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Purdue Men's Basketball
JaJuan Johnson is The Man
By BoilerTMill@JustTMill Jan 20, 2011, 9:45am EST
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(Please listen to the following song as I wax poetic about our own JaJuan Johnson)
We needed a hero last night. After blowing a 14 point first half lead we found ourselves in a dogfight against one of the most surpisingly tenacious teams in the Big Ten. Defensively, they took away everything beyond the 3-point arc where we had feasted for a game and a half against them. A series of solid individual plays (Kelsey Barlow, D.J. Byrd, and E'Twaun Moore especially) gave us some crucial baskets, but after David Jackson hit a monster three, we were, for lack of a better term, in deep shit.
This is the type of loss that kills Big Ten championships. You absolutely have to defend your home court in this league, especially this season and especially against teams you have already beaten on the road. Defend your home court, take 5-6 games on the road, then you can put up another banner. We absolutely needed this win, and it looked like it would slip away against a surprisingly improved Penn State team.
Enter JJ.
First we tried to give the ball to E'Twaun, the Red Button. He couldn't covert, and the ball was knocked out of bounds (yes, from my seat it looked glaringly obvious it was off him). The officials, consistently bad both ways, gave us the ball, and our hero delivered.
It needs to start somewhere, so I am going to begin it right now: JaJuan Johnson should be the National Player of the Year. Last night was his first "Heisman Moment" where he won a game. against West Virginia and Minnesota we had a chance to tie, but didn't get him a ball. He showed last night what he can do when we look to him in those clutch situations. He should be NPOY for more than that though. He is a tenacious defender who, in my opinion, is actually holding back on defense, probably to avoid fouls. Offensviely, there isn't a single player in the country that can guard him one-on-one. He consistently dominates anyone trying to defend him, and therefore, he demands a double-team any time he touches the ball. He has range from 21-feet, which for a big man is amazing. He can consistently knock down free throws (79% having shot the most on the team by far). He knows that teams are going to come after him every night and he still dominates. No one can stop him, and when he is truly on it opens things up for everyone else.
JaJuan Johnson: National Player of the Year. Sounds pretty good doesn't it?
I have to give a lot of credit to the Nittany Lions. That is a team that has improved dramatically after we pretty much had our way with them two weeks ago. I tweeted last night, as I was leaving mackey, that they can cause as much havoc in the Big Ten as they want now. We have our two wins against them. They've already beaten Indiana, Michigan State, and Illinois for us. That alone is enough to make me a fan. They are a dangerous team that will be trouble for everyone else. It's amazing that this is the same team that lost to Maine at home by 10. Talor Battle has help now in Jackson and Jeff Brooks. Thsi will be a difficult game for everyone else. Thank God we're done with them until at least the Big Ten Tournament.
Positives from the Second Penn State game:
Smooge - In the first half, after he had missed a few shots, I commented to Mrs. T-Mill that something was wrong with E'Twaun. He immediately answered with a pair of 3-pointers and a 15-footer. I spent the rest of the game screaming, "WELCOME BACK, E'TWAUN!" Even late in the second half I commented that he hadn't scored, two seconds before he drove for a dunk to make it 60-57. He's not all the way back, but the 16 point per night E'Twaun is just fine for now.
D.J. Byrd - A lot of people have been critical of Byrd's play lately because of some dumb decisions and because he hadn't scored much. Rumor has it the kid is playing hurt, and I think he has been doing a lot of little things that don't show up in the box score. Last night he was more noticed because he scored five points. His baseline jumper with 3:03 left was huge, and an example of what happens when our offense is run perfectly. We don't need to run set plays for E'Twaun and JJ. Instead, we try to get open looks for anyone, and it is there job to score when they have a chance. D.J. saw his opportunity and seized it with a huge basket. He saw another with his near dunk that almost became the play of the season. Had that dunk gone down it would have been on highlight shows everywhere.
Kelsey Barlow - GDB played in control last night, and his drive and dunk with 6:28 left was a great example of that. He made a move, saw the lane was free because of a defensive screwup, and finished. With prejudice.
Different looks - I think part of our offensive struggles of late come from the return of John Hart. he has earned playing time, but we're still adjusting to a nine man rotation from an eight man rotation. His 13 minutes last night have been taken from others, most likely Terone Johnson and Ryne Smith. We're still trying to get everyone in the mix, so it will come together.
Ryne Smith - Gotta give it up for Ryno. He scored the first five points, they decided to guard him, so he decided to hand out five dimes.
Negatives from the second Penn State game:
Rebounding - How on earth did we only get 14 rebounds over the course of a major college basketball game? Sure, part of it came from Penn State shooting the lights out of the gym, but 14 rebounds seems incredibly low. I don't like how teams are out-hustling us on the glass when we ahd been rebounding well. Shoot, we outrebounded Minnesota and they had a huge size advantage over us. I still want to see Barlow crashing the glass more because of his athletic ability.
The Officials - As mentioned above, at least they were bad both ways. They missed the call on E'Twaun with five seconds left, but they also somehow reset the shot clock even though Penn State didn't hit the rim on the original attempt or the putback. Big Ten officiating, everyone!
This was a huge game because we were finally able to come through when it mattered. At Minnesota and West Virginia we had chances, but couldn't finish. Last night we did. That was a major characteristic of last year's team. agaisnt Tennessee, Alabama, Wisconsin, Indiana, Minnesota, Penn State, and Texas A&M we made the plays down the stretch to close out close games. Either we hit a huge basket late (like Chris Kramer against A&M or Keaton Grant against Minny) or we made a huge defensive stop. We had not had a moment like that yet, except for at Virginia Tech.
Now we know we can win a close game. A third of the conference season is over and we're 5-1. If we finished each of the next two thirds with the same record, a Big Ten title is likely in our future. The equation is simple: Defend our home court, win at Indiana and Iowa (as we should) and at least split the Michigan State, Illinois, Wisconsin, and Ohio State road games.
Next up is a Michigan State Spartans team that has to be feeling a little bit of desperation. Your Big Ten champion is likely going to have at least three losses. Michgian State is almost to that limit already, while we have more play. Let's put them at that limit.
Purdue 75 Michigan 70 | Game Wrap


I had never seen Nick Cave before. He really never toured that much so I took a friend up on an extra ticket tonight. Jesus! What a performer. Also what a band the Bad Seeds are. This was very much the brother concert to the PJ Harvey show I saw a few months ago. Incredible back up band who just played magnificently in their sartorial splendor while letting Nick Cave be the showman he is. It was fantastic.
It did get off to a bit of a slow start but it picked up in intensity. The noisy tracks were breathtaking. The setlist also spanned his entire career. Great crowd for the most part too.
In a twist of irony I was wearing a white Keep Smiling ringer t shirt in a sea of black. That kept me laughing most of the night.
Just a brilliant night out.
Glad to hear it was a good night, I'll be seeing him in Glasgow in a few months.
Have seen him many times before (solo, with the bad seeds and with grinderman), and he's always reliably brilliant. One of the most consistent and fantastic artists to have worked over the past 30 years or so.
Agree with all that has been said in the two previous posts about Nick Cave. Have also been to see him with The Bad Seeds and Grinderman over the years, going back to the early 90s.
Unfortunately the 2017 tour in the UK includes The 02 in London, which I refuse to entertain thinking about. Bournemouth and Manchester which are the days after LPF and Glasgow is just too long a trip. I hope these shows aren't a precedence for future tours in the large venues.
Biggest regret is not seeing Nick Cave with The Birthday Party, back in the day.
I'm had exactly the same thought! The O2 isn;t a place to watch music. I saw them play at Hammersmith and they were phenomenal. Same result when they played as Grinderman (much more unhinged though). Great band and Nick's stage presence is something else. The guy was born to perform.
Wow, so I saw his San Diego show on Monday night and it was absolutely stunning. Best I've ever seen him (out of 5), hands down. His voice was unbelievably strong. Lots of screech/screams a la Birthday Party and one 10-second bit of throat singing during "From Her to Eternity" that sent shivers down my spine.
I second the comment about the noisy tracks. Dare I say that it rivaled the best of Spiritualized's??????!!!!!
Must-see, especially on this tour. You won't regret it.


Alaska Railroad Track Safety — The People's Paper & Make A Scene!
Every year, the Alaska Railroad sees an increase in trespassing incidents on the train tracks when summer arrives. Trespassing is not only illegal, but it is the leading cause of rail-related deaths in America.
The terrifying trend of more people trespassing on Alaska Railroad tracks seems to have come early this year along with the warm temperatures that have arrived in Rail-Belt communities, from Seward to Anchorage to Fairbanks.
The evidence is clear and terrifying, just see the attached photo, which was taken this weekend along Turnagain Arm and shows a group of people, including children, walking along the tracks.
This reiterates just how crucial it is to inform Alaskans about the dangers of trespassing and share track safety messaging with them. There are still many people who simply don't understand that the consequences are much bigger than getting a fine. It could be a fatal mistake.
Each year in the U.S., approximately 400 people die from trespassing along a railroad's right of way. Additionally, almost as many are injured. The good news is that all of these incidents are 100 percent preventable, and the Alaska Railroad hopes that by educating the community fewer incidents will occur.
Warm temperatures are expected to continue into the weekend, with the high averaging around 50 degrees in Wasilla over the next week. The Alaska Railroad is urging local residents and visitors to stay off the train tacks while they are out enjoying the sunshine with their family and friends.


