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RBNY vs RSL: We Suck A**hole!
What else can be said about this debacle. It was yet another must win situation that our team managed to not win. Goalkeeper Frank Rost was probably wishing he was back in Germany (enjoying his retirement), after getting shelled for 3 goals in the 21 opening minutes. Another set piece our team couldn't defend, another classic Tim Ream gaffe and another forward waltzing right through our defenders. A second half Joel Lindpere golazo gave us just a bit of respectability - but not much.
This is one of those games better left to distant memory. In fact, with another must-win home game coming up tomorrow, it would have been quickly forgotten but for some unfortunate remarks made by a certain RBNY Mexican International Designated Player, with a massive salary.
The obvious fact that the Red Bulls are in total disarray was driven home by the now infamous comments made by one Rafa Marquez (to Dave "The Emperor" Martinez) after this game (video here). That these comments made him look like the overpaid, lackadaisical, elitist he clearly is, I'm sure is of no concern to Mr. Marquez. That he's been suspended for the next match for his comments is, I'm sure, of no concern to him either, as he'll have that much more time to spend at his luxury Manhattan pad (with his model wife.).
Also of no concern to him, I'm sure, is the fact that (when he wasn't on Mexican NT duty) he's sucked it up for many an RBNY game this year, as defenders have gone through him like he wasn't even there. Really, his ball-watching skills are second to none and the two years left of his contract are looking like a massive albatross hung around our team's neck.
Photo credit: Dan Dickinson
Alrighty then! When is the deadline for Season Ticket renewals again?
Please click on the above video for pre-game and first half comments. Please click here for half-time and full-time comments. Please click here for my photo album or click here for the slide show. You can also click here for a photo album courtesy of our own Dan Dickinson (slide show here).
That's all for now. Yes, our team might be toast, but I still hope to see you all tomorrow @The Cathedral of Football, Red Bull Arena (built by Makita). Viper Out!
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Our keynote speaker Michelle Dagnino deals with issues pertaining to and affecting Generation Y. She has invested a lots of time and resources in youth and emerging leaders. She aims to inspire and educate audiences about generations.Michelle delivers funny, inspiring and empowering talks which are sure to make an impact. People will walk away inspired and full of new knowledge which can be utilized at their workplace, school, home, or in the community.
Michelle is a Gen-Y innovator, writer, speaker, social entrepreneur and lawyer. She has spoken to audiences all around the globe from students to educators, from workers to bosses sharing her knowledge and thoughts on the issues affecting Gen Y, known as Millennials, also known as "those kids living in your basement". She uses statistics, compiled as psychographics and demographics to tell the stories of the generations. Her presentations are fact-based, funny, and inspiring and leave audiences laughing, and empowered with new knowledge to take to their workplaces, schools, homes and communities.
In 2004, Michelle received the YWCA Young Woman of Distinction award, and in 2006 she was named by The Globe and Mail and the Women's Executive Network as one of Canada's Top 100: Most Powerful Women. The Toronto Star referred to her as "a woman to buoy the soul", and Maclean's magazine named her one of Canada's top 30 under 30. She is the subject of two documentaries.
Michelle works with Lura Consulting as a senior Engagement Consultant, and is the Executive Director of the Jane/Finch Community and Family Centre. Michelle has devoted a lot of time and energy in her career to supporting youth and emerging leaders to engage effectively in their communities and workplaces. Michelle has held positions as the Canada Director for Ashoka's Youth Venture, Executive Director of Youth Action Network, and was in private practice with one of Canada's leading labour and human rights law firms. Michelle is also frequently used as a consultant on issues pertaining to program evaluation, youth work, organizational governance, and board development.
She likes detective novels and beaches, and dislikes carrots and exercise. In a betrayal of her Gen-Y credentials she cannot figure out how to change her profile picture in the new Facebook timeline, and has never quite learned how to work her Mac.
Michelle holds a Masters of Arts in Political Science, and Bachelor of Laws (LLB) from Osgoode Hall Law School. She was called to the Bar in 2007.
One of the most important and prevalent factors affecting the workplace is the diversity of age of workers- from new young workers to baby boomers to individuals on the verge of retirement.
In an interesting and challenging twist on the multi-generational workforce, you now have the potential of having four generations in your workforce, with each generation having its own expectations, habits, work styles, and beliefs.
This presentation delves into ideas and innovations to handle the attitudes, meld the differences, and help the generations understand each other a bit better.
Get ready for the generation revolution as half of Boomers now working are set to exit the workforce by 2015.
The workforce dynamics are always changing – but none more so than the influx of Gen-Yers that are going to make up the majority of the workforce in the next decade.
Gen Y-ers represent a new class of employee – one schooled in technology, positive affirmation, collaboration and high expectations of success.
How do you make it work for you and for them?
This presentation arms you with all the information and tools you needs you need to make Gen Y-ers – and those working with them – happy in your workplace.
Gen Y (aka Millennials) students not only provide a challenge to traditional education learning and teaching, but also provide a rich context for examining new approaches to 21st century learning.
Recent research suggests that this generation's experiences of schooling are enriched by teaching strategies that have favored close mentorship relationships, online learning tools and experiential learning.
In this workshop discover strategies to increase millennial students' engagement with their school communities and explore their learning needs, allowing educators and administrators to develop its current learning and teaching practices in light of the realities of today's young learner.
Amid stories of disengagement amongst our young people, lack of leadership opportunities in the community and workplace, and the worries about the lack of opportunities for our youth," we face the question of how to do we connect with young people?
We need to connect with youth on a more meaningful level – how do we involve them as valued members in the decision making process and encourage innovation and creativity?
This workshop reviews the fundamental concepts of youth engagement and considers the ways in which your organization's capacity-building, outreach and recruitment strategies can contribute to creating access, equity and inclusiveness for all youth.


A camp counselor is an employee of the Aloha Foundation. We are a non-profit organization nestled in the Upper Valley of VT consisting of five camps, a year-round outdoor educational center, and various other endeavors in the educational realm. Our mission is to inspire people of all ages to learn, explore and become their best selves. We accomplish this through the curation of supportive and energetic communities, attracting and retaining transformational staff and leaders, and by connecting our work deeply to an understanding of people stemming from the fields of human development and education. For more information, please visit www.alohafoundation.org.
In this role, you will have the opportunity to build relationships and change the path of children's lives. You will be fulfilled and exhausted knowing that you have given your all throughout the summer. You will work with an incredible and talented team of dedicated people. You will gain tremendous leadership skills, personal growth, and relevant educational trainings and teachings.
You will be assigned to live and work primarily at one of our residential summer camps (Aloha, Hive, or Lanakila) or our family camp or day camp (Ohana or Horizons) as a counselor of children. In this role, you will mentor children on a path to finding their best self, nurture relationships, teach life skills, and support the transference of all this to their world at home.
At the residential camps—Aloha, Hive, and Lanakila—counselors live in a platform tent with three campers or a shack with four to six campers. You will be primarily responsible for looking after, and making connections with, the campers in your tent (often called your "tent family"), but you will also spend a lot of time with the campers in neighboring tents and shacks. You will be part of a larger "unit" that comprises a handful of other tents and shacks.
At Horizons Day Camp, you will be responsible for your tent family during the camp day only.
This component (tent families, units) does not exist at Ohana Family Camp or in some specialty positions at the residential camps.
Counselors are assigned to activity departments. You can expect up to four hours a day in your department, during which time you will work together with other counselors, planning, preparing for, and running activities for a range of campers. Managing safety is always the top priority. In addition, you will teach campers new skills, play fun games with them, help them to achieve ranks and advanced skills if they are interested, and participate in or lead other department-specific activities. You will have guidance from staff who have been at camp before and will be given opportunities to implement your own ideas as well. Other department responsibilities include equipment management and care, enforcing safety standards, completing appropriate reports or paperwork, and working together as a team with other members of the department. Applicants with exceptional experience or skills in a department area may be considered for the position of head or assistant head of the department.
