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Brooklyn’s own MC K. Gaines showcased his worldly charisma in this short, Kung Fu Bum, which was produced by Chopstick Graffiti.

For fans of the Sleepwalkas lyricist, after dropping the Cornball Cookie Cutter Cats Can’t Cut It On This album last year in March, Gaines hit the lab to concoct a new project that merges with the times. Collaborating with an incredible crew of aspiring filmmakers (Chopstick Graffiti), the group collaborated to create this martial arts inspired project as a precursor to his recently released debut Rumspringa — The Wildman Chronicle.

The Peter Lawton written-and-directed short finds Gaines as an impoverished member of the world community finding his place after his clan’s brutal murder. The Bum sets out on a quest for vengeance, but the picture asks the audience if revenge truly be enough. The Audience Award winning short does well in tone, subject matter, music and all-around excitement. With the traditional story of “man find redemption in action” leading the picture, Bum boasts solid appearances by musician Alex Ampadu and 2 Hungry Bros. producer Rob “Deep” Maldonado.

Over the course of three chapters, audiences are engaged with the thrilling short that harkens back to films like Enter The Wu-Tang, The 36th Chamber of Shaolin. Told in rather singular fashion, Gaines’ Bum persona openly narrates the conflict of losing his clan and finding the ones responsible. Choosing to fight his way through opposition to finally get to The Boss (Jermaine Smith), the Kung Fu Bum learns about himself, entertains the audience and doles out more death in a matter of moments.

As the wayward warrior meets wanderers (Raymond Rodriguez Jr.) and confronts a Bastard Monk (Nicholas Ortiz), Bum’s quest for vengeance is full of enjoyable moments.

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      No, Why Don't YOU Shut the Fuck Up About 'Game of Thrones'?

      By Harry Cheadle

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      April 10, 2014

      Some Game of Thrones fans in outfits that are pretty dang cool. Photo via Flickr user John Biehler

      Dear Clive Martin,

      So I hear that you don't like a TV show that you haven't seen. Writing about how you refuse to watch Game of Thrones but hate it anyway was cool and a worthwhile way to spend your time, but after reading about your "innate aversion to anything that can be described as 'fantasy,'" I thought I should take a moment to address your criticisms of a genre and a subculture about which you are proud to be profoundly ignorant. Consider this a friendly "No, you shut the fuck up!" from your colleague across the Atlantic.

      I should open with a disclaimer: I don't watch Game of Thrones either. I read the first three books of George R. R. Martin's Song of Ice and Fire series when I was in high school, so I already knew what was going to happen in at least the first couple seasons of the show, and by now I'm so far behind that I've despaired of ever catching up.

      I do, however, have some nerd cred. Back in the days when the sci-fi/fantasy sections of various used bookstores were a refuge from whatever angsty teenaged things were happening in my life, I read a lot of epic fantasy. The only example of this genre you seem to be aware of is The Lord of the Rings, but during my prime fantasy-reading years Robert Jordan's seemingly never-ending, hopelessly complicated Wheel of Time saga was the most popular series out there, and I also read Tad Williams's excellent Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn trilogy, Terry Brooks's perfectly serviceable Shannara and Magic Kingdom of Landover sagas, Terry Goodkind's remarkably shitty Sword of Truth books, David Eddings's terrifically named Belgariad and Malloreon epics, the pun-based misogyny of Piers Anthony's Xanth world... the list goes on.

      What separates Martin's books from the pack is that his made-up world of Westeros feels more "real" than other made-up worlds like Tolkien's Middle Earth or Brooks's Shannara. There's very little magic in the series, and when something supernatural happens, everyone is freaked out and confused. The characters have sex (mostly sex that would be illegal today), get tortured, betray one another, and die incredibly easily and often for very little reason-just like real people involved in a medieval war would have. One of the first plot points is a child getting thrown off a ledge and crippled after he witnesses some nasty-ass incest; one major character gets killed on the toilet and shits all over the place as he dies. So the books are earthy, you might say. More importantly, anyone in Martin's world who strives for nobility, honor, or any other trait lauded in traditional fantasy novels inevitably ends up impaled on a spike or crippled and humiliated by the amoral crooks who always come out on top. Like I said, this is more realistic than most epic fantasy.

      Naturally, a show based on a series of books that's full of plot twists, reversals of fortune, bloody battles, and scheming villains is gonna be a slam dunk. Throw in HBO's typically high production values and strong performances (and lots of nudity) and you've got a recipe for a pretty fucking sweet franchise, son. You mentioned that you don't appreciate the "scope, escapism, narrative skill, and subtle humor that fantasy fans eulogize," but there's nothing subtle about Game of Thrones's appeal. It's all, "OH SHIT HE'S GETTING KILLED WTF" and "AWWWW DAMN THEY'RE CUTTING HIS DICK OFF!!" If you refuse to watch that because-what? It's set in a vaguely medieval world? There are dragons in some of it?-I don't know what to say to you.

      Some good books that Clive Martin refuses to read. Photo via Flickr user Paulo José Silva Ferraz

      But hey, I don't give a shit what you decide to put in front of your eyeballs. What bugs me is that you're basing your dislike for fantasy on some outdated stereotypes and The Lord of the Rings, which is like me imagining that the UK is just a bunch of Winston Churchills eating bad sausages and drinking warm beer. To help you understand, here are some responses to what I guess we'll have to call your "points":

      I've always seen [fantasy] as a culture that tends to be adored by people who can't quite deal with the chaos of the real world: its genocides, its heartbreak, its dogging, its endlessly evolving fashions, and its religious zealots.

      If you spent less time not reading and watching things, you might have realized that genocides, heartbreak, and religious zealots are all themes that fantasy novels frequently address. Maybe you would like there to be more dogging in your literature, in which case I can recommend alternative history/sci-fi author Harry Turtledove, whose characters are constantly getting it on in public.

      Then there's the problem of sex. Lord of the Rings-despite featuring Viggo Mortensen, Orlando Bloom, and Liv Tyler-managed to totally eschew anything remotely sexual, save for a bit of cleavage and some brief kissing towards the end.

      Wow, good job realizing that the series lacks any sex-when you actually watch something, it turns out you can correctly describe it. Tolkien's books also lack female characters and essentially ignore romance; if anything, the movies take pains to emphasize the Aragorn-and-Arwen-are-in-love subplot. But you shouldn't base your perceptions of a whole genre off of one 60-year-old series. Other fantasy novels have more sex, and a lot of the time they include scenes that are clearly the author fantasizing about getting it on with a half-elf or whatever. I mean, have you seen what young ladies wear at fantasy-themed conventions? This is not a culture that needs to be told to sex it up.