This year marks the 40th anniversary of the passage of the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA). The CRA placed an affirmative obligation on banks and thrifts to provide credit in the communities in which they serve, particularly in low- and moderate-income (LMI) neighborhoods. Indeed, there is evidence that the CRA has made important contributions in bringing capital into these communities.
Current CRA regulations were promulgated in 1995 and revised in 2005 to be more responsive to the needs of distressed and underserved communities and to create a new evaluation method for intermediate small banks.3 Bank agencies also issue guidance periodically, most recently to address issues regarding how community and economic development activities will be evaluated for CRA purposes. The federal bank regulatory agencies have also added more details on the factors that examiners should consider when determining whether credit and deposit services are designed to meet the needs of LMI individuals.4 The most recent CRA revisions detail the criteria regulators must use in determining whether alternatives for delivering banking services, such as online and mobile banking, meet the needs of LMI as well as other bank customers. Through guidance, regulators are able to clarify expectations and address questions from CRA stakeholders as financial markets evolve.
While measuring the impact of the CRA on credit is challenging, several studies by Federal Reserve economists have suggested a positive impact. One study found that between 2003 and 2004, when the number of banks covered by the CRA increased in an area because of the redefinition of metropolitan statistical areas, refinances of mortgage loans increased substantially in these tracts relative to others.7 Another study found a moderate impact on mortgage originations from 1997 to 2002 by modeling credit flows in areas that were just under and just over the cutoff for CRA-eligibility consideration.8 These studies support the notion that banks are attentive to CRA obligations in the communities they serve.
Data reported under the CRA for small business, small farm, and community development lending (which is a substantial majority but not the totality of all such lending by banks because some are exempt from reporting requirements) show considerable activity. In 2015, CRA-reported lending to small businesses totaled $228 billion and to small farms $13.5 billion. CRA-reported community development lending totaled $87 billion in 2016, up more than fourfold from 1998, which was the first full year the new regulatory framework was in effect. This rate of increase greatly outpaced general price inflation of just 50 percent over the same period. Furthermore, CRA-regulated banks are important investors in Low-Income Housing Tax Credit programs and New Markets Tax Credit programs, likely resulting in more competitive pricing that stretches these federal tax incentives further.
To ensure the continued effectiveness of the CRA, the Federal Reserve and other banking agencies are committed to making continued improvements to policies and processes for implementing CRA regulations. Periodic revisions to CRA guidance help promote effective and consistent implementation of the CRA. Other ways in which the agencies can promote the continued flow of bank capital into LMI communities include making improvements to the procedures, tools, and training available to bank examiners.
These initiatives are all designed to recognize the importance of the CRA in bringing private capital to local markets. The CRA is an important incentive to promoting economic growth through sustainable rental and homeownership opportunities in LMI communities. Financial institutions are key participants in providing capital and are primary beneficiaries of the improved economic conditions that result from investments in local infrastructure, technical assistance to small businesses, educational and job opportunities, and quality neighborhood health-care and child-care options.
The Federal Reserve, through its bank oversight and community development functions, is committed to ensuring that all neighborhoods are well served by banks now and for years to come.
Eric S. Belsky has served as director of the Division of Consumer and Community Affairs at the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System since August 2014. A specialist in housing finance, economics, and policy, Belsky brings 20 years of experience to the division. He oversees the Federal Reserve's work in consumer-focused supervision, research, and policy analysis, with the aim of promoting a fair and transparent consumer financial services marketplace and effective community development.
1 See Greg Miller, "Newly Released Maps Show How Housing Discrimination Happened," National Geographic, October 17, 2016, available at news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/10/housing-discrimination-redlining-maps. This article details how maps created by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s were used to designate areas considered hazardous for mortgage lending and influenced whether mortgage loans qualified for government guarantees from the Federal Housing Administration. To view interactive historical maps, see https://dsl.richmond.edu/panorama/redlining/#loc=10/44.1788/-84.8433&opacity=0.8.
2 See 12 U.S.C. § 2901, available at https://tinyurl.com/y8bu99bh. The assigned ratings are Outstanding, Satisfactory, Needs to Improve, and Substantial Noncompliance.
3 The thresholds for small banks, intermediate small banks, and large banks are indexed to inflation. At present, the threshold for intermediate small banks is at least $307 million and not more than $1.226 million in assets in each of the prior calendar years.
4 See 81 Fed. Reg. 48506, "Interagency Questions and Answers Regarding Community Reinvestment," July 25, 2016, available at www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2016-07-25/pdf/2016-16693.pdf.
5 Neil Bhutta and Glenn B. Canner, "Mortgage Market Conditions and Borrower Outcomes: Evidence from the 2012 HMDA Data and Matched HMDA-Credit Record Data," Federal Reserve Bulletin, 99:4 (November 2013), available at www.federalreserve.gov/pubs/bulletin/2013/pdf/2012_HMDA.pdf.
6 Lei Ding, Roberto G. Quercia, Janneke Ratcliffe, and Wei Lei, "Risky Borrowers or Risky Mortgages: Disaggregating Effects Using Propensity Score Models," Journal of Real Estate Research, 33:2 (2011), pp. 245–277.
7 Daniel R. Ringo, "Refinancing, Default, and the Community Reinvestment Act," unpublished paper, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 2015.
8 Neil Bhutta, "The Community Reinvestment Act and Mortgage Lending to Lower-Income Borrowers and Neighborhoods," Journal of Law and Economics, 54:4 (November 2011), pp. 953–983.


