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#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
#include "config.h"
#endif

#include "sdp_utils.h"
#include "kmssdpagent.h"
#include "kmssdpmediahandler.h"

#define OBJECT_NAME "sdpmediahandler"

GST_DEBUG_CATEGORY_STATIC (kms_sdp_media_handler_debug_category);
#define GST_CAT_DEFAULT kms_sdp_media_handler_debug_category

#define parent_class kms_sdp_media_handler_parent_class

G_DEFINE_TYPE_WITH_CODE (KmsSdpMediaHandler, kms_sdp_media_handler,
    G_TYPE_OBJECT,
    GST_DEBUG_CATEGORY_INIT (kms_sdp_media_handler_debug_category, OBJECT_NAME,
        0, "debug category for sdp media_handler"));

#define DEFAULT_ADDR_TYPE "IP4"

typedef gboolean (*KmsSdpAcceptAttributeFunc) (const GstSDPMedia * offer,
    const GstSDPAttribute * attr, GstSDPMedia * media,
    const GstSDPMessage * msg);

static gboolean
default_accept_attribute (const GstSDPMedia * offer,
    const GstSDPAttribute * attr, GstSDPMedia * media,
    const GstSDPMessage * msg)
{
  return TRUE;
}

static gboolean
accept_fmtp_attribute (const GstSDPMedia * offer,
    const GstSDPAttribute * attr, GstSDPMedia * media,
    const GstSDPMessage * msg)
{
  guint i, len;
  gchar **fmtp;
  gboolean ret = FALSE;

  fmtp = g_strsplit (attr->value, " ", 0);

  /* Check that answer supports this format */
  len = gst_sdp_media_formats_len (media);

  for (i = 0; i < len; i++) {
    const gchar *fmt;

    fmt = gst_sdp_media_get_format (media, i);
    if (g_strcmp0 (fmt, fmtp[0] /* format */ ) == 0) {
      ret = TRUE;
      break;
    }
  }

  g_strfreev (fmtp);

  return ret;
}

typedef struct _KmsSdpSupportedAttrType
{
  const gchar *name;
  KmsSdpAcceptAttributeFunc accept;
} KmsSdpSupportedAttrType;

/* Supported media session attributes */
static KmsSdpSupportedAttrType attributes[] = {
  {"framerate", default_accept_attribute},
  {"fmtp", accept_fmtp_attribute},
  {"lang", default_accept_attribute},
  {"maxptime", default_accept_attribute},
  {"mid", default_accept_attribute},
  {"ptime", default_accept_attribute},
  {"quality", default_accept_attribute},
  {"setup", default_accept_attribute},
  {"direction", default_accept_attribute}
};

/* Object properties */
enum
{
  PROP_0,
  PROP_ID,
  PROP_INDEX,
  PROP_PROTO,
  PROP_ADDR,
  PROP_ADDR_TYPE,
  N_PROPERTIES
};

#define KMS_SDP_MEDIA_HANDLER_GET_PRIVATE(obj) (  \
  G_TYPE_INSTANCE_GET_PRIVATE (                   \
    (obj),                                        \
    KMS_TYPE_SDP_MEDIA_HANDLER,                   \
    KmsSdpMediaHandlerPrivate                     \
  )                                               \
)

struct _KmsSdpMediaHandlerPrivate
{
  gchar *proto;
  gchar *addr;
  gchar *addr_type;
  GArray *bwtypes;
  GSList *extensions;
  gint id;
  KmsSdpAgent *parent;
};

static void
kms_sdp_media_handler_get_property (GObject * object, guint prop_id,
    GValue * value, GParamSpec * pspec)
{
  KmsSdpMediaHandler *self = KMS_SDP_MEDIA_HANDLER (object);

  switch (prop_id) {
    case PROP_ID:
      g_value_set_int (value, self->priv->id);
      break;
    case PROP_INDEX:{
      gint ret = -1;

      if (self->priv->id >= 0 && self->priv->parent != NULL) {
        ret = kms_sdp_agent_get_handler_index (self->priv->parent,
            self->priv->id);
      }

      g_value_set_int (value, ret);
      break;
    }
    case PROP_PROTO:
      g_value_set_string (value, self->priv->proto);
      break;
    case PROP_ADDR:
      g_value_set_string (value, self->priv->addr);
      break;
    case PROP_ADDR_TYPE:
      g_value_set_string (value, self->priv->addr_type);
      break;
    default:
      G_OBJECT_WARN_INVALID_PROPERTY_ID (object, prop_id, pspec);
      break;
  }
}

static void
kms_sdp_media_handler_set_property (GObject * object, guint prop_id,
    const GValue * value, GParamSpec * pspec)
{
  KmsSdpMediaHandler *self = KMS_SDP_MEDIA_HANDLER (object);

  switch (prop_id) {
    case PROP_PROTO:
      g_free (self->priv->proto);
      self->priv->proto = g_value_dup_string (value);
      break;
    case PROP_ADDR:
      g_free (self->priv->addr);
      self->priv->addr = g_value_dup_string (value);
      break;
    case PROP_ADDR_TYPE:
      g_free (self->priv->addr_type);
      self->priv->addr_type = g_value_dup_string (value);
      break;
    default:
      G_OBJECT_WARN_INVALID_PROPERTY_ID (object, prop_id, pspec);
      break;
  }
}

static void
kms_sdp_media_handler_finalize (GObject * object)
{
  KmsSdpMediaHandler *self = KMS_SDP_MEDIA_HANDLER (object);

  GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (self, "finalize");

  g_free (self->priv->proto);
  g_free (self->priv->addr);
  g_free (self->priv->addr_type);

  g_array_free (self->priv->bwtypes, TRUE);
  g_slist_free_full (self->priv->extensions, g_object_unref);

  G_OBJECT_CLASS (parent_class)->finalize (object);
}

static GstSDPMedia *
kms_sdp_media_handler_create_offer_impl (KmsSdpMediaHandler * handler,
    const gchar * media, const GstSDPMedia * offer, GError ** error)
{
  g_set_error_literal (error, KMS_SDP_AGENT_ERROR, SDP_AGENT_UNEXPECTED_ERROR,
      "Not implemented");

  return NULL;
}

static GstSDPMedia *
kms_sdp_media_handler_create_answer_impl (KmsSdpMediaHandler * handler,
    const GstSDPMessage * msg, const GstSDPMedia * offer, GError ** error)
{
  g_set_error_literal (error, KMS_SDP_AGENT_ERROR, SDP_AGENT_UNEXPECTED_ERROR,
      "Not implemented");

  return NULL;
}

static gboolean
kms_sdp_media_handler_process_answer_impl (KmsSdpMediaHandler * handler,
    const GstSDPMedia * answer, GError ** error)
{
  GSList *l;

  for (l = handler->priv->extensions; l != NULL; l = g_slist_next (l)) {
    KmsISdpMediaExtension *ext = KMS_I_SDP_MEDIA_EXTENSION (l->data);

    if (!kms_i_sdp_media_extension_process_answer_attributes (ext, answer,
            error)) {
      return FALSE;
    }
  }

  return TRUE;
}

static void
kms_sdp_media_handler_add_bandwidth_impl (KmsSdpMediaHandler * handler,
    const gchar * bwtype, guint bandwidth)
{
  GstSDPBandwidth bw;

  gst_sdp_bandwidth_set (&bw, bwtype, bandwidth);
  g_array_append_val (handler->priv->bwtypes, bw);
}

static gboolean
kms_sdp_media_handler_manage_protocol_impl (KmsSdpMediaHandler * handler,
    const gchar * protocol)
{
  /* Just check protocol by default */
  return g_strcmp0 (handler->priv->proto, protocol) == 0;
}

static gboolean
kms_sdp_media_handler_add_media_extension_impl (KmsSdpMediaHandler * handler,
    KmsISdpMediaExtension * ext)
{
  handler->priv->extensions = g_slist_append (handler->priv->extensions, ext);

  return TRUE;
}

static gboolean
is_direction_attr_present (const GstSDPMedia * media)
{
  guint i, len;

  len = gst_sdp_media_attributes_len (media);

  for (i = 0; i < len; i++) {
    const GstSDPAttribute *attr;

    attr = gst_sdp_media_get_attribute (media, i);
    if (sdp_utils_attribute_is_direction (attr, NULL)) {
      return TRUE;
    }
  }

  return FALSE;
}

static gboolean
kms_sdp_media_handler_can_insert_attribute_impl (KmsSdpMediaHandler * handler,
    const GstSDPMedia * offer, const GstSDPAttribute * attr,
    GstSDPMedia * media, const GstSDPMessage * msg)
{
  guint i, len;
  GSList *l;

  if (sdp_utils_is_attribute_in_media (media, attr)) {
    return FALSE;
  }

  if (sdp_utils_attribute_is_direction (attr, NULL)) {
    return !is_direction_attr_present (media);
  }

  len = G_N_ELEMENTS (attributes);

