This is a magnificent spoons. Feels almost like what it may have been like to walk into one of the exhibitions the Victorians would have put on to show off the wealth of Britain during the 19th century. One thing that also caught my eye is the fire place which is to the right of the entrance that is on parliament street. You enter and there is a raised platform with seating where you can survey those who sat lower down. There are also grand old stone pills along the stairs. The bar itself is down the steps from this raised platform bit in a large L shape with a lot of seating around it. There are at least 14 hand pumps but not all were on when i came in. The ales that were on were Abbot, Doom Bar, Ruddles Best, Phoenix Wobbly Bob, Saltaire No 5, Mammoth Epic Ipa, Isaac Poad 1863 best bitter, Yankees Rooster and Moorhouse's Black Cat. And a couple other pumps were dedicated to real ciders.
I initially went for Black Cat but it was off, I pointed this out to one of the barmen and he found that it was bottom if the barrel so I went for the 1863 bitter, it was quite a solid beer and well kept and it cost me 1.99, however I'm not sure if this is the price of the guest ales or it was a special offer on Black Cat which he applied to my pint of 1863. A look of the menu said that guest ales start from 2.79, so by spoons standards in a non city centre, this is steep. But I assume they believe you are paying for the experience. It is certainly a grand place with a high raised roof that looks like something you may see in a grand old Victorian building. There are also posters around the building of advertisements for Harrogate as a spa town and history about the building. I would assume that in this wetherspoons, it never gets so busy that you will struggle for a seat. Definitely one to check out if on a shopping trip in Harrogate or before a night out or for whatever reason.
A Sunday afternoon visit to this cavernous 'spoons in the Winter Gardens building. A stunning conversion into a pub with most of the original features either left in tact or restored, this is a stunning building.
Was very busy but the place is so big there's a massive amount of tables, seats and standing area's.
The long L shaped bar has 3 banks of hand pumps totalling 15, with at least 8 ales on and a few ciders. I went for a pint of Rudgate's Ale Storm @ 4.0%., well kept and very drinkable.
Quick service from the many bar staff. A very good 'spoons in a stunning building offering a decent range of ales.
Another pub ticked from the GBG.
Really interesting. Building dates from 1897, with a very large central bar. A spectacular building with great architecture. 10 beers available, including the usual Spoon favourites Adnams Broadside, Greene King Abbot, Ruddles Best Bitter and Sharp's Doom Bar, plus guests such as local Daleside brewery. Worth the experience.
best spoons ive visited, as with most spoons a good selection of ale, but a bloody nice place to drink, wouldnt want to spend the whole evening there, with the old bell tavern 100 yards out the back. give it a visit.


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Late of Goomboorian. Passed away peacefully at home 5th Feb. 2011. Aged 83 years.
Founder of the Ross Creek Store.
Former wife of the late Roy Vidler. Dearly loved mother, mother-in-law, grandmother and great grandmother of June and Reg Tame, Nancy Eiritz, Marie and Lee Stringfellow and families.
Relatives and friends of Beryl and family are warmly invited to attend Her Funeral Service to be held in the Gympie Funeral Home Chapel, 236 Brisbane Road, Gympie on Wednesday February 9th 2011 at 1.30pm followed by a Committal Service at the Gympie Cemetery.
GILLIES, Johan (nee Sim)
Late of Lower Wonga and formerly of Hastings, New Zealand. Passed away 3rd February 2011.
Beloved wife and best mate of Ike. Dearly loved mother and mother-in law of Johan and Ara, Anne and Winstone, Kay and Phillip. Loving Nanny to Tony, Jackie, Amelia and family. Great-grandmother to Alex, Annabelle, Angus and Saxon. Also a loving sister to Liz, Molly, Jim, John and families.
Relatives and friends of Johan, Ike and family are respectfully invited to attend JOHAN'S Funeral Service to be held in the Surface Hill Uniting Church, Channon Street, Gympie on Wednesday, 9th February 2011 at 10.00am followed by a Committal Service at the Cooloola Coast Crematorium.
JORDAN, Joyce Mary
Late of Elizabeth Street, Gympie. Passed away peacefully 3rd February 2011.
Beloved wife of the late Col Jordan. Dearly loved mother, mother-in-law, grandmother & great grandmother of Michael (dec'd), Jennifer Williamson, Bev Cronin, Kathy Bowen, Helen Jordan and families. Also a loving sister, sister-in-law & aunt to Meryvn (dec'd), Charlie, Doris, Norah, Paul (dec'd) and families.
"Always in our hearts"
Relatives and friends of Joyce and family are respectfully invited to attend Her Graveside Funeral Service to be held at the Gympie Cemetery, Corella Road on Tuesday, 8th February 2011 at 2.00pm.
PRIDDY, Phyllis Maud
Late of Sinnamon Village and formerly of Pine Street, Gympie. Passed away peacefully 2nd February 2011.
Beloved wife of the late Clifford Priddy. Dearly loved mother, mother-in-law, grandmother & great grandmother of Graham & Margaret, Ken & Heather and families.
Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend the Funeral Service for PHYLLIS to be held in the Gympie Funeral Home Chapel, 236 Brisbane Road, Gympie on Tuesday, 8th February 2011 at 10.00am followed by a Committal Service at the Gympie Cemetery.
No flowers by request.
TINCKNELL, Muriel May
Late of Gympie and formerly of Kandanga. Passed away peacefully in the care of Gympie Nursing Centre 28th Jan 2011.
Beloved wife of the late Allan Tincknell. Dearly loved mother, mother-in-law and grandmother of Bruce, Danny, Alan, Ann, Ian, Lee, Lynette, Naomi and their families. Loving sister, sister-in-law and aunt to Tommy, Gerry, Keith (Dec'd), Nial and families.
Relatives and friends of Muffy and family are warmly invited to attend Her Funeral Service to be held in the Cooloola Coast Crematorium Chapel, 236 Brisbane Road, Gympie on Friday February 11th 2011 at 10.30am.
Donations in lieu of flowers to The Gympie Nursing Centre greatly appreciated.
SCOTT, Raymond John
Of Louisa Street, Gympie. Formerly of Rockhampton.
Beloved husband of Maxine. Much loved father of Shonoha and Joshua, Alastair and Jamie, Kylea and Adam. Loving grandad to Kane and Mahalia. Loved son of Alex and Elsie (Dec'd) Scott. Raymond will be also remembered as a loving brother, brother-in-law, uncle and great uncle and will be sadly missed and lovingly remembered by all.
Relatives and friends of Raymond and family are warmly invited to attend His Funeral Service to be held in the Cooloola Coast Crematorium Chapel, 236 Brisbane Road, Gympie on Tuesday February 8th 2011 at 1.30pm.
WALSH, Frances Gabriel
Late of Amamoor.
Beloved wife of Henry. Dearly loved mother, mother-in-law, grandmother, great grandmother and great great grandmother of Joan, Carolle, John, Shirley (dec'd), Greg and families.
Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend GAY'S Funeral Service to be held in the Amamoor Uniting Church on Monday, 7th February 2011 at 10.00am followed by a Committal Service at the Kandanga Cemetery.
Donations in lieu of flowers to Little Haven Palliative Care greatly appreciated. Envelopes at the service
RONLUND, Mollie Tyrrell
Late of Tewantin.
Widow of Victor, loved mother, mother-in-law, grandmother & great grandmother of Yvonne & Ed Cogzell and Frank Ronlund and their families. Sister of Jack Sommerlad, Norma (Douglas), Jean (Muchow) all deceased and Keith Sommerlad.
Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend MOLLIE'S Funeral Service to be held in the Cooloola Coast Crematorium Chapel, 236 Brisbane Road, Gympie on Monday, 7th February 2011 at 10.30am.
WALKER, John "Jack"
Passed away peacefully in the care of Gympie Nursing Centre 31st January 2011.
Formerly of Victory Street, Gympie.
Loving uncle of Lynette Blyth, Paul Treeby, Marjorie Richardson, Alison Coomber, Allan Walker, Geoff Walker and families
Relatives and friends of JACK and family are respectfully invited to attend His Funeral Service to be held in the Cooloola Coast Crematorium Chapel, 236 Brisbane Road, Gympie on Thursday, 3rd February 2011 at 2.00pm.
DENNIS, Eric
Late of Hervey Bay and formerly of Gympie.
Dearly loved father and father-in-law of Chris and Peter Jasch, Julie and Gary Allen, Steve and Lee Dennis, Ray and Jamie Pulham. Much loved Pa to Bruce and Sherry Lowe, Andy and Stacey Lowe, McKenzi, Emerson and Jack, Tanya Allen and Millie, Jeremy Allen, Rick Dennis and Tara Moreland, Stevie Lee Dennis, Stella Pulham and Archie Pulham.
Relatives and friends of Eric and family are respectfully invited to attend His Funeral Sevice to be held in the Cooloola Coast Crematorium Chapel, 236 Brisbane Road, Gympie on Friday 4th February 2011 at 10.30am.

