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Thread: Three Members of Genesis Went to a Knicks Game — Speculations Abound
by Progatron
I do understand what you are saying, but there's...
I do understand what you are saying, but there's just no way they would do the kind of 'deep cuts' set list you'd want, nor would they mix Hackett in with the trio-era songs. Of course, I don't...
That isn't at all what we were discussing.
I know. People don't like to hear the truth, and...
I know. People don't like to hear the truth, and they don't like that their "Why doesn't the band do what I want them to do" scenarios are in fact ludicrous. So we get the "Wow, why is everyone so...
So, bring Hackett back (to tens of thousands of...
So, bring Hackett back (to tens of thousands of audience members saying 'Who?'), try to somehow make that band dynamic work again for the first time in over 40 years, and force him to play Invisible...
Thread: What Rush Are You Playing?
^^^ That Billy Sheehan video reminds me of a...
^^^ That Billy Sheehan video reminds me of a funny quote I heard from Paul Gilbert in a DVD commentary, where he talks about Mr. Big touring with Rush, and someone suggesting on the final night of...
Collins seems to quite like a lot of the old...
Collins seems to quite like a lot of the old material, but my guess is that he wouldn't think they should play too much of it.
Rutherford indeed thinks they are "A bit busy. These are period...
Thread: Frank Zappa: Which 5 albums to get first?
Since the arrival of Meat Light, I never play the...
Since the arrival of Meat Light, I never play the old Uncle Meat CD in the fatboy case... but I can't bear to part with it!
Absolutely. We could be wrong, but I just feel...
Absolutely. We could be wrong, but I just feel the time has passed. And speaking for myself, I didn't even bother with the 2007 reunion when they were in their late 50s. I certainly wouldn't bother...
It never ceases to amaze me what an unrealistic...
It never ceases to amaze me what an unrealistic and inflated view the prog crowd has of their share of the audience. The vast majority of people buying tickets to see a Genesis reunion tour want to...
Thread: R.I.P. Neil Peart
For anyone who has never heard this, the demo...
For anyone who has never heard this, the demo album from Neil's first band J.R. Flood. 18 year-old Neil bashing away... you can hear him speaking at 28:12 too.
LMAO! :D In all seriousness, I can't imagine...
LMAO! :D
In all seriousness, I can't imagine Tony Banks enjoying a basketball game, somehow.
Clockwork Angels Tour is a cool set list, with...
Clockwork Angels Tour is a cool set list, with the first set mostly from the 80s synth period, including several deep cuts they dusted off. Rush In Rio is a very energetic one. R40 is a cool trip in...
Thread: Today's Dysfunctional Rock Band Report: Joey Kramer Sues Aerosmith
Jeez, now there's footage online of him showing...
Jeez, now there's footage online of him showing up to rehearsal and being turned away by hired security. It's all very tabloid-ish and ugly. Especially after watching so much about Rush these past...
The Orchestral Favorites set is fantastic! ...
The Orchestral Favorites set is fantastic!
Man, I spun disc 3 of Lumpy Money yesterday again. What a gem that one is. That one and Meat Light are two of the best project releases IMO.
For sure. There isn't a 'skipper' track on that...
For sure. There isn't a 'skipper' track on that album for me. (Well, there rarely is with Rush anyway, but there are a small handful of them following this album.)
This was also the first CD I...
I love Presto. I have such fond memories of it......
I love Presto. I have such fond memories of it... I had only just turned 17, and it was the first new studio album to be released after I had become a major fan (A Show Of Hands was the first new...
Thread: Genesis cd editions
Duke: The best sounding version I have is the...
Duke: The best sounding version I have is the 1983 Charisma pressing (before they joined with Virgin), with the 'yellow rays' design. It's the very first CD version.
Thread: R.I.P. Terry Jones
Oh dear. :( :( :( When he broke down, it really...
Oh dear. :( :( :( When he broke down, it really hit me. Poor guy. Such a sad day.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuIjoTkaAps
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bvrrw6N0ASM&featur...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bvrrw6N0ASM&feature=youtu.be
Always loved him and Palin as the mafia goons...
Always loved him and Palin as the mafia goons trying to intimidate Graham Chapman as the colonel:
"You've got a nice army base here, colonel... be a shame if something were to 'appen to it. Cuz...
R.I.P. Terry Jones
Died last night at 77 from dementia. :(
https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-51209197
I found him extremely funny and extremely clever in and out of Monty Python. His best pal Michael...
For anyone who hasn't seen this (and I expect...
For anyone who hasn't seen this (and I expect that's quite a few of you), this is a great documentary that was shown here on Canada Day (July 1) in 2002. Some of the footage will look familiar, but...
Thread: Current fav US TV series
Yes, Curb was quite good. :)
This, x ten trillion. ;) :cool
I enjoyed the Power Windows link as well. I love...
I enjoyed the Power Windows link as well. I love that album!
For me, it's more about the annoying nature of...
For me, it's more about the annoying nature of Flo & Eddie and the way they sang those words, rather than what the words themselves are. The section where they are listing the California cities is...
Yes, those are the Virgin/Charisma pressings with...
Yes, those are the Virgin/Charisma pressings with the cropped cover art. There is a second set with Selling England and The Lamb, and also a PG solo set (first four, I think).
https://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/news-story/981...
https://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/news-story/9813404-neil-peart-family-on-board-with-a-st-catharines-memorial/
We're getting to that one soon, hopefully. Looks...
We're getting to that one soon, hopefully. Looks really good. We have been absolutely loving Succession, just finished season 1. What an outstanding ensemble cast, and the family drama aspect of the...
Thread: Canterbury Binge MMXX
That's a great set. I might spin that soon. I...
That's a great set. I might spin that soon. I still wish I had that box mentioned earlier in the thread, that's a cool looking set!
It finally stopped snowing after about 24 hours!...
It finally stopped snowing after about 24 hours! It finally looks like 'Canterbury January' to me out there. Beginning this Sunday's listening with Kevin Ayers' Joy Of A Toy, a fun, oddball album...
It was mentioned. I see it mentioned quite...
It was mentioned.
I see it mentioned quite a bit... but yes, a few lists of suggestions in this thread stick to the 70s only. My own recommendation was not even a specific album, I just said...