      I guess my real problem is that most things fantasy-related seem to come from a very conservative, dated worldview. They remind me of car trips, bars where the bartender wears corduroy, school trips to theme parks, and people who wear "SMEG OFF" T-shirts.

      OK, you've got a point with this one-most fantasy is written by white guys who are super into white-guy stuff like European military history and Celtic mythology. Some of them are also pretty culturally conservative, and the genre is not known for being particularly cool about female characters. But what does that have to do with bartenders in corduroy? Is that a thing in jolly old England? Are they the ones serving warm beer?

      Also, where are all the ethnic minorities in Lord of the Rings?

      Again, yeah, fantasy is a real white-guy-dominated genre, though you can find splashes of diversity here and there. But it's not like this is a problem specific to fantasy-a couple of the "cool guy" authors you mention reading, Kerouac and Salinger, never delved into race either, and arguably they had less of an excuse.

      To me, it seems that these books, films, songs, and TV shows about people with weird ears running around mountains smashing each other over the head with swords are created for people who have trouble understanding other human beings.

      You're on to something here, so it's too bad you've got it backwards. Fantasy fans often feel misunderstood-partly because uninformed jackasses feel entitled to write about the genre as if they are experts, but also, more broadly, because they often find themselves on the outside looking in. If many readers of epic fantasy are drawn to escapist tales of mysterious lands and common people becoming heroes because those readers were bullied and ostracized by their peers, well, who can blame them? If you can't understand the impulse to bury your head in a book that literally contains another world, I guess it makes sense that you would turn your nose up at fantasy novels-but raising the boring old trope of geeks who don't "understand human beings" is the kind of cheap shot I'd expect from a cartoonish caricature of a villain in an 80s teen movie, not a real person.

      I should mention that I don't really read fantasy novels anymore-the books are long, the characters often don't have a lot of psychological depth, and the writing can be straight-up lousy. (Fantasy fans: I know this isn't true of the entire genre, but I no longer want to take the time to find the gems.) As I got older, I started valuing different things in the fiction I consumed, and as a result I'm not really interested in catching up with The Song of Ice and Fire, or finally finishing The Wheel of Time. But I can at least appreciate that there a lot of people who are loving, and even taking refuge in, those books, and it can be pretty fucking tiring when people dismiss them with a "You're reading books about orcs or whatever? SMH LOL."

      Anyway, you should go get fucked.

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Published: Wed, December 24, 2008 @ 12:00 a.m.

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Tales come true in this Disney kid flick.

Box-office commodity Adam Sandler is repositioned as kid-friendly in “Bedtime Stories,” a Disney movie that plays better on a balance sheet than a screen. Sandler brought his repertory company (Rob Schneider) to Disney for this holiday disappointment about a wacky uncle whose fantastical bedtime stories come true.

First, there’s a prologue about a hotelier dad (Jonathan Pryce) who told his kids great “Once upon a times” in the days before he sold out to a hotel chain.

Today, Skeeter (Sandler) is handyman at L.A.’s Sunny Vista Nottingham, longing for the day when the owner’s promise to his late father — that he’d get to manage the place — comes true. But slithery Kendall (Guy Pearce, over the top) has angled an engagement with the owner’s Paris Hiltonish daughter to land that job.

Meanwhile, Skeeter’s sister Wendy (Courteney Cox) is a newly divorced, newly laid-off school principal who needs him to watch her kids for a week. He’ll do nights. Wendy’s pal Jill (Keri Russell) will watch them during the day. Jill is just like Wendy — a martinet who is all about health foods and no TV.

What’s an Uncle Buck, er, Skeeter to do? Why, tell bedtime tales about knights and cowboys and charioteers and galactic warriors, none of whom get the respect (or promotion) they deserve. Funny thing about the stories. When the kids pitch in and “improve” them, they come true. Skeeter competes for the promotion and a kiss from “the fairest in all the land.” Oh, and gumballs rain from the sky. Skeeter tries to manipulate the stories.

“Hairspray” hero Adam Shankman takes a GIGANTIC step backward with this. He must have seen something in the fanciful flashbacks where Skeeter and friends (Russell Brand of “Forgetting Sarah Marshall” is a bland waiter pal) and enemies (Pearce) show up as sidekicks, villainous knights or unworthy sycophants to the Emperor. Special effects, stuntmen and editing don’t quite hide that Sandler isn’t doing this shtick.

The big kiddie laugh here is a bug-eyed (digitally assisted) hamster that pops into the picture any time the script-by-committee runs out of ideas. Yup, we see a lot of “Bugsy.” Sandler’s blank-faced mugging takes the form of not-that-funny silly voices. Again, the script isn’t helping.

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Published: Thu, December 23, 2010 @ 12:00 a.m.

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The appointment of Atty. Robert E. Bush Jr. of Youngstown as director of the Mahoning County Department of Job and Family Services is on the county commissioners’ agenda for their 10 a.m. meeting today in the county-courthouse basement.

Commissioner David N. Ludt said there were about 20 applicants for the JFS directorship.

Ludt said the new director would have to understand the financing of JFS, manage the money well and delegate authority “to the supervisors that know their job and make them do their job.”

Bush, who now serves as chief of the criminal division in the county prosecutor’s office, is a former Youngstown law director and police chief.

“We have to instill a philosophy that that agency is there to serve the people, not that the people are there to serve us,” Bush said of JFS on Wednesday.

If he’s appointed, Bush said his priorities will include familiarizing himself with the agency’s budget and past performance audits to determine how it can more efficiently deliver services.

With nearly 300 employees and a $24 million annual budget, JFS is the largest county department. Housed at Oakhill Renaissance Place, JFS includes the income maintenance section and the Child Support Enforcement Agency.

“I’ve got to grasp the budget. A lot of that money comes out of the state, and you don’t know what the new governor’s priorities are going to be,” Bush said, referring to Republican Gov.-elect John Kasich, who will replace the Democratic Gov. Ted Strickland next month.

Most challenging will be the need to react to potential midyear cuts in the agency’s budget, he said.

Bush earns about $79,200 a year in his present job, minus the 10-percent pay cut imposed on him due to the county’s financial woes. He said his salary as JFS director still needs to be negotiated.

Bush replaces Judee Genetin, who earned $100,896 when she left last month to become Portage County JFS director.

Bush has been a city patrolman and detective, a postal inspector, safety coordinator for the Youngstown Metropolitan Housing Authority and an adjunct instructor in criminal justice at Youngstown State University.

He has an associate’s degree in criminal justice and a bachelor’s degree in law-enforcement administration from YSU and a law degree from the University of Akron.

