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After Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk entered the world of cryptocurrencies, the crypto community, in turn, showed a strong interest in him. Inspired by the activities of the engineer-genius, which includes charity among others, several of his fans created a new crypto token: Elongate.
A successful entrepreneur, engineer, and CEO of several companies, Musk devotes some of his time to humor and memes. Citing the "Watergate scandal" that ultimately led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon, Elon told his Twitter followers that if he would ever be involved in a scandal, they should name it "Elongate."
If there’s ever a scandal about me, *please* call it Elongate— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 25, 2021
Three weeks after posting this tweet, a group of Elon fans created Elongate token, which is a frictionless, high yield, deflationary coin made on the Binance Smart Chain. According to the description, Elongate is opening the gate between crypto and charity. Through passive transaction fees and active giving, they are exposing charitable causes to a world of untapped capital, and the crypto audience to a world of good.
The creators of the token wrote that ordinary retail investors place their money in various speculative assets, hoping to make a profit. This is a huge amount of capital and energy that would never go to a charity. Elongate's goal is to bring the community together for the common good, namely through charity.
Within its first two months, the crypto project has already helped raise over $2,300,000 for organizations such as Children International, Action Against Hunger, The Ocean Cleanup, Big Green, Human Relief Foundation, Mark Rober's Color The Spectrum, and Give India. Recently, Elongate donated $150,000 to EB Research Partnership (EBRP), which is the largest global organization dedicated to funding research to treat and cure Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB).
On May 24, 2021, Elongate will host a charity party event where Kimbal Musk (Elon Musk's brother) will join them live on Twitch to discuss work that Big Green and the Million Gardens Movement are doing to underserved communities across North America. The crypto organization has already donated $400,000 to Big Green.
Big Green is a non-profit organization founded by Kimbal Musk in 2011 to address diet-related health disparities and create healthy places where kids can learn and grow. This year Big Green co-launched the Million Gardens Movement with online publication Modern Farmer to create a social movement to unleash the transformation power of gardening to fight hunger, support climate action, and increase resilience.
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There is no doubt that Rob Lowe was among the most handsome celebrities in the entertainment industry until something happened to his looks. Gossips about Rob Lowe plastic surgery have become one of the trending topics in most media houses and social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter. Just like other celebrities who have come out to deny rumors about plastic surgery, Rob Lowe has defended his looks severally.
Though he is good looking and handsome, we cant denied the fact that his age is already 50. Whenever you see his face, this man seems doing something to turn back the time and returning his good looking appearance. His face seems has been touched by plastic surgery probably for botox, facelift and chin implant.
He conducting facelift procedure done too. Facelift indication can be seen from the skin near the ear areas that looks so tight and lifted compared that he was young. It make his face looks so stiffed and bit lifted too. Facelift help him to abolish hard lines or wrinkles from his good looking face.
This man also has chin implant procedure too. His chin that looks so protruding and sharper than before may the result from the chin implant like Restylane or Collagen that was conducted there.
Rob Lowe Details:
Full Name: Robert Hepler “Rob” Lowe
Net Worth: $5 million
Occupation: Film and television actor
Marital Status: Married
Rob Lowe Body Measurements:
Height: 5 ‘11” /180 cm
Weight: 71 kg /156 pounds
Dress Size: 10
Shoe Size: 11
Hair Color: Brown Dark
Eye Color: Brown Dark
In conclusion, despite denying rumors about plastic surgery, Rob Lowe is no longer the handsome looking celebrity we used to know. Although his skin has no signs of aging like his peers in the form of wrinkles among others, we feel that he was looking better some time back. To confirm this, simply examine some of the pictures taken by the celebrities before 2013 and compare them with those taken recently including today, if there is any, you will realize that the Rob who was there in 2013 is no longer the man you will meet today if you went looking for him.
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By Caroline Hanson
Love is worry is the hugely expected sequel to the number 1 myth Bestseller, Love is Darkness. After loads of swearing and just a little nookie, Valerie Dearborn has made up our minds to make a metamorphosis. not more lusting after Lucas, the recent, yet impassive, vampire king who can’t dedicate. as an alternative she’s going to make it paintings with Jack. in any case, not just is he respiring, yet he’s the affection of her life….Isn’t he? Valerie is an Empath, with supernatural talents that appear to do not anything greater than provide her the hots for Lucas. as soon as upon a time, Empath’s had a function. They have been ambassadors to the Others—Fey, Witches, Werewolves and Vampires. they can settle the sentiments of a Werewolf and make Vampires suppose back. yet that was once some time past. Lucas isn’t approximately to enable Valerie move. He wishes her to aid him locate the Fey, final visible within the Colony of Roanoke, South Carolina, circa 1587. He nonetheless believes they're the major to restoring stability to the realm and the one solution to hold vampires below regulate. They won’t belief him, yet they're going to belief Val. among Jack, Lucas and Rachel, Val understands lifestyles won’t be boring. Nor will or not it's the conventional, 2.5 young ones form of existence she’s consistently sought after. As their enemies shut in, Val needs to ask herself what existence is absolutely about–trust, accountability or astonishing orgasms? or even if she reveals the reply, she would possibly not reside lengthy adequate to get pleasure from it. Please note—this novel isn't YA and has plenty of sass, swearing and intercourse. now not inevitably in that order.
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She cried out at his blunt invasion, suffering nearer. He settled her at the floor, elevating her hips into the air as he impaled her from at the back of in a single, quick flow. Like a dagger plunged to the hilt. just like the final gasp of a loss of life guy. That connection was once every little thing. Cer thrust inside her, sluggish then pounding, feeling the magic direction via him. It used to be construction, transforming into. improper. He felt it at the same time the orgasm accrued in his cock. He used to be buffeted through intercourse and violent urges as his fans mated round him.
Hysteria, one of many issues males by no means searched for in a lady, in response to Cosmo. She could not even examine him. She felt like a used vehicle salesman attempting to persuade a mechanic Yugo was once a valid funding. “People die far and wide. hunger, sickness, undesirable success, stupidity—we cannot cease that both. we will not repair the area. Your aim in existence was once to determine Marion useless, and he or she is. ” “You acknowledged she's in a field. ” “Right. A coffin. the place lifeless humans go,” she snapped. He was once the ceiling. Val crossed her fingers over her belly, like he could try and kick her and she or he desired to be braced for impression.
Yet i have constantly performed it with a condom and that i do not really need to determine simply how nice intercourse is with out it after which need to return. ” He rubbed her cheek together with his thumb, darkish eyes burning into hers as he willed her to appreciate. “I have constantly enjoyed you. yet that does not suggest we'll be jointly. we are the following simply because we've got difficulties. Maybe... shit, let's simply visit the seashore for your time, take a stroll and never strength it. ” No! Desperately, she grabbed him, pushing him backwards back, fusing her lips to his, now not desirous to cease after they have been so shut.
Please. ” Then he used to be over her, and she or he reached right down to snatch his demanding size, guiding it among her thighs as he thrust opposed to her calmly. She shifted her hips, accommodating his broad girth as he started to ease into her, stretching her pleasurably vast. His lips met hers back, kissing her slowly, soaking up her reactions. He paused, and she moaned, her legs wrapping round his hips to induce him onwards. “Patience. Let’s simply take a while. ” gradual is for losers. Ignoring him totally, she clasped him nearer, jerking her hips as much as his relentlessly.
Only for a second. ” “Why? ” Her middle pounded simply wondering it. Val bent down, able to lay the plants at the flooring, yet stopped. She didn’t are looking to. No, it used to be worse. She couldn’t. “I don’t are looking to enable him cross. ” His jaw hardened. “Who? ” Lucas requested softly. “Who what? ” “Whom do you no longer are looking to permit pass? ” “I don’t be aware of what you’re conversing approximately. ” “This is greater than a dream. positioned the plant life down, Valerie. ” the way in which he acknowledged it made her imagine he used to be operating out of persistence. “I can’t. ” He bent down, kneeling, then reached into his Jacket pocket and withdrew a knife.

