WORKERS are angry with governors who blew their state's share of the N760.17 billion Paris Club loan refund.
President Muhammadu Buhari's comment on how states failed to pay salaries despite the huge cash injection has provoked the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC). It is threatening to "name and shame" governors who failed to spend the refund on salaries and pension.
Besides, the President should demand that the governors account for the money before any further release is made to them, the NLC said yesterday.
NLC President Ayuba Wabba said it was unfortunate that despite their promises to pay workers' salaries and pension, the governors refused to live by their word.
He said that some of the governors had even refused to disclose how much they received and how it was spent.
Wabba accused the Chairman of the Governors Forum, Zamfara State Governor Abdulazeez Yari, who made a commitment on behalf of his colleagues of not spending the money judiciously.
He said the President was reacting to its letter asking him not to approve the release of the third and last tranche of the fund to the governors until they account for what they have received.
Wabba said: "It is our letter he was reacting to. At our CWC meeting, we called on him not to release the last tranche of the Paris Club refund to the states because the governors have not kept their word.
"You remember that Chairman of the Governors Forum alluded to the fact that they are committed to using the money to address the liability of pension and salaries. Unfortunately, the Chairman of the Governors Forum has not lived up to those words.
"As you are aware, our workers in Zamfara have shut down the state. He himself who made the pronouncement could not honour the words that he pronounced on behalf of his colleagues. That is to show the level of deceit that is actually in the system and that is why we decided to write to the President to ensure that there is a level of accountability to show that he is actually on the same page with the governors.
"Before the second tranche was released, they made commitments and used the payment of workers salaries and pensions as a bait to get the President to approve and get the money across to them. But immediately they got the money, majority of them diverted the money. Right now, we have a standard data as to what the situation is in all states of the Federation.
Wabba recalled that at the Kogi State House of Assembly, a member raised a motion to demand accountability on the Paris Club refund "and that resulted in the chaos we witnessed in the Assembly. That member had his head broken and the Speaker removed. That is the level of decay that is prevailing in some of those states.
The NLC chief spoke also on the use of consultants to get the refund.
He said: "We learnt that about 5 per cent was deducted from source and used for the payment of consultants which eventually ended up in people's pockets. We are also aware of those who diverted the money to build hotels and pay mortgages. It is really a bad situation.
"If we must fight corruption, those issues are issues that we must follow up and fight to their logical conclusion.
"In some of the states, our members used the Freedom of Information Act to demand how these money was utilised, but there has been no responses and I think that is most unfortunate. We have records of those states. We have also promised that we are going to name and shame those states that have not adequately utilized the bailout.
"We are working on the data and once they are ready, we will make them, available and we are going to engage states that have not transparently utilised the bailout fund for the purpose that it was meant for and for the benefit of their people. That is where we are now… that is why the situation of workers have not improved.


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Noyes, Leigh H.
National Archives #80-G-16864.
Cropped by author.
Leigh Noyes was the director of naval communications in Washington at the time war broke out. Caught between Wilkinson and Turner in a bureaucratic power struggle for control of signals intelligence, he failed to pass along the "Bomb Plot" intercept of 9 October 1941 indicating that the Japanese Consulate in Honolulu was under instructions to report ship locations in Pearl Harbor, which in retrospect was a strong indication that the Japanese were planning on raiding the harbor. When CMDR Lawrence Safford, the head of Noyes'intelligence unit, prepared a message ordering the Marines at Wake to destroy their codes because war appeared to be imminent, Noyes snorted that the Japanese were bluffing and ordered the message watered down.
Noyes was sent to Pearl Harbor in March 1942 without any particular assignment, perhaps because his superiors wanted to be rid of an officer who had been tainted by the intelligence failures surrounding the Pearl Harbor disaster. He took over Fitch's place as Halsey's shore administrator and was briefly considered to replace Halsey for the Midway operation when Halsey came down with a severe dermatitis. At Halsey's insistence, the assignment went to Spruance instead.
Noyes was given command of Task Force 18 (Wasp) in the Pacific from its activation on 15 June 1942.
During the two weeks my flag has been in Wasp I have been very favorably impressed by the fine spirit of her ship's company and the way that all hands have handled their many problems. Since we have been at sea, every day has shown marked improvement in operations. I am sure that when our opportunity comes to strike the enemy in this ocean, Wasp and her squadrons will add more glory to the name she bears.
Noyes passively accepted Fletcher's order to withdraw the carriers immediately following the Guadalcanal landings. After Wasp was torpedoed on 14 September 1942, Noyes was criticized for crossing his course track several times, leaving his task force vulnerable to submarines. He was reassigned as commander, Naval Air Force, Pacific Fleet, a position he held until October 1942. He never received another sea command.
Though a capable pilot, he was not highly regarded by his fellow officers. "Mild and meticulous", he was said by King to be "physically unable to talk without using his hands." King added that "Everyone knew he had trouble making decisions", and "Poco" Smith bluntly described him as "a washout." Others questioned his tenacity and judgement. One aviator recalled that when Noyes commanded Richmond and Lexington, "The whole tenor and tone of those ships changed for the worse." (All quotes from Lundstrom 2006.) On the other hand, Forrest Sherman felt Noyes was not responsible for the loss of Wasp and that Noyes had been shabbily treated, and he saw to it that Noyes was advanced to vice admiral on the retired list in 1950.
Captain Commander, CL Richmond
Completes flight training
Commander, CV Lexington
Chief of staff, Aircraft, Battle Force
Director, Naval Communications
Commander, Carrier Division 3
Commander, Naval Air Force, Pacific Fleet
President, Board of Inspection and Survey
Costello (1981)
Lundstrom (2006)
Morison (1949)
Naval Historical Center (accessed 2009-7-14)
Pettibone (2006)
Prange (1981)
Tuohy (2007)
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In the first three months of 2017, a net of 1.3 million square feet of industrial space was absorbed in the area. That's the area's 15th consecutive quarter of positive net absorption, CBRE reported.
"Luckily, developers are proactively constructing speculative buildings,'' Beeson said. "Big box companies want to be in the Mid-South because of favorable incentives, quality of Class A spaces, cost effective lease rates, and the accessibility to the river, rail, roads and air connectivity Memphis offers.''
Three more industrial buildings were completed in the first quarter this year: Prologis built 716,080 square feet of build-to-suit space at 8500 Nail Road for an undisclosed tenant; and Hillwood built two speculative buildings totaling about 360,000 square feet in the Hacks Cross Logistics Center. They wer eleased to Kenco and Autoliv.
Sixty percent of the market's 3 million square feet of speculative developments are in the DeSoto County submarket, CBRE reported.
Among industrial buildings under construction are a speculative, 554,040-square-foot building by Panattoni Development at Gateway Global Logistics Center and two speculative warehouses of 582,400 and 301,320 square feet by Core 5 in the new DeSoto Logistics Center in Horn Lake.
The vacancy rate ob Memphis area industrial buildings tracked by CBRE rose one percentage point in the quarter, to 8 percent.