  for (i = 0; i < len; i++) {
    if (g_strcmp0 (attr->key, attributes[i].name) == 0) {
      return attributes[i].accept (offer, attr, media, msg);
    }
  }

  for (l = handler->priv->extensions; l != NULL; l = g_slist_next (l)) {
    KmsISdpMediaExtension *ext = KMS_I_SDP_MEDIA_EXTENSION (l->data);

    if (kms_i_sdp_media_extension_can_insert_attribute (ext, offer, attr, media,
            msg)) {
      return TRUE;
    }
  }

  return FALSE;
}

static gboolean
kms_sdp_media_handler_intersect_sdp_medias_impl (KmsSdpMediaHandler * handler,
    const GstSDPMedia * offer, GstSDPMedia * answer, const GstSDPMessage * msg,
    GError ** error)
{
  g_set_error_literal (error, KMS_SDP_AGENT_ERROR, SDP_AGENT_UNEXPECTED_ERROR,
      "Not implemented");

  return FALSE;
}

static gboolean
kms_sdp_media_handler_init_offer_impl (KmsSdpMediaHandler * handler,
    const gchar * media, GstSDPMedia * offer, const GstSDPMedia * prev_offer,
    GError ** error)
{
  g_set_error_literal (error, KMS_SDP_AGENT_ERROR, SDP_AGENT_UNEXPECTED_ERROR,
      "Media offert initialization is not implemented");

  return FALSE;
}

static gboolean
kms_sdp_media_handler_add_offer_attributes_impl (KmsSdpMediaHandler * handler,
    GstSDPMedia * offer, const GstSDPMedia * prev_offer, GError ** error)
{
  GError *err = NULL;
  GSList *l;
  gint i;

  /* Add bandwidth attributes */
  for (i = 0; i < handler->priv->bwtypes->len; i++) {
    GstSDPBandwidth *bw;

    bw = &g_array_index (handler->priv->bwtypes, GstSDPBandwidth, i);
    gst_sdp_media_add_bandwidth (offer, bw->bwtype, bw->bandwidth);
  }

  for (l = handler->priv->extensions; l != NULL; l = g_slist_next (l)) {
    KmsISdpMediaExtension *ext = KMS_I_SDP_MEDIA_EXTENSION (l->data);

    if (!kms_i_sdp_media_extension_add_offer_attributes (ext, offer, &err)) {
      GST_ERROR_OBJECT (ext, "%s", err->message);
      g_clear_error (&err);
    }
  }

  return TRUE;
}

static gboolean
kms_sdp_media_handler_init_answer_impl (KmsSdpMediaHandler * handler,
    const GstSDPMedia * offer, GstSDPMedia * answer, GError ** error)
{
  g_set_error_literal (error, KMS_SDP_AGENT_ERROR, SDP_AGENT_UNEXPECTED_ERROR,
      "Media answer initialization is not implemented");

  return FALSE;
}

static gboolean
kms_sdp_media_handler_add_answer_attributes_impl (KmsSdpMediaHandler * handler,
    const GstSDPMedia * offer, GstSDPMedia * answer, GError ** error)
{
  GError *err = NULL;
  GSList *l;
  gint i;

  /* Add bandwidth attributes */
  for (i = 0; i < handler->priv->bwtypes->len; i++) {
    GstSDPBandwidth *bw;

    bw = &g_array_index (handler->priv->bwtypes, GstSDPBandwidth, i);
    gst_sdp_media_add_bandwidth (answer, bw->bwtype, bw->bandwidth);
  }

  for (l = handler->priv->extensions; l != NULL; l = g_slist_next (l)) {
    KmsISdpMediaExtension *ext = KMS_I_SDP_MEDIA_EXTENSION (l->data);

    if (!kms_i_sdp_media_extension_add_answer_attributes (ext, offer, answer,
            &err)) {
      GST_ERROR_OBJECT (ext, "%s", err->message);
      g_clear_error (&err);
    }
  }

  return TRUE;
}

static gboolean
kms_sdp_media_handler_set_id_impl (KmsSdpMediaHandler * handler, guint id,
    GError ** error)
{
  if (handler->priv->id >= 0) {
    g_set_error (error, KMS_SDP_AGENT_ERROR, SDP_AGENT_UNEXPECTED_ERROR,
        "Media handler already has an assigned id = %u", handler->priv->id);
    return FALSE;
  }

  handler->priv->id = id;

  return TRUE;
}

static void
kms_sdp_media_handler_class_init (KmsSdpMediaHandlerClass * klass)
{
  GObjectClass *gobject_class;

  gobject_class = G_OBJECT_CLASS (klass);
  gobject_class->get_property = kms_sdp_media_handler_get_property;
  gobject_class->set_property = kms_sdp_media_handler_set_property;
  gobject_class->finalize = kms_sdp_media_handler_finalize;

  g_object_class_install_property (gobject_class, PROP_PROTO,
      g_param_spec_string ("proto", "Protocol",
          "Media protocol", NULL,
          G_PARAM_READWRITE | G_PARAM_CONSTRUCT_ONLY | G_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS));

  g_object_class_install_property (gobject_class, PROP_ADDR,
      g_param_spec_string ("addr", "Address", "Address", NULL,
          G_PARAM_READWRITE | G_PARAM_CONSTRUCT | G_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS));

  g_object_class_install_property (gobject_class, PROP_ADDR_TYPE,
      g_param_spec_string ("addr-type",
          "Address type", "Address type either IP4 or IP6", DEFAULT_ADDR_TYPE,
          G_PARAM_READWRITE | G_PARAM_CONSTRUCT | G_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS));

  g_object_class_install_property (gobject_class, PROP_ID,
      g_param_spec_int ("id", "Identifier",
          "Identifier assigned by an SDP agent", -1, G_MAXINT, -1,
          G_PARAM_READABLE | G_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS));

  g_object_class_install_property (gobject_class, PROP_INDEX,
      g_param_spec_int ("index", "SDP Index",
          "Index which this handler has in the SDP message", -1, G_MAXINT, -1,
          G_PARAM_READABLE | G_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS));

  klass->set_id = kms_sdp_media_handler_set_id_impl;
  klass->create_offer = kms_sdp_media_handler_create_offer_impl;
  klass->create_answer = kms_sdp_media_handler_create_answer_impl;
  klass->process_answer = kms_sdp_media_handler_process_answer_impl;
  klass->add_bandwidth = kms_sdp_media_handler_add_bandwidth_impl;
  klass->manage_protocol = kms_sdp_media_handler_manage_protocol_impl;
  klass->add_media_extension = kms_sdp_media_handler_add_media_extension_impl;

  klass->can_insert_attribute = kms_sdp_media_handler_can_insert_attribute_impl;
  klass->intersect_sdp_medias = kms_sdp_media_handler_intersect_sdp_medias_impl;

  klass->init_offer = kms_sdp_media_handler_init_offer_impl;
  klass->add_offer_attributes = kms_sdp_media_handler_add_offer_attributes_impl;

  klass->init_answer = kms_sdp_media_handler_init_answer_impl;
  klass->add_answer_attributes =
      kms_sdp_media_handler_add_answer_attributes_impl;

  g_type_class_add_private (klass, sizeof (KmsSdpMediaHandlerPrivate));
}

static void
kms_sdp_media_handler_init (KmsSdpMediaHandler * self)
{
  self->priv = KMS_SDP_MEDIA_HANDLER_GET_PRIVATE (self);
  self->priv->bwtypes = g_array_new (FALSE, TRUE, sizeof (GstSDPBandwidth));
  g_array_set_clear_func (self->priv->bwtypes,
      (GDestroyNotify) gst_sdp_bandwidth_clear);
  self->priv->id = -1;
  self->priv->parent = NULL;
}

GstSDPMedia *
kms_sdp_media_handler_create_offer (KmsSdpMediaHandler * handler,
    const gchar * media, const GstSDPMedia * prev_offer, GError ** error)
{
  g_return_val_if_fail (KMS_IS_SDP_MEDIA_HANDLER (handler), NULL);

  return KMS_SDP_MEDIA_HANDLER_GET_CLASS (handler)->create_offer (handler,
      media, prev_offer, error);
}

