The biggest impression of the week is that the Bruins drafted a stud defenseman in Charlie McAvoy. He's bigger than you think, extremely smooth in the skating and puck-moving departments and looked ultra-confident while going through all drills and development camp testing for the first time in his life. Everything is predicated on the skating game with the 18-year-old McAvoy, and for him to stand out like he did while also being one of the youngest guys in the camp speaks to how good he could be a couple of years down the road. When you see the clear talent of McAvoy, the strides that Jakub Zboril has made and Brandon Carlo with the size, strength and skating ability, you can see that the Bruins could have an extremely good, young D-corps a couple of years from now. That's not even mentioning D-man Jeremy Lauzon, who has a chance to be one of the best players taken in that 2015 draft.
It was a good week for him. He's a good skater and very accurate with his outlet passing and – even though he was far from the biggest guy in camp -- it was pretty much impossible for other players to knock him off the puck. He still spaced out in drills from time-to-time showing some of the focus lapses that the Bruins officials want him to work on, but it was clear Zboril put the work in prior to this development camp. If people had doubts about his talent or worthiness as a first rounder, that should be gone know after he was neck-and-neck with McAvoy as the most impressive-looking defenseman at this year's development camp. Zboril really stood out in the 3-on-3 scrimmage where he feed a long stretch pass to Cameron Hughes for a breakaway goal, and then created a rebound with his big point shot for another Hughes goal later on in the game.
A few of the college guys were excellent. Ryan Fitzgerald was solid and smooth coming off a very good season at Boston College and Ryan Donato was an impact forward with his hands, hockey IQ and aggressive willingness to take shots whenever they presented themselves. Donato has good skating speed, but his ability to anticipate plays, and know what he wants to do with the puck before he gets it, gives him the advantage when he's flying into the attack zone ready to make plays. The most impressive college guy for my money this week was Anders Bjork, who was good on just about every level consistently from day-to-day and practice session-to-practice session. He was simply blowing by guys with his skating speed, had toughness in the puck battle drills and clearly gained some confidence finishing off offensive plays after his time spent playing at the World Junior Tournament last December. He was initially projected as a third line guy at the NHL level, but he flashed some top-6 ability throughout the week. Bjork was only a fifth round pick in 2014, but he's looking like he could be a productive player for the Bruins organization that will need to be signed away from Notre Dame after his upcoming junior season.
Carlo was strong and physical, looked mistake-free moving the puck up the ice quickly while towering over most of the other campers at 6-foot-5, 203-pounds. Clearly guys like McAvoy, Zboril and Lauzon are more dynamic offensively than Carlo when it comes to their final projections as players, but the size and maturity of Carlo is something that is going to play in the NHL more quickly than those other players. He has the size and strength to survive in the league now as a 19-year-old, and could become dominant in time if he retains the mean streak he showed at times during the battle drills. If there's one guy that could make the team out of development camp this fall, it's Carlo. One thing that was very good to see and hear close to the ice: how vocal Carlo was on the final day of scrimmaging on Friday as he was taking charge on the ice, and barking out communicative messages to his goaltender and D-man partner all the while he was out there. That's the kind of stuff you see from a player that wants to take charge when he's on the ice, and that's impressive from a player that was only in his second B's development camp after being taken in the second round last summer.
From a forward standpoint, the closest guy to an NHL roster spot is undoubtedly Danton Heinen. He was dangerous with the puck on his stick throughout the week, and showed the kind of playmaking instincts that will allow him to flourish with talented, experienced NHL guys on his line. It was a regular sight to see Heinen coming down the wing, head up and looking for passing options while also locked and loaded for a scoring attempt of his own if the pass was being taken away from him. He set up Jack Becker for a tap-in attempt on one score in the 3-on-3 scrimmage with a beautiful cross-ice feed, and then completely turned around defenseman Cam Clarke off the next face-off for his own score in an impressive flourish of offensive execution. If there's one player that could surprise and win a third line forward spot a couple of months from now, it's definitely Heinen.
While they didn't always shine in the drills throughout the week for differing reasons, Cameron Hughes and Jack Becker showed up in the scrimmage. Becker scored a couple of goals while showing some of the hands and skill level that looked inconsistent throughout the week, and Hughes showed off great speed and finishing ability by consistently getting behind the defense in the 3-on-3 scrimmage. He scored once early on a breakaway bid, had Malcolm Subban stuff him on another breakaway attempt and then scored later in the scrimmage on a rebound of a Zboril shot at the net. I think the jury is still out on Becker given some of the mixed things I saw this week, but the Bruins might have something in Hughes if he can continue to get bigger and stronger given the skating and skills.
While many other players looked good in the 3-on-3 scrimmage, it was Jake DeBrusk that notched the winning goal on a pure rush up the right wing before firing a shot on net from faceoff circle depth. DeBrusk had a solid camp and really knows who he is and what his strengths are as a player. He goes a great job of getting himself into shots where he fire the puck at the net, and he buries changes when he gets a setup pass in the slot area or in the face-off dots. He's not the biggest forward when it comes to playing the power game and he's not the fastest guy on the ice either, but his intelligence, anticipation and his shot/release will be his ticket to the NHL, provided he can keep getting bigger and faster. While it's not expected that DeBrusk is going to win an NHL job at this training camp, there's a good chance he could push some of the veterans extremely hard if he plays like he did this week.
The one big downside from Bruins development camp was the real lack of goaltending prospects. It was good to see a rusty Malcolm Subban getting back into the swing of things and Zane McIntyre acquitted himself well enough as a veteran getting some work with Goalie Bob Essensa. But Daniel Vladar looked far from ready with the obviously impressive size working in his favor and the camp invite did not have a very good week when it came down to impressing Bruins officials. This is why the idea of trading Tuukka Rask is a foolhardy one: the Bruins have nobody that could step into those shoes right now if they even entertained the idea of trading their No. 1 goalie, and that was plainly obvious watching the goaltending position at this development camp. Given the talent we saw this week, with Zach Senyshyn and JFK not even present for the sessions, I'd expect the goalie position to be one the Bruins will take a long look at for next summer's draft.