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Detropolis, 2065: The city of the day after the day after tomorrow
By Chris Kassel
Jesse Kassel
A mere 10 minutes by high-speed UniRale™ from wherever you live in the continental United States and accessible by the 50-lane SafeSpeed Commutobahn™, free men of 2065 — independent and interdependent, bound by a faith in humanity — bring you not the City of Tomorrow, not the City of the Day After Tomorrow, but …
Detropolis: The City of the Day After the Day After Tomorrow.
A. CoFordula Colosstadium: The center of Detropolis is dominated by the world's most famous sports arena, where under a retractable radiation-resistant Gypsodome® roof, all seven of our professional sports not only play in a single location but play simultaneously. With a seating capacity of over a million, there's plenty of room for fans to safely cheer and riot as they watch the Detropolis Tigrons, the Detropolis Piss-Wings, the Detropolis Bear Coots (ladies' Bo-taoshi), the Detropolis Giggle Zombies (mud polo), the Detropolis Handfish (chess boxing), the Detropolis Pussies (Canadian-rules football) and the Detropolis Vampyroteuthis Infernalises (bog snorkeling). Concession stands serve the equivalent of twelve slaughterhouses worth of hog products every day while the stadium's signature Big Lemon Lite beer is not only brewed on premise, but uses grain that is actually raised in gigantic, Gypsodome® enclosed fields adjacent to the gridiron, where fans who find chess boxing boring can sit and watch it grow.
B. Ethni-City: The creation of the SafeSpeed Commutobahn™ required the forcible relocation of our final remaining ethnic enclaves, but fear not, lovers of quaint mom-n'-pop restaurants, bakeries and cheesy souvenirs; all of these—and more—still exist within Ethni-City, a thoroughly modern ghetto where thousands of orderly non-Caucasian cooks and artists are confined, producing their unique wares safely behind the shelter of an Anti-Fascist Protection Rampart™.
C. Isotopia: It takes a lot of energy to supply a gigalopolis the size of Detropolis, but that's easy as snap, crackle, pop with the dozen nuclear reactors of Isotopia, our city's 'Tower of Power'. The discovery of the transuranic element Gypsonium-235 in 2025 has allowed major city structures to be shielded from the radioactive particulates that are a necessary byproduct of sustained nuclear fission, and thanks to a new generation of consumer-friendly antineoplastic drugs, people can now contract and be cured of cancer hundreds of times over the course of a lifetime.
D. Terminarium: Because of the nuclear fallout, most folks you'll see enjoying themselves in Detropolis have lived in the Traverse City area for decades, commuting to work and recreation via the space-age UniRale™ system, which has revolutionized both white flight and gentrification. Thus, at over 11,000 square miles, Detropolis has a permanent population of less than seventy, earning her the twin nicknames of 'The Giantest Little City in America' and 'The Littlest Giant City in America'! The Terminarium is the central hub from which all local rails emanate. Formerly the abandoned Michigan Central Depot in Corktown, the Terminarium was designed in homage to this architectural masterpiece; it is both windowless and has an active population of homeless residents.
E. The Orbisphere and the Fistulon. Perhaps the most iconic symbols of Detropolis are her twin monuments, the Orbisphere and the Fistulon. The Fistulon combines form and function in what may be the most aesthetically pleasing trash incinerator ever designed. A tribute to the remarkable arm reach of legendary boxer Tommy Hearns, the Fistulon doubles as the incinerator's smokestack, and at over 200 feet, it is so tall that the fist itself is barely visible to visitors, leading to a popular misconception that the Fistulon is actually a tribute to Tommy Hearns' penis. The Orbisphere, of course, is home to Orbit Magazine, Detropolis' Pulitzer-winning daily newspaper and the only publication to survive the tabloid wars of 2020. Following the armistice, Orbit purchased the Detroit Free Press, the Detroit News, the Lithuanian Albino Herald, Metro Times, Hour Detroit, the Hmong Hmonitor, The Detroit Jewish/Syrian News, Detroiter Today, and the Crackerhonky Journal-Constitution Advertiser and relocated the staffs to the Fistulon trash incinerator.
F. The Ambassador Wall: Following Vietnam War II (2036-2040), a steel-and-concrete wall was built in the center of the formerly-known-as Ambassador Bridge to prevent draft dodgers from fleeing to Canada. In the distance, the Atanas of Rhodes can be seen spanning the mighty Detroit River, a monument to Detropolis' first mayor, Atanas Ilitch, who served from June 2027 to August 2027, having been removed by President Malia Obama Trump.
G. Bloomfield Hillbillies The former haven for those of Detroit's nouveau riche unwelcome in Grosse Pointe, Bloomfield Hills fell on hard times during the Great Depression II that preceded Vietnam War II. It is now a favorite location for young, black avant-garde photographers who find strange beauty in the abandoned Kirk in the Hills cathedral, which now houses homeless socialites and Adderall dealers, Cranbrook's vacant museums and dorms, most of which have been stripped of everything valuable except the art by nouveau poore squatters.
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PTIUpdated on Jun 13, 2012, 23:03 IST
NEW DELHI: Temperamental pacer S Sreesanth on Wednesday landed in a controversy when a co-passenger in a Bangalore-Delhi flight alleged him of "boorish behaviour" on board the aircraft.
The co-passenger, T R Ravichandran alleged that Sreesanth got into a "childish argument" with flight attendants when he was asked not to sit near the emergency exit. Ravichandran said other passengers, including himself, objected to Sreesanth's behaviour which led to delay in take-off of the flight.
However, Sreesanth denied the allegations and said he hardly had any conversation with the passenger and he knew how to behave in public.
"I am denying any abuse. I have never used any abusive language. I don't think I have used any abusive language in a flight. Secondly, I play for Indian team and I know the rules and how to behave publicly and personally. I try to set the standards," he said.
Ravichandran claimed that the incident took place in flight S2 4234 from Bangalore to Delhi.
"Sreesanth was alloted seat 29A which incidentally was close to the emergency exit. And as he was sporting an injury, flight attendants requested him to move, albeit temporarily, till take off to ensure that no one is inconvenienced in case of any emergency. Instead of letting the attendants do their job, he got into a childish argument thereby delaying the take off by 15 minutes," Ravichandran was quoted as saying in a letter to 'Times Now'.
"Inspite of four people requesting, he kept insisting he would not move and that he was not injured, he is a sportsman etc. As a fellow passenger, I objected to his boorish behaviour," he added.
Denying the allegations, Sreesanth said, "I was with a friend and there were passengers next to me, I don't know why they are complaining. This incident, I am totally unaware of it. I hardly had any conversation with any one of them."
"In fact I was listening to music which I usually do. Using an abusive language in a public place, I will never do that. They said 29A was my seat because it was a full economy flight and I had to travel two and a half hours to Delhi," said Sreesanth.
"On a full economy flight, I asked for that seat so that I could stretch my leg and sit. The moment I came in, they said you can't sit here. That was the conversation I had. i said this is 29A and I deserve to sit here. My friend also said the same thing. That was the only conversation I had.
"The person said that I was not fit. I said I have not asked for a wheelchair. I was about to miss the flight and I ran into the flight," he said.
No stranger to controversies, Sreesanth was involved in the infamous slap-gate in a 2008 IPL match at Mohali where he was slapped by then fellow India teammate Harbhajan Singh after an altercation.


