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So work's a little slow today (can't believe I actually made it in after last night), so I'll do another essay (and why not?!)
Again, before I start, I've got a message from Thes... he knows about the 10 Years of PUTS Forum thread, and he and Double wanted to send a huge congrats to YoYoPo and a GIGANTIC thank you to, not only 'Po, but the PUTS Army and everyone who's dropped by here and been a major fan of the PUTS.
He said that he keeps meaning to stop by in person, but things have been CRAZY for him lately. Got a lot of things happening, and to be honest, both he and Double seemed a little tired backstage. The crazy part was that there was NO evidence of being tired when they got on stage. They blew the spot up royally, which was great. BUT he's just got a lot of things on his plate, so he should be dropping by when he can. Dude's run ragged with everything (I'll touch on it a bit more below)
So, as far as the show goes: in usual Sactown fashion, I get to the venue 30 minutes before the doors open, and De La Tribe (that's the homie!) is actually waiting out front when I get there. We had a cool chat... find out he's a movie fan like me, AND he thinks that Vertigo is one of the best movies out there, so already, he's gonna be one of the coolest dude in the place, haha. Thes came out and said what's up to us at one point too. (Later on in the night, I saw one other cat that I remembered from the Oakland show... I thought he was on the forums too, but I can't remember his handle... if you said what's up to me last night, and I didn't tag you in here, lemme know!)
The doors finally open, and just as they do, I see long-time P forum member boombip walk up with a friend. She also said she wants to get back on the forum more (she's been gone a while 'cause she's changed jobs and things... busy times). I talked with her for a while once we got in, and then Thes invited me back to the green room where Double was hanging out, just to say hi...
When we got backstage, Double said what's up and Thes offered me a beer, and the three of us just chatted and hung out for pretty much the entire time until their set. The convo was very deep this time, but it had it's funny moments. I must've spent most of my time there in the backroom (both before and after the set).
On the goofy side, Double's got a little terrier like I do, and he said that his wife had actually wanted to make a care package for my dog, Pico, 'cause they always see me posting pics of him on Instagram. Double told me I should write a rap for them to do on the next album about my dog Pico hanging out on Pico (a street in L.A.) hahaha... They also said that they liked the fan videos I posted up on YouTube, and it actually made Double and his bro (the one in Villain Park) go back and watch Wattstax and Fly By Night again. I also mentioned that I remembered Double had said Kidd Lexus was in Sacramento now, and I asked if he was coming to the show. Double said "Ah, sh*t! I wanted to call him and have him come out. [Thes suggested calling him.] Naw, man. He's got a wife a kid, and his wife will beat him up if he comes out last minute like this, heh heh."
Double's actually been listening to a lot of the old Brothaload stuff they recorded back in the day, and he and Thes are trying to go through all the old floppy disks and DATs and save all their old music. Some of the tapes have gotten corrupted or wiped, but they've got most of it. Thes still has a lot to get through, I guess.
On the real side, though, a lot of what we talked about were the trials and tribulations that Thes and Double have had to face while touring this time, and they've had their share. We also talked about where the cats are at in their music career at this point, and the possible future of things. It was crazy interesting to hear what they had to say. Thes also WENT OFF on the audience using cell phones too much in the crowd. (I guess that, at the Troubadour, a guy had been asking for "discounts" at the merch table, and the same guy later on, was texting people in the front row and only half-watching the show). He also mentioned some of the other irksome problems with a small section of the fanbase. I actually think I'll have to take a separate thread to talk about all this, 'cause I think it'll take me too long to type right now, but I'll try to give you all the down-low when I can. (Some of the stuff they told me is probably a little too personal to post on the web, though, so I'll have to self-censor a bit.)
Meanwhile, out on the main stage, there was only one opening act (I heard his music through the door while PUTS and I talked... meh, wasn't my kind of sound), and the turnout for the show was a little disappointing. It was a smaller venue, but not packed to capacity. I'm feelin' pi**ed at my hometown right about now for the lack of representation. Thes and Double were a little concerned too, but it actually turned out great, the vibe was flowing, and the energy was high. After the show, they told me it turned out a lot better than they thought it might. This was their second show ever in Sactown, and the first one was in a little run-down collective building, and THAT was straight-up house party... this was in a nicer venue, but it was still a more intimate show.
The actual show was great. The homies were a bit looser for the night, and while they mostly kept to the pre-approved 12SP tour script, they messed around a bit, and it was a blast. They shouted out George Clinton 'cause it was his birthday yesterday. Thes asked the crowd what beers their parents drank, and someone in the front row said "Natty Ice" (eeeeeggghhhh). Thes' freestyle was good this time, too. For SF Knights, everyone was yelling "On the warm SACRAMENTO NIIIIIIIGHTS!".
On the "Your mama's so fat! [How fat is she!!]" part of the show, the homies started talking sh*t about each other's moms, and Thes got off a good one about Double's mom and "won" (for the first time on the tour, supposedly). I guess Bret Michaels from Poison was headlining at the California State Fair in Sactown, and Thes said something about her going to see the show and eating all the corndogs at the fair or something. It was hilarious.
Funniest part of the show was the "Hang Loose" encore. All the girls came up on stage as usual, but this one redhead was GONE. She was holding a beer and frantically twerking on Thes, and it just got ridiculous. Thes kept looking over at her while he was busting his rhymes with a complete "What the hell is happening?!?" face the whole time. (Another girl headlocked him from the back and shot a selfie of the two of them over his shoulder... while the twerkfiend was working her magic.) Later on, he said that that girl had wrapped around his leg like a stripper pole, and left a snail trail (I'm pretty sure he was joking... I hope.). I was dyin'!! She finally got off Thes and just kept twerking with her *ss toward the crowd, and it was too much. I told Thes I was gonna put that sh*t on YouTube and tell his wife, and I wanted to just shout "You TUBE!" instead of "Hang Loose!" during the song.
Anyway... good times were had by all.
After the show... well... one consequence of the low-turnout was that Thes decided to wait on all merching 'til after the show, so the line was crazy long, and Harlow's staff had a hard time closing out the night. I managed to replace the white WRLA shirt that I ruined in the wash (it turned pink... WTF, I don't own any red sh*t...), and I also helped boombip cop a beanie and a CD (she bought me a beer for my trouble... good lookin' out, Bee!). boombip and I talked with Double K a bit at the merch table for a while too.
After the merch closed down, Thes and Double invited boombip and I back to hang out a while longer, and we must have been back there for an hour or more. Double and boombip smoked out (with one of the guys from Harlow's, I think), and we all talked about a lot of things. I'll try to add our convos to the other thread I mentioned earlier.
After we left, I gave boombip a ride back to her place a couple blocks away and then drove the 20 min back out to Davis. Got home a 1:15 a.m., took a shower, slept 4 hours, and then got up and went to work, where I am now (barely... I don't want to be here!!).
^^^Almost forgot: I also did the Rob Ford dance again on stage with Thes! Felt like I did it a little better this time.
And that also reminds me: I asked Thes about why the whole Rob Ford dance contest never materialized, and he basically said that there was so much to keep with on the tour and at home (and dealing with people's emails about orders and things) that having to review people's entries for a contest seemed like a little too much to deal with, even with periodic breaks in touring.
Sad to see that it didn't happen, but it makes complete sense with everything he had going on.
Thanks for the review dude. Always well done. Hopefully I'll be able to post one up of the Sparks show tonight. I've been pimping the show to anybody that'll listen so hopefully we'll get a better turnout this time. I bought twice as many tickets as last time. I'm trying. Gonna head over early and see if I can get some chit chat in with the fellas after I grab a burger and a beer or three at brewery next door. Pumped!
Yo, Sactown! It was great meeting you, man. Always down to talk good movies! And I think we covered pretty much every genre known to man - from Hitchcock thrillers to romantic movies to French existentialist dramas. Wish I could've stayed around for a bit after the show but had to make the long trek back to the Bay.
This was my first PUTS show and it exceeded all of my expectations. This wasn't a show as much as it was a showcase of two masters at the top of their game. They had high energy. Their back and forth was flawless. It was a great set list. A great mix of rehearsed material and improv. They even handled the few technical difficulties perfectly without taking anything away form the performance.
If anyone had been watching me at the show they probably would've thought I wasn't into it, but really I was just mesmerized by how good they were. (The weed had nothing to do with it, I swear.)
My favorite part of the show was the whole LA9X part (including the yo mama jokes), mostly because they did the second half of the song to the LA Nights beat, which was awesome.
A close second was during "Come On Let's Get High:"
Thes: Trey Anastesio (sp)
KK: He don't smoke like me
Thes: Bill Clinton
Thes: Bart Simpson
Thes: George Clinton
KK: Uh... Yeah, he actually smokes like me
They did a lot of themed medleys too, which I thought was cool. Like a weed medley, and then a drinking medley, and then an LA medley. It was awesome.
Can't wait to see them again.
Great reviews Sac & DLT, y'all have me even more pumped to go to the SLC show now, which I didn't think was possible... I can't express how lucky I feel that the homies are doing back to back shows in UT! Xmas came early to the Wasatch this year, gotta let them know how grateful we are for that... I'll be probably be reporting back after the Park City show is over in order to give an all encompassing review.
And in true Sactown-fashion, I am eager to hear of this teaser you speak of regarding Thes' thoughts...
H*ll yeah, De La Tribe, that show was awesome!! Their back-and-forth was definitely on point on Monday. "Check out my man Thes, switched cables to a new mic without a break in the raps!!" Fresh!!
I must be getting old 'cause I keep forgetting things I was gonna mention. Among them:
• Me: "So what happened with the Fresno show? [Note: they had to cancel the show] Where was Chibbum and why wasn't he on that??"
Double K: "Naw, he's still backstage in L.A., waiting for someone to call him out on stage."
Me: "Crack... helluva drug."
• Thes said that the ultimate PUTS rarity is a Question/Next Step double CD that came out in Japan during their 2000 tour (or shortly thereafter)... not so much because it has bonus tracks or anything, but because in true Japanese fashion, the record company had someone transcribe all the lyrics to include in a sheet with the CD... but the guy transcribing it just phoned it in (they could've used my help!!!). The one Thes mentioned to me was on E Business, where JazMak's "Rip your crew to finish" was transcribed "Rippy cotter finish"... he said I've got cop it and fix my website immediately.
• Side note to the last item: Thes and Double never knew Om released a Japan-only Or Stay Tuned (I've got a copy with bonus tracks I told them about)... I'll have to bring it to the next show.
• Road story: Thes said that, at the same time they were messed up on mushrooms in Shibuya in Japan on the 1999/2000 tour (see "The Trip" lyrics if you wanna know that whole story), he decided to go in this booth that played karaoke tracks that you could sing to, and then the booth would take a picture of you and spit out a CD... completely blown out of his head on mushrooms, he rapped for 3 or 4 minutes straight to some random track, and the picture on the CD is him with a shirt around his head. He said he wants that to come out sometime. haha
• I asked Thes about the thumb drive contest on the forums from a while ago, and told him it's gaining urban legend status because no one knows who's got it. He said that he's pretty sure that most (if not all) of the things on that drive have gotten a release since the contest, because most of it was instros and other things that are probably on 10YOTO, etc.... just thought I'd let you guys know, 'cause we're all pretty frenzied about it.
Alright... lemme see what I can do about all that other stuff I said I'd type up... please hold (hopefully I can do it this morning sometime...)
So, I just tried to start typing it all up and it was getting crazy long, and I gotta get back to work, so I pasted it into an email for myself and I'll get it finished later at home.
I'm gonna write a book, y'all... I swear. hahaha
Late post on the Sparks show. Sorry. What follows is more of an account of my show experience as opposed to a review of the P's performance.
Pre-show:
I showed up a couple hours before the show to hook up with my crew and have dinner next door at the brewery. We were waiting for our table so I figured I would go poke my nose around the corner and see if Fagan & Becker were there yet. Sure enough, Mike was chillin out front and Thes was running around doin this and that. They said they'd sign my stuff if I wanted to go grab it, so I did. They signed my stuff and BS'd for a few. I thanked them and went got dinner with the crew. Cool. It's gonna be a good night.
After dinner, we made the 50 foot journey to the club. We hung out out back and pre-loaded for the long night. One of the bar backs is hanging out, catchin a gritter. I say hey. He says what's up. We start chattin about the P. He's stoked. He says, "Ya, I can't believe they're playing here. They're straight OG." This made me chuckle. I guess I'm gettin old. By this time, the show was starting so, I checked in with the gate keeper. Had my seven friends in tow and we hit the show.
The opening act(s):
There were like 6 opening acts. The first dude was...not good. We were outside when he started and I could here him and I guess sheer thirst drove me in there. He looked like he was fresh off the set of Sons of Anarchy. Serious. We could hear him rappin in this death metal voice from outside. It was shocking. We go in anyway. He finished his last song and the DJ stayed. The DJ was pretty damn good. I wish I knew who he was/is. I honestly can't figure out who is who on the show bill. My apologies. Anyways, he laid down some good stuff and everyone started loosening up and soon people were laughing and drinking and having fun. K said they weren't due on until 11:30 so I settled in for a long evening. The rest of the openers weren't too bad. Nothing to write home about. They got it going good enough and there was a good vibe in bar. I spent most of my "opening act time" shootin pool and drinking beer and bouncing to the merch booth. We're about 2 1/2 hours into the show and everyone is gettin a little antsy for our headliner. I'm not worried. "Just hang loose," I say. "It's gonna be ok. Let's go smoke." We use our time wisely.
The show:
We get back in just as Thes and K are pluggin in. I wasn't about to bug them at this point. Now somewhere in my ramblings with Thes and K, I mentioned that I'm a huge Police fan. I'm at the bar getting a fresh beer and "Voices In My Head" comes on. It's gonna be a good night.
This is where things start getting a bit fuzzy, I'm afraid. I was in it for me and me alone. Selfish, I know. I'm hanging at the back of the bar tonight. Daddy's drinking. Empty bar. My buddies bouncing in and out the crowd. The P rippin sh!t up 50ft away. Life is good. Real good. I assume the standard 12SP set is rolling. I don't really care what they play. It's killer and I'm on board, 100%. One of my crew who had never seen P live came back front down in front, eyes wide as fried eggs, "These guys are sick! Holy sh!t!" I told you it was gonna be a good night. So...
Rob Ford:
Thes calls out for a volunteer. I'm rolling on pure instinct and zero inhibitions and from the back of the bar I inexplicably let out a "YO!" Thes locks onto me and I'm on my way to the stage. The entire crowd, I swear, turns around and parts for me to pass. I never broke stride once. And brother I was striding. I'm up in a flash and officially way out of my element. I've never even seen The Rob Ford or been on stage. Like ever. Thes rolls me through the Rob Ford once and Mike goes right into it. I..I don't know. I tried but, it wasn't pretty. I know this because starting at 8:00am the following hangover+ morning, I started getting videos from my asshole friends. Ya, I was into whatever it was I doing up there. I'm not sure what it was but I was all the way into it. One thing was clear, I was having fun. Hey, maybe that's the secret to the Rob Ford! All in baby! If that's the case, I nailed it. Ha. Either way, it was not pretty. Not pretty at all. Thes and K were laughing. Mercifully, Thes had the crowd give it up for me and god bless em, they did. As I walked off Thes says, "That dude drove all the way from the back of the bar to do that tonight."