Been listening to a ton of Rush in the last week,...
Been listening to a ton of Rush in the last week, but largely drawn from my favourite period (Signals through Presto). But I think the whole catalogue other than the debut and Feedback has graced my...
Delightful track, actually a highlight of the...
Delightful track, actually a highlight of the album for me, and that's really saying something considering the high quality of the music from start to finish. A jaunty little piece with that fun...
Well, Rush might have declined, but Scorpions and...
Well, Rush might have declined, but Scorpions and Queensryche didn't! :D
Wow. What a beautiful and powerful tribute from...
Wow. What a beautiful and powerful tribute from Doane Perry:
Neil Ellwood Peart - 9/12/52 -...
Yes, there are scammers afoot. Dodgy t-shirts are...
Yes, there are scammers afoot. Dodgy t-shirts are one thing, but asking for donations to some 'fund' are really pushing it IMO. One guy lost his mind when he was called out on it too, and swore at...
The Grand Wazoo is outstanding Zappa fusion...
The Grand Wazoo is outstanding Zappa fusion stuff, one of my favourites actually. Even better than Waka Jawaka, which I also love. But the real must-have IMO is the 2-CD archival live release from...
Thread: Saw Nightwish Last Night - Spoilers
New album! ...
New album!
http://nightwish.com/en/news/2020/01/200116-human-nature
Thread: Movies - Take Two. Action!
Wow, I could have written exactly that! :D
Fair enough. It's great stuff for sure, and I'm...
Fair enough. It's great stuff for sure, and I'm happy to listen to that track, conveniently kept separate from the other two sections. ;)
I re-watched the Time Stand Still documentary,...
I re-watched the Time Stand Still documentary, and I'll tell ya, that's an emotional one. It already was, but knowing now that shortly after it was filmed and they played that last show, that Neil...
I pulled Carnegie Hall from the shelf today and...
I pulled Carnegie Hall from the shelf today and spun all four hours of it (even the Persuasions opening set). Some excellent playing, and I love the version of King Kong, but man, most of Billy The...
That's a tough one to get through. Available...
That's a tough one to get through. Available Light, too. I'm noticing so many little moments in listening back to all these songs that are very moving. The bridge in Good News First really hit me...
Sure, as soon as they stop using Aretha...
Sure, as soon as they stop using Aretha Franklin's Respect in 8 out of 10 comedy movie trailers.
What kind of attention? Seems quite complimentary...
What kind of attention? Seems quite complimentary and genuine to me, although I suppose people's feathers will get ruffled at the originality comment.
It's fascinating, but be prepared: it's pretty...
It's fascinating, but be prepared: it's pretty harrowing in places.
Thread: Great albums that need a CD reissue, or just plain issued on CD period
Wow! :cool
Wow, what a read this one is. How awful it is to...
Wow, what a read this one is. How awful it is to think that these last few years, unbeknownst to us, that Neil was declining like that. :(
Wife and I started Succession, we are four...
Wife and I started Succession, we are four episodes in and loving it!
Yes, completely agreed.
It's been so amazing to see the outpouring of...
It's been so amazing to see the outpouring of love and shared grief over Neil's death. I don't think I've ever seen it on such a scale, even when we lost people like Bowie, Lemmy, etc. and not just...
Different tastes 'n all that, but it's hard for...
Different tastes 'n all that, but it's hard for me to understand how anyone who knows the original mixes (regardless of which editions they are) could listen to those horrific Davis remixes and...
Wow... ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtrYB0Opjps&feature=youtu.be
Thread: PE wine dork thread
I haven't tried that, but I liked his zinfandel,...
I haven't tried that, but I liked his zinfandel, which I found a bit more refined a taste than some of those in-your-face zins we've talked about in this thread. What was it you didn't like about the...
From Kevin J. Anderson, close collaborator of...
From Kevin J. Anderson, close collaborator of Neil's and the author of the Clockwork Angels book:
At least I got to say goodbye. As it became clear that the time was getting close, I frantically...
Yep. They can be flat-out annoying on that album,...
Yep. They can be flat-out annoying on that album, and particularly on Billy The Mountain as well, IMO. Fillmore was actually the first Zappa album I ever heard. My friends had gone away to camp that...
Man, look at this picture I found. Opening for...
Man, look at this picture I found. Opening for Kiss in 1975. I don't think I've ever seen a photo of Neil having to play 'the smaller kit' in front of the main act's kit like that.
What I really love about it is that it shows just...
What I really love about it is that it shows just how wrong so many established critics and journalists were for all those years. You can't fake enthusiasm like that. Phony cheering when the...
This one gets me choked up every single time....
This one gets me choked up every single time. Just amazing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IK6dS15hq24
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Daily News · 03/11/2020
Orbán: An attack against you is an attack against us
Austria Hungarian government Hungary terrorism Viktor Orbán
Hungary stands by Austria with all its strength, and is ready to do everything it can to save Europe from a series of terrorist attacks, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said on Tuesday, after terrorists had killed at least four in shootings in downtown Vienna on Monday.
"We are shaken and upset" by news of the attack, Orbán said in a video message on Facebook.
Hungary fully supports Austrians, Orbán said. "An attack against you is an attack against us, your pain is ours and your challenges are ours too," Orbán said.
"We shall pray for the victims and wish strength to their families," he added.
Addressing Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz, Orbán said: "Dear Sebastian, please know that we stand by you and will do all in our power to deter potential terrorists and to apprehend the perpetrators."
"We are ready to work with you to save Europe from a series of terrorist attacks similar to the ones you have suffered."
Heavily armed men opened fire around 8 pm in downtown Vienna on Monday, killing at least four and injuring many. By Tuesday morning, the police had killed one attacker, who was identified as a follower of the Islamic State terrorist organisation, and were on the hunt after at least one more.
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Maazullah Khan (born 1 September 1947) is a former Pakistani cricketer and cricket administrator who played first-class cricket in Pakistan from 1966 to 1984. He toured England in 1974 with the Pakistan team but did not play Test cricket.