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This is a great first poetry book; the poems span time, from Robert Louis Stevenson and Walter de la Mare right up to date with Roger McGough and Michael Rosen. Themes covered, such as mealtimes, playtime, animals, family and bedtime, really appeal to youngreaders.
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When NASA sends the first astronauts to explore near the lunar South Pole, moonwalkers will wear spacesuits provided by Axiom Space. NASA selected the company to develop the modern suits for the Artemis III mission and participated in activities when the first prototype was revealed Wednesday during an event at Space Center Houston in Texas.
Helping take a step forward in the agency’s goal to build a robust economy at the Moon by working with commercial service providers, Axiom Space hosted the event for students and media to ask questions and get a close-up look at the spacesuit.
“NASA’s partnership with Axiom is critical to landing astronauts on the Moon and continuing American leadership in space. Building on NASA’s years of research and expertise, Axiom’s next-generation spacesuits will not only enable the first woman to walk on the Moon, but they will also open opportunities for more people to explore and conduct science on the Moon than ever before,” said NASA Administrator Bill Nelson. “Our partnership is investing in America, supporting America’s workers, and demonstrating another example of America’s technical ingenuity that will position NASA and the commercial space sector to compete – and win – in the 21st century.”
When astronauts return to the Moon for the first time in over 50 years as part of NASA’s Artemis III mission, they will be wearing Axiom Space’s next-generation spacesuit to walk on the lunar surface. Credit: Axiom Space
Artemis III will land astronauts, including the first woman, on the Moon to advance long-term lunar exploration and scientific discovery, and inspire the Artemis Generation. NASA selected Axiom Space to deliver the moonwalking system, including the spacesuit, for the mission. Called the Axiom Extravehicular Mobility Unit, or AxEMU, the spacesuit builds on NASA’s spacesuit prototype developments and incorporates the latest technology, enhanced mobility, and added protection from hazards at the Moon.
NASA chose to use a commercial services contract for development of the new spacesuit, whereby NASA purchases moonwalking services from Axiom Space. Under this model, the company is encouraged to pursue other commercial customers for their moonwalking services. This mutually beneficial approach helps bolster an emerging commercial market and grants NASA the right to use the data and technologies developed under the contract for future exploration efforts.
“NASA is leading the way in enabling a growing space economy by leveraging industry capabilities and NASA’s expertise to provide moonwalking services as safely, effectively, and efficiently as possible,” said Lara Kearney, manager of NASA’s Extravehicular Activity and Human Surface Mobility program.
NASA established the foundation for the AxEMU with the agency’s Exploration Extravehicular Mobility Unit (xEMU) prototype development efforts that advanced spacesuit designs for multiple destinations. Axiom Space used the experience, expertise, and data behind the xEMU as a basis for the design and development of the AxEMU, including advancements in technology, training, astronaut feedback on comfort and maneuverability, and compatibility with other NASA systems. Leaning on NASA’s prior development efforts is helping Axiom Space reduce technical and schedule risk.
NASA experts defined the technical and safety standards by which the spacesuits will be built, and Axiom Space agreed to meet these key agency requirements. The AxEMU features the range of motion and flexibility needed to explore more of the lunar landscape, and the suit will fit a broad range of crew members, accommodating at least 90 percent of the US male and female population. Axiom Space will continue to apply modern technological innovations in life support systems, pressure garments, and avionics as development continues.
Axiom Space is responsible for the design, development, qualification, certification, and production of flight training spacesuits and support equipment, including tools, to enable the Artemis III mission. The company will test the suit in a spacelike environment prior to the mission. NASA maintains the authority for astronaut training, mission planning, and approval of the service systems.
Following Artemis III, the agency will compete future Artemis mission services under the Exploration Extravehicular Activity Services (xEVAS) contract. NASA is using the contract to meet the agency’s spacewalking needs for both the Moon and the International Space Station. The agency recently awarded a task order to Collins Aerospace, who is also competing within the xEVAS contract, to develop new spacesuits for astronauts to wear during spacewalks on the space station. Both vendors will compete for future spacewalking and moonwalking services task orders.
Through Artemis, NASA will land the first woman and the first person of color on the Moon, paving the way for a long-term, sustainable lunar presence to explore more of the lunar surface than ever before and prepare for future astronaut missions to Mars.


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WAKEFIELD — Wakefield Co-operative Bank held a “Lemonade + Free Money Sidewalk Sale” as part of Wakefield Lynnfield Chamber of Commerce’s town-wide “Sidewalk Sale” event this past Saturday, September 22, encouraging residents to shop local.
The Wakefield Co-operative Bank lemonAID sale was run by Wakefield students Owen Kelly, Megan Van Drope, Maura Riley, Madeline Wedemeier, Nicholas Wedemeier, and Zacchaeus Zivan and raised $413, all of which has been donated to Boys & Girls Club of Lawrence to assist families affected by the gas explosions on September 13.
The bank also gave away free money to anyone who posted a photo of themselves at the lemonade sale to Facebook with the hashtag #lemonAID.
“We are floored by the kindness and intellect of the students who volunteered their time last week to help others,” said Jennie Terry, Marketing Manager at the bank. “These kids were happy being part of something bigger than themselves, something beyond Wakefield, and it was amazing to see. We thank all the incredibly generous people who stopped by to donate and also the Chamber for organizing a terrific event to support and draw foot traffic to our local merchants.”

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An indigenous senator has sensationally targeted the Albanian government for being “sycophant and spineless” in a speech where she also launched complaints against Penny Wong, transgender activists and fat people.
The country’s Liberal Party Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price took the stage at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Sydney on Saturday, promising to stand up for “common sense” in the Federal Parliament.
The Warlpiri-Celtic devoted much of its speech to criticizing the Albanian government’s plan for a voice in parliament which it said was an attempt to create “racial separatism”.
She took particular aim at Foreign Secretary Wong who she said was being hypocritical earlier this week when she said she had been “triggered” by Pauline Hanson’s comments telling another senator to “fuck Pakistan”.
“Despite lecturing on the floor of the Senate about what we Native people really mean while mocking me and our good friend and fellow hypocrite Senator Thorpe for calling out Wong for trying to paint both of us with the same brush because we are Indigenous,” said Senator Prince.
“I told her, I don’t think she liked it very much… at some point maybe we have to co-design an Asian voice in parliament.
“So policies that affect Asian Australians can be their responsibility and whenever I need expert advice on how to better improve Wong’s life, I can consult the Asian voice.”
During a subsequent panel with Warren Mundine, the former Coalition candidate and Labor Party chairman, and academic Anthony Dillon, Senator Price said the vote was a “terrible idea”.
Senator Price is one of 11 First Nations members of Australia’s 47th Parliament.
During her speech at the CPAC forum, she bragged about a moment during fellow Indigenous Senator Jana Stewart’s speech in which she said Australia suffered from a racial divide.
“I thought thank you Lord for strategically placing me after my Labor colleague to deliver my first speech. There couldn’t be a better contrast,” she said.
“There is no better way for me to announce to this woke, sycophant and unabashed Labor Government that their statements have been made out of fantasies and lies.”
Senator Wong fled the chamber quickly after Senator Price’s inaugural address in a sign that she “managed to get under” her skin, she said.
“His lock from the Senate floor and through the door to avoid following Senate tradition, mind you,” the senator added.