Bush also is a highly decorated Marine veteran of the Vietnam War. A helicopter crew chief and gunner in Vietnam, he earned two Purple Hearts, 17 air medals and a Navy commendation medal for valor in combat.

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In 2007, Coldwater was the only team capable of beating a seemingly unbeatable Cardinal Mooney football team.

The Cavaliers’ athletic director may have an answer for an even tougher problem involving schools like Mooney’s.

Eric Goodwin, who has been the school’s AD since 1998, believes he has a simple solution to the public-private debate. Under Goodwin’s plan, any open enrollment student would count as 150 percent toward a school’s enrollment.

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That’s why Goodwin believes the OHSAA should have harsher penalties for students who transfer during high school.

“For this to work, it should be simple: If a student enters any school their freshman year, that is where they stay,” he said. “If they go to another school at all, it is a one-year penalty.

“Exceptions should be few and far between. No apartments, no change of custody, no exceptions such as these. The only exception would be a physical move in which they no longer have ownership of the other property they were living in.”

Currently, athletes are eligible if they change residences, but as Goodwin hinted, there are too many ways around this rule. He believes students should change schools for academics only and believes coaches should lose their licenses if they’re caught cheating. He also thinks cheating schools should get a two-year ban from postseason tournaments for all sports.

While Goodwin’s plan is harsh, it’s not coming from someone whose school is incapable of competing with the state’s best. Over the last 12 years, Coldwater has played Mooney or Ursuline in the state finals five times. The Cavaliers won both meetings with Mooney (2005 and 2007) and lost all three meetings with Ursuline (2000, 2009 and 2010). They won this year’s Division V state football title and have won state titles in six other sports since 1990.

“Coldwater has taken pride in trying to compete against the Youngstown-area schools,” said Goodwin, whose school has had just one open enrollment student on its football team during his tenure. “Obviously we have had mixed success against both of them, but we do take pride in being able to try to compete with them.

“With separate tournaments, we would have never had the great state final game of 2007 of Mooney vs. Coldwater.”

The past two years, Ohio’s principals have voted down complicated referendums that took into account things like student lunches, tradition and boundaries. In May, those principals will decide whether or not to separate tournaments between public and private.

I think Goodwin’s solution is a better option.

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Vinyl siding is a plastic exterior cladding used for weatherproofing and decorating buildings that has been around since the late 1950s and has a number of functional and decorative benefits over its alternatives. Its alternatives are aluminum, fiber cement or the more traditional wood siding as well as other competitors such as brick, stucco and concrete. It is made up of about 80% polyvinyl chloride (PVC) resin and the rest of the ingredients make it durable, flexible and resistant to impact as well as providing its color, gloss and opacity. It is the most common exterior cladding used in Canada and the United States for residential buildings, accounting for 30% of the market in 2014 according to the US Census.

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Average Price per Square Foot and Project Cost

According to the United States Census, the average house is a two-story, 25’ by 45’ (2250 sq. ft. of floor area) and has a 2800 square foot exterior. This can be calculated by adding up the wall lengths and multiplying by the height of the house (10’ per story). (25’ + 45’ + 25’ + 45’) x 20’ = 2800 square feet.

The average price ranges from $3 to $7 per square foot installed. You can expect to pay $8,400 to $19,600 to have an average-sized two-story house completely outfitted by a professional. Having a contractor remove existing siding can cost an additional $1,000 to $3,000.

The cost depends on a number of factors that are discussed in the next section including style, manufacturer, thickness and contractor chosen. Costs can be as low as $100 to $300 for a 100 square foot panel (or “square”), so if you are willing to do the installation yourself, you can save a considerable amount of money.

Professionally Installed Cost Breakdown

Let’s use the same size house as above (2800 exterior square feet) to outline an example bid by a certified and bonded contracting company using siding that is 0.046″ thick. The following costs do not include any fascia, soffit or window trim. Note: This purpose of this example is to provide ballpark cost estimates and does not represent a bid for your particular project or location.

Siding: 2800 square feet x $4.50 = $12,600 (includes installation/labor)
Builder’s Permit: $200.00
Finish Strips: 6 pieces at $3.30 each = $19.80
J-Channels: 55 x $3.60 each = $198.00
Starter Strips: 15 pieces at $2.75 each = $41.25
Outlets/Vents/Hydrants: for plug-in outlets, light fixtures, replace gable vents and hydrant faucets – $300.00
Garbage Rental: $250.00
Inside Corner: 9 pieces at $5.40 each = $48.60
Outside Corner: 2 pieces at $9.85 each = $19.70
Shutters: 12 pieces at $39.00 each = $468
Nails: $40.00
Delivery Charge: $45.00
Cost to have the old siding removed: $1,000

Total Cost = $15,275.35

Factors that Affect the Costs

There are many factors and options that affect the price. It is important to know that even the simplest choice can significantly raise or reduce the total cost of the project.

Product Chosen
Vinyl siding itself is fairly inexpensive and can be priced anywhere between $1 and $10 per square foot depending primarily on its quality (thickness) and type (style, profile and texture). Thicker grade siding (highest grade is around .052”) is always more expensive than thinner grade (builder’s grade is .040”). The thicker it is, the better its life expectancy, fade resistance and durability. Simpler styles with little or no extras or textures are always cheaper. Remember that a higher price does not always mean better quality and sometimes due to a well-known brand name. It’s always a safe idea to go with a mid-range price.

Surface Layout and Size
Homes that are larger and/or have unusually shaped or placed windows and walls take longer to side and require more materials. Installing trim pieces, crown molding, soffits, fascia and window channels are not always included in price estimates and can significantly add to a project’s cost depending how much detailing work is required. Some contractors will charge around $3 to $6 per linear foot for these features. It is advised to select a contractor that clearly outlines these in their bid or includes them in their “per 100 square feet” quote.

Installation costs vary considerably based on the type (general contractor, siding specialist, etc.), quality and experience of the installer and the location of the project. Some homeowners choose to install everything themselves to completely avoid the cost of labor. Note: If you do not have any handyman skills or are unsure about any part of the installation process, it is advised that you trust the project to a professional so that it is correctly, on time and under budget. While it cannot be avoided, the location of the project can have a significant impact on the cost of labor and materials. Areas with higher demand for vinyl siding, lower supply of materials or contractors and/or a higher cost of living will all experience higher project costs.

Colors, Styles and Benefits

Vinyl siding comes in a wide variety of colors and styles. Homeowners can choose from reds or blues, warm (gray, green) or cool (orange, brown) earth tones, or colors such as: mocha, ivory, clay, wheat, cabin, regatta, driftwood and cypress. If the perfect fit can’t be found, custom colors can be created in most cases at an additional cost.