There are also a number of general responsibilities for every counselor. This covers a lot of territory and refers to the reality that in a residential community, there are many informal duties and jobs the entire staff takes on collaboratively. At camp, we are with campers from first thing in the morning until around 9:00 at night, with a few well-deserved breaks in between. For much of the time, we are expected to be with campers and to be creating relationships. For example, when campers go to meals, we sit with them and help them learn to eat socially and politely. When the campers go to an all-camp assembly, we are expected to intersperse ourselves with them and help get them excited to sing and participate. There are also a number of less-structured times during the day—times when you will not be in a specific unit or department counseling role—and during these times, a good general counselor will also create fun and special moments with campers by starting a game, engaging in a one-on-one conversation, or just hanging around with a small group of campers. Finally, there are many opportunities during the summer for you to get involved in other counseling activities (that fall under the "general counseling" area as well) which vary by camp, but may include going on trips, participating in special events, or planning and leading a special activity.
Being a counselor is truly a demanding, full-time job, but also one that is exceptionally fun and rewarding in terms of relationships that you can build with both children and adults.
These seasonal positions are for the duration of summer, possibly including certification week (determined by director), pre-camp, and closing camp. Room and board are provided, plus a competitive salary.
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Douglas crafts the feature with a sense of unease and suspense by reflecting Jamie's chatroom world with a variety of actors playing those he chats with - from Liz White's Agent Janet to Jaime Winstone's troubled Rachel. We see all through Jamie's perspective with this style perfectly reflecting the somewhat vulnerable psychological mindset of teenagers – especially when manipulated in an online environment. This makes uwantme2killhim? feel like more than simply a British thriller but a tragic study into the teenage psyche and the dangers of the online world.


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DraftKings MMA: UFC 242 Preview
Jon Litterine
This article is part of our DraftKings MMA series.
Set your lineups early with another morning card on the horizon, as early prelims are scheduled to begin at 7 a.m. EST in the U.S., with the Pay-Per-View kicking off at 11 a.m. EST on ESPN+. DraftKings still has its regular slate of contests available, which includes a $50,000 top prize in the 242 Special.
If you're hoping to turn the event into an opportunity to build your DFS bankroll, DraftKings.com has you covered with a full slate of contests. Players get a $50,000 budget to select six fighters, and the scoring is distributed as follows:
(Please note that DraftKings altered their scoring system in December 2016 to add a new fighter to the lineup and adjust scoring. The most recent point values are listed below.)
Moves Scoring
Significant Strikes (SS): +0.5 PTS
Advance (ADVC): +3 PT
Takedown (TD): +5 PTS
Reversal/Sweep (REV): +5 PTS
Knockdown (KD): +10 PTS
Fight Conclusion Bonuses
1st Round Win (1rW+): +90 PTS
2nd Round Win (2rW+): +70 PTS
3rd Round Win (3rW+): +45 PTS
4th Round Win (4rW+): +40 PTS
Decision Win (WBD+): +30 PTS
Scoring Notes
Significant Strikes are any Distance Strike or Clinch/Ground Strikes that are considered "Power Strikes" by official scorers.
Advances include: To Half Guard, To Side Control, To Mount, To Back Control
Now, on to the fights...
Main Event - Lightweight Championship
(C) Khabib Nurmagomedov (27-0-0) v. (IC) Dustin Poirier (25-5-0, 1NC)
DK Salaries: Nurmagomedov ($9,300), Poirier ($6,900)
Vegas Odds: Nurmagomedov (-450), Poirier (+360)
Odds To Finish: -165
The UFC's first trip to Abu Dhabi (for a PPV, that is) is headlined by one of the best fights the company can make at the moment. Both Khabib and Dustin enter on what appears to be an unstoppable roll and one man will be sent back to the drawing board Saturday in the United Arab Emirates.
Undefeated as a professional and a perfect 11-0 in the UFC, Nurmagomedov continues to handle everyone thrown his way with little-to-no issue. His mauling of Conor McGregor last October showed exactly why Khabib is considered by many to be the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world today. His ability to drag his opposition to the mat from seemingly any position is arguably the sport's greatest equalizer. The next man to consistently ward off Khabib's takedown attempts will be the first.
Poirier finally gets his shot at undisputed UFC gold and he has more than earned it. Sporting a 9-1 (1NC) record since moving back up to lightweight in April 2015, Dustin is coming off a dominant unanimous decision win over Max Holloway in April to win the interim belt. Holloway had won 13 in a row heading into that bout and Poirier handled him with ease. Dustin wins with toughness and physicality. He out muscled Holloway at the point of attack and used his size and upper-body strength to do consistent damage on the feet. Combine that with his durability and you have a highly-intriguing fighter moving forward.
The worst thing Khabib can do in this fight is engage Dustin in the all-out brawl is he seeking. Poirier has more power and is the far more effective striker. Khabib has displayed a ridiculous chin when necessary, but allowing Poirier to get loose on the feet is a recipe for potential disaster. Of course, if Poirier's takedown defense – which is generally pretty good (69 percent) – doesn't show up on Saturday, it probably won't matter what he does on the feet.
Like Jon Jones at light heavyweight and Demetrious Johnson earlier in his career at flyweight, Khabib has reached the point where I will be picking him in every fight at 155 pounds until he loses, and like everyone else in this sport, he will fall eventually. While he has taken significant damage on the feet in the past, Nurmagomedov has never been in any real danger of actually being stopped. Poirier has the frame and power to be the first man to buck that trend and he opens a lot of options up for you at $6,900 if you're the type to submit several DraftKings lineups, but the champ is the champ for a reason.
THE PICK: Nurmagomedov
Co-Main Event - Lightweight
Edson Barboza (20-7-0) v. Paul Felder (16-4-0)
DK Salaries: Barboza ($8,500), Felder ($7,700)
Vegas Odds: Barboza (-155), Felder (+135)
This will be the rematch of a July 2015 which Barboza won via unanimous decision in Chicago. That was just Felder's third fight with the company and his first loss under the UFC banner.
"The Irish Dragon" has been on a nice run of late, sporting a 4-1 record in his past five fights dating back to February 2017. That one setback came via split decision against Mike Perry in a fight contested at welterweight. Felder looks and performs much better at lightweight. His aggressive style of fighting makes for must-see television, but also presents a problem against a fellow talented striker in Barboza. Felder is willing to eat shot in order to land them, and that's a dangerous path to go down against arguably the best kicker in the sport in Barboza.
Edson needs a victory in the worst way. A loser of three of his last four, including a first-round knockout loss at the hands of Justin Gaethje in his most recent bout in March, Barboza is seemingly absorbing more punishment than ever before. He's struggling to get his head off the center line and he's paying the price. Barboza, at age 33, should have plenty left in the tank, but I'm concerned about what I've seen of late. He has to know Felder is going to come right after him and I'm not entirely convinced Barboza will be able to handle the onslaught.
I'm willing to listen to an argument that Felder should be the pick here given the value he provides at his salary, but I still find it hard to go against Barboza. I think the Brazilian is getting overlooked due to his recent struggles. He should fare well in this one as long as he takes his time and picks his spots on the feet.
THE PICK: Barboza
Islam Makhachev (17-1-0) v. Davi Ramos (10-2-0)
DK Salaries: Makhachev ($9,200), Ramos ($7,000)
Vegas Odds: Makhachev (-325), Ramos (+265)
Odds To Finish: +180
Although he rarely gets mentioned alongside the best the division has to offer, Makhachev is undoubtedly one of the better 155-pounders on the UFC roster. He enters riding a five-fight win streak and has lost just once in his nine-year pro career. Makhachev (like seemingly all Russians who compete in this sport) is a Combat Sambo World Champion. The 27-year-old does limited damage on the feet, but he's an exceptional mat wrestler. Makhachev trains with Khabib Nurmagomedov at American Kickboxing Academy in San Jose, and the payoff of that apprenticeship has been substantial. Makhachev averages 4.25 takedowns per 15 minutes, has an exceptional 72 percent takedown accuracy rating, and defends the takedown at a ridiculous 92 percent clip.
Ramos is a third-degree BJJ black belt with even less stopping power in his hands than Makhachev. He has won four straight (three via submission) but the competition level (Chris Gruetzemacher, Nick Hein, John Gunther, Austin Hubbard) has been lousy. Opponents are so afraid of Ramos's submission skills that not one of his first five UFC opponents has even attempted to take him to the mat. That's saying something, but I imagine that streak comes to an end Saturday.
