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University of Cincinnati is a public institution that was founded in 1819. It has a total undergraduate enrollment of 25,860, its setting is urban, and the campus size is 202 acres. The University of Cincinnati is a public school that offers hundreds of programs of study, including graduate degrees in business, law and engineering. The university also has several highly ranked fine arts and health master's programs. Located just east of the uptown campus, the UC Academic Health Center is home to four colleges, patient-care facilities and major research laboratories. This center is famed for offering the first nursing bachelor's degrees in 1916 and developing the first live, attenuated polio vaccine in the 1960s. UC students today have much to do in and outside of the classroom. They can explore more than 300 campus organizations, join Greek life or educate themselves in the Racial Awareness Program (RAPP).
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Reviewers: González de Dios J, González Muñoz M.
Jacobs SE, Tobin JM, Opie GF, Donath S, Tabrizi SN, Pirotta M, et al. ProPrems Study Group. Probiotic Effects on Late-onset Sepsis in Very Preterm Infants: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Pediatrics. 2013;132:1055-62.
Reviewers: González de Dios J1, González Muñoz M2.
2Faculta de Medicina y Odontología. Valencia. Valencia. España.
Authors' conclusions: this combination of probiotics significantly reduced NEC of Bell stage ≥2 in very preterm infants, but not late-onset sepsis or mortality.
Reviewers' commentary: this clinical trial did not confirmed that probiotics reduce late sepsis in very preterm infants, but we can say that probiotics do not increase the incidence of sepsis. So, this study supports that probiotic supplementation of enteral feeding in very preterm infants presents a favorable balance of benefits (less severe necrotizing enterocolitis and/or mortality), risks (safe even for the potential risk of infection) and costs.
Cotten CM, Taylor S, Stoll B, Goldberg RN, Hansen NI, Sánchez PJ, et al; NICHD Neonatal Research Network. Prolonged duration of initial empirical antibiotic treatment is associated with increased rates of necrotizing enterocolitis and death for extremely low birth weight infants. Pediatrics. 2009;123:58-66.
González de Dios J, González Muñoz M. Probióticos y enterocolitis necrotizante del prematuro: to NEC or not to NEC?, ésta es la pregunta. Nutr Hosp. 2013;28:2115-23.
¿Hay o no menos mortalidad?
La conclusión de los autores "la combinación de probióticos utilizada disminuye la presencia de NEC estadio de Bell ≥2 en prematuros extremos, pero no la sepsis tardía confirmada o la mortalidad" se contradice con el comentario "presenta un balance beneficios (menos NEC grave y/o mortalidad)". ¿Hay o no menos mortalidad?


We would love to hear from you! Please give our office a call 615-864-8138 or email us at volunteer@loopevents.org!
A: When you sign up to volunteer you will not receive a ticket (seat) into the concert. However, it is our best intention to let you see some of the show and we will try our best to allow you time for a break. So plan on working the begining, intermission, and end of the concert!
A: Very important! We will be checking in volunteers at 5:00PM for mandatory training. If you arrive more than 30 minutes past your call time, we can not guarantee entrance into the event and there is a possibily that you will asked to purchase a ticket or go home so please allow time for parking and getting to the entrance.
A: We will need you for at least 30 minutes after the concert finishes, this may be as late as 11PM, so be prepared to stay and help load out.
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Brisbane Roar's Asian Champions League hopes fell apart just as fast as their kits.
The Brisbane Roar hosted Filipino side Ceres-Negros at QSAC Stadium on Tuesday night, with the chance to reach the 2018 Asian Champions League.
The night quickly turned the wrong way for the Roar, finding themselves down 3-1 and struggling to make a comeback.
However, the attention quickly shifted away from the football, when the embarrassing and comical jersey malfunctions began to start.
It was the 66th minute when Roar winger Ivan Franjic's back faced the camera, only to reveal that the shirt numbers had begun to peel off. Embarrassing.
To make the problem increasingly worse, shortly after Franjic's jersey decided to fall apart, Frenchman Eric Bautheac was forced to the side for an extended period of time, as his number 22 shirt had its numbers peeling.
With a replacement shirt unavailable, Roar staff threw a number 30 to the midfielder. Ready to return to the pitch with a new number, he was stopped by the fourth official and made to take the shirt back off.
AFC rules state that a player must play the entirity of the match with their playing number listed pre-match.
Following this, Bautheac made his way back onto the pitch with a number 77 shirt with added medical tape in order to make the number look like a 22.
FOX Football pundit Ned Zelic posed the question, "Who is responsible for these numbers falling off the shirt?"
"When the goalkeeper's number is falling off, then you know you're in trouble."
On Wednesday morning, the club issued a statement, expressing their utter disappointment in failing to make it to Asia.
"Brisbane Roar FC is very disappointed to have been knocked out of the 2018 AFC Champions League competition on Tuesday night."
It continued, "Every effort will be made to make sure season 2017/18 is a success, starting with Saturday's away game in Gosford against Central Coast Mariners."
The apologies to the club's members and fans was alongside an apology to kit supplier Umbro, who many were quick to attack.
"This was no fault of BRFC kit manufacturer Umbro and we are unreservedly apologetic.
It was certainly an embarrassing night for Brisbane Roar, crashing out of the 2018 Asian Champions League before it had even started.
While the jersey breakdown was unacceptable, nothing gets worse than what happened to Switzerland at the 2016 UEFA EURO, when their PUMA jerseys began to tare all over.