Tipped by many as a smash hit for some weeks before its release, Roger Sanchez' Another Chance proves that the hype was justified by charging straight to the top of the charts, in the process easing past a still strong Lady Marmalade. Having for years been legendary in production and mixing circles it is only in the last few years that Roger Sanchez has been making records in his own name. His first such chart hit came in February 1999 when I Want Your Love (billed as "Roger Sanchez presents Twilight") made Number 31. Just under a year later he reached Number 24 with I Never Knew. This single is thus far and away his most impressive chart performance ever even if you get the feeling the track probably sounds better in Ibiza than it does on your CD player. For all the talk of how dance music dominates the charts, club tracks have struggled to become major chart hits this year and in fact Another Chance is only the third Number One single this year to have entered the charts straight from clubland. The other two were Rui Da Silva's Touch Me in January and DJ Pied Piper's Do You Really Like It from last month. Both could only manage a solitary week at the top. Can Mr Sanchez improve on this? For what it's worth, the last dance track to spend more than a week at the top was Modjo's Lady in September last year.
Having made one of the singles of the year so far in the shape of Teenage Dirtbag (Number 2 when released in February, 9 weeks in the Top 10, 19 weeks in the Top 40 and even playlisted on Radio 2!) the pressure was on Wheatus to make the followup at least half as good to avoid them being labelled as one hit wonders. Happily their second British hit is a doozy. Straight from the list of cover versions you thought you would never hear is this thoroughly entertaining remake of... an Erasure song. A Little Respect first appeared on Erasure's 1988 album The Innocents. Released as a single in October that year it made Number 4 before going on to become a US Top 20 hit in early 1989. As you might expect this new version replaces most of the synths with guitars but still keeps the spirit (and indeed the arrangement) of the song intact. If nothing else it serves as a wonderful reminder of the days when Vince Clarke and Andy Bell wrote songs that lifted you out of your chair with their sheer joyous energy. This is by no means the first time an Erasure song has been covered by another act. First to do so were Dollar who turned their early flop O L'Amour into a Number 7 hit in early 1998. In 1992 the celebrated Abba tribute group Bjorn Again counterpointed Erasure's own chart-topping Abba-esque EP with Erasure-ish, a double-sided single that saw Stop covered in the style of Does Your Mother Know paired with their own version of A Little Respect. The package made Number 25.
A US skate-rock act in the UK Top 5? Some mistake surely. Actually no, as the debut single from the California five-piece has benefitted enormously from not only a huge amount of airplay support but also from the fact that it is actually rather damn good. Sounding like a cross between Len and Sugar Ray, the single has the kind of irresistible chorus that has summertime chart hit written all over it. Note that the combined first week appeal of Wheatus and OPM has managed to push even Hear'Say down to Number 5 this week.
Second album time for Jessica Simpson, the bright-eyed American singer whose initial impact last year was lessened somewhat by the simple fact that she is neither Britney Spears nor Christina Aguilera. Hence nobody had any real reason to care, despite two chart hits in the shape of I Wanna Love You Forever and the John Mellencamp sampling I Think I'm In Love With You. For this third single she seems to be aiming for Jennifer Lopez territory, hence the track is imbued with latino spirit and plucked guitars. In truth there is absolutely nothing wrong with it but deep down you just know that Jennifer Lopez would have been nestling inside the Top 3 with this particular track. Jessica Simpson has to be content with her third Top 20 hit.
This is the fourth Top 20 hit single in the last 12 months for Damage and the follow-up to Still Be Loving You which made Number 11 in March. The usual formula applies here, a stateside groove underpinning some rather impressive harmonies that would not sound out of place in the American charts (which you suspect they had one eye on when making this record). Beyond that there is little more you can say, save for the fact that this is their 8th Top 40 hit and proof that if nothing else they are survivors, the peak of their popularity being now just a distant four year old memory.
This is clearly the week for rock brilliance. First Wheatus, then OPM and now Blink 182, storming back into the Top 20 for the first time this year with another irritatingly catchy three minutes of commercial brilliance. Waxing lyrical? Maybe I am [not by using the word 'brilliance' twice in quick succession you arent] but if nothing else this proves that All The Small Things and What's My Age Again were no flukes. OK so if Wheatus and OPM are able to make the Top 5 there is no reason why Blink 182 can't but for now they will have to be content with this Top 20 entry that at least beats the Number 17 peak of What's My Age Again from almost exactly a year ago. All The Small Things remains their biggest - Number 2 in March 2000.
From the mind and the pockets of Boyzone and Westlife svengali Louis Walsh come Bellefire, four young Irish lasses who he hopes he can steer to global stardom. Actually their debut hit single is rather fine, sounding a little like Wilson Phillips (remember them?) performing a Corrs track. Certainly there is no doubting the quality of production, immaculate harmonies that could have come straight off the American West Coast and just a hint of pop magic. Maybe this was underpromoted (MTV support notwithstanding), it certainly deserves better than to just scrape into the Top 20. Now whatever happened to the second Supersister single? [For the longest time it was a messageboard running gag that Bellefire were a deliberate tax loss on the part of Louis Walsh, such was the strange way they struggled to make any kind of commercial headway. Record label shenanigans were actually to blame, the group eventually the victim of management politics. But not before they'd given it a good go].
Funnily enough this is the second new entry this week to deal with the subject of pipes, albeit two totally different kinds. One of the original geek rock pioneers, Weezer too are something of a band of survivors . Following the failure of their second album in 1996 the band temporarily broke up whilst its members return to college. Now the comeback begins with a slightly tweaked lineup and their first chart appearance for almost six years. Their only other hit singles to date came in 1995 in the shape of Say It Ain't So (Number 37) and the still fresh sounding Buddy Holly which peaked at Number 12 in May of that year and which remains their biggest hit to date.
Hit single three of the year for Feeder, this the follow-up to Seven Days In The Sun which made Number 14 back in April. Since 1997 the band have clocked up no less than 8 Top 40 hit singles with a further four charting lower down the Top 75. Turn's placing at Number 27 means this is the first time they have ever managed three Top 30 hits on the trot.
Still the world holds its breath for the long overdue breakthrough of the Beta Band. Their recent support slots with Radiohead in America may have gone a long way towards bringing them to people's attention and they can return to this country celebrating their first ever chart single. To date their only other chart action has come on the album listings, their self-titled album reached Number 18 in July 1999 just a few months after a compilation of tracks from their early single releases made Number 35. Their brand of minimalistic experimentation may never bring them massive commercial appeal but as even the likes of Gomez have proved, anyone can sell healthy amounts of records if they are good enough, regardless of what constitutes the tastes of the mass market.