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All colors come in a variety of styles. The following are the most popular available:

Beaded Seam – Beaded seam is one of the most popular styles that offers a traditional, clean look. Its lines are emphasized due to a rounded bead on the bottom of every clapboard course. These beads emulate the ones that were handcrafted on wood siding used in the southern US in the early 1800s. This style is available in many different colors that can suit almost any décor and layout.

Smooth – this is the simplest style as it has no texture on its surface. Homeowners who want a clean and simple look often pick this one.

Board and Batten – Board and batten has alternating narrow and wide strips and is available in either vertical or horizontal configurations. It is also known as barn style and typically has a rough texture that looks and feels like cedar wood.

Shingle – Shingle (or shake) styles can have a staggered edge design that creates a hand-built and rustic façade or a straight edge that looks uniform, well-aligned and modern.

Other types to consider include: dutch lap, vertical, cabin board and shakes.

Homeowners and developers choose this material for reasons other than its attractive colors and styles. There have been many improvements made to vinyl designs and technologies over the past 50 years. Many of these improvements are now significant benefits of the material and advantages that it holds over its alternatives. Here are several of the primary benefits:

  • Variety – As mentioned above, consumers have a huge variety of colors, thicknesses, textures, profiles and styles to choose from.
  • Low Maintenance – One of its most attractive features is that it is easy to care for. It only requires mild dish soap and water for cleaning and does not need frequent repainting as wood and aluminum do since its color can last for 25 years or more.
  • Affordable – Not only is it cheap to maintain, but it also much more affordable than other cladding materials (such as wood, metal and fiber cement) to have installed. Additional money can be saved by motivated homeowners (who have some do-it-yourself experience) that opt to install the siding themselves.
  • Durability and Longevity – It is extremely durable. It resists impacts well, can handle and maintains its original color for a long time as it is made from PVC resin that is colored all the way through. It also doesn’t attract insects like wood does and it resists the entry of animals and moisture.

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Finding the Right Contractor

Having it installed is a significant investment in a home’s appearance and resale value. Homeowners should spend the time and effort required to find a contractor who is trustworthy, knowledgeable and transparent so that it is done properly for a reasonable price.

The best way to start is to seek recommendations from friends or relatives. They may have first-hand experience with reliable contractors in the area. Get bids from any and all siding installers in your area to get an idea of the price range available. Research their reputations and read reviews online to help determine their professionalism and work quality. It is a good idea to choose one who has many years in the business and is willing to provide the contact information of past customers as references and photos of previous work. Signs of poorly done work include warping, separation, ripples, sags and bulging. Also ask to see their licenses, certifications and their insurance coverage. Finally, don’t be afraid to ask questions. A good contractor welcomes all questions and concerns from their potential customers.

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  1. Make sure you ask a lot of questions. Ask family, friends, neighbors, even business associates for referrals. Don’t be afraid to ask these siding contractors for quotes, ask to see their insurance, payment requirements, guarantee of work and guarantee/warrantee on materials. I live in Naperville, IL and I asked everyone I know who they chose and how the whole work progressed. Do some online research as well, but don’t take it full heartedly. I went with a local siding contractor, ProHome1, because they gave me a guarantee on their work and materials.

  2. After a severe hail damage storm in Aurora Colorado, a certain contractor started targeting unsuspecting home owners. The contractor made promises and agreements then when the project was finished the contractor increased his overhead and profit to claim my entire insurance check. The Vinyl Siding Quantity is a total of 344.64 SF. The Unit Cost is $3.22. The contractor gave me an estimate cost of $1703.21 for removal, house wrap (air/moisture barrier), Fascia metal 8”, two ladders with jacks and plank, and the siding. When the project was completed the contractor sent me a bill for: $2,069.60. Please tell me if the contractor is charging me too much. Thank you. Kim

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  1. How do you feel about VP rant sites/blogs? I noticed in an increased of users actually making blogs or tumblers that rant about petsites. Usually its about people on certain sites, but sometimes its about the site itself. Do you think something should be done about them?

    Personally I don't care since most of the time you don't even know there is a blog site. Only when others point them out do you notice them or sometimes when googling the petsite. Though I really dislike ones that actually name people and say rude things about that that is basically harassing.
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  2. It's a matter of free speech.
    I think they're fine, they're also pretty amusing and somewhat relateable here and there.
    I feel if they contain screenshots, names should be blanked out for privacy.
  3. I'll admit, I love drama blogs and I follow quite a few of them for aywas. Sometimes there's just things that need to be said but can't be said online. I'd probably make my own blogs if I actually had something interesting enough to talk about.
  4. I just don't read em, and I completely ignore them.
  5. I don't see the problem with them.

    Some things can't be said on-site, but people still have the need to complain about it (whether there's a ban on complaining/whining/the admin just can't take criticism). I feel that it's all part of owning and running a website that these things are going to happen and it's up to the admin to either 1.) Ignore it, which I don't necessarily agree with, especially if there are legitimate concerns about the site and the admin just feels like everything is bashing and ranting and whining when it's not and 2.) Actually checking it out and dealing with the legitimate issues that arise.

    It's all part of the package, which I've found a few pet site owners seem to have really thin skin, and so, these types of blogs pop up to give the users unbiased places to vent about things.
  6. Oh, no, I understand that, which is why I stressed the 'legitimate concerns' part of the whole issue.

    Also, I find it incredibly unreasonable to ban someone for offsite conduct if all they're doing is letting off steam on something that upset them, whether it was unfounded or not. It's offsite, and really, you should have no jurisdiction there. I'm also not really sure if you're talking about the players being on site or off site, so 'take this with a grain of salt', as you put it.

    I know that you'll probably come back with a 'well, it's my site' response, and that's okay. I just think it's ridiculous and petty.

    Now, that is to say that if a player admits to cheating in the game, or causing harm to the game in an offsite forum or blog, well, that I will say it's well within your rights to protect your site, because it costs money and cheating and hacking can bring that all to a stand still.

    But ranting about some one or just generally venting about something that won't even matter in the long run, as long as they're polite and follow the rules on site?

    Let them be.
  7. As a VPS owner myself, I can tell you that we definitely don't go looking to off-site rant topics to search for suggestions for features or site improvements. The right place for that is on-site suggestion or glitches and bugs forums. If a site owner rejects a suggestion from an on-site thread because they don't think it's something that would be good for the site, then they're certainly not going to change their mind because a disgruntled user makes an off-site rant topic.