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Quick Mention: 4 More Novell Offices Are Closed Down
Posted in Asia, Europe, Novell at 11:48 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
At the middle of last week we mentioned a Novell branch which was closing down. It now turns out that it is only one among several.
Novell is closing down its direct sales offices in Israel, Belgium, Luxembourg, Norway and Turkey
The GNU/Linux Pen O' Sheep
Posted in GNU/Linux, Microsoft, Mono, Novell, Patents at 7:59 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
"Assimilate to Novell SUSE, but die anyway"
The previous post showed that Novell is beginning to reveal more signs of vanity. It sees itself as Microsoft's "chosen one". This is the beginning of something rather bad, so here is a short explanation of the dangers.
If Novell was ever to succeed in the Linux business (a goal which it certainly strives to achieve), Microsoft would be on its side, but Microsoft's intention is to eliminate all Linux companies that do not 'surrender' to Microsoft. Then, having centralised all Linux threats inside a single company (or few submissive companies), Microsoft can 'kill' Linux as though it was a corporate entity. Watch what Microsoft did to Linspire.
"Microsoft is hoping to assemble all Linux users (currently spread across 500+ Linux distributions) in a single 'box' and then eliminate them."Remember that Steve Ballmer characterised Linux as a bizarre competitor because there is no company behind it and therefore it's hard to eliminate. Yes, Steve Ballmer said something along those lines a year or two ago. By throwing all eggs in the single basket which is Novell (e.g. Mono, 'interoperability', and Moonlight), Microsoft is hoping to assemble all Linux users (currently spread across 500+ Linux distributions) in a single 'box' and then eliminate them. To use a sensitive analogy, Novell is the concentration camp of GNU/Linux. Godwin's law hopefully does not apply here.
Moonlight and Mono are interesting components because Moonlight will be required for Linux users to access some Web sites. These users have to go through Novell first. Novell has been quiet about this gotcha phrase until we pressured them to spill these beans.
Microsoft hopes to kill and suppress all Linux that is not Novell. Until then, Novell will brag about its gifts from Microsoft and hope that all money will flow its way. That's where Novell's selfishness and arrogance becomes the worst threat to Linux. As for Novell's Linux, under Microsoft control (tax, patents, etc.), it will be an easy target to eliminate. Microsoft has a plan. Novell has greed. But Novell has no future.
Is Vanity Culture Infectious?
Posted in Antitrust, Bill Gates, GNU/Linux, Google, Microsoft, Novell, Ron Hovsepian, Steve Ballmer at 7:50 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
The Microsoft of Linux?
Novell seems to be getting back to its roots of arrogance. To quote Phil Morettini, "Novell had plenty of excuses to be arrogant, even without Microsoft's attention. They were truly dominating the Network Operating System business. The brand was dominant, the product was good, and the worldwide distribution network of VARs and distributors was second to none. Sales people at Novell no longer had to sell–they took orders."
What vanity is it we're talking about? Ron Hovsepian and Justin Steinman, for example, feel like they are better than Red Hat even though they are well behind. Novell has recently joined hands and tightened its relationship with a company that is known for brutality and vanity, so this is hardly surprising. These two examples (among more), and particularly the new one from Ron Hovsepian can be nicely weaved in with some recent news. Newsweek has a new article where Google speaks about cultural issues at Microsoft.
"Google is so different that it was almost impossible to reprogram them into this culture," says CEO Eric Schmidt.
How about this one?
Stuart Scott, Microsoft's former CIO, is not the only Microsoft employee unceremoniously being shown the door. Some staffers who are putting in their notice are being escorted off campus immediately. Why? Because they've put in their notice to join Google.
Isn't that distrubing? Microsoft likens the Mac and GNU/Linux user communities to "cults", but some of its own behavior (at a corporate level) may suggest that it's merely a case of reflection.
Let's explore Microsoft's own vanity. We've assembled some good examples below.
This is something that I actually cover in my personal blog. The Gates Foundation is being used to control media outlets (through investments), which then give shape to a positive image and paint Bill Gates as a Saint. The reality is far from that. Judge Gates' character for yourself, based on those who know him personally, as opposed to those watching what journalists say in the press. These are journlists whose fundnd source include the Gates Foundation (investor) Microsoft (advertiser/partner).
Microsoft Memories
At some point in your presentation billg will say "that's the dumbest fucking idea I've heard since I've been at Microsoft." He looks like he means it. However, since you knew he was going to say this, you can't really let it faze you. Moreover, you can't afford to look fazed; remember: he's a bully.
Here is another example.
My father, in his travels, has met Bill Gates. I don't think I'd be creating a problem for him now (as he recently retired) by saying that he was unimpressed. Apparently Gates was rude, he was distracted, and when he sat, he rocked back and forth in his chair, an action which reminded my Dad of people with dementia.
And another from Joel Spolsky (on software).
In my BillG review meeting, the whole reporting hierarchy was there, along with their cousins, sisters, and aunts, and a person who came along from my team whose whole job during the meeting was to keep an accurate count of how many times Bill said the F word. The lower the f***-count, the better.
Four," announced the f*** counter, and everyone said, "wow, that's the lowest I can remember. Bill is getting mellow in his old age." He was, you know, 36.
Later I had it explained to me. "Bill doesn't really want to review your spec, he just wants to make sure you've got it under control. His standard M.O. is to ask harder and harder questions until you admit that you don't know, and then he can yell at you for being unprepared. Nobody was really sure what happens if you answer the hardest question he can come up with because it's never happened before."
How about this one [PDF]?
From: johnfi; Wed Mar 14 11:18:49 1990
To: RichAab; RussW; SherryR; c-JanetC
Subject: H-P New Wave
A few issues … Got a call from Gary Perez (our OEM HP Acct Mgr) this morning. They are telling HP that they wil NOT be part of this launch and that BillG has said "fxxk HP (all divisions) if they won't sign a Windows license."
There are many more examples, including Gates' request for anti-Linux patents and making ACPI not work with Linux. For now, the above examples ought to suffice.
Recall this unforgettable reaction from Microsoft's CEO.
At that point, Mr. Ballmer picked up a chair and threw it across the room hitting a table in his office. Mr. Ballmer then said: "Fucking Eric Schmidt is a fucking pussy. I'm going to fucking bury that guy, I have done it before, and I will do it again. I'm going to fucking kill Google."
More analysis here.
When Emory University primatologist Frans de Waal read a news story that said Microsoft's chief executive, Steve Ballmer, had hurled a chair across the room on hearing an employee was going to work for rival Google, the scientist immediately made a connection with his own research: "When I see such behavior, I think of a chimpanzee."
It seems to be just part of a behavioural pattern.
"The word 'intense' was invented for Ballmer, who met with us in a green room that had a paper sign with his name taped to the door. While he was at first warm and engaging, a question about security features shifted his mood. His eyes, soft when he smiles, grew dark. The usually boisterous Ballmer became unexpectedly quiet and soon exited the room without saying goodbye. Still, he had a lot to say to SmartMoney senior writer Dyan Machan before he did.
How can one forget "Developers" and "Monkey Dance"?
Jim Allchin
This one is a classic [PDF].
From: jimall Mon Sep 9 11:09:33 1991
To: billg steveb
Cc: bradsi; jonl; mikemur; paulma
Subject winball
Date: Mon Sep 09 11:08:44 PDT 1991
We need to slaughter Novell before they get stronger.
Joachim Kempin (OEM Chief)
Joachim Kempin seems to be quite a violent man, as the following incident illustrates.
Microsoft OEM chief Joachim Kempin was guilty of nine charges of illegal hunting…
There are many examples of anti-Linux abuses in the OEM channel and we covered some of them before. Joachim Kempin was behind threats and illegal manipulation in the marketplace.
Redmond's vanity can be seen in the following article which advises partners never to mention GNU/Linux or Google when visiting Microsoft.
Watch how 'poor' Microsoft employees complain about Google 'daring' to touch their overwheliming market share.
Microsoft has warned Google to steer clear of corporate search, declaring that the market is "our house"….
"Those people are not going to be allowed to take food off our plate, because that is what they are intending to do."
Here's some evidence of what some call 'Mafia Culture' [PDF]
From: bradsi Fri Oct 18 14:24:00 1991
To: dawntr; jonl; makemap; mikemur; philipg; vijayc
Cc: garygi; hankv; lewisl; peteh
Subject: Re: Excel brainstorm group
Date: Fri, 18 Oct 91 14:20:38 PDT
I'd be glad to help tilt lotus into into the death spiral. I could do it friday afternoon but not saturday. I could do it pretty much any time the followung week.
Watch the following. This lady isn't so pleased with Microsoft's deliberate corruption of Web standards.
Besides the fact that all of the Microsoft employees I have ever encountered must have been brainwashed. I don't know where they dig these people up.
And if they AREN'T brainwashing them, then they are just hiring incompetant, pompous dumbasses. And if either is the case, why should anyone support their company?
Back to Novell
If Novell was ever to succeed in the Linux business, that would add to its already-morbid vanity, which is infectious. Some people at Novell would not deny admiring and loving Microsoft. They would even Mimic Windows technologies. There is a huge danger here and the remainder of this story will be described in the next post.
Rebuttal to: "Eight Years Later, Is Microsoft Still a Monopoly?" (PCWorld)
Posted in America, Antitrust, Bill Gates, Courtroom, Dell, Europe, GNU/Linux, Law, Microsoft at 12:05 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
A misinformed article from PCWorld seems to insinuate that Microsoft may no longer be a monopoly that requires government oversight. In other words, it's an indication that Microsoft has changed its way, which it clearly has not. It only hides its anti-competitive actions slightly more effectively. From the article:
But whether because of the antitrust suits or because of other market factors, Microsoft doesn't seem to be using its power to muscle competitors off the desktop. The very fact that Dell is selling Linux machines at all is one example. And when I recently bought a Dell desktop for home use, it came preloaded with products from two of Microsoft's most formidable competitors–Google's desktop search service and Mozilla's Firefox.
This is of course escaping all the main issues. Come to discover what Microsoft has been doing to Dell since the previous ruling (and during its probation period). Behind the scenes, Microsoft sabotaged Dell's attempts to sell GNU/Linux.
As we pointed out some weeks ago, the Department of Justice is still in Microsoft's pocket (surprise, surprise! The government is not truly honest). A couple of days ago came this article:
US Justice Department objects to states' effort to extend Microsoft oversight to 2012
"There is no basis for the court to order a five-year extension of the final judgments," the Justice Department said in a court filing Friday, citing a lack of evidence provided by the states that such oversight is justified.
To avoid repetition, you are urged to read our previous post on this topic and learn more about the DoJ-Microsoft link. It sheds light on the issues that misinform articles such as the one from PCWorld.
Of course Microsoft still abusing and bullying the market. Need one go further than the Mandriva story that was mentioned yesterday? Even the Managing Editor of LinuxToday called it bribery.
So, even as Microsoft claims superior quality over Linux, they act as if they don't even buy their own FUD. If they really believed that Windows was superior to Linux, they wouldn't have to bribe people with "marketing help" to get them to choose Windows.
Speaking of Microsoft 'bribery', you'll find more examples in the following recent stories:
Green Party slams Microsoft OLPC involvement
Bribing Bloggers
Microsoft Hires Programmer to edit Wikipedia Entry For OOXML
Interview with Dr Andrew S Tanenbaum (mind the "book story")
These are just 4 among many more examples.
The government (and DoJ especially) chooses to turn a blind eye to some real issues. It wasn't long ago that the following story, which involves the FTC, grabbed a lot of attention.
Microsoft trying to derail Google/DoubleClick deal by lobbying congress
Microsoft has hired lobbying firm Patton Boggs LLC to do work on "competitive issues surrounding Google/DoubleClick [sic] merger."
That is monopoly abuse. Plain and simple. Microsoft was willing to pay twice as much for DoubleClick, but apparently the company's stakeholders rejected Microsoft (they leaned from history). It is just one among a very long series of articles about Microsoft's lobbying in American and Europe. This time, Google is the victim, not GNU/Linux. If we go a little further back, then we also find this:
Gates blackmailed Danish government
Microsoft boss Bill Gates threatened to kill 800 Danish jobs if Denmark opposed the European Computer Implemented Inventions Directive, reports today's Danish financial daily Børsen, quoted by NoSoftwarePatents.com.
That fits nicely with our coverage on software patents and the lobbying (manipulation and sometimes bullying, bribery, extortion, and blackmail) that is used to change the law in Europe.
Not much was said specifically about the PCWorld article, but don't the stories above answer its headline? Judge for yourselves…
Eight Years Later, Is Microsoft Still a[n abusive] Monopoly?