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U.S. equity markets closed solidly lower on Tuesday with the Dow industrials halting their eight-day advance.
The selling on Wall Street was accompanied by a rise in bond yields, with the 10-year Treasury yield topping 3.07%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 193.07 points, or 0.8%, to 24,706.34, putting an end to a 8-day rally, the longest since last September. The S&P 500 index fell 18.69 points, or 0.7% to 2,711.44.
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Arthouse Alert: Catch Gilliam's "12 Monkeys" in Detroit This Weekend (6/17-18)
ByRoss Scarano
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Visionary American-British director Terry Gilliam has made some of the most visually fascinating films of the past three decades. From his early association with the Monty Python comedy crew, Gilliam went on to churn out the bizarre narratives of Time Bandits, Brazil, The Fisher King and his most recent film, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus. In the middle of all those, he made 12 Monkeys, a strange fantasy tale of a post-apocalyptic future in which the world has been wiped out by a virus. Bruce Willis is a criminal who is given a chance at being pardoned by going back in time to prevent the virus from happening. Along the way, he crosses paths with a raving lunatic played by Brad Pitt, who may have the key to preventing the spread of the virus. Pitt was nominated for an Academy Award for the role, which is one of his oddest to this day.—Finn Cohen
12 Monkeys (1995)
Friday, June 17 and Saturday, June 18
Midnight (both nights)
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Apple Announces iPhone 12 Line, Including Mini and Pro Models
During a pre-recorded launch event on Tuesday, Apple announced the latest additions to their smartphone line, the iPhone 12. In addition to the standard and Pro models, a new Mini version of the popular device was introduced.
Some of the biggest upgrades over the previous models come in the iPhone 12 line's screens. Apple has transitioned from LCD to OLED (organic light-emitting diode), which ups the brightness and HDR capabilities. They've also coated the screen in a "ceramic shield" for the first time, a feature that increases durability ("four times better drop performance") and water resistance.
As per usual with these upgrades, the iPhone 12 is smaller and lighter than previous models. The standard version has a 6.1-inch screen, while the Mini model covers 5.4 inches. The aluminum cases come in a new range of colors, as well, including black, white, red, green, and blue.
The Pro models go even bigger. While the iPhone 12 Pro is the same size as the standard edition (it's just packed with more tech and an extra rear-facing camera), the iPhone 12 Pro Max jumps to a 6.7-inch screen. The color options are also different, with the stainless steel Pro line available in metaic silver, graphite, gold, and pacific blue.
Other new features across the iPhone 12 include 5G and MagSafe technologies. That latter enables magnetic cases to snap right on, as well as wireless charging. Apple has even introduced a new folding charging pad that accommodates both an iPhone 12 and an Apple Watch simultaneously. That could come in handy, as the new iPhones won't be packaged with chargers or headphones; the decision to keep those out was made to reduce packaging and the environmental impact of the products. Instead, the box will only include a USB-C to Lightning cable which you can use with charging devices you already own.
There are plenty of more updates in the iPhone 12, from crazy camera upgrades to internal speed boosting. You can find out more info via Apple, and check out some images of the new devices below.
iPhone 12 colors
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Written at the madrasah of ʻAlī Jāh Maḥmūd Beg Nāẓir, ca. 1670 (works dated on f. 136v, 157r, 168v), probably in Iṣfahān (f. 136v) in Persia, now Iran.
Collection of astronomical works, including 2 on the astrolabe (f. 1v-20v, 163r-168v), a treatise on a horoscope (f. 157v-160v) referring to Khawaja Haji Ghulām Ḥusayn and the date A.H. 1047 (1636, a date of birth?), and an illustrated work on Dhu al-Qarnayn, a Koranic figure later associated with legends of Alexander the Great (f. 137r-157r). Possibly copied by madrasah students, with some annotations.
Paper, i + 168 + i; [1-168], modern foliation in pencil, upper left recto.
Morocco with painted gilt borders, stamped with medallions and the name Ibrāhīm ibn Muḥammad Bāqir; morocco doublures.
Written in varying numbers of long lines.
Ink drawings in the Dhakhīrat Iskandar Dhu al-Qarnayn of an animal, perhaps a jackal (f. 149v), 2 worms with pincers (f. 150v), hybrids of a snake with an animal's head and a person with a snake's tail (f. 151r), a scorpion (f. 151v), a crane (f. 152v), a youth with one hand on his head (f. 153r), and a rougher, sexual drawing of a man and a woman (f. 154v); tables in red and black (f. 41r-107r); significant words or phrases and headings in red throughout.
Written in nastaʻlīq script by multiple hands.
Ownership seals (f. 1r-2r, 22r, 42v, 65v, 137r, 157r, 168v).


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Q: Orchard Custom MembershipService and UserService I am creating a new module to authenticate users against a custom MembershipService.  I have made copies of the MembershipService and UserService from the Orchard.Users module and added the OrchardSuppressDependency attribute to each.  I also created a custom data access service and injected this into each.  My first step is to replace the ValidateUser method.
The existing method uses a ContentManager query to retrieve the UserPart from the Orchard database.
public IUser ValidateUser(string userNameOrEmail, string password)
    {
        var lowerName = userNameOrEmail == null ? "" : userNameOrEmail.ToLowerInvariant();

        var user = _orchardServices.ContentManager.Query<UserPart, UserPartRecord>().Where(u => u.NormalizedUserName == lowerName).List().FirstOrDefault();

        if (user == null)
            user = _orchardServices.ContentManager.Query<UserPart, UserPartRecord>().Where(u => u.Email == lowerName).List().FirstOrDefault();

        if (user == null || ValidatePassword(user.As<UserPart>().Record, password) == false)
            return null;

        if (user.EmailStatus != UserStatus.Approved)
            return null;

        if (user.RegistrationStatus != UserStatus.Approved)
            return null;

        return user;
    }

I need to create a UserPart with data from my own repository.  I attempted the following and no exceptions are thrown, but the user is not logged in.
public IUser ValidateUser(string userNameOrEmail, string password)
    {
        UserPart user = null;
        var userRecord = _userRepository.GetUserByEmail(userNameOrEmail);

        if (null != userRecord)
        {
            user = _orchardServices.ContentManager.New<UserPart>("User");
            user.Record.Email = userRecord.Email;
            user.Record.EmailChallengeToken = userRecord.EmailChallengeToken;
            user.Record.EmailStatus = userRecord.EmailStatus;
            user.Record.HashAlgorithm = userRecord.HashAlgorithm;
            user.Record.Id = userRecord.Id;
            user.Record.NormalizedUserName = userRecord.NormalizedUserName;
            user.Record.Password = userRecord.Password;
            user.Record.PasswordFormat = userRecord.PasswordFormat;
            user.Record.PasswordSalt = userRecord.PasswordSalt;
            user.Record.RegistrationStatus = userRecord.RegistrationStatus;
            user.Record.UserName = userRecord.UserName;
        }

        if (user == null || ValidatePassword(user.Record, password) == false)
            return null;

        if (user.EmailStatus != UserStatus.Approved)
            return null;

        if (user.RegistrationStatus != UserStatus.Approved)
            return null;

        return user;
    }

Is there a way to populate a UserPart without a ContentManager query?  I also posted on the Orchard discussion forum here.