GstSDPMedia *
kms_sdp_media_handler_create_answer (KmsSdpMediaHandler * handler,
    const GstSDPMessage * msg, const GstSDPMedia * offer, GError ** error)
{
  g_return_val_if_fail (KMS_IS_SDP_MEDIA_HANDLER (handler), NULL);

  return KMS_SDP_MEDIA_HANDLER_GET_CLASS (handler)->create_answer (handler,
      msg, offer, error);
}

gboolean
kms_sdp_media_handler_process_answer (KmsSdpMediaHandler * handler,
    const GstSDPMedia * answer, GError ** error)
{
  g_return_val_if_fail (KMS_IS_SDP_MEDIA_HANDLER (handler), FALSE);

  return KMS_SDP_MEDIA_HANDLER_GET_CLASS (handler)->process_answer (handler,
      answer, error);
}

void
kms_sdp_media_handler_add_bandwidth (KmsSdpMediaHandler * handler,
    const gchar * bwtype, guint bandwidth)
{
  g_return_if_fail (KMS_IS_SDP_MEDIA_HANDLER (handler));

  return KMS_SDP_MEDIA_HANDLER_GET_CLASS (handler)->add_bandwidth (handler,
      bwtype, bandwidth);
}

gboolean
kms_sdp_media_handler_manage_protocol (KmsSdpMediaHandler * handler,
    const gchar * protocol)
{
  g_return_val_if_fail (KMS_IS_SDP_MEDIA_HANDLER (handler), FALSE);

  return KMS_SDP_MEDIA_HANDLER_GET_CLASS (handler)->manage_protocol (handler,
      protocol);
}

gboolean
kms_sdp_media_handler_add_media_extension (KmsSdpMediaHandler * handler,
    KmsISdpMediaExtension * ext)
{
  g_return_val_if_fail (KMS_IS_SDP_MEDIA_HANDLER (handler), FALSE);
  g_return_val_if_fail (KMS_IS_I_SDP_MEDIA_EXTENSION (ext), FALSE);

  return
      KMS_SDP_MEDIA_HANDLER_GET_CLASS (handler)->add_media_extension (handler,
      ext);
}

gboolean
kms_sdp_media_handler_set_id (KmsSdpMediaHandler * handler, guint id,
    GError ** error)
{
  g_return_val_if_fail (KMS_IS_SDP_MEDIA_HANDLER (handler), FALSE);

  return KMS_SDP_MEDIA_HANDLER_GET_CLASS (handler)->set_id (handler, id, error);
}

gboolean
kms_sdp_media_handler_set_parent (KmsSdpMediaHandler * handler,
    KmsSdpAgent * parent, GError ** error)
{
  g_return_val_if_fail (KMS_IS_SDP_MEDIA_HANDLER (handler), FALSE);
  g_return_val_if_fail (KMS_IS_SDP_AGENT (parent), FALSE);

  if (handler->priv->parent != NULL) {
    g_set_error_literal (error, KMS_SDP_AGENT_ERROR, SDP_AGENT_UNEXPECTED_ERROR,
        "Handler already has a parent");
    return FALSE;
  }

  handler->priv->parent = parent;

  return TRUE;
}

void
kms_sdp_media_handler_remove_parent (KmsSdpMediaHandler * handler)
{
  g_return_if_fail (KMS_IS_SDP_MEDIA_HANDLER (handler));