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Boat Club Report
The Boat Club has had a strong head season in the Lent term. Most recently, the J15, J16 and Senior squads raced Hammersmith Head on the Tideway in London on 2 March. Times were tight across the board, with the 1st VIII finding themselves in a close 6th. The 2nd VIII also came away an encouraging 6th in their category, with the 3rd VIII 16th in Open VIIIs. The newly-formed J16 A and B crews came away 8th and 2nd, and both J15 crews came a creditable 5th in their respective events.
Unfortunately, the Boat Club was unable to defend its placings at Schools' Head on 15 March, due to safety concerns for the boys on the water, and trailering of boats to/from the event. Given the speed of our crews leading up to the event, we were very much looking forward to seeing where each boat would place - but with a forecast wind of 22mph and extremely strong gusts, a difficult decision was taken to withdraw all of our crews from the race, during a week in which Boat Race fixtures had been cancelled, as well as the Women's Head of the River.
The J14s had their first major race of the season, having started sculling in January. The As and Bs took to a mirror-flat Dorney Lake to race The Scullery, while the Cs and Ds went up river for some friendly match racing against Radley. At The Scullery, the As came 11th overall, with the Bs coming 23rd overall as the 3rd-fastest B crew. A great set of results for the newest athletes to our sport.
The Boat Club now looks ahead to the ever-anticipated and successful Easter camp, which sees 56 pupils and 7 coaches head to Bordeaux in southern France for 7 days.
Rowing News
National Schools' Regatta
BASHER Regatta
Quintin Head
Rowing Fours' Head & GB Trials
Tweet by @abingdonrowing
Congratulations to @CUBCsquad & @Leander_Club on winning The Visitors' Challenge Cup. #HenleyRoyalRegatta https://t.co/MXblxtBMfp
Fixtures and Match arrangements
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Baked ziti is truly wonderful, made with homemade spaghetti sauce, high quality cheese, and good ground meat. I think the homemade sauce really makes the difference for me. It's one of hubby's favorites in the winter, and judging by both the quantity and speed at which Sunita inhaled it, I'm guessing it's hers too. The foccacia bread is also a favorite at our house (see below for bread machine recipe). I have been known to polish off a 9×13 pan in less than two days (WITH HELP). I have found that garlic for breakfast (or before) really makes me a favorite for intimate conversation the rest of the day as well. I have also been looking for a really good Caesar salad dressing. Hubby loves Caesar salad and as of yet we haven't found THE ONE. So I tried two very different recipes. Neither was perfect, but the more traditional recipe was a bigger hit. Throw in some home-made garlic croutons, and the meal is complete!
2. With oiled hands, evenly press dough into a greased 9×13 pan. Using your fingertips, make indentations in the dough.
3. Cover, let rise in a warm place for 20 minutes. While the dough is rising, select the topping and prepare.
4. In a skillet, heat oil. Stir in oregano and garlic. Immediately remove from heat.
5. Spoon topping mixture evenly over dough. Sprinkle with remaining ingredients.
6. Bake at 400°F for 20 minutes or until golden brown.
I really enjoy my daughter, I do. But now the excitement of having her home is wearing off and the reality of having a daughter is catching up. The nightmares (we think) are happening. We were warned that she could have nightmares, as little as she is. So, for no other apparent reason, she will wake up about every half hour at night wimpering to start and if we don't get there in time moving to a full blown cry. Every half hour. Yep. We are tired. Now, our family has been super supportive and offered to come give us a night off, BUT she is not like a birth child. We have to work at the attachment business, which includes waking up every half hour. We have found a way that she will stay asleep – sleeping on us. Yep, not just with us, but on us. Well, that's comfy, or NOT. Also, this puts us in the awkard position of trying to decide whether letting her sleep with us is something we want to encourage? Letting her cry is not an option in our case. Her needs must be met for awhile! So we sit here this afternoon, enjoying the peacefulness of her nap in a quandary.
You know how when you are so doggone proud of your kids for doing somthing just right (like sleeping through the night or going potty in the toliet on their own)… that just by speaking the words (or writing the words down) it seems as though the child has unlearned everything they know and are doing the exact opposite. Well, I'm hoping the same thing will happen but in the reverse for us. Silly me.
Yep, that IS snow falling in the background!
Our little pink black bear likes to eat and lick the snow. The fact that its freezing really doesn't seem to bother her at all.
Here's our vehicles. This is today's picture.
And the ruling (or ahem, ruler) is… 13 and 1/2 inches. Woohoo!!
The munchkin and I have gone for several walks. Lucky for Dad, he hasn't had work so he gets to join us. Lucky for us, Dad's coat is big enough for us both!
I just want to say Merry Christmas to all and to all a goodnight!
Grandma and Grandpa D came to visit for the first time since baby arrived. I thought I would post some of my favorite photos during their time here. When I say favorite, what I really mean is when our daughter is doing something fairly normal and ordinary and we couldn't be prouder.
The giraffe gets a wet sloppy kiss (same as the rest of us). And btw, she blows kisses now too!
Nana and the Sunita. She loves her purple cell phone. The thing on her head is grandpa's ear warmers, backwards and upside down. (And this was posted especially for Mom, to show I was able to get a photo of both of you even though Dad didn't).
I actually think this is after my parents had left, but I couldn't resist posting it.
Sunita turned one on Saturday, Dec. 6th. I am so thankful to have been able to celebrate this birthday with her here!
There is the birthday girl and you better believe she was ready for something sweet!
By time we actually got to the eating of the cupcakes she was about ready for a nap. NOT such a great photo op. Tired and cranky girl!
These are other pictures of the darling since we have arrived home. This girl likes to eat and loves to feed herself. Although she doesn't really look like it, she was loving the mac-n-cheese.
As all babies are, Sunita is very flexible. Here, to her daddy's continued amazement, she does the splits.
That's a straw in her mouth, but this shot really is included to showcase the gorgeous sweater her Auntie M made her. She is a talented woman, and we are glad to be on the receiving end of that talent!!
Something I have never experienced in all my years of watching kids, a girl who likes the lotion more in her than on her. Every night after bath when I go to put her lotion on, she licks my hand any time it comes near her face. Is this abnormal? We think so.
From Jared's recordings during our stay in India.
You can't count to 5 without hearing a horn honk.
Your snot turns black, your eyes burn, and you breathe heavy like you recently started smoking a pack a day.
You get a nice hotel room and the bathroom has four floor drains – all with mothballs on them to keep the creepy-crawlies out.
You get a not-so-nice hotel room and the bathroom has a hole in the wall to the outside large enough for any rodent known to man to pass through.
The hole is in the upper left corner next to the tiny hot water heater which had to be turned on 20 minutes before use.
Driving through town you look across the lanes and see: car-motorcycle-car-bicycle-cow-autorickshaw-dog-motorcycle-motorcycle-motorcycle.
In this case they are water buffalo.
The traffic is always bumper to bumper and door to door.
You get a "double" hotel room and that just means they pushed together two single beds…and kept them made separately.
You don't see any women working in clothing stores, but you do see them hauling bricks and digging on construction crews.
Even on the street, men sell saris.
The women would carry these huge bundle of sticks. It was incredible.
Street signs, except for ads, are non-existent.
The bigger your vehicle, the more right of way you have. Good luck crossing the street as a pedestrian.
The more people crossing the street the safer it is. So crowds move across the roads rather than individuals.
Pickups are nowhere to be found. Hauling things is a job for bicycles.
The biker/hauler is on the left. You can see his pipes and his tricycle.
…on sleep, on life, on the blog. I realize as I write this that it has been a week since we have been home. I can hardly believe it. Sunita is down for a SCHEDULED!!! nap (YAY!) so I have time to do this.
The plane ride home was gruesome, and that was considering that the flights went WELL.
A VERY tired mommy and baby.
Sunita had only two major freak outs and that was with an ear infection (confirmed yesterday by the doctor). We arrived at the Delhi airport at around 8:00 pm and hung out in a lounge (think a food court and airport seating, nothing fancy) because they wouldn't let us in the airport proper until 3 hours before our flight. We entered the airport at 10:40 pm and boarded around 12:30 am. We took off at 1:40 am. Throughout all of our connections and security checks everything went smoothly. Thank you all for your prayers.
This is really Sunita's first mom, although not her birth mom. She took care of her from the day after she was born until we picked her up. The hardest part (for me) of getting her was when I had to take her from this wonderful lady. We went to leave the orphanage and her caretaker had come and got Sunita from me and walked outside. I let her go, knowing she deserved time to say good bye. When we were done in the office I went to take Sunita back, but her caretaker wasn't giving her up willingly. Our adoption coordinator, Rajeev, told me to "Just take her". So I pulled Sunita out of her arms and just broke down. The memory will always remain with me.
Sunita's forever mommy adoring her. By the way, the goop they used to give her the very cute ponytail worked great (so great it took 2 or 3 washings to get it out). But it had the strange effect of making her head smell like a quesadilla (hence why we wanted to wash it out).
Mouth full of lentils with yellow curry sauce and rice, YUM!
We couldn't believe our good fortune upon meeting our little girl. She is even prettier in person! She looks adorable in ears, well actually, in everything. This was in the airport on the way home. The hat worked great for long cold flights where the outside temp. was -80 degrees (F) and the inside temp. felt that cold sometimes.
At last one picture to really brighten anyone's day. How can you keep from smiling when you see this face? Daddy was playing with her. He can really make her laugh!
When we arrive in India, we will get off our plane at 11:30 PM their time (11:00 AM our time), and drive 3.5 hours to Agra. Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday we will sightsee. Friday we will travel to Cuttack and to the orphanage, visit Saturday, and head back to Delhi on Sunday. And finally, we'll go to the embassy on Monday and Tuesday.
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For those of you who can't or haven't gotten to see the nursery lately, here are some pics.
The crib is ready. The rocking horse is ready for "running" through the fields by a dream and a wish.
This is my sad state of organization for now. The clothes are separated into bags by size. Toys are in one, medicine and bath stuff in another. It isn't perfect, but it'll do – FOR NOW. Eventually, I'm hoping to have a curtain "door".
I think my mom is a marvelous artist. I specifically commissioned her to "paint me a world that would be cute for a nursery". This is what she did. I completely love it. This brings me to the overwhelming, thorough, and almost painful humility I feel after having my baby showers. The homemade items not only took time, patience, work, and creativity but are beautiful treasures. I certainly feel that we don't deserve this much. As I write my thank yous, I wish I could convey how very much all of the givers have meant to me and to us.
This is what I have "packed" for Sunita's trip home. Travel size baby stuff, a few toys, 2 outfits for while we are there, pjs, a warm onesie for the airplane ride, and lots of diapers. Most of the things we might need we can buy in India. So here it is. I'm trying to pack as little as possible. O, and I'll throw in two blankets.
Sometimes it is easier not to try to fly, rather than trying to fly and falling. In the end flying is better but sometimes it is a tough go.


