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State laws requiring all DUI offenders to breathe into ignition interlock devices before operating a motorized vehicle are more effective than partial interlock laws at reducing alcohol-related fatal crashes, a Johns Hopkins University study found.
The study, published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, examined the effects of state interlock laws on alcohol-related fatal crashes in the United States from 1982 to 2013. Researchers drew data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Fatality Analysis Reporting System.
States that mandate interlock devices for DUI offenders experienced a 7 percent decrease in the rate of fatal crashes involving a blood-alcohol content above 0.08, the study found. These states saw an 8 percent reduction in the rate of fatal crashes involving a BAC of 0.15 or higher.
"Interlock laws which are mandatory for all DUI offenders save lives," study leader Emma McGinty said in a press release.
Researchers estimated 1,250 crashes involving a BAC higher than 0.08 were prevented in states where mandatory ignition interlock laws exist.
Twenty-eight states have mandatory laws requiring DUI offenders to use an interlock device before driving. Every state has some sort of ignition interlock law, though many states reserve these devices for repeat DUI offenders or those convicted of drinking and driving with a very high BAC.
Thirty-six states implemented partial interlock laws from 1982 to 2013, according to the study. During this time, 21 states enacted mandatory interlock laws. Sixteen states enacted full interlock laws from 2005 to 2013, including Colorado, New York and West Virginia.
Most recently, Maryland passed the Drunk Driving Reduction Act of 2016, also called Noah's Law. The legislation requires all people in Maryland convicted of drinking and driving to install an interlock device in their vehicle.
The law was named after Noah A. Leotta, a Montgomery County, Maryland, police officer who was struck by a drunk driver in December 2015. He died of his injuries three days later. He was 24.
Chuck Brown, a spokesman for the Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration, told The Baltimore Sun that the state's more limited interlock law prevented 4,000 trips by drivers with a BAC greater than the legal limit in 2015.
Drinking and driving continues to be a problem in the United States.
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 9,306 fatal crashes in 2015 involved alcohol. That year, 27 percent of drivers with a BAC of 0.08 or higher involved in fatal crashes were operating a motorcycle.
Fifty-five percent of drivers with a BAC of 0.08 or higher involved in fatal crashes in 2015 were aged 21 to 34, according to the NHTSA.
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The Johns Hopkins study shows that interlock devices can reduce alcohol-involved fatal crashes. The study's researchers suggest that mandatory interlock laws should be implemented in states with partial interlock laws.
"Our study suggests that [interlock laws] are effective, and it's encouraging to see more and more states moving towards this evidence-based policy change," said McGinty.
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Yep, this year I decided to post my picks for 2011. I usually keep my lists confined to my last.fm page and haven't posted them here in the past but fuck it.
I went with a main top 20 list plus a separate demos + EPs and splits list with less detail — despite the fact that a few EPs show up in my main list. Usually everything from the top 5 stays solidified at their spots the others may go up and down the list occasionally.
2011 was another great year for music, there was so much great shit released by hard working groups and labels that again it was a tough year to make a list. I always feel as though I should wait like a month or two after the new year to make a list like this since I do usually miss an amazing record and regret not putting it on the list. On that note: if I miss something it's cool if you post a suggestion in the comments, but please try to hold off on the "You forgot _______, not good enough for ya?!" type of comments — you guys have your own lists to do justice to those albums you feel I've missed.
Do post suggestions though. I have added a huge Honorable Mentions and More Good Shit list for recommended albums that aren't in the top 20 but are great. Anything not on that list I didn't feel like mentioning, haven't heard it or I just missed it.
Enjoy and GFYS.
#20. SubRosa - No Help For The Mighty Ones
Label: Profound Lore Records
Beneath the Crown
I still can't get over how those violins sound like trumpets, and its just so cool. What a great sludge/doom release that I was very surprised by. Majority females in this band with a semi-Neurosis/A Storm of Light aesthetic and sound floating about it, melancholic with a psychedelic flavor sprinkled throughout. Everything about this release feels drugged out: from the fuzzy guitar and bass to the droning clean female vocals and the wavering, droopy violins. It's mournful and as heavy as your eyelids after downing 10 bottles of NyQuil.
#19. Ash Borer - Ash Borer
Label: Gilead Media / Profound Lore Records
In the Midst of Life, We Are In Death
Ash Borer, alongside Fell Voices, is one of the better new atmospheric black metal acts from the US in recent memory (and one of my favorites). With this self-titled release (their first full length) they have further proven that, and what they offer here is something with a sad beauty rumbling through the cascadian themes. Trance inducing and bursting with drawn-out serpentine riffs that envelope you like an soft earthen cloak, groaning like a tree that has been felled does before it hits the forest floor. This record is so tremendous I have two copies of it. Ash Borer stand out and build expertly on what they've created in past releases.
#18. Corpsessed - The Dagger & The Chalice
Label: Dark Descent Records
Altar of Worms
Nameless Cult
This 20 minute EP destroys a lot of full length albums I heard this year. The sound of bones shattering and crackling in a fire pit next to an altar of sacrifice. The Dagger & The Chalice will put you on your heels, it has a smokey, ash-laden atmosphere enveloping the razor sharp riffs which stick in your brain like a hatchet. From the opening wails and squeals of the guitar to the final terrifying blasts and ominous siren Corpsessed have made something formidable here and I have spun it regularly this year.
#17. False - Untitled
Label: Gilead Media
The Key of Passing Suffering
Gilead Media — man do they consistently bring the good stuff. This album has a Weakling riff in it (Sleepmaker, 10:04 minutes in = Dead As Dreams, 4 minutes in). That alone pleases me greatly, and I seem to be the only person pointing this out from what I've read. I think that some may count this aspect as a slight against it but for a big Weakling fan like me I love it. Putting aside this they don't resemble Weakling at all — they definitely have their own sound. False came out of nowhere with this well refined untitled squall of frostbitten, snarling turmoil encased in a semi-progressive black metal shell. The brief Emperor-esque symphonic touches do not feel cheesy and fit well with the bristling, sometimes melodic leads. My initial impression of this has changed a lot and I enjoy it a great deal more than when I originally posted/reviewed it.