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History of the 4th of July: Thomas Jefferson
Perhaps no one person is more associated with the 4th of July in American History than Thomas Jefferson, probably because it was his hand that penned the immortal Declaration of Independence.
As my friend Clay Jenkinson — who has been portraying Jefferson for over 20 years — says in his book Thomas Jefferson: The Man of Light:
"The Third President is the Muse of American life, the chief articulator of our national value system and our national self-identity. Jefferson was a man of almost unbelievable achievement: statesman, man of letters, architect, scientist, book collector, political strategist, and utopian visionary. But he is also a man of paradox: liberty-loving slaveholder, Indian-loving relocationist, publicly frugal and privately bankrupt, a constitutional conservative who bought the Louisiana Territory in 1803."
Francophile
Even by 1782, as an admiring French visitor observed, Jefferson, "without having quitted his own country," had become "an American who … is a musician, draftsman, astronomer, natural philosopher, jurist and a statesman." He knew about crop rotation, Renaissance architecture, could dance a jig, play the fiddle, or tie an artery.
Jefferson both loved and hated his time in France. He went to Paris in 1784 to succeed Benjamin Franklin as American Ambassador following the 1783 peace treaty negotiated with England and dealt with repayment of French loans to the U.S. as well as with attacks by North African pirates on American ships. A statue of him (at right) currently appears along the Seine River in Paris in front of the Hôtel de Salm (next to the Musee d'Orsay) which served as the model of Monticello, the home he built in Virginia. During the construction of the Hotel, Jefferson would watch for hours and said he was "violently smitten with the Hôtel de Salm." He loved the culture, civilization, wine and classical architecture of France bringing some of it home saying
"I do love this people with all my heart"
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Founding Fathers Friendship
Though friends in their youth, disagreements separated Thomas Jefferson and our second President John Adams in later years. They were eventually reconciled toward their twilight years, and though they never saw each other again after Adams left the White House to be replaced by Jefferson, in the last 14 years of their lives, they exchanged 156 letters, some of them quite warm. This correspondence is generally regarded as the intellectual capstone to the achievements of the revolutionary generation and the most impressive correspondence between prominent statesmen.
They both died on the same day, July 4th, the 50th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, two of the last three signers. At the age of 91 John Adams collapsed in his favorite reading chair and died that afternoon, his last words are often reported to have been,
"Thomas Jefferson still lives."
However, though this story appears even in contemporaneous obituaries, eulogies, and biographies — even as recently as David McCullough's popular biography of John Adams — his spinster niece and adopted daughter Louisa Smith recalls only that Adams mentioned the name, Jefferson. Adams died at about 6:20.
But Jefferson might have said "Wrong, as usual," if he had still been alive. However, in his last days, his health had failed, and he passed in and out of consciousness. Shortly before midnight on the 3rd of July, 1826 Jefferson asked his doctor one last time
"Is it the 4th?"
with his doctor replying "It soon will be." Later around 1 pm on the 4th just a few hours before Adams died — in his home in Monticello, Virginia — surrounded by his daughter and some special slaves, at the age of 83, Thomas Jefferson died.
Bill Petro, your friendly neighborhood historian
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Steven H. Hoskins on July 3, 2018 at 7:22 am
Thanks Bill. It took me a while to finally get to your site. Now that I'm here I wish I had found it earlier. Thanks from a amateur history nerd.
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Marc Adam Suchard (born December 23, 1972 in California) is an American statistician. He is Professor in the Departments of Biomathematics and of Human Genetics in the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and in the Department of Biostatistics in the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health at the University of California, Los Angeles. He was elected as a Fellow of the American Statistical Association in 2012, and he received the COPSS Presidents' Award in 2013.

Selected publications
 Suchard, M. A., Weiss, R. E., & Sinsheimer, J. S. (2001). Bayesian selection of continuous-time Markov chain evolutionary models. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 18(6), 1001-1013.

