the McDonalds at home). But then again, this is true of almost all English schools in Italy. If you have private clients (which take a long time to build up) it can be much better time/money wise. But yeah, it is pretty typical these days to see scammers using the name of a legit school and luring you into a false offer. The next step is that they need a few hundred euros for accommodation/visa assistance, and then they are never heard from again. The best way to spot them is to directly call/email the contact info on the website. You can also view where the email was sent from via a few easy tricks you can find on google (usually nowhere near Italy!!) If you really want a job, I'm sure the real ILS would take you- but it would hardly be as lucrative as this scam contract! Sorry to be the bearer of bad news. Back to top DfreshJoined: 31 Aug 2006Posts: 2 Posted: Sat Dec 10, 2011 3:43 pm Post subject: Hi Kriskem, I also applied to this "school" and had a skype interview with them last week which consisted of them sending me a ms word document that contained 20 questions. That was the interview. They responded back today saying I have the job and for me to scan my passport and send it to them...No details about the job or anything. Also, when I tried to add them to skype before the interview, the profile with the schools info was not them, but another profile that said their location was "United States, Milano" was who I had the interview with... So ya, this looks like a scam to me too. Back to top DfreshJoined: 31 Aug 2006Posts: 2 Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2011 4:57 am Post subject: Hi Kriskem, Have you had any further correspondence with this company? Did you ever send them a scanned copy of your passport as requested? Thanks. 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Hate and Intolerance for America was on parade September 23, 2012, at the NYC Muslim Day Parade.
One of the more disturbing parts of the Muslim Day Parade was the proud display of the Islamic Black Flag of Jihad visible throughout the event. The Black Flag of Jihad was hoisted above our overrun embassies in Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, etc… The Jihadist's pulled down and burned the American flag and replaced it with the Islamic Black Flag of Jihad as a symbol of dominance and military victory.
The hatred and intolerance for the United States of America, the Islamic Black Flag of Jihad represents, sent a clear and chilling signal to all supporters of America in attendance. I wish there were some Muslims at the parade who were equally offended, If there were they did not make their voices heard.
The President of the Muslim Day Parade, Dr. Shafi Bezar, saw these black flags of Jihad on display and did nothing to stop this offensive display of intolerance. Dr. Bezar owes the City of New York an apology and an explanation.
NY State Democratic Senator Tony Avella was so offended by the speeches coming off the main stage he left in disgust before he even had a chance to speak. We congratulate and support Senator Tony Avella's standing up for American ideals and values.
The NYC Muslim Parade Committee have their 1st Amendment rights to spew their anti American political agenda. However, we at The United West have an obligation to expose this type of hateful pro Islamist political agenda.
We call on Mayor Michael Bloomberg to condemn the hate and intolerance shown for America at this years Muslim Day Parade. We demand Dr. Shafi Bezar, the parade planners, and staff attend a mandatory sensitivity training class and sign a letter of apology to the people of New York.
God Bless America and God Bless Our Troops
One Team One Fight
The United West
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London Meet Up - Playoff game @ Denver
Hey Guys,
Once again for anyone who's interested I, and probably a few others, will be heading to the Sports Bar & Grill in Marylebone to watch the playoff game. When you get inside the bar head downstairs and the entire area is set up for the NFL.
There were plenty of NFL fans at the bar to watch it last week, a number of whom were Ravens fans.
Kick off this week is at 9.30 PM so I'll probably be aiming to get there at 9.
I hope a few of you can come along. Let's try to will our Boys on to the Championship game.
Sports Bar and Grill - Marylebone
Melcombe Place, London, NW1 6JJ
Right next to Marylebone train station


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I'm Enlisting To Fight In Andrew Breitbart's War
We'll fight the war on the battlefield of new media. Sunshine disinfects. Light needs to be shined into each crevice and around each corner in Washington.