His speech touched on a lot of the talking points among conservatives lately, denouncing the left-wing ideology of body positivity for being in direct contrast to trans activists who advocate “playing God” and “surgically removing healthy body parts.
Senator Price was the opening address for a line-up that featured fellow senators Matt Canavan and Alex Antic and former prime ministers Tony Abbott and John Howard.
Former Queensland Senator Amanda Stoker, former Government Minister Gary Hardgrave were also announced as speakers.
Former Sky News host and MP Ross Cameron and Mark Latham, now a member of the One Nation NSW Upper House, are due to address the conference on Sunday.
Originally published as ‘Fantasies and lies’: Indigenous Senator Jacinta Price brags about when Wong fled the Senate


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Winnipeg, May 5, 2016—The winner of the 2016 Alexander Kennedy Isbister Award for Non-Fiction at the Manitoba Book Awards is Turnstone Press author Martha Brooks for her poignant memoir, Letters to Brian: A Year of Living and Remembrance.
In a series of daily love letters written to her husband Brian over the year following his death from brain cancer, Martha learns how to embrace her grief and reconnect with life.
“We are sadly negligent as a society in not recognizing the simple yet profound notion that loss through death can touch us in ways that heal,” says Governor General Award winner Martha Brooks. “Sitting with grief is a sacred and transforming experience that, rather than weakening us, strengthens our humanity.”
Funny, shattering, and uplifting, Letters to Brian wrestles with the crucial question of how to continue a lifelong romance once your lover is gone.
Martha Brooks is an award-winning novelist, playwright and jazz. She is a three-time winner of the Canadian Library Association Young Adult Book of the Year, as well as the Ruth Schwartz Award, the Mr. Christie’s Book Award, the Governor General’s Award, and the Vicky Metcalf Award for her body of work. Letters to Brian is her first book for adult readers. She lives in Winnipeg.
Founded in a Winnipeg pub in 1976 to publish chapbooks by Manitoba poets, Turnstone Press has become one of the most highly regarded book publishers in western Canada, publishing not only poetry but also fiction, literary criticism and non-fiction. In 1998 Turnstone Press launched Ravenstone Books, an imprint dedicated to mysteries, thrillers, and noir fiction. Turnstone Press is committed to our literary and cultural role in Manitoba and Canada and our mandate reflects this. We publish only Canadian authors or landed immigrants, we strive to publish a significant number of new writers, to publish in a variety of genres, and to publish 50 per cent Manitoba writers and/or books with Manitoba content.
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A closer look at a region within the world of Wyn, this is the realm of Callis. Hand-done in photoshop with the exception of most of the lettering and labels which were done on paper with an old dip pen and scanned.
This is beautiful and highly inspiring! If i can i'll rep. you.
Hope to see more in this style (for example the second part of this world ).
I'm trapped in Darkness,
Still I reach out for the Stars
Great map, the Legend is terrific.
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Amazing, Chashio! I love the style you are using on these maps, they have a sort of cozy fairytale feel without being childish or cartoony at all. The lettering is beautiful too. If I'd have one nitpick, it'd be that the mountains could be more varied… Some taller peaks here and there would make them stand out more from the hills, I think.
Oh, and by the way, I can't rep you right now, so here's an imaginary rep and a happy smiley:
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I have to say, I looked at this thread 2 or 3 times and the image looked rather blah and boring to me(probably because of so much green and very little other color variation noticeable). THEN, I clicked on the thumbnail to view the full sized view and it turns out to be a very cool map!! If I would personally make any a change(ie, if this was my map), I would add a bit more noticeable color variation to the "grass" and tone done the saturation on the "base" grass color. Again, it's still a very fine map even as is though.
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Yep. The mark for the map style was similar to the Wyn map, as they're both created within the same group of cartographers in the setting, so I used the same base colors with a similar technique and tried to keep it all together and legible with the various lines and labels, etc. There is a lot more land than water in this one.

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During Q2 2007, AMD regained 2.5 percentage points on its world share of the microprocessor market from its arch-rival Intel which, in turn, suffered a 2 percentage point decrease according to the latest figures from market watcher iSuppli.
AMD's total quarter-on-quarter market share gain was greater than the 0.5 gain originally anticipated. That said, the struggling chip maker is still down 3.1 percent year-on-year, from last year's 16.4 percent in the second quarter to its current 13.4 percent, and is way behind Intel's dominant position with a 78.8 percent portion of the market.
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text: Back to full calendar Event Info Event Calendar Venue Info Info Tech Specs Promoter Info Box Office Private Events Shop Lola's Room Discover Art History Brewery Explore the Crystal Blocks Sunday, December 3, 2017 McMenamins and 94/7fm present Silversun Pickupswith very special guest Minus The BearRescheduled from original Nov 1 date... all tickets honored 7 p.m. doors, 8 p.m. show $37.50 advance, $40 day of show All ages welcome Share this event Add to Calendar Silversun Pickups Brian Aubert (guitar, vocals) * Nikki Monninger (bass)Joe Lester (keyboards) * Christopher Guanlao (drums) "This album is like its own quantum universe," says Silversun Pickups singer/guitarist Brian Aubert. "It's kind of unstable." Silversun Pickups' first new album in more than three years, BETTER NATURE sees the Silverlake, CA-based band partnering once again with producer Jacknife Lee (U2, Two Door Cinema Club, Crystal Castles), with whom they so successfully collaborated on 2012's visionary NECK OF THE WOODS. Songs like "Friendly Fires" and "Cradle (Better Nature)" were created and crafted in Lee's Topanga studio, the band building out organically from Aubert's spare songwriting demos. The result is fluid and freewheeling, "oozy," in Aubert's words, with heavily cranked guitars, propulsive rhythms, and seemingly infinite textures. GRAMMY® Award-winning mix engineer Alan Moulder (My Bloody Valentine, Nine Inch Nails, Royal Blood) brings maximum sonic power to the proceedings, but at the album's beating heart is Silversun Pickups' remarkably intuitive interplay, as ever providing panoramic musical counterpoint to Aubert's incisive, increasingly self-exploratory lyricism. Richer, warmer, and more evocative than anything in their prior canon, BETTER NATURE is Silversun Pickups' most human music thus far. "I'll tell you something that makes me a little nervous," Aubert confides. "This record, I like it. Usually I'm like, well, we tried! But this one, it's weird - we're all digging on it." Silversun Pickups is among the most dynamic and creative rock bands of the modern era, hailed far and wide for their inimitable merging of ethereal melodies and pure sonic force. From the indie rock opening salvo of 2005's PIKUL EP to 2012's far-reaching NECK OF THE WOODS, each successive release has seen the Silverlake, CA-based band boldly venture into uncharted terrain, bravely pushing their imagination and ability towards new and surprising summits. BETTER NATURE marks the debut release from Silversun Pickups' own New Machine Recordings. The label - which takes its name from the PIKUL favorite, "...All The Go Inbetweens" - allows the ever-autonomous band to fully determine its own course without any interference from on