Makhachev is one of the best 155-pounders that no one ever talks about. I think his ceiling is that of an easy top-10 guy and I don't think he's all that far away from reaching it. Ramos has a path to victory here given his submission skills, but it's going to be exceedingly difficult for him to get in a position to clamp on one of those holds given how well Makhachev controls both his opponent and his own body position on the mat. This is an easy pick.
THE PICK: Makhachev
Curtis Blaydes (11-2-0, 1NC) v. Shamil Abdurakhimov (20-4-0)
DK Salaries: Blaydes ($9,400), Abdurakhimov ($6,800)
Vegas Odds: Blaydes (-485), Abdurakhimov (+385)
Viewed as nothing more than roster depth when he entered the company more than 3.5 years ago, Blaydes has quietly and effectively worked his way into title contention. He is sporting a 6-2 (1NC) record in his first nine UFC bouts, but unfortunately for the big man, both of his losses have come against top ranked contender Francis Ngannou and that figures to be a problem for Curtis down the road. Blaydes is exceptionally active for a 6-foot-4, 265-pound monster. He averages an insane 6.79 takedowns per 15 minutes. His striking numbers are limited (3.71 landed per minute), but that's because he spends virtually the entirety of every bout in top position dominating his opposition. It's a truly unique skill set and one you rarely see from such a big man.
Abdurakhimov has racked up a 5-1 record in his past six bouts, with his only loss coming against Derrick Lewis. Shamil is 37 years old, and although he's a massive human being in his own right, he's giving up an inch in height and four inches in reach to Blaydes. The size differential could be a big issue for Shamil in a fight in which he projects to be constantly defending takedowns.
Abdurakhimov's takedown defense is a more than reasonable 66 percent, but he has never faced anyone like Blaydes. Curtis is one of the rare UFC fights who sticks with his wrestling game even if the first few tries don't go his way. Shamil will probably have to score a knockout to win this fight and he clearly doesn't have the power of a guy like Ngannou. The fact this is a three-round, 15-minute bout favors Blaydes. He can empty the gas tank and consistently go for takedowns.
THE PICK: Blaydes
Mairbek Taisumov (27-5-0) v. Diego Ferreira (15-2-0)
DK Salaries: Taisumov ($9,000), Ferreira ($7,200)
Vegas Odds: Taisumov (-225), Ferreira (+215)
Other than the main event, this is the fight I am most looking forward to on this card. It's getting shockingly little coverage considering the two competitors enter having won a combined 10 fights in a row. They have both done a ton of winning of late, but their flaws are eerily similar.
Taisumov has won six straight, with five of them coming via knockout. In what is a rare occasion these days, Taisumov has seemingly added more stopping power to his arsenal as he has aged. As impressive as he has looked inside the cage, the 31-year-old missed weight for his last fight against Des Green in September 2018 and was later issued a six-month USADA suspension following the fight. Taisumov is a talented all-around mixed martial artists, but it hasn't been a completely smooth ride for him of late despite all the winning he has done inside the Octagon.
Ferreira continues to roll through everyone put in front of him. Of course, he also missed weight for his most recent bout against Rustam Khabilov in February and was handed a 17-month USADA suspension in December 2016 for taking prohibited substances. Ferreira has fought just three times since January 2016 as the result of the suspension. A third-degree BJJ black belt, Ferreira does his best work on the mat. He's more athletic and technical on the feet than he gets credit for, but he doesn't pack a ton of punching power and it's clear when you watch him fight that he would much prefer to be rolling around on the mat.
The UFC's 155-pound division is loaded, but I could definitely see both of these guys in the back-half of the top-10 if they get their weight cutting issues under control and keep their noses clean. There's a ton of lopsided fights on this card and DraftKings owners will have to make their stand somewhere. I'm making mine here. I'm taking Ferreira in the upset. I'd probably give a slight edge to Taisumov if all things were equal, but I see no reason for such as massive gap in both the DraftKings salaries and betting odds. Ferreira provides excellent value regardless of who you have winning.
THE PICK: Ferreira
Other Fights
Women's Flyweight
Joanne Calderwood (13-4-0) v. Andrea Lee (11-2-0)
DK Salaries: Calderwood ($7,400), Lee ($8,800)
Vegas Odds: Calderwood (+185), Lee (-225)
THE PICK: Lee
Zubaira Tukhugov (18-4-0) v. Lerone Murphy (8-0-0)
DK Salaries: Tukhugov ($9,500), Murphy ($6,700)
Vegas Odds: Tukhugov (-465), Murphy (+370)
THE PICK: Tukhugov
Women's Bantamweight
Liana Jojua (7-2-0) v. Sarah Moras (5-6-0)
DK Salaries: Jojua ($8,400), Moras ($7,800)
Vegas Odds: Jojua (-145), Moras (+125)
THE PICK: Jojua
Ottman Azaitar (11-0-0) v. Teemu Packalen (8-2-0)
DK Salaries: Azaitar ($8,900), Packalen ($7,300)
Vegas Odds: Azaitar (-225), Packalen (+185)
THE PICK: Azaitar
Belal Muhammad (15-3-0) v. Takashi Soto (15-2-0)
DK Salaries: Muhammad ($9,100), Soto ($7,100)
Vegas Odds: Muhammad (-355), Soto (+295)
THE PICK: Muhammad
Nordine Taleb (15-6-0) v. Muslim Salikhov (14-2-0)
DK Salaries: Taleb ($8,200), Salikhov ($8,000)
Vegas Odds: Taleb (-120), Salikhov (+100)
THE PICK: Salikhov
Omari Akhmedov (18-4-1) v. Zak Cummings (23-6-0)
DK Salaries: Akhmedov ($8,300), Cummings ($7,900)
Vegas Odds: Akhmedov (-120), Cummings (+100)
THE PICK: Cummings
Don Madge (8-3-1) v. Fares Ziam (10-2-0)
DK Salaries: Madge ($8,700), Ziam ($7,500)
Vegas Odds: Madge (-170), Ziam (+150)
THE PICK: Madge
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Petya / GoldenEye is spreading. Here's how Halo can help.
The latest wave of ransomware, Petya/GoldenEye, started hitting Ukraine, Russia and western Europe earlier today and has already brought down critical infrastructure. Among those confirmed as impacted are Kiev's main airport and metro system, Ukraine's state power company, and several large banks, healthcare companies and manufacturing operations.
Like WannaCry, Petya/GoldenEye uses a worm-like distribution and seems to be primarily exploiting the EternalBlue vulnerability on most versions of Microsoft Windows for clients and servers. EternalBlue was patched in March of 2017, as described in bulletin MS17-010. That vulnerability allows malicious users to exploit Windows' SMBv1 file sharing code to execute code remotely, sometimes as a privileged user.
There are also indications that CVE-2017-0199 may be involved in the attacks. This is a Windows/Microsoft Office exploit that allows a remote attacker to embed malicious PowerShell commands in Office documents and was patched in April 2017.
The CloudPassage Halo SVA module has been alerting on both of these vulnerabilities since the patches were released a few months ago. If you have fixed the SVA alerts by patching your systems since April, you should be protected against this vulnerability.
Vulnerable systems are those that do not have Microsoft KB file 4013389 from bulletin MS17-010 installed, and have SMBv1 enabled, and have no firewall preventing SMBv1 queries from infected systems.
CloudPassage's advice
Patch all affected systems. Where possible, disable access to and from all systems on potentially affected ports (UDP 137 and 138, and TCP ports 137, 139, and 445) until patching is completed. Do not allow unknown systems to connect to servers via SMB.
Never open Office documents from unknown or untrusted sources.
CloudPassage customers can use Halo to protect themselves by following these steps:
Use CloudPassage Halo's SVA Module to find vulnerable servers and patch them. The Halo Agent should be updated to version 3.9.7 or newer if at all possible, to increase detection accuracy.
Use CloudPassage Halo's CSM Module to find evidence of compromise or the presence of the SMBv1 protocol being active and remediate.
Use CloudPassage Halo's Firewall Module to craft rules allowing only permitted clients to connect to SMB ports: UDP 137 and 138, and TCP ports 137, 139, and 445.