-K, "Haha. Werd."
The rest of the set was all older stuff and I kept no notes so far as set list. Sorry. It was a blast for everyone though. Thes does such a killer job of ramping up the crowd and K is butter smooth and always on time. The party was constant right to the end. Those two together are magic. It's certainly a cool thing to witness. I honestly don't know how they keep it going. They gotta be tired. Yet when they get up on stage, they just turn it on and turn it up! True professionals.
The set wrapped up and Thes cut straight for the merch table. Pretty good line for such a small crowd and I hung out until it cleared. I got a little crazy at that point. I bought a lot a stuff. Hella. Those guys must have wondering who the hell I was. Super down with P. That's me. By now my ride was ready to split so, I thanked the the fellas for 150th time and split.
In conclusion, I had a blast. The P puts on an awesome show and my next goal as a fan is to travel to either LA or the Bay to see them in a classic venue. All I know is what they do here and I would love to see them in a real city.
Thanks to Thes and KK for coming to our town. It really means a lot to me, my crew and all the fans at the show. I sure hope they come back. I promise not get on stage next time.
Hahaha, NoProb, sounds like you had a blast. Don't even worry about messin' up on stage or anything like that, that only makes it better in the long run. The cats probably flub enough things on their own up there, so having you up there only brings more entertainment to the show, and it's all good times to the audience. DEWRIT!!
And also, I'm right there with you on overspending on the merch, my wife has almost kicked my *ss a time or two 'cause of that.
If you make to a Bay Area show, lemme know. I'll probably be there!
Finally finished that other stuff I promised you. I'm not even worried if you guys don't respond; I'm the master of "too long, didn't read" (tl;dr) posts, so just digest it slowly over a couple days if you need too, haha.
Basically, this tour's been a little rougher than most so far. In addition to the usual touring grind, Thes is handling a lot of PL70 business lately (as you can imagine), and it's becoming a cycle of hotel, show, airplane, hotel, show, airplane... I'm hoping that they get out and see the sights a bit, you know? Add to that that they've already had venue managers trying to stiff them out of cash, cancelled plane flights, nasty hotels that needed switching, illness, family situations, and even a cancelled tour date... and that's all in the past few months. Someone even put some of Thes' personal life on blast on Instagram at one point a week or two ago, and he wasn't really happy about it.
One side note, too: The cats talked about the reasons that they don't have a constant or solid opener while on tour (like Villain Park or Rev Rhythm). Basically, when PUTS opened for crews back in the day, they were told that they were responsible for their own food, sleeping arrangements, travel plans, etc. There's no big tour bus or group hotel room reserving that goes on, and the venues don't give the openers/headliners enough money for them to be splitting food/lodgings so they can all stay at the same place. Back in the day, when PUTS asked "Okay, where are we staying when we hit [Chicago, New York, etc.]?", they were told "Find a hot chick in the crowd and go to her place for the night."... not very encouraging. I guess opening acts get even less now for doing a show, so openers have to be even more independent about traveling/hotels. Makes it harder for a fledgling recording artist, I'm sure. Double said that people have been approaching Villain Park lately, trying to trick them into management/show deals, so he's been trying to advise his bro the best way he knows how on what's legit and what isn't. Good lookin' out, Double!
So, anyway... since the beginning, Thes and Double have wanted to be dynamic music producers, which means that they grow with each release. Thes thinks O.S.T., for example, was absolutely the best album that they could've put together with the jazz loops and drum breaks, but looking back, it really sounds like a product of the time, and they weren't really doing something that a ton of other cats weren't doing back then (or are even still doing now)... they wanted to pioneer and trail-blaze other avenues of hip hop, and then have people remember their work as "ahead of its time" innovative, or timeless.
Starting on Stepfather, Thes said that he feels like songs like "Pass The 40" actually contain moments that had a certain sound that PUTS did before it was popular. He's the most proud of their underrated albums: Stepfather, Fun DMC, and Highlighter. He thinks that they stretched themselves out a lot on those releases, and as a result, there are things about those albums that stand the test of time a bit more. I think Double still likes Fun DMC the best, but don't quote me, boy. Don't get me wrong about O.S.T. though... I think that "The Breakdown" is probably Double's favorite track, or at least in the top 5.
But all that brings us to the fact that, now, people want them to "sound like their old sh*t", and the downloadable music thing has made it worse. You'd THINK that younger cats who get into PUTS would download it all and wile out and follow PUTS on the journey, but the polarization into the "We just wanna hear the hits" mentality is WAYYYYYY worse now because of iTunes "top 10" lists during music searches and things, and so now there are even more people who are just Acid Raindrops/SF Knights fiends.
12 Step Program was as much of a return to the loops/beats as they were willing to do. Part of it is that fact that popular hip hop artists (Kendrick, etc.) are now doing things that PUTS already did and have done since the beginning ("You like that stuff now? We've always done that!"), so they thought they'd integrate some of that previous style into their current style a bit.
Thes actually made mention of 1 Up Til Sun Up again, and he told me the genesis of that song: essentially, they'd been doing video game samples with Funky Drummer for a LONG time in their shows. (I definitely remember them doing to Super Mario 2 during the Carried Away shows.) The crowd was liking it enough that they thought they should put it on an album, and when it showed up as the lead single off the album, the lukewarm reaction was not what PUTS were expecting, because they'd seen crazy excitement for it at the live shows.
Recently, at the Troubadour show, they were SO EXCITED to switch up the playlist. They did a lot of music that they never do. They did Anotha' (BBQ) (with a BBQ on stage, from what I understand) and things like that... and they were crazy disappointed by the crowd's reaction (or lack thereof). They thought that people wanted to hear some of the stuff they don't normally do, but it seems like the younger generation that's flooding the shows are even worse about wanting to hear the popular tracks.
Thes and Double also touched on the recent wave of hip hop band reunions. A lot of crews broke up during the US Recession during the end of the Bush era and the start of the Obama presidency, and now those groups are back and packing places to capacity. There's a bit of a spark or a "backstory" that you get from moves like that (even though they are were probably not done intentionally).
PUTS stuck together, made albums, and even did world tours DURING the recession, so that sort of drama or "success story" thing is missing from their group. It seems like, if you're not experiencing troubles that are visible to your audience, sometimes you almost seem boring. Double actually told me that they fought a bit during the early days (and I've personally seen them do some minor, drunken wrangling... but that's just family, c'mon now), but they don't let much come between them, and they could do this for the rest of their lives.
I suggested that I film a video right then and there in the green room of them having a spontaneous, killer fight, and then we cancel the rest of the tour, and then they take a few years to make beats, etc. and blow up in 2020, but they nixed it. Haha. (They DO want me to do a filmed interview at some point though, so I'm going to have to take them up on that.) I also suggested that they call their 10th album "The Backstory" and make up some wild sh*t about who they are and where they come from... they weren't having it. Thes made another mention, though, of doing a double-CD release with a bonus disc of old material that never saw the light of day... I hope, I really hope.
So the crowd wants older songs, the crowd likes the drama...and it seems like the audiences lately are taking advantage of their habit of mingling/hanging out at shows and doing their own merch. One of the things that we on the forum know about the PUTS is that they're always down in the crowd and they are NOT aloof from the fans. They get out there and love to hang out with real people (and be seen as real people too). But, lately, that accessibility is getting rougher because more people are asking for freebies and discounts and things. I think Thes is even getting a TON of emails lately that are clogging up his inbox. The "star power" doesn't seem to shine as bright for the younger generation.
Good example: before the Troub show, some cat haggled Thes into giving him a little discount (not sure exactly how... the "long time fan" card, a pity story, buying a lot, not sure...), and then that same cat was in the front row of the show later, texting the whole time, no dancing, no enjoyment on his face, nothing. (I think Thes directed the freestyle that night at him to tell him to knock it off.) I'm sure they're cool with someone snapping a quick photo or recording their favorite part of a show or something, but why videotape an entire show to watch later or handle phone business (facebook, texting, whatever) in the middle of a show if you paid good money to get in the door? Seems like it goes against the purpose of a live show.
I also brought up (and Double and Thes agreed with me) one of my pet peeves: I've been looked at like an IDIOT when I'm rapping along with the speaker music before the show or I'm head-nodding or dancing to an opening act. For instance, at the first Sactown show I went to, Tribe Called Quest came on and I went off with the rhyme in the middle of the floor, and the kids were looking at me like I was the OPPOSITE of "cool". Then they're on their phone and looking sullen and sh*t. It's the direct opposite of hip hop: you paid to get in, you're young, and you should live it up.
So that's pretty much it. Not sure if that's what you were expecting, and I hope you don't think this was one constant blast of negativity. We were joking and laughing the whole time, but I also got an insight into the troubles you can have being a 21st century group on tour, so I wanted you to be able to peep it too.
To bring it back up a bit, here's a joke to end on: Thes and Double were closing out the merch table after everyone left, and everyone left Thes to do the bag-packing, and we all just hear him yell: "Sure! Let the Latino do all the work!"
SactownConnection said:
yeah! P Army! Sounds like you've been having a ball at the shows. Trying to read all the reports (#SactownMarathon)... thanks for the stories!
I ain't worried, Sacto. The videos have brought much joy to friends and family alike. I'll never forget it. Neither will a bunch of other people. Haha. Chalk up another story. I've got at least 5-6 more people on lockdown for the next show. I need to start saving for merch table now though.
If I can make it down to the city for a show, I'll certainly be looking you up. If you're ever on the other side of the hill, hit me up. I'll buy ya a beer.
I'm gonna have to bite the next one off in chunks:
"Basically, this tour's been a little rougher than most so far. In addition to the usual touring grind, Thes is handling a lot of PL70 business lately (as you can imagine), and it's becoming a cycle of hotel, show, airplane, hotel, show, airplane... I'm hoping that they get out and see the sights a bit, you know? Add to that that they've already had venue managers trying to stiff them out of cash, cancelled plane flights, nasty hotels that needed switching, illness, family situations, and even a cancelled tour date... and that's all in the past few months. Someone even put some of Thes' personal life on blast on Instagram at one point a week or two ago, and he wasn't really happy about it."
It's a tough road to hoe. Hardest mutha f**king workin group in show biz! The grind of it all just seems relentless. There's only one word that comes to mind. Vacation! Take some time. Y'all earned it.
NoProblem said:
-K, "Haha. Werd." .
this whole story is epic!!!
Thanks, Yo. It felt epic. Tell ya the truth, I've felt good ever since.
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I want to thank a dear friend of mine for sending me two of the most wonderful teas I've ever had the pleasure of drinking. And it wasn't just about the tea itself, but it was everything behind it, the meaning, the feeling, and the reasoning. I'm so blessed.
My pal went to Japan recently and post some photos and videos periodically during his visit. But what stood out to me the most was his visit to a tea house and he got to see the how Japanese Green Tea is created, brewed, steeped, appreciated, and all those other good things.
To say I was envious is an understatement. But more so, I was happy for him, and happy he got to be a part of something that not many of us can say we will ever partake in, let alone go to a country not all of us will ever get a chance to visit. That sounded more dramatic than I intended to be. But it's ok to live vicariously through someone. It gives us hope and a reason to experience something, to travel somewhere unique, but most importantly learn to be still, be at peace, and be one with the universe.
I have no website or links to share with you. I did a little research to see if I could find these two bags anywhere. I looked up images, certain sites, and a few other places with no luck. Maybe I didn't try so hard, or maybe it's not meant to be for now. I don't need to know exactly where this tea came from other than it came from a beautiful place with a spirit so big. If I'm meant to find it, it may just find me. That could mean a trip to Japan itself or something else. I've always had a love for Japanese culture. I've always had a love for any culture and all the fun traditions that are involved, which of course includes the food, the drink, the customs, and the tea.
The green tea was incredible. I had to break out the fancy teapot for this one. And the instructions, which do come in English at the bottom, specifically state don't brew with the bag too long. And trust me on this, it's advice to follow. I let it steep just long enough in the teapot, and poured me a cup of something so beautiful in so many ways, I don't know what to say. That tint of green, the smell, and the taste are what tea is all about. I can't compare it to other green teas nor should I. This was amazing by itself and there isn't a place for how this fares against other teas. It's a tea all it's own and what a special one at that. It makes me so happy. Yes just like the title says.
I imagine if I were at a Japanese tea house, or in Japan, or with a wonderful set of people, this experience would be magnified and heightened beyond belief. But I settle for my own peace and my own tranquility, and it tasted amazing all the same.
Even more interesting was the Roasted Green Tea, also known as Hōjicha. If you're looking for a fall themed tea, this might be it. I had a sense when steeping this would be more brownish and even more powerful than the green. I was right on both counts. And roasted is the perfect word for it. If you're thinking chestnuts roasting…. Too soon for that, but it's along those lines because I sensed there's more than just the tea. There's something else going on here, either nuts or something toasty. This is one of the most comforting teas I've ever had.
Once again, steep it briefly, because otherwise this is going to hit you. I actually tried both the teas again with the bag steeping, and yes, these teas are so potent (in the most complimentary way possible) that the bags should be saved for later brewing. Trust me, I got a few more cups out of this, that it's well worth holding onto.
I can't say which one I loved more. I loved them for different reasons. But I think I loved them the most because they came from a dear friend, who knows much I love the tea and the culture. I'm quite flattered, blessed, and fortunate. And I'm so appreciative.
Sweet treats persist in both pictures but truthfully no treats are necessary. But as we're in pumpkin season, a pumpkin related snack will never hurt. But teas like this, to me, are best savored alone.
And I was also gifted with a new friend who joined me for this tea party. I honored my friend with a belated National Cat Day celebration, and you see my cat drinking mug return for an encore appearance.
This was beautiful. I don't know what else to tell you. I wish I could go on forever, but I'm so grateful for this experience. Either I'm so sentimental that the aftertaste has resurfaced in my mouth or my mind is telling me I need more of this tea.
Yes I need more of this tea.
More autumn celebration teas are coming. But this is to be celebrated.