#16. Ritual Necromancy - Oath of the Abyss
Label: Dark Descent Records
Consummating Crypts of Eternity
Cacophonic Dementia
Dark Descent Records have their hands on a shit ton of wicked bands, and Ritual Necromancy are near the top of the pile. A powerful and barbaric assault of death metal with chunky growling guitars crawling from the withered tombs of some ancient, scorched stronghold. Oath of the Abyss slams you in the face with brutal oldschool styled riffs that will stomp you into the ground and you'll enjoy every second of it. I've seen them live, they slay even harder than on record which is a huge accomplishment.
#15. Gottesmorder - Gottesmorder
Label: Absurd Creature Recordings
Abyss of Throats
Probably the best request Equivoke has received this year (I'm still sifting through a few of them) and outside of Ash Borer and maybe one or two others is the only atmospheric black metal release that genuinely excited me in 2011. Quality writing is on display here (ala Fell Voices the first Altar of Plagues album) in the form of crawling, frosty whirling riffs, subtle synths and a spacey, ethereal enamel. In the increasingly overcrowded genre this is a crisp and refreshingly bleak twist on it, cathartic and funereal. It's a short but tasty album and I'm looking forward to how they take it from here.
#14. Braveyoung - We Are Lonely Animals
Label: The End Records
How Each Friend Departed (Thus Do The Gods)
Our Teeth Are Falling Out
This is absolutely beautiful. We Are Lonely Animals is one of the only post-rock releases that I haven't been disappointed with this year — in fact quite the opposite. I was greatly anticipating what the ex-Giant group would come up with after their EP and what they've recorded here is marvelous. Minimalistic, ambient, calm and angelic. The careful use of a variety of instruments adds much to the soft and sad tone of the album. Almost entirely instrumental (one track with minimal, subtle vocals over an acoustic guitar) and probably overlooked by many post-rock fans. A quiet drone embodying solitude.
#13. Young and In The Way - I Am Not What I Am
Label: Antithetic Records / Swarm of Nails
Ascending The White Mountain
They Should Greet Me With Howls of Execration
Young and In The Way is one of the best newer bands out there. These guys are so fucking awesome, spewing out angular, dissonant dark hardcore with a crusty edge relentlessly. Attaining both a vitriolic hate-filled bouncy hardcore sound and an austere piercing atmosphere. This is a band to get on top of if you haven't already. Lots of feedback and, heavy, twangy riffs and scratchy rasps come together to create something immensely satisfying. One to watch without a doubt.
#12. Reka - III
Label: OSK Records
Another album that came out of nowhere and which I had on repeat this year once I discovered it. This is reminiscent of a mash up of Tesa, Amenra and Celeste while still retaining a unique sound. Brilliantly catchy atmospheric sludge/hardcore from a pack of Russian and French dudes. Excellent writing on display here, no boring or overly drawn-out generic post-metal moments and they're quite conservative with the effects, pacing them perfectly. Filled with intense heavy, groovy sludge build ups with powerful post-rock-ish crescendos and atmosphere that had me swaying in a trance from beginning to end. This quenched my Amenra thirst this year it's that good and had me grabbing my guitar with determination.
#11. Young and In The Way - V. Eternal Depression
Label: Antithetic Records / Swarm of Nails
The Great Blue Norther
Oceans of Eternal Depression
In the short time between I Am Not What I Am and V. Eternal Depression, Young and In The Way have shown incredible growth. I was blown away by the former album and was not expecting another release so soon nor was I expecting it to top the last one, but they some how managed to do that. The progression from their last few releases is astonishing, taking the crusty hardcore with subtle ambient, sludge and black metal influences and cranking those last three aspects up a great deal more here with moments of reverby stillness. A huge emphasis on atmosphere (especially in the final track) within the fury of blackened crust mayhem. V. Eternal Depression creates a wicked blend and was a splendid surprise this year.
#10. Barghest - Barghest
Label: Gilead Media
The Rite of Isolation
Reduced To Ashes
Two members of Thou making raw and caustic black metal, how could this be anything but killer? Barghest's album is one I initially didn't like at all but after putting it down for a time I picked it up again, gave it another listen and was blown away by the coarse and unrelenting tracks within. This record is simple but very addictive, containing many whirlwind riffs that compelled me to pick up my guitar once again and figure them out. A very satisfying release that ends with a death metal tone. Gilead Media bringing the awesome.
#9. Circle of Ouroborus - Eleven Fingers
Label: Handmade Birds Records
Black metal or not this shit is great. Circle of Ouroborus have been on the periphery of my radar for the last two years but I never ventured into their catalogue until I heard the preview of this album. They jump around genres a little and nothing they've done has really stuck to me until this was finally released. Eleven Fingers is bitingly frigid low-fi post-punk/shoegazey black metal that is quite captivating. Radiating a strange dreamy beauty from beginning to end, the howling and mournful clean vocals entrance you while the blanket of soft riffs caress your ears. Been spinning this regularly since it was released.
#8. Atriarch - Forever The End
Label: Seventh Rule Records
Impenetrable darkness and sorrow laced in a psychedelic/gothic mist. Slow, ugly, gloomy and atmospheric. Forever the End was a big surprise but considering the group is made up of members from the likes of Graves At Sea and Trees it makes sense that this is tremendously heavy. While it definitely is doom, it's very much unlike other doom outfits I've heard. It weighs down on you as if you were carrying a granite slab at the bottom of an ocean trench and is just as dark, exuding endless pain and hopelessness. You'll never reach the surface. If you want to be crushed for 36 minutes this is the album for you. Left me speechless. A major win for Seventh Rule.
#7. Mamaleek - Kurdaitcha
Label: Enemies List Home Recordings
You Can Bury Me In The East
The White Marble Stone
Two enigmatic brothers making bizarre black metal in their basement. It's a truly strange record, a little more experimentally tame than previous records which contained jazz breaks and whatnot but I feel that this is more focused and works in favor of their sound. Kurdaitcha is a blend of noise, electronic, and middle-eastern flared low-fi black metal with some eyebrow raising catchy moments amongst the quirks. It grew on me so much and I keep coming back to it, especially the tragic and groovy You Can Bury Me In The East. Another gem from Enemies List Home Recordings.
