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Live and Very Attractive
Live & Very Attractive is the band's first live film which was filmed over the course of the UK Get Happy Tour October 2007. The film premiered at the AFI Dallas International Film Festival. Bowling for Soup is a Grammy nominated, comedy influenced pop punk band who originally formed in Wichita Falls, Texas in 1994. Now based in Denton, Texas, the band is best known for their singles "Girl All the Bad Guys Want" (a 2003 Grammy Award nominee) "Almost", "High School Never Ends", and "1985" which has since gone on to sell more than one million official downloads itself. They have sold over a million albums over the course of their career.
Bowling For Soup Available In:
Alternative, Punk
Punk, Rock, Alternative, Festivals And Events, Metal, Pop, Documentary, Indie
High School Never Ends
Ohio (Come Back to Texas)
I'm Gay
Live at the House of Blues
SUM 41 performs live at The House of Blues, Cleveland in 2007. The show, in support of their fourth studio album, Underclass Hero, features performances of "In Too Deep," "Fat Lip" and "Pieces."
Scopophobia
As you can imagine the soundtrack is heavy on the metal and it sounds great, really filling the room, mainly from the front soundstage. The surrounds get a look in for ambience, and some amusing spot effects, and the bass is nice and low.
Live At Jannus Live 2014
Rise Against is also known for their advocacy of progressivism, supporting organisations such as Amnesty International and the It Gets Better Project. In this amazing live concert experience at Jannus in 2014 the band claims its rightful place in the hearts of the fans with a performance that is full of the band's signature rabble-rousing punk riffs and singer Tim McIlrath's unmistakable roar.
Live at the Key Club: West Hollywood
Against Me! perform 15 songs "Live at the Key Club" in West Hollywood, CA on December 14, 2006.
Live at Brixton Academy
Live At Brixton Academy captures Good Charlotte hopping across the pond in support of breakthrough album The Young And The Hopeless, playing all their biggest hits including "Lifestyles Of The Rich & Famous," "Girls & Boys" and "Hold On."
Another Station: Another Mile
"Since we put together our last film, the snowball that is Rise Against is still gathering size and speed. What you hold in your hands is the continuing story of our band, what it means to us, and what it means to people like you. At our request, all the live footage you see in the film is completely unedited; meaning we didn't go back and fix or re-do anything. We felt it should stand or fall on its own merit, and be embraced for what is, which is live music. Who knows, maybe we'll feel differently next year. But for now, the moments are captured raw as we make our way to another station : another mile." Rise Against
Color Me Obsessed
For some aging music fans and kids with a passion for musical history, The Replacements are rock and roll defined. This Minneapolis quartet took a teenage-punk attitude, threw it in a blender with classic and pop rock, and then poured it into a Middle American pint glass. Over the band's 12-year existence, its live sets were magical, a total mess, or both-depending on your mood and the members' respective blood alcohol levels. Gorman Bechard's remarkable history of the 'Mats takes us from their first show as the Impediments to their 1991 onstage breakup in Chicago, and everywhere in between. Bechard bravely eschews including the band's music, photos, and live footage, instead relying solely on the fans: their well-kept memories, hilarious anecdotes, and differing points of views about the foursome's wildly varied discography and infamous antics. Bechard has recruited an impressive roster of influential fans: musicians such as Husker Du, Babes in Toyland, The Decemberists, The Hold Steady, Archers of Loaf, Titus Andronicus, and Goo Goo Dolls; writers such as Jack Rabid, Legs McNeil, Robert Christgau, Jim DeRogatis, and Greg Kot; and actors such as George Wendt, Tom Arnold, and Dave Foley. Sprinkled in among that esteemed group are the more mainstream fans, who often give the most insightful and heartfelt perspectives of all. Follower or not, after taking in COLOR ME OBSESSED, you'll be ready to run home, gather some 'Mats albums, and design a perfect soundtrack of your own.
Live at the Roundhouse London
Seminal punk band X-ray Spex release a special live concert film recorded at 2008's sell-out concert at the Roundhouse through new Future Noise Music imprint Year Zero. The first X-ray Spex live outing since 1979, this performance of their classic album Germ Free Adolescents saw singer Poly Styrene and bassist Paul Dean joined by friends Sid Truelove (anarcho-punk drummer with Rubella Ballet and Flux of Pink Indians), Mark Saxby (former guitarist with Arnold) and Flash (saxophone player, formerly with Rip Rig & Panic, Jah Wobble, Don Cherry and the Slits) at London's Roundhouse on September 6th 2008 in front of 3,000 raucous fans. In 1976 X-ray Spex were formed by Poly Styrene placing an ad in NME and Melody Maker for "Young Punx Who Want To Stick It Together". For a generation sifting through the wreckage left by punk rock, X-ray Spex truly turned our world day-glo. The combination of tough, razor sharp riffs, kooky sax lines and Poly Styrene's wonderful voice and incisive lyrics tearing into plastic consumerist society were perfect. Their 1978/79 stay was all too brief - a handful of memorable singles: debut Oh Bondage Up Yours! and the hits The Day The World Turned Day-Glo, Germ Free Adolescents and Highly Inflammable. Versions of all these songs are featured here, alongside previously unreleased new track Bloody War. X-ray Spex transcended punk, influencing a whole new scene of indie kids and post-Riot Grrrl rockers like the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and the Gossip. The band's innate genius and brilliant song writing makes them as relevant now as they were then. They are that rarest of things, a group that has never dated.
Live at Mexicali 2009
This concert film captures a 2009 gig from a reunited Mucky Pup, the band best known in the United States for their association with the popular comic strip Bloom County, but who had a much more substantial career in Europe before disbanding in 1996.
No Room for Rockstars
The Vans Warped Tour
With more than 300 hours of film shot during the 2010 tour, No Room For Rockstars documents the true stories of modern era rock and roll from every possible angle. From the kids in the van playing parking lots to gain notice, to the veteran stage manager whose life was saved by the tour, to the musician who crosses over to mainstream success while on the road, No Room For Rockstars is cinema vérité story-telling at its finest. A historical retrospective or concert film this is not. No Room For Rockstars is meaningful insight into current state of rock and roll and the zeitgeist of youth culture.
Live in Columbus
On November 11th, 2016 Beartooth performed a homecoming show at Express LIVE! in Columbus, OH. This was not just another show that served as the conclusion to their 2016 Aggressive Tour, but an emotional homecoming playing a venue they grew up going to. Since their early days of playing jam-packed basement shows, Beartooth have always stayed true to their roots. The raw emotion that went into each performance embodies what Beartooth is all about; giving fans an unforgettable live experience every night. Beartooth: Live in Columbus includes 14 live performances spanning their catalog, along with commentary from each band member as they describe their journey as musicians. Beartooth have played sold out shows around the world, their sophomore album Aggressive debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Alternative Chart and No. 3 on the Billboard Rock Chart upon release.
Live at Download Festival 2011
Gifted with a voice, style, as well as undeniable onstage presence, Taylor Momsen and The Pretty Reckless arguably are one of Rock-n-Roll's saviors. This live performance exhibits more raw energy, less overprocessing, and most of all, real emotion.
Band in Seattle: The Wimps Episode 302
Wimps writes fast-paced songs about everything ranging from being the old guy at a party, to the gentrification of Capitol Hill, to awkward text messages. Comprised of Rachel Ratner, Matt Nyce, and Dave Ramm, this three-piece breaks the punk rock stereotype and proves that all it takes is a punk rock attitude and super relatable songs.