Playing career
An off-spin bowler and useful lower-order batsman, Maazullah was the leading player for the weak Peshawar and North-West Frontier Province teams from the late 1960s to the mid-1970s. He captained Peshawar from 1970-71 to 1977-78. In his first match as captain he took 4 for 18 and 6 for 42 to give Peshawar a rare innings victory over Pakistan Air Force.

In 1973-74 he made his first century (which was also his first fifty), a score of 130 for Peshawar against Lahore B. Later in the season, playing for North-West Frontier Province Governor's XI against the Sri Lankan touring team, he took 8 for 97.

Maazullah was selected in the 17-man side to tour England in 1974, probably more in order to give North-West Frontier Province a representative than for his Test potential. He played only four of the 17 first-class matches and took one wicket from 68 overs, along with three catches and one run.

He scored a second century in 1977-78, 119 for Peshawar against Combined Services. He left first-class cricket after the 1977-78 season, but returned for three matches for Peshawar between October 1983 and October 1984. His last match was also the last first-class match for Majid Khan.

Administrative career
According to Peter Oborne, as captain and later as administrator Maazullah Khan encouraged two generations of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa cricketers. One of his protégés was the left-arm spinner Farrukh Zaman.

He served as Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province director of sports, and refereed first-class and List A matches in Peshawar in the mid-1990s.

The Maazullah Khan Cricket Academy, named in his honour, is part of the Peshawar Sports Complex, which includes Arbab Niaz Stadium.

References

External links
 Maazullah Khan at CricketArchive
 Maazullah Khan at Cricinfo

1947 births
Living people
Pashtun people
Pakistani cricketers
Peshawar cricketers
Punjab (Pakistan) cricketers
Pakistan Railways cricketers
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa cricketers
Pakistani cricket administrators
Cricketers from Peshawar