#6. GridLink - Orphan
Label: Hydra Head Records
There are still people complaining about the length of this magnificent creation...really guys? I myself am tired of 30 track grind records where there's only 8 songs which are remotely interesting containing little originality. This is the opposite. This is what grind should be: carefully planned, expertly executed, distilled down to the essence of the genre (no filler), face-meltingly vicious in technicality, thoughtfully written grindcore (both in terms of lyrics and music). Worthy of multiple spins in each session.
#5. Dephosphorus - Axiom
Label: 7 Degree Records
Indulge Me In Silence
I really didn't expect anything in the grind/hardcore arena to top this year's GridLink album especially from such a young band, but that's what Axiom did in my opinion. I'm fucking addicted to this burst of chaotic energy in an absurd sense. A superb blend of breakneck cosmic grind, and crusty blackened hardcore expertly crafted into a truly fantastic and unique experience. Every song is memorable and paced so well, all elements gel together without becoming stale or crowded. The spacey overtone is wonderful. This band has incredible potential and what they display here is most likely only the tip of it.
#4. Ulcerate - The Destroyers of All
Label: Relapse Records
Cold Becoming
Ulcerate does everything right if you ask me, few death metal bands can touch their sound or their creativity at this time. The Destroyers of All is one huge slab of atmospheric and unique technical death metal to add to their catalogue, taking what they achieved on Everything is Fire and cloaking it in a haze of cold ethereal beauty. The album is the perfect progression of their style. While less technical in a majority of the album compared to their previous efforts (not by much mind you) it retains jaw dropping complexity and a fierce, skillful tone. Cold Becoming may have one of their best, most addictive riffs yet (near the end). Unbelievable release.
#3. Mitochondrion - Parasignosis
Label: Profound Lore Records
Clearly Canada has started locking down on other-worldly death metal. I actually had this as my #1 last year since it was technically released in the final 2 weeks of december, but the official release date was this year so here it is again. And deserving of a place without question. Labyrinthine, chaotic, swirling death metal that cannot be praised enough. Continuously creative, extremely well written and bewildering with a dark and filthy aura. Taking what they built on Archaeaeon which already immensely impressive, Parasignosis delivers an intense, cryptic and deep experience beyond what you would expect. I've had this on repeat since the new year and it hasn't become dull in any sense, in fact my enjoyment of this record has only increased.
#2. Antediluvian - Through The Cervix of Hawaah
Label: Profound Lore Records
Scions of Ha Nachish (Spectre of the Burning Valley)
Erect Reflection (Abyss of Organic Matter)
Another band doing Canada proud. I don't think I need to talk this shit up but I will. Hugely anticipated and it certainly did not disappoint. It was absolutely impossible to choose between this, the new Mitochondrion record and the new Ulcerate so really these three are tied for second place this year in my mind. Antediluvian have surpassed my expectations on Through The Cervix of Hawaah, conjuring a devastating mountain of unquestionably horrific, violent and tight death metal. It's a perfect development of their previous EP Revelations In Excrement and the demo Under Wing of Asael without a single compromise to be heard. I won't be able to word it better than when I originally posted it here so copypasta time:
#1. Giles Corey - Giles Corey
Label: Enemies List Home Recordings
Blackest Bile
Spectral Bride
Yeah. For me this trumped all the metal out there this year easily. I knew this would be at the top after the first time I listened to it, and have been silently waiting for it since the short demos trickled out a while back.
I am completely enamored with this album. I have listened to it countless times and felt many emotions while it's spinning, and when it's done I feel drained and alone. I sing along to it unabashedly — especially Blackest Bile and A Sleeping Heart. I literally have to play those two songs at least 3 times in a row every time I put the album on.
I've heard a lot of people call it scary, but I feel that's not an accurate description at all — then again I guess it evokes all kinds of shit from different people which makes it quite the record. It's intensely depressive in some moments while in others it's warm and uplifting. You can tell there was great care put into every aspect of this and the mysterious book it is packaged with, and yet it manages to stay raw and humble. Dark, dreamy, brutally honest, captivating, haunting and deeply personal. Drenched in an unbearably bleak and crushingly painful atmosphere, so simple and catchy and at the same time complex and jarring. The lyrics are heartbreaking and entirely relatable for any who's felt depressed and alone. A suffocating, disturbing journey.
Dan Barrett is a genius. Enemies List Home Recordings rules. Nothing I say will do justice to this.
This is a list of stuff I was debating hotly to put on the top 20 list but didn't make it.
O'Death - Outside
Batillus - Furnace
Encoffination - O'Hell, Shine In Thy Whited Sepulchres
Disma - Towards the Megalith
Dark Castle - Surrender To All Life Beyond Form
Gates - They Hide In The Shadows
Absu - Abzu
Ringo Deathstarr - Color Trip
Bestial Raids - Prime Evil Damnation
Omega Massif - Karpatia
Necros Christos - Doom of the Occult
Oathbreaker - Maelstrom
Sanguis Imperem - In Glory We March Towards Our Doom
Loss - Despond
Desolate Shrine - Tenebrous Towers
True Widow - As High As The Highest Heavens and from the Center to the Circumference of the Earth
Woods of Desolation - Torn Beyond Reason
New Lows - Harvest of the Carcass
Blut Aus Nord - 777 - Sect(s) / 777 - The Desanctication
Touche Amore - Parting The Sea Between Brightness And Me
Leucosis - Pulling Down the Sky
Panopticon - Social Disservices
Lento - Icon
All Pigs Must Die - God Is War
Flourishing - The Sum of All Fossils
More Good Shit:
Barring Teeth - Atrophy
Rotten Sound - Cursed
Sonne Adam - Transformation
Miasmal - Miasmal
Lightbearer - Lapsus
Ensorcelor - Crucifuge
Dyskinesia - Dalla Nascita
Low Places - Spiritual Treatment
Seider - For Winter Fire
Yob - Atma
Wolves in the Throne Room - Celestial Lineage
Shabazz Palaces - Black Up
Leviathan - True Traitor, True Whore
KENmode - Venerable
Undead Creep - The Ever-Burning Torch
Blaspherian - Infernal Warriors of Death
Russian Circles - Empros
Entrails - The Tomb Awaits
Gorephilia - Ascend To Chaos
Cave In - White Silence
Wolvhammer - The Obsidian Plains
Bacchus - Bacchus
Fleshpress - Acid Mouth Strangulation
Beau Navire - Hours
A Storm of Light - As The Valley of Death Becomes Us, Our Silver Memories Fade
Blessed Offal - Blessed Offal
Here are my picks for the best demos, EPs and splits this year which I would highly recommend checking out.