The New York Hardcore Chronicles
Director Drew Stone's The New York Hardcore Chronicles Film is an incredible journey through the community and culture of the iconic New York hardcore scene. Not the typical history of a local music scene but so much more. Shot in an episodic format, the film contains over 60 interviews, never before seen footage, photos and a blazing soundtrack. With appearances by Roger Miret & Vinnie Stigma (Agnostic Front), Lou Koller, Craig Setari (Sick Of It All) Ray Cappo (Youth Of Today), Billy Graziadei (Biohazard), Billy Milano ( S.O.D. / M.O.D.) and Mike Judge (Judge). The film addresses the community, culture, straight edge and DIY ethic of the hardcore scene in the greatest city in the world that is still vibrant, relevant and going strong to this day.
Bullet in a Bible
Featuring Green Day's first live film, Bullet in a Bible captures the explosive band on the biggest tour in it's career, in support of the Grammy-winning, quadruple-platinum, #1 charting "American Idiot" punk-rock epic. From two performances filmed in June 2005 before 65,000 fans, both in Milton Keynes in England, to the film's documentary segments following the band members around that city as they visit a war museum and various pubs, and share in-depth insights on the making and meaning of "American Idiot", Green Day is #1 with a Bullet in a Bible.
Watch Green Day Bullet in a Bible full live concert right here on Qello Concerts!
Awesome as F**k
Green Day recorded every show on the 21st Century Breakdown tour. When it concluded, the band members, singer-guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong, bassist Mike Dirnt, and drummer Tre Cool, sifted through the audio to deliver the best performances from their shows around the world. The footage was shot at the band's show in Tokyo, Japan. The concert includes Green Day's biggest hits and fan favorites, including "21 Guns," "American Idiot," "When I Come Around," and "Good Riddance."
Live at Soundstage
The Counting Crows know how to have fun. Lead Singer Adam Duritz rocks his way through an evening in which poetry seems to explode from the band's repertoire of blues/rock/country hits. Fresh off the release of their greatest hits album Films About Ghosts (taken from a line in the song "Mrs. Potter's Lullaby"), the band reflects on its 10-year history in a Soundstage episode that highlights the iconic "Mr. Jones," along with other up-tempo tunes including "Hangin' Around," "Rain King" and "Mrs. Potter's Lullaby." Duritz slows down in the mournful rendition of "A Long December" but reinvigorates the mood with the rootsy "American Girls." Other hits featured include "Recovering the Satellites," and "She Don't Want Nobody Near."
The Black Parade Is Dead!
Leave it to My Chemical Romance to call their second full live album — and their second live release during The Black Parade era — The Black Parade Is Dead! Unlike 2007's mini-album Live and Rare, which patched together performances from MCR's fall 2006/winter 2007 dates in the U.K. and Europe, The Black Parade Is Dead! is a lavish CD/DVD affair chronicling two performances: the CD captures the band's October 7, 2007, Mexico City date — their last as the Black Parade — while the DVD features video of that show as well as their October 24, 2007, date at Maxwell's in their home state of New Jersey. The Black Parade Is Dead!'s grandiosity is only fitting, considering how elaborate The Black Parade was, and also fittingly, the Mexico City show is a song-for-song performance of that album — the only difference is "The Black Parade Is Dead," where Gerard Way announces to the audience that this is "the last performance of The Black Parade forever!"
In Session 2006
This concert feature takes the user behind the curtains to deliver a real intimate live performance of the band's best hits. Rise Against's musical style throughout the band's career has been described by most critics as melodic hardcore, punk rock, and hardcore punk. The band has cited numerous punk and hardcore bands as influences to its music.
Louder Now
Over 90 minutes of behind-the-scenes footage including live performances, studio outtakes, videos, and bonus material from recording and touring around the 2006 release "Louder Now."
Live at the Henry Fonda Music Theater
Los Angeles concert featuring "The Taste Of Ink" and "Buried Myself Alive."
Live in Vancouver
Concert in Vancouver featuring "A Box Full of Sharp Objects," "On My Own" and more.The members of the Used had to overcome poverty, homelessness, and substance abuse, not to mention the straitlaced attitudes of their hometown of Orem, Utah, to bring their screamo-tinged brand of post-hardcore to life. But they persevered and earned a contract with Reprise Records, releasing their self-titled debut album in June 2002. Having only played a handful of shows around Orem prior to their record's release, the band — vocalist Bert McCracken, guitarist Quinn Allman, bassist Jeph Howard, and drummer Branden Steineckert — began relentless nationwide touring that quickly saw their fan base multiply. Club dates soon turned into successful stints on larger-scale festival/package tours including the Warped Tour, Ozzfest, and Projekt Revolution alongside Linkin Park and Snoop Dogg.
Survive Kaleidoscope
For the six men in Underoath, whose members have evolved and thrived during a decade-long progression that has elevated them into one of heavy music's biggest successes, change has been ubiquitous. 2010 has been no exception for the Tampa-based sextet, who underwent and overcame what many consider their most significant line-up alteration yet.
This film features a full live set from the Electric Factory in Philadelphia, PA including tracks from "Define The Great Line" and "They're Only Chasing Safety."
Nevermind's success; Kurt fighting heroin addiction and depression


Most of you guys have been hearing her voice since she called into one of our shows. After a talk between the other co-hosts we knew we wanted her on our team! She has done so much so far for the show and we have to give her, her official s/o on the this blog! We are very glad to have her on the team. We know you guys will enjoy her as well!
So now we have 2 females and 2 males!! We look forward to growing the show with all of us!! Thanks Kenya for joining the team.
P.S. We may create a petition to get Kenya on Twitter!! LOL She is gonna kill me when she sees this!! Also you may hear us call her Redd (Double D), and her them call me Red (Sunny). I've had the pleasure of knowing this young woman since middle school, so you know!
Really??? A petition?! LOL Ugggghhhhh This pressure is unbecoming!


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So says my little heart in response to this wonderful news. I've been waitin on that album like they've been waitin on a subway line.
I'm sorry. That was really grasping at straws. I just wanted to apply a Walkmen lyric.


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Collector's Review: Little Nightmares Six Edition PC
On 07/09/2017 1
Background of Little Nightmares: Six edition
Little Nightmares is a horror/platformer/stealth hybrid game from the Swedish developer Tarsier Studios. The game was launched in April 2017 and was generally well received. I bought the collector's edition, named Little Nightmares: Six Edition in this instance, for pc on launch day together with my waifu, Nadia. We played it together and recorded every bit of it, which you can witness right here if you fancy some wacky entertainment.
This is a cheap collector's edition being that it was only around 16 USD more expensive than the regular edition. This means that while it's light on content and quality it will not be as much of a con as if the price tag was at a more regular CE-level.
Width 14 cm, Height 20 cm, Depth 7,5 cm
DKK: 299,- | EUR: 40 | USD: 48 | GBP: 37
*Please note that I worked with Danish prices at the time and all the prices are based on this. Denmark is VERY expensive with their video games, so keep that in mind.
Little Nightmares: Six Edition is one of the smaller collector's editions. It's about the same size as other game's limited editions or special editions. The box has a window in the front reminiscent of a metal door with bars through which you can see the main character Six. On the back, you can see all the relevant information and system requirements.
The build quality of Little Nightmares: Six Edition is nothing special. It's a thin cardboard sleeve over a similar box. The sleeve contains all the information and the inner box has a more clean look. It will get plus points for making the plastic window to simulate a door with bars.