  handler->priv->parent = NULL;
}

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Home TV Friends Reunion Happening, Finally!
Friends Reunion Happening, Finally!
Best news for American TV show 'Friends' devotees- Yes, after 12 years it's finally happening! The most beloved Friends are having a reunion and everybody is invited.
Friends cast members- Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry and David Schwimmer- will be featuring together in a two-hour special for a tribute to the sitcom director, James Burrows.
NBC made the announcement at a Television Critics Association panel in Pasadena, on Wednesday.
"I am hoping all six Friends will be in the same room at the same time but it may not be logistically possible to pull off," said NBC chief Robert Greenblatt. Still there is a high probability that the whole group will be seen to honor the veteran director.
Burrows finished directing 1000 episodes for television including installments of Friends, reported Entertainment Weekly.
We are really rooting for this one. Keep your fingers crossed Friends fans.
The programme is slated to broadcast on Sunday, February 21.
Matthew Perry will not be joining the reunion as he is rehearsing for a play in London.
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Music Book Club
Keith Richards' Life
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Not a normal life, but a darn interesting read.
No one reading Keith Richards' Life should expect the book to describe a normal one. Massive amounts of drugs, especially heroin, legal battles in the court and on the street, fights and accidents. Who knew that he carries a knife and knows how to use it?
All this makes for fascinating reading, if you are interested in drug stories. He began with pharmaceutical grade cocaine and heroin, tried everything else and is hardly apologetic. But if you want to learn about his relationships with his bandmates, for example, forget it.
Obviously he couldn't get away with writing a book without describing his love/hate relationship with Mick Jaggar, but other brief mentions of his dislike for Brian Jones (whose girlfriend he stole) and his huge respect for Charlie Watts, the other Rolling Stones are largely absent from this story. Richards' best friends were Stones saxophonist Bobby Keys and other musicians like Gram Parsons, fellow heroin users and wild men.
So don't read Keith Richards' Life for another history of the Rolling Stones. Read it to hear Richards' story, as he tells it. His passion for music is especially compelling. Although they are known for rock and roll, in the beginning the Stones were a blues band, Chicago style, in the vein of Muddy Waters, who Richards both idolized and studied intensely.
I found his development as a guitarist especially interesting – his signature five-string tuning and method of writing the Stones' biggest hits. Life is a good story, written in a conversational style, which will put off readers who aren't interested in the ups and downs of a junkie or don't want to hear women referred to as bitches.
Me, I liked it a lot – what do we expect from Keith Richards? A normal life?
Fun BNL Facts
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Did you know that "Million Dollars" was a gag song?
Aside from the fact that they are named after something that they love (and let's face it, lots of people love bare naked ladies; it's one of the most common forms of art in the world) and pretty much just wanted to shock an audience with, and the fact that they're on just about every children's movie soundtrack of all time, how much do you really know about the Barenaked Ladies?
Here are just a few facts about this band that has such a huge following, along with a pretty large pool of haters…
The original duo bonded over being camp counselors. Remember that one time at band camp? Well, it was probably pretty different for Ed Robertson and Steven Page—but they still made music together, albeit a different kind.
The BNL are Canadians. So in addition to Bryan Adams and Alanis Morissette, we have these guys!
The band has sold over 15 million records.
My favorite BNL song, "If I Had a Million Dollars," is apparently a song that inspires pasta pelting. Audiences are known to throw macaroni and cheese at the band while they play the song, which is kind of funny and gross at the same time. I must admit, the whole "Kraft dinner" part of the song is my favorite—and I like the live version better than the radio one.
If you're looking for an official fan club to join, you might not want to search for Barenaked Ladies Fan Club; instead, search for The Ladies Room. Members get access to lots of different concert specials, and have been known to receive Christmas CDs from the band as well.
The band is known to make up lots of jokes, impromptu songs about their gig locations, raps containing lyrics from a multitude of other songs, and anecdotes of their travels as they perform, making them a pretty big hit when it comes to their live performances. They have also requested that all fans in attendance give them their socks and held question and answer sessions with fans during concert shows.
"Another Postcard," one of my daughter's favorite songs (and therefore one of the most annoying songs in the world, as I've had to hear it so often!), was written as a joke when one of the member's children received a postcard featuring a chimpanzee.
For lots of other facts about the Barenaked Ladies, click here.
BNL private fan club!
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I'm sorry to say, but it seems that fans of The Bare Naked Ladies are far and few between. Those of you who are still in love with the band, may find it difficult to find others who are willing to discuss the music and past 'successes' of the crew. Well, in my area there are actually a few band fan clubs that get together to discuss the music, the members and anything else their little hearts desire. I was thinking this would be such a great idea for those of you who are looking to find fellow fans of the old, but yet, still not forgotten band.
If you're not familiar with the process of setting up your own fan club- it's really quite simple. You can hold the club at your house, or the home of a friend. You can start out small and just offer coffee to the members of the club, but by accepting a weekly donation of $1.00 per member, the group will be able to offer more snacks and drinks to those attending the fan club. After you decide on the location, you can advertise your new fan club using online social networks or putting flyers around the town.
The club may start off small at first, but eventually through word of mouth and passing out flyers, you're Bare Naked Ladies fan club may grow to be quite large and you'll have lots of people to share your fan devotion feelings with. Even if the club remains tiny, only having a few members, you'll be able to share with those members and possibly develop some friendships with others who have similar interests.
The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band
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What comes to mind when you think of Motley Crue? Eighties hair metal anthems that were only slightly better than those by Poison or Warrant? Or their reputation as one of the wildest rock bands ever?
If the second answer is a better description of Motley Crue for you, then you have The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band to thank for it. This is the tell-all semi-autobiography of a band that somehow seems to live on in popularity, despite being generally mediocre and overshadowed by many other bands of their generation.
With the help of an editor/writer, the book is written by the band members themselves, switching perspectives between the four of them, although bassist and songwriter Nikki Sixx gets the most time.
You will hear all about Sixx's heroin addiction, guitarist Mick Mars' chronic back problems, how singer Vince Neil killed another hair metal musician in a car accident, and way too much about drummer Tommy Lee's Baywatch/Playboy relationships. The band members don't exactly come across as likeable, but they certainly are interesting.
I was in middle school when Dr. Feelgood came out. At the time I wouldn't have been caught dead listening to it. They weren't nearly heavy enough for me at 12 years old – I much preferred Metallica, Iron Maiden, the Misfits, or Black Sabbath.
But I read The Dirt when it came out long after Dr. Feelgood came and went. Anyone who wasn't a fan had already forgotten about Motley Crue. I enjoyed the book a lot and, yes, it even made me appreciate the band a little more. They aren't Mozart, but decent rockin' strip club music.
If you have the slightest interest at all in Motley Crue or rock and roll debauchery, then don't miss The Dirt.
Phantom Of The Opera is one of those unforgettable and timeless masterpieces that almost everyone has heard about or enjoyed at some point of their life. Although many people would not consider it to be a traditional opera, it is nonetheless still a beautiful work and has fascinated people internationally for decades. There have been countless performances of Phantom Of The Opera from touring groups, Broadway, movies, and even its own show in Las Vegas at the Venetian Hotel. With the amount of popularity that this one story has attracted, it's only expected that the story is remarkable.
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The Phantom Of The Opera was originally a novel that was written by Gaston Leroux. Ironically, when it was first published, it was not very successful as a book and was often times not even available in print for this reason. Although there were film and performance adaptations of the story, it never really gained true popularity until Andrew Lloyd Webber transformed it into a musical performance. His musical adaptation of the story in 1986 was the true format that allowed Phantom Of The Opera to shine and develop into the popular existence that it has now.
Not forgetting the stunning vocal quality that most performers have shared during their time spent depicting roles in The Phantom of The Opera, perhaps one of the most endearing factors of this story can be found in the love triangle that is ultimately between Erik, Christine, and Raoul -- for although at times the Phantom could be considered to be purely obsessed with Christine, he ultimately loves her, even though her heart is still to remain with her childhood friend and love interest, Raoul.
The Real Frank Zappa Book
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I have to admit that I read The Real Frank Zappa Book a long time ago. I still remember it as being one of the best books by a musician that I have ever read. Zappa was a wild guy who surrounded himself by wild people – musicians, artists, creeps and just plain weirdoes.
Zappa's music is very hit-or-miss. Some of his albums, especially the jazz/rock of Hot Rats or the comedy rock of Apostrophe, appeal to the masses, while others are just plain peculiar, like the classical music he made in his last years, such as on the Yellow Shark, his last album before his death. Or, some of it is just plain terrible, like his do-wop excursion Cruisin' With Ruben and the Jets or the very promisingly titled but ultimately disappointing Jazz From Hell. (I'm sure that many people love these albums, however.)
Unlike Zappa's musical output, The Real Frank Zappa book is pure gold. He was a sharp, inquisitive man who embraced weirdness while sticking to a someone rigid value system. As odd as his sensibilities were, he tolerated no drug use whatsoever, much like he had no love for religion or conservative politics.
His musical journey and legacy is legendary. And, like his music, humor plays a major part in the book. You have characters like Bill the Mannequin F***er and the guy who was addicted to electricity.
You don't have to be a Frank Zappa fan to like this book, just like how you don't need to be a Frank Zappa fan to enjoy Hot Rats. You just have to give the man a chance.
The Phish Book
In these times of internet-readiness I'm not sure why anyone would spend money on a book of photographs. Especially of a band. It seems like you could download any photo you want for free. Photos are promotion, after all, much like how the music itself is evolving into promotion for concerts, an activity that was always more lucrative for the band than for oft-exploitative record companies.
Now a huge exception for this argument is that, if you love Phish the band and you have a coffee table that lacks a coffee table book, then you will probably love Phish the book.
Phish – love 'em or hate 'em, you can't deny that they have made a huge impact on American music. And especially live music. The Phish Book documents their foray into massive popularity – 1996-1997, the years of their first major radio airplay - "Bouncing Round the Room" from A Live One - and their awe-inspiring 1997 summer tour which culminated in The Great Went, a three day music festival that included a giant nude photo and stellar musicianship.
The year The Phish Book came out was sometime around 2000. That summer I saw Phish's three night run in Deer Creek, Indiana. The last night was a grand occasion in the history of this vastly experimental band. They reworked one of their signature songs, "Chalkdust Torture," and frequently teased "Moby Dick" by Led Zeppelin. During the show singer/guitarist Trey Anastasio gave the band a tongue-in-cheek introduction, greatly pleasing those of us in the crowd who still felt a close connection to this now colossal, sensory-overload-inducing kick-ass rock band. "We are the Phish, buy the book, and see the movie."
If you saw them during those years or wish you had, then you will delight in thumbing through the pages of The Phish Book.
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If you're a die-hard fan, you'll probably own and would like to own a bunch of different stuff that represents the band. It was surprising to me to find just how many different things you can get with the band's name and/or picture on it. While looking around on the internet I found the typical items such as; t-shirts, sweatshirts and hats. But, I also found coffee mugs, pajama pants, buttons, posters, notebooks, pencils and more. There seems to be no end to the amount of items the band has to sell, and from what I've gathered, these items continue to sell quite often and companies continue to restock them.
I guess it's a good thing for the band. I'm guessing their probably not making too much money from their CD's because, let's face it- the band is old news and everyone who is a big fan of the band already owns a copy of each CD, including the never released hits that someone surfaced on the web. So anyway, I bet these products are still bringing it quite a bit of money for the band long after their retirement from the music industry.
For those of you looking to add some new items to your bare naked ladies collection, I noticed that some of the prices on the web were absolutely ridiculous. I'm sorry, but I refuse to pay $60.00 for a sweat shirt for a band that wasn't even legendary. If you're looking to get some nice things without paying a fortune, you'd benefit from checking out Amazon and EBay. I actually found quite a bit of items for prices that were more than reasonable.
The bands fan club
For those of you out there who are huge fans of 'The Bare Naked Ladies', did you know there is a fan club for the band that is still going strong? Yes, that's right. The last post on the fan site was in late January, and although the band is no longer together- their legend surely lives within their fans. At this time, the fan page is also offering an exclusive opportunity for those who join.
From my understanding, you are required to pay a fee if you want to join the fan club. I'm not sure how much, because I'm definitely not that much of a fan- However, upon joining you get a free BNL t-shirt and a member's only keychain! From looking through the fan site, it certainly has everything that any fan could possibly want all in one place.
A forum is available so that fans can get together to discuss the band. There is a live music area, a picture area, a blog and show information. The fan club also links to a store where you can buy all the Bare Naked ladies items your little heart desires. The news archive also features easy to access links of everything that's been put on the fan page since the creation in 2009. An extras area on the page offers an area where you can get free wallpapers from your computer and AIM icon downloads featuring the band.
Pass the word on for those you know who love the band. The club seems to be doing well and has enough members to keep the fan page up, active and full of new posts.
The Math Behind the Music
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If you aren't a musician then this book will bore the hell out of you. Unless of course you love math. Then the book has a fighting chance to be interesting.
I'm a musician. I also can barely do basic math like long division. I read The Math Behind the Music, and it was interesting. Turns out math and music go hand in hand, like music and dancing. Well, maybe not the relationship isn't quite that close, but the principals of mathematics form some of the fundamentals of the creation of music, if that makes any sense at all.
For example, have you ever wondered about the relative thicknesses and lengths of piano strings? Why some are longer than others? Well, they are divided mathematically. It's the same with guitar strings. When you put your finger on the string and pluck it, you are dividing the string mathematically and changing the tone in a mathematical way. The layout of the fretboard is determined that way.
The Math Behind the Music also goes into some of the musical applications of math, such as the patterns used in change ringing, long passages of church tower bell ringing. It sounds like total chaos, but the old folks yanking those chords are actually following a set algorithm, if it can be called that. I told you I don't really know what I'm talking about. But the cool thing about the book is that if you are a musician, you don't really have to know much about math to understand the concepts of how math is used in music.
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Wallace Stevens (1879 – 1955)
Wallace Stevens's Memorial at Cedar Hill
Born in Reading, PA, Wallace Stevens enrolled at Harvard in 1897 but left without a degree in 1900. Soon thereafter, he enrolled in New York Law School and graduated with a law degree in 1903. Stevens went on to work for various law firms and insurance companies before moving to Hartford in 1916 and joining Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company where he stayed for the remainder of his life.
In addition to living as a businessman, Stevens was a poet and was recognized as being one of the most significant American poets of the 20th century. In 1946, he was elected to the National Institute of Arts and Letters and in 1950 received the Bollingen Prize in Poetry. In 1955, the same year of his death, Stevens was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry and the National Book Award.
Considered a bit of an odd character by those around him, Stevens was called a "Grumpy Genius," and he characterized himself as the "hermit of poetry." In 1904, he met his future wife Elsie Viola Kachel. They married in 1909, but Stevens' parents considered her to be beneath him and no one from his family attended their wedding. This resulted in Stevens cutting off ties with his family, and he never again spoke with his parents until after the death of his father. Stevens and Elsie had one child, a daughter named Holly, who was born in 1924.
On August 2, 1955 at the age of 75, Wallace Stevens died of cancer. For 39 years, Stevens walked to work from his home at 118 Westerly Terrace to the Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company. Following his death, the Wallace Stevens walk was formed – developed along the same route Stevens used to walk were placed 13 granite blocks each with a stanza from Stevens' poem "Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird." In addition, the Hartford Insurance Company commemorated their long-time employee and eventual vice-president by naming their theatre after him.
Connecticut Museum Quest. Wallace Stevens Walk. Accessed at http://www.ctmuseumquest.com/?page_id=4186 in August 2010.
The Poetry Foundation. Wallace Stevens. Accessed at http://www.poetryfoundation.org/archive/poet.html?id=6576 in August 2010.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Wallace Stevens: Biography and Recollections by Acquaintances. Accessed at http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/poets/s_z/stevens/bio.htm in August 2010.
Wikipedia. Wallace Stevens. Accessed at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallace_Stevens in August 2010.
Photo Credit: Wallace Stevens Memorial, Cedar Hill Cemetery