#1. Antediluvian - Revelations In Excrement
#2. Bell Witch - Demo
#3. Amnis Nihili - Christological Escalation
#4. Thantifaxath - Thantifaxath
#5. Chromes - And Here My Disgust Begins
#6. Thou - The Archer & The Owle
#7. Mutilation Rites - Demo
#8. Cruciamentum - Engulfed In Desolation
#9. Immolation - Providence
#10. Adversarial - Prophetic Plain of Abyssal Revelations
#1. Encoffination / Grave Upheaval - Split
#2. Seven Sisters of Sleep / Children of God - Split
#3. Amenra / Oathbreaker - Split
#4. Witchrist / Morbosidad - Split
#5. Vasaeleth / Cruciamentum - Eroding Chaos Unto Ascendant Flesh
#6. Thou / Cower - War Is The Force That Gives Us Meaning (Big City)
#7. Circle of Ouroboros / Drowning the Light - Moonflares
#8. Young and In The Way / Torch Runner - Split
#9. Burial Invocation / Anatomia - Decomposing Serenades
#10. Begrime Exemious / Nuclearhammer - Heretical Serpent Cult
Honorable Mentions:
Aldebaran - Buried Beneath Aeons
Thou - To The Chaos Wizard Youth
Lycus - demo 2011
Tree of Sores - Tree of Sores
Sortilegia - Pestilent Black Sorcery
Heresiarch - Hammer of Intransigence
Disma - The Manifestation
Black Monolith - Demo/Ep
Obolus - Demo
Ruin Lust - Tour Demo
Krypts - Krypts
Kerasphorus - Necronaut
Heresiarch - Obsecrating The Global Holocaust
Haapoja - Hallitsematonta Voimaa
God Harvest - Demo 2011
Baptists - Baptists
Punch - Nothing Lasts
That's it. Here's to another great year in music and many more hereafter.


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Letters to Our Sons | June...
Another month, another Letters to Our Son's post. At the end of the letter please follow around the circle and see what my friends and fellow photographers are writing to their sons this month.
Dear Joshua,
Sports are your thing. We talked about that last month. This month you learned some very valuable lessons. You had a soccer tournament all weekend. With two losses under your belt, you were feeling defeated. Your arms were hanging, your shoulders were slumping and you just didn't have the oomph that you usually do out there. With three more games to go that weekend, I knew we had to talk.
We talked about how our thoughts shape our actions. If we give up and think that we are going to lose, we will lose. Yes losing is tough. It is human nature to be competitive and want to win. We all do this. But there will be times when you will lose. I will never tell you that there are no losers, because that is simply not true. What I will tell you is this... It's how you deal with the losses and what you chose to do next that counts. Losing is temporary and so is winning. Pick yourself up and get back in the game. Think positive thoughts and you will have a positive outcome. Your thoughts shape your actions and consequently your outcomes. You have the choice to let your losses get you down, or get you fired up. Just because you lost doesn't mean that you can't win.
Our little talk worked. You got back out there and played your heart out. You never gave up and you did your very best. Your team won the remainder of your games that weekend. I'm sure that felt good for you boys. I'm so proud of you for turning it around. The lesson is this... life is a process. We learn from the hard times. What we learn helps us to go on and succeed. We have a choice to let the negatives bring us down or propel us forward. I'm glad you chose to push forward. I was so proud of you that weekend. Not because you won, but because you chose to never give up.
"Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts." ~Winston Churchill
Next up is my friend and amazing photographer, Kristin. Read what she is writing to her son this month by clicking here!
6/6/2014 04:38:03 am
I love your positive words Faye, I'm taking notes for sure! It is hard to remind them what the game is all about, the process can be long and not always a happy ending. Attitude and putting a positive spin on things can have a big impact. Your action shots are great too! Love the stopped motion and colors.
6/9/2014 04:28:54 am
What a perfect letter, Faye. I wish you could spread it to more people -- adults and children alike!!! I love your images, especially the first and last. Congratulations to your boy on his perseverance!
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Surely the GOP does not think voters are stupid enough to understand the difference between voting to repeal Obamacare and actually repealing it? Surely it would have been better to explain that the Democrats are the reason that pledge had not been fulfilled? Is it any wonder that conservatives distrust Republican leadership?


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GCLA Readies For Its Big Event Of The Year
The state association with the heft of a national one will host operators from around California and the nation on Dec. 3.
Listed below are the finalists for the 2003 Operator of the Year for the small, medium and large fleet categories, along with the national fleet finalists. We've also listed the association finalists. The winners will be announced at the LCT Show.
RMA Chauffeured Transportation (Rockville, Md.)
Fleet size: 53
Staff: 75
Years in business: 15
Fifteen years ago, Robert Alexander started his company with one car and operated out of a spare room in his parent's house. Today, RMA Chauffeured Transportation employs a staff of 94 people and caters to a diverse clientele, often customers who require discrete service.
RMA's comprehensive in-house training program for new chauffeurs involves 30 hours of training and is taught by senior chauffeurs who share their life experiences along with explaining RMA's customer service standards. Staff training is a major component of RMA's continued success and ability to deal with a variety of industry-related challenges. "Everyone feels a smile" is the motto that RMA's customer service staff developed to sum up the RMA experience. Alexander says that exceptional customer service is always the first priority.
Alexander has made contributions to the industry by lobbying on Capitol Hill regarding policies that affect all limousine owners and operators. He has also been actively involved in local and national associations and has served as a liaison to various trade groups.
"RMA's attention to detail and thoroughness with every reservation is greatly appreciated and makes our jobs less stressful." — Joy Nagel, director of travel and events, Washington Speakers bureau.
Bauer's Transportation (San Francisco)
Gary Bauer
Fleet size: 60
Staff: N/A
Years in business: 14
In 1989, Gary Bauer purchased his first limousine. He had a successful landscape design business and purchased the limousine "on a lark" to provide safe transportation on the weekends for himself and his college buddies. Receiving inquiries from the general public caused Bauer to research the limousine industry and draw up a business plan.