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Jmunney's 2019 Emmy Wish List, Part 4: Variety
jmunney	Awards Shows, Emmys, Television	2019 Emmys, Conan, Documentary Now!, Drunk History, Emmy Wish List, Emmys, Last Week Tonight, Norm MacDonald Has a Show, The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale	Leave a comment
CREDIT: Rhys Thomas/IFC
The 2019 Emmy nominations will be announced on July 16, and as that annual occasion approaches, I typically put together my own list of which shows and performers I would like to see recognized. But I've had some mixed feelings about putting that together this year, as I've grappled with the fact that in the era of Peak TV, it becomes more and impossible to capture all my favorites in one place. Ultimately I decided I wouldn't be too formal or too precious about it. If there are ten shows I really want to see nominated, then I'll list ten on my wish list. But if there are just two I really like in another category, then I'll just list two.
I've already run through Comedy, Drama, and Limited Series, and you know what? I've also got some thoughts on Variety shows, as they are a steady part of my TV diet. For Variety Talk, I am delighted to say that my top choice is the revitalized CONAN, as Mr. O'Brien has rediscovered plenty of his mojo by slimming down a half-hour. And let's not forget Norm MacDonald Has a Show, a brilliant bit of comedic chaos. As for Variety Sketch, Documentary Now! may just be my very favorite show of 2019
Nominees are listed in alphabetical order. My top choices are in bold.
CREDIT: TBS/YouTube
Variety Talk Series
Norm MacDonald Has a Show
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Variety Sketch Series
Jmunney's 2019 Emmy Wish List, Part 3: Limited Series
jmunney	Awards Shows, Emmys, Television	2019 Emmys, Emmy Wish List, Emmys, Fosse/Verdon, Maniac, Sharp Objects, The Little Drummer Girl	1 Comment
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Now that I've gone through the regularly scheduled Comedy and Drama, I'm moving onto the categories that really have to make their case to fit themselves into my viewing schedules. Limited Series come and go, and that transience is clear in my relative lack wishes. But boy do I love those who I'm wishing for! Florence Pugh is my favorite up-and-coming actress, and I thought I would totally be pulling for her little spy routine in The Little Drummer Girl, but then Michelle Williams came along and was totally undeniable as Gwen Verdon. And it is in this field that we find my most off-the-wall wishes, as Justin Theroux was rewardingly unmoored in Maniac and Wanda Sykes got to kill it with her take as Weezy Jefferson in one of the most "who'd-a thunk it" moments of 2019.
Jmunney's 2019 Emmy Wish List, Part 2: Drama
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Yesterday I discussed Comedy, and I just couldn't contain myself to the prescribed number of nominees per category. But now that I'm looking at Drama, I'm struggling to fully flesh them out. Partly that's because I watch more comedy than drama, and partly it's because some of the dramas I do watch had off-years.
But I still watched some good, juicy dramas! And tops among them was most definitely Pose, which is my #1 choice in just about every category. Billy Porter is pretty much showmanship personified, and all the main ladies are undeniably compelling. Sex Education also gets my endorsement. I initially thought it was mis-categorized, but since my drama choices are relatively sparse, I won't complain. And let's not sleep on The Orville, which has been consistently putting out some intellectually satisfying hard sci-fi without too much fanfare.
Outstanding Drama
Jmunney's 2019 Emmy Wish List, Part 1: Comedy
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The 2019 Emmy nominations will be announced on July 16, and as that annual occasion approaches, I typically put together my own list of which shows and performers I would like to see recognized. But I've had some mixed feelings about that this year, as I've grappled with the fact that in the era of Peak TV, it becomes more and impossible to capture all my favorites in one place. Ultimately I decided I wouldn't be too formal or too precious about it. If there are ten shows I really want to see nominated, then I'll list ten on my wish list. But if there are just two I really like in another category, then I'll just list two.
I'm kicking things off today with Comedy. Before I get to my selections, I've got some thoughts to share, mainly about the new entrants. Among freshman shows, The Other Two mixed affecting family dynamics with the silliness of fame, while What We Do in the Shadows was just so wonderfully goofy. But it's a couple of sadly cancelled high school-set sophomore shows that have my most love: Netflix's poopy mockumentary American Vandal and NBC's sharp and lovable A.P. Bio.
Among the actors, Young Sheldon's ensemble has really been a welcome part of my weekly life, and with that in mind, it's been a while since either the Academy or I have recognized Jim Parsons for The Big Bang Theory, and you know what? I'm going to recognize him for his final year. Among names that you may not recognize (yet), let's all keep in mind What We Do in the Shadows' Kayvan Novak for our future comedy endeavors.
Outstanding Comedy
2016 Emmy Nominations Predictions and Wishlist
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The 2016 Emmy nominations will be announced this Thursday, June 14. My predictions and wish lists for most of the major categories are on Moviepilot this year, and I covered Outstanding Animated Program for Bubbleblabber. Links to individual categories are below:
Lead Actor in a Comedy
Lead Actress in a Comedy
Supporting Actor in a Comedy
Supporting Actress in a Comedy
Lead Actor in a Drama
Lead Actress in a Drama
Supporting Actor in a Drama
Supporting Actress in a Drama
Animated Program
Folks from the preceding categories who did not quite make my wish lists: Will Forte (The Man on Earth), Fred Savage (The Grinder), Billy Eichner (Difficult People), Chris Geere (You're the Worst), Maria Bamford (Lady Dynamite), Rashida Jones (Angie Tribeca), Michael Ian Black (Another Period), Fred Melamed (Lady Dynamite), Yael Grobglas (Jane the Virgin), Claudia O'Doherty (Love), Louis C.K. (Horace and Pete), Steve Buscemi (Horace and Pete), Ruth Wilson (The Affair), Craig Bierko (UnREAL), Alan Alda (Horace and Pete), Joshua Jackson (The Affair).
And here is my wish list for a selection of the remaining categories:
The People v. OJ Simpson
A Deadly Adoption
7 Days in Hell
Lead Actor, Limited Series or TV Movie
Courtney B. Vance, The People v. OJ Simpson
Patrick Wilson, Fargo
Cuba Gooding, Jr., The People v. OJ Simpson
Lead Actress, Limited Series or TV Movie
Sarah Paulson, The People v. OJ Simpson
Kirsten Dunst, Fargo
Supporting Actor, Limited Series or TV Movie
John Travolta, The People v. OJ Simpson
Sterling K. Brown, The People v. OJ Simpson
David Schwimmer, The People v. OJ Simpson
Bokeem Woodbine, Fargo
Will Ferrell, The Spoils Before Dying
Supporting Actress, Limited Series or TV Movie
Jean Smart, Fargo
Guest Actor
Larry David, Saturday Night Live
Guest Actress, Comedy
Lennon Parham, Review
Guest Actor, Drama
BD Wong, Mr. Robot
Guest Actress, Drama
Carrie Preston, The Good Wife
Directing, Comedy
Jonathan Krisel, "Picnic," Baskets
Host – Reality/Reality Competition
RuPaul Charles, RuPaul's Drag Race
Main Title Design
Marvel's Jessica Jones
Emmy Nominations Reactions
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-Lead Actor, Comedy is a mix of good and bad: Will Forte and Anthony Anderson made it in, but Don Cheadle and Matt LeBlanc are still hanging around. Bizarrely, no Jim Parsons. Cool that he won't win yet again, but he was more or less still deserving of a nomination (at least more so than Don and Matt, presumably).
–Community received a nomination for Stunt Coordination (deservedly), but nothing else. Season 6 wasn't its best, but it would have been nice to see it make a showing, considering that Yahoo! actually made an Emmy promotional push.
-Strong showing for Bloodline despite its considerable lack of buzz. The Academy's love of Kyle Chandler is not to be underestimated, I guess.
-Mostly good choices in Variety Sketch Series' first year as a category – would have been nice if there could have been 6 nominees, though.
-Joanne Froggatt has got to be the most bizarre multiple Emmy nominee ever. I know several people who watch Downton Abbey, and I've not heard any of them ever once mention her. This year, she even made it in over Maggie Smith!
-Hurray to Billy On The Street With First Lady Michelle Obama, Big Bird And Elena!!! and Katy Perry's Super Bowl Halftime Show in Outstanding Short-Format Live-Action Entertainment Program! But boo to no Too Many Cooks 😦
-OUR LONG NATIONAL NIGHTMARE OF TATIANA MASLANY NOT BEING NOMINATED FOR AN EMMY IS OVER!
Early Predictions:
COMEDY:
Series – Modern Family (I'd love to say Transparent – or anything else, really – but Modern Family is still Modern Family.)
Lead Actor – Will Forte
Lead Actress – Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Supporting Actor – Ty Burrell or Titus Burgess
Supporting Actress – Allison Janney
DRAMA:
Series – Mad Men
Lead Actor – Jon Hamm
Lead Actress – Her name will star with "Ta."
Supporting Actor – Jonathan Banks
Supporting Actress – Lena Headey
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For my detailed thoughts on my predictions and wishlists in the major Drama, Comedy, and Variety categories, check out these links:
Guest Actor, Comedy
John Hawkes, Inside Amy Schumer
Michael Rapaport, Louie
Chris Gethard, Parks and Recreation
Dwayne Johnson, Saturday Night Live
Susie Essman, Broad City
Mel Rodriguez, Better Call Saul
Allison Janney, Masters of Sex
Linda Lavin, The Good Wife
Rob Schrab, "Modern Espionage," Community
Directing, Drama
Adam Arkin, "The Promise," Justified
Writing, Comedy
Dan Harmon and Chris McKenna, "Emotional Consequences of Broadcast Television," Community
Writng, Drama
Thomas Schnauz, "Pimento," Better Call Saul
Bojack Horseman – "Downer Ending"
American Dad! – "Dreaming of a White Porsche Christmas"
The Simpsons – "Treehouse of Horror XXV"
Android – "Friends Furever"
RuPaul, "RuPaul's Drag Race"
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Billy On The Street With First Lady Michelle Obama, Big Bird And Elena!!!
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Special Visual Effects in a Supporting Role
Man Seeking Woman – "Traib"