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ACL 2018: Sound Propositions
By thenewobjective / January 20, 2019 / Featured Articles / Leave a comment
Piano piano. This Italian expression, meaning "slowly", is a good summation of my year. If I wasn't working slow enough already, then spending three months in Italy certainly didn't inspire me to move any faster.
2018 was an unusual year for me. My partner and I have been living an itinerant lifestyle since leaving Minneapolis in mid-May, mostly back and forth between New York, Montreal, and Napoli. Because we've been moving around so much, I've been lucky enough to see a lot of memorable performances and exhibitions over the past 12 months, for which I am truly grateful. But traveling (and writing my dissertation) has also disrupted my ability to dedicate time to music writing, to plan very far ahead, to be a regularly part of any community, and indeed to focus on much else at all.
Below are some reflections on some of my favorite things from 2018, including a selection of records I wish I had been able to find time to write about. 2019 will be much the same, but I'll do my best to find new ways to share and promote music I believe in. And in any case, ACL is a community, and one that keeps growing. We reached more readers and listeners than ever before in 2018. We started an Instagram last spring, so if you're into that, follow us at @acloserlisten. Collectively we all have a lot in store for you this year, and as always we warmly invite all our readers to be as active as you'd like in this community: read, comment, share, send us mixes you've made, send us your music for review, whatever, even just reach out and let us know you're out there. Thanks for listening. (Joseph Sannicandro)
Patricia Kopatchinskaja's performance of Luigi Nono's La Lontananza Nostalgica Utopica Futura actually took place in 2017, on 26 October, but I neglected to mention it in my review column last year, and Kopatchinskaja's movements through Nono's score and the galleries of the Walker Art Center have stayed with me ever since.
In Brooklyn, in November of 2017, I caught one of the final shows of the most recent incarnation of Swans, and it seemed to me like perhaps stopping was the right call. I was similarly disappointed by Godspeed when I saw them in Chicago in March 2018. I can't quite put my finger on why, but perhaps there's something about Trump's America that made them seem more impotent rather than cathartic. Or maybe it was less them and more us, the crowd. Either way, more than ever I feel like we need to stop fixating on the old guard, and I am approaching 2019 searching for the new.
That said, sometimes the old can still feed very contemporary. John Zorn's "Cobra" may be as old as I am, but the woman-led performance at National Sawdust in June made it feel fresher than ever, with performers including Annie Gosfield, Okkyung Lee, and Ikue Mori.
In Napoli, I attended an evening of the films (and music) of Phill Niblock and Katherine Liberovskaya, and was hypnotized by the effect of their work. Each produce work that, in different ways, might be described as visual drone. One understands immediately how the duration of the film will play out, but this isn't a detriment. For instance, in Liberovskaya's work, with a score by Niblock, we see grains of rice removed off-screen one by one, or ice cubs in a sink slowly melting. This is not film-making driven by plot, but an exploration of time and gesture.
And how could I forget! I spent two wonderful nights in Torino for Ambienti Digitali, part of the Today's Festival, curated by Riccardo Giovinetto. Held apart from the main stages, Ambienti Digitali took place in (what I believe was) a former carpet factory soon to be converted into a museum, a suitably minimal space for performances by Philip Jeck, Fabio Perlatta, Simon Scott, and the mighty Giuseppe Ielasi. While we'd met before, this was the first time I'd seen Ielasi perform, and he did not disappoint. His work was raw and yet very refined, sometimes forceful and seemingly effortless. At times it felt like he was playing very stripped down Inventing Masks tracks, or half-speed cuts from Aix. The ex-factory was also the site of the installation Touch Movement, showcasing work on the Touch label.
While in Berlin, I witnessed impressive solo performances by Clarice Jensen and Svarte Greiner in the remarkable Musikbrauerei venue. And I fondly recall a memorable evening at Cafe OTO in London, a Fort Process Dispersion event featuring Isnaj Dui, Merkaba Macabre, and Clive Bell & David Ross. It was also a pleasure to finally meet Kate Carr IRL. I've already written (much too) extensively about my experience at 2018's Unsound festival in Krakow, but suffice to say it was a highlight.
My new podcast Sound Propositions will be dropping soon. I've been hard at work on the first half dozen or so episodes since October, and I am very excited to finally share some interviews and music from an incredible range of artists.
2018 also saw the milestone 100th LCNL mix, and the release of a new series, Inverted Microphones. Giovanni Lami kicked things off with Tapeocracy #1. More mixes fusing tapes and field recordings in Lami's Tapeocracy series will follow, as well as mixes from guest artists exploring the diversity of field-recording practices.
My conversations with Nicola Ratti and Lawrence English were published this year as part of my semi-regular Sound Propositions column. You can expect the next installments featuring Félicia Atkinson and Sarah Davachi to arrive sometime in 2019.
My friend Matteo Uggeri interviewed me for his fantastic new blog Concrete Shelves. It was nice to be on the other side of an interiew. Forget about my ramblings if you wish, but please do yourself a favor and check out his interviews with an incredible cast of characters discussing their music collections.
On a more personal note, Stefan Christoff and I finally released our second tape with the support of Moon Villain. I'm so glad to be able to share it, especially now as it feels like such a winter-appropriate piece. I performed a solo improv set in Boston, as well as the presentation of a new work in progress at an art gallery there, a project I'm tentatively calling Ma(d)re Nostrx. I presented another iteration of this work live on CKUT in Montreal, and also performed with Stefan as a duo for a lovely house show. It was a real pleasure play alongside Julia Dyck and Amir Amiri for that.
Format Experimentation
Andrew Pekler's online-only work Phantom Islands deserves serious praise.
How's this for a concept?
Phantom Islands are artifacts of the age of maritime discovery and colonial expansion. During centuries of ocean exploration these islands were sighted, charted, described and even explored – but their existence has never been ultimately verified. Poised somewhere between cartographical fact and maritime fiction, they haunted seafarers' maps for hundreds of years, inspiring legends, fantasies, and counterfactual histories. Phantom Islands – A Sonic Atlas interprets and presents these imaginations in the form of an interactive map which charts the sounds of a number of historical phantom islands.
Pekler's website allows users to explore these cartographic anomalies, evoking the utopian fictions that animate Jon Hassell's "Fourth World" music. Each navigator controls the course from one island to another, deciding how long to stay in one location and where to move to next. Manipulating the map (dragging this way or that, zooming in or out) gently alters the parameters of the music (spatialization, volume). Just navigate there right now if you haven't explored his "sonic atlas" yet.
Re-Issue madness shows no sign of slowing down, and I'm still torn about what this means for music. On the one hand, many artists from earlier generations who have contributed so much to the culture have not been adequately remunerated for their work, and if re-issues are getting them paid and exposing their work to new generations (or in some cases finding audiences for the first time) then this is undoubtedly a good thing. But it also has become harder for contemporary artists to break out and find support for their own work, and I don't want them to have to wait until a precarious retirement to find material rewards for their craft. So here's my little plea: as much as you are able, support artists and culture workers whenever and wherever possible. And maybe we can together find better ways to support culture than selling ad-space or pimping unnecessary consumer goods.
Last year I celebrated the fact that the Italian musician Franco Battiato was finally reaching audiences in the US, as Superior Viaduct released four of his classic albums from the early 1970s on vinyl there for the first time. 2017 saw the re-release of Michele Fedrigotti and Danilo Lorenzini's I Fiori Del Sole (1979) and Giusto Pio's Motore Immobile (1979), two largely forgotten classics of Italian Minimalism. While Raul Lovisoni and Francesco Messina's masterpiece Prati Bagnati Del Monte Analogo (1979) likely hit many of your radars owing to Die Schachtel's CD and LP editions from 2013, I know that Superior Viaduct's 2018 LP release has raised the profile of that record in the US even higher. (As an aside, since this doesn't seem to have been pointed out by anyone in English yet, I'd like to note that in the 1990s Lovisoni would become an MP for Lega Nord, a northern separatist party who built their brand on vilifying southern Italians and, especially in the last several years, immigrants from abroad. In their most recent incarnation as the Lega, 2018 saw the party become the dominant partner of a coalition which has been governing Italy since June of 2018. The fact that Lovisoni belongs to a racist and xenophobic political party strikes a somewhat dissonant tone.)
These three records records were all originally released in 1979 and produced by Battiato at the culmination of his experimentation with the avant-garde and minimalism. Battiato had spent the past five years working under the influence of mysticism, Stockhausen, and the political ferment of the 1970s. Battiato was closely associated with all of these artists, and listening to these three helps provide a key to unlocking his own records from that period (M.elle Le "Gladiator", Franco Battiato, and L'Egitto Prima Delle Sabbie), which I suspect are due for the re-issue treatment soon enough.
A Few Labels
Surfing on the Soundcloud back in 2013 I came across a preview of Gonzo and Lowjo's The Trilogy Tapes NOISES(s), reminiscent of the kind of anything goes travel diaries Sublime Frequencies puts out, but totally doing their own thing. Label boss Gonçalo F Cardoso (Gonzo, Papillon, Visions Congo) has stayed on our radar ever since, and Discrepant has continued to impress with releases from the likes of Carlos Casas, Mike Cooper, and Kink Gong. 2018 was a particularly strong year. A few highlights…
Musique con Crète is Tasos Stamou's electroacoustic distillation of the past and future of the island of Crete, fusing traditional sounds, experimental manipulations, and field-recordings from the eastern corner of the Mediterranean. Props for the great pun.
Félix Blume presents listeners with a unique window into Haitian funeral rites on Death In Haiti (Funeral Brass Band & Sounds Of Port Au Prince).
Inkanakuntuby marked the full-length debut from Muqata'a, launching the beat driven sub-label SOUK Records. Formerly the MC known as Boikutt, part of the pioneering Palestinian hip hop crew Ramallah Underground, Muqata'a's unique brand of production will make him a name to watch. Don't take my word, a recent Boiler Room performance and documentary Palestine Underground should convince you, also spotlghting the Jazar Crew, DJ Sama, and Al Nather.
Longform Editions
Spotify be damned! This Preservation imprint put out so many excellent releases in 2018, including from Lee Noble, Matthewdavid's Mindflight, Caterina Barbieri, Upgrayedd Smurphy, and Cruel Diagonals, but you really can't go wrong with any of their 4-release batches. Visually I'm reminded of Preservation's Circa series, but with a different intent and greater sonic cohesion: each artist creates one long piece with the intent of deep immersion in sound. Subscribe if you can, and look out for an interview with label-head Andrew Khedoori sometime in the coming months.
Nashazphone
Launched in 2006 by Hicham Chadly, an Algerian based in Cairo, Nashazphone has built up a reputation for their genre bending roster, spanning noise, psychedelic, punk, and free jazz. Early years saw releases from Alan Bishop's Sun City Girls, later the early releases of Islam Chipsy (of the Mahraganat group E.E.K.), and more recently Sam Shalabi's Isis and Osiris. As a vinyl only-label based in Egypt, their reach may not quite extend as far as it might otherwise, but this is also part of what makes them standout, with a clear aesthetic despite the stylistic diversity. In 2018 they released Bastet from Alberto Boccardi and Stefan Pilia. Boccardi has collaborated with a number of artists over the years, but his more recent experiences seem to have elevated his work with Stefano Pilia. Pilia is an eletroacoustic guitarist who has also done some impressive collaborations (Mike Watt, Oren Ambarchi, Z'ev) but I remember best from the criminally underrated group 3/4HadBeenEliminated (which also included Valerio Tricoli and Claudio Rocchetti). Highly recommend this LP, but all of Nashazphone's 2018 records are worth seeking out: a mind bending debut of vocal tape manipulations from Olivier Brisson; Skullflower, a noisy psychedelic group who debuted in 1988 on the legendary Broken Flag; a very dark record from the French group Trou Aux Rats; and Sister Iodine, another obscure French noise group from the early 90s, reformed some years ago for the sporadic new album.
Giuseppe Ielasi's even when they speak of space was released rather late in 2017, so it's still worth mentioning here. As his more beat-driven persona Inventing Masks has satisfied his rhythmic urges, Ielasi's solo music has become sparser. Described simply as "music for whistling, microphone and digital degradation," even when they speak of space comes with the instructions to be played at low volume. The title seems to be drawn from a line in the French philosopher Gaston Bachelard's 1958 book The Poetics of Space, from a section entitled "Miniature." This seems fitting for a record that takes questions of scale and space as a central concern. Its subtle layers of electronic manipulation are perhaps closest to Ielasi's 2011 Untitled CD for Entr'acte, but even less assuming. Imagine if Luc Ferrari's anecdotal music was listening in on our digital lives instead of the seashore, or if Jon Hassell's fourth world manifested as an oasis of microphones and speakers.
Senufo did release two new CDs that actually did come out in 2018, both in the fall. Luciano Maggiore's 9 enclosures continues his electroacoustic research into sound diffusion, here in the form of cassette recorders and small electronics. Richard Francis's Combinations (3) may utilize modular synth processing of recordings of wind and objects (if "Wind Versus Bottle Tops" is any indication). The sources are not clear, but the result is 6 tracks of finely detailed sounds that you'll want to keep on loop.
Some Other Records I Meant to Write About
Andrew Tasselmyer ~ Tines