Today, Bauer is on the panel of the San Francisco Airport Planning and Transportation Advisory Board, evaluating airport-specific concerns including security and construction issues. In addition, he's a member of various chambers of commerce, and the California Limousine Group, hosting mini-trade shows in support of the association.
Bauer's Transportation has a 100-page employee handbook for new hires to refer to and an extensive, four-day training program covering company history, chauffeur "how-to" and navigational testing. All employees take part in "Above and Beyond," an award program designed to recognize those who go beyond their job description and take initiative.
"Your staff and drivers always go the extra mile, even under pressure." — Jennifer Glassmaker, account manager. Sears Point Raceway
Greene Classic Limousines (Atlanta)
Jeff Greene
Fleet size: 41
Staff: 26
Years in business: 14
In all his endeavors and business practices, it's Jeff Greene's passion for Greene Classic Limousines and the industry in general that has also been embraced by his employees, family and peers.
Greene has served on the NLA's vendor liaison committee for the past three years and acted as a mentor on the NLA's mentoring program for new operators. He was also chosen by the Atlanta Airport to represent the limousine industry on the Atlanta Airport Task Force. In addition, he is the committee chairman for the Georgia Limousine Association and has been an active member of the association for the past 10 years.
Greene Classic Limousine has a comprehensive 4-day training program for chauffeurs. Training includes all company procedures, airport and hotel orientation and driving procedures. The company supports various charities and has been a certified drug-free workplace since 1998.
"You went above and beyond the call of duty to make sure everything went smoothly. It was a pleasure working with you and I hope to work with you again the next time I'm in Atlanta." — Arnold Schwarzenegger
Company Car (Cleveland, Ohio)
Stephen Qua
Fleet size: 13
Staff: 6
Years in business: 9
At Company Car, owner Stephen Qua ensures that every new staff member undergoes thorough training and, most important, understands the reasoning behind the company's processes and goals. Qua believes that training should be an ongoing process, not simply a finite job, and he has never hired support people who have not spent time on the road chauffeuring. All chauffeurs complete a day of sales training to make sure they understand the pricing structure.
Qua says his company isn't in the limousine or ground travel business; he's in the value business, the process of manufacturing products that provide value under a customer's set of circumstances. Employees are encouraged to "think on their feet," predicting what a passenger might need while being prepared to provide for that need — this has enabled Company Car to not only attract high volume customers and qualified referrals, but higher quality employees who find a professional home and enjoy the fruits of longevity.
The company participates in charitable causes, including muscular dystrophy and sending gravely ill children to summer camp.
"Your attention to detail and flexibility throughout our event was invaluable to us." — M. Joan McCarthy, Harvard Business School Global Conference
The Limousine Connection (North Hollywood, Calif.)
Chris Hundley
Fleet size: 19
Staff: 37
Years in business: 25
Chris Hundley started The Limousine Connection when he was just 19 years old. He attributes his success and longevity in the industry to "being good every time" and "representing the positive side of the industry." Hundley knows that his employees are his greatest asset and therefore, he provides them with top-notch compensation plans.
Hundley is an active member of various local and national associations, including the NLA and GCLA, and regularly works with charities and chambers of commerce. Also, he provides free or discounted work for the Entertainment Industry Organization.
Chauffeur training at The Limousine Connection is extensive and includes drug-testing, training rides with senior chauffeurs, viewing training videos and comprehensive testing. New office staff is also trained and every employee is continually briefed on the latest legislation, technology and efficient business practices.
Hundley has formed strategic alliances with various companies to provide value-added services to his customers and continues to maximize revenue with Internet marketing programs and state-of-the-art technology.
"I have never been more pleased with any other vendor in our industry." — Richard A. Fix, All Celebrity Travel Inc.
A Touch of Class (Fresno, Calif.)
Deena Papagni
Fleet size: 13
Staff: 19
Years in business: 14
In 14 years of operation, A Touch of Class has never experienced a workers' compensation claim. That's because "safety first" is the company motto, and owner Deena Papagni makes sure this is stressed to the staff and chauffeurs. Papagni promotes the industry in a positive light and donates limousines to charitable organizations, including Susan Komen Breast Cancer Fund, Wish Upon a Star, Valley Children's Hospital and other organizations, choosing to focus on those that help children with trauma.
Chauffeur training includes reading material, quizzes, ride-alongs with a lead chauffeur and passing a written exam. All new chauffeurs have 24-hour access to any lead chauffeur or member of management to solve concerns.
"Most of our flights occur in the middle of the night, but no matter what time of day we call, we are greeted with the same kind and committed voices that we are greeted with during normal business hours." — Scott M. Pritchard, general manager. Sunset Aviation.
Venice Livery Service LLC, dba Carey of Oregon (Salem, Ore.)
John Sinibaldi
Fleet size: 10
Staff: 18
Years in business: 9
Venice Livery Service (formerly Five Star) began with one vehicle in 1994 in a home-based operation. The company now operates out of a 6,000-square-foot building and focuses developing services and amenities to make clients more comfortable. An example includes the luggage tags the company gives out to clients, which makes locating baggage at the airport much easier.
All new drivers are subject to a background check, DMV check, drug testing and review by their insurance company. After that, trainees go on several ride-alongs with an experienced driver. Office training includes a review of the vehicles, a thorough understanding of the reservation process, dispatching overview and an explanation of how to settle trips using the computer systems.
Community involvement includes donating the company services to schools to help them raise money, working with numerous charities and other associations.
"Your company is extraordinarily generous and accommodating in transporting kids and their families to Portland International Airport at a fraction of the actual cost." — John Clay, chair, Make-A-Wish Foundation of Oregon.
Two Step Limousine (Denver)
Barbara Curtis
Fleet size: 5
Staff: 2 (up to five part-time during ski season)
Years in business: 8
Barbara Curtis owes her choice of occupations at least in part to the company's vice president. Walter Curtis, her son. Because of a negative prom incident, Barbara was spurred into opening her own limousine company in 1995, and the company is now one of the most respected in Colorado.
In addition to running Two Step Limousine, Barbara Curtis has been president of the Limousine Association of Colorado. Under Curtis's leadership, operator membership has nearly doubled and the association's vendor members have increased by 500 percent. Curtis is also an active member of the NLA, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and other local and national organizations.