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Stephen Fishwick´s photo may not be found in Webster´s under the listing for "art," but it should be, because no other artist combines the elements they describe – sound, color, movement – that affect the aesthetic sense the way he does.
However, once his mother explained to him the perils of life as a starving artist, he simply declared, "Then I guess I´ll just be Spiderman." After the likelihood of that reality settled in, Stephen returned his heart to art and took his first formal painting class at age ten. It was in high school that his art first earned him accolades. With the persistence of his high school art teacher, he enrolled at the Art Institute of Pittsburg. Less than a year later, he started working as a professional artist, drawing portraits, caricatures and illustrations.


Hugh Jackman fails to save this shallow film.
Wouldn't it be great if the world was always a happy place where everybody spontaneously broke into song and dance whilst wearing fun and elaborate costumes? Sadly, this is not the case and instead one must immerse themselves in the closest thing to it: musicals. I can't say The Greatest Showman is going to be movie of the year, but I can say that first-time director Michael Gracey gives it his best shot. However, what results is a feel-good film that might just make it through due to the catchy soundtrack and brilliant choreography.
The Greatest Showman loosely tells the true story of P.T. Barnum (Hugh Jackman), the 19th-century American entrepreneur-showman who pieces together an extravagant circus in an old museum, showcasing the weird and the wonderful. Whilst breaking no cinematic boundaries, the film is an ode to Hugh Jackman's award-winning stage-musical days before becoming the star of X-Men. There is definitely a musical out there for Jackman, but unfortunately this is not the one. Despite this, Jackman really does steal the show and has a brilliant stage presence throughout the film.
I heard such rave reviews before seeing The Greatest Showman but I was utterly disappointed; the story lacks originality and the only reason I could possibly give it an okay review is because the musical scenes are so entertaining.
Other stars include Zac Efron and Zendaya who delivered to the best of their ability with a plot that is simple but often scattered at times. The lovers were compelling and put on a pretty good show. The roles were quite different for the pair with Zendaya performing a little more seriously than usual and Zac Efron embodying his former High School Musical days. The messages of self-love, following your dreams and believing in yourself that the film is trying to relay are clear if a little lacklustre. Though The Greatest Showman is ultimately an entertaining ride, that doesn't save it from being painfully mediocre.