This is a record dedicated to deep explorations of the Rhodes piano, but it sounds almost nothing like you would expect. It's release in October of 2018 came late enough in the year that I wasn't able to get to it before End of Year time set in, but some copies of the cassette are still available so jump on that. Tasselmeyr is one third of the group Hotel Neon, whose excellent mix "Cold Suns" we debuted back in February. Tasselmyer released a number of strong releases in 2018, but something about the intimacy and unusual perspective on the beautiful tones of the Rhodes keeps me coming back to Tines for repeated engagements.
Jean Grae & Quelle Chris ~ Everything's Fine
We don't normally cover lyric-oriented music here at ACL, and for this reason we don't generally cover hip hop. That said, many of us are big fans, and for years now I've wanted to write about the relationship between hip hop production (instrumentals, the beat scene, trap) and experimental electronic music. Lee Bannon's evolution into the Dedekind Cut is one obvious example of the flexibility here, but this overlap is nothing new. Let's be honest, divisions between genres are more very often social than aesthetic. Just listen to the music of Public Enemy's the Bomb Squad or J Dilla and you'll find some of the most challenging and deep musical production anywhere. Gabe Bogart and I did team up for an instrumental hip hop mixes in 2013 to try to tease out some of that and maybe expose our listeners to music they might not otherwise be tuned-in to.
Jean Grae should need no introduction, she's been at it so long and been killing it so consistently. She even appeared (over two decades ago) on the legendary taste making NYC radio program Stretch & Bobbito. Her long delayed Jeanius, produced with 9th Wonder and finally released in 2008, should have made her a household name. Despite her facility as an MC and producer, in recent year's her musical output has taken a backseat as she pursues other creative endeavors, including audio-books and acting.
Quelle Chris popped up on my radar when he appeared on Knxwledge's Rap Joints Vol. 1 10″ in 2013, showing up as MC and producer with a who's-who of contemporary talent: Iman Omari, Cavlier, DIBIA$E, Jonwayne, Pharoahe Monch, and the list goes on.
Everything's Fine is the first full-length collaboration from the pair and from the day it dropped it's been my most played release of 2018. Blasted from my Bluetooth speaker on my long daily bike commute in Minneapolis, in the car in New York, on my headphones around Europe, this album has seen me through all the ups and downs 2018 had to offer. Its dry humor, cutting satire, and genre-spanning beats have been the perfect companion to our increasingly unbelievable world. But everything's fine, right?
Jon Hassell ~ Listening To Pictures (Pentimento Volume One)
Sly & Robbie finally released a record of their team up with Nils Petter Molvaer, Eivind Aarset, and Vladislav Delay with Nordub. And then Jon Hassell finally released his first record since 2009′ Last Night the Moon Came Dropping Its Clothes in the Street and that cemented its place as my favorite tripped out trumpet record of 2018. It's not really fair to compare them, and I recommend anyone pick them both up ASAP. That said, a new Jon Hassell record after nearly a decade really feels like an event, and the man's still got it. His trademark sound is in tact but his current crop of collaborators keep him fresh and moving forward, striking a difficult balance between classic and contemporary. Hopefully we won't have to wait another decade for Volume Two.
Kali Malone ~ Cast of Mind
Richard Allen was very impressed by Malone's Organ Dirges 2016-2017 (2018) but we never got around to a review, unfortunately. With a name like that, you can assume it'd be the kind of thing that would resonate us, and the Stockholm-based composer does not disappoint. Ascetic House affiliated and frequent Caterina Barbieri collaborator, Malone is one to watch. Cast of Mind appeared just two months afterward the tape release of Organ Dirges and bowled me over even harder. Low, sustained tones from alto sax, bass clarinet, bassoon, and trombone, ebb and slow alongside Malone's Buchla. The A-side is more serene than the B-side, where her synth scrapes up against the acoustic instruments in a slightly more abrasive way. I take it the compositions are somehow process- or rule- based, but each of the four compositions unfolds organically and envelopes the listener without any sense of rigidity.
Maryam Sirvan ~ Untamed Terror
Tbilisi-based Maryam Sirvan is an Iranian sound artist and composer, member of the duo NUM. She brings her experience as a flautist and vocalist to her compositions. Untamed Terror consists of two tracks, the first in two parts, so each movement clocks in around 15 minutes. Her compositions are atmospheric, textured, deeply considered, and, just as often, deeply unsettling. One of the standout releases of 2018.
Nick Schofield ~ Water Sine
On the opposite end of the spectrum, and world away, comes Water Sine, the debut solo album from Montreal-based musician, producer, and radio host Nick Schofield. Schofield's music is the result of a self-imposed minimal set up, just one synth and one pedal with the occasional nature recording. The 12 tracks of Water Sine each aim for a peaceful tranquility that inspires deep listening and contemplation. The accompanying video for video for "Isle of Skye" recalls the late Geoffrey Hendricks, and why not, there are few things more sublime than the movement of the clouds against the blue sky.
PJS ~ Sweet La Vie
PJS operate in a similar vein of peaceful and contemplative ambient music. The duo made their debut on Lost Children in 2015 presenting an all-hardware four-part suite of positive intentions and blissed out ambient straight from the very west coast of Canada. It was an honor to provide them a platform back then, and I couldn't have been more thrilled to see them release the gorgeous Sweet La Vie on Leaving Records, a longtime favorite of mine. It's really no surprise that they would find common ground with Matthewdavid, and they've got a lot more in store for you coming out soon. This record was timed to coincide with the Summer Solstice, the longest day of the year, while their Glows, released on Pyramid Blood, coincides with the Winter Solstice, the longest night. Such attunement to cosmic rhythms should tell you something about the nature of their music, but espite utilizing all electronic hardware and cosmic reference points, there's is a firmly organic, earth-bound sound.
Sarah Hennies ~ Sisters
I'd heard a lot of mumbling that Hennies' LP Embedded Environments was among the year's best, composed of various percussion instruments played inside an old grain silo in Buffalo. But since I've been traveling I haven't really been buying many LPs, as I couldn't play them anyhow, and it's not yet available on streaming platforms. But I did purchase Sisters, two compositions for vibraphone performed by Lenka Novosedlíková in a medieval church in southern Slovakia, and it is just beautiful.
I don't watch a lot of TV and don't generally encourage it, but just want to mention one series in particular that might be of interest due the contributions of a familiar name: the Netflix series Suburra: Blood on Rome (aka Suburra: La Serie) which was scored by Scott Morgan (Loscil). Morgan's electronic motifs help tie together the disparate elements of the plot, which slowly converge as the series progresses.
Various crime families make deals (and come into conflict) over a proposed seaside redevelopment deal, revealing the ways the Vatican and the government are deeply implicated in all levels of corruption, which the protagonists resist or embrace to varying degrees. That said, this isn't a mafia show but a good balance of character driven storytelling and a fascinating plot.
Walter Benjamin wrote almost 80 years that that "we begin to recognize the monuments of the bourgeoisie as ruins even before they have crumbled." Well, the massive abandoned and unfinished sports complex where the three young leads meet to conspire doesn't even need to crumble to appear as a ruin. At least it's found good use a set for a show about contemporary Italy's continued struggles with crime and corruption.
I've been a regular comics reader since 1991. For whatever reading, I've rarely written about comics. There's a half-drafted essay on the back-burner that I'll polish off eventually, but for now I'd like to mention a few books from 2018 I enjoyed. Many of the books that resonated with me experiment with format, panel grids, size, medium, and the best find ways to connect those decisions to the theme or concept of the work.
Brian K. Vaughan, Marcos Martin and Muntsa Vicente's Eisner-nominated, Harvey-wining Barrier was initially released as five digital issues via the trio's Panel Syndicate site (where everything is always Pay What You Want). Image comics gave the series a suitable physical release in the form of a box set. While made for laptop viewing (with a horizontal orientation and aspect ratio made for the format), the physical format is something to behold. The subject matter is only too fitting for the current climate, one of the reasons I keep coming back to Vaughan's work going on two decades.
Vaughan's ongoing series Saga and Paper Girls, with artists Fiona Staples and Cliff Chang, respectively, both produced some of their best work to date in 2018. Saga has become so popular that the comics press seems to have stopped talking about it, but 2018's issues, leading up to a year-long hiatus, show why BKV is still master of the cliffhanger, and why comics remains a serial medium ("graphic novels" and trades be damned). Paper Girls is personal in a different way and without spoiling anything manages to make the 80s setting feel new, and deals with the question of new technology in a really fresh way.
Mike Carey and Peter Gross, the team behind the Unwritten, returned with The Highest House, a fantasy book that employs well-worn tropes yet manages to feel entirely its own. Many readers felt that the Unwritten should have ended after issue #25, when the primary story-line was resolved. Carey and Gross eventually managed to find a story worth telling in the back end of the book's run, a meta-narrative about the power of stories that provided plot mechanics allowing for a romp through classic literary settings. But, while I faithfully followed those stories for years, fortunately The Highest House is more manageable in scope, as a 6-issue limited series, with future limited series to come. Jet, a young boy living in an impoverished village, is sold off as a slave to a visiting royal dignitary, who recognizes in him some supernatural potential. The boy makes a deal with an ancient, dark force, but his commitment to justice doesn't waver, forcing him to be creative in playing all sides to his advantage without compromising his morals. It is a book defined by carrying on relationships despite imbalances of power, with a political backdrop that is removed enough from our world that it is able to stake out big questions without inspiring new jerk reactions. And Peter Gross produces perhaps the best work of his career, all the more stunning in the slightly larger than normal format of the serial issues.
Kieron Gillen and Stephanie Hans's DIE has an excellent, and concise, elevator pitch: it's goth Naria. With just one issue out in 2018 it still warrants a mention. It also comes has its own bespoke RPG. Gillen is a writer whose best work can go head to head with just about anybody working today: Phonogram and The Wicked + The Divine, both with Jamie McKelvie, tap into that something transcendent in music and fandom; Journey Into Mystery took the limitations of a corporate owned property (based on Norse mythology) and turned it into a monthly epic that is more affecting and emotionally powerful than probably anything the Big Two have ever done. DIE gives him room to stretch some new muscles. It has room for his obsessive world building and depth of characters, and Hans brings them to life. By tapping into the potential of RPG and game culture, DIE's story invites the readers to play and join in the meta-narrative.
Ryan North is still writing Squirrel Girl, but 2018 saw long-time penciler Erica Henderson depart the book on a high note. Her angular cartooning style may not be to everyone's taste, but what a run this team accomplished. Perfect for for kids and adults, both.
Michael DeForge's Brat is the latest proof of why the Canadian remains a darling of indie comics, with an uncanny knack for imbuing his bizarre and often abstract stories with real pathos. Giant Days, a sort of university sit-com, is just a perfect book that hasn't lost any of its power after nearly 50 issues. Anne Nocenti and David Aja's Seeds
Brubaker and Phillips Kill or Be Killed was the closest the esteemed pair have come to a super-hero book in some time, though it's really not that at all. Anti-hero vigilante's dispensing righteous, violent, justice without eliding any of the moral or practical complexity felt like just the right thing for present.
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Chicago officials shut down 300-person party in Wicker Park as 9 businesses closed for at least a day since tighter COVID-19 restrictions took effect
By Gregory Pratt
Officials enforcing coronavirus orders shut down a party attended by about 300 people in Wicker Park over the weekend and earlier this month cited a business for hosting a party with more than 600 attendees, the city of Chicago said in a news release.
Since restrictions on indoor service at restaurants and bars and tighter crowd limits went into effect on Oct. 30, the city said it has shut down five businesses for one day and closed four others until they have a reopening plan in place. In addition, the city said it has issued 20 citations and 54 "orders to correct" to bars, restaurants and other businesses.
"While the vast majority of Chicago's businesses are doing the right thing and following the COVID-19 regulations, it is incredibly disheartening to see some establishments continue to egregiously and blatantly disregard the guidelines and put our entire community at risk," said Rosa Escareno, commissioner of the city's Business Affairs and Consumer Protection Department.
The city of Chicago released this altered photo they said shows an illegal party early Sunday morning in the basement at 1612 W. Division Street in Wicker Park with about 300 people and with "no social distancing and no face coverings." (City of Chicago)
Officials responded to a complaint about an illegal party in the basement at 1612 W. Division Street in Wicker Park early Sunday morning. They found about 300 people at the party with "no social distancing and no face coverings," according to a news release.
The party with more than 600 in attendance on Nov. 5 was at the Chicago Sports Complex at 2600 W. 35th St., officials said.
Citations were issued to businesses including Wildberry Pancakes and Cafe at 196 E. Pearson St. for repeatedly allowing indoor dining; the Delta at 1745 W. North Ave. and Fat Fish Bar & Grill at 234-236 W. 31st St. for "egregiously" disregarding distancing and mask requirements on outdoor patios; and the Ballroom at 6351-59 S. Cottage Grove Ave. for holding a party with more than 200 people.
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Q: Открытие нового окна (MVVM) Необходимо открыть новое окно с заданным содержимым (оно уже имеется, наполнение идет по шаблону).
Конкретно - в методе я получаю название окна и необходимо открыть окно с заданным названием и данными внутри окна (данные можно также получить по названию окна).
Код Window:
<Window
    ...
    Title="{Binding Path=Tittle}"
    >
<Window.DataContext>
    <vw:TableViewModel/>
</Window.DataContext>