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Sermon by Rev. Brian Combs, 12/17/14
It is the hinge of history, the one happening that all of time is measured by. Buechner says, "…you date your letters and checks and income tax forms with a number representing how many years have gone by since what happened happened." Pre Dec. 25th we call B.C., Before Christ. Post Dec. 25th we call A.D., after the Year of the Lord.
And yet as obvious as it is to find God's birth on our calendars, many of us are still lost about where to find Jesus in our own lives. Lost in the troughs of Eggnog and the piles of Christmas cookies, lost in the blue light specials and the plastic Santas.
It is easy to get lost this time of year, especially if you're looking in the wrong places.
Matthew 1:18-25 Now the birth of Jesus the Messiah took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been engaged to Joseph, but before they lived together, she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit. Her husband Joseph, being a righteous man and unwilling to expose her to public disgrace, planned to dismiss her quietly. But just when he had resolved to do this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, 'Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife, for the child conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. She will bear a son, and you are to name him Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.' All this took place to fulfil what had been spoken by the Lord through the prophet: 'Look, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall name him Emmanuel', which means, 'God is with us.' When Joseph awoke from sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord commanded him; he took her as his wife, but had no marital relations with her until she had borne a son;* and he named him Jesus.
What makes Joseph a righteous man?
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Didn't do what the Bible said and have Mary stoned.
Showed his love rather than just talking about love.
He didn't protect his reputation by ruining hers.
Karl Valentin told this story: The curtain goes up and reveals darkness; and in this darkness is a solitary circle of light thrown by a street lamp. Valentin, with his long-drawn and deeply worried face, walks round and round this circle of light desperately looking for something. "What have you lost?" a policeman asks. "The keys to my house," upon which the policeman joins the search. They find nothing, and after a while he inquires: "Are you sure you lost it here?" "No," says Valentin, pointing to a dark corner of the stage, "over there." "Then why on earth are you looking for it here?" "There's no light over there," says Valentin.
"Now [Jesus] was there," says Bonhoeffer, "not as a mighty one, but in the obscurity of humanity. Where there is sinfulness, weakness, wretchedness and misery in the world. That's where God goes. And there he lets himself be found by everyone."
In 1 A.D., he's the first follower of faith to say with his decision and discipleship, "X marks the spot. Here, right here."
Here, where your trust is betrayed and covenant compromised, where your reputation is scandalized and name is ruined, where your future feels framed.
Here, where your virgin betrothed keeps missing her periods and where the lawyer is drawing up divorce papers.
Here, where the destruction of your life has taken a drastic detour.
In the havoc and chaos, the mess and muck of it all, that's where God goes. That's where Jesus is born. That's where the Savior you're seeking is found.
Let us pray: O' God, the world preaches that faithfulness requires a buttoned-up life and a sanitized spirit. And yet, your Gospel proclaims a different truth, that you choose to be born into the brokenness, to be found in the mess. Emmanuel, you are God with us where we are scared, God with us where we are lost, God with us where the plan has not gone according to plan. For that Good News, we give thanks.


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I have used segment trees with lazy propagation. I have also used fast I/O, still I am getting TLE.
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According to many, DICE's Star Wars: Battlefront failed to live up to some of the pre-launch hype and expectations, primarily on account of a rather glaring lack of depth. Fortunately, that problem is one that can be righted on the go and that's exactly what the developer is looking to accomplish by adding no fewer than three DLCs this year and another one in 2017. The first such DLC is scheduled for March, and given how there will apparently be a free update preceding it, we're looking at a wealth of new content coming online this month, content which is obviously much-anticipated and much-needed too at this point.
The March Battlefront update is set to deliver the usual selection of bug-fixes and tweaks, along with a new Endor map aimed at big game modes as well as a survival map for Tatooine. Exactly what the DLC will bring to the table isn't quite clear yet, just as its actual release date is shrouded in mystery too for the time being. Still, quite a few details have been leaked along the way, so the community already has a rather solid idea of what can be expected of this first paid batch of content.
The package will include new maps, new weapons and at least 2 new heroes, in the less-known rebel Nien Nunb and bounty-hunter Greedo. There will be a new game mode and new Star Cards to choose from too, and word has it that developers have in fact hinted at the addition of other heroes as well, like Chewbacca, Lando Calrissian, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Yoda. The DLC will also take players into the lair of Jabba the Hutt and Cloud City as well as the Death Star. The factories of Sullust will also be featured.
As far as the new weapons are concerned, we're probably looking at the weapons of the two new heroes (Greedo and Nien Nunb), namely the DT-12 blaster pistol and the Relby V-10 rifle.
Star Cards-wise, the Scatter Gun, the Adrenaline Stim and the Dioxis Grenade will be added. The new game mode is apparently "Extraction", which will have rebel players striving to extract a set amount of resources from the Outer Rim and transporting it to their ship, while the empire side will try to put spokes in their wheels.
The other two Star Wars: Battlefront DLCs set for release this year are Bespin (due in the summer) and Deathstar (set to launch in the fall).
Philip Thalberg has been working for the top eSports news portal, Gosugamers.net, since 2004.


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Q: binding multiple tables on one form in c#.NET please this is kind of a beginners question. I have multiple tables like 5 tables related to each other in the database. I would like to create controls on a form in c# that will bind to different tables though related and they will scroll together when I move to the next item. I am kind of confused on how to go about it.
I watched this video i=on .net that showed me how to drag and drop from data source window onto the form but it does show me the code behind which I definitely don't understand.I would appreciate it if you can  point me to a good tutorial I could follow step by step.
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A: Use the BindingSource. if you say tables, you are probably using a DataSet. Bind the first binding source to the master table. Child tables you bind by specifying a second binding source whose data source points to the first. the DataMember of the 2nd source must be the DataSets's DataRelation that connects the two tables. The Windows Forms designer should help you in setting the properties correctly.

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This past Friday (29th March), myself and a couple of friends made our way to Shepherd's Bush to see The Lounge Kittens on their tour in support of their brand-new EP, 'Have Another…'. Here are my thoughts on an evening of great fun and sing-alongs.
This week, we thought we'd do something a little bit different for the UDS blog. The idea started with a random year chosen by our own Neale, and as you've probably guessed from the title, the year chosen was 2004. We then each chose 2 albums from the year 2004 that we think people should go and check out again. The albums we've selected are a reasonably eclectic bunch, ranging from Metal to Glam-Pop to Japanese Alternative Rock and all sorts in between. So, without further ado, here are 6 albums from 2004 that we think you should go and listen to again!
Lady Gaga's 'Joanne' is an album I often revisit, and was one of my favourite albums of 2016. Yet, in 2019, I feel like it's an album that really doesn't seem to get the love I think it deserves. Why is that?


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Цюрихгау () — средневековое графство (гау) в исторической области Алемания на территории современной Швейцарии, центром которого был город Цюрих. Изначально составная часть Тургау, около 820 года Цюрихгау было выделено в самостоятельную административную единицу при графе Руадкере (), которому наследовали Эберхардинги, Бурхардинги (с 915 года), Нелленбурги (2 пол. X века), графы Ленцбурга (1077—1172) и Церингены (до 1218 года). Первым документально известным гауграфом был Пебо () в 741/746 годах.

В раннем Средневековье Цюрихгау охватывало бассейн Цюрихского озера и долину реки Лиммат, и было ограничено Куррецией с востока и Альбгау — с севера, включая тем самым значительные части центральной Швейцарии: Цуг, Ури, Швиц, части Унтервальдена и Гларуса и восточные регионы современного кантона Люцерн.

Усиление роли городов (Цюрих, Цуг, Люцерн) и местных родов министериалов привели к политическим конфликтам и фактическому разделу Цюрихгау: так, во второй половине XII века западные области графства попали под власть Габсбургов, в то время как его восточные области контролировались графами фон Кибург.