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Víctor Ros va ser una sèrie de televisió espanyola l'emissió de la qual va començar el 12 de gener de 2015 i està basada en les adaptacions d'alguns dels casos del detectiu homònim creat per Jerónimo Tristante, i produïda per New Atlantis per a TVE. Un terç de la producció és produïda per Telefónica i la resta per TVE.
Conté una mitjana de 250 plans amb efectes digitals per capítol (1500 en total), la qual cosa la converteix en la sèrie amb més efectes visuals fins ara a Espanya; Línia-64 es va encarregar d'aquesta part de la sèrie.

La sèrie va ser cancel·lada després de la seva primera temporada, però finalment la segona temporada va ser aprovada en el Consell d'Administració de TVE el gener de 2016. L'enregistrament d'aquesta segona temporada va començar a la fi de maig de 2016 i es va emetre entre el 3 de novembre i el 22 de desembre amb una audiència discreta.

Sinopsi, context històric i ambientació
Madrid, 1895. Víctor Ros va ser, de nen, un noi astut que robava diners al costat de la seva colla a gent que li sobrava per a ajudar a la seva mare. Un policia veterà, Don Armando Martínez, el va treure del món de la delinqüència el 1882 quan comptava amb 14 anys i el va convertir en el millor policia de tot Madrid. És intel·ligent, intuïtiu i honrat. Després de passar anys com infiltrat amb els anarquistes a Oviedo, torna a Madrid per a treballar en la Brigada Metropolitana. L'inspector Ros i els seus companys hauran d'enfrontar-se a tota sèrie de dificultats. Per a començar, els endarreriments tècnics i culturals de l'època seran un perjudici constant. La sèrie comença amb un misteri que centrarà l'atenció en els primers tres capítols: l'assassinat de diverses prostitutes a la ciutat de Madrid. A partir de llavors, els protagonistes s'enfrontaran a altres perills com l'amenaça d'assassinat a Ros per part del fill d'un anarquista, el segrest de la filla de l'agent Blázquez o una conspiració que pretén assassinar al president d'Espanya en aquella època, Cánovas del Castillo. Mentrestant, també es mostra la vida íntima del protagonista: la seva relació amb la prostituta Lola la Valenciana, el seu amor per Clara Alvear o la seva amistat amb Luis, qui li acompanyava en els seus furts en la seva etapa de delinqüent.

Lola és una jove prostituta, la bellesa de la qual és el seu únic mitjà per a tirar endavant. Després de conèixer a Ros en un cas relacionat amb l'assassinat de diverses companyes de professió, s'enamora perdudament d'ell i somia amb sortir d'aquest món. Encara que manté relació amb Víctor, l'amor que aquest sent per Clara, retornarà a la prostituta a la seva realitat. És intel·ligent, afectuosa i comprensiva.

Clara Alvear és una dona moderna, culta i reivindicativa, la qual cosa resulta estrany a l'Espanya de finals del . Coneix a l'inspector Ros quan aquest intenta desxifrar la bogeria de la seva germana, que havia intentat matar el seu marit. Encara que està enamorada del protagonista, el seu pare, un home clàssic i arruïnat, vol casar-la amb Fernando de la Escosura, cap de Víctor. Per això, es converteix en el personatge central de la trama amorosa.

Blázquez és un policia de caràcter escèptic i tradicional. És amic de tota la vida de do Armant, el padrí de Víctor, a qui coneix des de la seva època de joventut. Té una confiança cega en Víctor i per això sempre es mostra fidel al seu cap. El comissari Buendía és un home autoritari i de fort caràcter, encara que sempre deixa entreveure un rerefons afable i intel·ligent. Per a ell, el manteniment de l'honor i el componiment són aspectes claus, la qual cosa no és estrany en algú que va ser militar en la seva joventut.
Carballo, antic company de Buendía, és el personatge de la Brigada amb més atributs negatius: és violent, innocent i despietat. Malgrat això, donada la seva experiència militar, compleix sempre les ordres que rep i fins i tot salva la vida a Ros, a qui considera el seu enemic.

L'agent Crespo és un jove policia que es caracteritza per la seva honradesa i la seva força física. Igual que Blázquez i Sánchez, pertany a la Brigada Metropolitana i segueix les ordres del seu cap, l'inspector Víctor Ros.
Sánchez és el membre més jove de l'anomenada Brigada Metropolitana. És molt servicial amb el seu cap i realitza els treballs de recerca que ajuden a resoldre els casos.

Segona temporada
La segona temporada, titulada 'El robo del oro español', consta de vuit episodis. La història arrenca a Madrid, en 1898, gairebé cinc anys després del final de la primera temporada. La vida somriu a Víctor Ros. Està casat amb Clara Alvear i viu feliç al costat de la seva esposa i el seu fillol, Juanito. A més, s'ha convertit en el policia més famós i respectat de la seva època. Però un complot canviarà la seva vida per sempre: l'atracament a la joieria Marabini és una maniobra de distracció que amaga un robatori encara major: el de les reserves de l'or del Banc d'Espanya. Víctor haurà de fer front a la pèrdua de la seva esposa (morta en el tiroteig durant l'atracament a la joieria) i intentar recuperar l'or d'Espanya en un moment molt delicat per al país, que es troba a la vora de la guerra contra els Estats Units. La pista de l'or portarà a Ros fins a Linares (Jaén). Allí haurà de fer front a una altra mena de perills, com els bandolers de Sierra Morena.

Univers transmèdia de la sèrie
La segona temporada de Víctor Ros va ampliar l'experiència transmèdia de Víctor Ros per a reforçar la interacció amb els usuaris. El projecte, desenvolupat per Rtve.es dins de la seva estratègia 360, se sustenta sobre tres pilars:
 El videoblog de León Cavestany: és una websèrie setmanal ("Las aventuras de Víctor Ros según León Cavestany") en la qual el personatge interpretat per Edu Soto avança, en to d'humor, el contingut del pròxim episodi. Els monòlegs serveixen, a més, per a conèixer millor a Cavestany, una de les novetats de la segona temporada, ampliant d'aquesta forma la dimensió del personatge.
 Los interrogatorios de Víctor Ros: després de cada capítol, els seguidors de la sèrie poden jugar a resoldre un interrogatori interactiu. Víctor Ros i els seus companys (Blázquez, Giralda, el Capità Barrera i Hèrcules) pregunten a l'usuari pel cas setmanal. Si les respostes són correctes, els personatges facilitaran al jugador una clau amb la qual podran obrir la Caixa de l'or.
 La Caja del Oro: és una web de recompenses, accessible únicament amb la clau secreta obtinguda en els interrogatoris, en la qual els usuaris més fidels trobaran continguts exclusius, com a entrevistes amb els actors i l'equip tècnic, avanços, reportatges sobre curiositats, making of i material extra de la sèrie.

Repartiment

1a Temporada

Repartiment principal
 Carles Francino - Víctor Ros
 Esmeralda Moya - Clara Alvear
 Megan Montaner - Lola "La Valenciana"
 Tomás del Estal - Inspector Luis Blázquez
 Juan Fernández - Comissari Horacio Buendía
 Juan Codina - Inspector Carballo de la Brigada Metropolitana
 Alberto Berzal - Crespo
 Joel Bosqued - Sánchez

Repartiment secundari
 Nacho Fresneda - Fernando de la Escosura † (Episodi 2 - Episodi 6)
 Lola Marceli - Rosa (Episodi 1 - Episodi 2; Episodi 4 - Episodi 6)
 Daniel Holguín - Luis "El Conquense" † (Episodi 1 - Episodi 2; Episodi 4 - Episodi 6)
 Pablo Viña - Don Augusto Alvear, grande de España y padre de Clara (Episodi 1 - Episodi 4)
 Eva Martín - Ana Escurza (Episodi 1 - Episodi 4)
 María Cantuel - Aurora Alvear (Episodi 1; Episodi 5)

Amb la col·laboració especial de
 Tito Valverde - Inspector Don Armando Martínez † (Episodi 1 - Episodi 2)
 Helio Pedregal - Aldanza † (Episodi 1 - Episodi 3; Episodi 5 - Episodi 6)
 Pepa Pedroche - Mariana (Episodi 2; Episodi 4 - Episodi 6)
 María Palacios - Emilia Fuentes, la coronela (Episodi 2; Episodi 4 - Episodi 6)
 Daniel Pérez Prada - Raúl Córcoles (Episodi 4 - Episodib 6)
 Mario Roig - Juanito (Episodi 2; Episodi 4 - Episodi 6)
 Javier Godino - De la Rubia (Episodi 2; Episodi 6)
 Jorge Suquet - Gerardo, marqués de la Calle † (Episodi 1 - Episodi 3)
 Raúl Peña - Juan Rosales (Episodi 2 - Episodi 3)
 Aura Garrido - Lucía Alonso (Episodi 3)

Repartiment episòdic
 Margarita Lascoiti - Angustias (Episodi 1 - Episodi 2)
 Andrea Duro - Nuria (Episodi 1)
 Ramón Esquinas - Doctor Brunetto Latino / Farinetto Uberti (Episodi 1)
 Ana Labordeta - Madre de Víctor (1882) † (Episodi 1)
 Francisco Nortes - Gregorio † (Episodi 1)
 Carmen Esteban - Mare de Gregorio (Episodi 1)
 Álvaro Morte - Donato Vergel (Episodi 1)
 Rocío Muñoz - Tula (Episodi 2)
 Carlos Olalla - Agustín Souza (Episodi 2)
 Carlos Manuel Díaz - General Morán (Episodi 3)
 Guillermo Barrientos - Gustavo (Episodi 4)
 Julio Jordán - Antonio Romero Belmonte (Episodi 4)
 Carlos Kaniowski - Eugenio Borrás (Episodi 4)
 Paco Marín - Doctor Pedro Borrás (Episodi 4)
 Pep Sais - Jacinto (Episodi 5)
 Mauricio Bautista - Marqués de Peralías (Episodi 5 - Episodi 6)
 Roberto Drago - Picorelli (Episodi 6)