    As for these kind of things in general, I don't think it matters whether we like them or don't like them... they're going to exist. Often these kind of blogs/entries are created for multiple sites by the same people, who seem to be generally angry at the world. Do they hurt the sites they're aimed at? Not really. Most users have been accustomed to these kind of things and mostly read them for amusement. Besides, my own sites have actually gained users because people like to read these kind of things, and then get curious enough to check out the site for themselves. Most people who put up these kind of rant blogs come off as so incredibly, frothingly single mindedly angry that few people are going to take them at their word and believe what's said without checking things out for themselves, and I'd like to believe that most people who are led to my sites because of them, are capable of actually making up their own minds :p

    Personally I've found that pet site owners tend to get accused of having "thin skin" simply because they respond to someone's rant with a differing opinion. It seems that users are "allowed" to say whatever they want and be as rude, angry, and slanderous as they want, but if a site owner responds with a different take on something, they are labelled as "thin skinned" or "defensive". If another user posts disagreeing with the OP's point of view, they are "kissing up to staff". I've actually stopped bothering to respond to rants because of this. Not because I "can't take it" but because it's utterly unproductive. My take is that if someone is ranting, they're ranting - blowing off steam. If they have an actual suggestion to make, they can post it in the suggestions forum, or if they encounter something they don't think is working right, they can post in glitches and bugs, and we'll review their posts and act in whatever manner we feel benefits the site.

    I certainly don't find most off-site rant blogs to be "unbiased". Watch anyone post an opinion differing from the OP's and just see how unbiased they really are :p
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  8. I'm glad they're out there, actually. Sometimes it takes some negativity to wake people up.
  9. I guess it's all a matter of how you run your site, then, really.

    I personally would take into account all ideas, issues and discussions, whether it be something that's in a rant or on an offsite forum, because I'd want to get opinions from all sides of the issue, whether I like what they have to say or not and whether I agree with them or not.

    I also know that it's impossible to make everyone happy and you're going to make someone mad no matter what you do. You can't win them all, but I think to be a good admin you need to realize that people aren't going to like everything you do and that people are going to criticize everything that's within their power to do so.

    And as to the 'thin skinned' comment, I never said that you couldn't disagree with what the users have to say or that the users are able to say whatever they want to say and I ask that you not imply that I do so. I just simply meant that the admins get so overly defensive about their sites and see everything as an attack that they lose sight of what the scope of the issue is and disregard what someone is saying as petty whining even though some of the ideas are really actually very good. As for the users that are rude and inconsiderate, well, that's not okay and I'm never going to say that it is, even though I say that people are going to rant and whine and complain. That I will stand by the admin in slapping down, even while I say don't disregard the whole issue, just because someone went about bringing it up in an inappropriate manner.

    But, as I've stated before, it's all a matter of how different people run their own sites.

    You're certainly able to run your site your way, just as I'm able to run a site the way I think that it should be run.
  10. Mm, you're right, and I apologize. It wasn't right of me to assume and it makes for horrible argument/discussion as it invalidates everything I say.

    Any further response to the re-quote by Onyx will be found in my last post after theirs.
  11. I think most site owners are well aware of this fact, ha ha. Which is why I personally let rants be rants (for the most part... there are times when an issue needs to be addressed). As I said, if someone has a legitimate suggestion, there are certainly options available for them to have their opinions heard on most sites. Rant blogs are not really the appropriate place to post things that you really want a site owner to pay serious attention to, imo. I doubt that that's what the creators of such blogs have in mind when they create them, anyways.

    Whoa. There was nothing "implied" against you, personally. You said that you think that some pet site owners are thin-skinned, and I simply responded with my own thoughts and opinions on the matter, from the perspective of a pet site owner. No offence was intended, I merely expressed my own opinion.
  12. They really don't bother me because some things that are said aren't true - and really in the end, the people who make those rants are actually promoting your pet site, so it's a really win-win situation. Because bad press can turn into good press - such as, users rant, more people join out of interest.

    Even though this was about music artists. I still think it relates to thread

  13. Well what do you think about that ones that basically ends up harassing other users? Harassing to the point where they name them, post pics with their account info showing on a screenie, and basically calling them names.

    I personally don't mind ones that show their disagreement with the sites. But there is just one thing I draw the line at personally.
  14. When it is blatant harassment that is just inappropriate. I don't mind ranting but when you are out to get a user that is something different entirely.
  15. Those that harass other users for no reason shows how much respect they have towards others. It's called ignore them and keep on going. Negatively comments can't take you down - you have to make sure it makes you stronger[in some cases].
  16. It all depends on the rant site. Some are "constructive" in that they aren't utterly hurtful. Sadly, the ones I've experienced weren't like that. Most of them named specific parties and made fun of them. Complete cyberbullying is not ok.

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    8/31/2013 4:09 AM

    Well polymers (the resin, that holds together composite materials) do have quite a lot of internal damping. But still, you have a ~70 kg weight over it. I doubt they have THAT much damping. I guess he actually did think that it's not that much travel for it not to be a problem. If at all, since he's into prosthetic design, not suspension design (i have a feeling this was more of a design excercise than an engineering design).

    groghunter i predict a different problem - using all the travel and not limiting it.

  • adam.kowalczyk.18

    8/30/2013 11:18 PM

    I prefer old Cannondale Fatty fork.

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    8/30/2013 6:01 PM

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  • tonymcaron

    8/30/2013 5:56 PM

    Very cool and innovative, I must say that. But it just gets worse every time I look at it. Nice observation Primoz, 60mm of undamped travel. I guess at 60 you're just taking the edge off the bumps, so controlling that might not be a big deal. The wheel path is another thing. And where are the braking forces going? To one side of a flimsy leaf sprung system? Yuk.

  • Albe23

    8/30/2013 7:38 PM

    Reportedly, breaking forces are 'neutral'. Also, there are three different weights to the leaf springs. But remember these aren't like steel leaf springs, some crazy fiberglass I read. So don't know how 'springy' they are or if they need damping.

  • kidwoo

    8/30/2013 7:45 PM

    Yeah I can tell those braking forces are neutral as fvck. I mean just look at it. I don't see that pivot moving at all when stabbing the brakes. Not one bit.

  • groghunter

    8/30/2013 9:44 PM

    I predict the same problem as elastomer setups, too: impossible to get full travel.

  • Primoz

    8/30/2013 5:28 PM

    Where's the damping aspect?


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The overall average patient rating of Dr. Wu Lin is Excellent. Dr. Lin has been reviewed by 13 patients who have provided 0 comments. The rating is 4.5 out of 5 stars.