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The Historic District and Historic Properties Commission is responsible for administering historic districts and historic properties for the purpose of promoting the educational, cultural, economic, and general welfare of the public through the preservation and protection of the distinctive characteristics of buildings, structures, places, surroundings, sites, objects, neighborhoods and their environs associated with the history of or indicative of a period or style of architecture of the municipality, of the state, or of the nation.
The Commission reviews any and all alterations, demolitions, or construction of buildings and other structures within the boundaries of Wilton's regulated local historic districts and properties.
The members of the Wilton Historic District and Historic Property Commission consist of five regular members serving five-year terms and three alternates serving three-year terms, appointed by the Board of Selectmen.
Allison Sanders
Lisa Pojano
Gil Weatherly
Lori Fusco
Deborah Fink
Peter Gaboriault
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Not dark as the night, not deep as the sea, nor it is soft as silk, but it is mine. I may not find time to take care of it, I may not give it enough grooming, but still it is mine. When I see others with curly, wavy and poker straight ones, shiny, lovely and always lively, I say to myself I wish I had too. When I see others colouring it, styling it or tying it, I wish I could too.
But it suffers from breakage and fall, so I am scared to experiment with it. Still sometimes, I wish if I could. Then again I think, how bad it may be for it.
I wish I could also make it look better, thicker and livelier. I wish I could also style it and colour it the way others do.
#DovePlay now boosts confidence in women like me to play around and experiment in different ways with the hair. I would definitely want to be able to play around with it now, my hair.


The Government Defence Anti-Corruption Index measures levels of corruption risk in national defence establishments, and scores each country from A (the best) to F (the worst). These bands are based on scores on an assessment consisting of 77 questions—for each question, the government was scored from 0-4. The percentage of marks overall determined which band the government was placed in. Countries were also scored in five risk areas: Political risk, Financial risk, Personnel risk, Operations risk, and Procurement Risk.
Each country is researched by an expert assessor using a standard set of questions and model answers. The assessment is then independently reviewed by up to three peer reviewers and, where possible, the Transparency International national chapter. We also invite the government to conduct a review of the assessment and submit additional information. In 2015, four governments in the MENA region provided a reviewer: Jordan, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, and Tunisia.
One of the most commonly asked questions is how the index can assess countries where information on defence issues is highly secretive. TI-DSP considers a lack of transparency in the defence structures to pose as significant a corruption risk as the lack of structure itself. The level of independently verifiable information has therefore directly impacted the scoring on each question. Finally, it is worth noting that secrecy can make case studies and examples difficult to find, and may mean that they are slow to be exposed by journalists, researchers or the law. For that reason, some of the examples cited in this index have occurred before 2013.
These five categories are further broken down into 29 sub-categories of corruption risk. The questionnaire was developed by Transparency International UK's Defence and Security Programme, with the help of a team of experts with practical experience in the defence and security sector, and our academic advisory committee.
Governments were assessed using a questionnaire of 77 questions. For each question, a score from 0 to 4 was awarded.
4 = High transparency; strong, institutionalised activity to address corruption risks.
3 = Generally high transparency; activity to address corruption risks, but with shortcomings.
2 = Moderate transparency; activity to address corruption risk with significant shortcomings.
1 = Generally low transparency; weak activity to address corruption risk.
0 = Low transparency; very weak or no activity to address corruption risk.
Risk area scores: Scores were also broken down into five key risk areas: political risk, financial risk, personnel risk, operations risk, and procurement risk. The questionnaire was split into these five categories, and the risk area scores were calculated using the percentage of marks awarded for the questions pertaining to each risk area.


In order to identify and assess sequence markers that support structure and specificity, we have undertaken the study of a large enzyme superfamily, comprised mostly of phosphotransferases, the haloalkanoate dehalogenase superfamily (HADSF). Because of the occurrence of the family in all domains of life and the number of homologues within each organism the members provide numerous examples of orthologues to study determinants of specificity and paralogues to study function diversification. The HADSF has successfully evolved several forms of chemical transformation and has experienced expansion through substrate space. The expansion includes the invention and reinvention (pseudoconvergent evolution) of activities within branches of the family. Notably, members show substrate ambiguity, with activity toward a number of substrates and significant substrate overlap between "paralogues". Other family members have been honed to a specific substrate with high catalytic efficiency and proficiency. However, substrate ambiguity can also be associated with high catalytic efficiency. In order to obtain a "panoramic view" of the superfamily, we have employed high throughput substrate screening to a diverse set of HADSF enzymes from a sampling of bacteria across phyla. The results highlight that substrate ambiguity is much more prevalent than one might imagine with ~45% of all proteins showing activity against multiple substrates. The structural basis of promiscuity in the HADSF highlights the necessity of a binding surface with multiple enzyme candidate residues to provide potential ligands, provided in the HADSF by the insertion of a cap domain into the Rossmann core fold. Overall, our findings are consistent with the concept that domain insertions act to increase the substrate range of the superfamily.


The American artist Barnett Newman (1905–1970) was a prominent Abstract Expressionist. The Kunstmuseums Basel's Kupferstichkabinett (prints department) owns Newman's entire oeuvre of prints, and, as of 2014, important drawings. The color drawings from 1944/45 are surprising in their playfulness. The ensuing drawings in black ink and brush paved the way for the second phase of drawings from 1959/60. Questions about series and proportion are dealt with in the prints, which Newman began making in 1961. This is the first publication to provide an overview of the artist's entire oeuvre of prints.
This publication accompanies the exhibition "Barnett Newman. Drawings and Prints" at Kunstmuseum Basel, 04/19 - 08/07/2016.