high. "This record is as indie as it gets," Aubert laughs. "Maybe we're crazy, but at the end of the day, it's really not that different than before except we have more control." Silversun Pickups' first decision as label heads was to once again record with producer Jacknife Lee at his nearby Topanga studio, enabling all involved to stay close to home throughout the process. "People always say, why don't you guys go make a record out of town somewhere," Aubert says, "but then when would we ever live here? This is my only chance to hang in Los Angeles. If I'm not here now, when am I ever going to see these people? We learned early on - we didn't pay attention to our home life and came back from the road to some very broken and tattered universes. We said, right there and then, we have to figure this out, how to do this and still be people. Which is something we eventually did." Aubert also notes that first time collaborations are always more tentative and introductory, the second go-around allowing the participants to get looser and more inventive. Having already established a creative relationship with NECK OF THE WOODS, Silversun Pickups and Lee were not only comfortable together, they knew what worked. "It just moves in a way that's so quick and easy," Aubert says. "You have the same discussions and the same battles, but you're friendly, you're closer than you were before. You don't have to explain everything, because they know." Aubert began writing new songs upon Silversun Pickups' return to California after nearly two years on the road. He prepared for the new album by recording a series of extremely stripped down demos with keyboardist Joe Lester in the band's rehearsal room, mostly wordless, others just hints of melody and sound. Silversun Pickups took those "raw bones" and "used the studio to be creative," Aubert says, "to be improvisational. To not be too locked down." With only the barest hint of a blueprint, the band relied on their already in-sync interactivity in order to create something fully attributable to all members. "There's a sound that we have that only happens when the four of us get together," Aubert says. "We can push further and further and further because we know that at the end of the day, that's not going to change. It's going to be me and it's going to be them. There's a certain thing that's immovable whether we like it or not." Where NECK OF THE WOODS was "purposely nostalgic," BETTER NATURE was designed as a snapshot of Silversun Pickups smack dab at this particular moment in time. "This all felt very current," Aubert says. "Very right now. Everything is super-happening. We've been doing this awhile now and this time I wanted us to really enjoy the process, to just laugh about it, to really feel...oozy. I just wanted it to come out, without thinking about it. I just wanted to exist." Silversun Pickups maintained a similarly Zen approach to the sessions themselves. The band had heretofore rehearsed new songs to perfection before getting near the studio, allaying their own jitters by locking everything into muscle memory before the record button was pushed. This time, that sort of safety net was off the table. "We never played these songs straight through, all together," Aubert says, "but it's even more organic in a way, because we were all creating it together. How these songs come to be is in our hands. We have the bone, how do we put some meat on this thing?" The sessions were unstructured by design, which isn't to say the band didn't apply considerable forethought to the process. Aubert cites influences on the album spanning Sparklehorse to NPR's much beloved Radiolab, the band's goal up front to create "a non-existent thing that sounds like it really exists." "We wanted it to be big and bombastic," Aubert says. "We wanted there to be weird moments - Double time! Bar chords! Screaming! Monkey sounds! The guitars were going to be swelling again, there were going to be loud solos. Things needed to be coming at you." The band worked fast despite the lack of prep, spending a grand total of 30 days recording the album between October 2014 and the start of the New Year, banging out finished track after finished track in short, sharp sessions. "It was weird," Aubert says. "it was as intense to make as all the others, but it was also very focused. I think we've learned over the years how much time we waste. Back in the day we didn't care, but now we're all like, let's go in, do five solid hours, and go home. We want to live. We need to do this one thousand percent, but not only this. We don't want to be completely absorbed by this." A vibrantly creative groove was established in which "no one knew who was going to be doing what at any time." Instruments were set up and ready to go at all times, Aubert even tracked vocals sans headphones, using a multi-directional microphone to "just sing to the room." "As tight as the last one was," Aubert says, "this one needed to be loose." BETTER NATURE is indeed Silversun Pickups at their most supple; "Pins and Needles" is all loping riff and kinetic beats while "Friendly Fires" slow jams as much as it slow burns. Co-written and sung by Monninger, "Circadian Rhythms (Let's Dance)" is audaciously imagined modern pop, "the kind of song we would have tried to steer away from in the past," Aubert says. "We had to be reminded that that was what we were going for, that we weren't afraid of anything." A number of roads are first taken on BETTER NATURE, the band allowing themselves to tackle tunes that once would have been anathema to the Silversun aesthetic. "Nightlight," the album's incandescent first single, is lifted aloft by a sing-along chorus unprecedented in the band's undoubtedly hook-heavy canon. "I remember thinking, we should not do this," Aubert says, "But then I thought, why not? Let's do it, who cares?" The band's openness informed every move, from incorporating elements from Aubert and Lester's very lo-fi demos to switching out tried and true instrumentation with invention and remarkable spontaneity. Silversun Pickups went with the flow at all turns, letting songs shift and take new shapes as events warranted. Recording "Tapedeck" proved as much "a wild ride" as the relentlessly veering song itself. "We were working that one and that same day, Jacknife bought a vibraphone," Aubert says. "We said, Nikki, why don't you learn to play it? We've never done that before. So Nikki goes off for an hour or two and next thing you know, she's playing the vibraphone. Those are the moments that were never available to us before because of our own closed-in mindset, we would never have taken those opportunities before." Harmonious and intimate, high-flying and deeply personal, BETTER NATURE is a revelatory manifestation of a great band entirely in touch with the muse and each other. Silversun Pickups have once again managed the tricky task of being completely contemporary while also full on forward thinking, now as ever, existing more than a few steps ahead of the curve. "The people who are invested in us generally like the last record we made every time we put out a new one," Aubert says. "PIKUL was this really low budget EP and then with CARNAVAS, everyone was like, ‘whoa, this is sharp!' SWOON came out and it was all dreamy so people went ‘well, this is no CARNAVAS.' And then with NECK OF THE WOODS, it was, ‘this is nothing like SWOON.' We can't wait to put this record out so people can tell us how much they liked the last one." website:http://www.silversunpickups.com/ Upcoming Events Similar Events Upcoming Events at Crystal Ballroom The Wood Brothers Thursday, March 1 Crystal Ballroom BROCKHAMPTON Friday, March 2 Crystal Ballroom MarchFourth Family Matinee Saturday, March 3 Crystal Ballroom MarchFourth Saturday, March 3 Crystal Ballroom MarchFourth 15th Anniversary Spectacular Sunday, March 4 Crystal Ballroom Walk Off the Earth Tuesday, March 6 Crystal Ballroom They Might Be Giants Thursday, March 8 Crystal Ballroom The Infamous Stringdusters Friday, March 9 Crystal Ballroom Similar Events at Crystal Ballroom The Wood Brothers Thursday, March 1 Crystal Ballroom BROCKHAMPTON Friday, March 2 Crystal