С пресечением рода Церингенов в 1218 году, которые были последними гауграфами в Цюрихе, эти территории получили статус имперских, что, однако, не помешало Габсбургам и в дальнейшем предъявлять претензии на господство в центральной Швейцарии. Их попытки расширить своё влияние привели, в конечном счёте, к образованию Швейцарского союза и, в частности, к быстрой территориальной экспансии Цюриха, к 1450 году контролировавшего большую часть Цюрихгау.

В XV—XVI веках термином «Цюрихгау» () обозначалась, как правило, территория, подчинённая городу Цюрих. Альтернативный термин кантон вошёл в употребление лишь в ходе XVI столетия; однако ещё в XVIII веке немецкое Zürichgow использовалозь зачастую для перевода французского canton de Zurich. После провозглашения современного кантона Цюрих в 1831 году термин стал использоваться всё более в историческом, либо в антикварно-ироническом смысле.

Литература
 Droysen G.: Allgemeiner Historischer Handatlas. Bielefeld/Leipzig 1886. S. 22 f.
 Kaiser, Reinhold: Vom Früh- zum Hochmittelalter // Geschichte des Kantons Zürich. Bd. 1 (Frühzeit bis Spätmittelalter). Zürich, Werd Verlag, 1995.

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Q&A sites, whether they be Quora, Focus, Namesake, ChaCha, Aardvark or good "old fashioned" LinkedIn Answers, are all the rage. In fact, Matt Creamer of AdvertisingAge recently pointed out that Quora has received as much press in six months as Answers.com – the 18th biggest site in the US – earned in six years. Given the rise in attention paid to this category, participants are left with one question: How can I contribute answers that are disproportionately influential?
3. Stick to a word count of 100 to 200 words.
Speed is becoming the great equalizer when it comes to social business. Anyone unconvinced of this fact should read David Meerman's Scott's Real-Time Marketing and PR. (You won't remain unconvinced for long.) Quora is no different.
Social currency was assigned asymmetrically to the first answer. Take "mentions" for example. People who answer questions on Quora often reference answers posted by others. (This is social media, after all.) Well, a whopping 60% of all references point to the first answer posted. Similarly, "votes" – Quora's answer to Facebook "Likes" – are disproportionately awarded to the first answer posted. In fact, our study found that 41% of all votes are cast for the first post.
Social media – especially when it comes to Q&A sites – is a credibility game. Bombastic consultants who claim to know everything are ignored. Sales-thirsty vendors who rush to the close are panned. But the Quora community will embrace both consultants and vendors, provided the person has value to add. Without question, the best way to value is to incorporate supplemental content into your response. In fact, answers that contained links or graphics were mentioned in subsequent posts more than twice as often as those that didn't include additional resources. They also received three times as many votes as their link-less counterparts.
As an aside, incorporating graphics into an answer might be the secret to Quora. Although the sample size was relatively small, answers that included a graphic were nine times more likely to be referenced by someone else and five times more likely to earn a vote.
Who would have thought that there would be a "magic" word count for voluntarily answering questions online? But there is. It's 145. Or, more specifically, 160 words if you want others to reference your answer; 130 words if you are hunting for votes.
Of course, that level of precision is absurd. But without a doubt there is a correlation between word count and popularity. Short posts add little value (they tend to applaud more established community members), whereas long posts run counter to the short-attention-span theater that is social media. The graphics below suggest Quora members strongly prefer answers in the 100 to 200-word range.
Of these three tips, which is most important? Generally speaking, being first is the most reliable way to ensure your answer echoes throughout the digital halls of the thread. But what if you aren't tethered to your computer? Is it possible to play "catch up"? Absolutely. Embed a graphic in your answer and keep it to about 150 words and your contribution is likely to be as popular as the first in the thread.


Brick walk to be laid from rear gate to house and soil placed on surface of garden.
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Completed new house and frame for fog bell in place of those destroyed by the blast of the 15" gun - Dimensions as follows. House 10 feet square by 8 feet high. Balloon frame weather boarded, painted white. Bell frame is 8 1/2 feet high from the floor and made of 10 in square timber.
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Problem set 2 (tex, ps, pdf).
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Lecture 02 (2/11): Relativization. Baker-Gill-Solovay. Introduction to Alternation. Slides (ps, pdf). Notes (ps, pdf).
Lecture 03 (2/13): Alternation. ATIME vs. SPACE, ASPACE vs. TIME. Slides (ps, pdf). Notes (ps, pdf).
Lecture 04 (2/19): Power of Alternation: Fortnow's Time/Space lower bound. The Polynomial Hierarchy. Slides (ps, pdf). Preliminary notes (ps, pdf).
Lecture 05 (2/20): The PH Collapse hypothesis. Non-uniform computations. Karp-Lipton theorem. Slides (ps, pdf). Notes (ps, pdf).
Lecture 06 (2/25): Randomness. Randomized complexity classes. Sample problems in RP, RL. Slides (ps, pdf). Notes (ps, pdf).
Lecture 07 (2/27): Amplification of error in Randomness. BPP in P/poly. BPP in PH. Slides (ps, pdf). Notes (ps, pdf).
Lecture 08 (3/04): Circuit lower bounds: Parity is not in AC0. Slides (ps, pdf). Notes (ps, pdf).
Lecture 09 (3/06): SAT reduces probabilistically to Unique SAT. Counting classes. Slides (ps, pdf). Notes (ps, pdf).
Lecture 10 (3/11): Toda's theorem: PH is contained in #P. Slides (ps, pdf). Notes (ps, pdf).
Lecture 11 (3/13): Guest Lecturer: Dan Spielman. Toda's theorem (contd.). Slides (ps, pdf). Notes (ps, pdf).
Lecture 12 (4/01): Proofs. Interactive Proofs, Arthur Merlin games. Slides (ps, pdf). Notes (ps, pdf).
Lecture 13 (4/03): IP in PSPACE; AM[poly] = IP[poly]; AM[k] = IP[k]; Slides (ps, pdf). Preliminary notes (ps, pdf).
Lecture 14 (4/08): #P is in IP; Straightline programs of polynomials; IP = PSPACE; Slides (ps, pdf). Notes (ps, pdf).
Lecture 15 (4/10): Probabilistically checkable proofs (PCP). Slides (ps, pdf). Preliminary notes (ps, pdf).
Lecture 16 (4/17): NP in PCP(polylog,polylog). Slides (ps, pdf). Preliminary notes (ps, pdf).
Lecture 17 (4/22): NP in PCP(polylog,polylog) (contd.) Slides (See slides for Lecture 16). Preliminary notes (ps, pdf).
Lecture 18 (4/24): Overview of the PCP Theorem. NP is in PCP[poly(n), O(1)]. Preliminary notes (ps, pdf).
Lecture 19 (4/29): Average case complexity. Hardness of the permanent on random instances. Distributed NP. Preliminary notes (ps, pdf).
Lecture 20 (5/01): DNP. Avg-P. A problem complete for p-sampleable DNP problems. Preliminary notes (ps, pdf).
Lecture 21 (5/06): A DNP-complete problem (contd.). Ajtai's worst-case to average case connection for lattice problems. Slides (ps, pdf). Preliminary notes (ps, pdf).
Lecture 22 (5/08): Quantum information, manipulation and computation. Quantum circuits and Turing machines. Preliminary notes (we had two scribes for this lecture): First set (ps, pdf), Second set (ps, pdf).
Lecture 23 (5/13): Quantum Polynomial time (BQP). Simon's algorithm. Shor's algorithm. Preliminary notes (we'll have two scribes for this lecture): First set (ps, pdf), Second set (ps, pdf).
Lecture 24 (5/15): Quantum computation wrap-up. Summary. Preliminary notes (ps, pdf).
The course covered several current directions of research in Complexity Theory. One glaring omission, intentionally, is the work related to pseudorandomness and derandomization. The right way to learn about these topics is to attend the Harvard course on Pseudorandomness, being taught by Salil Vadhan.
I'll try to add more as time passes.
Dan Spielman's Lecture Notes from Spring 2001 http://www-math.mit.edu/~spielman/AdvComplexity/2001.
Christos Papadimitriou's text: Computational Complexity.
Michael Sipser's text: Introduction to the Theory of Computation (for initial lectures only).