The company's driver training program is personally conducted by Barbara, and the entire fleet is subjected to a comprehensive preventative maintenance regime, ranging from major part replacements to daily visual inspection of key systems.
"Two Step has always been the most professional, the most courteous to our listeners, and I don't remember a time that I haven't had positive comments from the winners who we put in their care." Garret Doll, director of promotions, KYGO-FM 98.5.
Clique Limousine (Bay Shore, N.Y.)
Bill Goerl
Fleet size: 6
Staff: 15
Years in business: 18
By deliberately keeping his business small, Bill Goerl has been able to provide personalized service to his clients, striving to accommodate all their personal requests. Generally on a first-name basis with the majority of clients, Goerl says the company strives to be "their friend in the limo business" and explains company policy of placing confirmation calls to clients the night before a booking, sending gift baskets and publishing a company newsletter.
Goerl has served on the Nassau Suffolk Limousine Association, is a member of various local and national associations and is actively involved in several charities.
Recently, Goerl started pricing company services as the airlines and hotels do. Clients receive a discount for booking more than seven days in advance. He also revamped the employee benefits package, offering health benefits to part-time chauffeurs as well as full-time.
"Your donation of your time and services, as well as your professionalism, enabled us to run a successful event." — Carol M. Baldwin, Carol M. Baldwin Breast Cancer Research Fund Inc.
Music Express (Burbank, Calif.)
Rita Berkman & Cheryl Berkman
Fleet size: 289
Staff: 448
Founded in 1973 by the late Harold Berkman with one vehicle and a tremendous amount of passion, Music Express is a service-driven company with a commitment to the quality service process. The company is an active member in numerous organizations and associations, including the City of Hope.
Prospective chauffeurs must provide a report showing the last 10 years of their driving record and pass a drug test, background check and physical exam. Chauffeur training involves a two-week road and classroom program, with recurrent training including guest speakers from the California Highway Patrol, Fire Department, and attendance at monthly chauffeur meetings.
In 2002, Music Express championed a successful "no union" landslide vote in its New York region. If Music Express went union, the industry would have forever been changed, but Music's chauffeurs knew that working for a family-run, independent company was the way to go and voted accordingly.
"In reflection of our 25 year relationship, it seems that each ride gets better and better." — Carl Scott, Simmons & Scott Entertainment.
BostonCoach (Everett, Mass.)
Russ Cooke
Fleet size: 63
Staff: 1,237
BostonCoach has implemented specific strategies to reach its more than 1,200 employees. Every few weeks, all drivers receive an audio address from Russ Cooke, president of BostonCoach, who, along with other guest speakers from the senior staff, recognizes outstanding employees and relays stories of exceptional customer service.
State-of-the-art employee training focuses on developing the required skills, knowledge and programs that will provide continuous support and education for all of BostonCoach's employees. New hire sedan drivers must complete an eight-day training program, and national call center training involves a three-week program.
Cooke is affiliated with numerous associations and, this past year, BostonCoach participated on the NBTA Ground Transportation Task Force to educate corporate travel managers on the industry and improve the RFP process for the ground transportation industry. Cooke also serves on the Massachusetts Port of Authority's (Massport) Advisory Council, ensuring that the needs and considerations of limousine companies are represented and understood, particularly in the post-9/11 environment.
"You are the best limo company we have ever dealt with." — Consulate General of Pakistan.
Association Award Of excellence
Arizona Limousine Association
For more than 12 years, the Arizona Limousine Association (ALA) has been working successfully with agencies that affect the industry, along with monitoring city, state and federal legislative processes. ALA airport representatives meet with the City of Phoenix on a regular basis. Because of this regular communication, construction updates are faxed to the association each month and the ALA has had input getting signage changed regarding permit parking.
The association recruits new members by hosting sponsored membership drives and taking referrals by members and non-members. As a requirement for membership, the ALA asks that each member provide a certificate of insurance which indicates at least the minimum automobile liability insurance requirements as indicated by the Arizona Department of Transportation for public livery companies.
The ALA hosts guest speakers relative to the industry in the hopes of further educating operators. Very active in charity work, the ALA hosts an annual toy drive and party, along with a summer social that benefited the Thunderbird Haven House in Phoenix.
The Limousine Association of Colorado
Founded in 1992, the Limousine Association of Colorado (LAOC) has evolved from purely an effective legislative entity to incorporating strong educational, economic and charitable aims. Under the leadership of current president, Barbara Curtis, the LAOC has experienced growth in terms of membership and influence, and now has representation on every critical regulatory board and advisory committee in the state.
The association enjoys a favorable relationship with its PUC. The PUC has been receptive to association contributions in terms of industry input and has become a recruitment tool for the LAOC. PUC regulators refer not member companies to the association for helpful information and supply packets of LAOC material.
The strong economic influence of ski season in Colorado has given shuttle services, referred to as mountain van companies, a separate identity. This three-part race (taxis, van services, and limousine operators) has yielded strict legislation to separate the types of vehicles each group may have in their fleet. Limousine companies may only use sedans if a television, beverage service and phone are permanently installed in then (adding roughly $1,000 to the cost of each car). Van were only added to limousine fleets in 1998 (through the efforts of Gene Cookenboo and others) and have severe restrictions on the seating arrangement and costs of the critical vehicles.
LAOC members have strong ties to Make-A-Wish. Where previously vehicles were supplied to Make-a-Wish for nominal fees, as of October, 2002, the LAOC Board announced that all future trips would be entirely without charge.
The Florida Limousine Association
As one of the largest associations in the country, the Florida Limousine Association (FLA) has worked to further the interests of all Florida limousine operators. The association works continuously to give Florida limousine services a positive style and image. As part of that effort, the FLA supports and participates in numerous fundraising events for local charities and organizations, including MADD and Make-A-Wish.
A direct spin-off of the MADD program is the association's Prom Pledge Program. All parties (parents, adolescents and chauffeurs) must sign the pledge as the association maintains a zero tolerance for drugs and alcohol and the attempted use during a limo charter for proms and homecomings.
The FLA membership voted to establish an ethics and standards committee, whose duties include a bi-annual inspection of all member vehicles. Every member is required to have properly maintained, safe vehicles, trained chauffeurs and carry commercial insurance.