Ballroom MarchFourth Family Matinee Saturday, March 3 Crystal Ballroom MarchFourth Saturday, March 3 Crystal Ballroom MarchFourth 15th Anniversary Spectacular Sunday, March 4 Crystal Ballroom Walk Off the Earth Tuesday, March 6 Crystal Ballroom They Might Be Giants Thursday, March 8 Crystal Ballroom The Infamous Stringdusters Friday, March 9 Crystal Ballroom True West Presents The Wood Brothers Thursday, March 1 6:30 p.m. doors, 8 p.m. show All ages welcome at Crystal Ballroom Live Nation BROCKHAMPTON Friday, March 2 8 p.m. doors, 9 p.m. show All ages welcome at Crystal Ballroom MarchFourth Family Matinee Saturday, March 3 2 p.m. doors, 3 p.m. show All ages welcome at Crystal Ballroom MarchFourth Saturday, March 3 7 p.m. doors, 8:30 p.m. show All ages welcome at Crystal Ballroom MarchFourth 15th Anniversary Spectacular Sunday, March 4 7 p.m. doors, 8:30 p.m. show 21 and over at Crystal Ballroom Showbox Walk Off the Earth Tuesday, March 6 6:30 p.m. Doors, 8 p.m. Show All ages welcome at Crystal Ballroom Monqui presents They Might Be Giants Thursday, March 8 7:30 p.m. doors, 9 p.m. show 14+ at Crystal Ballroom Monqui Presents The Infamous Stringdusters Friday, March 9 6:30 p.m. doors, 8 p.m. show All ages welcome at Crystal Ballroom Mike Thrasher Presents AWOLNATION Saturday, March 10 6:30 p.m. doors, 8 p.m. show All ages welcome at Crystal Ballroom Mike Thrasher Presents AWOLNATION Sunday, March 11 6:30 p.m. doors, 8 p.m. show All ages welcome at Crystal Ballroom Showbox Presents Why Don't We Wednesday, March 14 6 p.m. doors, 7 p.m. show All ages welcome at Crystal Ballroom Yonder Mountain String Band Thursday, March 15 6:30 p.m. doors, 8 p.m. show All ages welcome at Crystal Ballroom True West Presents Umphrey's McGee Friday, March 16 6:30 p.m. doors, 8 p.m. show All ages welcome at Crystal Ballroom St. Patrick's Day Saturday, March 17 All day All ages welcome at All Locations True West Presents Umphrey's McGee Saturday, March 17 6:30 p.m. doors, 8 p.m. show All ages welcome at Crystal Ballroom Happy 32nd Birthday, Ruby! Wednesday, March 21 All day All ages welcome | 21 and over to drink at All Locations OPB Music Presents The Helio Sequence Friday, March 23 6:30 p.m. Doors, 8 p.m. Show All ages welcome at Crystal Ballroom Galactic Saturday, March 24 7 p.m. doors, 8 p.m. show 21 and over at Crystal Ballroom The Fitness Marshall: LIVE in Portland Sunday, March 25 2:30 p.m. doors, 3 p.m. show All ages welcome at Crystal Ballroom Monqui Presents Clean Bandit Wednesday, March 28 6:30 p.m. doors, 8 p.m. show All ages welcome at Crystal Ballroom Abstract Earth Project Presents Emancipator Ensemble Saturday, March 31 6:30 p.m. doors, 8 p.m. show All ages welcome at Crystal Ballroom Showbox presents The Darkness Monday, April 2 7 p.m. doors, 8 p.m. show 21 and over at Crystal Ballroom Jonathan Davis Friday, April 6 6:30 p.m. Doors, 7:30 p.m. Show All ages welcome at Crystal Ballroom An evening with Amanda Palmer Saturday, April 7 6:30 p.m. Doors, 8 p.m. Show All ages welcome at Crystal Ballroom Monqui Presents The Breeders Tuesday, April 10 6 p.m. doors, 8:30 p.m. show All ages welcome at Crystal Ballroom Monqui presents The Neighbourhood Wednesday, April 11 7 p.m. doors, 8:30 p.m. show All ages welcome at Crystal Ballroom '80s Video Dance Attack - featuring VJ Kittyrox 13th Anniversary Friday, April 13 9 p.m. 21 and over at Crystal Ballroom Stoller Family Estates & 94/7 FM Present Uncut Youth Music Experience Sunday, April 15 11 a.m. doors All ages welcome at Crystal Ballroom AEG PRESENTS Marian Hill Tuesday, April 17 6:30 p.m. doors, 8 p.m. show All ages welcome at Crystal Ballroom AEG PRESENTS Kelsea Ballerini Thursday, April 19 6:30 p.m. Doors, 7:30 p.m. Show All ages welcome at Crystal Ballroom Soul'd Out Festival Proudly Presents Noname + BJ The Chicago Kid Friday, April 20 7:30 p.m. doors, 9 p.m. show All ages welcome at Crystal Ballroom Living Prism Presents Down The Rabbit Hole Saturday, April 21 8 p.m doors, 8 p.m. show 21 and over at Crystal Ballroom Showbox Bishop Briggs Sunday, April 29 7 p.m. doors, 8:30 p.m show All ages welcome at Crystal Ballroom Emporium Presents An Evening with Steven Wilson Wednesday, May 9 7 p.m. doors, 8 p.m. show All ages welcome at Crystal Ballroom True West Presents As The Crow FliesFeaturing Chris Robinson, Marcus King, Audley Freed, Andy Hess, Adam McDougal, Tony Leone Sunday, May 13 6:30 p.m. doors, 8 p.m. show 21 and over at Crystal Ballroom True West Presents The Weepies Wednesday, May 16 6:30 p.m. doors, 8 p.m. show All ages welcome at Crystal Ballroom The Brian Jonestown Massacre Tuesday, May 22 7 p.m. doors, 8 p.m. show All ages welcome at Crystal Ballroom EELS Friday, June 1 6:30 p.m. doors, 8 p.m. show All ages welcome at Crystal Ballroom King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard Monday, June 4 7:30 p.m. doors, 9 p.m. show All ages welcome at Crystal Ballroom Monqui Presents Lord Huron Tuesday, June 5 7 p.m. doors, 8:30 p.m. show All ages welcome at Crystal Ballroom Monqui Presents Lord Huron Wednesday, June 6 7 p.m. doors, 8:30 p.m. show All ages welcome at Crystal Ballroom New Found Glory Tuesday, June 12 6 p.m. doors, 7 p.m. show All ages welcome at Crystal Ballroom Monqui Presents Car Seat Headrest Sunday, July 15 7 p.m. doors, 8 p.m. show All ages welcome at Crystal Ballroom McMenamins and KINK-FM present Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls Thursday, September 6 6:30 p.m. doors, 7:30 p.m. show All ages welcome at Crystal Ballroom O.A.R. Sunday, September 16 6 p.m. doors, 7:30 p.m. show All ages welcome at Crystal Ballroom Mike Thrasher Presents Descendents Saturday, October 6 6:30 p.m. doors, 8 p.m. show All ages welcome at Crystal Ballroom Sasha Scarlett Presents Portland Erotic Ball Saturday, October 27 8 p.m. doors, 9 p.m. show 21 and over at Crystal Ballroom Info Tech Specs Promoter Info Box Office Private Events Shop The Crystal Ballroom 1332 W. Burnside Portland OR 97209 (503) 225-0047 Contact us Where On Any Night, Anything Can Happen!! In these walls... The historic Crystal Ballroom -- now over a century old -- is one of those rare concert halls that can point to a proud, diverse history while also laying claim to an ongoing musical legacy. Every time you enter this majestic ballroom, let your imagination sense the tremors resonating from a century's worth of gatherings, and realize that you are joining a thriving, generations-long procession of show-goers. Welcome! ♦ Looking for your Crystal Ballroom Passport Stamps? Crystal Ballroom, Lola’s Room & Crystal Brewery Tour occurs daily at 2 p.m. - meet at Ringlers Pub (street level below the Crystal Ballroom.) The tour takes about half an hour to complete. Any questions may be directed to the Crystal box office, 503-225-0047. Stamps for the Crystal Ballroom and Lola’s Room are also available when you see a show – ticketed or free – in either venue. Please note: Due to private events, concert setup needs and brewers’ schedules, not all spaces are guaranteed to be available to tour daily, but our staff will give it our best shot and show you the spaces that we can. Tech Specs Floor and stage plan PDF download Lighting diagram PDF download Sound manifest Crystal: PDF download Lola's Room: PDF download Technical and logistical packet For Crystal Ballroom & Lola's Room PDF download Ballroom height and beam-to-beam dimensions 16' 11" from beam to floor 19' 11" from floor to ceiling 14' 6" in between beams Promoter Info Rental Expenses To Outside Promoters RENT VARIES, PLEASE CONTACT A BOOKING COORDINATOR $850 SOUND & LIGHTS $365 PRODUCTION MANAGER ($54.75/hr OT) $255 STAGE MANAGER ($38.32/hr OT) $255 FOH TECHNICIAN ($38.32/hr OT) $255 MONITOR ENGINEER ($38.32/hr OT) $255 LIGHTING DIRECTOR ($38.32/hr OT) $150 HOSPITALITY ($20/hr OT) [mileage is 33 cents per mile] $1,000* SECURITY ($100/hr OT) $100 BOX OFFICE STAFF ($20/hr OT) $200 ADMINISTRATION FEE $ ---- PARKING HOODS $ ---- CHAIR RENTAL ($2 per chair) $ ---- ADVERTISING $500 PIPE AND DRAPE/BARRICADE $175 STAGEHANDS $ ---- BOX OFFICE CREDIT CARD FEE (3% of Box Credit Card Sales) * Security cost is an estimate. Additional security may be required depending on the nature of