The mainstream media is supposed to shine that sunlight into those holes and under those rocks. But, by and large, the media has failed. So many times over the past several years, I've heard stories about how once-respected journalistic institutions – newspapers, wire services, television networks, even websites – refused to run articles because the reporters or editors were friends with the politicians they were going to write about. The establishment media has become a part of the establishment class. That means it's against their best interests to do the right thing and expose the corruption that plagues Washington – if they did, they'd be fighting against themselves.
At Breitbart News, I plan to investigate these people. Together with Breitbart News, I'm going to expose corruption in Washington.
It's going to be a long fight. It'll probably take the rest of our lives – if not longer (and I'm young – I'm only 25. That's a long, long time for me, hopefully).
I'm going to put it all on the line because we need to stop these people. And the way to do it is to expose them for what they really are – and catch them in the act. That's why I'm enlisting in Andrew Breitbart's army. I'm joining Breitbart News, effective immediately. I'm shipping out today. It's time to go to war. Will you join us? "
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Tired of your crib? In this economy, don't sell - swap.
"House swap" agencies that help frustrated residents trade up their digs by faciliating switches with other owners are becoming more and more popular as the housing market continues to bottom out, Time magazine reported.
The online agencies play matchmaker for antsy sellers looking to dump their property - pairing them with others who are also looking to move. The sites aim to land owners in their ideal homes - one family's burden is another's real-estate dream, and vice versa.
U.S. & World
Sites like www.goswap.org and www.onlinehousetrading.com have successfully matched tens of thousands of users and are growing every day as homeowners become more and more leery of entering the housing fray. The ease of the sites keeps owners from paying two mortgages at once as they search for a new place while holding onto their old home.
Some trades are within the same town, while others can be across the country.
Christopher and Melissa Petrocco swapped lots with Alpharetta, Ga. neighbor Lyca Shan when they began to feel claustrophobic in the three-bedroom townhouse they shared with their two boys. Shan's 3,300 square foot home was too much to maintain after she was laid off from her job, so she listed her too-big digs on www.onlinehousetrading.com. Three weeks later, Shan and the Petroccos made contact, and the switch was made.
"We looked at each other's houses, and it worked out," Melissa Petrocco told Time.
Former Canaan, N.H. resident and caregiver Alice McLaughlin, who will soon sign off on a swap of her two-story log cabin, said the site was a quick way to find a new place when she decided to move to Hawaii to care for seniors.
"So far, this site has seemed like an easy way to get a win-win situation," she said.
Trades on the sites are conducted like normal real estate transactions after sellers meet - both parties have to meet loan approval and pay the appropriate mortgages.
For desperate buyers and sellers, the new house swap trend could be the only way to get out of Dodge.
"The reason they've turned to us at all is they've exhausted all other options," said Daniel Westbrook, CEO of www.onlinehousetrading.com.


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NY Daily News Live Blog is currently offline, sorry for the technical difficulties...how funny..
NY Daily News Live Blog is currently offline, sorry for the technical difficulties...how funny..
Rex looks like he is gonna puke at his press conference
what would a steelers game be without a heart attack...
someone needs to calm mendy down he was humping ben at the end of the game. :X
James Harrison - "Right now, you know, some people may want to jump on the Steelers bandwagon.
Don't do that. We don't need you. We didn't need you at the beginning, we don't need you now."
sweet win just got home from the game...another great afc championship game at heinz field now 3-1 in afccg i've attended... it was beautiful watching rexy boy almost in tears after the game.....wow steelers/packers super bowl the football gods have definetly shone their light upon us, gonna be an epic game...get number 7 guys beating the pack will be special...go steelers
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Variable Annuity Net Sales Jump, Variable Annuity Total Net Assets Reach New Record High in Third
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Insured Retirement Institute (IRI) today announced final third quarter
2012 sales results for the United States annuity industry, based on data reported by Morningstar, Inc. and
Beacon Research. Industry-wide annuity sales for the third quarter reached nearly $52.9 billion, down 4.3
percent from $55.3 billion in the previous quarter.
