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Aliens: Colonial Marines lawsuit filed against Sega and Gearbox
The critically-mauled game has been accused of false advertising in a Californian court.
By Martin Gaston | @squidmania on May 1, 2013 at 2:30AM PDT
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The disappointing Aliens: Colonial Marines is now the subject of a class action lawsuit, with both Gearbox Software and Sega accused of misrepresenting the game to consumers with false advertising.
The lawsuit, filed yesterday in a Californian court and spotted by Polygon, alleges that the final game "bore little resemblance" to the early footage of the game shown in demos and gameplay trailers.
"Each of the 'actual gameplay' demonstrations purported to show consumers exactly what they would be buying: a cutting edge video game with very specific features and qualities," reads the claim filed by law firm Edelson LLC on behalf of plaintiff Damion Perrine.
"Unfortunately for their fans, Defendants never told anyone--consumers, industry critics, reviewers, or reporters--that their 'actual gameplay' demonstration advertising campaign bore little resemblance to the retail product that would eventually be sold to a large community of unwitting purchasers."
Another complaint to the UK's Advertising Standards Agency has previously forced Sega to add disclaimers to the game's trailers stating that the footage shown in commercials was not indicative of the final product.
Other sources told GameSpot earlier this year that Gearbox neglected development on Aliens: Colonial Marines in favour of Borderlands 2, the company's own IP.
Gearbox President Randy Pitchford has acknowledged the criticisms. Responding earlier in the year on Twitter, he called the complaints "fair" and said the studio was "looking at that."
"Lots of info to parse, lots of stake holders to respect," he added.
The long-delayed Aliens: Colonial Marines finally launched this year to a largely negative reception. In the wake of its release annoyed ex-developers expressed their frustration with the way the title was handled, and reported that much of the game was outsourced to other studios.
The Wii U port of the game, once promised as the definitive version, was also cancelled.
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The cancel culture reached a new, dangerous level over the weekend. Twitter first suspended President Trump's account after the riot at the U.S. Capitol last week, accusing him of inciting violence. Then on Friday night, the social networking service permanently suspended his account. Also on Friday, Google suspended the Parler app from its Play Store, claiming…
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Scott's Car Corner: Apple To Come Out With a Self Driving Car
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Les Rita Mitsouko - The No Comprendo - Lost Classics - Reviews - Soundblab
Les Rita Mitsouko - The No Comprendo
by Rich Morris Rating:10 Release Date: Label:
on 20 July 2012
Les Rita Mitsouko is not a name which means much outside France, but it really should. After all, this duo, who originated from Paris' squat-scene in the early 80s, attracted some pretty influential fans: Bowie producer Tony Visconti helmed controls for two of their albums, including The No Comprendo, and they collaborated with Sparks and Iggy Pop. System of a Down's Serj Tankian even pops up on one of their 00s albums.
Formed by guitarist Fred Chichin and singer Catherine Ringer, Les Rita Mitsouko were a pop band who never took the traditional route to making a pop song. Their vast range of influences included punk, synth pop, rockabilly, funk, flamenco and jazz. Listening to their records is like hearing the imaginary soundtrack to an early Pedro Almodovar film: around every corner is another eccentric, flamboyant character, another party teetering on the edge of violence. If you like early Roxy Music, John Waters, strong females and seedy nightlife, you will like Les Rita Mitsouko.
Their first album, 1984's almost-eponymous Rita Mitsouko, produced a surprise number two hit in 'Marcia Baila', a manic confection of squelching synth-pop and staccato Spanish guitar, which made clear the duo's eccentricity. Following this, the band gave full reign to their influences on their second album. Perhaps working with Visconti is the reason The No Comprendo has a harder, sometimes glam rock-inflected sound.
Opening track 'Les Histoires d'A' is an uncomplicated glam stomp incongruously sweetened by some gypsy fiddle. 'Andy' which follows, could not present a greater contrast, building on a 80s funk/hip-hop sound with Chic-style guitar licks and blocky synth-stabs. It's the sound of a band with no interest in recognising genre boundaries and it manages through sheer gumption to turn what by rights should be a big mess into pure pop fun.