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In the most ingenious and provocative thriller yet from the acclaimed New York Times bestselling author Jeffery Deaver, a conscience-plagued mobster turned government hitman struggles to find his moral compass amid rampant treachery and betrayal in 1936 Berlin. Paul Schumann, a German American living in New York City in 1936, is a mobster hitman known as much for his brilliant tactics as for taking only "righteous" assignments. But then Paul gets caught. And the arresting officer offers him a stark choice: prison or covert government service. Paul is asked to pose as a journalist covering the summer Olympics taking place in Berlin. He's to hunt down and kill Reinhard Ernst -- the ruthless architect of Hitler's clandestine rearmament. If successful, Paul will be pardoned and given the financial means to go legit; if he refuses the job, his fate will be Sing Sing and the electric chair. Paul travels to Germany, takes a room in a boardinghouse near the Tiergarten -- the huge park in central Berlin but also, literally, the "Garden of Beasts" -- and begins his hunt. In classic Deaver fashion, the next forty-eight hours are a feverish cat-and-mouse chase, as Paul stalks Ernst through Berlin while a dogged Berlin police officer and the entire Third Reich apparatus search frantically for the American. Garden of Beasts is packed with fascinating period detail and features a cast of perfectly realized locals, Olympic athletes and senior Nazi officials -- some real, some fictional. With hairpin plot twists, the reigning "master of ticking-bomb suspense" (People) plumbs the nerve-jangling paranoia of prewar Berlin and steers the story to a breathtaking and wholly unpredictable ending.
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The space station scientist has found the best way imaginable to pass the lonely hours away from earth.
One thing about life on the International Space Station: You end up with a lot of time on your hands. Really, apparently, a lot. And while most of us, should we find ourselves bored, could remedy the situation by going on a walk or catching a movie ... if you live out in space, not so much.
Lucky for us, though, astronaut Don Pettit has found a totally worthwhile way to pass the time not spent berthing space capsules, installing scientific equipment, being a bold explorer into the final frontier, etc. Pettit has been orchestrating space-based science demonstrations, broadcasting them to earth via YouTube in a series he calls Science off the Sphere.
Pettit is clearly incredibly excited about these demonstrations -- and his enthusiasm makes for buoyant viewing, even in zero gravity. A couple weeks ago, the astronaut, chemical engineer, and Eagle Scout took zero-gravitied water droplets and used sound waves to manipulate them. It was beautiful and powerful and weird. Yesterday, though, Pettit outdid himself -- by stripping down to a seemingly self-cut muscle T, taking a vacuum cleaner hose, and using said hose to create a makeshift, spaceborn didgeridoo.
None of that is a typo.
Don Pettit: scientist, explorer, teacher, musician. Prepare to be charmed.


To many people the quality of the food at a wedding is as important as anything else. For your friends and family attending your wedding, chances are it won't be much different. Think about the weddings you have attended in the past yourself: the food you had is most likely the first thing that comes to mind. Some weddings are spoiled in this way because although the venue might be pretty, if this is of poor quality and badly prepared and served then the day can be ruined.
This is not the case at Rebate and whether you have an intimate party of 25 or a large group of 100 or more the quality with be the same.
The food at Rebate is excellent, from canapés (hot and cold) served after the ceremony with cava or champagne through the starters, fish dishes and meat courses to the puddings it is all first class.
The restaurant manager is knowledgeable, friendly, keen to please and speaks good English. He and his family are so confident that you will like what they have to offer that they will provide a tasting dinner free of charge for people who book one of the packages with 25 guests or more on this website so that they may sample and approve the food and wines that they choose.
Our affordable packages provide a choice of menus and wines and include water, beer and soft drinks as well, to give you the peace of mind of knowing exactly what you have to pay in advance and this will not increase if uncle Harry consumes more than the amount of wine you bargained for.
There are two dining areas inside dependent upon the number of guests to a maximum of 250 and dining outside on the terrace is a romantic and pleasant experience on a good day, of which there are many in this beautiful part of Spain.
We recommend the food at Rebate without reservation, having sampled it often! We know you will be pleased too.
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SAT receives makeover
Carter Diggs, Staff Writer
Over the years, two giants have stood at the top of standardized tests: the ACT and the SAT – not unlike how DC and Marvel hold precedence over the comic book realm or Disney and Dreamworks over animated films.
The two have formed a rivalry of sorts, with each of the tests being preferred over the other in different areas. If one wishes to attend a high-standard college up north, the SAT is his or her best bet. In the South, the ACT is the most requested.
This has been changing, however, going out of the SAT's favor.
As time has gone on, the ACT has continued to improve and streamline itself, making itself accessible, but still challenging enough to accurately gauge a student's critical skills. On the other hand, the SAT has remained fairly static over the years, and is now beginning to reap the consequences.
In recent years, the number of students registering to take the SAT has begun to drop off due to the large amount of criticism being hurtled toward it and a steadily growing preference of the ACT nationwide.
The ones behind the SAT are looking to change that.
Slated for March 2016, rippling changes have been decided for the SAT – some small, some large. These changes have been made in order to modernize the test and bring it closer in level of accessibility to the ACT.
Some of the most minor changes, such as the removal of penalties for wrong answers, make a huge shift in students' perception of the test. This means that when students take the test they can make guesses in order to score a few more potential points without the possibility of heavy penalties.
"Just like the ACT," says Walter Freeman, the test prep teacher at OHS, "don't leave any questions unanswered."
The number of answer choices have dropped from five to four, which gives students who might be having trouble with a question a greater chance of getting the answer correct. To cite the Paradox of Choice, the reduction might also lead to decreased stress for students.
A wider change to the test comes in the form of certain sections being made optional or combined. The essay portion is now an optional section, another similarity to the ACT, and Reading and Writing have been collapsed into one section.
The complexity and diction choice of the vocabulary selected for the English section has now been changed to reflect more on words that one would use in everyday life.
"The words that used to be on it were sort of archaic," says OHS Assistant Principal Paul Ross. "It was more like the test makers were trying to purposefully find words that kids would not know. Now it's ones that are said on a day-to-day basis."
Another change to the English section and partially to the test as a whole, the test has shifted its focus to primarily value critical thinking and reasoning skills. Even with the simplified diction, passages will involve complex questions that require more mental structure to answer than in the past, with there being multiple steps to reach the answer on many questions.
"It's not going to be as black and white now," says Ross.
Finally, the scoring system has been altered. Instead of grading on a scale from 600 to 1240, the new SAT's scoring will go from 400 to 1600. The expected median score is 1000 and a good score (75th percentile) is estimated to be around 1150.
Along with the changes to the test, many new benefits for students have also been introduced.
CollegeBoard, which compiles much of the SAT information for OHS, has started a new program – AP Potential. Once a student is scored on the test, statistics are provided relating to an estimated potential for AP classes.
Depending on how well the students perform on a section of the test, a percentage is given to students on how likely it is for the student to pass on the AP Exam (make a 3 or above) for the said class.
"Administrators can now help students sign up for classes that they would do well in and stay away from ones that they might do poorly in," Ross said.
The SAT has also now teamed up with Khan Academy, a site that gives lessons and review tests on subjects, and has given them exclusive access to SAT functions. With the union, Khan Academy now gives out a free downloadable SAT practice test and uses personalized lessons to help students improve their scores.
Whether one perceives the changes to the SAT are sincere efforts to benefit itself or just it trying to copycat after the ACT, the alterations made have immensely helped to give the test a broader appeal and provide meaningful, lasting benefits to students that might help them later in their school life.
Carter Diggs, Entertainment Editor
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Sun-drying is about the easiest and best method of preserving tomatoes going around. I dry mine in a batch at a time, as I don't have a very big drying rack. This ongoing process over the summer is aided by the fact that we seem to have a four day on/two or three day off cycle of heat at the moment. But for next summer I plan to develop a larger rack, using a fly-wire window, to increase the quantities of production.
I have a preference for using the Principessa Borghese tomato, which was bred specifically for sun-drying by the Borgheses. It's a small, slightly plum-shaped tomato and, true to its purpose, it's unbelievably good when sun-dried. Obviously any tomato variety can be used but the larger the fruit, the longer the drying process will take.
Day Two: Here are my babies at the end of two days in the sun, with the drying process well-established. The aim is to remove up to 90% of the moisture from the tomatoes. For semi-dried tomatoes, three days is probably enough, but you'll need to store them in olive oil. Of course fully dried tomatoes can be stored this way as well, by re-hydrating them (see below) and adding herbs, chillis and garlic to the oil to taste. But I like to store them in an airtight jar, re-hydrating them throughout the year as required. This way they retain their intense flavour and freshness. That said, the oil from marinated tomatoes is fantastic and can be used in cooking once the tomatoes are all eaten.
Once your tomatoes have reached a sufficient state of dryness, store them in an airtight jar or container. Re-hydrate your tomatoes before using them, by soaking them in water for 10 minutes or so, then drain. Once they've re-hydrated, you can marinate them in olive oil, fresh herbs, chillis and garlic. These can be used in a huge range of meals, from an antipasto to pizza, to pesto and pasta, and anything else you can come up with. I'd be interested in receiving inventive recipes that use sun-dried tomatoes, so feel free to send them in via Behind The Buzz.
Postcript: We've now made a bigger rack for drying tomatoes, using an off cut of fly-wire and some hardwood strips. I've covered a board with aluminum foil to provide reflection from underneath and I can now sun-dry tomatoes in quantities that will last us through the off-season.