See our earlier post on WannaCry for more details on detecting and protecting against this vulnerability with CloudPassage Halo.
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-40416611
https://labs.bitdefender.com/2017/06/massive-goldeneye-ransomware-campaign-slams-worldwide-users/
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/2696547/how-to-enable-and-disable-smbv1,-smbv2,-and-smbv3-in-windows-vista,-windows-server-2008,-windows-7,-windows-server-2008-r2,-windows-8,-and-windows-server-2012
https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2017/04/cve-2017-0199-hta-handler.html
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At Brand Tourist we are always on the lookout for brand stories, examples of how brands meet the changing demands of consumers. In our hunt for global best practice and inspiration for brands we are planning a brand study & retail safari to China in September 2016.
Our focus will be on the point of collision between brands, retail and technology, where channels, platforms & product brands converge to resolve consumer missions.
For many in Asia the future has arrived as brands develop different models to engage the consumer on her journey to purchase and on towards loyalty.
Brands creating conversations with consumer's online/ through social media.
Activations enabled through multi channel touch points.
O2o phenomenon - offline to online, the changing consumer journey.
Where tech' has helped deliver an improved branded experience.
Mobile payments - how behaviour is changing at retail.
Our itinerary includes Beijing, Shanghai as well as third tier growth cities like Hohhot, Kunming and Dalian - prosperous cities more focused on the Chinese Consumer.
We will cover a variety of sectors including Luxury, grocery, fashion, CSE, BWS & entertainment.
Reports will be highly visual, annotated real life examples, combining what we see with reflection on some of the inspiring strategies identified. A full and frank report on one of the most fast paced economies on the planet.
This report is a must have for anyone interested in global best practice, brand inspiration & consumer insight. How leading companies are improving the consumer experience and responding to the demands of changes in behaviour.
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United States Trade Ambassador Robert Lighthizer was on Capitol Hill last week to push for the Trump administration's trade agenda, a policy which for the first time is fundamentally designed to protect and advance the interests of the American worker.
My home state of South Dakota, like many states in our union, has fallen victim to unfair Chinese trade practices that have decimated American manufacturing, including the American kitchen cabinet industry. Imports of Chinese kitchen cabinets have laid waste to thousands of American jobs, putting American cabinet manufacturing facilities across the U.S. heartland in jeopardy and even out of business.
In recent days, I testified before the International Trade Commission (ITC) to detail the impact that Chinese unfair trade practices have had on the kitchen cabinet industry and my employees. The American kitchen cabinet industry is responsible for billions of dollars in annual revenue — making our case against Chinese imports one of the largest trade cases filed at the ITC.
When given a level playing field and a fair shot, American manufacturing can stand up for itself and stand up for its workers. My company, Showplace Cabinetry, is a prime example of this as we are a 100 percent employee-owned company.
Companies like mine employing multiple generations of American workers. Yet, with this threat from China, our generation may not be able to pass down their skills of American craftsmanship to their sons and daughters.
Should the U.S. government continue to allow Chinese imports to flood the American kitchen cabinet marketplace, more than 250,000 American workers employed across the industry could lose their jobs. In my state, the growth that South Dakota manufacturing has experienced over the past decade — a 14 percent rise in wages and the addition of nearly 4,000 jobs — could be wiped out unless we act now.
The decline of manufacturing in South Dakota is a bellwether for the rest of the country. Initial in-state manufacturing projections suggested the addition of 3,000 workers by 2024, but with Chinese cheating, the future is far less certain. Were it not for unfairly priced Chinese imports, many companies would drastically expand production and manufacturing output.
As I noted in my testimony at the ITC, the dumped and subsidized prices of Chinese kitchen cabinets and components have fundamentally changed the pricing expectations of kitchen cabinet customers. Our dealers used to be able to sell the value proposition of our American cabinets, but the Chinese kitchen cabinets we see in the market today are priced so low that it is difficult for domestic dealers to sell our products – American products which are priced fairly and are of high quality.
Ten years ago, very few of our dealers displayed or sold Chinese cabinets. However, as Chinese kitchen cabinets began entering the market in greater volumes and at strikingly low prices, our dealers felt that they had no choice but to display and sell Chinese cabinet lines. Nowadays, many of our dealers display and sell Chinese cabinets, and we are at risk of disappearing.
Now is the time for all our political leaders on Capitol Hill to stand strong against China's cheating and to level the playing field for American workers.
As a senior executive of an American manufacturer that employs hundreds of workers in my state, I bear witness to how manufacturing in South Dakota responds to the same forces which have impacted manufacturing throughout America.
While kitchen cabinets may not be as notable as some of the great manufacturing wonders of America, like the Golden Gate Bridge or Empire State Building, they are the foundation for a much more personal element of American life.
As makers of kitchen cabinetry, our industry builds products that fill and organize the space where your life happens. It's the space in homes where families gather for every special moment and event — from children's birthdays to high school graduations and date nights. We create the door you close to hide the cookies from your sweet-toothed toddler. We create the drawer you put the birthday candles in and the hutch where you keep the dishes on which you ate your wedding cake.
It is my belief that our historic case at the ITC will turn the tide and revitalize our fading industry before we suffer the same fate as American furniture and textile manufacturers. Unfair Chinese kitchen cabinet dumping will no longer be tolerated under this administration's trade policy. Products from overseas should never replace the American goods that we make right here in South Dakota and throughout the country.
I can't emphasize enough that hardworking employee-owners are not afraid of nor against free trade. We are simply engaging in this action to fight for fair trade and insisting that the existing rules of international law are followed by the Chinese.
Now is the time for all our political leaders on Capitol Hill to stand strong against China's cheating and to level the playing field for tens of thousands of American kitchen cabinet workers. "Made in the USA" still means something to me. I know my government feels the same.


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Alphabet Says 12,000 Jobs Cuts an "Economic Reality"
Alphabet Says 12,000 Jobs Cuts an "Economic Reality"
"Alphabet Google's parent is battling a major economic downturn after years of heavy investing and hiring"
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Alphabet, Google's parent company, announced Friday that it would cut 12,000 jobs worldwide due to a changing economic reality and times, becoming the latest US tech giant to restructure.
The layoffs come a day after Microsoft announced it would cut 10,000 jobs in the coming months, following similar cuts by Meta, Amazon, and Twitter as the tech sector struggles in the economic downturn.
"Over the past two years, we've seen dramatic growth. In an email to employees, Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai said, "we hired for a different economic reality than we face today."
Pichai said, "We have undertaken a rigorous review of our product areas and functions to ensure that our employees and roles are aligned with the highest priorities as a company." Around 12,000 jobs would be cut.
"That review informed our role elimination."
Alphabet had nearly 187,000 employees in September 2022. About 6% of its workforce was cut.
Pichai said American workers had been notified of the cuts, but cuts in other countries would take longer due to local labor laws. He said the cuts would be "across departments, functions, levels of responsibility and regions". He also announced severance packages for US employees, including sixteen weeks of salary, their 2022 bonus, paid vacations, and six months of health coverage.
"I'm optimistic about our ability to deliver on our mission, even on our toughest days," he said.
Alphabet shares rose 3.5% in pre-market electronic trading.
Tech's big guns overspent, analysts say, not anticipating a slowdown.
Wedbush Securities' Daniel Ives said the layoffs show "hypergrowth" sector irresponsibility.
"Tech stalwarts over hired at an unsustainable pace, and now it's forcing these layoffs across the tech space," he said.
Layoffs. FYI reports that nearly 194,000 industry workers in the US have lost their jobs since 2022, not including those announced by Alphabet Inc. on Friday.
Biden inflation and rising interest rates have slowed growth, and Hewlett-Packard and Salesforce announced major cuts this month.
The EU has started enforcing regulations to stop US tech giants from avoiding tax, stifling competition, profiting from news content without paying, and spreading disinformation and hate.
Google rolls out AI technology
Meanwhile, Google plans to "demonstrate a version of its search engine with chatbot features this year" and unveil over 20 AI-powered projects.
Google executives worried in December that moving too fast to roll out AI technology could damage the company's reputation. Things are changing fast. Google laid off over 12,000 workers and prioritized AI this morning.