It's kind of appropriate that my last post of 2015 was about the International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC) and my first post of 2016 will be about ISWC.
Director of the Institute for Data Sciences and Engineering, and Director of the North East Big Data Hub. I was at the hub's launch last year and it's really amazing the researchers she brought together through that hub.
Hiroaki Kitano – CEO of Sony Computer Science Laboratory and President of the systems biology institute. A truly inspirational figure who done everything from RoboCup to systems biology. He was even an invited artist at MoMA.
Chris Bizer – Professor at the Univesity of Mannheim and Director of the Institute of Computer Science and Business Informatics there. If you're in the Semantic Web community – you know the amazing work Chris has done. He really kicked the entire move toward Linked Data into high gear.
The classic Research Track. Elena and I hope to get your most innovative and groundbreaking work on the cross between semantics and the web writ large. We've put together a top notch PC to give you feedback.
The Resources Tracks. Reusable resources like datasets, ontologies, benchmarks and tools are crucial for many research disciplines and especially ours. This track focuses on highlighting them. Alasdair and Marta have put together a rich set of guidelines for a great reusable resources. Check them out.
The Applications Track provides an area to discuss the benefits and challenges of applying semantic technologies. This track, organized by Markus and Freddy, is accepting three different types of submissions on in-use applications, industry applications and industry applications.
In addition to these tracks, ISWC 2016 will have a full program of workshops, posters, demos and student opportunities.
This year we'll also be allowing submissions to be HTML, letting you experiment with new ways of conveying your contributions. I'm excited to see the creativity in the community using web technologies.
So get those submissions in. Abstracts are due April 20, Full submissions April 30th!