The art of the box is simple but effective. It is designed as a heavy metal box with a barred door. Through the bars on the door, you can see the figurine of Six inside. The figure is held in place with a plastic holder formed to hold her in place. It looks pretty cool to add storytelling to the design of the box but the result is also simple and a bit boring.
Display quality
If you want to get the full effect out of displaying your Six Edition on the shelf you have to keep the Six figurine inside the box. Because without her the whole point of the design falls flat. I really like the figurine and have it placed on a shelf by itself and that leaves a box simulating a metal prison with nothing inside. A pity. However, if you want to keep Six locked up it's quite a cool display piece.
Six figurine
The main character of Little Nightmares is the skinny girl; Six. She is only wearing a long yellow raincoat (And in fact white short, according to this figure) and bare feet. Her head is a bit over proportioned as the game's art direction dictates. She has her hair down over her eyes, though you can see them when looking in beneath the hood as narrow, unpainted eyes. There is good detail work on her coat and they have made some shading with wash paint to highlight them.
Six holds a little Zippo lighter in her outstretched right hand, reminiscent of her ingame version. The flame (and her entire hand in fact) is made from clear plastic to simulate a real flame with grades of orange. The figurine is glued on to a gray, circular plate with the logo of the game molded in the bottom.
All in all, it's a very fine figurine and the likeness of Six is really well achieved. This is no high-end statue but considering the price I'm really satisfied with the execution.
Quality 8/10 Considering the price, the size and the likeness of the character this is a really neat little figure.
Relevance 9/10 If the main character is not a good choice for a figure I'm not sure what is. Though I would have loved one of the bad guys as well, Six is a fine choice in her iconic stance.
I must admit that stickers are not my favorite inclusion in a collector's box. To me, they are a cheap addition and I never use them. However, I know other people think differently. Even my own wife stickers everything…
This tiny sheet holds 7 stickers where 6 of them captures situations from within the game. I won't go into detail about who is who because of potential spoilers but most of the characters of the game are here. They all look fine and all, but this item still strikes me as bland.
Quality 3/10 This is a cheap addition that mostly just adds another line of content to the promotional material.
Relevance 5/10 I admit the characters of Little Nightmares are represented on these stickers. And they do indeed stick. But who cares to be honest?
The next piece of content for the Six Edition is this small comic. It has the same size as a DVD case and has impressive 12 pages of content. To be honest this is mostly an advertisement for the real comics that can be bought at your local comic pusher. Apparently, there is a whole series of these in the works.
I really like the art style they made for telling this story. The use of contrast and colors are exceptional. The story is mainly an entry into the game and quickly show the prominent characters.
Quality 4/10 It's cheap, made from thin glossy paper. Hopefully, the 'real' comics has a better feel.
Relevance 6/10 It is relevant to hype the story of the game, but let's be honest. This is an advertisement for a separately bought product.
As much as I love posters I really dislike the folded ones where you will always be able to see the lines over the motive. I understand that it's hard – if not impossible – to add a tunnel folded poster but the alternative is not something I value.
Quality 5/10 Thin and flimsy paper, but the motive is quite good.
Relevance 7/10 The art style of the game is really original so it is relevant to show off the art.
Game case
The cover is basically the regular one sans the barcode. Nothing to see here, move on folks.
This is a weird collector's edition to score. Firstly most of the content is pretty low quality except the figurine which, however, is really small. Secondly, it is a really really cheap collector's edition. You get all the content for only about 16 USD more than the regular edition.
With that in mind, this IS a pretty good buy. Considering collector's figurines with the same size as Six she makes the package worth it. If you stumble into a Little Nightmares: Six Edition do not hesitate to buy it while it's available outside of eBay.
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Florida Moves Along Bill to Head Off White Guilt
2 SCOTUS Justices Issue Unusual Joint Statement
Judge Tosses Out Trump 'Emoluments' Lawsuit
He decides plaintiffs have no standing to sue
Posted Dec 22, 2017 2:11 AM CST
Updated Dec 22, 2017 6:29 AM CST
President Trump waves upon his return to the White House Thursday, Dec. 21, 2017, from a visit to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
(Newser) – Restaurant workers, a hotel event booker, and a watchdog group who say President Trump has business conflicts that violate the Constitution cannot sue him, a New York judge ruled Thursday. US District Judge George Daniels said it was too soon for the lawsuit to be considered by the courts, particularly because Congress had not considered the issue, the AP reports. The lawsuit earlier this year alleged that Trump's "vast, complicated, and secret" business interests were creating conflicts of interest. It claimed the business ties violated the Constitution's "emoluments" ban against taking foreign gifts and money without Congress' permission, including for hotel stays or office leases.
Trump had called the lawsuit "totally without merit" while aides to the Republican president dismissed it as politically motivated. Justice Department lawyers had argued that the plaintiffs did not suffer in any way and had no standing to sue, and that it is unconstitutional to sue the president in his official capacity. Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington originally brought the lawsuit. "While today's ruling is a setback, we will not walk away from this serious and ongoing constitutional violation," said Noah Bookbinder, executive director of CREW. "The Constitution is explicit on these issues, and the president is clearly in violation. Our legal team is weighing its options and will soon lay out our decisions on how to proceed."
(Read more President Trump stories.)


It's been more than two years since we fans bid a sad farewell to The Lizzie Bennet Diaries, the delightful web series that recast Pride and Prejudice as the Internet video blog of a struggling communications grad student in California. And now comes LBD: The TED Talk (or, at least, the independently produced talk in a TED-ish format).
In an engaging fifteen-minute lecture called "What Jane Austen Can Teach Us About Our New Internet Selves," writer and critic Julie Salmon Kelleher argues that new communications technology changes the way we see ourselves – and that old communications technology, like the novel, did too.
The literary technique known as free indirect discourse, pioneered and popularized by Austen and other eighteenth- and nineteenth-century novelists, implies the existence of a private self that is both distinct from and more real than our public self, Kelleher argues. By contrast, the self implied by Internet-enabled social media is a collaborative, collective project.
Kelleher illustrates her point with a passage from Pride and Prejudice – Elizabeth's reaction to Darcy's letter – and with the equivalent scene from LBD, in which Lizzie, bemused to receive a wax-sealed, handwritten (in cursive!) missive from the rejected William Darcy, decides not to share its super-sensitive contents with her Internet audience.
That decision, which maintains the privacy of Lizzie's consciousness despite the public nature of her video blogging project, suggests that the new world isn't quite as far from the old as we sometimes think, Kelleher says.
I'm too private a person – or perhaps too old a person -- to find social media's all-sharing-all-the-time ethos anything but off-putting. So it's a relief to know that, just maybe, there will still be a niche for me in this brave new world. If not, at least I can watch LBD again.


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The Economic Crisis Makes Infidelity too Expensive
Barbie Latza Nadeau on how the economic crisis is putting an end to the affair.
Barbie Latza Nadeau
Correspondent-At-Large
Updated Jul. 11, 2017 8:47PM ET / Published Aug. 26, 2013 4:45AM ET
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The holiday month of August used to be a time for Italian men to stay in Rome while their wives went off to the seaside, kids in tow. The husbands ostensibly had to stay in the city to "work," though that was often a euphemism for spending leisure time with their mistresses, without having to worry about excuses or lies.
In cafés and restaurants, experienced waiters would pretend not to recognize their regular customers, now canoodling with their seasonal sweethearts. As the saying went, "Ferragosto moglie mia non ti conosco" which might best be translated as "It's the middle of August—who are you again?" or, even more loosely, "Wife, what wife?"