Established in 1984, the FLA produces a newsletter for all general and associate members that contains industry information, upcoming events and trade shows, repair facilities, maintenance tips and facts on industry spokespersons.
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Performance Update Q3 2018
SKAGEN Performance Update – A macro-driven third quarter
SKAGEN Global
Developed market strength drives solid absolute performance as fund makes new US investments. SKAGEN Global A increased 4.5% in the quarter, in line with the MSCI All Country World Index which also added 4.5%.
Figures as at 30 September 2018 in EUR, net of fees and annualised for periods greater than one year
* Inception date: 07/08/1997
** Before 01/01/2010 benchmark was MSCI World Index
- US technology giant Microsoft was the largest contributor with the fund's largest holding, which we believe remains at a steep discount to intrinsic value, continuing to benefit from growth in its cloud business. Auto technology company Veoneer was the next best performer, boosted by its spin-off from Autoliv which unlocked the hidden value we envisaged in our investment case.
- Autoliv was the biggest detractor as it lowered guidance due to market weakness for its auto safety products. Capgemini was the next largest drag on performance with the French technology company signalling a slowdown for the second half of the year; we see this guidance as conservative and expect the share price to recover relatively quickly.
- Five new US holdings entered the fund with the September additions of Home Depot, a strong multi-channel retailer capable of growing market share, and Old Dominion Freight Line, a growing logistics provider with strong operational performance and customer service. These followed new investments in JP Morgan, Accenture and Nasdaq earlier in the quarter.
- Seven companies left the portfolio with the sale of Citigroup and Autloliv / Veoneer (where our investment theses were realised) as well as Henkel and Baidu (both to fund alternative opportunities) in September, following the earlier disposals of Shangri-La, Golar LNG and CK Asset Holding.
Quarterly Report: Read the SKAGEN Global Q3 2018 Report here
SKAGEN Kon-Tiki
Relative weakness as macro headwinds continue to weigh on EM performance. SKAGEN Kon-Tiki A fell 6.0% during the quarter, underperforming the MSCI Emerging Markets Index which dropped 0.5%.
Figures as at 30 September 2018 in EUR, net of fees and annualised for periods greater than one year
* Inception date: 05/04/2002
** MSCI EM Index (net total return) did not exist at the inception of the fund and consequently the benchmark index prior to 1/1/2004 was the MSCI World AC Index. This is not reflected in the table above which shows the MSCI EM Index since the fund's inception
- Ericsson was the best performer as the Swedish telecom company delivered higher margins driven by cost reductions, demonstrating that the company's turnaround is on track ahead of the 5G investment cycle. Atlantic Sapphire was the next largest contributor with the Norwegian salmon farmer delivering positive results following a successful capital raise in the second quarter.
- Among a weak Turkish equity market, conglomerate Sabanci Holding was the fund's largest detractor, impacted by rising domestic inflation and currency weakness, particularly in its Akbank subsidiary. Naspers was the next biggest drag on performance with the South Africa conglomerate impacted by weakness in its Tencent holding following heightened Chinese regulatory pressure.
- Four new companies joined the fund; Ivanhoe Mines (a Canadian listed miner with some of the most significant recent copper discoveries), Mexchem (a Mexican petrochemical company expected to benefit from rising commodity prices), Ping An (a Chinese financial services group well-positioned for growth in insurance protection products and with a strong fin-tech offering) and Euronav (a Belgium shipping company which has made attractive investments but retains a solid balance sheet).
- We exited from Sabanci Holding given the changing risk / reward proposition described above.
- The portfolio valuation remains highly attractive, trading on a weighted 2019 P/E ratio of less than 9x and trailing P/B of 1x, a discount of 20% and 35%, respectively, to the MSCI EM index.
Quarterly Report: Read the SKAGEN Kon-Tiki Q3 2018 Report here
SKAGEN Focus
Solid absolute gains driven by strong Japanese performance as several new holdings join the fund. SKAGEN Focus A added 2.7% over the quarter, lagging the MSCI All Country World Index which climbed 4.5%.
Figures as at 30 September 2018 in EUR, net of fees and annualised for periods greater than one year
* Inception date: 26/05/2015
- Softbank was the top performer with the Japanese IT conglomerate continuing to close the share price discount to its net asset value and whose impending flotation of Softbank Mobile could be a further re-rating catalyst. Compatriot SBI Holding was the next best performer as the market awaits the listing of SBI Insurance and gradually starts to ascribe a more realistic value to the financial services conglomerate.
- Gold Field was the largest detractor following the South African miner's decision to restructure its sole domestic asset, South Deep. Telecom Italia was the next worst performer, weighed down by the country's continued political uncertainty and disagreement between the company's two largest shareholders.
- Four new companies entered the portfolio with undervalued US chicken producer Pilgrim's Pride joining in September, following the addition of OMV, Metro and KOC Holdings earlier in the quarter.
Quarterly Report: Read the SKAGEN Focus Q3 2018 Report here
SKAGEN Insight
Risk-off sentiment drives relative weakness despite positive corporate transformation within the portfolio. SKAGEN Insight A increased 1.2% during the quarter, underperforming the MSCI World Index which was up 5.2%.
Figures as at 30 September 2018 in EUR and net of fees
* Inception date: 21/08/2017
- Armstrong Flooring was the top performer after delivering better than expected results which appeared to mark a turning point for the US company as it seeks to restore growth and boost margins. Japanese disaster prevention equipment supplier Teikoku Sen-I was the next best performer, also boosted by unexpectedly strong results and the potential for further value creation as the upcoming proxy season approaches.
- Diebold Nixdorf was the largest detractor as the US ATM provider's shares came under pressure from short sellers, although speculation it would run out of cash proved misplaced after debt finance was agreed. General Electric was the next weakest performer, weighed down by a stream of negative news and its complex conglomerate structure.
- No companies entered or exited the portfolio during the quarter.
- The portfolio is attractively valued, currently trading on a P/E (t+3) of 8.7x normalised earnings, representing a 36% discount to the broader market.
Quarterly Report: Read the SKAGEN Insight Q3 2018 Report here
SKAGEN m2
Strong performance from Swedish holdings drives solid absolute and relative gains. SKAGEN m2 A added 0.8% during the quarter, outperforming its benchmark index which fell 3.5%.