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The Bowie Bet part 3 – The Man Who Sold His Trousers
By Every Record Tells A Story on March 17, 2013 • ( 16 )
The story so far: I have bet my friend Chris that I can buy a full set of Bowie's albums (in their original vinyl and in excellent condition with all the inserts) from The Man Who Sold The World to Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps). That's fourteen albums in fourteen days. Total budget: £100. The loser has a heavy penalty: to buy drinks – and wear a Westlife T-shirt for a day.
Part One of this story is here
Part Two of this story is here.
I called Chris to let him know Manchester hadn't been a lucky town for me.
"Good" was his brief, yet sympathetic verdict.
The conversation moved on to Bowie's first album of the seventies – "The Man Who Sold The World".
Chris sounded amused, so I knew something was up.
"Did you know that the first UK pressing of The Man Who Sold The World is er, not overly cheap?" he asked with all the innocence of an escaped convict found climbing half-way through a window at midnight.
"I don't know about that – I think I have seen them for about a fiver."
"Hmmm. You might want to check that… whilst I go shopping for a larger wine decanter and a Westlife T-Shirt. What size are you again?"
He can be quite insufferable at times.
Chris had rather irritatingly discovered that the first UK pressing of "The Man Who Sold The World" was a) very expensive and b) had a controversial cover: of Bowie draped louchely (if that's a word) on a sofa wearing (of all things) a dress. Not a tight-fitting little black cocktail number, either. One that might have made a rather fetching pair of silk curtains. It would have struggled to flatter Twiggy. On Bowie it struggled even more. Perhaps a better title for the album would have been The Man Who Sold His Trousers.
We had agreed that First Pressings would be part of the bet. First pressings are most valued by collectors because a) Collectors are nerds, b) it sort of makes sense to get the first version of something and c) the first pressings are arguably better sounding: the first albums are minted when the stampers that press the vinyl are crisp, and hence the sound quality should be superior. This comes with the caveat that since most collectible vinyl is now 20 to 60 years old, the main sound consideration is now probably how the records were looked after in the years that have passed.
The story behind the dress is that it was one of six "men's dresses" made by a Mr Fish of London, leader of the "peacock revolution" that Bowie purchased in 1970. Journalist Nick Kent described Bowie walking through New York airport immigration in one of the dresses in February 1971 as "looking for all the world like a young Lauren Bacall". Given the aggressiveness of New York immigration officials even now, you have to admire Bowie's cajones.
If that wasn't enough, Bowie then travelled (wearing the dresses) across America – including a visit to that well-known forward-thinking liberal US state, Texas, in what might have ended up as a crazy suicide mission. Bowie later recalled "In Texas, one guy pulled a gun and called me a fag. But I thought the dress looked beautiful."
Despite the controversial look of Bowie in a man-dress, and because of the scarcity of the record, which wasn't a huge commercial success until it was re-released following the success of Ziggy Stardust, a new copy of "The Man Who Sold The World" in mint condition will cost a collector up to £500. I checked there and then – sure enough there was one on eBay for £400. If there's a way of spending more money on a less pleasant photo I'd like to hear about it. Perhaps only a signed picture of Peter Beardsley standing next to Martin Keown, Wayne Rooney and Phil Neville would rival it. If they too were wearing dresses. I'm sure that wouldn't cost £400 though…
This was Extremely Bad News. The thought of exceeding the budget by £400 on just one album filled me with horror. The Heath Robinson-esque financial part of the bet meant that if I went £400 over budget I would also have to buy Chris a £400 bottle of wine. Financial ruin stared me in the face. And then kneed me in the testicles.
However, a second version of "The Man Who Saved The World" was released in 1972 with a proto-Ziggy picture of Bowie in black and white. I had seen this "kicking cover" in used record shops for around a fiver and it was this that I had in mind for the bet. To learn it was not the original 1970 album, but a 1972 re-release was an unwelcome knock to an already stretched budget. I also discovered that even this album came with a lyric sheet and a poster – and a copy with the complete set might cost me £20 rather than £5. I had no intention of buying the £500 version.
Incidentally, this is not the most obscenely priced Bowie record around. This year, a Japanese copy of Bowie narrating the story of "Peter and The Wolf" (released in the 1970's) fetched £9,002 on eBay.
It's free on Spotify:
I resolved I would have to buy the kicking cover at a sensible price and smooth-talk Chris into seeing sense. I wasn't sure it was going to work…
Record # 164: David Bowie – All The Madmen
‹ The Bowie Bet part 2 – Buying Ziggy Stardust On Vinyl
The Bowie Bet part 4 – Cartoon Covers are Hunky Dory ›
Categories: Rock Music
Tags: Bowie, David Bowie, eBay, Lauren Bacall, Man Who Sold The World, Record collecting, Vinyl, Ziggy Stardust
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The song Man Who Sold The World is one of my favorites. I heard someone doing a cover and was surprised to find out it was a Bowie tune. Bowie's version was so much better and it really resonated with me at the time. Thanks for this history about one of my favorites.
You should check out Lulu's version…
First of all Lulu is beautiful and I did enjoy her version…more upbeat. It's funny, but the cover I heard was also by an unknown female artist Jordis Unga.
I believe Bowie / Visconti were involved in Lulu's version.
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I remember the 'dress' cover disappearing fairly quickly. And then well before the Ziggy inspired re-release copies of an American import with a cartoon cowboy character carrying a rifle started turning up in Probe Records in Liverpool – http://tralfaz-archives.com/coverart/B/bowie.html – another possible target for you?
Intriguing… I couldn't possibly comment of course – but I like your thinking…
I believe the original cover was in fact banned in America! The record with the cowboy was the 'more acceptable' American replacement! There is also a separate cover for Germany!
Ha – just like me to go fact spewing before I've read the whole thing!
Anyway German cover looks like this for any obsessive Bowie enthusiasts:
https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&docid=2owDtU_wQsbVDM&tbnid=IeCICGb6K4bllM:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.forum.depechemode.su%2Flofiversion%2Findex.php%2Ft1273-250.html&ei=ZRlDUofGH8jRtQby8YGwAg&bvm=bv.53077864,d.bGE&psig=AFQjCNF9BDjHDi3e0dqQAIdD1jVKtaxuvA&ust=1380215396257886
Thanks for this – always good to see these alternative covers.
I'm rooting for you, and sympathetic to your plight… but I'm also stuck on the Texan pulling the gun. What, precisely, goes through someone's brain when they do that? "The fella looks homosexual, and they are known to attack without provocation"?
I can only imagine that Texas had a real social problem with rogue cross-dressers causing havoc everywhere. Because otherwise that would just make that guy a terrible, violent bigot…
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The Man Who Sold the World. What a magic album – title track right up there with the best that Bowie has ever written. Easily worth £500 – but not of my own money, naturally.
We have the original cassette of Peter and the Wolf, and the CD re-release. This gets played to the pupils in Mrs sss's class, and the indoctrination of the generations thus proceeds.
You can shoot me the day I pay £400 for a record. Re Peter and the Wolf: I like your style. Indoctrination at a young age is good. I was very proud of my son when at 3 years old his favourite song was "Changes". I have added the Peter and The Wolf tracks as a spotify playlist, thus instantly saving each reader of Every Record Tells A Story £9,002. Now that's value!
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I love Nirvana's cover of the title track…
I think you've been stitched up by your mate. He's obviously still smarting from listening to Maria Carey. Was this bet his idea and did he make it seem like your idea? I think he knew about the possibility of a first press costing upwards of 400 quid. Good luck anyway. No one deserves the donning of a Westlife T shirt!!
I think you could be right. But stay tuned…
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A lovely evening in the company of Bernard Butler and @petepaphides at Rough Trade East tonight, hearing about the Beigel Bakery, the re-recording of "People Move On" and Bernard's recording a new album…
My better half has been stitching a tribute to Michael Nesmith over the past few weeks, so I took a few work-in-progress snaps…
Has been a cold, quiet day today so went out to the local used record shops and found a few things. #retailtherapy
If you can't play some of his wonderful records on this weekend of the year, when can you?
Next on my reading pile…
This immaculately kept copy of OMD's Architecture and Mortality I just picked up has a 1981 concert ticket from Manchester Apollo LAMINATED by the original owner on the inner sleeve.
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While the Volkswagen cars built at the Westmoreland, PA are an interesting sidebar in VW's production history (together with the South African CitiGolf and the Mexican Caribe), but their compromised interior design and quality, together with softened suspension, mean they're not viewed all that fondly by enthusiasts. That said, survivors are few and far between at this point, and it's interesting to look back and see what a former Chevrolet executive thought was the right strategy for selling more Rabbits in North America. Check out this 1980 VW Rabbit Diesel for sale for $2500 in Palo Alto, CA.
This car looks very similar to the gasoline-powered two-door silver 1980 VW Rabbit L on which your faithful correspondent learned to drive, so featuring it was a slam-dunk. Unfortunately, this one appears to have a red interior, and while silver on red is a great color combination, it's not when the red extends to the dashboard, headliner, steering wheel, and probably more. Rabbits of this era also had an odd passive restraint system comprised of a shoulder belt attached to the door, and a supplemental lap belt if you didn't want to submarine under the shoulder belt.
The rear view did not change much on the Westmoreland cars, aside from badging and bumper, but you have a clear view of how red things were inside, as if you were peering into someone's body. The original blue plates mean this has likely been a California car since new, but unfortunately it's impossible to make out the selling dealer's name on the license plate frame. This car is said to have 134,000 miles, and aside from some fading, looks to be in pretty clean, original condition.
The most noticeable exterior feature, aside from the bumpers, is the square-headlight grill. One has to wonder why they did this – was it just to be different? Did focus groups show 82% of Americans preferred square headlights over round ones, given the choice? It is definitely more consistent with the design of the car, although the most desirable grill is the big-and-little round headlight version fitted to later GTIs and Cabriolets. The engine is said to have some blow by, but starts and runs well, and is a good candidate for replacement by, well, you name it… how about a 16-valve GTI engine? There's a full laundry list of all the work that's been done to the car, including attention to the brakes, suspension, fluids, and filters, so it should be ready to be driven. What would you do with this sidebar of VW history?
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I saw one of these years ago at an auction 400,000 miles on it and seemed to be in better shape then this; fuel was a $1.40 a gal. so it was basically worthless because of the miles but I'd like to have one now 50mpg!!
Nice! Impressive that it still has all its hubcaps – my parents sold theirs in 1991, and even then one or two had flown off and needed replacement. Kinda cool to see it not slammed-with-obligatory-luggage-rack.