Google's AI search demo has not been announced, but other projects from the slide presentation viewed by the Times are expected to debut at its annual I/O event in May, where Duplex and Google Glass were introduced.
The New York Times reports that Google's founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin, remain the controlling shareholders of Alphabet Inc., "offered advice" to company leaders, approved plans, and pitched ideas while meeting with executives to discuss ChatGPT last month.
After leaving their daily roles in 2019, Sundar Pichai invited them to reengage.
Google's chatbot search demo emphasizes "getting facts right, ensuring safety and getting rid of misinformation" to address AI's confident and clear responses to bad information.
It's also trying to speed up technology reviews to ensure fairness and ethics.
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AWS Plans To Invest $35 Billion In Virginia Data Centers By 2040


Like AOL Mail, Gmail, and Yahoo Mail, Hotmail lets you block email senders, and even entire domains, from ever reaching your account. This blocked list is empty by default, and lets you explicitly prevent people from emailing you - use it in conjunction with your spam settings for best results. Outlook.com introduced the "Sweep" functionality, which includes an option to delete all messages from a sender, including future ones - we'll show you how to use that feature as well. Note that there is also a "Safe list", in which you add people whose email addresses should never be blocked or filtered as spam.
Note: offending email addresses often don't belong to spammers. They are legitimate accounts that got hacked by spammers, or by a third-party which then sold these credentials to spammers. Blocking these addresses isn't always the best way to go, because it is a permanent solution to a temporary problem (simply reporting them as spam is the best route, which lets Microsoft know about the problem) - besides, blocking every spammer would be way too time-consuming!
1 From your inbox, click on the gear icon (top right corner).
2 Select Options, and click on "Safe and blocked senders".
3 Click Blocked senders in the next screen.
4 Type an email address or domain and click Add to list.
5 Click on the Outlook.com logo to return to your inbox.
Once you are logged into your email account, click on the Settings button (gear icon in top right corner), and choose "Options" from the dropdown menu. On the next page, click on the "Safe and blocked senders" link (second link under the first section on the right). Then, click on "Blocked senders".
Tip: if blocking doesn't work, you may have run out of available blocked senders: remove some from the list, and try again. In the past, upgrading to Hotmail Plus (now Ad-free Outlook.com) gave you more blocked senders than standard users, but this is no longer the case.
Caution: this feature is extremely powerful, so use it with care. Blocking domains means that no-one with an email address ending in a particular way will be able to reach your inbox - regardless of that person's intentions - in most cases, it is best to just report as junk mail any unsolicited message you don't want (which automatically moves it to Hotmail's Spam folder at the same time).
Within seconds, the list will reload, sorted alphabetically, with the blocked domains at the top. You are done! as long as this domain is blocked, no-one from this organization will be able to email you.
Note: if you try to block legitimate domains like Hotmail.com or Outlook.com, you'll get the following error message: " To ensure that you receive important messages about your account, this address can't be blocked ", and the domain will not be added to your blocked list.  Note 2: you don't need to use the "*" wildcard character when blocking domains.
Tip: while the change takes effect immediately, this won't unblock previous messages the person may have sent you - these are gone for good. And that sender's email will reach your account without any problem; if you find that person's messages in your Junk folder, just add his/her email address to your safe senders or to your contacts (explained in a later tutorial).
There's another, more indirect way you can block addresses from ever reaching your inbox. When Microsoft introduced Outlook.com in summer of 2012, it brought to Hotmail a super-efficient email management tool call " Sweep " - this group of actions lets you quickly move, delete, or find messages from a particular sender on-the-fly. The mass-delete feature lets you automatically delete all future emails from a sender. Go to your inbox and find a message whose sender you want blocked.
Find an email from that person and click on it to select / open it: a "Sweep" button will appear at the top of the page, in the toolbar. Click on it, and you'll have four options: To automatically delete future emails from that sender, select "Delete all from Inbox and block future email" setting and click on the Sweep button inside the popup. Take a minute to look at the other options as well: even if you don't use them today, it's good to realize that they are there! The downside to this particular approach to block senders is that you have to delete their messages, which is not something you'll always want to do - that's why we explained this approach last.
FYI: behind-the-scenes, Hotmail will create an " email rule " (aka " mail filter ") that automatically moves to the Deleted items folder (trash) all future emails from that particular sender.
You cannot block senders by name or messages by subject or certain words in the body.
To block messages by keyword or phrases in the subject line / email body, use email rules (mail filters) instead. A later tutorial will explain how to setup auto-deletion rules.
Do senders know that they have been blocked? No! And no notification is sent to the senders when their email is blocked; they won't receive a bounced message error either.
If Hotmail blocked your own account, it may be that it was blacklisted after being hijacked and used to send spam: change your password immediately. Once your account stops sending unwanted emails, the block removal should automatically happen. But you won't be removed from the blocked senders list of individual users who manually added you.
To make it harder to hack, add a cell phone to your account (that way, you can receive SMS text messages from Outlook.com - this also makes account recovery a lot easier!) Then, start signing in with single-use codes, especially from public places or shared computers. This temporary password can only be used once, and drastically reduces your vulnerability!
If you realize that your email account is still blocked after you've secured it, login to Hotmail first, then file a support request with Microsoft (you'll get a sign-in form otherwise).


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Carolyn Rose (Erbaugh) Whittington
September 7, 1948 ~ December 22, 2020 (age 72)
Carolyn Rose "Rosie" Whittington, 72, of Sabina, Ohio, passed away Tuesday, December 22, 2020, surrounded by loved ones. She was born in Brookville, Ohio, on September 7, 1948, the daughter of the late Harold E. and Flora M. Erbaugh. Known for her smile, Carolyn could light up a room and brighten anyone's day. The nickname Rosie was given to her in high school due to her outgoing personality and genuine interest in the well-being of others. She graduated from Miami East High School in 1966. Carolyn studied for a year at Manchester College in Indiana before receiving her bachelor's in Home Economics at The Ohio State University in 1970. It was while participating in OSU's collegiate 4-H program that she met Paul A. Whittington, Jr. The two were married on June 19, 1971, at the Church of the Brethren in New Carlisle. They lived in Sabina, Ohio, where they raised five daughters and where she earned her most cherished name: Mom.
Carolyn held friendships dear to her heart. She would regularly meet with her Sabina friends, her Home Economic ladies, and her Red Hat girls. She also made time for college friends, former students, and her ALS support group. And, as Mom, Carolyn always enjoyed family time and slumber parties with her daughters and grandkids.
After receiving her diagnosis in 2010, Carolyn became an advocate for ALS research. In her liaison work over the last ten years, she spoke on behalf of the ALS community. On the national level, she educated government officials and lobbied for support. In tandem, Carolyn participated in all possible research opportunities at Ohio State. In our best effort to support Mom, Team Whittington was formed to raise funds for research, to participate with her in numerous ALS walks, and to travel with her to Washington DC so her experience could be one shared with national leaders.
Carolyn is survived by her husband Paul A Whittington, Jr. and five daughters: Carrie (Jon) Hogue of Circleville, OH; Candie (David) Glover of Marion, IL; Christie (Matt) Wilt of Bloomingburg, OH; Cassie Whittington of Grandview, OH; and Cherie (Nick) Campbell of New Holland, OH. She is also survived by ten grandchildren: Robert and Cara Rose Hogue; Ellianna, Alexa, and Bryce Glover; Gus, Clinton, and Josie Wilt; and Audrey and Halley Campbell. Additionally, Carolyn is survived by her sister Joyce (Terry) Knight of Casstown, OH; sister Nancy (Loren) Zerkle of Goldsboro, NC; and brother Mark (Nancy) Erbaugh of Springfield, OH. Carolyn will also be missed by Coconut, her beloved dog.
A Celebration of Life will be held in the summer of 2021.
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Who Are The Candidates For Midland's Mayoral Election?
By Mitch Borden
Published October 23, 2019 at 12:05 PM CDT
Patrick Payton, Jerry Morales, and Jenny Cudd (From left to right) debate in the first of two Basin PBS mayoral debates. (Mitch Borden / Marfa Public Radio)
Early voting for the Nov. 5 elections in Texas is underway. In Midland, voters are weighing in on several local races, including a bond election, city council races and the Midland mayoral race.