A: I would recommend you read the code for DefaultContentManager very closely. I don't quite understand what you are trying to do, but you don't need to do "As" on user, as it already is a UserPart.

A: Make sure GetAuthenticatedUser() method present in file FormsAuthenticationService.cs returns your user as expected.

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Q: mongo how to check if average rating of document match the passed rating I try to make a filter on ecommerce that will filter by categories, query, price and rating.
I need an AVG number from the 'Ratings' Array when I trying to find each doc or the results(foundDocs) to filter again after rating. Don't know (
const productSchema = new mongoose.Schema<IProduct>(
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      type: String,
      trim: true,
      required: true,
      maxlength: 32,
      text: true,
    },

    ...
    ratings: [
      {
        rating: Number,
        postedBy: { type: mongoose.Schema.Types.ObjectId, ref: "User" },
      },
    ],
  }
);

  bySearchFilters = safe(async (req: Request, res: Response) => {
    const { query } = req;

    const rating = query.rating || {};
    const ratingFilter = rating
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            rating: {
              $gte: Number(rating),
            },
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After 25 million downloads of the beta, Microsoft releases Internet Explorer 9 Release Candidate (IE9 RC) which runs on the Windows 7 operating system.
Microsoft has announced the availability of the Release Candidate of Internet Explorer 9.
The release candidate, known as IE9 RC, is available at www.BeautyOfTheWeb.com in 40 languages, said Dean Hachamovitch, corporate vice president for Internet Explorer at Microsoft, in a Feb. 10 blog post. Hachamovitch said with IE9 RC, Microsoft has incorporated more than 17,000 pieces of feedback about IE9 and has moved the browser forward in terms of performance and standards, user experience, and safety and privacy.
"The graphics engine is smoking fast. That means we can do really cool things," said Grant Skinner, chief architect and CEO at gskinner.com.
In addition, IE9 continues to deliver privacy improvements, Microsoft said. In addition to shipping Tracking Protection with IE9 RC, Microsoft has four Tracking Protection Lists live and available for customers to use. Current Tracking Protection Lists include Abine, TRUSTe, PrivacyChoice and AdBlock Plus.
As for hardware acceleration and interoperability in the latest release, according to the SunSpider benchmark, IE9 RC is 35 percent faster than Internet Explorer 9 Beta—322 ms in the beta versus 209 ms in RC. Meanwhile, Microsoft continues to implement standards as they become stable and IE9 RC supports Geolocation, playback of H.264-encoded video using the HTML5 video tag and now WebM video as well, when a VP8 code is installed on Windows.
Other developers also weighed in on the IE9 RC. "With IE9 the browser gets out of the way," said Danny Riddel CEO of Archetype.
"I think that they've done a really fantastic job of removing the things you don't need and it lets you focus on the content, which is the reason we're on the Web anyway," said Robbie Ingebretsen, a principal at Pixel Lab.


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Trump gets a split decision in South Carolina as Rice is beaten, while Mace survives
South Carolina Public Radio | By Victoria Hansen
Greg Nash/The Hill/Bloomberg via Getty Images; Sean Rayford/Getty Images
Rep. Tom Rice, a Republican from South Carolina, is seen at left. At right is state Rep. Russell Fry.
Updated June 14, 2022 at 11:40 PM ET
CHARLESTON, S.C. — Former President Donald Trump has gone 1-for-2 in his endorsements of challengers to incumbent members of Congress from South Carolina.
Rep. Tom Rice, one of just 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach Trump after the Capitol riot, has been defeated in a GOP primary by a Trump-backed challenger.
According to a race call by The Associated Press, South Carolina state Rep. Russell Fry, who had Trump's endorsement, easily topped Rice, a five-term U.S. representative, giving Fry the 7th District's Republican nomination.
In the 1st District, meanwhile, GOP Rep. Nancy Mace bested her Trump-supported challenger, according to the AP.
Fry easily defeats Rice
In South Carolina, a candidate needs to get more than 50% of the vote to avoid a runoff. At the time of the AP's race call, Fry had 51.1%. Rice was at 24.6%.
Rice had refused to back down to the tirades of a former president and from his conviction that Trump is to blame for the Capitol attack.
He told NPR in February, "If we're going to have a scenario where the president can try to intimidate Congress ... we might as well have a monarchy."
Rice even doubled down and said he regretted not voting to certify the presidential election in favor of Joe Biden. That angered many voters and inspired a slew of GOP candidates, including Fry, who wanted to take Rice down. The challengers said he had betrayed the conservative district and the former president.
Trump, meantime, has called the longtime congressman a "coward" and someone "no one trusts." He even gathered supporters in March for a rally in the district Rice represents to deliver a punishing speech and again endorse Fry.
In his campaign, Rice had reminded constituents he voted with Trump more than 90% of the time and helped the former president draft the 2017 GOP tax cut bill.
Fry will face Democrat Daryl Scott in November in the strongly Republican 7th.
Mace wins in the 1st District
Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., speaks at a press conference outside the U.S. Capitol Building on May 19.
Mace, on the other hand, defeated former Rep. Katie Arrington outright in the 1st Congressional District Republican primary. Trump had endorsed Arrington.
At the time of the AP's race call, Mace was above the runoff threshold, at 53%.
Mace angered Trump by criticizing him in the wake of the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol — though she later walked back her critical comments and — unlike Rice — didn't vote to impeach him.
Mace, the first woman to graduate from The Citadel, had the backing of former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, a onetime U.N. ambassador in Trump's administration.
She'll next face Annie Andrews, who was unopposed in the Democratic primary.
Copyright 2022 South Carolina Public Radio
Victoria Hansen
Victoria Hansen is our Lowcountry connection covering the Charleston community, a city she knows well. She grew up in newspaper newsrooms and has worked as a broadcast journalist for more than 20 years. Her first reporting job brought her to Charleston where she covered local and national stories like the Susan Smith murder trial and the arrival of the Citadel's first female cadet.


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Nick Zammuto's new band does "Yay"
John Bail
Zammuto, doing an iPlane ad.
Knowing the dorkiness that goes hand-in-hand with anything related to his main project The Books, we're going to assume that Nick Zammuto's new band was not referring to cocaine when they called their first song "Yay". In fact, we're going to go even farther and guess that the name refers to the onomatopoeic sension of ellation that one's supposed to feel when listening to this glitchy piece of sound math. The band does not have a name, but Nick tells us It will be a four piece, hopefully playing shows by the end of the year.
Zammuto, "Yay"
Tags: nick zammuto, the books, zammuto
The season in Kyle Busch
Quick Questions with Molly Gaudry of The Lit Pub


The theocracy in Saudi Arabia recently gave its penal code a revamping, ostensibly to bring the kingdom's policies in line with those of Western nations regarding the proper identification and handling of terrorist suspects. Being an atheist, throwing away one's loyalty to the state, and seeking to "shake the social fabric or national cohesion" are all exemplary ways to be recognized as a threat to the security of the Saudi state. Fortunately, there's one metal band in Saudi Arabia who seeks to shake the social fabric: Al-Namrood.
Until recently, Al-Namrood's sound has mixed black metal with an Arabian folk aesthetic. But on Heen Yadhar Al Ghasq the band has evolved away from the blackened sound toward something distinctly their own. The songs here are memorable for their wild displays of musicianship, the blending of east and west into something you can headbang to while your girlfriend belly dances (or vice-versa, if that's your thing). "Bat Al Tha Ar Nar Muheja" and "Um Al Qashaam" stand out as particularly catchy songs.
Al-Namrood do the best work they can given their limited circumstances. As yet lacking a proper drummer, the band continues to work magic with programmed drum tracks. The addition of a new vocalist, Humbaba, is the most marked change from previous recordings. Gone are the scratchy blackened vocals, replaced by what to my American ear sounds like a horribly demented reinterpretation of Bobby Pickett's "Monster Mash" vocals with Arabic lyrics. Think unique, in a way similar to how no one sings like Dagon from Inquisition unique.
Those of you who enjoy the established folk sound in the European scene, or the likes of Chthonic or Shangren, might enjoy Al-Namrood. Heen Yadhar Al Ghasq is the band's fifth album since 2008, and they show no sign of stopping.
Heen Yadhar Al Ghasq is available now from Shaytan Productions.