Fuerste, Carew, Juergens & Sudmeier, P.C., in downtown Dubuque has served multiple generations of clients engaged in corporate matters, such as business startups and establishment of nonprofit organizations. Since 1965, we have worked closely with many of today's prominent businesses in the city and the region. Our years of experience and our in-depth knowledge of the corporate landscape in this area are assets for our corporate clients.
Before you set up a corporation, whether for profit or as a nonprofit organization, you naturally need and want clear explanations and guidance. You want to avoid common pitfalls and maximize the opportunities in front of you. Our corporate lawyers value close collaboration with clients. We consider our clients' successes to be our own successes. Our attorneys welcome the opportunity to discuss your goals and devise cost-effective strategies for meeting those objectives.
Corporate startups, mergers, acquisitions, splits and dissolutions do not always proceed smoothly. As part of our general civil litigation practice, we are prepared to advocate for your position in shareholder disputes or any type of corporate litigation. More importantly, we can help you prevent litigation through design and implementation of well-executed plans and developments in your Iowa, Illinois or Wisconsin corporation.
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We are very pleased to announce that due to the success of the male Oddballs underwear produce that we are now making female Oddballs underwear products available from the showroom and online! A share of each sale will go to research into testicular cancer and hope to one day provide a cure which is why we want to help the brand and also spread awareness of a high quality,charitable product! As stated earlier, the products are of a very high quality and are made of 95% cotton and 5% elastane for a touch of comfort and elasticity in the underwear. With a variety of sizes available there is sure to be an oddballs product for you! So why not rock those bold, vibrant designs and know you're helping a very good cause!