It's cute to read this and wonder if I AM truly happy. I read every piece of these statements of a happy person and I believe I may be a pretty happy person. Ofcourse there are ups and downs to everyone's life, there may be situations or conditions in your life where you are down, up, maybe even confused, but… Are you HAPPY, in general?
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Loser takes all as Zimbabwe gives ousted Mugabe retirement package
Zimbabwe's ousted president Robert Mugabe will get a residence, a car fleet and private air travel as part of a new government-funded retirement package for former leaders, state media reported Thursday.
Mugabe will also be entitled to at least 20 staffers including six personal security guards, all paid for from state coffers, according to details of the benefits published in The Herald newspaper.
The 93-year-old, who quit last month under popular pressure following a military takeover, is the first beneficiary of the generous measures unveiled Wednesday by new President Emmerson Mnangagwa.
This file photo taken on November 24, 2017 shows Zimbabwean new interim President Emmerson Mnangagwa receiving the chain and sash of office from the Chief judge of the Supreme Court, Chief Justice Luke Malaba as he is officially sworn in during a ceremony in Harare. (Photo by AFP)
No monetary details were spelt out, but the country's constitution stipulates that an ex-president is entitled to a pension equivalent to the salary of a sitting president.
Local independent media reported last month that Mugabe was granted a $10-million (8.3-million euro) retirement bonus as part of a deal to persuade him to eventually resign. The government denied the claims.
As part of the new package, Mugabe will have three cars — a Mercedes Benz S500 Series or an equivalent class of sedan, an all-terrain station wagon and a pickup van — which will be replaced every five years.
The government will also pay for fuel.
Mugabe and his wife will be entitled to diplomatic passports. The couple can go on four first-class air or train trips within Zimbabwe and four trips abroad on a private plane.
Mugabe will also be awarded a fully-furnished official residence anywhere in the capital Harare, in addition to bills and entertainment allowances.
Health insurance for the former leader, his spouse and dependents is also included in the raft of benefits.
Mugabe resigned on November 21 after his party expelled him and parliament began proceedings to impeach him in the wake of a military intervention.
His 37-year tenure was marked by accusations of rights abuses, electoral fraud and economic ineptitude.
He was replaced by his long-time ally Mnangagwa, who had fallen out with Mugabe after the president sided with his 52-year-old wife Grace in a bitter feud.
(Source: AFP)
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Kyle's Top Ten Films of 2018
Hey there everyone!
What a year 2018 has been, both personally and in the world of movies! Now, as the year draws to a close, I'm ready to take a look back and see which films made the cut of my personal Best of 2018.
Now for some stipulations and notes:
-I did not see every film to come out in 2018. I tried my best, but I was very busy this year and some films just flat out were missed. So if you don't see something on this list, it doesn't mean it doesn't belong. It just means I may have missed it…or it doesn't belong.
-This is my personal selection of films from the year. These are not predictions for Best Picture at the Oscars or anything like that. Some films may have different placings than they would if I just ordered them by score, and some of them may have been flawed, but I just enjoyed them enough to look past it.
-Lastly, this is one of the first years in a while that my list feels so fluid. Don't take my rankings too harshly as just about any one of these films could potentially have been a #1 film. It was a good year. Not a great year…a good year.
Alright, without further fluff, let's dive right in…
-Damien Chazelle knocks it out of the park again in this biopic of Neil Armstrong and the NASA Space Program leading up to that fabled first step on the moon's surface. It's a long movie covering many of the trials and tribulations of the race to space, but it spends most of its time with Armstrong, played brilliantly by Ryan Gosling. It's a subtle nuanced performance that isn't acting larger-than-life but stays true to its subject. The film spends some time asking the questions of value and cost in this race to the moon, and everything is a lens through which to understand our lead. We get great supporting work from Claire Foy, Jason Clarke, and Corey Stoll who plays to Buzz Aldrin's particular brand of sarcastic wit quite nicely. For those of you that missed this one in IMAX, I feel very sorry for you, because the scenes on the moon's surface took my damn breath away.
-I loved Moonlight when it came out. I was so swept away in the style and simplicity of the story. Director Barry Jenkins has done it again with his character drama If Beale Street Could Talk. While not as strong as his previous outing, this is still top-notch filmmaking and incredible character-driven storytelling. The love story between Fonny and Tish is so emotional, and the performances from Stephan James and newcomer Kiki Layne bring that love out in such a beautiful way. The film is filled with terrific performances from Regina King, Colman Domingo, Michael Beach, Aunjanue Ellis, and so many more. The ending left me frustrated but not with the filmmaker for he did craft an ending meant to make you talk and get the conversation going. It's a beautiful character piece.
-If there's one thing to say about Green Book, it's that the film from Peter Farrelly is wholly enjoyable throughout. That's not a normal way to describe the story of two men from different races touring the Deep South in the 1960s, but it works. You can call it surface-level enjoyment if you wish but I call it great character-driven storytelling. Much like If Beale Street Could Talk, the performances are where this film thrives, particularly from its lead actors, Viggo Mortensen and Mahershala Ali. They are both flawed humans with real fears and desires who come together with great chemistry to create a lasting friendship in this heartwarming tale. This is a movie that will make you think while it entertains you.
-Look, Ready Player One is perhaps more flawed than the previous films on this list, but it didn't take away from my overall enjoyment with the film. It continues to grow on me the more I watch it and I find myself going back to it a lot in 2018. It's a fun adventure dipped in nostalgia. This film is Steven Spielberg making a sundae and putting all the toppings on. The most important factor in the film is that it is just a damn fun time that captures the spirit of the source novel while going to some wildly different places. I enjoyed both the book and film as two sides of the same coin. Ready Player One leaves me with a big damn smile on my face every time I watch it.
-I'm starting to see a theme in many of these films for my Top Ten. Character. Yes, there's some high-concept in some, and A Quiet Place definitely has high-concept, but it's all there to serve character and story. The family dynamic in A Quiet Place works so well, it would make the film watchable even if the sci-fi/horror aspects of the film did not. Thankfully, this is not the case. This is a tense film with real situations set against an impossible world, but it's because I care about this family that A Quiet Place brings out just as many tears and shrieks. John Krasinski should be given for his terrific direction in addition to his work as male lead.