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The two young women, identified as Rotana Farea, 22, and her sister Tala, 16, were found on the banks of the Hudson last week with no visible signs of trauma, dressed all in black, with fur-trimmed coat collars, and bound together at the ankles and waist by duct tape.
New York and Arab media said the sisters, who had run away from home before, were of Saudi origin but their family was living in Fairfax, Virginia.
The Saudi embassy in Washington declined to comment on the reports. The young women's bodies were being held by the New York medical examiner pending an autopsy.
Tala had been reported missing to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children on August 24, the New York Daily News said. But the missing child report was withdrawn after it was claimed she was living with her elder sister in New York City.
Police are considering whether the sisters died as part of a suicide pact, possibly jumping from the George Washington bridge some six miles (10 kilometres) north of where their bodies were found.
But investigators have not ruled out that the sisters were murdered.


Is your business currently on Instagram? It needs to be…especially if you want to reach the 18 to 34-year-old age bracket.
Click here to tweet this interesting stat –> Over 90% of the 150 million people on Instagram are under the age of 35 which is why it is such an attractive platform to so many brands. It is the jackpot of the younger market.
And now it is even rolling out ads across the world. But, if you're currently leaping with excitement thinking about how your business can leverage a new advertising opportunity – sorry, not so fast!
… at least, not right now. The company has maintained that, in a bid to "put their community first" they are still only working with "a handful of top brands" in order to ensure that ads are engaging and feel natural in user feeds. Elitist? This could be so – you will only see big-name, big-budget brands such as Levis, Warby Parker and Ben and Jerry's with a pass to advertise right now, and with CEO Kevin Systrom stating that he still checks every ad for approval himself, we can't see that changing anytime soon!
Perhaps Instagram is showing reasonable caution given the experiences with advertising of its parent company. Facebook has been plagued with complaints and the decline of the younger user base since it introduced advertising in 2007, then sponsored ads in news feeds in January 2012. Media commentators have wondered whether ads would ruin Instagram, but the platform says it is aiming for a few "enjoyable and creative" ads which fit in well with regular posts.
… but is Instagram for your business?
In line with trends towards all things visual, Instagram has a rapidly growing base of engaged users. This means that if Instagram is a place where your target audience hangs out, it could be worth your business getting on board.
Instagram has 15 times the engagement and double the engaged user base of Facebook. (L2).
58% of Instagram users interact daily vs 23% of Pinterest users (L2).
17% of online adults are on Instagram (Pew Research).
Besides these stats, Instagram has slightly older users who have higher incomes than the average Snapchat users.
Last year Instagram introduced video as part of it's platform options, and it stacks up favorably when compared to short-video competitor Vine. Instagram allows 15 second videos compared to Vine's 6 seconds, which gives Instagram the edge when it comes to possible advertising use.
As an example, last year's Jobs movie released an Instagram-only trailer, something which would be more tricky on Vine.
So, how can small businesses use Instagram for promotion?
If the demographic data ticks your boxes and you know you have a reasonable target market actively using Instagram, it could be time to start ramping up your promotional tactics (or getting an account going if you haven't already! We can teach you how at Digital Traffic Institute). You don't need to be one of the chosen few for paid advertising to effectively promote.
That means your pics shouldn't just be a whole lot of product or service-related photos. Tell a story behind your brand that allows people to make the human connection. What is your team environment like? What do you do every day? What does your brand stand for?
Also check out Collective Hub for creative ways of demonstrating their brand..
We love a human connection! Let people get to know the faces of those who are behind the scenes in your business. Take candid shots at work or during team events. The 'family' image can serve your business well, particularly during early years when most businesses are dealing with a smaller community of customers.
Do you have products that can be used in several different ways? Show people how YOU do it with your Instagram pics. You could take this a step further by featuring customers using your products. Cosmetics company Benefit had fans submit photos using the hashtag #realsies for one of their mascara products. They then linked these submissions through to a microsite where an image mosaic is displayed.
As a small business, of course you might not want to get into building microsites, but getting your customers involved could still work for you. Appealing to vanity often seems to get results of itself, otherwise, what about making special offers or running a prize draw for those who submit photos? One of the best things about getting your followers involved is that it provides social proof for others, hopefully generating more business!
Hashtags are a great way to get your brand noticed. If you look around at the larger brands on Instagram, 80% of their posts will contain at least one hashtag, while the average post has at least three (thanks L2!).
So how do you as a smaller business owner decide which hashtags to use? Start by finding popular hashtags for your industry so that you are more likely to pop up in people's searches. As you develop a stronger following on Instagram, you could start to introduce hashtags that relate to your own brand (note that generally it is the most popular brands who are having success with using their own name as a hashtag – think Gucci).
To make your job of finding good hashtags a bit easier, there are some great tools available which will pull up Instagram users and hashtags based on your keyword searches. Try Iconosquare or Websta for example. While you're at it, check out the metrics available to you through these tools. Iconosquare can help you figure out when your best times for posting are based on your follower activity.
Ok, so you might not be able to get your hands on paid advertising from Instagram, but many businesses large and small are getting their brands out there by paying prolific Instagram users (generally those who fit within their niche) to promote them.
Neil Patel wrote an illuminating piece here on what happened when he purchased an Instagram account that already had a strong following and used various tactics such as paying models to promote his account. One of the key comments to come out of this is to remain true to your brand – Neil does not have a 'flashy' image and seems to have conducted this as a data-driven experiment. Instagram is after all primarily about personal branding – note he is removing many of the pics post-experiment!
Now, if you are a smaller business who simply doesn't have the budget to pay models or famous Instagrammers to promote you, there are still plenty of opportunities out there. Perhaps you can find people who have a large Instagram following but are not so well-known for example. The going rate will depend very much on the individual but there is also a thriving trade going to exchange products or experiences for Instagram publicity.
How do you find these prolific 'Grammers'? You could try searching through Instagram yourself (those who accept email queries or offer contact details are often open to being approached), or you could use a 'middleman' company such as Popular Pays who help connect Instagram users with the companies willing to pay/exchange with them.
As another example, you could put the word out to find Grammers willing to collaborate with you on your website. Mura Boutique offers to work with those with high followings, setting out their terms on this page.
Are you a business who offers a limited supply of certain products? Consumers are drawn to the idea that something is of limited supply. A New York City vintage clothing store is using Instagram well to create demand by posting photos of its clothing. Fox and Fawn posts images of current inventory which, being vintage is usually in scarce supply. Followers need to leave a comment to reserve an item, then call the store to give their credit card details and Instagram user name. According to this New York Times article, 20 – 40% of the store's daily revenue is now coming from Instagram.
Photo of the Day! @ambstooreal says, "Skimboarding has me feeling like this. Peace and Bliss." Shot at Melbourne Beach, Florida.
Getting back to being on brand, it's important that you not only develop your brand message for Instagram, but that you really 'get it' as a platform or you could do more harm than good to your business. McDonald's is a big business example, but they recently received backlash over paid ads which were appearing in user news feeds. One of the common threads is that they really didn't seem to 'get' Instagram or what its users want to see. The comments in this article are telling with many expressing the view that McDonald's would have done better to show vintage photos of restaurants or old collectible toys.
Secondly, why not share your Instagram posts on Facebook at the same time? Your Facebook account can be connected to Instagram so you are able to kill two birds with one stone. In this article from Joseph Pisani for USA Today, a Las Vegas bakery talks about how they managed to get sales from both Instagram and Facebook by sharing across both. They sold seven of their cakes to people who saw the photo on Instagram. The photo also automatically posted to the company's Facebook page where they sold six more cakes to Facebook fans…just by adding in some automation!
So why Instragram? Yes, it may seem difficult as a marketer to use because you can't add links. But perhaps people are tired of hype and are hungrier than ever for story and connection. With more than 200 million active monthly Instagram users who share 60 million photos daily (stat from May 2014), now is the chance for those of us who cringe when we think we have to be slick copywriters or craft fancy messages to be heard. After all #nofilter is one of the most popular hashtags there…maybe because we want more moments of real and raw?