2a Temporada

Repartiment principal
 Carles Francino - Víctor Ros
 Tomás del Estal - Inspector Luis Blázquez
 Paco Tous - Sergent Marcos Giralda
 Paula Prendes - Juana / Elena Guzmán (Episodi 8/2 - Episodi 14/8)
 Carolina Bang - Madame de Suberwick (Episodi 9/3; Episodi 11/5 - Episodi 14/8)
 José Manuel Poga - José María Llanos "El Estepeño" † (Episodi 8/2 - Episodi 12/6)
 Manuel Tallafé - El Zíngaro † (Episodi 8/2 - Episodi 11/5)
 Juanma Lara - Coronel Manuel de la Barrera
 Itzan Escamilla - Juan "Juanito" (Episodi 7/1; Episodi 9/3 - Episodi 14/8)
 Óscar Higares - Bandoler † (Episodi 8/2 - Episodi 9/3)
 Juan Fernández - Comissari Horacio Buendía (Episodi 7/1; Episodi 14/8)
 Juan Codina - Carballo (Episodi 7/1)
 Esmeralda Moya - Senyoreta Clara Alvear † (Episodi 7/1)

Amb la col·laboració especial de
 Edu Soto - León Cavestany (Episodi 8/2 - Episodi 14/8)
 Carlos Manuel Díaz - General Morán (Episodi 13/7 - Episodi 14/8)
 Crispulo Cabezas - Bernardo † (Episodi 14/8)
 Joaquín Notario - Padre Cetina (Episodi 11/5)
 Patxi Freytez - Don José (Episodi 11/5)
 Marta Belaustegui - Raimunda (Episodi 11/5)
 Megan Montaner - Lola "La Valenciana" (Episodi 7/1; Episodi 11/5)
 Antonio Dechent - Juez Ángel Setién (Episodi 10/4)
 Eusebio Lázaro - Hombre del convento (Episodi 9/3)
 Fernando Ramallo - Van Houten (Episodi 8/2)
 Manolo Caro - Matias (Episodi 8/2)
 Javier Godino - De La Rubia † (Episodi 7/1 - Episodi 12/6)
 Luis Zahera - Ángel Sarabia † (Episodi 7/1)

Repartiment secundari
 Jorge Usón - Hércules (Episodi 7/1 - Episodi 14/8)
 María Delgado - Perla (Episodi 7/1 - Episodi 9/3, Episodi 11/5, Episodi 13/7 - Episodi 14/8)
 Mercedes León - Doña Rosario (Episodi 8/2 - Episodi 11/5, Episodi 14/8)
 Lucía Paredes - Candela (Episodi 10/4 - Episodi 14/8)
 Eduardo Velasco - Álvaro Buendía † (Episodi 9/3, Episodi 12/6 - Episodi 14/8)
 Max Marieges - Guardia † (Episodi 13/7 - Episodi 14/8)
 Javier Mora - Señor Forcada † (Episodi 13/7)
 Alfonso Begara - Luis Salazar † (Episodi 13/7)
 Jorge Kent - Connor Wells (Episodi 12/6)
 Jimmy Shaw - Señor Tunner (Episodi 12/6)
 Chema del Barco - Paco (Episodi 12/6)
 Anabel Jurado - Alicia † (Episodi 11/5)
 Paula Miralles - Gabriela † (Episodi 11/5)
 Rachel Lascar - Madame Paladino (Episodi 11/5)
 Fernando Jiménez - Jardiner (Episodi 11/5)
 Berta Hernández - Carmen (Episodi 10/4)
 Manuel Jurado - Don Emilio del Campo † (Episodi 10/4)
 José Maya - Don Luciano Viada † (Episodi 10/4)
 José Chaves - Don Mateo Alcaraz † (Episodi 10/4)
 Agnés Llobet - Adela del Castillo (Episodi 9/3)
 Mario Alberto Díez - Escolà † (Episodi 9/3)
 Eloína Marcos - Dora (Episodi 8/2)
 Marisol Membrillo - Vecina (Episodi 8/2)
 Álex Martínez - Aitor Menta "Tormenta" (Episodi 7/1)
 Alberto Berzal - Crespo (Episodi 7/1)
 Raúl Peña - Juan Rosales (Episodi 7/1)
 Pilar Pintre - Elisa (Episodi 7/1)
 Raúl Alberto Mediero Rodríguez - Policia comissaria principal (Episodi 7/1)

Recepció
La sèrie va tenir una recepció dispar. David Redondo, de Cadena Ser, va dir en acabar la temporada que la sèrie tenia "una qualitat bastant per sobre de la mitjana". Alberto Rey, d'El Mundo, la considera millor que Las aventuras del Capitán Alatriste, que s'emetia al mateix temps, encara que criticava la neciesa d'alguns episodis. Sergio Espí, de Periodista Digital, va criticar les actuacions i els efectes digitals, dient que "no em crec aquest Madrid d'època que no és Madrid sinó un croma potiner il·luminat, per a més inri, amb la pitjor de les llums". José Día, de Vayatele, admet que la sèrie té bones intencions, però la troba "falta d'espurna". També critica els efectes especials de croma, que "s'embeni com si tingués uns resultats impecables. No és el cas, almenys no en la totalitat de les escenes", reconeixent que "hi ha moments en els quals l'espectador sentirà un total rebuig per algunes escenes que han utilitzat aquests efectes digitals, que destaquen per malament i deixa en evidència que no es tracta de l'efectiva revolució digital que ens han venut."

Temporades i episodis

Primera temporada (2015)

Segona temporada (2016)

La España de 'Víctor Ros'
La España de 'Víctor Ros' és un conjunt de sis documentals d'una hora relacionats amb la sèrie que es van emetre en 2015, juntament amb els capítols de la primera temporada. En ell, Jerónimo Tristante i altres experts compten com era el Madrid del  en el qual s'ambienta la sèrie.

Referències

Enllaços externs
 Tots els capítols de Víctor Ros a rtve.es a la carta

Sèries de televisió de Televisió Espanyola
Sèries de televisió començades el 2015
Sèries de televisió basades en llibres
Sèries de televisió acabades el 2016

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Meu código:
for c in range(0, 2):
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Como diferencio o primeiro valor do segundo para fazer operações como soma e subtração entre eles?

A: Tem várias formas de se fazer isso.
Uma delas é criar um array com todos os dois valores digitados pelo usuário:
n = []
for c in range(0, 2):
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print("A soma é {}".format(sum(n)))