-There's something magical to A Star is Born. We are looking at the fourth official version of this tale, and yet somehow this incarnation has connected with the audience in such a special way. Maybe it's Bradley Cooper's strong first outing as a director, or maybe it's his hauntingly powerful performance as Jackson Mayne, a struggling fading star, or maybe it's Lady Gaga's powerhouse work as Ally, a rising star. You can give me all the crap for praising Gaga's acting in this film, and you can say that she plays herself, but I heard a colleague point out that she gets on the stage to perform her first song and she's absolutely terrified, something that Gaga would not be or likely hasn't been in some time. She's acting her ass off here, and it shows. Yes, the film finds itself in a lot of the same familiar beats we've seen before, but it's been said many times that all stories have been told and what matters is how you tell it. I love how this story is told.
-Alex Garland's follow-up to Ex Machina is a sci-fi/horror masterpiece. It's a beautiful striking moving painting filled with horrific and dazzling imagery. The story, about a group of scientists exploring a strange area called The Shimmer where biology, chemistry, and physics are unlike anything known to human understanding. This is a thinker of a movie, but it haunted me for days and I couldn't stop telling people to see this movie. It likely isn't for everyone, but I would encourage you to seek it out and give it a try. This is a What-The-Fuck movie experience for the ages that I haven't seen since 2001: A Space Odyssey.
-You know something? Screw anyone who says there isn't enough great horror these days. Horror is on such an incredible ride in recent years, and there's probably enough good horror for its own Top 10 list for 2018, and Hereditary would be at the top. Led by a career-best performance from Toni Collette, Hereditary is a shocking and disturbing story of loss, grief, and madness, all centered around a family caught in something out of their control. Beyond the shock of some of the film's more frightening moments, there are some truly horrific moments of character development. This movie's strengths cannot be understated and it is truly sad that Collette's more of a long shot to the Best Actress Nomination this year because she without a doubt deserves. The only tiny complaint I have with the film is that it over-explains itself at the end, but it is merely a nitpick and actually saved a friend's enjoyment of the film, so what do I know?
-As I've said before, the movies that will likely be most remembered in 2018 are the Feel-Goods, and Won't You Be My Neighbor? is at the top of that list. This documentary about the life of Fred Rogers is stunningly heartfelt and masterfully executed. It is a viewpoint of the man's life, his beliefs, his goals, and his dreams, and it brought me back to moments in my childhood, memories that I shared with someone through a television set. I welled up with tears at several points in the narrative and connected with the film on so many levels. What makes this film stand out from others this year is that it asks its audience to take part in it near the end, asking us how we can be more like Fred, and I think it connects us with an incredible human being on a personal level, a touching tribute to a beloved neighbor.
-Spike Lee is the best he's ever been with BlacKkKlansman. You heard me. The best he's ever been. I loved Do the Right Thing, but this film just barely edges it out for so many reasons. It's an incredible well-acted film, especially from John David Washington, Adam Driver, and Topher Grace. The screenplay and editing have turned this so-crazy-it's-true story into something even more timely given the current state of the country. Lee makes it quite known what he wants his film to evoke and the finale of the film left my jaw on the floor. As soon as I left the theater, I wanted to turn back around and see it again. Spike Lee knows his craft so well that he is able to fuse lighthearted comedy into the shocking tale of a black cop infiltrating the Ku Klux Klan, and this film is his masterpiece. It's the best movie of 2018.
So there you have it. These are my favorite films of the year. I'm looking forward to the #2019oscardeathrace to begin, and the list may change a bit once that happens. No one sees everything. What is your Top Ten of 2018? I'd love to hear it! Thanks again for a great 2018, and we will see you in 2019 (which is right now).
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[Early Review] Life Itself (2018)
Director: Dan Fogelman
Cast: Oscar Isaac, Olivia Wilde, Mandy Patinkin, Olivia Cooke, Laia Costa, Annette Bening, Antonio Banderas
Screenplay: Dan Fogelman
118 mins. Rated R for language including sexual references, some violent images and brief drug use.
Life Itself is poised to capture that couples date night money this weekend, but is it any good?
The film follows a couple, Will (Oscar Isaac, Ex Machina, Annihilation) and Abby (Olivia Wilde, Tron: Legacy, TV's Vinyl) from college to marriage and onward as the twisting, winding road of their story echoes throughout future generations. After their marriage ends, Will is forced by to tread through his past by Dr. Cait Morris (Annette Bening, American Beauty, Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool) in order to put his life back on track. But is he remembering things right? Is he a reliable narrator? Is anyone? Life Itself attempts to answer these questions as several different people from vast walks of life intertwine.
Life Itself is poorly-conceived schmaltz and depression disguised to look like a romantic drama. Director Dan Fogelman (Danny Collins) attempts to pull at heartstrings with some of the most awkwardly crafted sequences trying their best to swim in a sinking plot. I could tell Oscar Isaac was really trying, but some of the dialogue he is forced to utter is so cringe-worthy that I almost can't believe he was able to get it out. The scenes in which he and Dr. Morris are looking back at his relationship with Abby feel like a soap opera mixed with an afterschool special in some sort of attempt at being A Christmas Carol. They stand there and awkwardly toss words at each other while the more important stuff, the actual flashback lies before them.
Life Itself's plot construction also left a lot to be desired. This film felt like it was laid out with a connect-the-dots in which someone already completed for me. I was sitting in my seat, actively betting myself on how certain sequences would play out and, more often than not, I was right.
I think what's most shocking is how Life Itself both does and does not take its emotional core seriously. The film jokes about death and pain in some of the strangest ways while actually asking you to feel sad at the right times. It's tone stays consistent for large stretches and then drastically veers into uncharted territory.
Don't get me wrong, there's some value in the film. I actually found many of the performances to be fine, particularly from Isaac as Will, Bening as Morris, Mandy Patinkin (Smurfs: The Lost Village, TV's Homeland) as Will's father Irwin, and Antonio Banderas (The Mask of Zorro, TV's Genius) as Mr. Saccione, an owner of a olive farm featured in the latter part of the movie. Banderas delivers a monologue excellently when he is first featured.
Life Itself is a bigger-budgeted version of a high schooler's experimental short film. It's really trying to be something here, but it waxes philosophy in such a hammy fashion that it devolves into little more than drivel by the end of its lengthy runtime. I actually really wanted to like this movie, but alas, this is one that is definitely not worth your time.
[Early Review] Annihilation (2018)
Director: Alex Garland
Cast: Natalie Portman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Gina Rodriguez, Tessa Thompson, Tuva Novotny, Oscar Isaac