the event. Overtime: All expenses incurred by the Crystal Ballroom for Catering, Advertising, requested stagehands, overtime (anything over 10 hours), backline, barricade, risers, etc. will be added to total rental rate. Deposits: A non-refundable 50% room deposit and a $2,500 'untenured promoter fee' (UPF) is due immediately in order to secure the room. If ticket sales exceed 500 the 'UPF' will be refunded; if ticket sales are below 500 the room keeps the entire $2,500 to make up for less than 1/3 capacity and corresponding lack of sales. The 'UPF' will not be refunded if the event cancels within 60 days of the event. Settlement: Venue will pay renter with a company check at the immediate conclusion of door sales. Venue will not provide any cash at settlement. Late Night Fee: There is a $1,000/hour additional fee for any events after 3 a.m. We may also require additional security for events of that nature. Merchandise: Merch rate is 20% they sell. We can provide a seller with advance notice and will keep 30% of sales. The outside promoter will receive no revenue from the merchandise as that is the prerogative of the house. House keeps a percentage of all transactions. Tickets: All tickets must be placed through the venue onto the Cascade Tickets system. All comps, label buys, and holds must be approved by the venue. There is a $1/ticket venue fee at the Box Office. Refunds: All refunds will be directed to the outside promoter. In the absence of an outside promoter representative, the venue shall use its own discretion regarding refunds and all refunds shall be deducted from settlement. Insurance and Licenses: Renter must provide liability insurance not less than $1,000,000 for any single occurrence naming McMenamins Inc. d.b.a. Crystal Ballroom as additionally insured. Tickets will not be placed on sale until binder is received. Promoter is responsible for all ASCAP, BMI, and SESAC fees. Production Advance: Performers or their representative must contact venue's production manager 5 days prior to the event in order to advance production needs, otherwise runner will arrive at 6 p.m. and all rider items/requests will be greatly limited if provided at all. Layout: The Crystal Ballroom is located on the 3rd floor. The first floor is Ringlers Restaurant and the 2nd floor is Lola's Room, both of which may have a public or private event simultaneously with the Crystal. Cancellation/Postponement: The contract covers the specified event for the specified date. No substitution will be accepted for a cancellation. If the event is postponed the room deposit will be transferred to the date of the new event but the $2,500 'UPF' will be applied toward the date of the originally scheduled show and an additional $2,500 will be required in order to reschedule. Capacity: The venue's capacity is 1500*. All artist and promoter guests and comps will be deducted from sellable. Comp and guest space must be reserved in advance. House is entitled to 20 guests. House guests will not effect sellable. Promoter must have guest list to house no later than 2 hours prior to doors. VIP cap is 25. * Seated capacity is 850. Seated shows must be 21 and over. There is a $2/chair rental fee. Venue and corporate sponsor banners may be present during event. Marketing your event at the Crystal Ballroom Please contact Mike Walker for information about marketing your event through McMenamins resources. Box Office Please note! Both the Crystal Ballroom and Lola's Room specialize in open-floor shows with a very limited amount of seats. The rare seated events will be clearly denoted as such, within the event description on our schedule page. Box Office Information Tickets for all McMenamins shows are ticketed by Cascade Tickets, and may be purchased at the Crystal box office (located under the Crystal's awning) and McMenamins Edgefield, by phone at 1-855-CAS-TIXX, or by clicking the "Buy Tickets" link located at the event listing on our schedules. Tickets bought directly at the Crystal box office or any of our four ticket outlets will only incur a $1 facility charge. (Please note! Tickets to Edgefield Concerts on the Lawn will incur additional service fees.) Crystal Ballroom Box Office Hours Daily, 11:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. The box office is open later on nights when there is a performance. Tickets may also be purchased in Ringlers Pub, Monday through Friday from 6 to 11 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday from 11:30 a.m. to 11 p.m. The box office accepts cash, VISA, MasterCard, American Express and DiscoverCard. Will Call Will call is located at the box office. Refunds All ticket purchases are non-refundable. Parking There are three pay lots nearby, and street parking is available. Accessibility Those with disabilities may call (503 225 0047) or email in advance to arrange early admittance. There is an elevator located in the lobby. Hold your Private Event at Crystal Ballroom Weddings Meetings Social Events The Crystal Ballroom is a truly awe-inspiring venue with its vaulted ceilings, grand chandeliers, giant wallscapes and famous "floating" dance floor. Accommodating groups from 100 to 1000 people, this 7,500-square-foot space includes access to the Ballroom's classic corner stage, floor-to-ceiling windows, swooping balcony, and full bar service. Tucked in the Crystal’s second story is Lola’s Room accommodating events of up to 200 guests. Lola’s comes with a handsome fully stocked bar, original artwork, and a floating dance floor all it’s own. For overnight accommodations, our Crystal Hotel is just a block away! Art History Brewery Artwork plays an important role in the character of McMenamins locations throughout Oregon and Washington. We believe art makes life richer and more enjoyable. So, you'll often find paintings covering our walls, ceilings doors, overhead pipes, and equipment -- works as diverse and entertaining as our places for family and friends. Many artists have contributed to this vast variety of delightful eye candy. Jump in and enjoy some now! Explore the Crystal Blocks Our Crystal Hotel and legendary Crystal Ballroom are just across the street from each other, each offering their own unique spaces for live music, Northwest style fare and McMenamins hand crafted beverages. Explore these properties and all they have to offer. Crystal Ballroom Property Crystal Hotel Property Movie Showtimes Select Showtime Select Showtime Property Name Property Name Property Name Property Name Property Name Property Name Property Name Choose date above and click showtimes on the right for online ticket purchases... All seats are reserved. Doors open 45 minutes before each showing for food and beverage service. We recommend arriving 45 minutes early if you would like to order food to enjoy with your movie. Minors (under 21) are allowed only with parent or guardian 21 and over. Finding Dory (TBC) Running time 1:43 Buy Tickets 12:00 pm 4:00 pm 7:00 pm 10:00 pm Please be patient while we process your order.

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First gig of the year for the Pie Tribe who went to the Philharmonic Hall in Liverpool to hear the Liverpool Royal Philharmonic Orchestra perform the Nutcracker. This performance was performed against the backdrop of a 1993 film version of the Nutcraker based on George Balanchine's Ballet version with the New York Ballet, including in the cast a non dancing McCauley Culkin. The orchestra was conducted by Carl Davis.
Unlike the Pieman's previous experience with watching Ballet he wasn't allowed to fall asleep this time. As several nudges in the first half alone were given when the nodding dog started and before snoring began. On the way out chocolate was handed out which is nice, Pie would have been better, but chocolate will suffice.


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From the role of a glamorous, sultry neighbor in Vicky Donor, Puja Gupta has now transformed to a boisterous tomboy computer geek for her latest Bollywood outing, Dar Motion Picture’s, ‘Mickey Virus’. Since the announcement of Mickey Virus there have been multiple comparisons drawn between the two films, some aptly so.