But not anymore.
Like a prudish spoilsport, the European economic crisis is rapidly changing Italy's social mores. Not only are wives increasingly working to support their families and, thus, also spending summers in the city, but it's also becoming prohibitively expensive to support the accoutrements of a double life. Italy's tough recession has made it difficult for philandering husbands (and in some cases wandering wives) to hide extracurricular expenditures like extravagant gifts and clandestine romantic meals on tight budgets, which means that the customary postcoital, five-course lunch following an illicit afternoon assignation have become a thing of the past. These days, paramours have to make do with take-out slices of pizza.
"There was a time when the couples here were all lovers, not spouses," says Marco, a waiter at Café Delle Belle Arti, which overlooks the Villa Borghese. "It's different now. We've got far more traditional couples in the summer months, and that changes the ambience."
The government's austerity measures and tougher tax regulations have also put a damper on things. Hiding a hotel bill from a romantic getaway by claiming it as a business expense is no longer tacitly accepted. Even the reintroduction of Italy's property tax on second homes (abolished by Silvio Berlusconi but reinstated by Mario Monti) affects the love life of the Italians by making it tricky to keep that crucial pied-a-terre for midday trysts. "Giancarlo" who doesn't want to use his real name for obvious reasons, is a 48-year-old married tax lawyer who recently was forced to rent out his bachelor pad in Rome because of the new tax burden. "It really messed up my romantic life," he told The Daily Beast. For more than six years, he had met his lover, a 46-year-old woman who is also married, at the apartment for long romantic "lunches." Without the apartment, he said, "we couldn't find a way to hide a hotel bill, and it gets very old to try to keep up an amorous relationship in a parked car—especially at our age." The two eventually split up.
The Italian psychologist Florinda Bruccoleri, who has studied the issue, recently wrote on her blog that, these days, "infidelity is at least as stressful as the original marriage because of economic concerns. It's hard to reconcile keeping the equivalent of two wives."
The crisis has reached such proportions Italy's most popular glossy magazine, Panorama, dedicated a cover story to the issue, under the headline: Anche l'amante e in crisi (Even the Lovers Are in Crisis). The piece elucidated the reasons behind the distressing loss of the "wife on the side" that Italian men have long enjoyed as a right. Blaming economic hardship and the ease with which affairs can now be discovered because of social media, the writer quotes a series of nameless men who say their lives feel incomplete without their inamorata.
For many married Italians, playing around has simply been par for the course. Another popular Italian proverb, "non c'e due senza tre," translates roughly to "no two without three." When said with a sly smile or a raised eyebrow, it is taken to mean that every couple has a third partner lurking somewhere in the background.
According to the World Atlas of Sex, a survey published last month in France (inevitably), Italians are the most unfaithful people in the world, followed (closely) by the French and the Spanish—the U.S. ranks 17th—though the survey, which is based on admissions of adultery, may be skewed by Southern European bluster.
Reliable statistics based on self-reporting are, of course, hard to come by, given the inherent secrecy and deceitfulness of the deed. (Who is really honest about their dishonesty?) A more accurate estimation of the prevalence of cheating, perhaps, can be found in divorce court, and last year, the Italian association of divorce lawyers published a study of infidelity based on a review of divorce cases over the last five years. According to the study, 55 percent of Italian men and 42 percent of Italian women have cheated, or are currently cheating, on their spouses. The study also found that the most adulterous age is between 40 and 50, and that more than 60 percent of all affairs take place between colleagues. And according to the study, 7 percent of married men cheated with other men in homosexual relationships, compared with 5 percent of women who sought out lesbian encounters.
In terms of the geography of extramarital relations, the lawyers found Milan to be the two-timing capital of Italy followed by Rome, Bologna, and Turin. The survey also suggested that cheaters were most commonly exposed by the discovery of illicit cellphone text messages. (A. Weiner, take note.)
But getting caught doesn't necessarily cause a breakup. "In our country, infidelity is no longer seen in a tragic way," says Gian Ettore Gassani, a divorce lawyer and one of the authors of the study. "Only 40 percent of divorcing couples split because of infidelity." Let's face it: these days, who can afford to be single?


Well done to Langmore for winning the House Cross Country event.
Here are some pictures of our Prep-Grade 6 students enjoying the gymnastics unit.
Well done to our Grade 3 – 6 students who participated in House Athletics last Wednesday. Watch the latest 'Lodgers' to see and hear more about the day.
The preps have enjoyed playing on the scooters in their PE class last week.
Yesterday some of our classes enjoyed a basketball clinic from the Raheen from the Casey Cavaliers. Here are some pictures from the day.
The Grade 3-6 students have been enjoying doing high jump this week.
Hi all, Here is a short video from yesterdays Athletics Day. Prep – Grade 2 Athletics Day 2017 from Berwick Lodge Primary School on Vimeo.
House Cross Country 2017 from Berwick Lodge on Vimeo.
On the 16th of February, Grade 1-5 students were involved in the AFL Football Roadshow. Here is a show video from the day.


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Third strong storm in week drenches N. Calif.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - December 3, 2012
The storm dropping as much as an inch of rain per hour Sunday in some areas, toppling trees and knocking out electrical service to tens of thousands of people, officials said.
Rivers across Northern California swelled from the deluge but did not flood as extensively as had been expected, officials said.
Forecasters had issued flood warnings for the Napa and Russian rivers, two rivers north of San Francisco with a history of flooding, as well as the Truckee River, near Lake Tahoe, but by Sunday afternoon had canceled the warning for the Russian River.
"It (the storm) moved through a lit bit faster than it was looking like it would, so it didn't plant on top of us and keeping raining," said Austin Cross, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service. "The period of heavy rain didn't last as long."
In Napa, where officials had handed out more than 8,000 sandbags and about 150 tons of sand before the storm hit, officials breathed a sigh of relief Sunday afternoon after the heaviest rain moved out of the area and the city appeared to avoid any major damage from the storm.
"There were predictions of the river getting above flood stage, but that did not occur," Napa city spokesman Barry Martin said. "We've had some minor street flooding and some of the intersections were flooded."
Flood construction projects were credited with keeping the river within its banks through the city, while most of anticipated flooding, expected around 6 p.m. Sunday, was expected to hit a mostly agricultural area outside of the city, officials said.
In Truckee, 30 miles west of Reno, city officials were focusing on snow removal Sunday afternoon instead of flood control after the town received 4 to 5 inches of snow in the morning, said Assistant City Manager Alex Terrazas.
"We continue to keep an eye on the river, but things are certainly better than they could have been," he said. "We'll transition back to flood management if we need to."
Besides the speed in which the system moved through the area, weather officials were heartened by colder temperatures than expected in the mountains, meaning more snow and less rain fell.
In far Northern California, flood warnings remained in effect Sunday for the Eel, Navarro and Mad rivers.
Meanwhile, as Pacific Gas & Electric crews worked on restoring power, about 57,000 people from Santa Cruz to Eureka, including about 13,000 people in the San Francisco Bay area, remained without electricity Sunday afternoon as the powerful winds from the storm knocked down trees and sent broken tree limbs and branches across power lines, officials said.
"It really did broadside California," PG&E spokesman Joe Molica said of the storm.
About 2,000 PG&E crews were working Sunday to try to restore power, Molica said.
Wind gusts, recorded as high as 60 miles per hour in parts of the Bay area, were blamed for knocking over a big rig truck as it drove over the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge at around 5 a.m. Sunday.