Awards
COPSS Presidents' Award (2013)
Mitchell Prize (2011)
John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship (2008)
Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship (2007)
Mitchell Prize (2006)
British Marshall Scholarship (1995)

References

External links
Publications and Presentations

1972 births
Living people
American statisticians
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA faculty
Fellows of the American Statistical Association

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You don't have to read the book Tomatoland to know that modern industrial farming practices have ruined the tomato. One can tell just by looking at or tasting the hard, flavorless and anemic distant cousins of what our grandparents called tomatoes. I have gotten to the point where I can't even eat them—they repeat on me like raw onions. Yet I can devour homegrown or farmer's market tomatoes like candy.
I don't buy a lot of canned foods, preferring to cook with fresh, seasonal vegetables and dried beans, but during the winter months, canned tomatoes are pretty much a necessity if you cook with tomatoes and don't want to buy the freakish things piled in the produce isle. Recently, however, David told me that I should stop buying tomatoes packaged in BPA lined cans. (Go here to find out why BPA's are bad). And even though I know it's impossible to live in a chemical free environment these days unless I move to, say, the moon, I like to eliminate as many chemicals as I can when new information becomes available.
Although baby bottles are now being made BPA free, most canned goods still have BPA linings. Even so, there are several companies who have made the switch or have never used BPA's. Any tomato product in a jar is BPA free. San Marzano tomatoes (which many people believe to be the tastiest) have no BPA's. Nor do Pomi tomatoes (which come in a box, not a can). Muir Glen has recently switched to BPA free cans. Look for a 2013 or 2014 expiration date since some cans are still on the shelves from before the switch. (When you open the Muir Glen can, if it is golden inside instead of white, it is BPA free).
I decided to try a new recipe this week with my BPA free canned tomatoes. Inspired by last week's Mardis Gras, I chose a traditional Cajun dish called Maque Choux. What intrigued me about this recipe is how easy it is. If you make it in summer, you can use all fresh ingredients, but it tastes absolutely delicious using canned tomatoes, frozen corn, and frozen okra which makes it a perfect winter throw together dinner. And although the vegetables are traditionally braised in bacon grease and often shrimp or sausage are added, the dish stands on its own as a delicious and satisfying vegetarian meal. I used hickory-smoked olive oil to give it a musky flavor, but you could use regular olive oil (and a little bit of liquid smoke if desired). Or grate some smoked cheddar or gouda on top.
1. Heat the oil in a saucepan on medium heat. Add the onions and salt, and cook, stirring occasionally, until the onions have softened, about 7 minutes.
2. Add the garlic, celery and chiles (or peppers) and cook for 3 minutes. Stir in the corn, okra, tomatoes, black-eyed peas, water, and seasonings.
... Cover and bring to a boil, then lower the heat and simmer for 10 minutes, stirring often. Taste and correct seasoning if necessary.
3. Serve topped with scallions over rice or quinoa.
After last week's confession, I made it my mission not only to get Archer to school on time but to get him to school EARLY. So. Wednesday morning, I got out of bed earlier, poised to leave the house fifteen minutes earlier than the day before. And we did it! 7:50am, we were bags packed, Gaga blasting, on our way. I was so proud! High five, everyone, this was happening! For the first time all year Archer wouldn't have to run to class.
"WE ARE GENIUSES OF PROMPTNESS!"
Except. Five minutes into our drive, I realized that the car was out of gas. Of course it was. OF COURSE IT WAS! Here we were, early for once in our effing h-ing lives and my car was OUT of gas. And not "almost, you have a few miles so no worries" but actually and absolutely OUT out. As in zero miles to go on ye emptiest of tanks.
So. After seven years of driving a car with flashing lights and beeping warning signals, I'm not used to, you know, paying attention... apparently.
I know, okay? I know! You do not have to tell me! Hal's eyes might as well have rolled right out of his head for the amount of times he's yelled at me for NEVER getting gas. Meanwhile, dude fills up every other day, which I think is weird and annoying so we're totally even.
Anyway. None of this changes the fact that for the SECOND TIME in one month I was out of gas on the way to school.
The first time, I didn't take any chances. I pulled over immediately and Archer ended up fifteen minutes late, which is thirteen minutes later than usual and it was terrible because I had to walk him into class and get a tardy slip and oh, man. BAD.
That was not going to happen this time. Oh, hell no. We were GOING to be early to school. If I had to push my van up the hill to the stop and drop? SO. BE. IT.
"But Mom. It says zero. Again."
"Just a little fiction. Nothing to worry about..."
I drove about three miles on "zero" before dropping Archer successfully at school... two minutes before the first bell rang.
Moments later, Fable and I landed safely at the nearest gas station. Gas 'o meter still on "zero".
P.S., Now that I'm revealing the intimate details of my dashboard, I would like to point out to those who argue that "four children is environmentally irresponsible" that I have put less than 2k miles on my car in six months.
...Because nothing makes you want to walk, like packing four kids in and out of a minivan.
The other day, while Fable was in the kitchen drawing pictures, Archer ran to come get me.
"I have to show you something."
When I came into the room, Fable was beaming, holding up her picture.
"I drew a picture of you, Mommy!"
"Fable drew a picture of you dancing in Grand Central Station."
"... With seven legs!" Fable added. "And hair like Rapunzel."
I totally understand why my dad STILL has pictures I drew of him as a child in his office. I get it times a billion. Where else would I ever get to dance in Grand Central station with seven legs and hair like Rapunzel?
Bo continues to maintain her A+ in intensity and Reverie continues to pursue a PHD in sun beams. Not that Bo isn't also a light Her giggle fits are unmatched by anyone in the history of life and when she's happy she's THRILLED, but her lows are loooow and when she's mad she's PISSED. Perhaps it's seeing them side by side that further exacerbates their differences. Maybe Archer and Fable were the same kind of opposites, like complementary colors, her sand to his sea. But they weren't babies at the same time so the contrast wasn't as so.
Reverie started grabbing at everything and everyone in the last few days which means I am pretty much going to be living in top buns and ponytails for the next year of my life AND the time has come to bust out the highchairs for some solid food feeding action which sounds like a real party, no? Food fights, here we come.
Last week Archer wrote a story about a child who is born on the moon and comes to earth to become a wizard.
At first I was like, "Oh, this is an autobiography. He's writing about himself! A wizard from the moon! My moonchild wizard wonderboy from space..."
...right up to the part where the wizard blows up every car on earth and then, blows up... earth.
"Archer. Can you tell me about this story. It's kind of... violent?"
"Don't worry, Mom. Just a little fiction."
I spent the last few days sick in bed. Or as "sick in bed" as one can be with two babies to care for. Bo and I seem to be on the same wavelength when it comes to colds so the two of us spent the weekend coughing in harmony which was really quite the sound. The vicious cycle of cold season is arguably the most boring thing to write about and I suspect even more boring to read but part of why I started writing these posts is to celebrate the seemingly mundane, and even disgusting moments of family life because really, beyond the hacking of one's lungs into tissues with one's spawn, family colds are one of the few things that slow a family down... And sometimes after hustling all week long, it's kind of nice to spend a few days in the house, pajama-clad, vegetating guilt-free.
Over the weekend, Archer updated the family portrait that currently hangs above our bed with a "temporary" until we can buy a new canvas he can paint all over.
From left: Hal, Reverie, Fable (saying "yay") me, Boheme and Archer ... who is wearing glasses because "in a few years I'm probably going to need them."
Kids are the best, man. They're the best!
Every day all of this becomes easier. Every night the girls sleep a little longer and our mornings run a little smoother and at the end of each eve, I feel a little more alive. Myself. In the beginning, we were all in survival mode. But that has passed, thank god. Maybe it's because Bo is slowly able to manage without me or the girls are becoming more self sufficient, establishing a bond to each other that keeps them (Bo) from screaming to be held all the time.
Or maybe it's just what time does to the family dynamic. Like pressure building and building until finally a hole emerges. A hole for all of the guilt and worry and breathlessness to escape. Like cracking the car window to hawk a loogie instead of, you know, swallowing it.
And they're right! It's totally gross. It's disgusting and awful and gross. But sometimes there's no other way but to clear the throat and spit.
... wiping the fog from the mirror, and everywhere else.