Screenplay: Alex Garland
115 mins. Rated R for violence, bloody images, language and some sexuality.
Alex Garland (Ex Machina) is a director to keep an eye out for. He is mostly known for his writing on films like Dredd, Never Let Me Go, Sunshine, and 28 Days Later, but now that he is directing, his vision has never been more focused.
Annihilation is the story of Lena (Natalie Portman, Jackie, Song to Song), a biologist who signs up for a dangerous exploration of a mysterious area called The Shimmer to find out what happened to her missing husband Kane (Oscar Isaac, Inside Llewyn Davis, Star Wars: The Last Jedi). What she quickly discovers upon entering is that The Shimmer does not operate by the standard laws of nature, and there is something else alive inside.
Okay, so I just got home from Annihilation and there's a lot more to unpack before I really understand. Don't worry, no major spoilers here. In fact, I did a pretty good job tiptoeing around spoilers in the above description. Suffice to say, Annihilation is an impressively ambitious mind-bender. I was enthralled as the film's chess pieces moved into place and the ending was strange, beautiful, haunting, and confusing in all the right ways.
As the film moves along, there are some tremendous set pieces and some truly disturbing imagery. One of the flaws of the film, though, is that it takes a bit before it starts rollicking along. There's some heavy exposition chunked up at the beginning of the film, and it isn't until they enter The Shimmer that the film really takes off.
Annihilation is bolstered by tremendous acting performances from Portman as expected. Jennifer Jason Leigh (The Hateful Eight, Amityville: The Awakening) plays Dr. Ventress, the leader of the expedition. Leigh is cold and broken as Ventress, a haunting portrayal of a woman driven to discover. Tessa Thompson (Creed, Thor: Ragnarok) is also brilliant as Josie, another member of the expedition.
Annihilation has a lot in common with other sci-fi fare on its surface, but what makes it different is the calculated pacing and the slow build of tension that is at times horrific and shockingly beautiful in equal measure. The questions it asks are not easily answered, some are not answered at all, but for all of its inquisition, Annihilation is a beautiful examination of ideas and thoughts. This one is likely to keep viewers dissecting and reassembling the piece long after leaving the theater.
Kyle's Top Ten Most Anticipated Films of 2018
Since I've already seen one of 2018's releases, I'm probably a little late on presenting my most anticipated list for 2018. Don't worry, it hasn't changed much. Let's start off with a note:
This list is more anticipated, not what I think will be the best by any stretch. These are the films I'm most looking forward to as of right now, so there will be more blockbusters than indies because that's just how it plays out. So, with that being said…
NOTE: THIS IS NOT A COUNTDOWN BUT A LIST.
-I thoroughly enjoyed director Alex Garland's Ex Machina from 2015, and on that film alone, I cannot wait to see Annihilation. Garland has had a run of pretty solid work in the last few years, and getting top talent like Natalie Portman and Oscar Isaac involved is only making this more hyped for me. I don't know much about the film's plot outside of the lone trailer I've seen, but getting a chance to see a great storytelling weave a yarn in his own sandbox is always a great thing.
-I'm very sad that Guillermo del Toro isn't returning to helm the sequel to his underappreciated Pacific Rim, but that's what it took to get The Shape of Water, so what can you do? At least he is staying on in a producer role and the franchise is continuing. I'm not sure how to feel about Uprising as the film looks drastically different from the original, but John Boyega playing Idris Elba's son looks interesting enough, and genre favorite Steven S. DeKnight behind the camera is setting the film up for success. I'm very excited to see an expanding of this mythology and more Jaeger/Kaiju action.
-I'm just starting the book right now, and the trailers for Steven Spielberg's Ready Player One have been fascinating. I just don't know how to feel but the film looks bonkers. There is absolutely no reason not to be excited for more Spielberg but this one feels so familiar and yet so different from what we've seen recently from the director. As long as there are enough weird Easter Eggs, I guess I will keep plenty busy at this one.
-Yeah, this one was on my list for 2017, but it got bumped back. God Particle is all but confirmed to be the next Cloververse film after Cloverfield and 10 Cloverfield Lane. Since I loved both of its predecessors and I enjoy dissecting theories about this quasi-anthology, God Particle should be a fun and interesting ride.
-What do I say that hasn't already been said? Almost 20 films in and we are getting this massive film. I have no words. I doubted that this franchise could or would work, and I was wrong. Pop in Black Panther and Ant-Man & the Wasp (I didn't want to have more than one franchise installment on this list but I'm stoked for all three) and this should prove to be another exciting year for the MCU.
-All the drama behind-the-scenes has made me rather nervous for Solo, but I trust the minds at Lucasfilm because I've enjoyed all three Star Wars adventures since their acquisition by Disney, so I trust that they acted at the right time installing Ron Howard as the new director to fix this anthology film. What does make me nervous, though, is the lack of the trailer with only four months to go.
-I elected to pick Deadpool 2 over The New Mutants and Dark Phoenix because of how surprising the original Deadpool was in 2016. With the shuffling around behind the camera, the exit of Tim Miller, and the addition of David Leitch, it is interesting to see how this one plays out. If the teaser or short that were released are any indication, I think we are in good hands here.
-Trust me when I say that all of my excitement for this film is riding on Shane Black. I always love a new Predator film, but Shane Black is the reason this is on the list. I love Black's storytelling sensibilities from his writing of the greatest action film of all time (yeah, I'm calling it for Lethal Weapon) but also his work as a director with Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Iron Man 3, and The Nice Guys. Some people aren't aware that Black even co-starred in the original Predator, so he has a good tie to this series.
–Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them was quite a surprise. I love Harry Potter, but the idea to expand the mythology with an adaptation of a textbook was weird. Turns out, J.K. Rowling has a few more stories to tell. The flaw with the first film, though, was Johnny Depp's cameo as Gellert Grindelwald. I didn't like his appearance and I don't have as much faith in him as an actor, so seeing him take on the second-biggest villain in the Harry Potter universe was an odd choice. With The Crimes of Grindelwald, Depp will be taking on a much larger role, so I'm interesting if a little nervous to see what comes of it.
-Though the trailer didn't have much to offer (as the film is still about a year out), seeing Peter Jackson's name onscreen again is always a welcome sight. He's taking on a producer and screenwriter role this time with Mortal Engines, an adaptation of the novel series by Philip Reeve. Jackson and his team are incredible writers, so a nice foundation to this film is enough to spark my interest. We will have to wait for another trailer to see how it is all shaping up, but Mortal Engines has a lot on its plate.
So there it is. What film are you most excited for in 2018? Let me know/drop a comment below.