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The Battle of Grand Lake: Part 3
May 22, 2014 Jim Zoetewey 19 Comments
"The ship?" Kayla glanced across the room toward the big, metal doors to the hangar.
"Might be," Haley said, and sighed. "There's a lot of stuff in the base, and I don't know what a quarter of it is. The Rocket would know. Oh… Could you ask the jet to check out the ship?"
Kayla said, "Ok," and began to move her mouse pointer toward the jet's icon.
She only made it halfway when the jet's square started blinking, and a message appeared.
"The ship above Grand Lake is one of the landing vessels for an Omandan Explorer Class ship. Often used for exploration, Explorer Class ships are often converted into troop carriers or pirate ships. Their landing vessels, which were intended to be living quarters, are similarly easily converted into landing craft for invading forces."
Kayla forwarded the text to Haley.
"Pirates?" Haley sighed again. "The Hrrnna hired pirates. You know what, Control? This might be more about revenge than anything the League's got."
They never told her anything. Kayla frowned at the screen. Would it kill any of them to keep her up to date? "Revenge for what?"
"The Rocket figured out that the Hrrnna were behind St. Louis, and all the aliens that died last week, and the robots that attacked us–everything that happened to us lately."
Kayla's jawed dropped. "Why didn't you tell me we knew who tried to destroy the world?"
Haley didn't say anything for a moment, but then she said, "I'm sorry. It's been really busy. The Rocket told me, but I didn't know who else he'd told. Right now, though, we should concentrate on winning because I don't think we'll get a second chance."
Kayla almost hung up. "You need to tell me things like that. If I'm supposed to help, I need to know what to look for. When you've figured out what aliens are trying to kill everybody, that's a big deal, and I need to know. I thought everything was normal today."
"Look, I get it," Haley said. "He's not very good at paying attention to people. He doesn't tell me everything either, but I'll make sure you know the important things, okay?"
Kayla almost said she'd believe it when she saw it, but she didn't. She stopped at, "Thanks."
Haley probably wasn't trying to leave her out.
"I'm going on the general League channel to tell everybody about the Hrrnna ship, and then I'll meet you in HQ."
"OK." Kayla listened in on the general comm channel as Haley began, "Heroes League, the jet's sensors have identified a ship decloaking above Grand Lake. It's an Omandan Explorer class–"
Haley's words became background noise as HQ's security system reported, "Entered: Sydney Drucker and Gravity Star."
Kayla shook her head. Sydney still hadn't chosen a codename.
Sydney and Camille entered through one of the sewer doors–the one on the wall to Kayla's right. The metal door unscrewed and then swung open. Sydney pushed it open with one hand even though it weighed at least as much as she did.
Sydney and Camille laughed together at something. Even though Camille was a little shorter with dark brown hair, and light brown skin while Sydney's hair was light blond, and her skin pale, they looked like sisters, or at least half-sisters–which Kayla knew they were.
She could see it in their faces, and slender builds. Camille already wore her orange and white costume. Sydney still wore jeans and a green top that went down to her hips.
Camille waved at her as they stepped inside. "Hey, Kayla. How are things going? They haven't attacked anybody yet, have they?"
"No," Kayla said. "They're just sitting there."
Sydney stopped, staring up at the television screen that took up most of the wall past the room's sole table.
Windows showed picture's from HQ's surveillance cameras, the base's radar, and a satellite view of Veteran's Memorial park, and the neighborhoods near it.
The Hrrnna's landing craft floated above the lake near the beach. A few people stood on the beach, phones in their hands, taking pictures.
Others, more sensible people, Kayla thought, walked, sometimes running away from the beach.
Sydney frowned. "We should be getting them out of there. "
Kayla shook her head. "I don't think that would be a good idea."
Sydney turned to look at her, still frowning. "Why?"
On Kayla's screen, the security system printed, "Entered: The Shift, Man-machine 1, Man-machine 2."
Camille laughed. "Are they really going with Man-machine 1 and 2?"
Almost against her will, Kayla gave a short laugh of her own. "No, I had to give them names, and Man-machine was already in the system, so I gave Chris Man-machine 2 because he doesn't have a codename and I had to put in something."
Camille grinned. "Good idea. Sydney can be The Power 2."
"Dork," Sydney said, "there is no way I'm going with that."
Camille shrugged. "We've got to call you something. Keep on procrastinating, and you're going wake up one morning to find out you're called Railgun Girl."
Sydney jammed her hands in her pocket, and said, "No, just no."
"Hey," Marcus said, expelling from a drain in the floor, and reforming into a human shape. He wore a green costume that shifted from forest green into black between his right side and his left. His mask showed the lower half of his face. As it solidified, it changed from grey to brown skin.
He nodded at Sydney. "I like Railgun Girl. That's classic and simple–like Bulletman, and Tank Girl."
He paused for a moment, adding, "And Squirrel Girl, but she's more of a joke character."
Sydney sighed. "I'm not going to pick a name until I like it, but that's not what's important right now. Why aren't we going out and getting those people out of there?" She pointed at the screen.
"Sorry Sydney," Haley stepped up to the table and sat on it. She was already in her Night Cat costume–grey with a black cat's head on her chest. Her mask hung behind her head.
Kayla hadn't heard her come in.
Almost a head shorter than Sydney, Haley looked up at almost everybody even sitting on the table. "They might be here to kill anyone in the League they can as revenge, so if we go out there, we might do more harm than good."
Silently wishing Haley wouldn't sit on the table, especially right next to her monitor, Kayla asked, "Do you think that's it? Revenge?"
A heavy footfall hit the floor, and an old man's voice said, "I think they're here for something."
A younger voice, Chris' said, "Man-machine 2?"
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And now I'm off to bed–much later than I wanted. So it goes.
Anyway, be watching for Legion's Kickstarter for the next ebook/print version. Personally, I'm still working on the video. I'm torn as to whether I like the current version or think it sucks.
Honestly, I'm leaning in the direction of "sucks" at the moment. Maybe I'll feel better about it tomorrow.
I think that "Haley looked up and almost everybody" should be an 'at' not an 'and'.
I continue to be impressed by the story, particularly the inter-personal bits. Names can be a real pain in the super hero business…
Roger Willcocks says:
Good luck, and get sleep.
Someguy says:
Man-machine 2 can work for Chris, wearing a Man-machine suit he upgraded himself to take on all of Man-machine 1's client list just to flip grandpa the bird, joining the Hero's League would be icing on the cake.
Cultist says:
Is Machine-Man taken?
masterofbones says:
Railgun girl? Why do people have to add their age and gender to their superhero names so often? Just go with Railgun! Badass in a simple and succinct way.
The name has been done before, but so have most names.
Pinkhair says:
Chris should be glad she picked that, rather than 'Boy-Machine' or worse…
Just a quick typo – "Kayla listened on on the general comm channel" – the first "on" should probably be "in"
heh, boy-machine. I mean seriously, almost any hero name that includes some variation of man/boy/girl/woman would sound cooler with that part removed. Also, any use of the youth version(girl/boy) is just going to have a bad time if they want to be taken seriously. Nobody takes kids seriously. And the name is going to age… poorly.
In recent news, Aqualad just turned 80. Aquaman is still around though, so he is kind of stuck with the name. Not that Aquaman is much better, mind you, but at least his adulthood is recognized.
Club says:
Aqualad changed his name to Tempest sometime in the 90's, or maybe 80's. Then he was killed off a couple years ago for no good reason I could see. Not sure what's happened to him since the reboot, and really don't care. DC died for me with the 'new 52'
Better to be known as Man-Machine 2 than Boy-Toy.
And at least one version of Bulletman is public domain, I think. There's just some very strange ways you have to go about using the name now because of how that whole thing works. Just like technically, so long as you're using the original version of Captain Marvel and setting things in the original run of the comic, that's also public domain. It's weird, and probably iffy enough that you shouldn't try anything unless you don't mind being sued to find out just where the limits are.
And I have to confess…I have never read the comic, but I did like Tank Girl the movie. Not the roos so much, save for their outfits, but I did enjoy a few moments in it, including the musical number.
Farmerbob1 says:
I kinda like the sound of Metalica for Sydney.
Please note carefully the number of 'L's
As for Izzy. Hrm. Much Tougher. She probably doesn't want a brick-y name. They have already sortof been calling her Blue. Why not stick with that? How many people are really going to give her a hard time about it?
The Evil Twin says:
In honor of Izzy' multi-racial heritage, and as a nod to her chosen color, I think that she should be known as the Blue Taco or the Blue Waffle. Think of the marketing tie-ins.
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I don't know where Jim is from, or how much he might know about certain slang terms, so I'll just say 'Google it Jim'
Oh, I'll add this. NSFW to google those things.
It's fairly safe to say that those specific terms are not in the running…
The denizen of disinformation, The Evil Twin, has struck again– almost.
I have the perfect name for her, provided she can get permission to use it from the guy.
The Blue Meanie!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elIIrgCasc0
Typos:
"Kayla's jawed dropped."
… should have a comma after "Chris'".
mathtans says:
I dunno, for me, "Railgun Girl" is Misaka Mikoto. I feel like I can say that, since there was an anime transformation scene in continuity. 😉 Syndey must be taking after Izzy, figuring there's no rush.
Unrelated, I think Kayla was a fascinating choice for narrator, since she's effectively one of those "behind the scenes" characters, plus she's unpowered. Seems to be a shift towards female characters when we move away from Nick (Larry's arc aside), and I wonder if that's as much where they're positioned in the plot/narrative, as it is for a change of pace.
For those who don't know (and care), here's anime's "Railgun" in action:


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Q: Need Help Thinking Through Semi-Complex Query on Two Tables I have two tables, and I want to create a SELECT pulling a single record from one table based on multiple records from another table.
Perhaps it will be clearer if I just give a sort of example.
Table: dates. Fields: dosID, personID, name, dateIn
1 | 10 | john smith | 2013-09-05
2 | 10 | john smith | 2013-01-25

Table: cards. Fields: cardID, personID, cardColor, cardDate
1 | 10 | red    | 2013-09-05
2 | 10 | orange | 2013-09-05
3 | 10 | black  | 2013-09-05
4 | 10 | green  | 2013-01-25
5 | 10 | orange | 2013-01-25

So what I want is to only select a record from the dates table if a person did not receive a "red" card. The closest I have come is something like:
SELECT name, dateIn FROM dates, cards
WHERE dates.personID = cards.personID AND cardColor != 'red' AND dateIn = cardDate;

But for this query the 2013-09-05 date-of-service would still be pulled out because of the "orange" and "black" cards given on the same day.
I have tried searching but I am not even sure how to properly describe this issue and so my Google-fu has failed me. Any help or suggestions would be very much appreciated.

A: The easiest to understand version would filter using NOT EXISTS:
SELECT name, dateIn
FROM   dates
WHERE  NOT EXISTS(
         SELECT *
         FROM   cards
         WHERE  cards.personID = dates.personID
            AND cards.cardDate = dates.dateIn
            AND cards.cardColor = 'red'
       )

See it on sqlfiddle.

A: I'm a bit confused, you're getting the non-red 2013-09-05 rows back.
http://sqlfiddle.com/#!2/89260
I tried it using an inner join (as you wrote it), and an outer join. Same results.
EDIT:
Sorry, misunderstood your post.
eggyal's answer looks like a winner to me.