Soon times when I can afford it.
Would have made sense to keep your first untrimmed no matter if you have more then 1.
Oh, could someone explain to my why my untrimmed HP is now trimmed. That would be great, thank-you.
This will be my edge pure.


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Reproduced from the Journal, The Social Crediter, 2 February 1946. We have received the following document from a source in which we have every confidence. It appears to have become available by the indiscretion of one of the Rose family: –
THE POLICY OF CONTROLLING SOCIAL CREDIT:
Being comments from communications received from —G —n, and compiled by me for the use of the Central Committee.
With the advent of Aberhart to power in Alberta, [Canada, in 1935] Social Credit, which has been confined chiefly to Scotland and Australia, has made serious inroads in our programme, and with Aberhart's religious zeal, and ability, we have a fight on our hands, a fight that will tax all our subtle ingenuity. If there arises a man in B. C. [British Columbia, Canada] of Aberhart's caliber, you men who have been entrusted to stifle such a move will have to resort to the tactics outlined in my previous communications.
We must never be caught asleep again such as the key men in Alberta were. When Douglas appeared before the Alberta Legislature, B—e, under my guidance, inferred to Douglas and Aberhart that the united Farmers were sold on the idea of Social Credit. That was strategy. How Aberhart learned that B—e had consented to call a snap election, (prompted by my interests in New York who financed Alberta Bonds), is what baffled me. Some person in the know, probably a Christer, quietly told Aberhart. You all know what happened. With the zeal of a religious martyr, Aberhart resorted to the radio and the movement spread like prairie fire. I can't impress upon your minds how this move affected me. I was called to Amtorg, and for a while it appeared as if I, like other stalwarts, would be liquidated. Only by going directly to the Kremlin, and because of my long service for the cause, did Stalin overlook my mistake in Alberta.
I was commissioned to B. C., for already Douglasites under Tutte, et al, were organising. Our contacts had appraised us of this but because of the smallness of the movement we had little to fear. H. T. was in control and I knew that S. C. would never gain a foothold with him in the position entrusted to him. My advice to all key men is to seek H. T.'s advice at all times. Our concern is with the manner in which the theories of Douglas are disseminated. Under no circumstances must it appear that the movement is being sabotaged. Your leading exponents will in addresses and in letters to the press so deceive the average devotees of Douglas, that they will least suspect the invisible power back of your key men. I said, the average devotee of Douglas will least suspect, but there will arise someone who fully understands the economic philosophical analysis and who will ask questions, and may even challenge the key men. The strategy to follow is not an immediate denial, but rather one of great surprise. Ignore the challenge and if the issue is pursued, raise the racial issue, persecution, etc. This will have great effect and will serve to silence the average person.
There are always certain individuals prominent in the movement who will deserve careful attention. Jaques [Norman Jaques, Social Credit MP in the Canadian Parliament, 1935-1949] is one of them. In my opinion this man is most dangerous to our cause. Despite our efforts we have never been able to unseat him. Watch him carefully. He has his followers in B. C.
Another point to consider, one that I deem very important, is the holding of Conventions. On the face they appear quite all right, but they are dangerous. Never have groups formed so that accredited delegates will attend. Once the groups get out of control, your trouble starts. Aberhart built his strength through groups. He was a master organiser. Byrne and Tudor Jones, both ardent Douglasites, and firm believers in pressure politics, in their writings stress the old Grecian symbol of the circumference of the circle ruling the centre. We must at all times be on our guard against the teachings of these men. Decentralisation of power and Anti-Supreme State are favourite themes. Jones is unusually clever, and I am inclined to think from reports reaching me from a key man in the London School, that he is Douglas's ghost writer.
Mrs. Webster, talented and versatile, is another disciple. Her books should be kept out of circulation. I have discussed the method of this before. Mrs. Webster's book on the French Revolution and Secret Societies would, if circulated widely, do us irreparable harm. Tutte's book in my opinion is harmless. The Course put out by the Social Credit Secretariat is, to say the least, most complete. You should get it if possible.
Aberhart grew dissatisfied with the growth of S. C. in B. C., and attempted to form another party. How this move was frustrated is known to you. If the disgruntled in B. C. should show signs of being impatient and should at any time accuse the key men of being inactive and in some instances, openly accuse them of being Communists, point to published letters and addresses to refute such accusations. If a definite split is made you will have to act quickly, because once control gets out of your hands our cause is lost.
Note by Sacred Connections: In 1945, Igor Gouzenko, a cipher clerk at the Soviet Embassy in Ottawa, Canada, defected to the West. As a result, Gouzenko exposed the existence of an extensive espionage ring in Canada. The head of this Communist spy ring was identified as a certain Fishel Rosenberg (aka Fred Rose), a Member of the Canadian Parliament. It appears very likely that this Soviet agent, who was imprisoned for four and a half years for espionage in Canada, was the author of the above revealing document. .