Tow crews had to wait for the winds to subside later in the morning before they could remove the truck, officials said.
Also, train service on the Bay Area Rapid Transit system was disrupted for about an hour Sunday morning because of an electrical outage blamed on the weather.
Associated Press writer Martin Griffith in Reno, Nev., contributed to this report.


Without a human at the wheel, how does a self-driving car know where it is – and what to do?
In highly-automated and autonomous vehicles, the job of reading the road and taking tactical driving decisions falls to the Advanced Driver-Assistance System (ADAS) or in-vehicle control system: an advanced software application that takes inputs from a variety of sensors, synthesises them into an understanding of the vehicle's environment, and acts on that understanding in real time.
GPS/GNSS: To determine the vehicle's absolute position on the Earth's surface, to determine the exact timing of actions and communications, and to aid navigation decisions.
Lidar, radar, sonar, computer vision: To detect and characterise objects in the environment, and to read signs, to inform decisions about braking, lane-keeping, lane-changing and collision avoidance.
Inertial measurement units (accelerometers, gyroscopes): To measure speed, movement and orientation, and to help determine current position using dead reckoning calculations from previous known positions.
RTK/PPP: To increase the accuracy of a GPS/GNSS-derived position to sub-centimetre level, for precision positioning applications like lane keeping.
Combining these inputs to guide automated driving decisions is a complex feat of real-time data gathering, synthesis and processing – and it has to work. The consequences of a poor or mis-timed driving decision could be catastrophic, not just to the vehicle and any occupants, but also to other road users.
Before they can share the road with human drivers, connected autonomous vehicles must be thoroughly and rigorously tested. Manufacturers must understand how the vehicle will behave in a huge range of conditions and scenarios; the sort it might encounter over millions of miles of driving.
System designers, OEMs and suppliers need to test the efficacity of the vehicle's sensors, both individually and in concert. They need to know that each individual sensor is optimally placed in the vehicle, that it's outputting accurate and reliable data, and that the sensor fusion algorithm that combines the data to create a complete picture of the environment is doing so effectively.
They also need to understand how the sensors behave – and how the sensor fusion algorithm responds – in a huge range of driving conditions, including when interference is present, or the vehicle is being subjected to a deliberate cyberattack.
The scale and rigour required means testing can't be purely conducted in the real world. There's little scope for driving a test vehicle along the hundreds of millions of varied miles required to verify safe and reliable performance – at least not in the early stages of development. And with OEMs vying to put autonomous cars on the roads as early as the mid-2020s, it would simply take too long.
What's more, unusual edge case scenarios (like the bus that didn't give way to one of Google's self-driving cars, resulting in an unexpected collision) might not present themselves during real-world test drives. And even if they did, it would be hard to re-create them perfectly in order to test any updates to the control system.
That's why manufacturers are turning to lab-based simulation with both physical and virtual vehicle models. It's the only way to rack up millions (in some cases, billions) of realistic driving miles in a way that's fast, scalable, reliable, repeatable, ethical and economically viable.
Creating a sufficiently realistic version of the world means simulating not just the road, but the entire driving environment – including other road users, obstacles in the road, the surrounding 3D landscape (like hillsides, trees and buildings), the weather, and activity in the RF spectrum.
As the market leader in testing position, navigation and timing capabilities, Spirent is working closely with the connected autonomous vehicle industry to provide the simulators, software and expertise needed to test these capabilities in the lab.
Look out for these blogs over the next few weeks – or visit spirent.com/pnt to learn more about our solutions to support connected autonomous vehicles.
Read Blog #2 called "Testing position, navigation and timing with hardware in the loop for connected and autonomous vehicles"


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Findings from a decade-long study of HIV-1-infected injection drug users indicate that HIV-1-positive women who have used injection drugs may need a different schedule for anti-AIDS therapy from current practice. The research, published in the November 7 issue of The Lancet, show that among study subjects who developed AIDS, levels of HIV were significantly lower in the women than in the men. This suggests that rates of disease progression are more rapid in HIV-infected women who have used injection drugs than do men with the same viral load. For example, according to three different methods of assessment, the women in this study who progressed to AIDS had viral loads measuring 38% to 65% of those in the men.
The men and women participating in the study developed AIDS equally quickly after infection, indicating that women who use injection drugs develop the disease with as little as half the viral load of men. In addition, at viral loads that equal men's, the women had 1.6 times greater risk of progressing to AIDS than the men.
These findings could be an important first step in understanding the course of HIV/AIDS in each gender," said Dr. Alan I. Leshner, Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), National Institutes of Health, which funded the study. "Continued research needs to answer whether this HIV progression holds for a non drug-using population as well. Further, it can be concluded that if a given viral load measurement differs in clinical significance in drug-injecting women, treatment strategies using these measurements may have to be optimized separately from those of men."
Led by Dr. Homayoon Farzadegan, a team of researchers at Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health studied specimens from 650 HIV-1-infected, injection drug users participating in a continuous study at a Baltimore clinic. HIV-1 load was assessed during an initial (baseline) visit, and again on follow up visits 3 years later. The study was designed to analyze the relationship between gender using three different methods of measuring HIV-1 viral load. Results demonstrated significantly lower median viral load measurements in women by all three methods.
These results were surprising," noted Dr. David Vlahov of the Hopkins research team. "We expected lower viral loads to be associated with slower progression of the disease, and this was not the case."
Explanation for the lower viral load counts in women in the study remains elusive, with researchers considering several alternatives: different HIV-1 dynamics in men and women, and/or gender-linked behavioral differences that might influence viral load, and hormonal differences.
NIDA supports more than 85 percent of the world's research on the health aspects of drug abuse and addiction. The Institute carries out a large variety of programs to ensure the rapid dissemination of research information and its implementation in policy and practice.
Further information on NIDA research and other activities can be found on the NIDA home page at http://www.nida.nih.gov. Fact sheets on health effects of drugs of abuse and other topics can be ordered free of charge, in English and Spanish, from NIDA Infofax at 1-888-NIH-NIDA (-644-6432) or 1-888-TTY-NIDA (-889-6432) for the deaf.


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Sun revamps storage leadership
The company's data storage division, which has struggled over the past year, is getting fresh blood, including new engineering and marketing leaders.
Ed Frauenheim
Nov. 25, 2003 3:43 p.m. PT
Ed Frauenheim Former Staff Writer, News
Ed Frauenheim covers employment trends, specializing in outsourcing, training and pay issues.
Sun Microsystems' data storage division, which has struggled over the past year, is getting fresh blood in its leadership ranks.
On Tuesday, Sun announced several management changes to its network storage division, which Sun Executive Vice President Mark Canepa continues to lead.
Fidelma Russo, most recently vice president of advanced storage systems development at rival EMC, is joining Sun storage as vice president of quality engineering. Andy Ingram, who has led marketing organizations in Sun's server, processor and software groups, will replace Kathleen Holmgren as vice president of marketing for the storage unit. Holmgren will become vice president of product line management.
Balint Fleischer, the storage unit's chief technology officer, has also been made a vice president and given additional management duties, Sun said.
Sun, famous for selling server computers, has been weathering financial troubles. The performance of the storage unit has been rocky as well, according to analysts.
"Their execution has been dismal in the last few years," said Arun Taneja, founder of research firm Taneja Group.
