Zen Rfanklib is the name of the old Ben Franklin store in New Ulm, Minnesota. The store lost franchise status in early 2006, when the owners failed to make payments and was forced to change it's name to Zen Franklib, switching the B and the N and then flipping the N 90 degrees. The franchise still pushed them to change their name, since its similarity to Ben Franklin was still evident, so they swapped the F and the R to make Zen Rfanklib. This image can be found on several sites on the Internet as a symbol of New Ulm eccentricity, especially on a fan club operated by New Ulm citizens.
The store
Since 2004, the store had been falling into disrepair. Birds and rats began to live in the store and multiply rapidly. Fecal matter was found on merchandise. The rats and mice began spreading to other stores via steam ducts and an exterminator was called in. He offered to do Zen Rfanklib for free, but was refused by the owners.
The situation came to a head when in early 2007, police officers went into the store. In a report filed by one of the men, it was said that he began to feel nauseous because of the smell. In early March, New Ulm Public Utilites cut utility service to the store because of the potential threat to the health of their meter readers.
In a local newspaper article in August, it was said that since June 2007, there had been a clean-up effort by the owners, to the extent that they hired people to help. As of October 2007, they have made progress, but not yet reopened.
The store
Since 2004, the store had been falling into disrepair. Birds and rats began to live in the store and multiply rapidly. Fecal matter was found on merchandise. The rats and mice began spreading to other stores via steam ducts and an exterminator was called in. He offered to do Zen Rfanklib for free, but was refused by the owners.
The situation came to a head when in early 2007, police officers went into the store. In a report filed by one of the men, it was said that he began to feel nauseous because of the smell. In early March, New Ulm Public Utilites cut utility service to the store because of the potential threat to the health of their meter readers.
In a local newspaper article in August, it was said that since June 2007, there had been a clean-up effort by the owners, to the extent that they hired people to help. As of October 2007, they have made progress, but not yet reopened.
FIPADL is a style of legal case briefing coined by Dr Mark O'Gorman, Ph.D (Political Sciences) of Maryville College. It is an acronym to help students quickly brief a case and is an alternative to the IRAC method.
The explanation and implementation is as follows:
F- Facts: This section of the brief includes the relevant facts of the case in question (i.e. Who did what to Whom).
I- Issues: This section reiterates the relevant issues of the case, basically the "why" of why said case is being heard.
P- Politics: This section highlights the political atmosphere of the time. The Presidency, Congress, War or Peace circumstances, Economic environment, the Justiceships' political ideology (e.g. Berger Court or Warren Court) and other extra political factors that contribute to the ruling.
A- Analysis: This section reviews the facts and issues and provides the necessary connectors in order to determine how the facts relate to the issues. Because of "x" fact, "y" issue is pertinent to this case
D- Decision/Dissent: This section contains a brief review of the Justices' decisions, the Vote (if a Supreme Court or COLR case) and a review of concurrent and dissenting decision
L- Living Law Implementation: This is the conclusion and reiteration of precedent set by the case's ruling. "Because of this decision a) We will always... or b) We will never..." (e.g. Miranda v. Arizona- Because of the precedent lain down in this ruling we will always be entitled to know our rights when detained or arrested)
The explanation and implementation is as follows:
F- Facts: This section of the brief includes the relevant facts of the case in question (i.e. Who did what to Whom).
I- Issues: This section reiterates the relevant issues of the case, basically the "why" of why said case is being heard.
P- Politics: This section highlights the political atmosphere of the time. The Presidency, Congress, War or Peace circumstances, Economic environment, the Justiceships' political ideology (e.g. Berger Court or Warren Court) and other extra political factors that contribute to the ruling.
A- Analysis: This section reviews the facts and issues and provides the necessary connectors in order to determine how the facts relate to the issues. Because of "x" fact, "y" issue is pertinent to this case
D- Decision/Dissent: This section contains a brief review of the Justices' decisions, the Vote (if a Supreme Court or COLR case) and a review of concurrent and dissenting decision
L- Living Law Implementation: This is the conclusion and reiteration of precedent set by the case's ruling. "Because of this decision a) We will always... or b) We will never..." (e.g. Miranda v. Arizona- Because of the precedent lain down in this ruling we will always be entitled to know our rights when detained or arrested)
Raphael Adolini is a fictional character from the Predator series. He is an Italian-born Moroccan-raised Barbary pirate. He was one of the most feared pirates of his day, but because of the mysterious disappearance of him and his whole crew at the height of his career, others like Blackbeard have been remembered with more notoriety. His ship, the “Muerte Negra,” was feared especially because unlike many ships which flew the Jolly Roger, Adolini’s ship flew a red flag, the “jolie rouge,” which signaled to its captives death to all. The phrase “dead men tell no tales,” has been ascribed to Adolini. It was carved above his cabin door, when his ship was found floating vacant, east of the Bermuda Triangle in 1718, The flintlock pistol rumored to have been one of Adolini’s favorite prizes was taken from Ivar the Boneless after Adolini attacked and plundered the ship of the Viking pirate in April 1715.