Patient Ratings
Ease of Appointment 5.0
Promptness 5.0
Courteous Staff 5.0
Accurate Diagnosis 5.0
Bedside Manner 5.0
Spends Time with Me 5.0
Follows Up After Visit 4.7

Specialties & Research

  • He has special expertise in 3 areas:
  • Abdominal Hysterectomy
  • Hot Flashes
  • Menopause

Education & Awards

Dr. Lin graduated from Taipei Medical University. He has 3 awards.

Patients' Choice Award (2014 - 2015)
Compassionate Doctor Recognition (2015)
On-Time Doctor Award (2015)

Dr. Lin has 2 hospital affiliations:

  • Elk Regional Health Center
  • Elk Regional Saint Mary's Health Center

  • Chinese

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France Reacts Strongly to IMF Chief Arrest on Sex Assault Charges

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IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn (file photo)

IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn (file photo)

There is strong reaction in France over the sexual assault charges against International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn. Considered a leading French presidential contender, Strauss-Kahn was arrested by New York City police late Saturday.

Dominique Strauss-Kahn's arrest has dominated the discussion on Sunday talks shows in France. New York City police apprehended the 62-year-old IMF chief aboard an Air France plane Saturday in New York, just minutes before its departure for Paris.

Strauss-Kahn, a popular French Socialist politician and former finance minister, faces charges in the United States of criminal sexual assault, attempted rape and unlawful imprisonment. A maid at a New York hotel claims he sexually assaulted her in his suite.

If the charges prove true, they may likely end any prospects of him running against French President Nicolas Sarkozy next year. Strauss-Kahn has not yet declared if he will be a candidate for the 2012 polls, but he was considered a likely and strong contender.

The deputy director of the IFOP polling institute, Jerome Fourquet, told French radio that if the charges proved true it would be extremely hard for Strauss-Kahn to rally back as a politician.

Top Socialist Party politicians have offered a low-key response to the allegations. Interviewed on Europe 1 radio, Segolene Royal, the Socialist contender against Sarkozy in the 2007 race, said the news came as a shock.

Reading from prepared remarks, Royal said the allegations were distressing, but still needed to be verified. She says Strauss-Kahn deserves to be presumed innocent, like anybody else, until found guilty.

Strauss-Kahn, who is married, previously admitted to an affair with a Hungarian economist at the IMF. But his supporters say he is not the kind of man to carry out a sexual assault.

Opposition politicians have offered harsher reactions.

A French parliament deputy and member of Sarkozy's ruling UMP Party, Bernard Debre, told French radio the allegations against Strauss-Kahn were a humiliation for all of France.

Far-right leader Marine Le Pen also offered a reaction.

In broadcast remarks, Le Pen said if the allegations proved true, Strauss-Kahn would be discredited.

Observers speculate the charges may boost Le Pen's candidacy for the 2012 presidential elections, as well as that of Sarkozy, who is battling historically low popularity ratings.


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Chinook helicopters fly over the Paktia's mountains province near Khost, about 200 kilometers southeast of Kabul, Afghanistan (FILE).

Chinook helicopters fly over the Paktia's mountains province near Khost, about 200 kilometers southeast of Kabul, Afghanistan (FILE).

Pakistan is strongly protesting two incidents in which NATO helicopters launched air strikes into Pakistan while in pursuit of suspected Taliban militants fleeing across the border. NATO says at least 30 militants were killed. Afghan officials cited a higher death toll of at least 60 combatants.

The Pakistani government issued a statement late Monday strongly protesting the actions of NATO helicopter crews that reportedly followed hostile targets by air from Afghanistan into Pakistan. The statement said the incidents infringe upon Pakistan's sovereignty and are "a clear violation and breach" of the United Nations mandate for the international coalition in Afghanistan.

ISAF spokesman U.S. Captain Ryan Donald in Afghanistan said the first cross-border strike took place Friday after insurgents attacked an Afghan border outpost in eastern Khost province. "ISAF helicopters responded to the attack. And acting in self-defense, they engaged the attackers and crossed briefly - very briefly crossed - into Pakistan, engaged them [and] then came back."

In a second strike Saturday, two helicopters returned to the border area and came under fire before killing several more insurgents.

Parts of Pakistan's tribal areas along the Afghan border are considered militant strongholds, where insurgents regularly launch attacks against NATO troops in Afghanistan. The United States is known to use unmanned aircraft to carry out strikes in the area, but attacks by manned aircraft are rare.

NATO says the cross-border attacks fell within its rules of engagement because the insurgents had attacked them from across the border. Meanwhile, Pakistan maintains that there are no agreed "hot pursuit" rules that would permit the border crossing.

Rasool Bakhash Rais is an international relations expert based in Lahore. He said he he believes Pakistan's promise to "consider response options" to the military action is an empty threat. He said it is not practical to expect NATO troops to abandon pursuit of insurgents as they flee into Pakistan.

"Why would the [NATO] forces on the other side of the border, knowing full well that some militants have attacked their posts and they are running toward Pakistan, would simply stop at this undemarcated border between Afghanistan and Pakistan?" asked Rais.

Rais said he believes the Pakistani government, which is facing its own problems and credibility issues at home, issued the condemnation as a way of saving face domestically.


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German Dictionary

Translation of magnanimous in German

magnanimous     großmütig

Translation by Vocabulix

Sample sentences:
The magnanimous conductor gave the inexperienced musician a chance.

Der großmütige Dirigent gab dem unerfahrenen Musiker eine Chance.

He was asking the doormen to let us and our friends from Holland in, and so they did. In addition, the guy we met was paying our entrance or got us a free entrance. We do not know and probably never will.
The bus driver drove so quickly and with extremely dangerous maneuvers. We were so afraid and the other passengers started to scream at the driver which did not help the situation at all.
We shivered, sweat and vomited the entire night. In addition we had the worst room in the worst hotel in town: Hostal Resbalosa.
More dictionary words manual    mating    memo    mileage    mitt    moral    multifaceted    nation    never    none


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Translation of say goodbye in German

to say goodbye      sich verabschieden

Translation by Vocabulix

to say goodbye; to bid farewell verabschieden
to say goodbye sich verabschieden

I would like to have you as my good friend and maybe we can go to places in the near future, and maybe we will travel together to China as well one day (if you wish to go there). Tell me more about yourself as I will love to know about you.
I can understand a little Spanish with the base of Italian and heaps of words sound familiar. I will try to have conversations as much as i can. Just learning the vocabulary and the grammar isn't enough!
I did not feel well that night and we decided to stay in our room. My wife brought me fresh take away salad. We were exhausted from our day and watching a movie was the right thing to do.
Newly added translation: shop    sociable    steel    swamp    thirty    trillion    vascular    whisper    Canadian    a bit


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Havana Holidays & Havana Hotels, Cuba

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For many visitors to Cuba the most abiding memories that they take home will be of Havana, Cuba's unique, vital and enchanting capital city. Dating back to the beginning of the 16th century the city has been through numerous upheavals but is currently undergoing a major revival as the historic heart of the old city is renovated after years of neglect and Cuba opens up to the outside world once more. As Cuba's political, cultural and historic centre there is enough to see and do in Havana to warrant going no further. However, the majority of our clients will stay in the Old Town for the first few days of their holiday before moving on and for many it is enough just to spend their time exploring the many alleys and squares of this compact part of the City. For clients who have more time or wish to delve deeper, Havana has plenty more to offer.