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Last week, I had the chance to visit an exhibition on David Adjaye, the British-Ghanaian architect whose work resonates with themes of identity, memory and belonging. Many of his buildings, such as the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington DC pay homage to the visual language of African arts, crafts and religious artefacts. The three-layered structure of the NMAAHC building, for instance, plays with the three-tiered crowns common in Yoruba art as you can see below.
Yoruba mask with three-tiered crown in front of a video clip showing the NMAAH
The patterned façade is inspired by ironwork typical for Louisiana and South Carolina. These two elements, from points of origin and places where enslaved Africans created a new craft form, is a beautiful metaphor for the interconnectedness of the Black Atlantic.
Patterns for the façade of the NMAAH inspired by ironwork
Currently, Adjaye is working on another ambitious identity-building project: the National cathedral of Ghana in Accra. This project aims at no less than at creating national unity through iconically citing symbols of precolonial power and cultural expression in its architecture, claiming Christianity, now the religion of ca. 70% of Ghanaians, as part of the religious landscape of Ghana. Of great significance are the shapes of the roof, which are visual nods to wooden stools used by West African chiefs, as well as to floating pieces of textiles. Fabrics hold manifold social meanings in West African societies, some of which I have mentioned in a previous post. In a Ghanaian context, particular symbolic importance is held by cloths decorated with Adinkra symbols.
Adinkra symbols are a visual language associated with the Asante, expressing complex messages through aphorisms and proverbs. These meanings are expressed through stamps, often made from calabashes, into which the graphic symbols are carved, and which are then used to decorate fabrics. The symbol below is the stylised symbol of a bird looking back onto itself and instantiates wisdom – the capacity to learn from the past.
Sankofa Adinkra symbol: always look back!
Of course it would be impossible to mention Adinkra symbols in the wider context of weaving cultural symbolism into architecture and art without mentioning the artist Kwesi Owusu-Ankomah, whose body of work is a contemporary recontextualisation of Adinkra symbols. Africa's artistic expressions are as vibrant and transnational as its linguistic ones, creating new meanings for and with old forms and remixing them into powerful tools of memory and identity: look closely!
Microcron – Kusum No. 8 by Owusu-Ankomah
The exhibition "David Adjaye: making memory" is at the London Design Museum until August 4 2019.
Kwesi Owusu-Ankomah is represented by the October Gallery in London and also has his own web page.
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On March 13, the great Ghanaian ethnomusicologist Joseph Hanson Kwabena Nketia died at the age of 97. His hugely influential body of work contains books and papers on an area very important for many African cultures, located at the meeting point of music and language: drumming.
He worked extensively on drumming in several societies of Ghana and adjoining countries, first and foremost on drumming among the Akan. A fascinating area for everybody interested in language is his research on talking drums. They are proverbial for many African settings, but do you know how the drums actually speak?
Nketia distinguishes between different modes of drumming, depending on the intentions of the drummers to send short, conventionalised signals, imitate speech, or provide a rhythm for dancing. The first and third modes appear straightforward: dancers learn a code and tap it, and listeners can interpret it as a warning, call to a meeting, etc. Or they simply follow the beat in danced movements.
For the speech mode of drumming, the signal needs to be memorised by the drummers, translated into drum beats and pulses, and retranslated into speech by the listeners in order to be understood. Poems, oral history, proverbs could all be drummed, and understood by the audience based on rhythm and pitch of the drums. This art was already becoming rarer at the time when Nketia documented this skilful practice and is rapidly vanishing, since it requires years of instruction. Here is an extract from a text on oral history that could be drummed:
A text drummed in speech mode from Ashanti (Nketia 1963)
Because he was aware of the rapidly changing role and function of education in West African societies, Nketia wrote much on the importance of musical education to continue and modernise these traditions. A contribution that remains very topical, since formal education does still not give space to the learning of West African performing arts. Read more in his seminal work:
Nketia, Joseph Hanson Kwabena. 1963. Drumming in Akan societies of Ghana. Edinburgh: T. Nelson for the University of Ghana
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Another taster typed on my phone and posted while the internet gods are in a good mood. True to its name it brings you a snack straight from the streets of Bamako… or Lagos… or Accra… or even Salvador de Bahia:
Akara: the snack that conquered the Atlantic world
These little morsels made from black-eyed beans have travelled all over West Africa and beyond, to Brazil, where they are especially well known in Bahia.
And it's not just the food that has traveled. Its name as well has come along. Said to originate in Yoruba, where the bean fritters are called àkàrá, they are called by the name akara in Ghana, Togo, Mali, Senegal, The Gambia… and as acarajé in Brazil.
So feasting on this snack in land-locked Bamako, hundreds of kilometres from the Atlantic, connects me with food stalls across the Atlantic world.
The moving red eye
Emotions are not universal. They are expressed in cultural scripts reflected in language, sometimes over wide areas, but drawing on very diverse sources. The metaphors used to describe feelings often can focus on particular body parts as the locus of an emotion. In the Kwa language Ewe of Ghana, some emotional expression – those roughly corresponding to jealousy, envy and covetousness – are built on the image of a red/and or moving eye. Here some examples:
Examples for emotions expressed with 'eye' in Ewe (Ameka 2002: 28)
What is special about these expressions is that they feature a specialised and conventionalised use of the term 'eye'. Ameka distinguishes a psychological and a physical use of eyes. Only the former features in the expression of emotions. It is recognisably different from the physical, body part, eye, which can occur in the plural – after all, we tend to have two eyes. The expressions of negative feelings in the example above can never be used in the plural. There are more differences between 'ordinary' and 'emotional' uses of the word 'eye' in Ewe. Read Felix Ameka's article to which I link below.
But I must go away now and research the origins and exact meaning of the Bambara phrase n sinamuso nyɛ fin ' the black eye of my co-wife'. I only know it from the textile design that is named after is, for instance for a wax like the one below. If I remember correctly, the black eye stands for the co-wife's anger, provoked by her rival wearing such a beautiful wax. When wearing a wrapper bearing the design, the emotion is not evoked through language, but delicately and indirectly through talking fabrics. After all, communicating through speech only would be so limiting!
Wax of the type "N sinamuso nyɛ fin"
Here the link to Felix Ameka's article:
Ameka, Felix K. 2002. Cultural scripting of body parts for emotions: On 'jealousy' and related emotions in Ewe. Pragmatics and Cognition 10(1):
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Languages are often boxed in in our thinking, with items belonging to one language, and with language being tacitly understood as spoken and written forms of expression only. Gesture and sign language research questions both these premises, by looking at how manual and bodily gestures are used in communication. Research on gesture, probably because it is also interested in the question of how and to what extent speech and gestures are aligned, has looked at the speech of bi- and multilinguals, taking language out of its box so to speak. What speakers do when they speak and gesture in languages that have different expressive possibilities provides insight into how integrated or separated these languages are for them.
In multilingual West Africa it makes a lot of sense to look at how people use their linguistic resources to communicate regardless of their association with one language, and how these resources can be fluid and changeable vs. associated with more conventionalised registers that can be named. Gestures are a prime example of communicative devices that can be independent of particular languages but are often shared in particular cultural spaces. An example of such a gesture, which will be familiar to many West African readers of this blog, is the "snap and point" gesture used for spatial recall and other functions described in this blog post by Chelsea Krajcik. Check out the video to see these gestures being produced.
Another example of culturally shared conventions for gesture has been documented by James Essegbey and Sotaro Kita. They report on a taboo respected all across Ghana that forbids pointing with the left hand. This practice has led to particular constraints that are widely respected, irrespective of spoken language. When people want to point to the left, they often need to contort their body or use both hands in gesturing, as this is not seen as offensive.
Examples of using the right hand or both hand when pointing left (from Kita & Essegbey 2001: 84)
Do you have examples of regionally distributed gestures? Leave a comment below the line if you do, it would be great to discover more of them together!
Read more on the left hand pointing taboo in Ghana here:
Kita, Sotaro & James Essegbey. 2001. Pointing left in Ghana. How a taboo on the use of the left hand influences gestural practice. Gesture 1:1: 73-95
Although they are not contained in most descriptive grammars, greetings are highly prominent in everyday interactions across West Africa. Much more than the mumbled answer 'Not too bad, thanks' to the question 'How are you?' or the two word sequences that are used in many European languages, greetings in West Africa are elaborate rituals that take time, are savoured, and structure every single encounter.
This video by Coleman Donaldson gives you a vivid idea of the importance of greetings in the Mande world, and also shows some greetings in Bambara straight from the capital of Mali, Bamako. As in the example from Ewe, a Gbe language of Ghana, below, greetings are realised in relatively fixed sequences that form part of a larger cultural script for visits, encounters, leave-taking, etc.
Example for a greeting exchange in Ewe (Ameka 2009: 136)
In this greeting, the interlocutors know each other. If they don't, it is part and parcel of many greeting routines to find out the family name of the interlocutor. In fact, in Baïnounk languages, this is reflected in language to the extent that the word for 'family name', guram, contains the root ram 'greet'. And knowing this name, which gives information on their clan or lineage, is essential in order to establish how to relate to strangers, as it gives information on their social status, their likely place or area of residence, and which language(s) they might speak. Greeting unknown people tends to involve additional evidence gathering, until both parties have established how they are related to each other.
But even people who know each other and see each other on a daily basis will take care to greet. It is common to pay visits to neighbours with the sole purpose of greeting them. You might think that this is changing in cities, but in places where there is less dense face-to-face interaction with people one might see again, virtual networks are maintained via phone calls, texts, or social media and complement direct exchanges in village-like local neighbourhoods. In Gubëeher, spoken in the village Djibonker in Casamance, a greeting question is Umoona? 'Are you there?' Far more than stating the obvious, greeting, then, is an immediate affirmation of existence.
Read more on access rituals in West Africa in this paper by Felix Ameka:
Ameka, Felix K. (2009): Access rituals in West African communities: an ethnopragmatic perspective. In Gunter Senft, Ellen B. Basso (Eds.): Ritual communication. Oxford: Berg, pp. 127–151.


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Frühe Jahre (1995–1997)
Noch während ihrer High School-Zeit gründeten Ryan Pope, Rob Pope und Jim Suptic eine kurzlebige Band namens Kingpin. Matt Pryor schrieb schon als Teenager Songs und spielte in einer Band namens Secret Decoder Ring. Im Jahr 1995 entstand nach dem Ende der beiden Bands zunächst die Gruppe "The Suburban Get Up Kids" Später entschloss man sich einfach nur den kürzeren Namen "The Get Up Kids" zu verwenden. Als Gründungsdatum wird der 14. Oktober 1995 angegeben, der 18. Geburtstag des Gitarristen Jim Suptic.

Zu dieser Zeit bestand die Besetzung aus Matt Pryor an der Gitarre und dem Lead-Gesang, Jim Suptic an der Gitarre, Rob Pope am Bass und Thomas Becker am Schlagzeug. Becker verließ jedoch bald das College in Kalifornien und wurde durch Nathan Shay ersetzt, einem alten Schulfreund von Jim Suptic. Unter Selbstfinanzierung erschien 1995 die erste Split-Single "Shorty/The Breathing Method". Aufgrund mangelnder Tourneebereitschaft wurde Nathan Shay im April 1996 durch Robert Popes jüngeren Bruder Ryan Pope am Schlagzeug ersetzt. Die Band erregte in der aufkeimenden Underground-Musikszene erstes Aufsehen und pflegte auch Beziehungen zu zahlreichen anderen Bands, die sie auch immer wieder auf Tourneen begleiteten. Es kam auch zu zahlreichen Split-Single-Veröffentlichungen. Nach der Aufnahme einer weiteren EP "Woodson" trat das Plattenlabel Doghouse Records mit einem Vertrag über zwei Alben an die Band heran und bot ihnen 4.000 Dollar für die Aufnahme ihres ersten Albums.

Four Minute Mile (1997–1998)
Nachdem sie bei Doghouse unter Vertrag genommen wurden, fuhr die Band nach Chicago, um ihr Debütalbum mit dem Produzenten Bob Weston aufzunehmen. Das Album wurde in nur zwei Tagen aufgenommen, wobei Ryan Pope zu dieser Zeit noch aufs Collage ging. Zwei Monate nach der Aufnahme des Albums ging die Band mit Braid und Ethel Meserve auf ihre erste nationale Tournee, wobei der erste Termin der Tournee am Tag nach Ryans Highschool-Abschluss stattfand.