At the end of Predator 2, Michael Harrigan is given that pistol by the Predators as a prize after he kills one of their own. This is the first reference to his existence. The story of Adolini's demise was later told in the Dark Horse comic book series.
At the end of Predator 2, Michael Harrigan is given that pistol by the Predators as a prize after he kills one of their own. This is the first reference to his existence. The story of Adolini's demise was later told in the Dark Horse comic book series.
Kidcrusher otherly known as backyard wrestling maniac Shawn Montague from the xba xtreme backyard assault in Adelaide, South Australia, started a rap game in 1996 but never got into a recording studio until 2006 recording his first debut studio album Tormented Mutation and releasing it into the underground.
Being an unsigned artist, there is very little Kidcrusher can do from the bottom of the world, representing his Juggalo "evil clown" painted face with his Insane Clown Posse meets System of a Down influences, spitting Death Metal mixed with Horrorcore rap and amazingly attracting thousands of listeners and downloads to his websites.
Kidcrusher is well known by the world wide web, spending countless hours and days and months on his official website and myspace and received exposure from his first backyard raw music video hit A Dirty F**kn Murder without the ability to tour without a label to support, The internet is the best source to get his sound out and loud all over the world.
Over a year of promoting and no record deal, Kidcrusher appeared at #3 on album of the month for Australian channel 31's awesum charts right under the hill top hoods for his release Tormented Mutation
Later that year he again kicked the hill top hoods and the funkoars out of the myspace rap and hip hop charts for Australia and hit #1 with over 800,000 downloads and votes.
Kidcrusher began live events around Australia, with his first opening set tour for USA rappers K-rino and Monstah Ganja and also headlined the International Global MMA Music Awards in October 2007, Elected for song of the year with his collaboration with USA rapper ill e. gal and stash in titled Purple Haze, Another collaboration with local rapper trips, Murder on Halloween was listed in rotation on famous Australian Radio Fresh FM
Kidcrusher signed his first record deal with major record label in 2004 Foctam Records and sold 4,000 copies world wide, after his contract was expired, Kidcrusher continues to hunt for another record deal.
Kidcrusher hosted live radio shows with wicked intent radio and also Australia's russel gilbert from TV show hey, hey, its Saturday for the world of wakie people and challenged Russel Gilbert to a backyard wrestling match.
Recording History
Tormented Mutation (2006)
from recording on a double cassette recorder, to a computer microphone headset, to a recording studio, Kidcrusher bought ten original instrumentals from producer psycho thug and re-released a handfull of old material from his past projects on brand new instrumentals, started fresh, in under 2 Months the album was pressed professionally and sold over 300 copies world wide and hitting up #3 on several Australian independant music charts and tore up both soundclick and myspace metal and rap Charts!! all though sales could be a lot better, but selling over the internet is kc's only way of sales and promotion, currently working with his own online CD store / independant label for support for online sales and promotion 'Foctam Records'
Sweet DreamZ Single (2006)
Promotional 4 Track CD Single for Tormented Mutation
Light to Dark and Life to Death (2006)
With the ability to record in studio and with the rush of the first album, two months later, Kidcrusher was back in the studio with local hip hop artist Trips who produced the whole 20 track LP. The album is a mixtape of some old remixed tracks and some new, featuring the hit single A Dirty F**kn Murder the album is his best selling product!
Meet the Monstors Single (2006-2007)
The controversial horrorcore rap artist takes his skills to the big screen, working with Daniel Armstrong of Strongman Pictures to create a music video of the single, meet the monstors Kidcrusher wrote for the upcoming horror masterpeice by strongman pictures the disturbed, the music video was shot on the location of the movie, in an abandon mental asylum, Melbourne Australia's most haunted location, The CD single was released on the web late September 2006, the music video is still in production and set to drop late 2007 with the CD and DVD Package, the single also promotes the first studio album fully produced by Kidcrusher (Cannibal Clown), written & performed & produced by Kidcrusher, music video by strongman pictures, copyright 2007 foctam records, all rights reserved, release date: late 2007
Press release on fangoria magazine about the making of the meet the monstors music video
http://www.fangoria.com/news_article.php?id=4374 - fangoria magazine press release article.
Black Circle Magik (Raw) (2007)
Taking a step out of the studio and back into the basement to record an EP for the world wide web, exclusive to Kidcrusher's website, teaming up with rappers (Chicko, Trips & Wasted of Dyad souls) to unleash proberley the most succsessfull underground free download he's ever released. Kidcrusher notes that in 2008, there will be an extended studio version.
Cannibal Clown (2007)
The first studio album 100% fully produced by Kidcrusher, featuring instrumentals by Beatnick and Mystick Manners, also known to be Kidcrusher's biggest collaboration cd, featuring tracks with Teddy dkc of the famous french metal band (Bawdy festival), Foctam records members like Trips, Chiko and Nascent. Also featuring Lewn and The Good Buddies.
The album was released on August 31, 2007 on no record label.