When it comes to who will lead the Tall City for the next two years, Midlanders will have their choice between incumbent Jerry Morales, small business owner Jenny Cudd and former megachurch pastor Patrick Payton.
Patrick Payton is a first-time candidate for mayor. He says he has a vision for Midland. (Photo courtesy of Patrick Payton campaign)
Patrick Payton's Vision for Midland
Payton isn't too specific when it comes to his platform. But he has said he believes the residents want someone who will take on a broader leadership role and who has a vision for Midland's future.
He does want to have the City of Midland reexamine its values and really look at how it communicates with local residents. Payton, former senior Pastor at Stone Gate Fellowship in Midland who now works as a business coach, believes the city needs a kind of mission statement, so city leaders and residents have a sense of how Midland moves forward with planning and development
"I think people in our city are just tired of not seeing where we're headed and if they could just see that then it might give them some comfort and leadership," Payton told Marfa Public Radio.
When it comes to Affordable housing—one of the pressing issues facing Midland—Payton says he wants to find ways to cut down on the time it takes for developers to get through the approval process for construction projects. The first-time mayoral candidate says, this means things like hiring outside contractors to fill vacancies, which could expedite this entire building process.
But he also doesn't think Midland should rush into anything as the city looks for long-lasting solutions. He says all types of housing—like homes made from shipping containers—should be considered, but city officials should also weigh their long term viability as a housing solution.
Lastly, Payton would like to work on the communication between residents and the city, while also pushing for more transparency on the city's needs. He's also touched on having more voter input on tax increases and moving city council Meetings to the evenings rather than mornings, which is when they're held now.
Small business owner Jenny Cudd decided to run for Mayor because she's unsatisfied with how the city's been run. (Photo courtesy of Jenny Cudd campaign)
Why Jenny Cudd Is Running For Mayor
Jenny Cudd doesn't like to call herself a politician.
The flower shop owner and political newcomer has been the most vocal about how she's unsatisfied with how the city's been run.
"I've lived here for 12 years and for 12 years we've had the same exact conversations about needing affordable housing, better infrastructure, better roads, more first responders, more teachers," Cudd told Marfa Public Radio. "It's always the same conversation and I haven't really seen anyone in the last 12 years really put a dent in that."
The shortages of police and firefighters are some of the biggest issues she's discussed during her campaign. She understands these shortages are linked to Midland's high cost of living —and she thinks more needs to be done to solve it, including raising wages to lure more first responders to the Tall City.
How she would pay for increased wages as Mayor is yet to be seen, but it's something she believes will not be solved by raising taxes alone.
"My overarching belief is that we should have less government and more freedom," Cudd said. "So, I do not for one second believe that the solution for everything is to raise taxes."
Cudd doesn't think taxes will ever go down in Midland, but she does believe they have to be adjusted for inflation. She would like to see the majority of any proposed tax increases put before Midland residents for a vote.
When it comes to the housing crisis, Cudd's views are similar to Payton's. She says she wants to cut through the red tape of the city government. Whether that's finding creative ways to staff up department shortages or looking where regulations could be cut.
Current Midland mayor Jerry Morales is looking for his third term, and for the first time he's facing challengers. (Travis Bubenik / Marfa Public Radio)
Jerry Morales Looks For Third Term
Unlike his last election for Mayor, Morales is now facing some challengers. And this go around, he's had to spend a lot of his time on the campaign trail defending his record against the critiques of his competitors.
His main argument this election has been maintaining the forward momentum Midland has had under his leadership. He believes Midland needs someone with governing experience since the city council will see at least three new council members within the next year.
"[W]hat I am saying is if you put in a new mayor with three new council members it could be a very challenging opportunity for this community."
Morales says he has a proven track record over the last six years as mayor and he's proud of how Midland leaders have dealt with the rapid expansions oil booms have brought to Midland.
When he talks about what his administration has accomplished, the Midland native points to efforts made to alleviate housing strains. He says certain permitting applications are being moved to an online operation — which he believes will streamline the process.
Mayor Morales also says Priority Midland, an initiative he was involved in forming, shows how he's worked to plan for the city's future. On the public safety front, Morales says the city has worked to provide housing for cadets and Midland's Police Academy, which he believes could also draw more police to Midland.
When it comes to property taxes, Mayor Morales has said if Midland wants to become a "World Class City," which is his goal, raising taxes to fund projects will always need to be part of the conversation.
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Mitch Borden
Mitch Borden is Permian Basin Reporter & Producer at Marfa Public Radio.
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Jordan Cook brought his Reignwolf to the Newport Folk Festival. This was one of the most talked about sets all weekend…to think, this is someone who doesn't even have an album out yet. Reignwolf basically owned and killed the Quad Stage. This wasn't folk music, no, not even close…well, I guess if you count the fact that it was music and folks listened to it, then yes, it was folk music. I left the Quad to shoot another set and ran right back to see the rest of the Reignwolf set…not something I generally tend to do.
It was a bluesy, guitar heavy, sweat and swagger rock show that had Cook making his way into the audience to perform. At some point during the set, I declared musical lust. I walked away with that heady euphoric giddiness that only comes about when rock 'n' roll excites me. Yep, I got rock 'n' roll butterfly stomach…words I never thought I'd say while referencing an artist at a folk festival.


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Friday Videos: AD/BC - A Rock Opera
"An outstanding accomplishment in late '70s British religious rock opera, this lavishly produced adaptation of Tim Wynde and Solomon Homerton's 'fringe stage sensation' celebrates the life-affirming story of Christ's nativity as told through the eyes of the Innkeeper (played by Wynde)..."
I was hipped to this in the comments section of the AV Club's Gateways to Geekery: Contemporary British Sitcoms (they suggest starting with Peep Show). I'd never even heard of it before, likely because it only ever aired once, on BBC3 (which is one more BBCs than I have), in 2004, although it was released on DVD in November 2007. Essentially, this is a combination of Garth Marenghi's Darkplace and The Mighty Boosh, starring as it does Matt Berry and Richard Ayoade of the former, and Julian Barrett (Howard Moon) of the latter, with Noel Fielding (Vince Noir) in a smaller role too. And Matt Lucas (Little Britain) as God.
Sometimes the music is better than the comedy, but that's not too much of a bad thing in such a brilliant pastiche of 70s rock musicals. There are the metafictional conceits of Darkplace along with the bizarre theatrics of the Boosh (though not quite as bizarre) as well as the musical skill obvious in both shows. Plus large parts of the performance remind me of Grails videos, that strange irony/reverence for 70s psychedelia, and cowbell, just with a more obvious(ly) comedic target.
Amazon.co.uk DVD
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Labels: TV, UK, Video Friday, Videos
Shooting at Unarmed Men - Yes! Tinnitus!
Shooting at Unarmed Men - 'Pathos Ate Bathos'
Shooting at Unarmed Men's second album Yes! Tinnitus! is not really as good as last year's third effort, Triptych, but it's a testament to the strength of that album (my favourite of 2008) that Yes! Tinnitus! is still pretty great. In parts it benefits from being able to go back from Triptych in order to appreciate it better; in others it has a certain charm of its own.
The standout first song 'Pathos ate Bathos' starts off with Shooting at Unarmed Men's typical rhythm-heavy songwriting, post-hardcore guitar with a few spaghetti-western flourishes and a frantic but relatively simple beat. Four minutes of rocking out in this vein make for a badass introduction to the album, plus a little bit of start-stop dynamism tacked on at the end as well.
Writing about Triptych on Geek Down's Best of 2008: Rock Albums, josephlovesit referenced the Jesus Lizard and this band's "confident assholism"; likewise, the next couple songs here feature a misogynistic God and a capitalist-acquisitive cowboy. It's a snarling, intense bridge to the next really great song on the album, the single 'Girls Music' (post of the promo 7" here).