I would like to announce a new game I'm working on. It's a classic, old-school, party-based RPG for PC.
1) Classic, 90 degree rotation, FPP, turn-based, tile movement RPG.
2) Party-based (7 party members assembled upon start).
3) Open world with a big overworld to explore.
4) Fast paced combat. Quick travel. Easy inventory management. No grind.
5) Light, fairy tale like fantasy, epic story about heroes on a noble quest.
Overall, the mechanics are pretty traditional and straightforward with modern additions like equipment encumbrance system.
Storyline is a fairy tale, mythical heroic fantasy. You are the good guys on a quest to fight the forces of evil (no moral choices). The world is non linear, with very few locked areas. You basically can go anywhere and do things in different order. In addition you can choose a different set of quests to finish the game (but those are not mutually exclusive, so you can finish all quests if you like). It's more like a world driven than a story driven. The priority was to make the world feel alive and let you explore it as you wish than follow a linear list of quests.
The game is planned to be released around 2018 – 2019.
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The Lokottaravāda held there were innumerable pure lands of buddhas and bodhisattvas.
The Lokottaravāda (Sanskrit, लोकोत्तरवाद; traditional Chinese: 說出世部; ; pinyin: Shuō Chūshì Bù) was one of the early Buddhist schools according to Mahayana doxological sources compiled by Bhāviveka, Vinitadeva and others, and was a subgroup which emerged from the Mahāsāṃghika.
The name Lokottaravāda means those who follow the supramundane (Skt. lokottara), or transcendent, teachings. Despite bearing this name, all sub-sects of the Mahāsāṃghikas seem to have accepted forms of supramundane or transcendent teachings.
The Śāriputraparipṛcchā and the Samayabhedoparacanacakra both suggest that the Lokottaravāda had their origins with the Ekavyāvahārikas and the Kukkuṭikas. While the Mahāsāṃghikas initially flourished in the region around Magadha, the Lokottaravādins are known to have flourished in the Northwest.
The 6th century CE Indian monk Paramārtha wrote that 200 years after the parinirvāṇa of the Buddha, much of the Mahāsāṃghika school moved north of Rājagṛha, and were divided over whether the Mahayana teachings should be incorporated formally into their Tripiṭaka. According to this account, they split into three groups based upon the relative manner and degree to which they accepted the authority of these Mahayana texts. According to Paramārtha, the Lokottaravādins accepted the Mahāyāna sūtras as the words of the Buddha (buddhavacana).
Lokottaravādin views are known from the Mahāvastu, which is a rare surviving Mahāsāṃghika text in Sanskrit. The Mahāvastu is a biography of the Buddha which attributes itself to the Lokottaravādins, and appears to have been an extended section of their vinaya recension. The Sanskrit text of the Mahāvastu was preserved in the libraries of the Mahayana Buddhists of Nepal.
Some scholars believe that the Mahayana Infinite Life Sutra was compiled in the era of the Kushan Empire, the first and second centuries CE, by an order of Mahīśāsaka monastics that flourished in Gandhara. However, it is likely that the longer Infinite Life Sutra owes greatly to the Lokottaravādins as well for its compilation: in this sūtra, there are many elements in common with the Mahāvastu. The earliest of these translations show traces of having been translated from the Gandhari Prakrit.
It is likely that the Lokottaravādins had no major doctrinal distinctions to distinguish them as different from Mahāsāṃghika, but that the difference was instead a geographic one. Tāranātha viewed the Ekavyāvahārikas, Lokottaravādins, and Gokulikas as being essentially the same. He even viewed Ekavyāvahārika as being a general term for the Mahāsaṃghikas. The earlier Samayabhedoparacanacakra of Vasumitra also regards the Ekavyāvahārikas, Gokulikas, and Lokottaravādins as being doctrinally indistinguishable.
The Lokottaravādins asserted that there are no real things in the world except two kinds of emptiness (Skt. śūnyatā), that is, the emptiness of a self (Skt. pudgalaśūnyatā) and the emptiness of phenomena (Skt. dharmaśūnyatā). This two-fold view of emptiness is also a distinguishing characteristic of Mahāyāna Buddhism.
According to Vasumitra, 48 theses were held in common by these three Mahāsāṃghika sects. Of the 48 special theses attributed by the Samayabhedoparacanacakra to these sects, 20 points concern the supramundane nature of buddhas and bodhisattvas. According to the Samayabhedoparacanacakra, these four groups held that the Buddha is able to know all dharmas in a single moment of the mind.
The Buddha is viewed as transcendent (Skt. lokottara) and his life and physical manifestation are mere appearance. The Lokottaravāda school upheld the Mahāsāṃghika view of the supramundane nature of the buddhas and bodhisattvas, and the imperfection and fallibility of arhats.
The Lokottaravādin Mahāvastu speaks of Buddhism as consisting of the Three Vehicles, and includes specific instructions regarding the Bodhisattva Path and the practices of bodhisattvas. From the Mahāvastu, we know that the Lokottaravādins had a conception of a bodhisattva's progress toward enlightenment as consisting of ten grounds, or bhūmis, as required for Mahayana bodhisattvas. These bhūmis described in the Mahāvastu are similar to those in the Mahāyāna Ten Stages Sutra, but the names of these stages seem to differ somewhat.
From the Mahāvastu, it is evident that the Lokottaravādins also held that there were innumerable pure lands (Skt. buddhakṣetra "buddha-fields"), throughout which there are innumerable buddhas and innumerable tenth-ground bodhisattvas who will become buddhas. Each is said to lead limitless sentient beings to liberation, yet the number of sentient beings remains essentially infinite.
In the Mahāvastu, there are some Lokottaravādin accounts of the nature of buddhas which have strong parallels to those in Mahayana sutras. In one section, a multitude of devas are described as putting up sunshades in honor of the Buddha, who in turn shows himself sitting beneath each and every one. Each deva believes himself to be particularly honored, unaware of the fictitious character of his own buddha, who is no different from the others he sees. This has a parallel with an account in the Śūraṅgama Samādhi Sūtra. In this text, the Buddha appears simultaneously on a vast number of lion-thrones prepared by various devas, but each deva sees only the buddha that is sitting on his own throne. At the appropriate moment, all the buddhas are revealed to the devas, and one asks which is real – his own buddha, or all the others. In the Śūraṅgama Samādhi Sūtra, the Buddha's answer is ultimately that they are all equal, because the nature of buddhas is not apart from all phenomena.
In the Mahāvastu, the future buddha Maitreya is mentioned a number of times, and the text states that he will be just one of the one thousand buddhas who are destined to appear in the future following Gautama Buddha. The Mahāsāṃghika-Lokottaravāda view is contrasted with that of the Theravada, which holds that five buddhas are destined to follow Gautama.
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Cantel Medical Corp., a New Jersey-based leading provider of infection prevention products and services in the healthcare market announced the appointment of Karen Prange to the Company's Board of Directors. Karen brings more than 25 years of healthcare and life sciences leadership experience to the Board.
Most recently, Karen was Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer of the Global Animal Health, Medical and Dental Surgical Group at Henry Schein. Karen previously held senior executive positions at Boston Scientific, as SVP and President of the Urology and Pelvic Health business unit, and at Johnson & Johnson, where she spent 17 years in several cardiovascular, neurovascular and neuroscience medical device businesses. She was also recently appointed to serve on the strategic advisory board of Nuvo Group, an emerging leader in maternal-fetal connected health.
Karen is a member of The Committee of 200, an invitation-only membership organization of the world's most successful women entrepreneurs and corporate innovators. She earned her B.S. in Business Administration with honors from the University of Florida and has completed executive education coursework at UCLA Anderson School of Business and Smith College.
The Board and executive leadership team welcome Karen's experience in growing diverse business segments under challenging market conditions. Her contributions will further advance our mission and position as the global leaders in infection prevention
"I am pleased to announce Karen's election to the Cantel Board of Directors. The Board and executive leadership team welcome Karen's experience in growing diverse business segments under challenging market conditions and are confident that her contributions will further advance our mission and position as the global leaders in infection prevention," says Charles M. Diker, Chairman, Cantel Board of Directors.
Cantel is a leading global company dedicated to delivering innovative infection prevention and control products and services for patients, caregivers, and other healthcare providers which improve outcomes, enhance safety and help save lives. The products include specialized medical device reprocessing systems for endoscopy and renal dialysis, advanced water purification equipment, sterilants, disinfectants and cleaners, sterility assurance monitoring products for hospitals and dental clinics, disposable infection control products primarily for dental and GI endoscopy markets, dialysate concentrates, hollow fiber membrane filtration and separation products. Additionally, the company also provides technical service for its products.
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The Pietà is a very famous sculpture made by Michelangelo Buonarroti. It housed in St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City. This sculpture made Michelangelo famous. It is the first of a number of works of the same theme by the artist. This sculpture depicts after Crucifixion Jesus laid on the lap of his mother Mary after the Crucifixion. This Artwork is not only famous because of outside beauty, it also represents Jesus died for our sin, and we should remember that moment.
This artwork took Michelangelo almost two years to finish, he was very serious to this artwork, It also was the only piece Michelangelo ever signed, we can see how important this artwork means to him. Michelangelo said: "Mary is Jesus's earth mother, she is purely and lovely, so that she could keep young in body and heart." So Michelangelo didn't make Mary looks old, he made Mary as a beautiful young woman. Although Mary is very sad because the death of her son, she still looks beautiful.
In the history, there were many artwork inspired by Jesus, the Pietà is the one of them, and it is the one I like best. Because this artwork very directly showed that "God sent his son to the earth, and let his son died for our sin." Jesus is the savior, and when I see this piece of art, I always remember that.
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Feeding Northeast Florida (FNEFL) and America's Second Harvest of Coastal Georgia are calling on college football fans to take part in the Georgia-Florida Game Week Food Challenge from now until Nov. 1.
"We're inviting fans to help address the hunger need in our community, where one-in-six people in our community are food insecure – and one-in-four are children," said FNEFL President and CEO Bruce Ganger. "Whether they volunteer at our distribution center, or make food or other donations, they just need to let us know which team they are rooting for. We'll tally up the score and announce the results after the Georgia-Florida Game on Oct. 31.
Florida Blue retail stores at the St. Johns Town Center (4855 Town Center Parkway) and River City Marketplace (13141 City Station Dr.) from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 26 through Friday, Oct. 30.
At the Terracon offices in Jacksonville (9655 Florida Mining Blvd. W.) and Savannah (2201 Rowland Ave.).
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Summary for 3206 S WASHINGTON ST S / Parcel ID 3416600110 / Inv # 0
Style: Arts & Crafts - Craftsman, Queen Anne, Queen Anne - Stick Neighborhood: Leschi
This is an example of hybrid design combining Queen Anne and Stick style components with Craftsman style additions. The structure's design integrity has been compromised by mid-life additions, by alterations to the cladding and associated detailing, and by replacement of some windows.
A complete permit history, and a complete record of ownership and occupation have not yet been prepared for this property; however, Mary McGee Gillen appears t have owned the house when it was surveyed bythe Assessor in 1937. Thyje Hanson and spouse apparently acquired the property in 1941. Douglas Murray purchased the house in 1957. It appears that one of the current owners received a partial interest in the house from Marian K. White in 1987 and from Aaron J. Murray in 2003; the other owner received a partial interest from Robert L. Murray in 2003.
This is a one-and-a-half story, clapboard clad, wood frame single-family residence on a concrete foundation, over a partial (60%) basement.
The building consists of several components. The one-and-a-half story volume of what appears to be the original structure is L-shaped and is clearly expressed in its relatively steep "gable-front-and-wing" type roof. The rafters are not exposed at the overhangs of this roof, but the soffit enclosures are attached to the undersides of the rafters, resulting in the sloped "open eaves" detailing associated with the Stick style. The fenestration of the original house, composed mostly of tall, slender, double-hung windows placed singly or in pairs, and the decorative trusses at the peaks of the gables, are also associated with that style. A fairly large early addition at the back of the house changed the original "L" of the building's footprint into a "T." Another apparent addition, a "sunroom" built facing the street at the inside corner of the original "L," has a shed roof with a much shallower pitch than the man roof. It also features a wide bargeboard and Craftsman style ganged windows. The entry porch, which was probably added about the same time as the sunroom, extends across the entire width of the gable-topped portion of the south elevation and has a roof very similar to that of the sunroom, but supported by built-up wood piers bearing on a solid, clapboard-clad porch rail. Portions of its wide bargeboards appear to bear on decorative triangular timber knee braces projecting from the piers. In early pictures of the house, the porch and "sunroom" are characterized by exposed rafter tails which, together with the other detail elements mentioned above, suggest that the streetside additions were designed in the Craftsman style and were intended to "update" the look of the older Queen Anne - Stick style structure.
This house was built in 1892, according to the King County Property Record Card, though that same source indicates that the structure was remodeled, perhaps more than once, in the period from 1926 to 1934. The building functioned as a duplex when surveyed by the Assessor in 1937, though it may have been erected as a single family residence. The structure has apparently been in single family use since 1957 (this date is suggested by a sales sheet prepared by Windermere Real Estate Company in 2008).
The present clapboard siding is wider than that which covered most of the structure in 1937. The shingles that once clad the south-facing gable are no longer extant. The window casings, and the wide parting beads which delineated the boundaries between the original mass of the house and some of the additions, have been altered, or removed entirely. The rafter tails that characterized the building when it was photographed in 1937 are no longer visible, and some of the roof soffits and facias appear to have been rebuilt or resurfaced. Some of the original windows appear to have been replaced with vinyl units of similar design.
Detail for 3206 S WASHINGTON ST S / Parcel ID 3416600110 / Inv # 0
Cladding(s): Wood, Wood - Clapboard Foundation(s): Concrete - Poured
Roof Type(s): Gable, Shed Roof Material(s): Asphalt/Composition-Shingle
Building Type: Domestic - Multiple Family Plan: T-Shape
Changes to Original Cladding: Extensive
Changes to Windows: Moderate
Changes to Plan: Moderate
Photo collection for 3206 S WASHINGTON ST S / Parcel ID 3416600110 / Inv # 0
Photo taken May 17, 2008