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Home / General / New Comscore figures show IrishTimes.com losing 18% of desktop readers
New Comscore figures show IrishTimes.com losing 18% of desktop readers
November 27, 2013 General / media Simon McGarr 0
New figures on the performance on newspaper websites in the Irish market show that the Irish Independent group's sites are the most popular with readers.
The figures also suggest that the newly redesigned Irish Times website has not been embraced by readers, recording a 18% year on year fall against a background of an increasing total available audience.
Commenting on the Comscore findings, Hugh Linehan, Digital Development Editor of the Irish Times said
"Comscore very old-school, don't do mobile which (including apps) is now more than 50 per cent of our traffic. We predict mobile will be 80 percent by 2016. Including mobile our traffic is up 20 per cent yoy [year-on-year]. Desktop is the new print"
The new Irish Times figures may also reflect the impact of the newspaper losing the Ireland.com domain, which was sold to Tourism Ireland in Oct 2012 for a reported €495K.
Also notable from the numbers was the spectacular improvement in the readership for the Telegraph in Ireland, with that paper's site seeing the greatest rate of growth of all the recorded domains.
Note on the data source:
Every now and then, analytics firms Comscore releases a fragment of data from their huge pile of secret stats for the public to nibble on.
I've taken data from two of those fragments (this and this) to make the chart above.
The data points represent figures for August 2011, September 2012 and September 2013.
Comscore and its clients, of course, have figures for all the other months in between, but I've done the best I can with the info available.


Abstract: Politics is a struggle to put certain political, economic and social ideas into practice. In this, language plays an important role because most political actions are accompanied by language. This paper deals with political discourse in general, its aims and purposes, and specifies various strategies, the purposes of which are to persuade the audience of the validity of the politician's views and to manipulate the audience. The practical part of the paper analyzes the speech of US President Barack Obama to the British Parliament, delivered in May 2011. It concentrates on selected rhetorical strategies, namely the use of pronouns, repetition and three part statements, and citations and quotations of other politicians. It also demonstrates how the same strategies were used by Ronald Reagan, who addressed the British Parliament nearly thirty years prior.
DRÁBKOVÁ, Lenka. Political Discourse and its Features in Barack Obama's 2011 Speech to the British Parliament. In: Theories and Practices [online]. Zlín: Univerzita Tomáše Bati ve Zlíně (UTB), 2012, s. 159-168. [cit. 2019-04-26]. Dostupné z: http://conference.uaa.utb.cz/tp2011/TheoriesAndPractices2011.pdf#page=159.