Sun's share of the worldwide market for disk storage systems fell to 7.7 percent in the second quarter of this year from 8.4 percent in the second quarter of 2002, according to research from IDC. Competitors Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Dell, Hitachi and Network Appliance all gained market share during that period. Sun's overall disk storage system revenue also dropped nearly 12 percent year over year, to $365 million, according to IDC.
Sun, though, said things are improving in its storage business. Citing IDC figures, Sun said its overall storage revenue grew 22 percent from the first quarter to the second quarter of this year, while the overall market declined almost two percent. Sun also said IDC statistics show that it gained market share in disk storage systems for computers that use the Unix operating system.
Fleischer said that since 2001, the storage unit has brought in additional technologies by acquiring companies such as Pirus Networks, which specialized in software that enabled disparate storage devices to function as parts of one system. Sun storage has also broadened its portfolio to include low-end, mid-range and high-end offerings, he said.
"We have made great progress over the last three years," Fleischer said.
Taneja said he's seen positive signs from Sun's storage unit over the last year. One is a willingness to resell high-end storage systems designed by Hitachi Data Systems, he said. Taneja also applauded the new management changes. He said external marketing was not a strength for Holmgren, whereas product line management is a good fit. "I think she's much better (suited) for that type of position," he said.


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Miranda Lambert, Hank Williams Jr. Headline New Country-Rock Fest
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With 264 residents spread over six square miles, Sparta — a former railroad stop that sits 45 minutes south of Cincinnati — is one Kentucky's smallest cities. Come August 28th, though, the local population will swell to more than 30,000, thanks to a new three-day music festival co-headlined by Miranda Lambert, Hank Williams Jr., Brantley Gilbert and other country heavyweights.
Announced this morning, the NiFi Festival is the first in a series of national fests launched by Nitro Fidelity, a California-based entertainment group, and Speedway Motorsports, Inc., the auto racing corporation that owns eight of America's most popular speedways. Working together, the two companies plan to host top-tier festivals at more than half of Speedway's racing tracks over the next decade, including an event at the Texas Motor Speedway in 2016 and, if all goes according to plan, a Sonoma Speedway festival that could rival California-area events like Coachella and Outside Lands.
The inaugural NiFi Fest, which kicks off August 28th at the Kentucky Speedway and runs through the 30th, will model itself after camping festivals like the upcoming Bonnaroo in Manchester, Tennessee. Top Chef contestant Edward Lee is heading up the food operations, and Huka Entertainment's A.J. Nyland — who helped launch festivals like Hangout and Tortuga — is booking the entertainment. On the lineup are a handful of A-list rock bands, including Green Day and Kings of Leon, as well as some of country music's biggest acts: Lambert, Gilbert, Williams, Jake Owen, Trace Adkins, Joe Nichols, Josh Turner, Jana Kramer, Nikki Lane and others. Early bird tickets start at $245, with VIP passes and deluxe camping packages — or "glamping," as NiFi Fest's website calls it — driving up the price for well-heeled attendees.
Tickets go on sale Thursday morning at 10 a.m. ET.
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Lucy in the Afterlife: Emma's Grief (Part 2)
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"Emma! Justin! I'm home!"
The sound of Michael's voice shook the house causing Emma to jump up and run to her mirror to clean herself up before her dad could see her like this.
"Hi, Dad." Emma called out as she opened her bedroom door and walked over to look down at her father from the second-floor. "Justin's not home yet."
Lucy stood next to her daughter and looked down at her husband. He looked thinner than she remembered, but he was still the incredibly handsome man she married with his black hair and stunningly blue eyes. She missed their talks together because he always kept her grounded.
"I guess that means it's just us for dinner again. Is he at practice?" Michael asked.
Lucy could feel Emma's conflicted feelings whether to tell him what she really knew or to just be vague.
"I guess that's where he is." To Lucy's dismay, Emma chose vague.
"What's all this?" Michael motioned to the shards of porcelain scattered across the marble floor in the foyer.
Emma quickly descended the stairs to join her dad.
"I don't know. It wasn't here, when I came home, but I'll get the broom and clean it up." Emma went into the kitchen to collect the broom and dust pan.
When she returned, Emma noticed her dad kind of staring off into space.
"Are you okay, Dad?" She asked.
"I was just remembering my honeymoon with your mother. We bought that figurine while we were in Italy. She always said it was one of her favorites." Michael reminisced.
Lucy tuned into her husband's thoughts as he was reliving their honeymoon together, then all of a sudden, those memories faded away and were replaced by the phone ringing, and Michael hearing the words he thought he would never hear. Your wife was in an accident. She didn't survive, then, Michael's imagination took over spinning the worst possible scenarios through his head of how she died.
It broke Lucy's heart to see that. She didn't want him to replace their wonderful memories with the last moments of her life. That was but an instant compared to a lifetime of memories.
Michael quickly pulled himself out of his grief, and Lucy could sense it was because he wanted to be strong for Emma.
"What sounds good for dinner?" Michael didn't ask because he was hungry. He just wanted to keep himself busy.
"Make whatever's the easiest." Emma answered, as she bent over to sweep up the broken figurine into the dust pan, then, she followed her dad into the kitchen.
Michael headed straight to the refrigerator, while Emma put the broom and dust pan away in the laundry room.
"How about pizzeria casserole?" Michael turned from the frige holding a casserole dish, with a post-it note on top. "Looks like grandma stopped by today." He smiled a genuine smile spurred by the gratitude he felt for his mom, and his mother-in-law.
"Yes! That's one of my favorites." Emma took a seat at the end of the island.
Now, Lucy was linked to her family without even thinking about it. She saw everything that Michael's mom, and her own mom, had been doing for him since she died, and she was also filled with gratitude. The two moms were constantly bringing food, and making sure everything was clean, so Michael wouldn't have to worry about taking care of the house or the shopping.
Lucy could also 'see' that Michael didn't want to take advantage of them by getting too dependent on their help, so he was in the process of looking for a good housekeeper.
"Your brother sure has been spending a lot of time at practice these days. Has he played any games yet?" Michael asked, after putting the casserole in the microwave.
Lucy felt Emma's guard come up again as soon as her dad asked about Justin. She realized that Emma knew everything her brother was doing, but she felt hesitant to tell her father the truth.
"Tell him! Tell him about Justin!" Lucy screamed at her daughter.
But instead of revealing the truth, Emma responded with, "I don't know," while her head was screaming, "He got kicked off the team because he's doing drugs!"
Emma's choice to not tell her father the truth was rubbing Lucy the wrong way. She had to get the heck out of the kitchen fast to avoid feeling so overwhelmed by her frustration and anger. Why wouldn't Emma help her brother?
Closing her eyes as tight as she could, Lucy thought about the living room. When she opened her eyes again, that's exactly where she found herself, but she wasn't alone.
Ava and Dobson were waiting for her there. Of course, Ben was nowhere to be seen. Lucy made a mental note to ask Ava about him and where he goes.
"Are you okay, Lucy?" Ava asked, while rushing to her side.
"I just had to get out of the kitchen. Emma knows all about Justin, and she won't tell Michael." Lucy dropped down onto the couch in defeat.
"I'm so sorry, but you can't fight free-will." Ava told her.
"I guess so." Lucy tucked her short auburn hair behind both ears. "Have either of you ever seen a gray misty cloud that's about the size of a soccer ball?" She changed the subject.
"I have." Both Ava and Dobson said in unison.
"How long has it been here?" Lucy was wondering.
"We noticed it right after you died. When it first appeared, it was the size of a golf ball, and it has been growing fast ever since." Dobson shared.