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I purchased this app specifically to view Storm2k's forum on my Iphone. It worked fine until today. Is there a problem with the linking between Tapatalk and Storm2k? I can no longer connect to the forums through this app.
I know we haven't changed anything, so there's no reason it should have stopped working.
I think some of our staff use tapatalk - I'll see what I can find out.
Edit to add: I did get the message, "Unknown Error. It appears the server has some issue with Tapatalk or your session is expiered. If this problem persists, please re-enter this forum from Account tab." I logged on through my laptop to post this and then saw that my original iphone message went through...actually went through twice.
I'm replying now with Tapatalk, but it usually duplicates my post. I don't know why.


One of the facts which I had observed about the Google Chrome browser version, which is meant for Linux, was that Google no longer provides a 32-bit version of its binaries. In keeping with this, Google has also removed the section in its code repository, which would make a 32-bit version available. Hence, I can only be subscribing to the 64-bit upgrades. Yet, my Linux computer 'Phoenix' has its package manager set up, to query a repository for both the 64-bit and the 32-bit versions of any package by default, and then to download and install the packages which are relevant.
In this earlier posting, I observed how this can lead to an error message when running 'apt-get update'. What I had done, was to make minor configuration changes like so, which I had needed to re-apply, after every upgrade to Chrome.
You may note, that the script from Google now includes the '[arch=amd64]' parameter, which means that I won't have to make any manual adjustments to this configuration detail of my machine, every time the Chrome browser receives an upgrade.
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Processing of examinations in schools has never been easier. This is a task that consumes human labor and working hours uncertainly. This project is all about putting all that to the end. Its an examination award system that computes students marks with a prowess of ranking and sorting to make work easier. This system will oversee that the following queries have solutions.
With all these captured in one program, computing of exam marks will take less time than expected.