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Published March 19, 2008 2:41 am
Sound-Off On The Iraq War Anniversary
With the first troops entering Iraq on March 19, 2003, the U.S. began what would be a tumultuous and controversial invasion of a past foe.
Debates continue to this day about the justification of the American presence in Iraq. From the alleged evidence of "weapons of mass destruction" in the country to stopping a tyrant regime under Sadaam Hussein, there's no doubt that the U.S. presence overseas would change not only Iraq but our nation as well.
But the changes would not go without its sacrifices. Almost 4,000 U.S. servicemen and women have died in the five years of fighting. Along with that, more than 82,000 Iraqis have died — some civilians, some insurgents.
What's ahead for Iraq? Will the U.S. withdraw from the nation well past President Bush's term in office? Is our presence still needed there?
Sound-off on your opinion on Iraq and where you think the U.S. should go from here.
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Branson Falls for Autumn's Beauty - 5 Great Ways to Enjoy It!
Wednesday, August 21, 2019 by Bethany Thomas | Shows & Entertainment, Attractions & Activities, Events & Festivals
The prettiest time of year is fast approaching, and Branson offers its own special presentation of autumn. Of course, every season in Branson brings its own kind of beauty, and we ought to know, cause there are five of them! That's right, only here will you find one holiday celebrated to such an extent that it's become its own season, and that's Christmas - in Branson, it begins on November 1 and runs through December 31...but more on that glorious time of year in another post! Our next big season is fall, bringing with it nice weather, changing leaves, festival fun, shopping, fall flavors in food offered at events and attractions, and so much more.
We're offering five easy ways to get the best out of the beauty of Branson in the fall, but don't forget to schedule plenty of time in your itinerary to take in a show, live entertainment is what put Branson on the map after all! Need a few ideas? Look here: "See The Beatles in Branson, Courtesy of Liverpool Legends!" -- "Amazing Acrobats of Shanghai - Branson's Most Electrifying Show Experience!" -- "Branson's C.J. Newsom - Music and Laughs Delivered with Country Class!" -- "George Dyer in Branson MO - Bringing You Everything from Broadway to Bublé!" -- "The Branson Spotlight Shines Brightly on The Johnson Strings!" -- "Branson's Gettin' Down with the Motown Sound in Historic Downtown!" -- "The Haygoods in Branson - "Hey," They're Not Just "Good," They're Fantastic! (see what we did there…)" And there are still plenty of concerts ahead for 2019: "Big Names in Branson for 2019 - 22 Concerts Coming Up!"
1. New Harvest Festival at Silver Dollar City: Fall at Branson's famous, multi-award-winning theme park is gorgeous and festive, and Silver Dollar City ushers it in with the all new Harvest Festival! Featuring "Craft Days" and "Pumpkin Nights," this colorful festival offers Cirque Eloize Lumberjacks Show, scores of artisans demonstrating their work, thousands of enchanting pumpkins illuminated throughout the park, lots of fun fall activities, loads of treats and tasty eats, and new characters, like Peter & Penelope Pumpkin. With night-time roller coaster thrills and other exciting rides, and a seasonal celebration with pumpkins carved without anything scary in mind, kids of all ages are sure to have a blast at the new Harvest Festival!
Schedule: Harvest Festival runs from September 25 through October 26
Location: Silver Dollar City is located just a quick hop, skip, and a jump up Highway 76 on Indian Point - 399 Silver Dollar City Parkway - you'll discover easy-to-follow signs along the way.
Nice to Know: The park is closed on Monday and Tuesday throughout the Festival.
2. Country Music Days at Silver Dollar City: This new 13-day event features live country music, a barn dance, and more! A Saturday night celebrity concert series features: Steve Wariner, the country star who gave us 14 hits that topped the charts, including "All Roads Lead to You," "I Got Dreams," and "Life's Highway" -- Shenandoah, the unforgettable group that scored more than two dozen hits, including #1 songs like "Two Dozen Roses," "The Church on Cumberland Road," and "Next to You, Next to Me" -- Sawyer Brown, the multi-awarded group-of-the-year that scored dozens of hits, including chart-toppers "Some Girls Do," "Thank God for You," and "Step That Step." And don't miss Grammy-nominated and Branson favorite, Billy Yates!
Schedule: Country Music Days runs from September 2 through 22
September 6 - 22: Billy Yates' Hit Songwriters in the Round on the Gazebo Stage -- Barn Dance in the Red Gold Heritage Hall
September 6 - 8: Splinter Middleton & the Missouri Plowboys at the Dockside Theater -- Next of Kin in the Boatworks Theater
September 7: Steve Wariner -- Echo Hollow Amphitheatre -- 6:00 p.m.
September 11 - 15: Eastern Heights in the Dockside Theater -- Renata in the Boatworks Theater
September 14: Shenandoah -- Echo Hollow Amphitheatre -- 6:00 p.m.
September 18 - 20: Makenna & Brock in the Dockside Theater -- Justin Terry in the Boatworks Theater
September 21: Sawyer Brown -- Echo Hollow Amphitheatre -- 6:00 p.m.
September 21 - 22: Matt Gumm in the Dockside Theater
3. Ozarks' Scenery: Changing leaves, rolling hills, stunning valleys, and sparkling lakes can be found throughout the Branson area. Favorite drives include heading toward the eastern part of Taney County, and cruising along the Ozark Mountain Highroad - take Highway 65 south and exit at F Highway toward Forsyth to enjoy the scenery out in the eastern Taney County neck of the woods, or turn left and take the seven mile journey that features sweeping curves, hills, and a view that's pretty much free of billboards and other roadside advertising. And then there's neighboring Arkansas, just minutes south of Branson and one of the country's most beautiful states, offering even more beautiful views of the Ozark Mountain landscape along Highway 65.
Schedule: The scenery is worth viewing year-round, but colorful fall leaves are best during October.
Location: As mentioned above: Highway 65 - Ozark Mountain Highroad - F Highway
Nice to Know: Pictures are always important, but please leave that task to passengers in the car - there are many stretches of roadway with curves and hills. You can also leave the driving to a professional and take the VIP Tours' Discover Branson Tour!
4. More of the Great Branson Outdoors: Branson is brimming with outdoor attractions, made even more fun in the cooler autumn weather, including multiple things to see and do at Shepherd of the Hills Homestead & Adventure Park, scores of thrill rides that include mountain coasters, ziplines, and more, Branson's Promised Land Zoo, and Main Street Lake Cruises at Branson Landing on the lovely Lake Taneycomo, just downhill from Historic Downtown Branson. Lake Taneycomo, Table Rock Lake, and Bull Shoals Lake all offer excellent fishing year-round, and golf in Branson is especially fabulous in the fall!
Schedule: Many of Branson's outdoor activities can be enjoyed year-round - follow links to more information and operating schedules.
Location: Ditto just above!
Nice to Know: Again, the links will prove more information, but remember to make reservations in advance for popular attractions, like the Cruises and activities at Shepherd of the Hills.
5. Inspiration Tower: We've already included Shepherd of the Hills, the landmark Branson destination within a destination, in our Great Branson Outdoors segment above, but the view from the iconic Inspiration Tower deserves its own special mention. This 230-foot tower brings guests to the top observation deck via glass-enclosed elevators where the 360-degree views stretch as far as the eye can see - clear days, which are common during Branson's fall season, can provide visibility as far as 90 miles away! There's a gift shop on the ground level, and the Tower is home to the Vigilante Extreme ZipRider.
Schedule: Daily from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Location: 5586 West Highway 76 at the Shepherd of the Hills Homestead & Adventure Park
Nice to Know: Inspiration Tower is one very sturdy structure - it's constructed of steel, glass, stone, and concrete that can withstand a constant wind of 172 miles per hour, and wind gusts at an incredible 224 miles per hour.
If you haven't yet been to Branson in 2019, or even if you have, the fall season is always an ideal time to visit, especially for young couples and empty-nesters out there who enjoy visiting after all the kiddoes have headed back to school! See you soon!
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Q: Es posible validar que un campo sea solo numérico exceptuando tres usuarios Estoy utilizando Laravel UI/Auth para el registro y login de los usuarios, cambié la opción de email por username para el login, pero me gustaría saber si es posible validar que el username sea un número (Documento de identidad) para los usuarios finales de la plataforma, pero con la excepción que el administrador (Admin), el operador (Operator) y el Bloglero (Blogger) puedan iniciar sesión con el nombre de usuario que contiene contiene caracteres y son los que se encuentran en paréntesis?
protected function validator(array $data)
{
    return Validator::make($data, [
        'username' => ['required', 'numeric', 'max:255'], // <--- Aquí
        'phone' => ['required', 'string','max:255'],
        'password' => ['required', 'string', 'min:8', 'confirmed'],
        'user_type' => ['required', 'string', 'max:255'],
    ]);
}

A: Podrías utilizar regex:
'username' => ['required', 'regex:/^(\d+|Admin|Operator|Blogger)$/'],

Esa expresión regular busca cualquier string que empiece y termine siendo un número, o literalmente las palabras "Admin", "Operator" o "Blogger". Es sensible a mayúsculas y minúsculas, si no querés que lo sea agregale el operator "i" al final: $/i'].
Podés ver bien lo que hace desde acá: regex101

A: Tomando en cuenta tu sugerencia (porloscerros) hice lo siguiente:
protected function validateLogin(Request $request)
{
    if(is_numeric($request['username']))
    {
        $request->validate([
        $this->username() => 'required|numeric',
            'password' => 'required|string',
        ]);
    }
    elseif($request['username'] == 'Admin' or $request['username'] == 'Operator' or $request['username'] == 'Blogger')
    {
        $request->validate([
        $this->username() => 'required|string',
            'password' => 'required|string',
        ]);
    }
}

Pero esto lo hice directamente en el archivo AuthenticatesUsers no pude sobrescribir el método en el archivo LoginController, ¿estaría bien? me funciona, ahora solo debo hacer el condicional en la validación que tengo en Livewire, ya que se muestra en el formulario que el campo debe ser un número al momento de hacer clic fuera del campo.