"I think that thing knocked the figurine off the table. Do you know what it is?" Lucy asked.
"No. We've never seen anything like it." Ava answered, as Dobson nodded his head in agreement.
"Has this thing been in Emma's room?" Lucy looked at Dobson for the answer because he always hangs out in there, since it was his room once.
"Yep. That's where I saw it for the first time floating above her bed." He informed her.
"And I've seen it throughout the house." Ava added. "Each time I've seen it, it has grown in size."
"I also noticed Emma's new reading material in her room, and I know she's trying to contact me." Lucy heard the sound of sorrow in her own voice.
"She wants to believe you still exist. I know how desperate she feels to reach you." Dobson said. "Emma's having a really hard time accepting that you're not with her anymore."
"I've been so focused on Justin having Lori attached to him, when, I should have been watching Emma and Michael too." Lucy felt foolish. "I now realize how much my whole family has been suffering without me." Lucy leaned forward to rest her forehead in both of the palms of her hands.
Ava sat down next to Lucy and gave her a motherly hug.
Lucy welcomed this gesture. She could feel her spiritual body being recharged from Ava's comfort and love.
"I've only connected to Emma once since I've been gone. How's she doing in school, Dobson?" Lucy asked.
"She's not doing good because she missed a lot of school after you died." Dobson said.
This was very hard to hear. Emma had been so studious her whole life. A straight "A" student with her sights set on college, so she could become a lawyer like her mom. They were extremely close, when, Lucy was alive.
"Would you two come with me to Emma's room?" Lucy got up from the couch. "Maybe you'll see something that I missed. I'm hoping we can learn something from all those books in her room." Lucy finally felt a smile coming to her lips because she was coming up with a plan.
"Of course, dear." Ava stood up and smoothed out the wrinkles in her white Victorian dress before she joined Lucy in the middle of the room.
"Sure." Dobson was standing right there with them already, then, they all floated up to Emma's room.
Lucy was the first to enter, and she was shocked by the sight that greeted her.
Standing in the middle of Emma's room, was the guy, with greasy hair and clothes, who was talking to Emma on the Ouija board, and he was grinning a nearly toothless grin at Lucy.
"Who the hell are you?!" Lucy screamed at the intruder. "Why are you here?!"
Come back next week to see what happens with this greasy ghost in my next installment of: Lucy in the Afterlife. Thanks for the visit. Hope to see you again soon. Bye for now.
If you'd like to read Lucy's story from the beginning, click on the 3 lines in the bar above and choose my Lucy in the Afterlife category, then, scroll down to the bottom for the first installment called, The Beginning.
Hope you're all doing well during our self-isolation. Stay safe and stay sheltered.
A big THANK YOU to all our doctors, nurses, and essential workers out there. We'd all be up a shit creek without you. (Without toilet paper too. Lol.) I pray for you each and every day. Sending light-n-love to you all.
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I will say it yet again I love your story and it is never ever long enough…lol Hope you have a nice week.
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PAC Lands 242-Unit Louisville Community
The company financed the acquisition by assuming a mortgage loan insured by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Laura Calugar
May 02, 2017
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Maryland-based Preferred Apartment Communities recently purchased Claiborne Crossing, a 242-unit, Class A multifamily community in Louisville, Ky. The acquisition was possible through a wholly-owned subsidiary and financed by assuming HUD debt. The remaining principal balance on the HUD loan is approximately $27.1 million, bears interest at a fixed rate of 3.34 percent per annum and has approximately 37 years of term remaining. According to Yardi Matrix data, Burlington Capital Group is the former owner of the property.
Located at 14601 Pulpit Drive, the community is just off Bush Farm Road on the east side of Louisville, Ky. Claiborne Crossing provides convenient access to Interstate 265 and allows an easy commute to downtown Louisville, as well as access to Jeffersontown, Shelbyville, La Grange and Frankfort, Ky. The 19-building asset is close to public schools including Stopher Elementary, Crosby Middle School and Eastern High School. Claiborne Crossing has 18 carriage houses, 48 one-, 128 two- and 48 three-bedroom units. The property features a fitness center, a business center, clubhouse, playground, swimming pool and 554 parking spaces.
"Claiborne Crossing is an exceptional Class A multifamily community located in a highly desirable submarket of Louisville," said PAC Chairman & Chief Executive Officer John Williams, in a prepared statement.
One month ago, PAC also acquired Founders Village, a newly constructed 247-unit Class A community in Williamsburg, Va.
Images courtesy of Claiborne Crossing website
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Luka was born and raised in Mississauga, Ontario and still currently lives in Mississauga with his parents Rob, Jodie and younger brother Dario. He also has an older brother named Eddie. Luka's love of hockey began at 4 years old when he started playing with the Meadowvale Ice Puppies program. Luka says "I played many positions but mostly defence since it is the most fun for me". He was named captain this year showing his immense leadership skills and dedication to his teammates and the game.
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Home > Ballantine Edition > Nomads of Gor > Eleventh Printing
Nomads of Gor - Eleventh Printing
Eleventh Printing - 1978 (April, 1978)
Pubished by Ballatine Books
Copyright © 1969 by John Norman
Books, a division of Random House, Inc., New York, and si-
multaniously in Canada by Ballantine Books of Canada, Ltd.,
First U.S. Edition: November 1969
Eleventh U.S. Printing: April 1978
First Canadian Printing: January 1973
Cover painting by Boris Vallejo
The front cover artwork by Boris Vallejo was first used in 1976 for the Nineth Printing of the Ballantine Edition of Nomads of Gor.
At the Risk of Death
Tarl Cabot, warrior and tarnsman, left the forbidden Sardar Mountains on a mission for the Priest-Kings of Gor, the barbaric world of Counter-Earth. The Priest-Kings were dying, and he had to find their last link to survival. All he knew about his goal was that it lay hidden somewhere among the nomads.
There were the Wagon Peoples, the wild tribes that lived off the roving herds of bosk, fiercest of the animals of Gor. But still more fierce were their masters, the savage Tuchuks. All men fled before them when they moved.
All except Tarl Cabot, who stood alone, watching the oncoming clouds of dust that might bring him death.


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Edward 'Ray' Bowles Sr.
Edward "Ray" Bowles Sr., 82, died March 14, 2014.
He was born in Gallatin, then later resided in Nashville and Hendersonville before returning to Gallatin.
Mr. Bowles began his career with National Life and Accident Insurance Co. in 1951 at the age of 19. In 1960, 1961, 1962 and 1970, he led National Life's entire field force of some 7,500 agents, and thus was nominated to the Insurance Salesman's All-Star Honor Roll. He earned the National Quality Award with an average persistency rate of 97 percent. In 1965, he joined National Life's sales development staff in the home office as administrative assistant — advanced sales. In 1967, he was promoted to assistant vice president in charge of sales development and publication, but in 1968, he chose to return to personal production. He ultimately struck out to build his own independent agency (National Brokerage Co.). On Sept. 26, 1969, he received his CLU designation from the American College. In 1970, he completed the CLU Certificate Course in estate planning. He was an active member of the National Association of Life Underwriters and was past president of the Nashville Association. In 1973 he was appointed to the LUTC Board of Trustees and served as their chairman of the board in 1975. He served on the program development committee of the Million Dollar Round Table in 1973. He later became a lifetime member of the Million Dollar Round Table, which is the highest honor afforded to an insurance agent. In 1978, he was selected "Executive of the Year" by the Nashville Secretaries Association, International. In 1985, Mr. Bowles completed the Series 7 examination to market securities. The following year he established a new financial planning company (Financial Consultants of Tennessee).