This is where you hunt, but be careful because there may be predators.
I wander around the hunting grounds, looking for some food. I finally stop and see a rabbit, it's not big but it'll do. I chase after it and eventually pounce and bite down on it's neck.
I see a herd of elk."stop" I whisper to solstice as we reach the beginning of the meadow." We must stay hidden and wait for one to come near."
Lowers her body to the ground hiding and keeping quite watching Zeus admiring his technique listening carefully and scenting for elk. Solstice sees and elk and lowers her head more waiting for Zeus to say when, since she mostly chases to ware out the prey.
I see i need to go around to the other side of the heard for an ambush."when I get to the other side scare them toward me" I say to her disappearing into the forest.
Flicks her tail in agreement following his word she readied her muscles to spring when she knew he would be on the other side of the herd. Growling excitedly under her breath softly panting ready to chase.
I reach the other side. I hunker down in some bushes and wait.
Notices he is set and she flicks her tail ready and releases the tension on her muscles. Solstice springs forth giving off a loud bark to scare the elk to run from her towards Zeus. She focuses on him to see which one she has to chase and help with.
The herd rushes toward me. The bull is the first to reach me. 'oh well, here goes nothin' I think to myself. I launch from hideout and land on the bull, easily knocking it over. I sink my teeth and large talon like claws into its fleshy neck. I feel the life slowly start to fade from its body.
Solstice runs to catch up to where Zeus and the great bull are. Her tail wags happily watching zeus then turning and chasing off the cow elks growling and snapping my jowls around their legs. After they are backed away she turns back waiting for Zeus to kill the bull.
I start dragging the animal back to my resting area. Though it is quite large, it is very easy for me to do so.
Follows watching amazed in how large the kill was her tail moved quickly walking near thinking she would offer help but seeing how simple it was for him and remains silent. Her stomach grumbling softly.
I drop the kill outside the rest area. I howl to the rising sun. It is the deepest most bone chilling victory howl I have ever howled.
She shivers softly and drops her ears at the howl and tilts her muzzle up howling along trying best to match and sound as one wolf. Solstice when out of breath stops and watches Zeus carefully waiting for him to eat first as he was the one to kill the prey.
I start to eat. I eat into its front shoulders trying for the heart.
Watches silently sitting next to the large elk her eyes shift from him to the ground then to the sky watching the sun move slowly into the sky. Solstice's picking up the scent of the fresh kill her tail lashes softly as she waits. Her eyes tending to fall onto Zeus many times.
I rip out the hear and lungs. I eat them quickly and then move aside. I sit and wait.
Solstice stands and walks over lowering her body eatting quickly tearing at the hind leg muscles softly growling while eatting in pleasure wagging her tail. And pulls away when finished licking over her muzzle and turns to Zeus gently and smiles walking up slowly and licks some of the blood off his muzzle.
I turn my head. "Lets go near the pack. See if they have awakened" I say to her and toward the pack.
She nods softly following zeus toward the pack densite letting her ears fall back slightly thinking to herself. Staring straight forward toward the den.
I walk ever so quietly through the hunting grounds. So quietly and slowly its like i'm not even here. I stumble upon some human tracks. I follow them, anticipating a fight.


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Solstice Canyon is a park within the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area in Malibu, California. Located off Corral Canyon Road from Pacific Coast Highway, the canyon runs north-to-south about a mile east of Point Dume. The park opened on June 20, 1988 and was created out of land owned by the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy. Before becoming a park, the land was known as Roberts Ranch and, from 1961 to 1973, hosted a space research facility.

In 2003, a Chumash grave site was discovered within the park.

Notable structures

Keller
Around 1865, Matthew Keller built a stone cottage in the canyon as part of his Rancho Malibu. The structure is believed to be the oldest existing stone building in Malibu. After surviving countless wildfires, the structure was finally left in ruins by the 2007 Corral Canyon Fire.

Swinney
Cordelia and Henry Swinney built a wooden cabin in the 1880s inside the Malibu land grant. Swinney was told that he was on the wrong side of the boundary line, so he disassembled the cabin and moved it a few hundred feet north, across the Rancho Boundary. That is where Keller's stone house was built to replace the old wooden cabin. The stone house is still there today, and it marks the spot where Swinney moved his cabin to (just outside the property line).

Roberts
In 1952, Florence and Fred Roberts, founder, in the late 1920s, of Roberts Public Market chain based in Santa Monica, had a canyon home built. Paul Williams designed the house, later featured in Architectural Digest, notable for its blend of natural features within the design, including waterfalls, creeks and trees. The structure was razed by a wildfire in 1982, though its remains have become a popular hiking destination since the park opened in 1988.