<Grid Margin="5">
    <controls:AttendanceTableControl/>
</Grid>

и ViewModel (данного окна)
public class TableViewModel : NotificationObject
{
    public string Tittle { get; set; }

    public StudentGroup CurrentGroup { get; set; }

    public ObservableCollection<string> Dates { get; set; }

    public TableViewModel()
    {

    }
...
}

В этом методе необходимо произвести открытие окна:
void OpenTableForSelectedGroup(object iEvent, string tabbleName)
    {
        if (iEvent is Event)
        {

            // ShowTable(tabbleName);
            // загрузить конкретную группу
            // для конкретной группы отобразить таблицу
        }
    }

В зависимости от названия окна мне необходимо загрузить те или иные данные в Dates и CurrentGroup (ну и Title окна установить).
Подскажите, пожалуйста, как грамотно организовать таковое, используя MVVM?

A: Я бы посоветовал не задавать объект View Model прямо в xaml разметке. Сделайте фабрику, которая будет создавать объект окна и объект View Model или даже 2 раздельные фабрики. А потом уже кодом назначать созданную View Model нужному окну.
В случае ручного создания вы сможете установить все свойства, главное не забыть уведомлять о изменениях свойств. Иначе в этом случае ни один биндинг не подтянет данные. Автоматические свойства не подойдут, если NotificationObject от призм, там есть RaisePropertyChanged, который надо будет в сеттерах и дергать.

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It was a day Kyle Davis would like to forget.
The USC pitcher was at a charity event playing basketball with kids last winter when he tweaked his ankle. Senior outfielder Timmy Robinson helped him off the court.
Robinson later discovered that it wasn't a great day for him, either.
Davis had let it be known he wanted a spot in the rotation, and after a strong end to his 2014 season, he was in line for that position. But it was more than just a tweak of the ankle. It not only cost him a spot in the rotation, it led to a groin injury later on.
Davis, now a senior with a four-pitch mix, will finally get that spot in the weekend rotation. The right-hander will headline a deep group of pitchers as the ace in Troy.
With a veteran group of pitchers back, including senior closer Marc Huberman, senior right-hander Brooks Kriske and junior left-hander Bernardo Flores, the Trojans are solid on the mound.
But with the loss of three of their top offensive producers, there are still questions in the lineup. Hubbs isn't looking to specific players to answer those questions as much as he's looking to the entire group to step up and fill the void.
Hubbs points to the improvement of senior outfielder Timmy Robinson, who got hot in the middle of last season and never cooled down.
Robinson finished the season batting .295 with seven home runs and a team-leading 53 RBIs. He's hoping a more relaxed approach at the plate will help boost those numbers this season.
Fun was't necessarily a word associated with the Trojans until the past few years. Hubbs has effectively changed the culture after years of complacency. The former USC pitcher has forced the players to become accountable for themselves as well as one another. It has bolstered team chemistry and the results have showed on the field in the form of wins — 39 of them last year, to be exact.
USC, ranked as high as No. 17 in the preseason Baseball America poll, has a longstanding tradition at the College World Series. While it might have gone dormant for a while, the Trojans feel that they could be headed back to Omaha.
At the very least, they're finally headed in the right direction again.