Fixed annuity sales for the third quarter were buoyed by the strongest sales quarter ever for income annuities
and steady indexed annuity sales, according to Beacon Research. Income annuity sales increased to nearly $2.4
billion in the third quarter, up 3.8 percent from about $2.3 billion in the second quarter and up 6.7 percent
year over year from $2.2 billion in the third quarter of 2011. Indexed annuity sales totaled $8.7 billion, down
just 1.2 percent from $8.8 billion in the second quarter and up 0.5 percent year over year from just under $8.7
billion in the third quarter of 2011.
"The consumer demand for income annuities has grown steadily during the past two years as consumers seek to
generate a guaranteed stream of retirement income," said Cathy Weatherford, IRI President and
CEO. "The renewed attention to income annuities stems in part from a report issued last year by the
U.S. Government Accountability Office, concluding that annuity ownership offers predictable income that can
reduce the uncertainty that comes along with managing investments and drawing down assets. I believe this quest
for certainty is helping to keep industry-wide sales relatively steady, despite the current low interest rate
Third quarter variable annuity total sales dipped 4.9 percent to $36.3 billion from $38.2 billion in the second
quarter of 2012, according to Morningstar. Year over year, variable annuity total sales decreased 7.2 percent
from $39.1 billion in the third quarter of 2011. Despite the decline, variable annuity net sales for the
quarter increased by 44.3 percent to $5.8 billion from $4 billion during the second quarter. Within the
variable annuity market, there were $24.5 billion in qualified sales and $11.8 billion in non-qualified sales
during the third quarter. Variable annuity total net assets reached a new all-time high of $1.62 trillion
during the third quarter of 2012, up about four percent from $1.56 trillion in the second quarter.
"The significant improvement in net sales indicates the third quarter drop in gross sales may be a function of
reduced exchange activity rather than a slowing of new investment," said Frank O'Connor, product
manager, Morningstar Annuity Research Center. "The lion's share of positive cash flow is concentrated
in variable annuities offering income guarantees, which reflects continued demand for these types of products
among investors in or near retirement."
Total fixed annuity sales for the third quarter were down 3.1 percent to $16.6 billion from $17.1 billion in
the second quarter of 2012. Year over year, fixed annuity sales decreased 12.8 percent from $19 billion in the
third quarter of 2011. For the fixed annuity market, there were nearly $8.6 billion in qualified sales and $8.0
billion in non-qualified sales during the third quarter.
"Despite, or perhaps because of low interest rates to some extent, income annuity sales are growing and indexed
annuities are holding their own," Beacon Research President Jeremy Alexander said. "Income
annuity payouts look attractive relative to the conservative alternatives. That's especially true for deferred
income annuities, which provided most of the sequential increase in total income annuity sales. Indexed annuity
premium bonuses and guaranteed lifetime withdrawal benefits also look pretty good in the current low rate
For complete annuity sales reporting data, please access the PDF version of this
About Morningstar, Inc.: Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of
independent investment research in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The company offers an extensive
line of products and services for individuals, financial advisors, and institutions. Morningstar provides data
on more than 385,000 investment offerings, including stocks, mutual funds, and similar vehicles, along with
real-time global market data on more than 8 million equities, indexes, futures, options, commodities, and
precious metals, in addition to foreign exchange and Treasury markets. Morningstar also offers investment
management services through its registered investment advisor subsidiaries and has approximately $195 billion
in assets under advisement or management as of Sept. 30, 2012. The company has operations in 27 countries.