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Humanitarian Aid Criminalized at the Border
Valeria Fernández
ARIVACA, Arizona - Humanitarian aid groups trying to avert migrant deaths on the U.S- Mexico border are facing increased roadblocks in their mission. The hazards are not connected to a spike in drug cartels' violence, but rather restrictions from the federal government.
Transporting a migrant in despair to a hospital could mean a volunteer is charged with human smuggling. A simple act of kindness like leaving water in the desert can be subject to penalties as well.
"We're being intimidated and criminalised as humanitarians," said Walt Staton, a 27-year-old volunteer with No More Deaths, a humanitarian aid group.
Staton knows this firsthand. He was convicted on Jun. 3 by a 12-person jury of "knowingly littering" for leaving unopened water jugs on the Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge southwest of Tucson, Arizona.
Arizona, the main gateway for undocumented migration into the U.S., is ground zero to a human rights crisis, according to border activists. In the summer, triple-digit temperatures in the remote Sonoran desert have caused a deadly toll.
Over the past decade, it is estimated that at least 5,000 men, women and children have lost their lives attempting to cross the U.S-Mexico border.
No More Deaths (NMD) has been providing help in the form of water and food to migrants. This June, for the sixth consecutive year, they set up a campsite 24 kms from the border with volunteers from all over the country.
Water can be a lifesaver in some of the most remote areas of the treacherous Sonoran desert, explained Steve Jonston, 64, a volunteer with NMD.
Daily, volunteers set up hundreds of gallon-sized water containers at drop points in some of the most heavily transited migrant trails. Once the jugs have been used, they recycle them.
By the time some of the migrants find them, they have spent from three to four days lost in the desert, Jonston said.
"To ticket Walt Staton for littering would be to ticket an ambulance for speeding," he told IPS.
But not everybody agrees on the approach.
"There's other ways it can be done," said Michael Hawkes, elected director and manager of the Buenos Aires Refuge. "Just leaving the jugs there is like leaving trash, it is like a McDonald's happy meal in front of your yard, it is trash."
Hawkes said garbage left by migrants during their trek has been a challenge for preserving the 117,000 acres refuge. He believes Border Patrol beacons, which allow migrants to call for rescue, are more effective than putting water.
The refuge currently allows for at least two water stations set up in the area by another volunteer group. But Jonston argues that's not nearly enough.
During the summer, temperatures reach up to 115 F (45 C) in the desert. Drinking as much as a gallon of water per hour might be necessary to survive, said Mario Escalante, a spokesperson for the Tucson Border Patrol.
"Most of the people attempting to cross don't have a clue where they are, they've never been here before," said Escalante.
Smugglers lie to migrants, giving them the false hope that they'll find water in the desert, he said. It's not uncommon for them to abandon migrants to their own luck, he added.
Camila Chigo, 24, was barely conscious when the Border Patrol found her on a side road. The migrant from Chiapas, Mexico was lost and alone for four days and later spent three hospitalised for heatstroke.
"I almost died," said Chigo, who spoke with IPS in a migrant shelter after being deported to Nogales, Sonora. Her arms revealed scars and scratches from the desert vegetation.
Humanitarian activists claim that the increased fortification of the border through the construction of a fence and deployment of manpower is to blame for stories like Chigo's.
"The border has been built in the most intentional way to use the desert as a deterrent, as a weapon that has cost thousands of lives," said Staton.
And extreme heat is not the only threat. As the business of human smuggling is getting more lucrative, migrants are often subject to kidnappings and women are exposed to sexual abuse and rape by border bandits.
Yet the Border Patrol in Tucson cites a decrease in the number of arrests this fiscal year -which began in October 2008 - as a sign of success of the border strategy.
Apprehensions are down from 235,800 in 2008 to 164,600 on 2009.
The death toll on the 262 miles of the Tucson border has increased from 79 fatalities in 2008 to 83 this year.
"The migrant death rate is going up. It's not necessarily the total number of deaths, it's the ratio of the number of people that are crossing and dying," said Rev. Robin Hoover, president of Humane Borders, a humanitarian group that provides water in the desert at 102 water stations.
Hoover claims increased enforcement is pushing people into more desolate areas, making it harder to reach them with aid. One of these main points is the Tohono O'odham nation land.
Mike Wilson, a Native American who has been leaving water tanks in the reservation, said that recently, tribal police officers told him to take them down.
"I respectfully declined," said Wilson, only to find out later that somebody had taken them away. Now he's substituting them with gallon jugs.
Humanitarian aid volunteers claim things have gotten more difficult in the last four years.
In 2005, volunteers Shanti Sellz and Daniel Strauss were accused of human smuggling after attempting to transport a group of injured migrants to the hospital. The charges against them were later dropped. Their case was the catalyst for launching a campaign to bring awareness called "Humanitarian aid is not a Crime".
Staton's is not the first case to go to court for littering charges.
In 2008, Dan Millis, another NMD volunteer, found the body of a 14-year-old girl from El Salvador in the desert. Motivated by the tragedy, two days later Millis was leaving water jugs around the migrant trails where he found her and was ticketed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. He refused to pay the 175-dollar fine and fought the littering misdemeanor charge on the grounds that humanitarian aid is not a crime.
The U.S federal attorney's office would not comment on Staton's case since his sentencing is pending for Aug. 4. He could face one year in jail or up to 10,000 dollars in fines.
Staton is planning to go to seminary school by then to become a Unitarian Universalist minister. He hopes his story brings attention to the human rights crisis on the border.
In 2008, the Special Rapporteur to the United Nations issued a report stating that the United States has failed to adhere to its international obligations to make the human rights of migrants a national priority.
"It's the responsibility of the people to come out and say we won't let these people die," said Staton. "Maybe we can't drive them somewhere, but we are just not going to let them die."
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Yerliağalı (also, Agalu and Yerli Agaly) is a village and municipality in the Barda Rayon of Azerbaijan.  It has a population of 191.

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Populated places in Barda District


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Two late goals for Peterborough United denied Fleetwood Town all three points as Town lost 3-2 at Highbury on Sunday.
Amari'i Bell gave Uwe Rosler's side a first half lead with a low driven finish, but Posh got back level early on in the second half through Michael Doughty's header inside the box.
Cian Bolger thought he won the match for the Cod Army with a volley inside the box seven minutes from time, but late strikes from Jack Marriott and Danny Lloyd gave Grant McCann's side an undeserved victory.
Rosler made three chances to the side that beat Hereford 2-0 on Thursday night, with Kyle Dempsey, Lewie Coyle and Nathan Pond coming into the starting line up. Jack Sowerby, Jordy Hiwula and Baily Cargill dropping to the bench.
The home side started off brightly by putting pressure on the Peterborough defence from two consecutive corners. Very similar to Thursday night with George Glendon taking the set piece, he drilled in the corner onto Nathan Pond's head, but the captain couldn't direct his header on target.
The visitors first effort of the match was a spectacular one by Marcus Maddison. The attacking midfielder found himself in space just inside the Town half, he saw Alex Cairns off his line, but the shot didn't cause the goalkeeper any problems.
Moments later Posh had a double chance to open the scoring. Lloyd – who came on for Edwards early on – picked up the ball inside the 18-yard box with his first shot blocked by Bolger. The ball managed to find its way back to the substitute, whose second effort narrowly missing the bottom corner of the goal.
Bell opened the scoring for Town just before the half hour mark. Devante Cole stormed down the left wing, played in a low cross into the box, which was intercepted but the clearance only managed to find Bell, who took on Steven Taylor before slotting the ball in the far corner.
Despite going a goal down, Posh continued to play their football in the Cod Army's half. After Marriott was brought down by Glendon, up stepped Maddison who went for the top corner on the free kick, but he saw his curling effort denied by Cairns who saw the ball all the way.
Town should have doubled their lead 10 minutes before half-time. Town were patient with their build up play down the right wing, and managed to put a cross into the box. It only to found Taylor, but with a sip eight-yards out, he allowed Cole to pick up the ball, turn and get a shot off at goal. Jonathan Bond saw it wide of his right hand post.
Kyle Dempsey tried his luck from long range with the referee's whistle about to be blown for the interval; but his strike was straight down the throat of Bond, and Town were a goal to the good at the halfway mark.
McCann's side got themselves back into the game courtesy of a Michael Doughty header. The midfielder timed his run perfectly into the 18-yard box to latch onto Maddison's cross and slotted it past Cairns. The away side continued to attack and went close to taking the lead.
Town responded well and went close seconds later through Dempsey. The midfielder was set up by Cole on the edge of the box but he saw his shot go agonising wide of the near post.
In the 77th minute, Glendon received the ball on the edge of the box after a well-worked move from back to front. Bell pushed up high on the left side, pulled it back to Glendon who didn't have much time to adjust his body, and his tame effort was save comfortably by Bond.
Straight down the other end; Maddison tried his luck again from long range, this time he made Cairns scamper back towards his goal line as the shot dipped at the last minute to hit the top of the crossbar.
Bolger gave Fleetwood the lead with less than ten minutes to go. From a Glendon corner, the ball bounced around the Peterborough box with the defender capitalised on the away team not clearing their lines and struck the ball home on the half volley.
Despite the late goal, Peterborough still had time to get back level at Highbury Stadium. Marriott scored in the 88th minute after a long ball by Maddison alluded the back three of Town. With Cairns coming out, the striker – who now had 18 goals for the season – lifted the ball over the on-rushing keeper to give the Posh fans hope.
The away side stole all three points after a late Maddison free-kick was parried by Cairns, with Lloyd pouncing on the ball to prod it into the back of the net.
With the last kick of the game, Cole found room between the two Posh defenders with Lewie Coyle's cross making its way to the striker. His header looked goal bound, but only hit the crossbar. that was the last attack of the match.
Peterborough United XI: Bond (GK), Hughes, Tafazolli (Miller 83'), Edwards (Lloyd 10'), Maddison, Penny, Lopes (Anderson 59'), Doughty, Taylor, Grant.