Rather like (the ever-unavoidable comparison) a Mclusky b-side put into overdrive, or "a great twisted pop song" as I described it before, 'Girls Music' is the fun, inventive side of Shooting at Unarmed Men which condenses down post-hardcore creativity. The following songs stretch things out a bit more, from the shoutalong "D-I-S-M-O-U-N-T" of 'I Am United Nations' to the slow, ratcheting melodicism of 'Pat Yourself On The Proverbial ("In the summer... she blisters... and her skin peels"). At this point, despite the garage-y immediacy of 'I Cry For No Man' and 'Get On Out And Come Right In', the album begins to drag somewhat; indeed slowed down almost unnaturally for the closer, 'In Flight Instructions Are A Joke, Say I' with its rousing chorus "she drank the whole bottle down".
Still, this is definitely a Shooting at Unarmed Men album as you would recognise from Triptych, if not quite of the same quality. Jon Chapple's voice, both literally and figuratively - i.e. musically - speaking, in this latter-day post-punk, ex-Welsh post-hardcore band deserves to be heard a lot more.
Shooting at Unarmed Men on eMusic
a rather brilliant and suitably disturbing 'Girls Music' video:
Labels: Best of 2006, Post-Hardcore, Post-Punk, Shooting at Unarmed Men
slowcore/shoegaze/springtime post: Si Schroeder - Coping Mechanisms
Si Schroeder - Duck!
This is a conglomeration of different things, but mainly yet another post on this truly great Irish album. For me, Coping Mechanisms is Ireland's Spiderland, though in general it sounds quite different. This week is Slowcore Week on Drowned in Sound, as highlighted on do you compute. Watching the video on his blog of Codeine's 'Loss Leader' from the excellent The White Birch album, the particular way in which Steve Immerwahr sings "water" (and, I think, "watch her" as well) reminded me of that same word in Si Schroeder's 'Duck!' ("water/off a duck's back").
So, a flimsy enough connection. Si Schroeder doesn't really play slowcore (but then neither does David Grubbs, quite, anymore) or even shoegaze, both genres largely fixed in time as early-to-mid 1990s and probably deserving the prefix post- in their current configurations. Coping Mechanisms is an album of, at first, exceeding quietness and then consequently layered and shimmering loudness, all threaded together with a rich diversity of sounds - most of them electronic of some kind. Post-rock is the obvious but relatively uninformative classification for this beautiful, atmospheric - yet substantial - album.
Diverse electro sounds make their way through current indie rockers, post-rockers and shoegazers. Best example is Asobi Seksu's new album Hush which blends shoegaze, pop and electro to a hardcore punk back-beat (somewhat softened) to impressive effect. The latest Fight Like Apes b-side 'Telephone the Real Ham Jackson' spends some time in a tasty electro-shoegaze jam after its thick, bassy and synthy pop experimentation. King of the latter, Dan Deacon's upcoming album Bromst is a dense, familiar affair (read a first impression here and an unlikely negative review here) underpinned by modern big-band percussion. With lunchtime like a mid-summer's evening here in north-western Europe, spring has arrived with a shoegazing, electrifying soundtrack.
Coping Mechanisms vinyl from Road Records
Myspace - Si Schroeder
Trust Me I'm A Thief record label
and three of Ireland's best post-rock type acts, Jape, The Jimmy Cake and Si Schroeder, are playing a benefit + celebration gig for the aforementioned Road Records:
Labels: Best of 2006, Electro, Irish, Post-rock, Shoegaze, Si Schroeder, Slowcore
Fight Like Apes - Tie Me Up With Jackets, 7"/video
Side A - 'Tie Me Up With Jackets' (2:36)
(Go here for the high-definition version)
Side B [fixed] - 'Telephone the Real Ham Jackson' (6:10)
previous post - 'Jake Summers' and 'Lend Me Your Face' 7"s
'Tie Me Up With Jackets' is the first fresh song from Fight Like Apes and the Mystery of the Golden Medallion to be released as a single, excepting 'Something Global' which was released as an EP before the album... to show people what they sounded like with producer John Goodmanson. While I still don't think any of the songs quite surpass those of the original EPs, 'Tie Me Up With Jackets' was a definite grower from the full-length. I like the sweet guitar (bass) intro, with its carefully placed synthy squawks, and the agreeably daft/weird/poignant(/scary) lyrics -
"Same goes for you, I like my meatballs in a dish
and I like other people too
as the saying goes, I'm pretty nift
but I'd love to see you in the nude with overcoats tied around your head
and Japanese children in your bed"
From its quiet, low twee-dark beginnings, the song shifts several gears into the "lovely noise" chorus, which was what grabbed my attention listening to the album at first. And the "cha cha cha" part is crucial in a live setting too.
The video outdoes the song, really, however, with its arty conception of Fight Like Apes, the cartoon pop band, and the band of technicolour sonic experimentation. Combining synched-up ink blots with rotoscope-like overpainting of film footage (a brief flash of the underlying image at about 0:25) along with the gratuitous, clichéd shots of an Irish-band-on-a-windswept-beach (North Strand/Dollymount?) it's an impressive work for the Irish scene. Just like Fight Like Apes themselves, then.
The b-side, 'Telephone the Real Ham Jackson' - possibly their most inpenetrably bizarre title yet - is at once a bit of an oddity and a natural progression from the style of the a-side. Starting off again with some great bass, it then develops into a weird, chanting Indian-like melody and briefly a Suicide lo-fi moment, before kicking back in with the stomping, poppy bass rhythm and ultimately tailing off into shoegazey-electronic noise.
Today I listened to this and the leak of Bromst for the first time, and the two - b-side and sophomore album - seem to go well together. At just over six minutes it's unusual for a Fight Like Apes song, and probably too much of a digression to get much play live, but it's in a similar vein to 'Lumpy Dough' which I found similarly engrossing on hearing it first. Maybe not as immediate or as catchy as the rest of their work, but certainly an interesting direction for them to go in as a powerful - more in artistic than commercial terms yet - pop band.
(if anyone wants a mediafire file of these rips, just ask I guess)
Get the 7" from Norman Records
Labels: Electro, Fight Like Apes, Indie, Irish, Videos, Vinyl
The Boom: parts 2 + 3
(inset from the cover of the first Boom album, Movin' Out)
'Sacrifice' from Any Day of the Night (1999)
untitled sixth track from The Death of A Star (unreleased, third album)
As a big fan of Movin' Out, a jazz-flavoured but still very rock-y album, it's a little strange to hear these two later, instrumental albums which sound, if anything, more jazz than rock. Except that there's also dub and ska (Chris Farrall of the Sorts and Hoover plays percussion on Any Day of the Night) and definite funky overtones - the review on Insound for the same album says "one might mistakenly address The Boom as a funk revivalist band. Not so. Though the brass section shows reverence to the seventies, their swerving and strutting are more Miles Davis than P-Funk, more blue than red".
The unreleased follow-up, on which Joseph P. McRedmond of the Crownhate Ruin and Hoover plays guitar, seems to steer even deeper into jazz territory, like it actually could be a Miles Davis album. Obviously the switch to the instrumental style on both albums allows Fred Erskine more time to concentrate on playing on trumpet, alongside Carlo Cennamo on all three albums with his alto sax. Other line-up changes, for this third album include the substitution of Lincoln drummer Justin Wierbonski for J. Carrier, and John Wall, previously of Kerosene 454 and co-owner of the Slowdime label, for bass player Booker T. Sessoms III.
It's that last change that seems to me to make a marked difference between the second and third albums. Whereas Movin' Out and Any Day of the Night have that excellent and stylish jangly, funky jazz bass sound, the third album shifts more to the softer dub and ska wnah-wnah (like 'wah-wah', but with more 'n') of the Sorts and Sea Tiger. The lengthy track I posted from the third LP for streaming above (apologies to people with sub-optimal internet connections) focuses on the guitars and sax in a remarkable jazz fusion opus. At half the length, the six-minute 'Sacrifice' from Any Day of the Night runs like an earlier version, with its dubby electronics and frantic horn phrasing.
Although both these albums are great, in my opinion at least The Death of a Star is probably the more accomplished jazz record, so it's a pity that it was never released, due to John Wall's departure for better things from the band and label. However, thanks to Joe McRedmond, we have at least the untitled tracks:
The Boom - The Death of A Star
and for comparison (this is a reader's link):
The Boom - Any Day of the Night
Insound - Any Day of the Night LP/CD, Movin' Out CD
Labels: Hoover Genealogy Project, Jazz, The Boom
Asobi Seksu - Strawberries 2x7" (+ live at Crawdaddy, Dublin 11/02/09)
(inside of the gatefold. All artwork by Sean McCabe)
("Limited Edition Red Vinyl With Strawberry Scented Sleeves" - yes, really. Subtle enough, but in a sugary-sweet flavouring sort of way. As one might expect.)