Few visitors to Havana realise that just 25 minutes drive east of the city there are a number of fantastic beaches known as Playas del Este. The beaches here are every bit as good as those at Varadero and day trips can be arranged through your hotel Tours Desk or though our Havana office. The nearest beach resort to Havana is at Jibacoa some 45 minutes drive away while Cuba's largest beach resort by far, Varadeero, is just 2 hours drive.

From Havana you can book day and overnight excursions to almost every corner of the island including the Vinales Valey, Trinidad, Cienfuegos, Santa Clara, Santiago, Cayo Largo & Varadero. Every hotel in Havana will have a Tours Desk through which guests can make arrangements. For those who prefer a little more independence, it is possible to book hire car at most hotels or through our Havana reps.

Nowhere in Cuba offers as much variety as Havana. Unlike Cuba's beach resorts which are almost all run on an All Inclusive basis most visitors to Havana are booked on a Bed & Breakfast basis so restaurants get packed out at night. As with all other Cuban towns and cities one of the features of eating out in Havana is the visitor's choice between the official, government run restaurants and the hundreds of private palladars that are that much harder to track down. There are too many restaurants and palladars to list though we do provide a few recommendations with the final travel documentation. If we allow ourselves to make just 1 recommendadion here it would be for the Bodeguita del Medio near Cathedral Square in Old Havana.

Getting There

Havana is far and away Cuba's leading international gateway with all our featured longhaul flights arriving at Jose Marti airport, approximately 25 minutes drive from the city centre. From Havana scheduled domestic flights leave for Camaguey, Holguin and Santiago while charter flights serve the resort islands of Cayo Coco & Cayo Largo. From Havana we can also arrange numerous land transfers West to the Vinales Valley, Sierra del Rosario Biosphere, Maria La Gorda & Cayo Levisa, South to Trinidad & Cienfuegos and East to Jibacoa and Varadero.

Accommodation options in Havana can be divided into 4 fairly distinct areas of the city. The majority of visitors will wish to stay in OLD HAVANA and this is where most of our hotels are to be found. About 10 minutes drive along the seafront is the mainly business district of VEDADO where you will find hotels such as the Nacional, Habana Libre and Presidente. Continuing west along the seafront you will pass the Melia Cohiba & Riviera hotels before reaching the largely residential district of MIRAMAR, about 20 minutes drive from Old Havana, where you will find budget hotels such as the Bellocaribe rubbing shoulders with luxury hotels like the Melia Habana. Drive still further out of the city and you will eventually arrive at the MARINA HEMINGWAY where you will find the Hotels Acuario & The Old Man and the Sea. As an alternative to hotel accommodation, we also feature a number of casa particulars which we can pre-book.

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Elton John and David Furnish Are Getting Married

Elton John and David Furnish, his partner of 20 years, will soon be among the many same-sex couples to say "I do" in England. Furnish told Attitude Magazine that, "as a high-profile couple," getting married is their "duty...to make sure that everyone knows that this is something that many gay men living in this country never dreamed would happen." Furnish added, "There is a massive difference between calling someone your 'partner' and calling them your 'husband.'" It's all very nice, but what about those other English blokes who promised to get married?


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Glee Recap: What’s Your Damage, Rachel Berry?

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The Back-Up Plan
Editor’s Rating

This week’s Glee continued to explore the question I finally posed about last week’s episode: Seriously, Rachel Berry, what is your damage? We’ll get to that, since I’d be remiss if I didn’t start by discussing the sheer joy it was to see Shirley MacLaine charge up to a stage with a microphone in her hand after telling Blaine, “I’m going to go earn our supper.” I’m not calling this a MacLaine comeback (she’s been here for years) – I’ve enjoyed her on Downton Abbey immensely – but there’s something special about watching her half-lap-dance billionaires while singing Janis Joplin covers with Darren Criss, you know?

MacLaine’s character – June – is a fabulous, aging socialite and patron of the arts. And, according to Kurt, “She took peyote with Joe Kennedy. Allegedly.” To celebrate the opening of a dance lab named after her at NYADA, there’s a reception at which Kurt is selected to sing. He asks Blaine to perform with him; he’s chosen One Direction’s “Story of My Life.” There’s no reason for Kurt and Blaine to be signing this particular song at this particular moment aside from the fact that I’d imagine Klaine duets sell well and so do One Direction covers, and while that’s far more cynical about Glee than I prefer to be, here we are. That’s not to say that I dislike their version of the song. I already have it downloaded. But there’s nothing that makes sense about the combination of an important performance at the world’s most prestigious performing arts school and a One damn Direction song.

The duet is one thing – seeing June choose Blaine over Kurt is much harder to take. I can understand why she picks Blaine to groom; he’s an easier talent to trot around town and show off, and there’s enough Dalton left in him that he can turn on charm with far more ease than Kurt can. To be clear: Kurt is lovely. Blaine’s just easier. Still, I’m not sure how many more story lines Glee can sustain in which Kurt is almost, but not quite, chosen for something. Put another way: I’m ready for Glee to stop giving Kurt Hummel the junior-varsity version of a life, please. Enough is enough. The way June seamlessly dismisses Kurt, saying to Blaine, “I’ve been in and out of love more times than you’ve had breakfast,” makes me more than nervous. My delicate sensibility cannot handle a season of Glee in which we get a Kurt and Blaine proposal in a season premiere and they’re broken up by the finale, okay?

But hey! Another (rare!) episode of Glee that passes the Bechdel test. Santana and Mercedes spend most of the episode together, trying to get the sound just right for the last track on Mercedes’s upcoming album. For reasons I don’t quite understand, this takes the form of the two of them singing Lauryn Hill’s “Doo-Wop (That Thing)” in an unfinished basement with a portable microphone. While it’s a properly great duet, it has absolutely nothing on their seminal performance of “River Deep, Mountain High” a few seasons back. Is it possible that Mercedes and Santana can’t summon the full power of their mutual awesomeness without the promise of a free Breadstix dinner on the line?