Of all his many achievements, he considered his family his most important legacy.
As a child, he attended Grace Baptist Church in Nashville and became a Christian at the age of 15. After moving his young family to Hendersonville in 1951, he became an active member of Hendersonville First Baptist Church. He taught an adult Sunday School class for 35 years, served as a deacon, and served on other church committees. Additionally, he led the establishment of a local chapter (Middle TN Tres Dias) of an International Christian Organization (Tres Dias International).
Mr. Bowles also founded or provided leadership to numerous small businesses, in areas such as banking, manufacturing, sales and agriculture.
He enjoyed fishing and hunting, especially duck hunting, and helped establish the Middle Tennessee Labrador Retriever Club. He also enjoyed traveling and was an avid reader.
He was preceded in death by his father, Pat Bowles Sr.; mother, Susie Estelle Bowles Brown; brothers Pat Bowles Jr. and Joe Bowles; and son Michael David Bowles.
He is survived by his wife, Evelyn Jean Pendergrass Bowles; children Edward Ray Bowles Jr. (Margaret), Deborah Jean Bowles Carney (Jeff), and Mark Timothy Bowles (Vicki); grandchildren Jeffery Lynn Carney II, William Foster Carney, Juliana Carney Duncan, Emily Jean Bowles Morgan, Sarah Lou Bowles, Katie Bowles, Mark Timothy Bowles II, Benjamin Hunter Bowles, Jacob Heath Bowles and Hallie Lynn Bowles; great-grandchildren Jack Morgan, Madaline Carney, Ellie Duncan and Maggie Morgan; and sisters Carolyn Cutrell and Jean Geans.
The memorial service will be 1 p.m. Saturday at Hendersonville First Baptist Church, 106 Bluegrass Commons Blvd. Visitation is 5-8 p.m. Thursday, 2-4 and 5-8 p.m. Friday and from 11 a.m. until the time of service on Saturday at the church.
Pallbearers will be Jeffery Carney II, Foster Carney, Timothy Bowles II, Hunter Bowles, Jacob Bowles, Jeremy Duncan, Zac Morgan and Doug Mangrum Jr. Honorary pallbearers are Drew Maddux, Hall Hardaway, Justin Alexander, Bill Patterson, Ed Saye, Robert Jones, Jay Hale, Ed Shoenburg, Dr. Charles Beck, Milton Cutrell; Thursday Morning Prayer Group: Tom Simmons, Billy DeVasher, Jack Langford, Van Banks, Steve Cawthon, Rudy Lindsey, Randy Blackwell and Billy Snyder.
Brenda Diane Hare Brewington
Brenda Diane Hare Brewington, 68, of Gallatin, died Friday, March 21, 2014.
Funeral service will be 11 a.m. Monday from the chapel of Alexander Funeral Home with Pastor David Spears officiating. Interment will follow at Crestview Memory Gardens. Visitation is 2-6 p.m. today and 9 a.m. Monday until time of service.
Mrs. Brewington was born Aug. 18, 1945, in Madison to Edward Joe and Edna Lucille McKeel Hare.
In addition to her parents, she is also preceded in death by her sister Gwendolyn Joyce Williams. She is survived by her son, David Allred, sisters Sharon Satterfield and Valerie Woodard, both of Gallatin; nieces Lisa Alley (John) and Holly Hathcote (Kenneth); nephew Wayne Giles; and great-nephews Britten Galbraith (Danyell) and Jenson Hathcote.
Charles David 'Chuckie' Burba
Charles David "Chuckie" Burba Sr., 46, of Portland, died Sunday, March 9, 2014.
The memorial service will be 2 p.m. today at Faith Church, 639 S. Water Ave. in Gallatin with visitation following the service.
Mr. Burba was born in Louisville, Ky. He is survived by his wife, Karen Christy Burba; mother, Peggy J. Brown of Gallatin; sons Charles David Burba Jr. and Jashua Robert Burba, both of Portland; stepchildren Anthony Craig Rider and Alicla Ann Christy, both of Portland; brother Kenneth E. Burba (Terry) of Gallatin; sisters Waytha Todd and Wendy Sanders, both of Gallatin; and three grandchildren.
Family Heritage Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Virginia K. Hunter
Virginia K. Hunter, 83, of Portland, died March 19, 2014, at her home.
She was born in Sumner County on Nov. 8, 1930, to Sammy and Lucille Street James. In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her grandson Jeffery Hunter.
Mrs. Hunter is survived by her husband of 65 years, Charles Hunter; daughter Marlene (Ernie) Dean of Gallatin; sons Gary (Judy) Hunter of Gallatin and Timmy (Karen) Hunter of Portland; sister Sammy Nell Camplin of Cottontown; six grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren.
Graveside service was Friday at Crestview Memorial Park with Bro. Ed Ferrell officiating. Pallbearers were Garek Dunham, Matt Hunter, Michael Brummett, Daylan White, James Camplin and Daniel Camplin.
Brad Matthews
Brad Matthews, 52, of Gallatin, died Thursday, March 20, 2014.
Funeral service was Saturday from the chapel of Family Heritage Funeral Home with Deacon Mike Kopczynski officiating. Interment was in Gallatin Cemetery with Jennifer Hines, Peggy Troutt, Julie Jennings, Lonnie "Bubba" Wheeler, Troy Pryor, Jeff Clark, Barry Jones, Cody Griffin and Chad Griffin serving as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers will be Tim Baskerville, Jeff Baskerville, Robert Kulakowski, Michael Kulakowski and Patrick Williams.
Mr. Matthews was born Feb. 24, 1962, in Sumner County. He is preceded in death by daughter Latoya Matthews and grandson Cameron Stone. He is survived by his father, James Matthews; mother and stepfather, Barbara Babb Adams (George); daughters Sunnie Matthews and Deshae Matthews; sister Tonya Bayles (David); brothers Cory Matthews (Wendy), Joey Matthews (Brittney) and Ray Smith; grandchildren Collin Stone, Caylee Steelman, Kynlee Steelman, Macie Moore and Aubrey Jones, all of Gallatin.


Croatia: Orbis – partner of AccorHotels in Eastern Europe, expands Novotel brand to Zagreb!
Rox d. o. o. has signed a management agreement with Orbis SA – the exclusive licensor of AccorHotels' brands in Eastern Europe, for the very first Novotel hotel in Croatia.
"Novotel is the worldwide leading midscale brand, with destination hotels built on modern, full service approach with comfort and dynamism. Its passions perfectly match our ambition for that specific property in Zagreb. This hotel has a potential for business clients with all Novotel conference facilities but will also be a convenient hotel for leisure arrivals." – states Ivo Kristic, CEO of Rox d. o.o.
The hotel will offer 170 rooms, a bar, a restaurant, meeting facilities, a wellness area and would welcome guest sin 2020.
"Croatia has become one of the most attractive countries for hotel investors. We're very proud that a local partner has decided to work with Novotel brand and has chosen Orbis for a management contract on that superb project. Zagreb is among the most important business center in South Eastern Europe – very dynamic and creative. Both – leisure and corporate guest will enjoy Novotel." – adds Gilles Clavie, President of the Management Board & CEO of Orbis Group.
Located only 20 minute drive from the Old Town and 15 minute drive from the Zagreb international airport, Novotel Zagreb will be conveniently situated for both – business and leisure guests.


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