'C'est Comme Ca', the album's big single, is different again. An industrial-strength blast of new wave riffage and attitudinal rock 'n' roll, it came with a fantastic video (see below) which showcased what a star Ringer was. She delivers a powerhouse performance on 'C'est Comme Ca', switching between Annie Lennox croon and Siouxsie Sioux howl at the drop of a hat while Chichin's irresistible guitar switchblades behind her.
'Vol De Nuit' is a slower, synth-jazz song with a hint of 80s Bowie about it (in a good way). The band switches to English for the following 'Someone to Love', a tough-as-nails rockabilly strop with some great echo-slapped vocals from Ringer and Robert Fripp-worthy guitar histrionics from Chichin. At just over three minutes, it's the shortest track on the album, repeatedly pummelling you in the face before legging it away with your heart and possibly your wallet.
Ringer stays with English for 'Stupid Anyway', a horse, drunken shanty, apparently about being stupid and horny. 'Un Soir Un Chien' is tasteful, Sade-style 80s dinner jazz with weird stuff happening underneath. It sounds queasy and unsteady, like our hosts downed too much wine before their guests arrived. Ringer turns in a crackly falsetto vocal which is equal parts fragile and mocking. Halfway through, she switches to a baritone growl and the music becomes more menacing.
'Bad Days' is twitchy, tough robo-funk, very reminiscent of Grace Jones. It's followed by the bereft-sounding 'Tonight', full of bellyaching, distorted guitar and, of all things, a whistling solo. "Tonight, you just wanna go to my house/ You just wanna go to my bed," growls Ringer, every inch the dominatrix, as Chichin builds up to some rock god histrionics.
Any other band would have made the brooding majesty of 'Tonight' the closing track. Not this band. Instead, The No Comprendo bows out with the utterly daft 'Nuit d'Ivresse', a fizzy party track which overdoses on trumpet fanfares, flamenco guitar and cheeky sideways glances until it pukes itself unconscious. It's silly but also hard not to love.
And that's all, folks. The No Comprendo is an album on which no song sounds like any other, made by a band with so much talent they could turn their hand to anything but who were mischievous enough not to take that too seriously. Of course, since most the songs are sung in French, I have very little idea what they're about. They could be about sandwiches for all I know. But so what? This would still be a collection of the best, most fun, heartfelt, crazy, thrilling sandwich songs ever made. And that, if for no other reason, is why you should own The No Comprendo.
Bob Coyne
What a find! I'm not ashamed to say I've never heard of these but that song is ace and I'll be tracking down the album.
Al Brown
Yeah, great band! Thanks for introducing me to them.
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Sundown: Pride in the Tel Aviv Streets
Plus Nixon on the Jews, and more
By Marc Tracy
Tel Aviv's Gay Pride Parad.(Hadar Cohen/Haaretz)
• Tel Aviv hosted its annual Gay Pride Parade. Relatedly: I'm very excited to be going to Israel Monday. [Haaretz]
• The two-headed beast known as Woodstein publishes its first piece in 36 years, reminding everyone that, with Watergate, the cover-up was not worse than the crimes, seeing as the crimes included the subversion of the American judicial and electoral systems. [WP] Also here's Nixon on Daniel Ellsberg, who leaked the Pentagon Papers:
"You can't drop it, Bob," Nixon told Haldeman on June 29, 1971. "You can't let the Jew steal that stuff and get away with it. You understand?"
He went on: "People don't trust these Eastern establishment people. He's Harvard. He's a Jew. You know, and he's an arrogant intellectual."
Nixon's anti-Semitic rages were well-known to those who worked most closely with him, including some aides who were Jewish. As we reported in our 1976 book, The Final Days, he would tell his deputies, including Kissinger, that "the Jewish cabal is out to get me." In a July 3, 1971, conversation with Haldeman, he said: "The government is full of Jews. Second, most Jews are disloyal. You know what I mean? You have a Garment [White House counsel Leonard Garment] and a Kissinger and, frankly, a Safire [presidential speechwriter William Safire], and, by God, they're exceptions. But Bob, generally speaking, you can't trust the bastards. They turn on you."
• Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman may be indicted soon on long-festering corruption charges. [JTA/Forward]
• The majority of Israelis agree with MK Miri Regev's (since-retracted) statement that African migrants are a "cancer on the body" of Israel. [Times of Israel]
• Kibbutz caviar. [ABC News]
• The conductor of the symphony that will break the informal ban on Wagner in Israel lashed out against what he said was "ignorance" about the German composer. [DPA/Oklahoma Welcome]