About Beacon Research: Beacon Research is an independent research company and application
service provider founded in 1997 and based in Evanston, Ill. Beacon tracks fixed and variable annuity features,
rates and sales. Its quarterly Fixed Annuity Premium Study is the first and only source to analyze
fixed annuity sales at the product level, and the first to make a decade's worth of sales information available
to subscribers online at www.annuitymarketstudy.com. Beacon
lowers compliance risk and increases fixed annuity sales with 100% carrier-approved, comprehensive product
profiles, spreadsheets and search tools for the advisor/rep websites of banks, TPMs, broker-dealers and
marketing organizations. Carriers and financial institutions use its systems at www.annuitynexus.com for compliance review of 1035 exchanges, sales support,
conservation and product research. Beacon also licenses information to other platforms. Directly and through
licensees, Beacon information can be accessed by hundreds of financial institutions and thousands of advisors.
About the Insured Retirement Institute: The Insured Retirement Institute (IRI) is a
not-for-profit organization that for twenty years has been a mainstay of service, commitment and collaboration
within the insured retirement industry. Today, IRI is considered to be the authoritative source of all things
pertaining to annuities, insured retirement strategies and retirement planning. IRI proudly leads a national
consumer education coalition of nearly twenty organizations and is the only association that represents the
entire supply chain of insured retirement strategies: our members are the major insurers, asset managers,
broker dealers and more than 150,000 financial professionals. IRI exists to vigorously promote consumer
confidence in the value and viability of insured retirement strategies, bringing together the interests of the
industry, financial advisors and consumers under one umbrella. IRI's mission is to: encourage industry
adherence to highest ethical principles; promote better understanding of the insured retirement value
proposition; develop and promote best practice standards to improve value delivery; and to advocate before
public policy makers on critical issues affecting insured retirement strategies and the consumers that rely on
their guarantees. Visit www.IRIonline.org today to experience the vast
resources of the Insured Retirement Institute for yourself.
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The Justice Department's decision to sue South Carolina over an Arizona-style immigration law that would force local police to enforce immigration laws earned harsh words from Rep. Ted Poe today.
Speaking on the House floor, Poe, R-Humble, blasted the Obama administration for both what he said was its own failure to enforce the law and for punishing states that do enforce them.
"The federal government won't or can't enforce immigration laws," Poe said, "so South Carolina has been forced to take matters into their own hands to protect their citizens. We've heard this tale before, about the federal government suing states like Arizona and Alabama."
The law would require police in South Carolina to notify federal immigration officials whenever they suspect someone of being in the country illegally, and is similar to Arizona Senate Bill 1070, which drew fire for the perception that it requires racial profiling and even caused some to urge boycotts of the state.
Poe didn't buy the Justice Department claim that such state laws only hinder federal efforts to enforce immigration. In fact, Poe said, Washington is putting political correctness ahead of national security.
"The federal government is more concerned about not hurting the feelings of other countries like Mexico than it is protecting our country," he said.


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Chelsie Hightower, Julianne Hough, DWTS Alumni Attend Grammy Parties, Carrie Ann Inaba Covers The Night
What a doll! As always, Chelsie Hightower is a breath of fresh air. If you visit Just Jared Jr., you can view some fantastic shots of her attending a Grammy pre-party at Lure Nightclub on Friday night.
Julianne Hough attended a Pre-Grammys Lorde Concert and then went clubbing at the Oak Nightclub in West Hollywood, CA Thursday night. Doesn't she look classy?. Beautiful as ever….especially those heels. 😀
Thanks to Vin, you can also view Dancing With The Stars alumni Roshon Fegan, Zendaya, and Gavin McGraw here and here at some Grammy after parties.
Also, Dancing With The Stars judge Carrie Ann Inaba did a great job covering Grammy night. You can read her coverage in full at Parade.com. What a show last night and a great improvement from recent past years. With a few exceptions, I can honestly say I loved all the performances….with P!nk, Daft Punk, and Macklemore, Ryan Lewis, and Madonna being my favorites. What did you think?


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When critics make reference to maverick artists operating in the margins of the mainstream, rarely are the musicians in question actually carving niches anew. And that's fair enough – there are only so many chords, so many variations on an established theme; major diversions, of course, are never likely to engage with a wide audience – but Oakland sextet Subtle are different. They're a band with a singular vision, whose living and breathing of their chosen art is above and beyond any call of duty.