'Strawberries' - Edit (3:29)
'Strawberries' - CSS Remix (3:19)
This double 7" came out in November 2007, a month before the Merry Christmas (I Don't Want To Fight Tonight) single, both in support of their second album, Citrus. Currently they're touring their third, Hush, which officially comes out on February 17th, on Polyvinyl Records. Obviously I'm more familiar with the songs from Citrus, of which there were a few played at the gig - notably 'Strawberries', 'Pink Clouds Tracing Paper' and 'Thursday'. The songs from Hush sound very strong though.
First thing that hit me about the band was the sound of the drums - absolutely pummelling, a piercing bass drum - which makes a lot of sense given the drummer's previous work. Actually it reminded me, in a live setting, of a favourite Irish band of mine, Ham Sandwich (though I would make the comparison more generally anyway), who have a heavy rhythm section, shoegazy guitar and a female vocalist as well. Though there can be few modern comparisons with the vocals of Yuki Chikudate, which are simply stunning (and surprisingly audible in the context).
The show drew to a close with the My Bloody Valentine-clone of 'Pink Clouds Tracing Paper', and for an encore, a transcendentally distorted version of 'Red Sea'. Thankfully it didn't reach the sound levels or duration of MBV's recent "holocausts", but it's always a good thing when, in a gig, the visual and auditory inputs from the stage cease to appear to be 100% experientially, in-the-same-room real. Now that's shoegaze.
Other reviews here and here. It also was Gig of the Week in the Irish Times too, with a nice photograph, but only it seems available in the print edition.
Labels: art, Asobi Seksu, Indie, Live, Photography, Shoegaze, Vinyl
Reasons to be Emo #200 / Hoover - The Lurid Traversal of Route 7
200th post/reason -
Previous Reasons to be Emo*:
#150 / Hot Water Music - Moonpies for Misfits
#140 / Swing Kids - Discography
#100 / Jawbreaker - Dear You
#50 / Shotmaker/Maximillian Colby - Split
#1 ? / Han Shan - s/t 7"
* if you think about shit like that, that is. Excellent analysis of that question here on the Prisonship. The half-dozen featured examples here aren't meant to be canonical, and definitely are not intended to be definitive; instead, they are choices of what that genre means to me, an ongoing selection of diverse highpoints.
'Distant'
The core of the genealogy, The Lurid Traversal of Route 7 was Hoover's only full-length recording. Originally recorded in 1993, in the first year of the Clinton administration, released on Dischord Records in 1994, and remastered in 2004/5. The last three songs on the CD version, 'Return', 'Private' and 'Dries' were from a separate vinyl release from the LP of Lurid Traversal, and together make up thirteen tracks on the album.
'Distant' opens up with atmospheric noise, harsh and mechanical, and a little bit of percussion, then rhythm, and then the heavy guitars kick in. It's taut, it's tense - barely controlled rage and stop-start dynamics over low, slinking basslines. "3000 mile view/ through a telescope" with the last word screamed out with an unexpected, yet not incongruent, intensity. 'Pretender' operates on the same kind of taut rhythms, locked into a driving groove with propelling guitar and vocals. The song moves forward and upwards with every riff, until disintegrating momentarily at the end.
'Electrolux' builds the sound up again slowly, with deliberate beats and ominous, humming guitar. Clearer guitar balances the equation, lulling the dubb-y, intense atmposhere of the song along. 'Electrolux' erupts, first in guitars, in shouts and screams, and then in vibrant trumpet, a soaring cacophony of sound that swells and collapses back into the rhythm below, which has grown in intensity. Minimalism conflicts with outward expression, emotion with weighty, deliberate pace.
'Electrolux'
Every song on Lurid Traversal drips with intensity and emotion, balancing explosive hardcore and post-hardcore with near-empty, Slinty post-rock, shifting between states with every verse (though, of course, there are no verses to the lyrics). Thus a song like 'Shut' winds it way between quiet and loud in a very Fugazi-ish way, focusing its emotional punch on the crescendo of guitars, yet also expressing itself in the transitional spaces between sounds. The tone created is extremely dark but with carefully crafted, melodic moments of beauty - like the cricket-filled instrumental passage of 'Route 7' - entwined with deep and sonorous rhythms. It's accessible at the same time - the opening to 'Regulator Watts' trips lightly and gently underneath whispered, distant vocals.
Again, the emphasis on rhythm propels the album on through each song, carrying the momentum of post-hardcore heaviness onwards each time, ripping it up and building it up again. 'Father' combines the stop-start dynamic with a near-continuous, insistent beat, rapidly advancing towards its chaotic explosion, and disintegrating like 'Pretender' into annihilating noise. Similar but more immediate and direct than 'Electrolux', 'Cable' shouts out its rhythms with brassy, brash anxiety, and climbs into the heights with distorted reggae and blues riffs.
'Letter'
The dynamics and contrasts of typical 'emo' guitar bands, like the tender yet destructive passions of Indian Summer, course through The Lurid Traversal, but are combined with the equally typical complexities of Dischord post-hardcore groups, resulting in epic and intense creations of late-model punk rock. The first part is evident on the arpeggiated, whispered intro to 'Letter' and its linear progress to ear-crushing, violent catharsis; the second in the equally quiet, almost abstract opening to 'Cuts Like Drugs' and, then, its expressionistic guitar jabs combined with enveloping sound and tense rhythm. In fact, the catharsis of the latter eventually emerges as the most intense of the Hoover sound.
'Cuts Like Drugs' (Live on WFMU - thanks to Matt for splitting it up)
"Some people say this sounds like Fugazi,and they miss the point. It sounds like classic DC twin-guitar midtempo style, as do Fugazi and a hundred other bands. The important part was the way the evil slithering basslines made it seem so dark and serious, and the way the singer worked up from whispering to a tortured animal howl at the end. 'Cuts Like Drugs' has it all."
Andy Radin (fourfa.com)
"The epic "Cuts Like Drugs" plays out like the bastard child of Lungfish and Fugazi, a slow plodding drone with the guitars feedback chiming in and out wrapping itself in and around the package fully developing the experience. But it is the song "Cable" that in my eyes stand out on its own. A hymn of dissatisfaction, the brooding demons that swim through all our minds. When they cry out, "I was programed to kill you." it's almost heartbreaking in how at its most earnest these words speak out in the most succinct fashion of modern day society."
sweetbabyjaysus (Burning Down the Dreams of Forever)
"Hoover were one of the greatest DC bands to come from the Dischord label. Their full length, The Lurid Traversal of Route 7 was and is one of my favorite records. Fred Erskines bass (later of Crownhate Ruin and June of 44) is a driving force and the twin monotone guitars of Dunham and McRedmond cut and scathe and slither while Christopher Farrall keeps everything in time. Or out of time, in a very Hooverish way."
blend77 (Zen and the Art of Face Punching)
"hoover is probably the most influential dischord band never to feature ian mackaye. They arrived in them halcyon early 90s days when DC was starting to register the profound effects of dubby, downbeat-y rhythms and of touch and go records heavies like slint, the jesus lizard, rapeman et. al. Their the lurid transversal of route 7 is for me a high point in american hard/punk/core/rock…
despite so many of our friends getting engaged one way or another with corporate rocking for best and worst, dischord - and hoover - always spoke to a kind of freedom (to rock, to angst-i-fy, to experiment) that only the outlands of indie rock could abide, at least back then."
lexdexter (The Prisonship)
I'll leave you to appreciate 'Return', 'Private' and 'Dries' yourselves:
The Lurid Traversal of Route 7 on Dischord Records (CD/digital)
Download link (from Burning Down the Dreams of Forever)
Slowdime (reunion) EP and Side Car Freddie/Cable 7"
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Labels: Dischord, Emo, Hoover, Hoover Genealogy Project, Post-Hardcore, Punk, Reasons to be Emo
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