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2NE1 will be 2009 best newcomer? New MVs gets a million views in less than a day

Newcomer 2NE1 has been predicted to be best newcomer of 2009.

Their debut song Fire went up to #1 spots after just being released on 6th May on Cyworld and Bugs music charts. And their MVs got a million over views in just less than 1 day after their reveal. GomTV which was the first to reveal the MVs also spoke up, Newsinger group 2NE1 gets more than 1 million views for their MVs in just less than a day. This is wonderful results beyond expectations.

YG Entertainment also provided, YG Homepage plus internet community Bestiz also got overwhelming responses for the MV receiving more than 2 million views. Such overwhelming response is beyond what we have imagined.

Netizens responses to the new group is also positive, It is good that we get to see a girlgroup that is different from what we normally get.
A special making video for the MV will be released on the 11th, and the girls will have their debut stage on 17th May

credits to kbites

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April 8, 2005
Speakers: David Little, T.J. Dermot Dunphy Professor of the Practice in Religion, Ethnicity, and International Conflict and Faculty Associate at the Weatherhead Center for
International Affairs, Harvard Divinity School
Ramez Islambouli, Adjunct Professor, Case School of Law and Director, Islamic Campus Ministry, Case Western Reserve University
Moderator: Calvin William Sharpe, John Deaver Drinko Baker & Hostetler Professor, Case School of Law

Presented by: Frederick K. Cox International Law Center
Co-sponsored by CISCDR (Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of Conflict & Dispute Resolution)

Summary: From the experience of post-colonial states in Asia and Africa to more recent experience in Haiti, Bosnia, Kosovo, Somalia, Afghanistan, and Iraq, the conceptual clarity and goals of nation building have been difficult to achieve. Beyond the international recognition of what Benedict Anderson called an imagined community, what are the desirable features of the nation under construction, and what, if any, is the appropriate role of the international community in designing, financing, and building them? How should the government be chosen, and powers separated between branches, allocated between the center and the regions, or shared by competing ethnic or religious groups? What are the necessary tools of conflict resolution? How critical is the role of women? Is religion a divisive or unifying force? What is the role of the United States, the United Nations, or the international financial institutions? With a view to comparative experience, a candid look at Iraq, and perspectives on the future, this unique day-long symposium will bring several world-leading experts together to address these fundamental questions.

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April 8, 2005
Speakers: Sean Hagan, General Counsel & Director, Legal Department, International Monetary Fund
Linn Hammergren, Senior Public Sector Management Specialist, Latin America Regional Department, World Bank
Moderator: Michael Scharf, Director, Frederick K. Cox International Law Center, Professor of Law, Case School of Law
Presented by: Frederick K. Cox International Law Center
Co-sponsored by CISCDR (Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of Conflict & Dispute Resolution)

Summary: From the experience of post-colonial states in Asia and Africa to more recent experience in Haiti, Bosnia, Kosovo, Somalia, Afghanistan, and Iraq, the conceptual clarity and goals of nation building have been difficult to achieve. Beyond the international recognition of what Benedict Anderson called an imagined community, what are the desirable features of the nation under construction, and what, if any, is the appropriate role of the international community in designing, financing, and building them? How should the government be chosen, and powers separated between branches, allocated between the center and the regions, or shared by competing ethnic or religious groups? What are the necessary tools of conflict resolution? How critical is the role of women? Is religion a divisive or unifying force? What is the role of the United States, the United Nations, or the international financial institutions? With a view to comparative experience, a candid look at Iraq, and perspectives on the future, this unique day-long symposium will bring several world-leading experts together to address these fundamental questions.

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I saw this little exercise in Spin magazine back in fall of ‘04 (props if you can find it in an archive). The basic premise is to create a supergroup of your favorite musicians from the past and present, and describe what kind of sound you’d like to hear from the group and what sort of dynamic you think they’d likely have.

There are a few allowances and rules:
1) you can use people from past and present, and they can be dead or alive
2) the people you choose must be able to work together as a cohesive band. even if you love them all, you wouldn’t put prince, jamiroquai, and michael jackson in the same band because they would clash personally, they would all kind of serve the same purpose, and the band just wouldn’t work.