Adam Drucker is the most recognisable face of Subtle, the one of six whose on-stage vocal and physical performances linger longest in the memory, even after the music's died; you may also know him as Doseone, formerly a third of influential hip-hop trio cLOUDDEAD. It's Drucker who answers DiS's call. Immediately he's polite, conversational, the wash of some stateside backwater rushing by his van's window as he describes the radio options.
"We alternate between the '80s channel and the bad, racist comedy. Every colour and creed of racist comedian, being racist."
You're really selling it to me.
"Where are you right now? Are you in London?"
Yeah, in Paddington.
"I know it – I get the Tube there sometimes. Unfortunately my experiences there are always structured around touring activity. Well, I've been to the Tate a few times, the big one, the modern one with the huge ceilings. The few times I've been though there's been some real crap on. Have you seen any of the Brian Jungen stuff? He does all this stuff with Nike Air Jordans. It's one of the few shows I've seen from a not-dead artist of late that was pretty astounding. Y'know, you look at that art and think he's maybe a little similar to us, with a propensity to make the big-budget things. It's the use of that funding to get the most out of the whole width of his medium, but it wasn't completely of the art school mould, with ancient wizards of doctoral nonsense. You could walk in and get chills."
Video: 'The Mercury Craze', from For Hero: For Fool
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Drucker enjoys following unexpected arcs, tangents, paths that lead to a place where neither he nor his bandmates can make absolute, immediate sense of. (Okay, he can, but me? I struggle.) That's one of the joys to be found in Subtle's music – rarely is it linear, structurally or lyrically. Depths are there to be explored, at your leisure; it sits outside of convenient pigeonholes, dipping a toe in hip-hop and pop waters just long enough for a little residue to stick, yet is as accessible as the sweetest top 40 single you've heard this week. Provided you're willing, of course. It's as easy to disengage as it is to digest, to feel nourished. Go hungry now and you can always come back. Subtle aren't expecting you to tap into their collective mindset right away.
Because there's that magic C-word about their three albums to date: concept. 2004's A New White, 2006's For Hero: For Fool and this year's ExitingARM each follow the actions and reactions associated with the travails of a central character Hour Hero Yes. Drucker's detailing of this being's pursuits on record are dwarfed by what he doesn't tell you to the beat of a synthesised drum; every twist is mirrored by another that's shifted in scope further and told through the Subtle poet's almanac, translated into the day's most accessible medium, the internet. Here, at ExitingARM.com, you can hear Drucker's voice, read his words; this is the album's expanded edition extra material, but present and correct for no additional outlay. Buy the records, and dive into the dark when it best suits your mood.
Back on track.
The new album, ExitingARM… much like its preceding pair, it seems the critics are on your side?
"I read your review yesterday, and Pitchfork's… both include mention of how 'wide' it is. All you guys are underpaid to work on our work, and we always need a lot from you guys – where we're going is very clear, but in the world of music and comparisons, it takes some hype to get there. You guys create the foundations, the moving sidewalk. The only other thing… the people who don't need you, or us, are the diehard fans, who implicitly understand what we're doing, our artistic motifs. We've added more windows and doors to our work this time – it's the same straight dope, but with more doors all over it, more levels of accessibility. That was all part of something that we were going to do for a long time."
It's quite a deliberate attempt to be more immediate?