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X-Large Japan have teamed up with G-Shock to bring this X-Large x G-Shock GA-110 out to celebrate 20 years of being top primate. The watch features X-Large logos, Gorilla engraved caseback and custom packaging. This could be THE primate themed G-Shock collaboration to go for Available for pre-order from zozo as of 2nd December > http://zozo.jp/news/20121121_5246775.html. Price will be ¥16800 which is approx USD$215, GBP£135 and EUR€155.


The Coyotes Fan Express took fans, COX employees and the FOX Sports Arizona girls from the COX Solutions Store in Scottsdale to the Coyotes-Hurricanes game on Saturday.
Just as FOX Sports Arizona did during this past Diamondbacks season, the network is once again partnering with COX Communications on the Fan Express initiative. During the 2013-14 Coyotes season, fans are encouraged to visit a COX Solutions Store to register to win a ride on the bus and game tickets for them and a guest. The 50-person bus takes the winners to a Coyotes game at Jobing.com Arena in style, leaving from the COX Solutions Store they registered at and dropping them back at that location following the game.
On Saturday night in Scottsdale, fans joined the FOX Sports Arizona Girls and a handful of COX employees for the 60-mile round trip excursion to enjoy the pregame tailgating fun and the Coyotes-Hurricanes game. It wrapped up a busy span for the bus, as in just its first few days on the road, the bus made round-trip drives to Prescott as well as to Kartchner Caverns in southern Arizona and shuttled school kids around Phoenix.


Our client's pare-eminent international banking and finance practice is looking for an additional junior associate, either recently qualified in September 2016 or with more experience. This role would like to gain a broad range of experience across all areas of banking and finance, as opposed to being drawn into specialising in a niche area of finance, and who would like to work for a high profile, sophisticated client base. Junior associates are not only encouraged to turn their hand to a wide range of banking and finance deals, but are also given as much responsibility and client contact as they can handle (regardless of PQE), which means that the work remains interesting and varied and good juniors quickly progress. Both the banking and finance departmental and firmwide training programmes are second to none.
The partners look for strong training and post qualified experience in banking and finance from a major City, regional or top tier international practice, an impeccable academic background, and an enthusiastic "can do" attitude.


"charcoro" is the beautiful interior object made from charcoal.
The charcoal has effects of air purification, deodorization, and dehumidification. It can be put in various places around the home with associated with bad smelling odours, such as the kitchen or a shoe cupboard. "charcoro" is designed by the motif in the bouquet so that a life may be colored more beautifully.
These days, we live in a society of mass production and consumption. People lacking imagination, children are not playing. They are forced to play.
This toy was created for people who live not only for today, but also for the future. This toy helps to develop the imagination and creativity of people. They need these toys!


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6 Types Of Lists You Should Make
By Rutuja Bhagwat - July 20, 2016
Everybody must make following lists to have a fun-filled life:
This is one such list not just book lovers must make, but also everyone else should make. If you're not really into books, it's fine. You don't have to read those cool books that are trending, but can make a list of those books you're interested in. For example, love sports? Make a list of books on great sporting personalities. You can read autobiographies, biographies, or books on records. You can make a list of your interests and then search online for all the must-reads in that genre. Make a list of it, and start reading!
MOVIES/SITCOMS/DOCUMENTARIES TO WATCH
I am a person who definitely has this list. Though I don't have time to watch as much as an average young adult watches, but there are tons of movies, TV shows, and documentaries I want to watch. You also can make a list for yourself and keep a track of movies you want to watch and have watched.
This can be any local trekking spot or a country you want to badly visit. Make a list of all the cities, museums, countries you want to visit, and you'll know your next vacation spot!
THINGS TO TRY
This can be bizarre things. For someone like me, who does not drink or smoke, something like 'Taking a Puff' or 'Drinking Once' can be a part of this list. (Don't worry; I don't have it in mine.) You can write down weird sex fantasies, or something like going to the jail at least once. (There are people who have such things.) Make a list of all those adventurous activities you want to do once before you die.
DAILY TO-DO
Like I always ask you guys to make a daily to-do list, seriously, make one. You'll know how you procrastinate your tasks and how you really need to start working and making an organised schedule. Try to finish as many daily to-dos as possible.
RECIPES TO TRY
And finally, for all the foodies out there, make a list of recipes to try and restaurants to visit. It'll be useful as you'll know where to go on your next date, along with the knowledge of how to make a Nutella Chocolate Brownie Pie too!
What kind of lists other than those mentioned above have you made?
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Review of We Will Rock You at 5th Avenue Theatre by Mobird
by TeenTix | July 10, 2014
Walking into the 5th Avenue Theatre, I thought that I would be sitting down for a concert with small bits of scripting between songs, so I was not ready at all for what I saw, and I was, quite literally, overwhelmed. Lights flashed, disco balls spun, and then the curtain rose, revealing a screen that carried a message of hope. By this point I was completely curious as to what would happen next, and I wasn't disappointed. Swinging from one Queen tune to the next with witty quips, pop-culture references, sassy dancing, and fantastic set changes, I enjoyed myself and felt quite entertained by this take on one of the most classic, beloved bands in the history of rock and roll.
The outlawing of music has been a plot point in a few musicals, namely Footloose. That is repeated again in We Will Rock You. However, the thing that sets this apart from having a stereotypical plot and expectedly feel-good dance numbers is the rock-solid directing, the classic music from Queen, the concert-like lighting, and the fact that the lead characters — Galileo and Scaramouche — don't know what they are supposed to do about Galileo's dreams and differences until almost halfway through the musical.
On opening night, there were a few problems — mainly microphones that were intermittent, slightly off-time choreography, in-your-face spotlighting, and, on occasion, not having a light where it needed to be when it was supposed to be there. In general, however, We Will Rock You was a brilliant take on a classic plot with music from a well-loved band. The actors and actresses were amazing, especially Jacqueline Arnold who simply crushed it as Killer Queen, Ruby Lewis with her beautiful voice as Scaramouche, Ryan Knowles as the rather silly and quite interesting Buddy, and Brian Justin Crum who persevered through the technical difficulties and was simply brilliant as Galileo.
The music was incredible as well, and I hummed my way through the whole show because the soundtrack is liberally peppered with classics such as "Killer Queen," "We Will Rock You," "Another One Bites the Dust," and many more. I highly recommend going to see this while it is here. I promise you won't regret it, and I hope to make it back to see it a second time.
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I haven't been doing my musical homework lately or would have noticed the new Real Estate album at the top of the Pitchfork best albums list….


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