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Comments that don't warrant a thread - Part 4
By TravJ1979, October 3, 2016 in Pro Wrestling
Coffey
Location:Burned Out Paradise
We don't have an unpopular opinion thread or else I would put this there. However, the last few years I have been watching a lot of old footage both in WWF & WCW. It's what I'm into. A lot of late 80's & early 90's stuff up through the Monday Night War.
I just want to say, Bobby the Brain Heenan fucking sucks on commentary. I can not stand him. My rose-colored nostalgia glasses for him are off. For a long time, it was the common sentiment that he was either the greatest color guy or at least in the convo for top three. He does not hold up for me at all.
For awhile, I thought "eh, he just sucks in WCW because he's half-assing it or drunk." It's not just WCW, he sucks in WWF too, even when working with Gorilla. The majority of the time he's trying to be funny, trying to get himself over & burying the in-ring talent... and his jokes... miss.
I know a lot of people will specifically point to his Royal Rumble call when Ric Flair came in at #3 and even that was grating my nerves. Shit like him in WCW just screaming "OHHH!" when someone does a move, in pretty much every fucking match, just makes me roll my eyes.
He was an all-timer of a manager, a pretty good mouthpiece in that regard as well & a decent worker. I can not stand him as a color commentator & Jesse Ventura is better than him in every way in that regard. It's just the color commentator role, really. Like when he's doing WWF talk shows, he's fine. I just hate him calling matches.
I just wanted to put it in writing.
William Bologna
33 minutes ago, Coffey said:
Jesse Ventura is better than him in every way in that regard.
I recently watched the Wrestling Classic. I wouldn't recommend it except that Ventura is just off the charts great through the whole thing. He's a heel, but he's always right. And there's just something about the way he says "Gorilla." They really did us a disservice when they had him edited off the tapes.
You might be right about Heenan. I remember getting pretty annoyed at him in that Rumble, and I was shocked to see it talked about as an all-time announcing performance.
TheDuke
Location:Maritimes, Canada
1 hour ago, Coffey said:
I just want to say, Bobby the Brain Heenan fucking sucks on commentary....
... I can not stand him as a color commentator & Jesse Ventura is better than him in every way in that regard. It's just the color commentator role, really.
What do you think of Lord Alfred Hayes? I like listening to him.
Location:Parts Unknown
11 minutes ago, TheDuke said:
Lord Alfred Hayes and Sean Mooney are an underrated commentary duo. Yes, I'm completely serious. They were the voices of Prime Time Wrestling (during the matches) and they always had great rapport together.
Sean Reedy
I love Bobby but Jesse has become underrated. I did a rewatch of 87-89 Superstars and Jesse and Vince were such a key part of that formula working and keeping all the squashes interesting, specifically Jesse, because the show was never the same after he left. Something like a Duggan squash was guaranteed entertainment with Jesse on the mic.
PeteF3
WCW Jesse may actually have been a bigger decline than WCW Bobby. Talk about a guy who just plain stopped giving a shit. He was good in moments, but also really bad in others, and he didn't have that personal, legitimate animosity with guys like Sting or Flair that added so much to his calls of Hogan matches.
Location:India
So Tony Khan appeared on WOL and basically confirmed that he was the one who started the infamous DVDVR sleaze thread
Yo-Yo's Roomie
6 hours ago, Coffey said:
Yes, I definitely agree with this. Bobby was just too much about getting his shtick in on commentary, and it actively detracted from a lot of the matches. Him and Gorilla 'shit on everything' Monsoon are the most overrated announce team ever and Jesse does indeed smoke Heenan in the booth.
My big issue with Bobby Heenan has always been that I've never seen a promo from him that really hyped me to see a match. I say that while also realizing that he was immensely talented of course. I love his bumping and he's as quick witted as anyone. I'm open to the idea that his AWA work reveals someone who was better at doing serious promos than I have seen, but his really special talent seemed to be adding to matches as a ringside second.
I thought Heenan put over Goldberg well in WCW, and I dont even like Goldberg. He seemed to have more enthusiasm for him than Schiavone OR Tenay, and his joy when Goldberg won the title was a great moment. It's a shame Heenan had voice and health issues starting in the early 2000s, if he had been able to be there to do commentary for Goldberg's first WWE run, it may have helped him.
I always cracked up at his stories about people coming up to him in airports and only wanting to talk about Eddy Guerrero or Alex Wright or whoever. That must have been a real drag because he always vented about it on commentary.
6 hours ago, C.S. said:
While I do agree they made a good duo, the problem was that they never got the chance to commentate over any major angles or title changes. While I understand why (by 89-90, the WWF had pretty much conditioned their fans to have major angles/ title changes only happen on PPV, or the occasional SNME or Superstars, where Mooney and Hayes didnt commentate), I would have liked to see how they would have put over something that actually mattered.
Wait, Jesse being better than Heenan on commentary is a controversial hot take? I always thought so as a kid. (I still liked Heenan though.)
28 minutes ago, JRH said:
While I do agree they made a good duo, the problem was that they never got the chance to commentate over any major angles or title changes. While I understand why (by 89-90, the WWF had pretty much conditioned their fans to have major angles/ title changes only happen on PPV, or the occasional SNME or Superstars, where Mooney and Hayes didnt commentate), I would have liked to see how they would have put over something that actually mattered.
That's definitely true, but I also think commentating a bunch of random matches is precisely what made them so fun and loose, like two fans who were polar opposites just sitting back and shooting the shit.
Big Pete
Location:Brisbane, Australia
Guys like Heenan and Lawler weren't the most informative commentators but I found them entertaining. They made the telecast enjoyable to sit through since they typically had such good rapport with their co-commentators so it would lighten the mood and make the product more palatable. This was especially important because they had to call a lot of awful Pro Wrestling matches. Even before he was replaced on Nitro with Madden, Heenan was one of the few aspects of the show I found enjoyable.
In contrast, today's commentary is just so expository that it makes it laborious to listen to. There's rarely any excitement in the commentary because these poor guys have a job to do and have to get a hundred points across in the match. It's why the only team that I find enjoyable to listen to is Excalibur and Taz. Excalibur is obviously very passionate about what he's calling, but he's got Taz there to bounce off of which makes Dark a far more entertaining show than it should be.
Ventura > Heenan > Lawler
When Ventura was replaced with Heenan in WCW, I felt the announcing dropped quite a bit. Sure, Heenan was entertaining, but Ventura came off so *smart* and wasn't a one-liner machine. Lawler was always a mix of entertaining a-la Heenan and cringe (especially later on in the Attitude Era). Post 2001 Lawler is worthless once he basically stopped doing the heel stuff and became just another WWE drone.
23 minutes ago, Big Pete said:
It's why the only team that I find enjoyable to listen to is Excalibur and Taz. Excalibur is obviously very passionate about what he's calling, but he's got Taz there to bounce off of which makes Dark a far more entertaining show than it should be.
I really enjoy them together for that reason too. That's why Matthews & Callis and then Matthews & Rayne were such a fun announcing team, no matter how dull Matthews could sound off its own, their interactions made the show sooo easy to watch and always fun no matter if the actual pro-wrestling wasn't the best. With Striker & D-Lo, my enjoyment of IMPACT has really dropped sadly (the irony, just as they are doing the cool interpromotionnal matches, it would have been so much more fun with Matthews/Rayne and or Callis), that's how much a great little announcing team can do.
The obsession with three men booth without a real color guy doesn't do anyone any favor. I enjoy AEW's announcing mostly because Excalibur is really good and I love to hear Schiavone mark out to the current stuff, but JR is just not any good most of the time (he still has flashes, but they are rarer than his fuck-ups). They had Shawn Spears on Dark once and he was actually excellent on heel-color, I wouldn't mind having him on that role. Taz rules, of course.
7 hours ago, JRH said:
I always loved how he would joke about how terrible he was during Goldberg matches. "Oh yeah, I had a 149 in a row, of course there was a 0 before that."
I also thought the smug victory tour he took right after Hogan turned heel. On my WCW rewatches there are also times he really smartly weaves his history in with guys. Like he would talk about how he used to manage the Faces of Fear and how he ended up just dropping them because they were too hard to deal with.
Or we just watched Bash at the Beach 1997 and he actually called back to the Survivor Series 92 match with Hennig/Savage vs. Flair/Razor during the DDP/Hennig vs Hall/Savage match.
Or I used to love how he would hype up James Vandenberg. He was bad a lot in WCW but he has these moments where he would really lay down some context and backstory to things.
Now with Lawler, there are two Lawlers. There's Memphis Lawler who I think is actually awesome on commentary and really tosses good jabs in there and isn't obnoxious in a bad way. Then there's pervy old man WWE Lawler screaming about tits all day.
Though I will say. I loved that JR and Lawler were a team. They might make fun of each other and argue on air but if a wrestler fucked with one of them Lawler was going to beat your ass or JR was going to break a jar of candy over your head. Likewise I love that angle in Georgia where Piper went after Muraco for fucking with Solie.
NintendoLogic
Grim and frostbitten
Heenan was great at cutting serious menacing promos in GCW. From what I've seen, there was nothing comedic about his act there.
I've never heard Jerry's Memphis stuff to compare, but I still found him to be very entertaining right up until he left the company in 2001. I thought his call of the Three Stages of Hell match in particular just added to the spectacle of the match.
I'm sure Schiavone is glad to be back in Pro Wrestling and I'm glad to see him back, but sometimes it seems all he does is shill the product and it can ring so false at times. I'm not sure if it's because he's struggling to get a word in edgewise or not but at times he sounds so disingenuous. I'd still take him over Marvez everyday of the week though.
Cowboy Hats 4.0
I generally like Tony in AEW, but there are several times throughout every episode of Dynamite where he sounds like ADR. It's usually between matches and when he's hyping what's to come, so maybe it really a dub that they're inserting if it's not a live broadcast.. But if not, his cadence just gets really weird.
The Tonys are really great on the "paid ads" they did on Impact. Schiavone got some really good digs in during those.
ohtani's jacket
On 2/24/2021 at 8:52 AM, PeteF3 said:
Really? I love WCW Jesse. He had tremendous chemistry with Schiavone and personal, legitimate animosity with Ross. I can't think of a moment where he was bad. I love Heenan, but he had zero charisma with Schiavone. I feel like different people want different things from their commentators. It's almost like folks having different tastes in their standup comedians. I like Vince by himself. I hate him later on. I like Gorilla with Heenan. I hate him with anyone else. I love Jesse with everybody. I'm indifferent towards Solie. I have a love/hate relationship with JR. I adore Lance Russell and Kent Walton. I can't stand Akira Fukuzawa, but I love David Crockett. I also have a soft spot for Bob Caudle. We've had Spanish speakers in the past shit on Dr. Alfonso Morales and some of the lucha commentators. Announcing is an acquired taste.
Yeah. There's something about the child like enthusiasm and innocence of David Crockett commentary that I feel like infects the whole JCP product in a good way.
13 minutes ago, ohtani's jacket said:
Really? I love WCW Jesse. He had tremendous chemistry with Schiavone and personality, legitimate animosity with Ross. I can't think of a moment where he was bad (...)I love Jesse with everybody.
Same here, Schiavone/Jesse might be my all-time favorite announcer duo.
I like Gorilla with Heenan. I hate him with anyone else.
The most random cool pairing of all time might be Gorilla Mansoon/Raven Johnny Polo, because Levy was too damn smart to let himself get swallowed up by Gorilla.
I like the Excalibur and Taz pairing but I think it kind of hurts Taz's character a bit. You can just tell he's having a ball and likes working with Excalibur. It makes for great commentary and gets you through the grind of some of the matches. But Taz the character shouldn't have fun.
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Upfront_1979
24th-January-2007, 12:25
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/bsp/h...01_07_sotu.pdf
Anybody bother to read/listen to it?
What excerpts I've read indicate some good ostrich impersonations from the Bushmeister..
The only difference between me and a madman is that I'm not mad.
- Salvador Dali (1904-1989)
The American hostility towards Iran
By Paul Reynolds
World Affairs correspondent, BBC News website
President Bush describing the State of the Union
One of the notable features of President George W Bush's State of the Union speech was its hostile attitude towards Iran.
References to Iran ran like a drum beat through the speech, adding a wider element to his appeal for support for what he called his "new strategy" in Iraq.
He accused the "regime" in Iran of arming "terrorists like Hezbollah" and of directing "Shia extremists" in Iraq.
He raised the prospect of a larger conflict in the Middle East in which Iran would be central.
"If American forces step back before Baghdad is secure, the Iraqi government would be overrun by extremists on all sides," he said.
The world will not allow the regime in Tehran to acquire nuclear weapons
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"We could expect an epic battle between Shia extremists backed by Iran, and Sunni extremists aided by al-Qaeda and supporters of the old regime.
"A contagion of violence could spill out across the country - and in time, the entire region could be drawn into the conflict."
And he did not leave out the nuclear issue: "The world will not allow the regime in Tehran to acquire nuclear weapons."
He referred only to the "regime" in Iran, not the government.
Such rhetoric is used partly to lay the blame for the chaos in Iraq on others but it is not just rhetoric. The State of the Union speech is a carefully considered declaration.
The new chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee Senator John Rockefeller, a Democrat, has spoken out against the verbal attacks on Iran and compared them to what happened before the invasion of Iraq in 2003.
"To be quite honest, I'm a little concerned that it's Iraq again," Senator Rockefeller told the New York Times.
The anti-Iran trend in the administration was already evident when Mr Bush announced the increase in troops in Iraq on 10 January. In that speech he rejected the recommendations of the advisory Iraq Study Group that the United States should engage diplomatically with Iran (and Syria).
The president has said very clearly that the issues we have with Iran should be solved diplomatically
Stephen Hadley
National Security Adviser
Instead he accused Iran and Syria of "allowing terrorists and insurgents to use their territory to move in and out of Iraq".
US failure in Iraq, he claimed, would have a consequence: "Iran would be emboldened in its pursuit of nuclear weapons."
And he added: "We will work with others to prevent Iran from gaining nuclear weapons and dominating the region."
That phrase "will work with others" is primarily a reference to the UN Security Council which has imposed sanctions on Iran, aimed at preventing it from getting technology useful for its nuclear enrichment and missile programmes.
However, if the sanctions effort (supplemented by offers of co-operation on nuclear power) do not work, the likelihood is that the US will seek support for further isolating Iran. And the question remains as to whether the US would itself in due course attack or would support an Israeli attack on Iran's nuclear facilities.
The line from the White House, as expressed recently by the National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley, is that the US is seeking a diplomatic solution.
Asked on ABC television if the US was preparing an attack on Iran, he replied: "No, the president has said very clearly that the issues we have with Iran should be solved diplomatically."
This may be true but such a formulation does not rule out a
jmccoy
I have a funny feeling that George W*nker Bush is going to do a lot more damage to this planet before he leaves office. WW3 could just be around the corner, if hasn't already started ! Lets hope Hillary C gets in to office and adopts the sensible approach.[img]smileys/smiley37.gif[/img]
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daveirl
Munster Praetorian Guard
Originally posted by jmccoy
Why? Hillary voted for the war and generally supports the war still.
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Originally posted by daveirl
Somehow I think she would have her head alittle bit more screwed on when it comes to making them decisions. Thats only my opinion.
bruffian
Leader of the Red Hordes
hilary wont win if she gets nominated.shes a very divisive figure in america.obama would have a better chance,gore might even get in there,although i can see the republicans winning again,they've got some strong candidates,like mccain,guiliani,maybe even rice.the faces of this regime will all be gone,namely bush,cheney and rumsfeld,so it will basically bea new start
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Watched in NYC. Iraq is an unmitigated disaster and there is no easy way out for the US, none. ""You break it, you own it" said Colin Powell.
Iraq was never a threat to the US, imminent or otherwise. Onlythe US'mindless intervention has made it so. It's not a question of tactics, as Bush would have the US electorate believe, butitsthe greatest USforeign policy strategic blunder since Yalta.
Even should the"surge" succeed for a time, itonly pushes the inevitable into another year.Ultimately, an Iraqi Shia majority will alligh itself with Iran, a member of the US "axis of evil". Iran's influence, whichthe US fears, has grown greater by US action, and more Iraqis will be butchered in what borders on ethnic cleansing.
As for Iran.. the next one. Recently, the Israeli neocon Netanyahu stated that Israel "must immediately launch an intense, international public relations front first and foremost on the U.S. The goal being to encourage President Bush to live up to specific pledges he would not allow Iran to arm itself with nuclear weapons. We must make clear to the (U.S.) government, the Congress and the American public that a nuclear Iran is a threat to the U.S. and the entire world, not only Israel."
So, Israel's war will be sold as America's war, and they are many in the current US administration who will be buyers.
The folly of Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld and Rice in launching this unnecessary and unprovoked war, the folly of the neocon snake oil salesmen who bamboozled the media into believing in this insane crusade to bring democracy to Baghdad in a Humvee, and the folly ofa cowedDemocratic establishment in handing Bush a blank check for war out of political fear of being called unpatriotic will have consequences for many years to come.
Balla Boy
Great Shogun of the Red Empire
Originally posted by bruffian
Hilary could win- I think the nomination will be her problem. Democrats will go harder on her war position. She is divisive, but the next election will be about delivering core vote which she would undoubtedly do.
Obama has a lot of media buzz, but no one can say he has a better chance than Clinton. The guy has VP written all over him I reckon - wouldn't be at all suprised to see him on a ticket with Clinton or Edwards who would both be stronger runners. At the back of it all, Obama is black, and I'm not sure America isgoing to elect a black democrat.To be a democrat president, on the whole, you haveto be both white and southern.
Rice is as much a face of this regime as anyother. She's gone when they're gone and not a day too soon, the hellspawn b***h.
McCain will be a strongrunner, but he'd need to be walking on water to win the election after the f**k up that has been the Bush era. Gore couldn't follow the most popular democrat govt for generations into power - how do you generate a turnaround like the one McCain would need?
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Munster Berserker
Excellently put ,Riptide ,I'm sorry to have to agree with your analysis and all of the planet will await the consequences with some trepidation.
And we worry about global warming?
Hilary's negatives are too high, and she is just trying to neutralize Obama on her left. She's campaigining for the presidenc now, not the Democratic nomination.
She'll win the Democratic nomination with her fund raising in high gear. She's a politician first and foremost - not that principled - she'll do what she needs to improve her popularity.
The GOP is been crippled by Iraq... that'sher greatest strenght right now..GOP weakness.
mullet is gone
The israelis are in a bit of turmoil at the mo.Just changed their defence minister after the lebanon debacle. The pm is looking at investigations over illegal financial wranglings and the president is looking at a sexual assault cause. That Netanyahucharacter will get back in,I reckon the country will look to the hardass option,I think heisvery dangerous. Hes been doing the TV circuit alot, pressing the need for actionagainst Iran at every oppurtunity.Its going to happen unless theres a radical change in yank foriegn policy.
republicans are praying hillary gets the nod.........
McCain or Guilliani have the capacity to eat up Dem votes. Both are liberals who will get red state votes all the same. I'd like to see Obama win purely because I like the guy, but I'd like McCain or Guilliani too. Both are great guys, McCain would currently be president IMHO if it weren't for Karl Rove's dirty tricks.
Originally posted by Riptide
Good analysis there Riptide. Watched the first 20 mins and got sick of the cliches....
My only comment/addition would be on what you said at the end - I think the 'patriotic' card has been overplayed, and that it's effect is wearing off. Likewise the democrats won't rubber-stamp everything for Bush.
Personally don't think US will touch Iran. They haven't the resources and they know it would bring both China and Russia on their back.
rathbaner
Great Chamberlain of the Red Empire
I urge you top watch what is by far the best analysis of the reasons for the US destruction of Iraq by comedian Rob Newman<h2 ="r">Robert Newman History of oil - Google Video</h2>
where he describes it as punishment beating meted out by the biggest crack dealer in the neighbourhood while Hugo Chavez looks on with a sceptical eye.
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