Mickey Virus and Vicky Donor are both shot in Delhi and mark the transition of two renowned TV personalities. The only creative common ground for the two films is that they both foray into new age content, sperm donation and the mystical world of hacking. Puja is the only other common thread between the two projects. However, that’s where the similarities end and like the content of the films Puja Gupta’s role in both is also very different. In Mickey Virus, the energetic young theater artist will be seen playing the role of Chutney. She is one of the central elements of gang Mickey Virus, an outspoken tomboy amongst the guys. Puja had a lot of fun playing this character and loved the fact that her second outing could not be more different than her debut. Speaking on her role, Pooja said:
“Shooting for Mickey Virus was really exiting. The team was young and energetic. My films have been based in Delhi but that is where the similarities stop, the characters I portray are polls apart. In Vicky Donor I was a young college girl with hormones running high, ‘the Area ki Hottie’ whereas in Mickey Virus I am playing one of the guys, dressed in loose comfortable shirt, jeans, cargos etc.”
In her brief career, Puja has been part of ground breaking films touching upon virgin subjects like Vicky Donor, Oh My God and now India’s first hacking based comic thriller, Mickey Virus. She is also set to star in Sean Brosnan’s next, Land Of Leopold! It’s great to see more of our actors cross over from B-Town to H-Town! Mickey Virus is now out in theaters worldwide!


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2Pac’s sister has filed a lawsuit against the executor of his estate over alleged embezzlement of millions of dollars due to double-dipping an executor and manager.
The late rapper 2Pac passed away in 1996 but his name, impact, and businesses are still just as alive today as they were when he was on earth. His name and likeness is big business which all goes through the executor of his estate who was his mother but when she passed the majority of her assets was Pac’s estate which then went into it her estate that is managed by Tom Whalley. According to Billboard, Pac’s sister Sekyiwa Shakur is raising questions of the handling of the estate in a newly filed lawsuit that alleges embezzlement at the hands of the executor. Sekyiwa points out Whalley took over essential management duties of Pac and Afeni even though it was a conflict of interest due to running the estate when their mother Afeni Shakur-Davis passed away in 2016.
“He has effectively embezzled millions of dollars for his own benefit,” Sekyiwa wrote in court documents. “Whalley has unreasonably enriched himself at the expense of the beneficiaries and in bad faith by taking excessive compensation in a position from which he should properly be barred based on the inherent conflict of interest.”
Long story short Sekyiwa is accusing him of stealing money by being the business manager while essentially paying himself a % of total earnings to run the estate and also double-dipping to take a % of business deals handled as management. Once you factor in licensing, music royalties, music publishing, and merchandise sales alone it all starts to add up and can exceed millions quickly. The double-dipping directly takes money from the pockets of beneficiaries of an estate as they get paid from the same estate funds that are allegedly missing millions. The thing about estates is that they always have a paper trail to follow all the money coming in and also going out. If for some reason anything isn’t adding up courts will appoint another executor. Should be an easy case to solve or fix and move forward from with the best interest of the beneficiaries. As long as Whalley has all his ducks in a row he should be able to debunk this quickly.

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Kim Jong Un Receives Congratulatory Message from Ugandan President
The dear respected Kim Jong Un received a congratulatory message from Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, president of Uganda, on April 12.
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#1 Apr 22, 2013
Okay that was kind of showing respect to the Asian Brothers but what will come out of this,,,,, as it has been had by the American Government ??????
#2 Apr 23, 2013
I have a feel Pres M7 can help in easing tensions on the Korean Peninsula. He is capable of talking to both the North and the South. I hear the South is willing to talk to the North. Seems they are looking for an honest broker. M7 could be of use.
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Unregistered Nurse Booking presents
Snail Mail, Post Pink
2549 North Howard Street
Baltimore, MD, 21218
Doors 8:00 PM / Show 8:30 PM
This event is all ages
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Greta Kline's musical output as Frankie Cosmos exemplifies the generation of musicians born out of online self-releasing. Kline initially built a reputation with her prolific catalog of bedroom recordings and as a performer and advocate of New York's All Ages DIY scene. The beauty in Kline's writing does not lie within immense statements and large gestures, but instead can be found in her ability to examine situations and relationships with heartbreaking sincerity. In 2014 Kline released her first studio album, Zentropy. Within months of its release, Zentropy became one of the most critically acclaimed independent albums of the year and was named New York Magazine's #1 Pop album of 2014.
In 2015 Kline signed to Bayonet Records, immediately releasing an EP where she experimented with writing in an electronic setting. The EP Fit Me In was well received and garnered a Best New Track from Pitchfork. Kline then began recording her next album appropriately titled, Next Thing. Like Zentropy, Kline approached Next Thing by fleshing out several old home recordings, and by writing half of the album from scratch. Next Thing explores new emotional and instrumental territory for Kline, and is slated for release April 1st on Bayonet Records.
Snail Mail is the Baltimore based indie rock solo project of 17 year old, Lindsey Jordan. She released a six song EP titled, “Habit,” on DC punks Priests’ Sister Polygon Records in July of 2016. The record features a full band with Shawn Durham on drums and Ryan Vieira on bass.
In their “Best New Track” review for the EPs opening track “Thinning”, Pitchfork describes Jordan as possessing a voice that “sounds like it’s coming from a distance, perfect for a song with lines about wanting to lie face down on the floor for a whole year and the triumph of wasting time”.
In addition to her standout vocal abilities, Jordan is a classically trained guitarist of twelve years and experiments often with various guitar tunings and techniques in order to generate Snail Mail’s unique sound.
Skip school with Post Pink. Shoplift some colorful plastic junk; detritus of western capitalism pedaled by a bigoted multinational corporate franchise. Grab all the free samples. Ride the display bikes around wal-mart until you get kicked out or have to run away. Post Pink is bad, but only in the best way. Their songs sound like the older kids in high school teaching you how to look cool when you spit, wear cat eyeliner, and make out. This Baltimore quartet is Sam Whitelaw of Crimson Wave, David Van McAleer, and both Angie Swiecicki and Emily Ferrara of Big Mouth. Post Pink is the Ferris Bueller to your Cameron Frye. Sounds like crashing some rich jerk's convertible and actually getting away with it. "I Believe You, OK" is the band's over-before-you-know-it 8 song Sister Polygon Records debut.
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Tottenham Hotspur have a big opportunity at hand to improve their Premier League positioning this weekend, but Liverpool want to ride a wave of much-needed momentum to help pull them from their mediocre start in the league.
Thanks to Manchester United losing their match on Saturday in shocking fashion, Tottenham can, with a win over Liverpool, go even on points with the Red Devils, trailing them in the standings only on goal differential. That would also keep Spurs at five points behind Manchester City, potentially within striking distance should the league leaders’ form slip a bit.
But Liverpool are eager to improve their own standing in the table, after an inconsistent opening eight games of the season has them in eighth place in the EPL. They’re just four points behind third-place Tottenham, though, and a win over Spurs can see them close that gap significantly — and they’ve definitely got some excitement and momentum in the squad after their 7-0 thrashing of Maribor at midweek. Liverpool’s overall form hasn’t been convincing of late, but they certainly have the ability to beat Tottenham at Wembley — just as long as their squad gets and stays on the same page, which has been an issue for Jurgen Klopp’s side at times this season.
Tottenham Hotspur are looking a little thin in midfield right now, with Victor Wanyama, Mousa Dembele, and Erik Lamela all out. Liverpool have a few key injuries of their own to deal with — Sadio Mane and Adam Lallana are still out of their attack, and right Nathaniel Clyne remains on the sidelines as well.
Match info, plus how to watch on TV and stream
Match Date/Time: Sunday, 11 a.m. ET, 4 p.m. local
Venue: Wembley Stadium, London, England
TV: NBCSN (U.S. – English), Telemundo (U.S. – Spanish), Sky Sports Premier League, Sky Sports Main Event (U.K.)
Online: NBC Sports Live, NBCSports.com (U.S.), Sky Go (U.K.)