Mercedes goes on to insist that Santana should be featured on her album. When her producer asks how she expects him to sell a duet, she says, “Macklemore and Ryan Lewis.” I would find this argument more persuasive if I hadn’t thought for a full year that Macklemore and Ryan Lewis were the same person, Garth Brooks and Chris Gaines–style. There’s some back-and-forth about whether Santana belongs on the record, but it’s ultimately a lovely look at their friendship and a great story line in which two women aren’t fighting over a man. More of this, Glee.

Oh, hey, where’s Sam?

Meanwhile, Rachel and Funny Girl are thriving. Rave reviews! Stage-door crowds! Benches with Rachel’s face on them! I’m wondering if any of this is meant to subtly needle the fact that there were what seemed like thousands of buses with Lea Michele’s legs on them during the heyday of Spring Awakening, but I’m probably overthinking. Still, all it takes for her to grow discouraged is her agent’s disparaging comments about her nose and the idea of playing Fanny forever, even though it’s been fewer than 50 performances and it was her lifelong dream. I’m irritated enough that Glee is making Rachel’s appearance an issue once again. Yes, I’m aware that it’s not an unrealistic criticism of Rachel; yes, I think it’s insidious for television geared toward young women to paint Lea Michele as unattractive in any way.

What I have a bigger problem with is the fact that Rachel is already bored enough with her dream role to warrant an extended, wistful ballad about it. Rachel’s always been ambitious, and ambition is one thing, but entitlement is another, as is being irresponsible in the name of following your heart or whatever. Not asking What do I need to do? when offered a television audition and showing up with an iPod and a Bette Midler song instead is entitled behavior, and I’ll ask Glee again: Are we supposed to be rooting for a character like this? Are we supposed to admire Rachel?

As the TV executive who comes to woo Rachel away for Broadway, Jim Rash is the saving grace of all this nonsense. As ever, he’s got the sort of comedic presence that would make an episode of, like, Seventh Heaven hilarious and just the tiniest iota subversive. Every face he makes in the episode is perfect, but he wins the MVP award for slinking sideways out of Rachel’s dressing room while saying, “You know what? I’m going to leave before you can say no. That’s how I work.”

I think we were supposed to find Rachel’s uninvited musical number and subsequent botched audition funny in a cringe-comedy sort of way; I’m fed up with her enough that it felt like sheer schadenfreude. To that same end, were we supposed to feel like Rachel was being treated unfairly when her Broadway boss chewed her out for skipping a show, calling her “an ambitious, irresponsible child”? Because seemed like a pretty fair assessment to me.

Also, I’ll hand it to Glee – I didn’t expect Santana’s brief stint as Rachel’s Funny Girl understudy to come back at all, and I continue to like the way the show’s been exploring the friendship between Rachel and Santana. It’s also an extremely odd scene to watch considering the rumors circulating that Naya Rivera’s been fired from Glee over tensions between her and Lea Michele. What is the opposite of life imitating art?

Next week’s episode was written by Chris Colfer. Uh, is it my birthday?


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Iwakuni 岩国

Kintai-kyō Bridge, Iwakuni (© Serg Zastavkin - Fotolia.com)
Kintai-kyō Bridge, Iwakuni

The old castle town of Iwakuni, 40 km south of Hiroshima, is home to one of Japan's most famous traditional bridges, the Kintai-kyō, as well as well-preserved samurai quarters. It is also the location of one of the two US Marines bases on the Japanese mainland.

Kintai-kyō Bridge 錦帯橋

The Kintai-kyō, or "Brocade Sash Bridge" in English, is what everybody comes to see in Iwakuni. The 210-metre long bridge was originally built in 1673 under daimyo Kikkawa Hiroyoshi, without using a single nail ! It was swept away by floods caused by Typhoon Kezia in 1950, and was almost identically reconstructed in 1953. Note that there is a ￥300 charge to cross the bridge (return).

The Kintai-kyō's particularity are its five steep arches, typical of Edo era bridges. In old times, only samurai were allowed to use the bridge, leaving other people to cross the river by boat.

Castle and samurai houses

The old samurai houses have been integrated into Kikko-kōen Park, 100m north of Kintai-kyō. The adjacent Iwakuni Historical Museum (￥500) has a good collection of samurai armours and weaponry, more likely to interest aficionados than common folk though.

A ride up the cable car (￥540 return) will lead you to a 1960 reconstruction of Iwakuni castle on top of Mount Shiroyama. The castle was ordered by Kikkawa Hiroie and took five years to erect. It was completed in 1608, only to be dismantled in 1615 and move it next to the river on order of the shōgun.

Iwakuni castle
Kintai-kyo bridge, Iwakuni
Kintai-kyo bridge, Iwakuni

How to get there

Iwakuni is about 35-40 minutes away from Hiroshima (￥745) on the JR Sanyo main line. Apart from the shinkansen, there are almost only local trains between Iwakuni and Yamaguchi (2h, ￥1,650).

Shinkansen trains use the Shin-Iwakuni Station, while other trains stop at Iwakuni Station. Each station is about 5km from the Kintai-kyo Bridge in opposite directions.

There are numerous buses from Iwakuni Station to the Kintai-kyo Bridge (15-20min, ￥240). You can buy a return ticket that includes the entrance to the bridge for ￥650 (instead of ￥780).

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O'Neill Wake The Line 2012 - Qualifier 01 at Hydrous
Results from the first Wake The Line Qualifier at Hydrous Wake Park:
Congratulations to Brenton Priestley, Oli Derome, Keith Holley, and James Windsor!
Brenton scored an impressive score of 90 on the UNIT Parktech setup which gave him a save spot at "O'Neill Wake The Line".
Oli Derome from Canada placed second and will ride next to his brother Raph who is already seeded.
Third came Keith Holley from the US and young gun James Windson from Australia got fourth.

Unlucky 5th place took Nate Perry who didn't qualify for the contest.
Rider of the weekend Cody Johnson showed solid tricks all-day but messed up both final runs.
Mattias Hoppe who came all the way from Sweden stuck some nice TS BS 900s off the brand new UNIT Kicker XL but wasn't able to qualify as well.
We really hope those guys can make it to OWC to show their amazing rail, kicker and quarter pipe skills and make it to "O'Neill Wake The Line" June 2nd in Cologne/Germany.

Thank you to Hydrous Wake Park, Alliance and the whole crew.
Next WTL Qualifier is at Orlando Watersports Complex, Florida on May 12th 2012!

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