We love Mexican meals and the normal version of Mexican rice, but there is no denying that it can be a calorie heavy dish. This skinny cauliflower Mexican rice makes the perfect recipe substitute for the times when you are trying to keep your calorie count lower in your meal planning. It is one of my favorite 30 minute meals for lunch.
Normal Mexican Rice is very high in calories and carbs. This cauliflower rice is a nice alternative when you are trying to make the recipe a bit lighter. It is really nice served with my chicken enchiladas.
This Skinny Cauliflower Mexican Rice makes the perfect side dish for so many meals or can be served on its own for lunch.
To make this version of "fried rice" I am using a whole head of cauliflower instead of normal rice. This keeps both the calories and the carb count down as well.
To prep the cauliflower, just pulse large pieces of it in a food processor until it resembles smallish grains of rice.
Carrots, garlic, frozen corn , black beans, and eggs adds some color and extra flavor to the dish and salsa adds a nice flavor boost too.
The dish is super easy to make. Just heat some olive oil to a large skillet and heat it over medium low. Add the carrots and garlic and cook until they are fragrant, about 5 minutes. Stir in the corn, black beans and seasonings.
Next, add the cauliflower, stirring quickly to cook the cauliflower. Be careful not to overcook, or it will get very mushy.
Make a well in the middle of the "fried rice" and add the eggs. Stir them in gently and continue stirring until they are fully cooked.
Finish with the salsa and garnish with green onions to serve.
They say that you eat first with the eyes and this dish is a good example of why. This looks so much like the much higher calorie Mexican rice so you will be eager to dig right in.
And when you do? OH MY YES! Wonderful flavor and the satisfaction of knowing that you didn't destroy your calories for the day!
We enjoyed this tonight with my skinny ground turkey enchiladas and the two complimented each other perfectly.
Cut the cauliflower into pieces and place in a food processor. Pulse until the cauliflower resembles small grains of rice.
Add 1 tbsp of the olive oil to a saucepan and add the carrots and stir fry until fragrant - about 4 minutes.Add the mince garlic and cook a minute more.
Stir in the cauliflower, black beans and frozen corn and the other tablespoon of olive oil. Stir fry quickly until the cauliflower is soft but not mushy.
Make a well in the middle of the mixture, turn down the heat and add the eggs. Stir gently and continuously until the eggs are cooked. Stir in the soy sauce and chopped green onions.
Garnish with a few more green onions and some chopped avocado and serve immediately.
This dish is best served the same day.
Pinning!!! What a great idea!
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Joshua Wright, an economist and law professor at George Mason University School of Law (and Truth on the Market blogger), was recently named Scholar-in-Residence at the Federal Trade Commission. (News release here.) Josh will be at the FTC full-time next year. This is a great opportunity for an academic to steep himself in real-world policy issues and better understand the institutional players involved. In turn, the FTC will benefit from Josh's theoretical and empirical skills and his numerous connections within the academic community.
These are valuable synergies, and I hope it is the beginning of a trend. Congratulations and good luck to Josh.
Thank you Bill. I am very much looking forward to the new opportunity!


1. Cut up chicken into "wing" sized pieces or so. Mix up egg, 1/4 c. flour and milk.
2. Dip pieces of chicken into egg mixture.
3. Dredge each piece of chicken in the flour/salt mixture until coated.
4. Set aside until all pieces are coated.
6. Set on paper towel to drain some oil.
7. After all the chicken is cook throughoutly (and drained somewhat) place it in a medium sized bowl.
8. Heat up your sauce (~1/4 c. or more if desired) in the microwave for about 1 minute or until bubbly. Then pour over the chicken and turn gently to coat.
Serve immediately and enjoy!! Look at all the beautiful white meat chicken inside slightly crispy yummy gooey BBQ sauce! :) Yum!


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BURNING incense, a popular cultural practice in Arabian Gulf countries and elsewhere, generates indoor air pollutants that may cause inflammation in human lung cells, say researchers in the Gillings School of Global Public Health at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States.
"Hazard assessment of United Arab Emirates (UAE) incense smoke" appears in the August 2013 issue of Science of the Total Environment. Rebecca Cohen, master's student in environmental sciences and engineering (ESE), her adviser, Kenneth G. Sexton, now retired ESE research assistant professor and Karin B. Yeatts, research assistant professor of epidemiology, co-authored the study.
Previous studies, some by Yeatts and other UNC colleagues, have associated incense smoke with a number of health problems, including eye, nose, throat and skin irritation, respiratory symptoms, including asthma, headaches, exacerbation of cardiovascular disease and changes in lung-cell structure.
Indoor air pollution is an international health concern. The World Health Organization estimates that more than one million people a year die from chronic obstructive respiratory disease (COPD), primarily a result of exposure to pollutants from cook stoves and open hearths. Burning incense releases similar pollutants, including carbon monoxide.
In the current study, the authors identified and measured the particles and gases emitted from two kinds of incense typically used in UAE homes. The testing was done over three hours, the typical timeframe during which incense is burned, in a specially designed indoor environmental chamber with a concentration of smoke that might be present in a typical UAE living room.
The researchers analysed both particulate concentrations and levels of gases such as carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, oxides of nitrogen and formaldehyde.
Human lung cells were placed in the chamber to expose them to the smoke, then incubated for 24 hours to allow particulates to settle and the cells to respond. The resulting inflammatory response, a hallmark of asthma and other respiratory problems, was similar to that of lung cells exposed to cigarette smoke.
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Office 365 is available to all students for home use. The software can be installed on up to 5 computers, PC, Mac and many tablets. This software will be yours to use as long as you are a student at Saint John's. Just follow these 4 steps!
At the top right of the page, click Settings > Office 365 Settings.
On the Office page, select a Language, and then click Install.
Get started with Office 365 and Office Online in Office 365, and learn how to use Office 365 on mobile devices.
Stop by the Learning Commons if you have any questions or problems.
Office 365 is available to all students at SJCP.
Access Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote through your email from any computer with internet access.
From your email you can also download Skype and access OneDrive.
Saint John's provides filtered e-mail for student use at school and home.


This is not a for sure win for the #2 seed. Tennessee showed multiple vulnerabilities in their game against Colgate, and the Volunteers' inside game can be stopped by better teams.
Iowa is not a giant killer. This is a good but not great Hawkeye team with even more vulnerabilities than the Vols.
Tennessee has a small TS% margin edge and an even better R+T rating edge. If you know me and this criteria, I always pick against a negative R+T rating if the other team has decent criteria stats, which the Big Orange have.
North Carolina didn't look ready to play in the first half against Iona. If you think that matters, remember this: in the 1982 national championship season with Michael Jordan, Sam Perkins, and James Worthy on the roster, the Tar Heels almost lost their first tournament game against James Madison!
The only way Washington can compete in this game is to force Carolina into a lot more turnovers than they normally commit. The Tar Heels have had some issues where they played a bit too fast and made additional mistakes, but this doesn't look like one game where that will happen enough times to matter. The Heels have the highest remaining R+T rating in the tournament, one of the top SOS, and a decent TS% margin. If UNC gets beat in this tournament, it will be to a team that has a superior TS% margin and good enough SOS and R+T ratings to overcome Carolina's advantage.
While many people think UCF will give Duke a good game, the criteria here states the opposite. This one screams Duke blowout. Duke's SOS is 7 1/2 points per game stronger. UCF's strong point is true shooting % margin, and Duke is clearly better when their number is handicapped with the schedule strength. Even with Tack Fall in the UCF lineup, Duke should win the rebounding battle, and Duke's pressure man to man defense will force UCF into enough mistakes to put this game out of reach by halftime.
This should be an interesting chess match type of game. The numbers predict a close contest. Texas Tech has the better SOS by enough points to matter. Their TS% margin is clearly better as well, thanks mostly to having an incredible defense. Buffalo has a slightly better rebounding game, while turnover margin is close to a wash. The Bulls R+T rating advantage is lessened a bit due to schedule strength, and it comes down to how mnay good looks Buffalo gets against a great defense.
Virginia Tech was overlooked as the number five team in the ACC. Duke, Virginia, North Carolina, and Florida State got all the publicity as possible Final Four teams, but the Hokies cannot be overlooked at this phase of the tournament. The SOS is so biased in Tech's favor, that they should dominate every phase of the game.
Liberty has nothing to be ashamed of. They will not be the next Atlantic Sun team to make the Sweet 16 (after Florida Gulf Coast), but they had a great year. They just don't have the personnel to knock off a potential Elite 8 opponent.
Virginia scared a lot of people for about 17 minutes Friday night. That "oh, no, not again" feeling had begun to creep into the minds of many, maybe even some of the Cavalier players.
Oklahoma had played so poorly in February and March that many pundits believed the Sooners did not belong in this field. The Sooners struck Ole Miss like the OU football team against a Sun Belt opponent. The game was never in doubt against the Rebels.
One thing you can bet for sure is that the Sooners will not come out and score 50 points in the first half. They will be fortunate to score 35. Virginia will control the tempo in this game, much like Sooner Coach Lon Kruger did when he was head coach at Florida. Oklahoma will have to hit open jumpers when they present themselves and then try to crack the Pack-line code inside.
Virginia's offense is not one to overlook. The Cavs can be quite efficient on the attack, and even though they rarely top 75 points in a game, at 60 possessions, scoring 70 points is nearly impossible to lose.
Oklahoma has a negative R+T rating. That's enough to make this a decisive win for the Cavs.
Houston and Ohio State have played in the NCAA Tournament before. Very few people saw that game, basically only those at the L.A. Sports arena. It was the since-cancelled consolation game of the Final Four, and Ohio State upset the Cougars a day after the top-ranked team lost big to #2 UCLA. It turned out to be the last college game of the great Big E, Elvin Hayes and Don "Duck" Chaney, who both went on to enjoy stellar NBA careers.
None of this matters, but at least you now know.
As for this game, Houston's R+T rating is far superior to Ohio State's, and the Buckeyes' R+T is just under 0. The Buckeyes' SOS is a little stronger than Houston's, which in effect allows the slightly negative R+T to be negated, but not enough to overcome Houston's excellent R+T rating. This data says that Houston will enjoy a game-winning scoring spurt in this contest that Ohio State will not be able to replicate.
UC-Irvine coach Russ Turner was worth the difference in the Anteaters' win over Kansas State on Friday. UCI doesn't have the overall talent to advance much deeper into this tournament, but neither did Loyola of Chicago last year. It isn't part of the criteria, but Turner has many qualities similar to Red Auerbach with the Celtics. It isn't shocking that I compare him to Auerbach; he's a grandson in the Auerbach coaching tree, having been an assistant to Don Nelson who played for the Celtics under Auerbach.
Oregon's SOS is much stronger than the Anteaters. Irvine's R+T is better but when you handicap the SOS, it is almost a wash. Irvine might be able to hold their own on the boards against the Ducks, but Oregon will force more turnovers on the Anteaters than their norm. It isn't impossible the UCI could become the darling of the Sweet 16, but my goal here is to try to help you win your bracket pool, and I'd say that Oregon has a 60% chance or better of winning this game, and Dana Altman is an A+ coach as well.