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Listings for more countries can be found at LiveSoccerTV.

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This week E-Volving Books is launching a Terry Pratchett month, starting Sept 1st.
A celebration of all things Pratchett - Discworld, DEATH and Music with Rocks in.
I love his books, and have read them all several times over. I recently read through most of his backlist in the last month, for the Nth time, and thought I should spread the love.
This will be jointly hosted, more on that tomorrow!
If you are interested and want to take part, do sign up by leaving a comment below. Feel free to do whatever you like to share the joy that is Pratchett's stories.
If you like challenges - the challenge is to read and review 4-5 books by Pratchett this month! A potential/new fan? Your challenge is 2-3 books.
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Plan for Week 1: Talking of Captain Sam Vimes
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Perfect Vision Coax Cable Compression Tool for RG59 and RG6 (PV100)
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Great Tool--Easy to Use
This tool was the best part of my recent purchase. Easy and effective to use. Armed with the proper connector, it definitely improves the means to terminate a cable with an F-style connector--far better than the old crimp method. Glad to possess this as a part of my toolbox. Well-constructed and appears to be durable. Tremendous value.


Alnus glutinosa ‘Imperialis’
Cut-leaved Alder. A conical tree with deeply cut, lobed, mid-green leaves, more so than A. glutinosa ‘Laciniata’. Pendent yellow-brown male catkins are borne from January to March before the leaves emerge.
Grow in moderately fertile, moist but well-drained soil in full-sun. It will reach a height of 15m and a spread of 8m.
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Behind closed doors, George Karl is likely to call successful black people “arrogant.”
This hypothesis stems from the former coach’s past and a recent thoughtless and unnecessary tweet directed at one of his former players, DeMarcus Cousins. in one recent interview with ESPNCousins reflected on his turbulent times with the Sacramento Kings and how he feels a franchise with a long history of wasting the talents of countless players and coaches over decades has done nothing for him.
That’s where the “pride” thing comes in, because that’s the term some white people like to use when describing a black person who’s gotten “too big for their pants.” In other words, it’s coded language for a black person who sees themselves as something more than white gaze thinks they should be, which can be annoying.
Cousins: What did Sac do for me? Also say my name [draft day]. I did more for her than she did for me. That’s just being honest. Just be 100% honest. I’ve had two owners, three GMs, seven coaches in seven years. I was there for seven years. I had three GMs, two owners and seven trainers. You don’t have to say more.”
Karl: “I paid you about $50 million and gave you a chance to play professional basketball for a living.”
In the spirit of fact-checking, the Kings Cousins paid just over $56 million during his time in Sacramento. corresponding spotrac.com. But still, it’s not like it was a donation to an at-risk youth, it was the contract a franchise agreed to pay a player with cousins’ talents for being one of the most dominant big men of his time was. Karl doesn’t care, however, because for him, a high school All-American, who was the fifth overall pick from Kentucky, who became a four-time All-Star and two-time All-NBA, should be grateful that Kings “allowed” him to earn his living like every team in the league hadn’t signed him for a multi-million dollar deal.
But this isn’t about a negotiated NBA contract or a long-standing feud between a player and a coach who never got along. It’s about Karl’s penchant for knocking down black men in the NBA.
Here is a Link from the old days of ESPN.com when legendary NBA reporter David Aldridge wrote a column about having to check Karl for his comments about black coaches. It’s from 20 years ago – when Cousins wasn’t even a teenager.
“Doc (Rivers) is doing a great job — and now there’s going to be four or five more anointings from the young African-American coach,” Karl said esquire magazine in the April 2002 issue. “Which is fine – because I think they were screwed deep down. They were screwed. But I have a great (white) assistant coach who can’t even get an interview. So I get mad.”
The title of Aldridge’s column was Why George Karl’s Comments Were Stupid. As you can see, some things never change. Even then, Karl was pissed that the white guy coaching next to him couldn’t get a shot because all those “haughty” black guys who probably played in the league would get chances before his guy because some “haughty” black guy was coached Success.
Do you realize how toxic the mentality of people like Karl can be?
Excerpts from a book that Karl was about to publish were published back in 2016. One of the trigger points was Karl’s comments about Carmelo Anthony, Kenyon Martin and JR Smith as he used coded language to discuss the “obsession” that went with them and what he felt was holding them back as men and players.
“Kenyon and Carmelo carried two big burdens — all the money and not having a father to show them how to behave like a man.” he wrote. It’s always funny how white men are seen as triumphant for managing to not have a father in the house, but black men are portrayed as lacking in masculinity.
Oh, and the book’s name was a shot at Karl’s former black players too, as it was titled “Furious George: My Forty Years Surviving NBA Divas, Clueless GMs, and Poor Shot Selection.”
Every few years, Karl does something that reminds us how terrible he is. But like clockwork, people either forget him or grant him an everlasting blanket of grace because he and his family beat cancer. And that’s not to say that Karl and his family weren’t heroic in the fight against an illness that had disheartened almost everyone at the time. That said, just because something bad happened to you doesn’t allow you to be an idiot. Because when that happens we just forget how great coach George Karl was because we keep being reminded how shallow he is. Sounds like he needs a father figure in his life.

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It happens to all of us. You rush through a recipe and leave out a key ingredient, impatience gets the best of you and you stir the fudge before it’s reached the proper temperature, or for whatever other reason your homemade fudge is grainy.
The good news is it just takes a little more time, and you can salvage your fudge and turn it from a grainy sloppy mess into those delightful rich velvety cubes you desire.
Once you see that your fudge just isn’t going to turn out how you hoped it’s really simple to try again.
Steps to fix grainy fudge
- Set your crunchy chocolaty concoction aside and clean all your utensils to start fresh.
- Read through your recipe again and identify any errors (the fudge above I forgot to include coconut nectar in- I was following this recipe too late in the evening, beyond when my brain functions well enough to trust it with candy making).
- Add your grainy fudge to your pot, plus 1/2 cup of water and any ingredients you missed the first time around.
- Again, bring it up to the temperature called for in the recipe, and follow the rest of the instructions as written.
That’s it! We just need to add water and start over. This works if the fudge isn’t burnt- if it tastes burnt, we won’t be able to get rid of that taste, but if it’s just a texture issue you’ll find that starting over while adding a little water turns a grainy sandy mess into delicious smooth velvety fudge.
This also worked for undercooked candy- if you didn’t bring the candy up to high enough temperature and it never set as well, you can add water and start over.
This method works with most candy, and allows you to save special expensive ingredients, while saving face as well.
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Super Intro Sale for the IS300 Platforms!!!
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We just sold out of our last shipment of coil overs, and have 8 confirmed coming on the next container from stance (early May, 2010). Last time, we sold out of all of them before they even arrived, and had a few extras. This time, we are guaranteed 8 into the United States, and possibly another 5 if they can be built in time for the container.
We are making a pre-delivery sale for $1199 shipped vs. the $1255 they cost regularly. We are selling these at our old price, even though the price of stance did go up.
Please call me at 1-800-959-0145 ext 5 to put down your name. You will have to pre-pay the full amount. If you need to cancel at any point, there will be a 5% cancellation fee but that's it. I know the demand is high, and summer is right around the corner!
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Winter Community Barn Dance
Join the Newport String Project and Common Fence Music for a Fall Community Barn Dance. It will be an afternoon of fiddle-fuelled fun, when participants will learn how to sashay, promenade and much more with the guidance of seasoned dance caller Jim Hicks. NSP co-founder EmmaLee Holmes-Hicks will be fiddling with the Rusty Pick-Up String Band and local favorites Tom Perrotti and Mike Fischman. The dance will kick off with a performance by the young students of the Newport String Project.
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