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Five commandments for down markets (Cover story in Recycle Today – March 2016 features Modesto Junk Co.)
Five commandments for down markets
The accumulated wisdom of scrap recycling veterans leads to five important rules to help cope with difficult market conditions.
Brian Taylor
Scrap recycling company owners and managers live in a workday world in which changes can occur suddenly or, conversely, in which a distressed market can linger far longer than what is tolerated in many other sectors.Industry veterans, thus, are not greatly surprised when prices drop sharply and stay low for an extended period, and likewise they have seen previous stretches where material generation goes into an extended slump.The ability for a company to survive an extended downturn takes not just experience and knowledge, industry veterans say, but also discipline and foresight.An entire management book could be written based on the accumulated knowledge possessed by recyclers who have weathered three or more market downturns of the sort that have put some of their competitors into receivership.
For the purpose of trying to distill some of that same knowledge into a format that can fit into a magazine article, what follows are five rules or commandments that fit within any lengthier volume offering advice on how scrap recyclers can manage through turbulent times.
By no means do these five commandments (or, if you prefer, strong recommendations) tell recyclers everything they need to know about how to survive a downturn. However, based on the common threads that emerged in talking to recycling industry veterans, they offer a good place to start.
i. thou shalt not take on burdensome debt.
Business loans and good banking relationships are as integral to the scrap business as to any other industry or service sector. What scrap recyclers seem to overwhelmingly agree on, however, is that the volatile revenue stream inherent to recycling means that debt-to-equity ratios that might be acceptable in other sectors can be a recipe for insolvency in the scrap business.
"Historically, it has proven to be true that lulls in business are great times to make changes: equipmentwise, efficiencywise and even just a change in business direction." – Keith Highiet, Modesto Junk Co.
When scrap prices plunge and scrap volumes diminish, the monthly revenue for a scrap firm changes dramatically.
Recycling company owners may not agree precisely on when it is suitable to take out a loan or how much debt is too much, but they are nearly unanimous on the idea that there is a line that should not be crossed.
Overall, for a business to achieve a certain scale, "debt is not avoidable," says Kevin Gershowitz, a principal owner of Gershow Recycling, Medford, New York. "But many times, industry members don't manage debt well," he continues. "While too much debt is never a good idea [in any business sector], in a commodity business and in a weak market, too much debt is a death knell."
Melvin Lipsitz of M. Lipsitz & Co. Ltd., Waco, Texas, offers a blunt assessment: "Debt is a bad thing anytime. Typically, the interest you pay on debt and the typical net margin of profit for this industry [mean] the cost of money, even at low interest rates, can dissolve profits."
Nonferrous scrap recycler Mark Lewon of Utah Metal Works, Salt Lake City, says that among the many scrap firms that purchased auto shredders during the (largely) bull market from 2003 to 2013, those who financed their purchases likely have learned a hard lesson.
Lewon, who also currently serves as chair-elect of the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI), Washington, states, "The buildup in shredders was fueled by debt. Now few, if any, shredders get enough material to run more than a couple of days per week. If that amount of volume isn't enough to cover the payments, there is going to be a problem."
Industry veteran Albert Cozzi, currently a principal with Bellwood, Illinois-based Cozzi Recycling, expresses a cynical view toward lenders, commenting, "Banks will always lend you whatever you want, as long as you don't need it."
The distressing corollary to that, he says, is that "in this environment," when recyclers may benefit from a loan to supplement slumping revenue, banks "are just not lending to commodity-related businesses."
Always maintain
A prolonged market slump in the scrap industry eventually entails the need for cost-cutting measures, but one technique deemed off the table by industry veterans is skimping on machinery maintenance.
"Never sacrifice on maintenance—never," states Kevin Gershowitz, a principal owner of Gershow Recycling, Medford, New York.
His viewpoint gets vigorous agreement from Keith Highiet at Modesto Junk Co. of Modesto, California, who says, "Neglecting equipment or losing good people are not options. There are other expenses that can be cut first."
Chicago-based Safran Metals President Steven Safran makes the same assessment, remarking, "There is no advantage by cheating on your equipment maintenance—that is not a smart business decision if you do."
The collective wisdom of veteran recyclers undoubtedly keeps in mind the cost of a catastrophic failure of a critical piece of processing or material handling equipment.
When a machine costing anywhere from $250,000 to millions of dollars must be replaced suddenly, the impact on the bottom line more than erases a few expenses saved on reduced maintenance.
Lewon says, "Debt is a tool, but it is a dangerous tool in that if the calculations for servicing that debt are inaccurate, and if volumes or margins fall short, disaster ensues.
"The bottom line is that the less debt a company has going into difficult economic times, the better the chances of its survival," he adds.
ii. know thy costs.
Making a concerted effort to understand where outbound dollars are going and whether they are being spent wisely is an endeavor that proves worthwhile far beyond the scrap recycling industry. This knowledge proves particularly critical in a scrap industry downturn, however, when it comes time to react quickly to new market dynamics.
Sources cite careful recordkeeping and industry experience as factors that help savvier operators fully understand how and where money is being spent. "Those operators or entities who have been through prior low cycles understand the basic rule of 'know your costs,' managing your costs and keeping your costs low," Kevin Gershowitz says. "This rule also allows for greater profits during better markets. The experience factor is very important."
Steven Safran, president of Chicago-based wire processing firm Safran Metals, advises, "You should be running the business the same in the good times and the bad times, not just waiting for the bad times to ask, 'Oh, where can I cut my costs?'"
Kevin Gershowitz expresses the same thought, saying, "The only way to survive the wake-up call [of a tough market] is to eliminate waste and fat. In good markets, efficiency can wane and costs rise. It's easy to keep paying. However, in bad markets, those players that consciously choose to survive deliberately review their costs, efficiencies and spending."
Cozzi offers a similar perspective, saying, "I am a big believer that operationally, when things are good, you run things as if things were going to get bad. That way, when things do turn bad, you don't have to make many operational changes."
The hard work is in the details, Cozzi adds, remarking, "It is important to look at every line item on the income statement regularly to see where costs can be reduced. Also, it is important to look at every item on the balance sheet to see where cash can be squeezed out."
"The less debt a company has going into difficult economic times, the better the chances of its survival." – Mark Lewon, Utah Metal Works
When a downturn hits, "Yes, you may have to change to adjust to volumes," he says, "but whether things are good or bad, you have to look at your business every day and find ways to be more efficient and continually improve operations."
John Tiziani, chief financial officer of Gershow Recycling, sums up this management principle by stating, "The companies that know every detail to their businesses survive in low markets and thrive in high markets."
iii. thou shalt not overpay for material.
The adage "Scrap is bought, not sold" is one of the first phrases someone new to the industry learns, and the importance of the phrase is magnified when scrap buyers are operating in a declining or depressed market.
In bad times or good, prices paid for inbound material are likely the biggest numbers on the expenses side of the ledger, so avoiding overpaying is directly related to the "Know thy costs" commandment.
What veteran recyclers observe, however, is that overpaying can cause even more harm to a company's balance sheet during bad times, and yet some company managers have a greater tendency to make this mistake in a market slump as they try to meet volume projections.
"Warren Buffet says, 'You cannot buy market share; you can only rent it for a short period," Cozzi says. He says the purchase of any grade from any supplier should be scrutinized as to whether it is contributing to profitability.
"Most scrap companies are looking at average cost of their purchases rather than incremental cost or marginal cost of both their feedstock and their operating expenses," Cozzi says. "During good or bad times, the most important financial metric is contribution margin. Very often those marginal tons are providing negative contribution margin."
Cozzi, who helped run Chicago-based Cozzi Iron & Metal before that family business was sold to Metal Management Inc. (now Sims Metal Management) in 1998, says maximizing volume may keep machinery active, but that does not necessarily make it the right approach.
"Whether our family ran one or 40 yards, we always did a sensitivity analysis for each yard to make assumptions [about] what price would provide what tonnage, and at what levels is contribution margin maximized. Generally, that answer is at a lower tonnage and lower price point."