"I always knew that this [album] was going to be 20,000 words [long, lyrically], but I know people can't be fucked to read that much, so we had to work out how to be as creative as possible while not dragging a piano up the stairs to play it because it sounds so much better on the fourth floor, y'know. The feeling is that we're adding to our palette without adding workload, and this ties into poetic mythology, the new American spirit animal into the Western world; this generation is the 'I' generation, all photos of you are at your own…"
And here's where the groove goes so much deeper than what you see, and hear, on wax. Drucker's not one to play an orderly Q&A game – he guides our conversation, directing it the way he wants. While Subtle is a democracy, its line-up not comprised of back-up session types playing second fiddle to Drucker's spilling psyche (while we're here, the band is completed by: Jeff Logan (sampling drum machine), Dax Pierson (formerly autoharp), Jordan Dalrymple (drums, guitar), Marty Dowers (synths, winds) and Alexander Kort (electric cello)), there's no doubting his character is the largest, the most dominant; even if he reads and writes via the eyes and mouth of Hour Hero Yes, your decision to connect on that level remains your own, leaving Drucker as the primary point of contact between band and audience. The 'I' generation and its accompanying apathy is deeply troubling for Drucker – he sees it, smells it, all around, as he explains.
"Now when major labels stick their finger in the
butt of the world to check its temperature,
they put it in the blog space"
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"This 'I' thing, apathy comes into the larger man swarm – mankind as a swarm – it takes generations to weed out, like sexism or racism. Big global things – they go in slowly and get so deep below the floorboards that they take generations to get away from. The Information Age with all its little arms of technology, everything's planting seeds. You know how you can walk into a room and smell a gas leak? You don't know where it's coming from but you know it's happening. I get that, as a poet and a professionally sensitive person – it's what I get paid to do, sort of. I smell that at the grocery store, at the theme park."
You think, even though access to art is easier than ever before, that individuals are not working on any collective level? That there's a selfishness that comes with the spread of the internet, where there are so many voices but not so many ones with purpose?
"It's the 'over choice' thing. A lot of blog writing…
(there's a slight pause)
"I'm very sensitive, so when I put my baby out, it's like giving a kid back to its foster carers, because I take everything the world and I loved about the last record and everything we wanted to do and we make it into the next work of art. Then you have this child that is totally from your own personal world and you let go of it completely, and there's this blog writing that's like: 'Okay, so I was having my raspberries by the third window to the left, because that's the city light that I love the most when I'm tempering myself regarding the way I read the world, and I put the new Subtle record on. Then I got a call real quick, so I had to stop it…' So it's like how he felt about the Subtle record after he did all this other stuff, and I'm like WOW, that's it man.
"Blogs are where it's at. Now when major labels stick their finger in the butt of the world to check its temperature, they put it in the blog space. Everyone's conscious of this – all the bloggers know, and all the labels know, and the fans are becoming aware of the ones that mention certain bands. So it's interesting – it's this wild, winding spread of power that the '90s did so wonderfully, with indie artists. It also does wonderful things – where there was once just small light for new bands, now they can go from zero to hero in all the right ways. That's cool and awesome, and I appreciate these things, but as good gangsters of the decade of hardcore, we don't benefit from this new hot/cold pan-flash shit. We're about how this industry is actually working now – we're in its stomach, not its mouth or butthole already. We're in there, working, as an organism to sustain our art, which sustains our purpose, which makes it okay to scrounge for rent in all the ways we do.
"We are completely hungry and have had all these struggles and have taken on awesome challenges, like doing this pop version of our completely obscure vision… We've taken risks and really embodied what we always will be. On your review we got the lowest number rating you've ever given us – but that review does not reflect that numerical score, I don't think. We talked about you guys, and what's important is that there's time put into that review – the guy didn't blog it up. He didn't say: 'Oh, I have this on my iPod, I've one earphone in while I'm on my moped, in traffic'. He didn't do that at all; he very much gave it the shelf that we gave it, and that's what I want."
Video: Subtle live at Point Ephemere
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Drucker comes across as one of the few artists you'll meet who genuinely a) cares that critics are writing about his band and b) cares even more when he reads something that suggests the critic in question has given his baby a decent amount of time. Everything's so very quick-fix nowadays – kids don't even listen to a whole song before deciding if they like it, if they listen at all – and there's little, despite the many more doors, immediate about ExitingARM. Although it subscribes to conventional formulas – it is, at its heart, pop music – the final shapes aren't entirely slottable into your genre-specific store racks. It's music from the hearts of men enraptured by possibility, by evolution so far beyond the mundane. New, yet not. Drucker picks up the trail.