Bring boiling-water canner, half-full with water, to simmer.
Wash jars and screw bands in hot soapy water; rinse with warm water. Pour boiling water over flat lids in saucepan off the heat. Let stand in hot water until ready to use. Drain well before filling.
Ladle immediately into prepared jars, filling to within 1/4 inch of tops. Wipe jar rims and threads. Cover with 2-piece lids. Screw bands tightly. Place jars on elevated rack in canner. Lower rack into canner. (Water must cover jars by 1 to 2 inches. Add boiling water, if necessary.) Cover; bring water to gentle boil. Process 10 min. Remove jars and place on dry counter until cooled.


Prevention of venous thromboembolism after elective surgery is better influenced by judgement than by protocols. BJS 2010; 97: 1315-1317.
Systematic review and meta‐analysis of laparoscopic Nissen (posterior total) versus Toupet (posterior partial) fundoplication for gastro‐oesophageal reflux disease. BJS 2010; 97: 1318-1330.
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Systematic review and meta‐analysis of steatosis as a risk factor in major hepatic resection. BJS 2010; 97: 1331-1339.
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Randomized clinical trial of metronidazole ointment versus placebo in perianal Crohn's disease. BJS 2010; 97: 1340-1347.
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Epidemiological study of lower limb amputation in England between 2003 and 2008. BJS 2010; 97: 1348-1353.
Combined first‐stage hepatectomy and colorectal resection in a two‐stage hepatectomy strategy for bilobar synchronous liver metastases. BJS 2010; 97: 1354-1362.
Authors: M. Karoui, L. Vigano, P. Goyer, A. Ferrero, A. Luciani, M. Aglietta et al.
Clinical impact of intraoperative histological examination of the ductal resection margin in extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma. BJS 2010; 97: 1363-1368.
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Fluorescent cholangiography illuminating the biliary tree during laparoscopic cholecystectomy. BJS 2010; 97: 1369-1377.
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Fluorescent cholangiography illuminating the biliary tree during laparoscopic cholecystectomy (Br J Surg 2010; 97: 1369–1377). BJS 2010; 97: 1378-1378.
Major haemorrhagic complications of acute pancreatitis. BJS 2010; 97: 1379-1384.
Synergistic action of oncolytic herpes simplex virus and radiotherapy in pancreatic cancer cell lines. BJS 2010; 97: 1385-1394.
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Short‐term outcomes with intrathecal versus epidural analgesia in laparoscopic colorectal surgery. BJS 2010; 97: 1401-1406.
Accuracy of multidetector computed tomography in identifying poor prognostic factors in colonic cancer. BJS 2010; 97: 1407-1415.
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Volume–outcome analysis of colorectal cancer‐related outcomes. BJS 2010; 97: 1416-1430.
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Magnetic resonance imaging‐detected lymph nodes close to the mesorectal fascia are rarely a cause of margin involvement after total mesorectal excision. BJS 2010; 97: 1431-1436.
Role of wound macrophages in skin flap loss or survival in an experimental diabetes model. BJS 2010; 97: 1437-1451.
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Risk factors for portal venous thrombosis after splenectomy in patients with cirrhosis and portal hypertension (Br J Surg 2010; 97: 910–916). BJS 2010; 97: 1452-1452.
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An unveiling is a ceremony commemorating the tombstone which was erected in memory of one who has died. While this is a relatively modern custom, starting at the end of the 19th century in England and the United States, we find it roots in the pillar Jacob set up over the grave of his beloved wife Rachel (Genesis 35:20).
This ceremony is usually held about one year after the burial, though in Israel, unveilings are commonly held one month after a burial. Before the unveiling, a cloth is placed over the stone and then removed during the ceremony when the stone is viewed and inscription read. An unveiling is a brief ceremony and there is no specific liturgy. Often El Malei Rachamim, the memorial prayer, and the Mourner's Kaddish are read. These may be accompanied by psalms of comfort, meaningful readings, and brief remembrances of the deceased by those in attendance.
Since an unveiling often brings together family and friends, the ceremony is sometimes followed by a meal at a restaurant or the home of a family member. Where Rabbi Larry Freedman and Cantorial Soloist Amy Goldstein are glad to officiate at an unveiling for temple members, many families conduct the unveiling themselves using self-written creative services for just their immediate family and very close friends. Both the Rabbi and the Cantor are available to help you plan a meaningful unveiling for you and your family. If you are planning an unveiling, please let the Temple Office know of the date in advance. It is also a good time to do a mitzvah in memory of the deceased loved one. A good example is a special donation to the Cemetery Fund, to help insure the beautiful care of the cemetery for years to come.


Potato toast or the Aloo toast is yet another simple bread toast recipe to try when you feel lazy to cook 😜. In my Bread Pizza recipe I told that I didn't get a piece at all and so for me and my mom I prepared this Aloo Toast which I have bookmarked from Padhu long before. I made this one a bit spicy to suit my taste and it really tastes good and my mom loved it and asked the recipe to try later 😜. Now let's go to the easy recipe of Potato Toast.
1. Boil the potato and smash it nicely. Now add all the ingredients except bread and butter.
2. Mix them nicely. It should be Ina spreadable consistency. If not sprinkle little water.
3. Spread the potato masala on one side of the bread. In a tawa or pan, add ghee and start toasting the normal side and toast it first. Add little ghee on the masala spreaded side of the toast.
4. Flip the bread and toast it again till it gets nicely toasted. It should take roughly 3 to 4 min. You can slowly flip and check if it has become light brown.
5. Serve it hot with Chilli Tomato Sauce.
1. This would be little spicy as we add chilli powder, green chilli as well as garam masala. So while giving to kids, you can avoid the garam masala and the green chilli.
2. White or wheat bread suits to prepare this toast.
Boil the potato and smash it nicely. Now add all the ingredients except bread and butter.
Mix them nicely. It should be Ina spreadable consistency. If not sprinkle little water.
Spread the potato masala on one side of the bread. In a tawa or pan, add ghee and start toasting the normal side and toast it first. Add little ghee on the masala spreaded side of the toast.
Flip the bread and toast it again till it gets nicely toasted. It should take roughly 3 to 4 min. You can slowly flip and check if it has become light brown.
Serve it hot with Chilli Tomato Sauce.
Wow! There will be a great breakfast for me! Thanks!
Ah! I have some boiled potato in my fridge… this toast is really tempting!