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I always have fun working with Leah 'cos she's so bubbly and full of vitality. As soon as I saw this dress I thought of Hollywood and setup this "film studio" kind of setup.


Gigi's Cupcakes of Jonesboro, Arkansas has been baking the freshest most delicious cupcakes in Jonesboro since Halloween of 2014, and we've loved every minute of it. It's a privilege each and every day to wake up early, flip the lights on in the Gigi's kitchen and create what will ultimately be smiles on the faces of our customers that day as they enjoy our cupcakes.
The Gigi's fans in Jonesboro, Arkansas are what make it all worth it. Every day we meet someone new. Maybe they heard about us from a friend, maybe they came across our website, or maybe they found us on Social media, but no matter how the found us, they sure seem happy when they get here. And, it's our job to make sure they leave just as happy as they were when they came in.
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Arrie kyrka är en kyrkobyggnad i Arrie. Den är församlingskyrka i Vellinge-Månstorps församling i Lunds stift. Kyrkan har en central plats i Arrie.

Kyrkobyggnaden
Den första kyrkan som uppfördes i Arrie byggdes under tidig medeltid. Den gamla kyrkbyggnaden började rivas efter påsken 1889. En antikvarisk undersökning gjordes i maj 1888 efter inlämnad rivningsbegäran, av amanuensen G. J:son Karlin. Kyrkan var liten och oförändrad sedan den byggts på medeltiden. Men den hade inga större värdebevarande detaljer som inte kunde finnas på andra liknande kyrkor. Efter kyrkans rivning i april 1889, så auktionerades ut material som inte kunde användas till den nya kyrkan. Bland annat blytaket såldes till en handlare Hedman i Malmö för 2 000 kr. Två träskulpturer, 4 bronslejon och tre anslagstavlor blev deponerade hos Kulturhistoriska museet i Lund i augusti 1889. Endast tornets nedre parti är kvar från den gamla kyrkan.

I februari 1889 efterfrågades skriftliga entreprenadanbud för en ny kyrkobyggnad i Arrie. Byggmästare Ola Andersson Skyttes från Malmö anbud godtogs på 25 000 kr. Totalkostnad för kyrkbygget blev 34 000 kr i dåtidens valuta. Eftersom torndelen blev kvar, så räknas kyrkan som ett ombygge och inte ett nyuppförande. Kyrkbyggnaden uppfördes i Götisk stil både ut- som invändigt med trappgavlar efter ritningar av den svenska arkitekten Salomon Sörensen från Malmö, där kyrktornet fick den traditionella skånska typen med uppåtsträvande trappgavlar istället för en vanlig spira. All träinredning i kyrkan är av ek i tysk rennässansstil eller målad i imitiation av ek. Dopfunten och biskopsstolen blev befriade från gammal färg så träet kom fram. Kyrkan som står i byn idag, invigdes söndagen den 5 oktober 1890 vid högmässan hållen av professorn och Nordstjärneordensledamoten Sven Libert Bring från Lund. Han ställföreträdde stiftsbiskopen som var sjuk vid tillfället. Till assistans hade Bring 8 präster ifrån häradet. Altartjänsten sköttes av kyrkoherden Fredlund i Gessie och v. pastorn Pihl i Fosie. Församlingens kyrkoherde D:r. Georg Erland Psilander höll en predikan över ett ämne. En sångkör ledd av kantorn Lindholm framförde psalmsången. Kyrkan blev vitmenad 1896 med även en rappning av tornets grunds söndriga delar Kyrkan används vid dop, vigsel och begravning. Men även vid konserter och enstaka gudstjänster. Den rymmer cirka 200 personer och i den finns både orgel och piano.

Kuriosa
Komediserien Halvvägs till himlen, som visades i TV4 och C more 2013-2015, spelades in i Arrie kyrka.

Inventarier

 De av Arrie kyrkas inventarier som visas störst intresse är dopaltaret. På dopaltaret finns en så kallad Pietàgrupp och Maria sörjandes sin döde son.
 Dopfunten av trä är troligen från sent 1500-tal och har reliefgestalter i fälten på den rikt snidade åttkantiga skålen vilken bärs upp av skulpterade, snett framspringande figurer.
 Predikstolen är av ek och härstammar från senare delen av 1500-talet. Den är vackert skulpterad med riklig beslagsornamentik som i korgens fält har statyetter av Paulus och evangelisterna. Predikstolen och dopfunten överfördes från den gamla kyrkan till den nya.
 I kyrkan finns också en trärelief som visar scenen ur passionshistorien där Pontius Pilatus tvår sina händer, vilken är från tidigt 1500-tal.
 Kyrkklockan som är från 1594 används alltjämt och en tornringklocka på 600 kilo blev gjuten av klockgjutare Kristian Gabriel Bergholtz i Stockholm år 1889. Den senare blev transporterad till Malmö med ångbåt och sedan vidare till Arrie.
 En kopia av Thorvaldsens Kristus, gjord av zink och målad i terrakotta, finns på en stor altarvägg i koret.

Orgel
Den nuvarande orgeln byggdes 1890 av Salomon Molander & Co, Göteborg och är en mekanisk orgel med 12 stämmor fördelade på två manualer.

Litteratur
 Oxie härads hembygdsförenings årsbok 1990: Arrie : gamla och nya kyrkan : historik och beskrivning av Elsebeth Bager.
 Information från kommunen

Referenser

Noter

Externa länkar

Kyrkobyggnader i Lunds stift
Kyrkobyggnader i Vellinge kommun
Kyrkobyggnader invigda 1890
1890 i Sverige

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Two Events, Back to Back.
Last week, we had the pleasure of providing a communal space for two separate events. The first was a beautiful show from our friends Nassau, Brendan Sullivan, and Genevieve Beaudoin. The second night was a comedy show from Corey Stroffolino & Luke Schwartz featuring Scott Ayotte of Born Without Bones and a slew of incredibly talented local comics. Check out some of the pics below and stay in touch with our events calendar, you never know who's going to roll through next... happy weekend.