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Hart Trophy: Top 5 Candidates For NHL MVP
Article Via HoundSports:5. Florida Panthers: Roberto Luongo, G
Roberto Luongo has always had his abilities questioned, but since leaving the Vancouver Canucks and joining the Florida Panthers he has watched those questions disappear. Luongo is thriving down in Florida, he is a big reason why the Florida Panthers are having success this season. The Panthers are currently four points out of the playoffs, after being one of the worst teams in the NHL a year ago. Luongo has a 20-14 record this season to go along with a .924 save percentage. He deserves some consideration because of his play this year and the way his team is performing when he starts in the crease.
4. Nashville Predators: Pekka Rinne, G
Pekka Rinne has always been considered to be one of the best goalies in the NHL, this year he is really making that clear. Rinne has had to improve his game even more while the Predators tried to improve their offense. For years the Predators have had great defenses, this season, that has changed. This shift in power has made Rinne more and more valuable. Just this year alone Rinne has 33 wins and just 7 losses. The Predators are currently the top team in the NHL and a lot of it has to do with their goalie, Pekka Rinne.
3. Philadelphia Flyers: Jakub Voracek, RW
Jakub Voracek is about the only good thing going for the Flyers this season. He is leading the team in almost every offensive category. He led the NHL in points for most of the season until recently. Voracek has 18 goals, 40 assists and a total of 60 points on the season. Impressive from a guy who's team is currently 10th in the Eastern conference. That's most likely why Voracek will not win this year's MVP, which is a shame. If Voracek wasn't on the Flyers they may be worse than 10th in the Eastern conference. That makes Voracek a very valuable player and strong MVP candidate.
2. Anaheim Ducks: Ryan Getzlaf, Center
Ryan Getzlaf has been a star in the NHL for a long, long time, and he is finally getting the recognition he deserves. This season has been up and down for Getzlaf. Getzlaf sits seventh in scoring with 50 points. The center's 35 assists are tied for third in all of the NHL. Passing has always been his first option but 15 goals, which are third on the Ducks, put him on pace for a fourth 25-goal season. Plus the Ducks are again one of the NHL's best teams which gives Getzlaf an upper-hand in voting. Without their captain Getzlaf, the Ducks would struggle to find leadership and a voice in the locker room. Getzlaf makes the Ducks and deserves to win the Hart trophy.
1. Chicago Blackhawks: Patrick Kane, Right Wing
To start out, Getzlaf and Kane could alternate between #1 and #2 at any time, but right now the hot player wins. Patrick Kane is having his best season in the NHL. He is scoring goals and winning games like never before. Everyone knew Kane had skill, but not like this. Patrick Kane leads the league in overall points, he is three points above the Flyers' Jakub Voracek. Kane has seven shoot out goals this season, a major step up from last season. Being a clutch player is what the Hart trophy is all about. Kane will most likely set his career high in goals this season, he already has 27. Yes, the Blackhawks are a great team, but without Kane they may not be a lock in this year's NHL playoffs. Kane could also be the first American born player to win the Hart trophy. It's time, Patrick Kane should win the 2015 NHL MVP award.
Nick Petro is the Chicago Blackhawks analyst at HoundSports follow him on Twitter @nickpetroshag