"Like Biggie said, I am ready to die. After the
effort we've put in, we feel the same musically after everything we've been through"
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"This ain't no new invention, this is the real deal – good poetry set to good music, set to the ideals of some people in a world that's always been dangerous and that has been made more dangerous by mankind. I think it's really cool… So the number thing, what I thought was it's cool that people see what we're doing and how we do it our way. We put the burden of proof on y'all motherfuckers: do you trust what we're doing? Or do you have an idea of us? Will you go where we lead? Does our music challenge? We put that into the writing, into a craft beyond… something that is executed and preserved as a self-produced pop record. That's another thing we leave out – it's not an uptempo… all these words are wrong…
"Nobody stepped in and took us to this level, we jumped there from all the exploring we did on the last record. This was something that we did, and then it comes down to you guys to see if we're in a trusting relationship. Will you guys pull a card on me and think we can't go do whatever we want on record four? I really like that, and seeing how it plays out.
"I just think that we're a band that has done everything the right way, so we get to do something cool here that some bands never get the opportunity to do. When we make a pop record it's not because we're blowing up, or trying to blow up; it's because we want to nail that, and still pull the art off entirely, and even more so. If you stop and think about the notion of one of those songs being on the radio, and of you actually digesting this R&B/soul song about all these crows constantly tired with people always ogling at them as omens on Earth that they actually try to choke out the sunset and all become a bunch of forks with wings (that'll be the song 'The Crow' – Ed).
"Y'know, the big thing about this record is that it's going to take time to unfold, what with the ExitingARM.com… every last word is given flesh within the scheme, which is something not even the downest fan and the most on-it reviewers on our side figured out. Actually, this whole time I've known how it's going to unfold, how it's going to be explored. That is where I put the ulcer that I am probably going to have pop up in the next few weeks… it's like Biggie said, I am ready to die. After the effort we've put in. We feel the same musically after everything we've been through."
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"Everything we've been through": usually an 'everything' to dismiss, a couple of band members leaving, or some gigs not selling especially well. Not so with Subtle: back in February 2005, the band's tour van hit black ice in Iowa while they were promoting A New White. All six band members were injured, but Pierson's were the worst of all: severely injuring his upper spine, he was made paraplegic and no longer tours with the group. He continues to contribute in a studio capacity, however, and is very much a part of the band to this day.
Fast-forward to the end of 2006 and again lightning strikes. Subtle's van is broken into in Barcelona and, as well as a lot of cash, Drucker's many thousands of words of writing for his albums and beyond are lost as his laptop is stolen. It's almost, almost, the end of the band.
"After three days of the deepest depression ever I snapped... There is a silver lining in all that horrible grey"
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"This bad God lightning we've had: that stuff is all power to the people shit. I hope it inspires other bands, and young people to love stuff. To know that things can be taken away but you don't lose it – that's the morale of Dax's story. You can take everything up to the neck… that cuts through. That was the only glass cutter I've ever known, there is no God for me. Only that. A smaller version of that was losing all that money, and my computer and my art. Another anecdote…
"The morning we got robbed in Spain, the morning before that I had one paper copy of the almanac, and it was about eight or nine thousand words long. There was one copy on my laptop that I had printed out to go through. When you look at the lyrics on ExitingARM, every song references the songs before and after it. While I took away some of the verboseness of the songs, I added more diamonds in the dirt. They've not been reached yet. So I took a copy of this almanac and put it in my clothing bag. So my computer got stolen, and I'd just happened to have made the only hard copy of the almanac a day before, which to be honest was the only thing that wasn't replaceable. If I had lost that, I don't think I would have had any resilience at all… five years of connection and things I hadn't yet connected… there was so much, I could never walk away from it. I couldn't be more of a bitch about losing anything than that. It would be too much to take.