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Lee Chong Hoon elected new president of Korea Baseball Softball Association
Lee's top priorities and strategic plan cover a full range: integration with pro league KBO and boosting the game/player development at the youth level.
LEE Chong-hoon was elected the new president of the Korea Baseball Softball Association (KBSA), receiving 86 out of 177 valid votes during an online ballot on Tuesday, 12 January.
The 53-year-old CEO of DYC, a company that produces automotive parts, was serving as vice president to previous KBSA President, KIM Eung-yong.
Lee defeated two others on the ballot: NA Jin-gyun (a former professional player and the former Secretary-General of the Korea Professional Baseball Players Association, KPBPA) and LEE Soon-chul (a former professional player and coach, currently an analyst with the SBS Sports Channel)
"It was not easy," Lee said. "Thank you to those who supported me."
The new president added: "The most urgent thing is integration. We will consult with the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) as soon as possible." KBO, Korea's top-tier professional baseball league who elected CHUNG Ji-taik as its new president last week, is an Associate Member of the WBSC.
Lee said he's not going to govern with a bias in favour of either baseball or softball. "I am not a former player. I will try to identify problems with the eyes of an outsider," he said.
Lee also said that he aims at improving baseball and softball at the grassroots level by introducing the five-on-five game, Baseball5.
Korea is currently ranked third in the WBSC Men's Baseball World Rankings, seventh in the WBSC Women's Baseball World Rankings and No. 21 in the WBSC Women's Softball World Rankings.
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