Margin for error
The variables involved in maintaining a profit margin when trading or processing scrap are numerous, so perhaps it's not surprising that veteran recyclers have different viewpoints on the subject.
Kevin Gershowitz, a principal owner of Gershow Recycling, Medford, New York, says the requirements to maintain a margin are very different between trading and processing. "As a broker working on a fixed per-ton or per-pound commission, the percent of margin actually increases as the market lowers," he comments.
"However," he adds, "operating a yard is another story. The percent of gross margin needed to cover costs increases as market pricing lowers."
John Tiziani, chief financial officer of Gershow Recycling, says for margins to be maintained they should be calculated carefully and specifically. "Too many companies are totally consumed by gross margin percentage instead of gross margin per unit."
Techniques for protecting margins exist on the trading side, nonferrous recyclers say. Mark Lewon of Utah Metal Works, Salt Lake City, comments, "Margins probably won't be as good as in rising markets, but steadily selling material forward, even ahead of having purchased entire loads, will protect whatever margins people have."
Steven Safran of Safran Metals, Chicago, points to hedging as an important way to protect one's margin. "It's probably impossible to hedge everything, but at least you try not to be naked and outguess the market," he remarks.
Scrap industry history includes tombstones engraved with the names of companies that engaged in too much speculation, Safran says. "I saw that in my younger days, and some big dealers went out of business because it's pretty hard to outguess the market."
Part of the squeeze on margins comes from the behavior of other players in the market, says Melvin Lipsitz of M. Lipsitz & Co. Ltd., Waco, Texas. Nonferrous scrap companies such as his "can't [maintain margins] with competition quoting higher prices, except agree to pay or advance money on loads while other buyers are 30-to-45-days out," he remarks.
Albert Cozzi of Cozzi Recycling, Bellwood, Illinois, says he sees an additional factor in play on the ferrous side. "Another phenomenon affecting the profitability of the scrap industry currently is the advent of steel mill-owned scrap companies," he states. "It has long been my perception that steel mills are more concerned in the control of the ferrous units," he adds.
Such companies, Cozzi says, "run their equipment to maximize production rather than profitability and rarely analyze how their behavior affects the rest of the market or their costs for material."
Safran says his family company has remained a modestly sized business in part because it follows this same logic, even during boom markets. "This is the reason Safran Metals has been lean over the years: If we're looking to pick up new business, we want to pick up business that makes sense. We're not just looking to pick up marginal business. And I'm guessing too many dealers pick up marginal business, and especially business where you also have to increase your overhead. If so, then you're putting yourself in more of a risk situation."
Elliott Gershowitz, a co-principal at Gershow Recycling, along with his brother Kevin, comments, "Don't overpay for market share on the basis of more volume. You can make the same profit if not more sometimes just by widening your spread and working on lower volumes."
Kevin Gershowitz elaborates, saying, "Overpaying for raw material is a contagious, infectious disease. The old adage of 'Make it up in volume' is just as false today as it was then." He concludes, "One has to be smart when buying. One needs smart buyers when buying. Anyone can buy if they overpay."
iv. thou shalt not neglect good people.
When a downturn hits and then lingers, it becomes exceedingly difficult for a company manager to avoid painful personnel decisions. The negative impacts are clear to the employees being laid off or terminated and can be nearly as traumatic for the managers who have to make and communicate these decisions to their employees.
More subtle but of great importance in the long term is the risk to a company's future when employees who are critical to the workplace knowledge base, culture, morale and future productivity gains of a company are among those who are terminated or leave the company after a payroll cut.
When asked about cost cuts to avoid during difficult times, Keith Highiet of Modesto Junk Co., Modesto, California, says, "Neglecting equipment or losing good people are not options. There are other expenses that can be cut first."
A recycling company that wishes to retain its key employees through a downturn may need to turn to reduced hours as a cost-cutting technique. "Reduced hours and having good supervision are the keys," Lipsitz says.
Safran says, "I have never laid anybody off [because of business conditions], maybe because we've been lean and mean. The workers help me make money in the good times, and I look at it that I have to take care of them in the bad times. We may need to cut back on hours, but if you have good people, and you spend money training them, you look at what you have to do to keep key employees."
Lewon says good communication prevents workers from either being blindsided by bad news or from failing to understand the seriousness of a market downturn. "Explain to your people exactly what is going on so that they are aware," he comments.
Even with the best management practices, "I think that choices have to be made," Lewon says, when it comes to adjusting personnel levels to meet market realities. "Don't be afraid to let marginal employees go. Tell the good employees that you want to keep them and that you will work with them to help them make it."
v. continue to invest in quality.
When scrap prices are low and volumes have slowed to a trickle, it is likely that cash flow conditions will be on the tight side of the spectrum as well. A combination of tight cash flow and a commitment to avoid burdensome debt would seem to make a downturn an unlikely time to invest in operations improvements. However, veteran recyclers warn that neglecting one's equipment for any consi
derable amount of time is likely to yield negative results. Retaining a high level of quality in operations starts with equipment maintenance, recyclers seemed to unanimously agree. (See the sidebar "Always Maintain")
Beyond that important rule, veteran recyclers also say a market slump can provide managers with available time to research new equipment, adding that they often encounter equipment makers eager to make a sale during a lull.
"Historically, it has proven to be true that lulls in business are great times to make changes: equipmentwise, efficiencywise and even just a change in business direction," says Highiet.
"Often, equipment salespeople are willing to deal in order to make sales in tough times," Lewon says. "For anyone with cash and a long-term view, sometimes difficult times can be a great time to buy equipment."
Kevin Gershowitz, who has encountered the same circumstance, says, "Better deals can be had on certain equipment from those sellers in need of making sales."
Yet more critical than saving a few dollars, he says, is preparing to be competitive in the long run. "More important than the savings on the investment is the ability to be ready to go when the markets recover," he states.
Kevin Gershowitz also points to the importance of keeping in mind the extended research, purchase and installation timeline for such a project.
"The workers help me make money in the good times, and I look at it that I have to take care of them in the bad times." – Steven Safran, Safran Metals
"On some scrap processing equipment, from investigation to contract to install, it can take over a year for new processing equipment to become operational. Installing now and being in the game when the market recovers is better than beginning to install when the market recovers and then begin operating when the market tanks again," he comments.
The first quarter of 2016 has provided financial press headlines pertaining in particular to China's economy and the woes of the global steel industry that may well help to prolong the difficulties in the commodities sector.
Recycling industry veterans are far from complacent, but they do profess a certain amount of faith that abiding by time-tested management principles will help make the slump bearable.
"This downturn is having real consequences," Highiet says. However, he adds, "The ability and wherewithal to weather prior [slumps], from controlling costs to accepting smaller profit margins with reduced flows of scrap, are helpful to rely upon in the current environment."
Kevin Gershowitz says, "The fixed costs of operating a scrap yard are real and very expensive. The percent of gross margin needed to cover costs increases as market pricing lowers. When pricing is high, margins are wide and just about any company or individual can generate profits. Low pricing is a different business skill set. As market pricing lowers, margins get squeezed and do not expand. This explains many of the closures we read about."
Cozzi returns to the idea of veteran leadership as making a difference for some scrap companies. "I believe that people in the industry prior to 2000 do have an advantage over people who are more recent to the business. They have lived through the cycles of the commodities market and of the economy," he states.
Whether the rest of 2016 brings with it low prices or rising prices, employees of scrap companies with veteran leaders are likely to hear from them with variations of these five commandments and other lessons learned from previous experience.
Original article posting can be found online at RecyclingToday.com.
Keith2016-03-26T21:53:22+00:00March 26th, 2016|
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