"After three days of the deepest depression ever I snapped and wrote the next ten thousand words to reach the end of the almanac, in every margin and on the back of every page. So on that ten thousand words, I wrote the rest. It came to me after being so fucking dark… when I got home and got a new computer, I sat down and opened it up and it became the baby. There is a silver lining in all that horrible grey."
The silver lining is the new Subtle LP, like the ones before it a record to treasure, to love 'til it stops loving back. If that day comes, the band will have another offering, another baby, for you to adopt. Horrible grey conquered, obstacles overcome and a groundswell of critical support on their side for the foreseeable, if Subtle are not regarded as an important an act as cLOUDDEAD come any retrospective look over their career – and remember that cLOUDDEAD also spawned the solo ventures of both Odd Nosdam and Why? – then somebody hasn't done their job properly.
I've done mine. Drucker's done his. I've trust in him. Where's yours?
Find Subtle on MySpace here, and see them live as follows:
20 Belgium Dour Festival
21 London Cargo (tickets)
23 Paris Le Marquinlerle
25 Laval, France 3 Elephants Festival
ExitingARM (review) is available now via Lex.


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: : : : Not Applicable (UK English). Mainly used when completing forms.
: : : : :-o))
: : : And just in case you come across n.b. at the end of a document, it is the abreviation of the L*tin, "nota bene", meaning "note well". It is usually used to highlight something that is relevant but does not fit well into the context of a document.
: : : So I might write a document about New Yorkers' attitudes to ghosts, sighting several examples of haunted restaurants and how people have reacted to them through the years. My nota bene to the reader might be, "n.b. None of these ghostly episodes have ever been substantiated."
: : : I used "n.b." to hightlight it because it doesn't have anything to do with the way New Yorkers reacted to them, but it is useful for the reader to know that the reactions are based on legends, not facts.
: : : TMI Camel
: : N.B.: N/A is not just UK English. It is used widely in the U.S. as well.
: "N/A" or "N.A." usually stands for "not applicable" but sometimes stands for "no answer."
I often see it in lower case, n/a. Is one preferred over the other?
- N/A R. Berg 11/20/02


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The Stephen Talkhouse
Hello Brooklyn
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Friday, June 21, 2019
The Stephen Talkhouse, Amagansett, NY
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The Stephen Talkhouse
161 Main St. , P.O. Box 1905 Amagansett, NY 11930
Hello Brooklyn is a hip-hop and pop band from New York City. Since the band's creation in 2011, many talented musicians have helped shape and mold Hello Brooklyn's sound into its signature energetic singalong dance party that performs over 100 times per year. The band is fronted by lead vocalist Liz R. (NYU/Columbia) and keyboard / saxophone / rapper Ray Ramos (Villanova). The duo is currently starting their 5th year together on stage. Drummer Jeff Hatcher (NYU) has been with the band since March 2013. Anthony Rubbo (Montclair University/NYU) returns to the band in 2016 after spending the past year on tour with Ryn Weaver. Karl Markgraf (University of Northern Colorado) joined the band on bass in November 2015. We would like to say thank you to everyone that has been a part of this collective over the years. We've had some seriously amazing musicians come into our lives and we are grateful for their friendships. And of course we love getting to meet new people from club owners and bartenders, to sound crews and bouncers, this experience has fostered lifelong relationships. And to our friends, families and fans who continue to come out and see us... we thank and love all of you for your support and encouragement. While we take the quality of our show seriously, we never take ourselves too seriously... and that's what makes this whole thing so much fun. Our band could be playing in front of 500 people or 50 people and we will put the same effort into our show because we just love playing music. We just want to hangout and have a good time... to entertain you... to entertain us... and for the couple of hours that we are on stage and together partying with you the only thing that truly matters is that we're all feeling good and living a little out loud. Come out to a show and do what we do, let it all out. No stress... no drama... no worries and just follow our lead and scream and dance dance away! Liz, Ray, Jeff, Anthony & Karl Hello Brooklyn
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