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Could Cardinals be chasing Carson Palmer's successor?
Published: March 1, 2017 at 05:17 p.m.
Updated: March 1, 2017 at 07:22 p.m.
INDIANAPOLIS -- Arizona Cardinals head coach Bruce Arians doesn't seem as down on this class of quarterbacks as others.
"I see, so far, five to six really good arms," Arians said Wednesday. "Guys with good stature and my job is to find out more and more about them. Starting here, I don't put as much stock in them throwing at the combine as I do their tape. They're throwing routes they may not have thrown and to (new receivers). If they do throw well, that's a blessing. I'm just getting to know them."
Reporters asked Arians about the position in broad strokes during his combine interview because he's an insightful coach with an encyclopedic knowledge of quarterback play, but it was interesting to hear him discuss his personal selection process. While Carson Palmer is coming back for the 2017 season, there always exists a chance that Arians will want to have Palmer's replacement waiting on the bench. Palmer, 37, nearly walked away from the game this offseason.
General manager Steve Keim said Wednesday that if he were to draft a young quarterback, it would be valuable to do so with Palmer still on the roster.
"It's a double-edged sword," Arians said. "We want to win now because we feel like we have that window but we also have to take care of the future. If that guy is available for us -- the ones we've liked haven't been available. They've always gotten snatched when we've liked to have them. If he's there and he's the guy we want, I think we'll pull the trigger."
Arians riffed on his process when asked about how team success factors in to his evaluation of a quarterback.
"You have to see if they're the reason for the team success. Or, do they have a great defense and he's just a game manager. You look at every aspect of the quarterback. Mental aspect. Heart and head -- they're the hardest to evaluate. I can see his arm strength, I can see his speed and I can see him jump, but the two things he plays with -- his brain and his heart -- they're really hard to evaluate. That's the process that starts now."
Arizona is bringing back a talented, veteran-heavy roster which was a few bad breaks away from another strong season. Arians thinks he has the remedy -- he will go to a full-tackling training camp this summer -- and he may not need to use a first or second-round pick on an immediate starter. We've seen the magic that Arians can have with young quarterbacks like Peyton Manning and Andrew Luck, but it would be fascinating to watch one he hand-selects as a head coach.
The future of the organization will be very much in flux after 2017, with pillars like Palmer and Larry Fitzgerald flirting with life outside of football. Arians and Keim need to make sure the Cardinals are taken care of in 2018 and beyond.


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Asenova Fortress
Asenovgrad, Asenovgrad, Bulgaria
Asenova Fortress is a pretty medieval fortress near Plovdiv.
Antara Bate
About Asenova Fortress
Asenova Fortress (Asenova Krepost) is a medieval fortress near Plovdiv. Some evidence shows that the area of Asenova Fortress has been inhabited by a variety of people dating back to ancient times, including the Thracians and Romans as well as the Byzantines.
Whilst it is said to have been mentioned in the 11th century and taken by Crusaders, many of the remains of Asenova Fortress today date to the 13th century when they were rebuilt under tsar Ivan Assen II. Having said this, the most intact aspect of Asenova Fortress is a 12th century church.
Asenova Fortress history
Nestled high on a rocky ridge on the left bank of the Asenitsa River in Bulgaria's Rhodope Mountains, the fortress was built during the reign of Byzantine Emperor Justinian the Great in the 6th century and grew to prominence during the Middle Ages.
Its location features traces of Neolithic, Ancient Thracian, and Byzantine settlements. It was mentioned as Petrich (not to be confused with today's town in Southwestern Bulgaria) in an 11th century statute of the nearby Bachkovo Monastery. Asen's Fortress was conquered by crusaders from the Third Crusade.
It was renovated in 1231 AD during the reign of Bulgarian Tsar Ivan Asen II as a stronghold against the Crusanders' Latin Empire (1204-1261). It is best known for the well preserved 12th-13th century Church of the Holy Mother of God, a two-storey cross-domed single-naved church with a wide narthex and a large rectangular tower, with 14th century murals.
Asenova Fortress was captured by Byzantium after Tsar Ivan Asen II's death, and regained by Bulgaria in 1344 under Tsar Ivan Alexander. It was conquered by the Ottomans Turks during their invasion of Bulgaria at the end of the 14th century even though the church remained in use during the following centuries.
The fortress fell into ruins after the Ottoman conquest in the 14th century, with only the Church of the Holy Mother of God surviving. One of the oldest remaining Eastern Orthodox churches, the two-story building features a large rectangular tower and mural paintings that date back to the 14th century.
Restoration work was carried out at the fortress in 1991.
Asenova Fortress today
The only preserved building is that of St Mary of Petrich Church which can be reached via a steep narrow path.
Asen's Fortress is a major stop on the most popular religious and cultural routes through the Rhodope Mountains. The view from the top of the fortress is breathtaking.
Asen's fortress is open for visits from Wednesday till Sunday. Guided tours in English are available for an extra cost.
Getting to Asenova Fortress
Asen's Fortress is located 20 kilometres south of Plovdiv and about three kilometres south of the village of Asenovgrad. Buses run half-hourly from Plovdiv's Rodopi bus station to Assenovgrad. Trains also run between Plovdiv and Asenovgrad hourly. Visitors can then walk or take a taxi up to the fortress from Asenovgrad.
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import superagent from 'superagent'
import Express from 'express'
var smsCodeRouter = Express.Router()
var projectConfig = require('../../../project.config')

smsCodeRouter.post('/code', (req, res) => {
    const sendMsgUrl = 'https://webapi.sms.mob.com/sms/sendmsg'
    superagent.post(sendMsgUrl)
        .type('form')
        .accept('application/json')
        .send(Object.assign({ appkey: projectConfig.smsAPPKey }, req.body))
        .end((err, { body, text } = {}) => {
            if (err) return res.status(400).send(err)
            const result = isEmptyObject(body) ? JSON.parse(text) : body
            res.status(result.status).send(result)
        })
})

function isEmptyObject(object) {
    if (Object.keys(object).length > 0) return false
    return true
}

export default smsCodeRouter;

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package org.nutz.ioc.val;

import static org.junit.Assert.*;

import org.junit.Test;
import org.nutz.ioc.Ioc2;
import org.nutz.ioc.IocContext;
import org.nutz.ioc.annotation.InjectName;
import org.nutz.ioc.impl.ComboContext;
import org.nutz.ioc.impl.NutIoc;
import org.nutz.ioc.impl.ScopeContext;
import org.nutz.ioc.loader.map.MapLoader;
import org.nutz.json.Json;

public class DefaultValueTypes {

    public String name;

    @InjectName("obj")
    public static class TestReferContext {
        IocContext ic;
    }

    @Test
    public void test_refer_context() {
        IocContext context = new ScopeContext("abc");
        String json = "{obj:{singleton:false,fields:{ic:{refer:'$conText'}}}}";
        Ioc2 ioc = new NutIoc(new MapLoader(json), context, "abc");
        TestReferContext trc = ioc.get(TestReferContext.class);
        assertTrue(context == trc.ic);

        IocContext context2 = new ScopeContext("rrr");
        trc = ioc.get(TestReferContext.class, "obj", context2);
        assertTrue(trc.ic instanceof ComboContext);
    }

    @Test
    public void test_el() {
        IocContext context = new ScopeContext("abc");
        String json = "{obj:{type:'org.nutz.ioc.val.DefaultValueTypes', fields:{name:{el:'sys[\"os.arch\"]'}}}}";
        System.out.println(Json.toJson(Json.fromJson(json)));
        Ioc2 ioc = new NutIoc(new MapLoader(json), context, "abc");
        DefaultValueTypes self = ioc.get(DefaultValueTypes.class, "obj");
        assertEquals(System.getProperties().get("os.arch"), self.name);
    }
}