3) it’s not concrete, but it’s encouraged to at least pick a guitarist, a bassist, a drummer, and a singer, and you can add onto that as necessitated by your conceptual design.

4) please don’t be unimaginative and say something like "led zeppelin is my supergroup" or "the who with david gilmour instead of pete townsend." the idea is to create an original concept/sound.

So, I’m curious as to who everyone in the community would choose for their supergroup, and can you describe how they would sound and how they would work together to create your perfect band. I’ll tell you mine to start off:

Guitar: John McLaughlin (Mahavishnu Orchestra)
Bass: Les Claypool (Primus)
Drums: Thomas Pridgen (Mars Volta)
Vocals: Jon Anderson (Yes)
Keys: Herbie Hancock
Production/Songwriting/Sound effects/Guitar: Omar Rodriguez-Lopez (Mars Volta)

So I imagine this as a largely instrumental group, a combination of prog sensibilities (long songs, focus on the album as an art form, space/fantasy concepts) and a hard funk-fusion sound akin to the song Vital Transformation by the Mahavishnu Orchestra and the bass-heave rock-out parts of a lot of Yes songs.

I feel Geddy Lee would be more appropriate than Jon Anderson if this were the only style we’re going after, but I think he’d bring a certain softness and sense of dynamics that would work against the raw funk of Pridgen and Claypool.

I think all these guys are still alive so there is hope!!!

Woof. That sounds like the most ungodly prog rock monstrosity ever. If something so vile were ever to come into existence, surely the planet would be compelled to swallow itself to prevent even a single note to emanate from that putrid beast (and there go my chances of getting best answer on this question)

Vocals: Zombie Otis Redding
Lead Guitar: Johnny Thunders
Rhythm Guitar: Joe Strummer
Bass: Mike Watt
Drums: Brendan Canty
Sax: James Chance

Otis Redding rises from the depths of Lake Monona and recruits a cadre of punk stalwarts to back him up as he gurgles freshwater and tunes of loss, regret, and dissatisfaction. Watt and Canty lay down the grooves while Strummer hammers out the chords and provides backing vocals as Thunders’s licks and Chance’s ungodly saxophone squaks amble through the chaos. Fuck yeah.

April 8, 2005
Speaker: Gerald Korngold, Dean and McCurdy Professor of Law, Case School of Law
Presented by: Frederick K. Cox International Law Center
Co-sponsored by CISCDR (Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of Conflict & Dispute Resolution)

Summary: From the experience of post-colonial states in Asia and Africa to more recent experience in Haiti, Bosnia, Kosovo, Somalia, Afghanistan, and Iraq, the conceptual clarity and goals of nation building have been difficult to achieve. Beyond the international recognition of what Benedict Anderson called an imagined community, what are the desirable features of the nation under construction, and what, if any, is the appropriate role of the international community in designing, financing, and building them? How should the government be chosen, and powers separated between branches, allocated between the center and the regions, or shared by competing ethnic or religious groups? What are the necessary tools of conflict resolution? How critical is the role of women? Is religion a divisive or unifying force? What is the role of the United States, the United Nations, or the international financial institutions? With a view to comparative experience, a candid look at Iraq, and perspectives on the future, this unique day-long symposium will bring several world-leading experts together to address these fundamental questions.

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I saw this little exercise in Spin magazine back in fall of ‘04 (props if you can find it in an archive). The basic premise is to create a supergroup of your favorite musicians from the past and present, and describe what kind of sound you’d like to hear from the group and what sort of dynamic you think they’d likely have.

There are a few allowances and rules:
1) you can use people from past and present, and they can be dead or alive
2) the people you choose must be able to work together as a cohesive band. even if you love them all, you wouldn’t put prince, jamiroquai, and michael jackson in the same band because they would clash personally, they would all kind of serve the same purpose, and the band just wouldn’t work.

3) it’s not concrete, but it’s encouraged to at least pick a guitarist, a bassist, a drummer, and a singer, and you can add onto that as necessitated by your conceptual design.

4) please don’t be unimaginative and say something like "led zeppelin is my supergroup" or "the who with david gilmour instead of pete townsend." the idea is to create an original concept/sound.