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Lisa Marie Presley Sues Manager for 'Reckless Mismanagement' of $100 Million Elvis Fortune
Lisa Marie Presley and her financial manager Barry Siegel are in a legal battle over who is responsible for whittling down the $100 million trust she inherited after the death of Elvis to just $14,000
By Dave Quinn
Lisa Marie Presley and her financial manager Barry Siegel are in a legal battle after it was revealed that she's $16.7 million in debt — Presley going after his "reckless and negligent mismanagement" of her inherited estate and Siegel claiming she "squandered" her own fortune due to her "excessive spending" habits.
According to two sets of documents obtained by PEOPLE and first published by The Blast, both are pointing fingers and demanding big bucks from the other.
In Presley's case, she claims Siegel spent 11 years whittling down the $100 million trust she inherited after the death of her father Elvis Presley in 1977 to just $14,000, dissipating her wealth "through his reckless and negligent mismanagement and self serving-ambition."
Much of that, she alleges, began in 2005 when Siegel sold 85 percent of her interest in Elvis Presley Enterprises in order to align himself with a famous investor tied to the holding company of American Idol. When that didn't pan out, Presley alleges he began liquidating her assets in order to supplement the trust income without informing her, putting "his own best interests ahead of her in order to put himself in proximity to [the investor] and his celebrity circle."
Siegel also allegedly bought a $9 million English home using the trust's money, pledging the entire trust as collateral when he couldn't make the $6.7 million balloon payment.
By 2016, Presley claims Siegel had liquidated almost all of the trust's remaining principles — especially after the Idol holding company went bankrupt. Her trust was left with $14,000 cash and over $500,000 in credit card debt, according to the documents.
She's suing for breach of trust, negligence, constructive fraud, and "recompense for the tens of millions of dollars that Siegel… cost her through reckless mismanagement."
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Meanwhile, Siegel's countersuit claims Presley "twice squandered" her father's fortune after she inherited it in 1993 and is "looking to blame others instead of taking responsibility for her actions."
After Elvis' death, his ex-wife Priscilla was the one who rescued Elvis Presley Enterprises from near bankruptcy, according to his documents — bringing in a CEO and turning Graceland into a money-making tourist attraction. But Siegel claims her daughter misused that.
"[Lisa] was rescued from insolvency by a deal she now calls fraudulent and self-serving," Siegel's suit says. "After becoming wealthy again, she dissipated her second fortune over the next 10 years. As she spiraled downward personally, she refused to listen to the warnings of her most trusted advisors and her family. Unfortunately, she has only herself to blame for her financial and personal misfortunes. … [Her] continuous, excessive spending and reliance on credit far exceeded what the Trust could pay her from income alone."
Siegel and his company Providence Financial Management are suing Presley for $800,000 in damages. Siegel's lawyer, Leon Gladstone, defends their actions in a statement to PEOPLE.
"It's clear Lisa Marie is going through a difficult time in her life and looking to blame others instead of taking responsibility for her actions. The 2005 deal she is complaining about now cleared up over $20 million in debts Lisa had incurred and netted her over $40 million cash and a multi-million dollar income stream, most of which she managed to squander in the ensuing years," he says. "My clients, Barry Siegel and Provident Financial Management, stuck by her and in return, Lisa Marie stopped paying them and is now blaming them for her uncontrollable spending habits. We are confident people will see through the talk and we will prevail in our case against her."
Lisa Marie Presley and her daughters
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Reps for Siegel did not immediately respond to PEOPLE's request for comment, but Presley's legal counsel told PEOPLE in a statement that he "predictably responded to Ms. Presley's lawsuit with false personal attacks in the press."
"It is sadly consistent with his past behavior that he is now trying to pin the blame on Ms. Presley for the harm he caused the Presley estate," Amjad M. Khan of Brown, Neri, Smith & Khan LLP, counsel for Ms. Presley, wrote. "Ms. Presley has paid Mr. Siegel well over $7 million in professional fees in just the past 10 years, and in return he has only caused her financial ruin. Now he has the audacity to sue her for $800,000 more. Mr. Siegel was not only Ms. Presley's business manager, he was the trustee of the Presley estate — so it was his legal obligation to make sure the estate was managed properly. This was Mr. Siegel's responsibility, not Ms. Presley's. This is what he was paid and trusted to do, and he entirely failed to live up to his obligations."
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Khan continued, "He conned Ms. Presley into believing he was competently managing the estate when in reality he was just serving his own interests. Eventually, though, Ms. Presley discovered the truth and fired him and his company, Provident Financial Management. Ms. Presley regrets that legal action is necessary, but she must hold Mr. Siegel and Provident accountable for the harm they have caused the Presley family."
RELATED VIDEO: Lisa Marie Presley Files for Divorce from Michael Lockwood
Earlier this month, court documents relating to Presley's ongoing divorce from Michael Lockwood revealed she owes debts in a number of areas, including income taxes, a defaulted mortgage and credit card bills.
Presley states she currently receives a monthly salary of $4,361 from her father's estate, as well as $100,000 in dividends and interest from investments.
Lockwood, Presley's fourth husband, married her 2006. The pair welcomed their twin daughters Harper and Finley in 2008 before the Graceland successor filed for divorce in June 2016, citing irreconcilable differences and claiming Lockwood was a poor father and "took advantage" of her financially.
With reporting by JORDAN RUNTAGH
By Dave Quinn @NineDaves


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Country Stars Read 'Twas the Night Before Christmas (Version 1)
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Watch Carrie Underwood Honor Trailblazing Female Country Stars With 6-Song Medley at the ACM Awards
Carrie Underwood performed a medley of songs made popular by trailblazing female country stars at the Grand Ole Opry during the ACM Awards on Sept. 16. Carrie's medley included Patsy Cline's "Crazy," Loretta Lynn's "You Ain't Woman Enough (To Take My Man)," Barbara Mandrell's "I Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool," Dolly Parton's "Why'd You…… MORE
Alabama With Martina McBride
The third time is the charm . . . hopefully. Alabama is rolling on with two newly announced stops in Nashville in 2021 as part of their delayed 50th Anniversary Tour. The trio is set to perform at Nashville's Bridgestone Arena on July 2 and July 3 with special guest Martina McBride. After postponing more…… MORE
Country Stars Remember Charlie Daniels, Including Tim McGraw, Brad Paisley, Luke Bryan & More
A number of country artists paid tribute to Charlie Daniels, 83, who passed away on July 6 from a stroke. Luke Bryan, Brad Paisley, Jason Aldean, Martina McBride and many more shared their messages of love and remembrance via social media. George Strait: "So sad to lose Charlie today. Such a great entertainer and a…… MORE
Martina McBride Pens Heartfelt Remembrance After Mother's Death: "She Taught Us How to Be Strong"
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Country Music Hall of Fame & Museum to Feature Bill Anderson, Martina McBride, Chris Stapleton & More in 2020 Exhibits
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Watch Dolly Parton, Reba McEntire, Carrie Underwood & More Open the CMA Awards With All-Star Medley
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Presenters Announced for the 53rd CMA Awards, Including Jennifer Nettles, Midland, Vince Gill, Morgan Wallen & More
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Before the ACM Honors ceremony kicked off in Nashville on Aug. 21, a bevy of country stars walked the red blue carpet outside the Ryman Auditorium, including Miranda Lambert, Keith Urban, Chris Young, Midland, Maddie & Tae, Chris Janson, Martina McBride and more. In addition, Tony Orlando made a surprise appearance to accept the Casino…… MORE
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Translation and Adaptation in Theatre and Film
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Edited ByKatja Krebs
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Subjects Arts, Humanities, Language & Literature
Krebs, K. (Ed.). (2013). Translation and Adaptation in Theatre and Film (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203405543
This book provides a pioneering and provocative exploration of the rich synergies between adaptation studies and translation studies and is the first genuine attempt to discuss the rather loose usage of the concepts of translation and adaptation in terms of theatre and film. At the heart of this collection is the proposition that translation studies and adaptation studies have much to offer each other in practical and theoretical terms and can no longer exist independently from one another. As a result, it generates productive ideas within the contact zone between these two fields of study, both through new theoretical paradigms and detailed case studies. Such closely intertwined areas as translation and adaptation need to encounter each other's methodologies and perspectives in order to develop ever more rigorous approaches to the study of adaptation and translation phenomena, challenging current assumptions and prejudices in terms of both. The book includes contributions as diverse yet interrelated as Bakhtin's notion of translation and adaptation, Bollywood adaptations of Shakespeare's Othello, and an analysis of performance practice, itself arguably an adaptive practice, which uses a variety of languages from English and Greek to British and International Sign-Language. As translation and adaptation practices are an integral part of global cultural and political activities and agendas, it is ever more important to study such occurrences of rewriting and reshaping. By exploring and investigating interdisciplinary and cross-cultural perspectives and approaches, this volume investigates the impact such occurrences of rewriting have on the constructions and experiences of cultures while at the same time developing a rigorous methodological framework which will form the basis of future scholarship on performance and film, translation and adaptation.
chapter 1|10 pages
Collisions, Diversions and Meeting Points
ByKatja Krebs
part I|69 pages
Converging Agendas
Definitions, Dyads, Triads and Other Points of Connection in Translation and Adaptation Discourse
ByMárta Minier
Bakhtin, Translation and Adaptation
ByDennis Cutchins
Anti-Essentialist Versions of Aggregate Alice
A Grin Without a Cat
ByEckart Voigts-Virchow
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Merging Ideas
Theorising Omkara
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The Thief of Bagdad
Foreignising Adaptations
ByJessica Wiest
Molière Among the Penguins
John Wood's Translations for the Early Penguin Classics
ByAdrienne Mason
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Emerging Practices
Half-Masks and Stage Blood
Translating, Adapting and Performing French Historical Theatre Forms
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Bridging the Translation/Adaptation Divide
A Pedagogical View
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Scenic Narration
Between Film and Theatre
ByIldikó Ungvári Zrínyi
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The Fall 2008-Winter 2009 issue of Spacing marks the fifth anniversary of the magazine. Spacing's editors decided to turn the cover section over to our young readers: we asked the next generation of city builders — those 35 years and younger — to submit their ideas on how to improve Toronto's public spaces. The winners include proposals such as transit shelters that double as book exchanges, reflecting mirrors that allow people to what's going on below or above a sidewalk, mobile apps that encourage TTC riders to interact with one another, and elevated gardens above the waterfront rail corridor. The cover section is packed with inventive ideas that demonstrate the ways tomorrow's urban leaders are thinking outside of the box. This issue was also nominated for Magazine of the Year and Best Single Issue at the 2009 National Magazine Awards.