Adult child's expectations | ConductDisorders - A soft place to land for battle weary parents.
Discussion in 'Parent Emeritus' started by Mumofone, Mar 26, 2014.
I'm so glad I found this site as I'm at the point of needing to detach from my 34 year old son. I've realised that for about the last 20 years I've allowed him to take and take from me while also keeping me at arm's length and just throwing me a few crumbs now and then. I've allowed this to happen out of love and parental guilt (I was a struggling single mum, I was young, I was brought up by a violent alchoholic, I felt that I needed to compensate for what I perceived to be his disadvantages by doing everything for him and not expecting anything in return, grateful for any interaction with him). I always loved and adored him and he's by no means helpless, but he does struggle with anxiety and bouts of depression. However he has a job, has friends, has relationships (the last one ended a few months ago which he's still getting over), and is by no means helpless.
Last year I decided to invest in a property, and he became my tenant - he's bad with money and can never save it, so I, as usual thinking about him before myself, bought a lovely little place for him, at a rent that he can afford. Before settlement I bought everything he would need for the house, and moved it all in there - he did nothing, just moved his stuff in on moving day. I was sharing a house with a friend and paying rent, and on settlement day I had to swallow feelings of regret that I hadn't done this for myself. I found myself in a relationship at around that time which has since become serious, and we want to live together, in that house ideally for a number of reasons, mostly practical. I told my son that he can have a year to find his own place, and he became really upset and cried and said that he can never catch a break. The subtext of that conversation was that he assumed he would have that house forever. I tried to comfort him but he asked to be alone, so I sent him an email the next day explaining that I'm finally ready to allow myself to be happy and to enjoy the fruits of my labour, and that I hoped he understood that I can't, at 55, keep sharing a house and need to have my own place. I also said that I would help finance him into his own place, and that he has a year to find somewhere. He didn't respond, and yesterday I sent him a text asking to meet up this weekend to talk, and again no response.
I now feel angry and realise that I've allowed him to call the shots on our relationship since he became a stroppy teenager, and I really want to detach from him. I don't want to finance him into his own place now because he clearly has no concern for me. I just need to do it in a rational way that is not from anger, so I've desisted from contacting him while I calm down. I guess I'm writing all this here because it's like seeing something for the first time, and I can see how wrong I was for so many years just giving an giving to him. I haven't helped him or myself at all, and it's not his fault but I have to reclaim myself. At the moment I'd be quite happy never to set eyes on him again. I just want him out of my house and out of my life. Is this normal and what shall I do from here?
Hi there. I just answered "Losing Hope in CA" about money and you are welcome tor ead it and I'd say the same thing to you only...your son is a middle aged man now. You shouldn't support him at all. My 36 year old has anxiety, mood swings, and anger issues and he is way too old to expect me to support him in spite of that. He does have a job. We have tremendous issues together, however, I refuse to support my grown children. Your son should have no say in your relationship at all or if you live in your own house or not. Is he even paying rent? Does he work? Something doesn't add up here. He is like a child who is still expecting you to come to his rescue and support him. Why does he call ANY of the shots in your life? He doesn't even sound like he's very grateful. Most of our adult kids are actually grown up brats, like my 36 year old, and were overly pampered and spoiled, like my 36 year old is. He isn't a very nice man and your son doesn't sound nice either, by your description of how he treats you.
Are drugs involved? Even if not, do you feel it is healthy to take care of him like this? You and I will not live forever. Then what? My own 36 year is is too emotionally dependent on me...I'd worry even more if he were financially dependent on me.
Hugs for your hurting mommy heart, and hope you read the answer to the post I directed you to. Others will come along and may have a different take on things, however we are not much on enabling our adult children as a group. YOU have to take care of a very important person you seem to have forgotten about...YOURSELF! Your son is at an age where he needs to learn to take care of himself and it's time for you to finally enjoy your life, free of obligation to ANY children, grown or otherwise. I'm glad for your new relationship Hope you can take back your power!!!!
Hi Mum, I'm glad you are here and hope we can share with you some thoughts and our own experience.
is quite an attempt to help your son. I know that I had to feel like I had tried everything I could think of---and more---before I was willing to do something different. I had to be completely sick and tired of being sick and tired.
My son's difficulties began when he entered middle school, but they were mild compared to the last four years. Does your son use drugs? You mention some anxiety and depression---is there more than these difficulties?
My son is a drug addict, and through his addiction, he has had complete failure to launch. Today he is 24.5 years old. Many of my son's friends have graduated from college, they are working at full time jobs and some are married with children.
You may be aware that a person's development basically stops when they are using drugs. My son's behavior has been at about the 15-year-old maturity level, if not a bit younger. That is the "age" from which he appears to make decisions.
It is my experience that the more I did for my son, the more he expected me to do and wanted me to do, and the less he did for himself. Finally (I am a very slow learner), I saw this in the clear light of day, and I began to work hard on myself so I could allow myself to stop doing the things he, as an adult, should be doing for himself.
To this day, he does not believe he needs help to stay off drugs. While I know that miracles do occur, the majority of people have to work a serious program of rehabilitation and recovery in order to stop taking drugs and to stay sober, one day at a time. And then, relapse still is a frequent occurrence.
Recovery is a choice. Getting help is a choice. Helping yourself, and stopping depending on other people, is a choice.
Since you asked, I will say that his behavior (and my son's behavior as well) is not normal. I would give him 30 days to leave the house. If he is not out within 30 days (under his own power and via his own arrangements and decisions) and refuses to leave, I would remove him from the house with the help of the proper authorities. I know that will be very hard to do, and it will hurt you to do it. But Mum, we don't do our adult children any favors when we protect them from the realities of life, and from growing up.
Hugs and prayers and blessings for you this night.
Today, Mum, I am standing back from my son. I see him about once a week for a very short period of time. I give him no money at all. He has been homeless for the past 40 days and he lives on the street in the town where I live. There is a shelter he can apply to stay at, and there are halfway houses he can apply to stay at. Of course, he will have to be drug-free in order to stay there. He is able to get three meals a day, take a shower, walk from place to place and wash his clothes. He has no money. He has no job. This is his choice.
If my son ever does make some progress (that is believable and consistent) toward change, there are many people who will encourage him, support him and even help him to dig out of the deep hole he has dug for himself. But Mum, we have been there and done that many, many times over the past four years, thinking that THIS TIME is the time he will take the hand we are extending to him, and then pull himself up with it. That hasn't happened, no matter how many times, and no matter what we have done.
So, today, Mum, we are done with that. We love him very much and we aren't mad at him. In fact, I have compassion for him, but I will admit I am frustrated to watch this waste of wonderful human potential, and I can't spend too much time close to it right now. If I see him in small doses, I can display my deep love for him and my encouragement.
But I do have frustration with people who just won't help themselves. That is hard for me, and I admit I do judge them, way more than I want to. I am working on that trait in myself, but I'm not there yet.
Today, I wish you some peace and some calm so you can decide what you will do next. I am sorry your son has not taken the hand you have extended to help him, and has not pulled himself up with that hand. Only you can decide what you will do.
Is this normal and what shall I do from here?
No it is not normal for a 34 year old to live off his mum and to claim he can't get a break when confronted with the fact that he can't do this forever.
It is totally reasonable to give him a deadline to move out. In the meantime you may have to figure out what to do to legally evict him if he doesn't move out. If you are worried he will act out or trash the place, you may need eviction and police.
You have the right thought in your head now...you deserve to be happy, to live with some one you love as two adults and not two roommates, and your 34 year old deserves he same...under his own steam. Hold that thought...THIS IS THE NATURAL WAY OF THINGS...and move forward one step at a time till you get there.
Keep posting. We will help.
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15 years ago, Kristian Dunn and Tim Fogarty released their self-titled debut album as El Ten Eleven. The self-released LP received only modest attention initially, but the project would go on to defy all expectations, gradually attracting a significant cult audience of loyal fans. But defying expectations is standard operating procedure for El Ten Eleven. Seriously, who would expect two instrumentalists to create such a large and complex sound? Thanks to inventive arrangements and a masterful use of looping, Dunn (bass/guitar) and Fogarty (drums) developed a pulsating sound full of atmospheric intensity. They've also crafted an incredibly durable career, and the duo credit the ongoing interest in their debut album as the foundation for that success. The music of El Ten Eleven has been embraced by fans of many genres - from math rock, to jazz, to lo-fi hip-hop. The duo's sound is sharply evocative in mood and feeling, yet simultaneously abstract and meditative. The combination of these qualities has stimulated the imagination of the group's fans, and gives space for listeners to assign their own value and meaning to the sounds. "I'm aiming for emotional impact when I come up with songs," Dunn explained. "Sometimes it's technically interesting but it doesn't make me feel anything. But I don't want music that's interesting. I want music that's emotionally resonate."
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Where environmentalism was once a side note (perhaps even a joke) it has now become a priority on the agenda of many corporate notepads. Each one of us makes daily choices that include the way we interact with products and what effect these have on the environment. The power of choice is an individuals vote for the kind of future they hope to see (and big companies are starting to see the light).
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