Einige Monate später, am 30. September 1997 veröffentlichte die Band ihr Debütalbum Four Minute Mile, das bei Kritikern, Fans und Labels gleichermaßen große Aufmerksamkeit erregte. Die Band wurde eingeladen die Gruppe Braid auf ihrer Europa-Tournee 1998 zu begleiten, und die Band schuf sich damit schnell eine weitere Fanbasis.

Während die Band national und international immer bekannter wurde, wurde sie unzufrieden mit ihrer Plattenfirma Doghouse Records. Das kleine Label hatte Probleme mit der zunehmenden Popularität der Band Schritt zu halten. Die Ankündigung der GetUp Kids, Doghouse Records zu verlassen, weckte das Interesse von prominenten Plattenfirmen wie Sub Pop, Geffen und Mojo Records. Die Band traf schließlich auf Rich Egan, dem Gründer von Vagrant Records aus Los Angeles. Er überzeugte die Band davon, bei Vagrant zu unterschreiben und bot ihnen 50.000 Dollar für ein zweites Album sowie ihr eigenes Tochterlabel Heroes & Villains Records an.

Something to Write Home About (1999–2001)
Am 21. September 1999 veröffentlichte die Band ihr bis heute bekanntestes Werk Something to Write Home About bei Vagrant Records. Die Texte des Albums spiegelten u.A. den Streit der Plattenfirma wieder, den sich die Band nach ihrem Umzug nach Los Angeles ausgesetzt sah, sowie die Distanz zwischen Freunden und der Familie zu Hause.

Something to Write Home About wurde oft als das einzige "wahre" Emo-Album der Band hervorgehoben, da auch die Ästhetik des Albums der zeitgenössischen Definition des Genres entsprach. Darüber hinaus brachte das Album dem angeschlagene Vagrant-Label entscheidenden Gewinn ein. Das Album verkaufte sich nach seiner Veröffentlichung über 140.000 Mal. Es machte die Get Up Kids nicht nur zum Aushängeschild des Emo, sondern brachte auch das Genre in das öffentliche Bewusstsein ein, das weitaus breiter war als einige lokal verstreute Szenen. Das Album gab Vagrant Records den finanziellen Vorschub um zu wachsen und auch eine Reihe anderer Bands unter Vertrag zu nehmen.

2000 wurde ihre Tournee mit Koufax und The Anniversary von Napster gesponsert. Ihre Fangemeinde wuchs dabei durch Mundpropaganda stetig an.

Die GetUp Kids tourten fast drei Jahre lang unermüdlich, um für die Platte zu werben. Die Tour führte sie durch Europa, Japan und Australien, wobei sie häufig von anderen Bands begleitet wurden. Um die Wartezeit  auf das nächste Album der Band zu kürzen, legte Vagrant Records 2001 die Raritäten-Kompilation Eudora vor.

On a Wire (2002–2003)
Nach drei Jahren des Tourens für Something to Write Home About war die Band ausgebrannt und wollte sich von dem Power-Pop-Sound verabschieden, mit dem sie seither in Verbindung gebracht wurden. Sie wollten auch mit einem neuen Produzenten zusammenarbeiten der sie kreativ forderte. Schließlich entschied sich die Band für Scott Litt, der für seine Arbeiten mit R.E.M. und Nirvana bereits bekannt war.

Das dritte Studioalbum der Band On a Wire wurde am 14. Mai 2002 veröffentlicht und war von einem maßvolleren, alternativen Stil geprägt. So wie Something to Write Home About einige Fans mit seinem produzierteren Sound auch teilweise befremdete, so wurde auch On a Wire von Fans kritisiert, die von der weicheren musikalischen Ausrichtung des Albums enttäuscht waren. Von der Mainstream-Presse hingegen wurde das Album im Allgemeinen gut aufgenommen.

Kurz nach der Veröffentlichung des Albums ging die Band im späten Frühjahr auf Tournee, um das Album zu promoten. In Deutschland wurden sie von der Band Koufax begleitet.

Guilt Show (2003–2004)
Im Jahr 2003 begann die Band mit den Aufnahmen zu ihrem vierten Studioalbum. Das Album sollte das erste sein, das in den Black Lodge Studios in Eudora, Kansas, aufgenommen wurde. Einem renovierten Studio, das Eigentum der Brüder Pope und dem Produzenten Ed Rose ist. Der Schreibprozess für das Album unterschied sich diesmal von den vorherigen insofern, dass die meisten Songs von nur drei Bandmitgliedern geschrieben wurden. Was zwar zu einer geringeren Zusammenarbeit führte, jedoch den Pope-Brüdern beim Schreiben eine bedeutendere Rolle verlieh. Pryor ließ sich lyrisch vom Leben seiner Freunde und Bekannten inspirieren, indem er Geschichten über Missbrauch, Verrat und Schuldgefühle extrahierte. Die Texte des Albums gehen auch auf das Thema Ehebruch ein ("Wouldn't Believe It", "How Long Is Too Long"). Die erste Single "The One You Want" soll von einer Frau handeln, von der Pryor sagt, sie sauge die Seele aus den Menschen heraus.

Im März 2004 veröffentlichte die Band das Studioalbum Guilt Show, das von Ed Rose produziert wurde. Klanglich verband das Album den gemesseneren, ausgefeilteren Sound von On a Wire mit dem frenetischen Stil ihrer früheren Alben. Guilt Show wurde kritisch als auch kommerziell etwas besser aufgenommen als sein Vorgänger On a Wire aufgenommen.

Trennung und Solo-Aktivitäten (2004–2008)
Am Dienstag, dem 8. März 2005 gaben The GetUp Kids nach zehn Jahren ihren Wunsch bekannt, getrennte Wege zu gehen und begaben sich auf eine landesweite Abschiedstournee. Am 2. Juli 2005 gaben The Get Up Kids ihr letztes Konzert in Kansas City, ihrer Heimatstadt.

Matt Pryor war weiterhin Teil von The New Amsterdams, einer akustischen Alt-Country-Band, die er im Jahr 2000 gegründet hatte.  Er erweiterte ihren Sound und festigte ihre bis dahin wechselnde Besetzung. Im Jahr 2007 gründete er mit The Terrible Twos, eine Kinderband, mit der der zwei Alben bei Vagrant Records veröffentlichte.

Jim Suptic gründete die Band Blackpool Lights. Ihr Debütalbum This Town's Disaster, bestand größtenteils aus Stücken, die Suptic für zuvor für The Get Up Kids geschrieben, aber nie aufgenommen hatte.

Die Pope-Brüder schlossen sich der Band Koufax an, bevor sie sich für verschiedene Projekte trennten. Rob war ein Gründungsmitglied der Lawrence, Kansas-Gruppe White Whale, bevor er Vollzeitmitglied von der Gruppe Spoon wurde, während Ryan Schlagzeuger der in Lawrence ansässigen experimentellen Rockband The Roman Numerals wurde.

James Dewees schloss sich mehreren Bands als Tour- und Session-Keyboarder an. Während dieser Zeit verschlimmerten sich seine Alkohol- und Drogenprobleme. Nach einer Entziehungskur verarbeitete er das erlebte auf dem fünften Reggie-and-The-Full-Effect-Album Last Stop: Crappy Town.

Wiedervereinigung und neue Musik (seit 2008)
Im November 2008 gab die Band über ihre MySpace-Seite bekannt, dass für das Jahr 2009 eine Reunion geplant sei. Für das Groezrock 2009 in Meerhout (Belgien) und das Area4 2009 in Lüdinghausen (NRW) wurden mittlerweile Auftritte angekündigt, ebenso in Berlin im Postbahnhof am Ostbahnhof.

2010 erschien mit der EP Simple Science die erste Veröffentlichung sein fünf jahren. Im Darauffolgenden Jahr erschien am 25. Januar 2011 mit There Are Rules das erste Album seit sieben Jahren, diesmal bei dem Label Quality Hill Records.

Acht Jahre später erschien 2019 Problems, das bisher letzte Album der Get Up Kids. Im selben Jahr verkündete die Gruppe, dass James Dewees die Band verlassen habe.

Bandmitglieder
Heutige Besetzung
 Matt Pryor – Gesang, Gitarre (1995–2005; 2008–heute)
 Jim Suptic – Lead-Gitarre, Backgroundgesang (1995–2005; 2008–heute)
 Rob Pope – Bass, Backgroundgesang (1995–2005; 2008–heute)
 Ryan Pope – Schlagzeug, Percussion (1996–2005; 2008–heute)

Ehemalige Mitglieder
 Thomas Becker – Schlagzeug, Percussion (1995)
 Nathan Shay – Schlagzeug, Percussion (1996)
 James Dewees – Keyboard, Backgroundgesang (1999–2005; 2008–2019)

Tourmitglieder
 Nate Harold – Bass (2010)
 Dustin Kinsey – Keyboard (2011)

Timeline

Diskografie

Alben
 1997: Four Minute Mile (Doghouse)
 1999: Something to Write Home About (Vagrant Records)
 2001: Eudora (Vagrant Records, Raritätensammlung)
 2002: On a Wire (Vagrant Records)
 2004: Guilt Show (Vagrant Records)
 2005: Live! @ The Granada Theater (Vagrant, Livealbum)
 2010: Simple Science (EP)
 2011: There Are Rules (Quality Hill Records)
 2019: Problems (Big Scary Monsters)

Sonstige (Auswahl)
 1997: Split mit Braid (Tree Records)
 1998: Split mit Coalesce (Second Nature Recordings)
 1999: Red Letter Day  (Doghouse, EP)
 1999: Split mit The Anniversary (Vagrant Records)
 2001: Split mit Rocket from the Crypt (Vagrant Records)

Weblinks
 Offizielle Website
 The Get Up Kids bei Laut.de (deutsch)

 The Get Up Kids bei Youtube

Einzelnachweise

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