Press Release: http://www.foctamrecords.com/
Collaborations
Blindside
Chiko
Dead creeps orchestra
Dyad souls
DJ Nameless aka rectal birth
EP
Epik the dawn
Good buddies
Ill e. gal
Kcavemen
Leprikon
Lewn from Lawst
Nascent
Razakel
Sick tanick
Skull duggery
Stash
Subterra
Syniister
Teddy dkc from bawdy festival
Trips
Being an unsigned artist, there is very little Kidcrusher can do from the bottom of the world, representing his Juggalo "evil clown" painted face with his Insane Clown Posse meets System of a Down influences, spitting Death Metal mixed with Horrorcore rap and amazingly attracting thousands of listeners and downloads to his websites.
Kidcrusher is well known by the world wide web, spending countless hours and days and months on his official website and myspace and received exposure from his first backyard raw music video hit A Dirty F**kn Murder without the ability to tour without a label to support, The internet is the best source to get his sound out and loud all over the world.
Over a year of promoting and no record deal, Kidcrusher appeared at #3 on album of the month for Australian channel 31's awesum charts right under the hill top hoods for his release Tormented Mutation
Later that year he again kicked the hill top hoods and the funkoars out of the myspace rap and hip hop charts for Australia and hit #1 with over 800,000 downloads and votes.
Kidcrusher began live events around Australia, with his first opening set tour for USA rappers K-rino and Monstah Ganja and also headlined the International Global MMA Music Awards in October 2007, Elected for song of the year with his collaboration with USA rapper ill e. gal and stash in titled Purple Haze, Another collaboration with local rapper trips, Murder on Halloween was listed in rotation on famous Australian Radio Fresh FM
Kidcrusher signed his first record deal with major record label in 2004 Foctam Records and sold 4,000 copies world wide, after his contract was expired, Kidcrusher continues to hunt for another record deal.
Kidcrusher hosted live radio shows with wicked intent radio and also Australia's russel gilbert from TV show hey, hey, its Saturday for the world of wakie people and challenged Russel Gilbert to a backyard wrestling match.
Recording History
Tormented Mutation (2006)
from recording on a double cassette recorder, to a computer microphone headset, to a recording studio, Kidcrusher bought ten original instrumentals from producer psycho thug and re-released a handfull of old material from his past projects on brand new instrumentals, started fresh, in under 2 Months the album was pressed professionally and sold over 300 copies world wide and hitting up #3 on several Australian independant music charts and tore up both soundclick and myspace metal and rap Charts!! all though sales could be a lot better, but selling over the internet is kc's only way of sales and promotion, currently working with his own online CD store / independant label for support for online sales and promotion 'Foctam Records'
Sweet DreamZ Single (2006)
Promotional 4 Track CD Single for Tormented Mutation
Light to Dark and Life to Death (2006)
With the ability to record in studio and with the rush of the first album, two months later, Kidcrusher was back in the studio with local hip hop artist Trips who produced the whole 20 track LP. The album is a mixtape of some old remixed tracks and some new, featuring the hit single A Dirty F**kn Murder the album is his best selling product!
Meet the Monstors Single (2006-2007)
The controversial horrorcore rap artist takes his skills to the big screen, working with Daniel Armstrong of Strongman Pictures to create a music video of the single, meet the monstors Kidcrusher wrote for the upcoming horror masterpeice by strongman pictures the disturbed, the music video was shot on the location of the movie, in an abandon mental asylum, Melbourne Australia's most haunted location, The CD single was released on the web late September 2006, the music video is still in production and set to drop late 2007 with the CD and DVD Package, the single also promotes the first studio album fully produced by Kidcrusher (Cannibal Clown), written & performed & produced by Kidcrusher, music video by strongman pictures, copyright 2007 foctam records, all rights reserved, release date: late 2007
Press release on fangoria magazine about the making of the meet the monstors music video
http://www.fangoria.com/news_article.php?id=4374 - fangoria magazine press release article.
Black Circle Magik (Raw) (2007)
Taking a step out of the studio and back into the basement to record an EP for the world wide web, exclusive to Kidcrusher's website, teaming up with rappers (Chicko, Trips & Wasted of Dyad souls) to unleash proberley the most succsessfull underground free download he's ever released. Kidcrusher notes that in 2008, there will be an extended studio version.
Cannibal Clown (2007)
The first studio album 100% fully produced by Kidcrusher, featuring instrumentals by Beatnick and Mystick Manners, also known to be Kidcrusher's biggest collaboration cd, featuring tracks with Teddy dkc of the famous french metal band (Bawdy festival), Foctam records members like Trips, Chiko and Nascent. Also featuring Lewn and The Good Buddies.
The album was released on August 31, 2007 on no record label.
Press Release: http://www.foctamrecords.com/
Collaborations
Blindside
Chiko
Dead creeps orchestra
Dyad souls
DJ Nameless aka rectal birth
EP
Epik the dawn
Good buddies
Ill e. gal
Kcavemen
Leprikon
Lewn from Lawst
Nascent
Razakel
Sick tanick
Skull duggery
Stash
Subterra
Syniister
Teddy dkc from bawdy festival
Trips