So, I’m curious as to who everyone in the community would choose for their supergroup, and can you describe how they would sound and how they would work together to create your perfect band. I’ll tell you mine to start off:

Guitar: John McLaughlin (Mahavishnu Orchestra)
Bass: Les Claypool (Primus)
Drums: Thomas Pridgen (Mars Volta)
Vocals: Jon Anderson (Yes)
Keys: Herbie Hancock
Production/Songwriting/Sound effects/Guitar: Omar Rodriguez-Lopez (Mars Volta)

So I imagine this as a largely instrumental group, a combination of prog sensibilities (long songs, focus on the album as an art form, space/fantasy concepts) and a hard funk-fusion sound akin to the song Vital Transformation by the Mahavishnu Orchestra and the bass-heave rock-out parts of a lot of Yes songs.

I feel Geddy Lee would be more appropriate than Jon Anderson if this were the only style we’re going after, but I think he’d bring a certain softness and sense of dynamics that would work against the raw funk of Pridgen and Claypool.

I think all these guys are still alive so there is hope. Descrbie the concept of your band too.

woah this is an awesome question. well, here i go!:

Guitar: Jimi Hendrix… so its not the most original answer, but really, it can’t be a supergroup without hendrix.
Drums: John Bonham… the one and only bonzo!
Vocals: Freddie Mercury… he could sing anything and everything – perfectly.
Bass: Les Claypool… dang how could you not have him?!
Keys: Richard Wright… hello, its pink floyd!
Songwriting: Bob Dylan… i’d like to hear how all the other members of the band add their own personal touch to whatever he would write.

The types of music they would make/play would be just out of this world! but i dont think this band would last very long (just until their fame dwindles)… there’s just too much epic power between so few people, on just one stage!

Imagine yourself going to a community college, you have a job milking cows, and the next thing you know, your a famous writer making a decent amount of money. A pretty big twist in your life, huh? That’s what happened to Laurie Halse Anderson, the author of the novel, Speak.

What do you think. Anything to add or remove. Or is there any tips on writing a speech. Any ideas for the presentation. All info would be a big help =D

hey I read Speak when I was in eighth grade. haha

Hmm… I like where you are going with this.. but…hmm. Here’s my little revision

"Right now, you’re going to a community college, and you make your money by milking cows. Then suddenly-BAM-you’re a famous writer (or author) and making much more moo-lah (pun intended. –on the cows thing. you don’t have to do that. haha). It was this sudden turn of events that took Laurie Halse Anderson, the author of Speak, where she is today: on one of America’s bestselling authors list."

yeah, I would have made my speech like that. it is a speech, right? not an essay?

hold on.. is she IS a bestselling author, right? I don’t remember, reading Speak was loooong ago..

anyway, i hope that gives you more ideas!! Good luck. =]

April 8, 2005
Peter H. Schuck, Simeon E. Baldwin Professor of Law, Yale Law School
Chibli Mallat; Professor, EU Jean Monnet Chair in European Law & Director, Centre for the Study of the European Union, Université Saint-Joseph; Avocat à la Cour, Principal, Mallat Law Offices, Beirut, Lebanon
Moderator: Jacqueline Lipton, Associate Professor of Law and Associate Director of the Cox Center
Presented by: Frederick K. Cox International Law Center
Co-sponsored by CISCDR (Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of Conflict & Dispute Resolution)

Summary: From the experience of post-colonial states in Asia and Africa to more recent experience in Haiti, Bosnia, Kosovo, Somalia, Afghanistan, and Iraq, the conceptual clarity and goals of nation building have been difficult to achieve. Beyond the international recognition of what Benedict Anderson called an imagined community, what are the desirable features of the nation under construction, and what, if any, is the appropriate role of the international community in designing, financing, and building them? How should the government be chosen, and powers separated between branches, allocated between the center and the regions, or shared by competing ethnic or religious groups? What are the necessary tools of conflict resolution? How critical is the role of women? Is religion a divisive or unifying force? What is the role of the United States, the United Nations, or the international financial institutions? With a view to comparative experience, a candid look at Iraq, and perspectives on the future, this unique day-long symposium will bring several world-leading experts together to address these fundamental questions.

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Adam Crowley., Husson University, Canada, Canadian Literature, Benedict Anderson, Imagined Communities, Nationalism, Time

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