Figures as at 30 September 2018 in EUR, net of fees and annualised for periods greater than one year
* Inception date: 31/10/2012
- Swedish companies provided the fund's best performers as the domestic real estate sector rebounded during the quarter on strong growth in rental income and property values. D Carnegie, which has changed its name to Hembla, was the largest contributor, boosted by revaluation gains and the acquisition of competitor, Victoria Park. Compatriot Catena was the next best performer as it continued to perform well on strong underlying fundamentals, driven largely by e-commerce growth.
- Shangri-La was the worst contributor with the Hong Kong-based hotel operator hurt by a sluggish domestic market due to concerns over Chinese trade tensions and credit tightening. Spanish Melia Hotels was the next worst performer as a result of weak domestic tourism.
- The fund's outlook is positive with the potential for rental increases and further M&A activity in the listed property market during the year.
- The portfolio is attractively valued with holding companies generally trading in line with or lower than their historic averages.
Quarterly Report: Read the SKAGEN m2 Q3 2018 Report here
SKAGEN Tellus
EM uncertainty impacts absolute return as Trump tariffs and Italy concerns weigh on global bond markets. SKAGEN Tellus A fell 0.2% in the quarter, outperforming the JPM Broad GBI Unhedged index which dropped 1.0%.
Figures as at 30 September 2018 in EUR, net of fees and annualised for periods greater than one year
* Inception date 26/05/201529/09/2006
** Before 01/01/2013 benchmark was Barclay's Capital Global Treasury Index 3-5 years
- Our Mexican bond holding was the best performer, driven by sharp appreciation of the peso on expectations of successful NAFTA renegotiations. The fund's Norwegian investment also performed strongly, boosted by a rising oil price and economic growth.
- The Dominican Republic provided our weakest investment as monetary policy tightening and market volatility contributed to drive long-term interest rates higher. Uruguay was the next worst performer as negative sentiment in neighbouring Argentina spilled over and caused currency depreciation of the Uruguayan peso.
- The fund increased the size of its investments in the Czech Republic and Norway during the quarter as both investments have short duration and are expected to benefit from currency appreciation versus the euro through central bank tightening ahead of the ECB.
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Arthur returns to Seattle in November 2016!
November 3 will be a solo show at a private residence. This show is PUBLIC, but make sure you RSVP in advance by going here. $20 suggested donation at the door.
November 4 will be at Kenyon Hall in West Seattle with John Fogerty's piano player Bob Malone! It's going to be a killer show as Arthur and Bob take turns on the piano and eventually go head to head! To reserve a seat call Kenyon Hall at (206) 937-3613 or email them at firstname.lastname@example.com. $20 gen admission / $18 seniors and students


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The first sign of trouble in the romantic comedy "Love Is All You Need" is the clichéd and incessant use of "That's Amore." Ever since that early-'50s Dean Martin hit was used in "Moonstruck" in 1987, the song has been pop culture's Pavlovian signal to wallow in the jollier side of all things Italian. Much of this movie, about a wedding that goes awry, is set in Sorrento, overlooking the Bay of Naples. But as the story progresses the tune's insistent levity is contradicted by the awful behavior of some pigheaded characters.
For the Danish filmmaker Susanne Bier ("Brothers," "Things We Lost in the Fire," "In a Better World"), "Love Is All You Need" is a conspicuously strained detour into froth and fun. The southern Italian scenery is picture-perfect: The camera lingers on sunsets, full moons and misty coves, and you can almost smell the fragrance from a citrus grove outside the palatial home where the wedding is to take place.
But something is rotten in Denmark, where the movie begins. Despite the gorgeous sights and rollicking sounds of sunny Italy, a Scandinavian heaviness hangs over the film, with a screenplay by Ms. Bier's frequent collaborator Anders Thomas Jensen, based on a story they developed. Occasionally it feels as if the buoyancy signaled by "That's Amore" and the luscious cinematography were applied like whitewash to disguise a dour family drama.
In the opening scene Ida (Trine Dyrholm), a middle-aged hairdresser being treated for breast cancer, arrives home from a hospital appointment to find her husband, Leif (Kim Bodnia), having sex with his pretty, blond accountant. Far from cowering in guilt and begging forgiveness, this insensitive, self-pitying lout excuses his behavior by whining that Ida's illness hasn't been easy for him, either.
Ida and Leif's daughter, Astrid (Molly Blixt Egelind), is about to marry Patrick (Sebastian Jessen), whom she has known for only three months. The wedding is planned for the Italian estate of Patrick's father, Philip (Pierce Brosnan), a wealthy British importer of fruits and vegetables who is still grieving over the death of his wife years earlier in a senseless accident. Patrick resents his father for his emotional absence, and his relationship with Astrid is already disintegrating from his own lack of passion.
At an airport on the way to the wedding, Philip and Ida meet-cute in an underground parking garage where she accidentally rams into his vehicle. They realize in the middle of the incident that they are heading to the same event. By the time they arrive their relations are cordial, and things get warmer from there.
Most of the movie's light emanates from the appealing performance of Ms. Dyrholm, whose Ida faces down all manner of humiliations and setbacks with a good-humored optimism that eventually helps thaw Philip's heart. Even when Leif arrives in Sorrento with his girlfriend in tow, Ida shrugs off her outrage.
The movie's funniest and meanest character is Benedikte (Paprika Steen), the rude, self-deluded sister of Philip's dead wife, who brings along her hostile, bulimic daughter. Played with amusingly grotesque hauteur by Ms. Steen, Benedikte, who fantasizes that she and Philip have always been in love, provides the movie's heartiest laughs.
As "Love Is All You Need" ties up its loose ends, it settles into a rom-com formula with a predictable, upbeat ending. It feels good, sort of.
"Love Is All You Need" is rated R (Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian) for sexual situations, some nudity and language.


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Shantalle as a girls' name is of Old French origin, and the meaning of the name Shantalle is "stone". Shantalle is an alternate spelling of Chantal (Old French): from "cantal". Shantalle is also a form of Shantelle (Old French).
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Speed Racer (2008)
What an amazing failed opportunity. In one respect, the filmmakers succeeded in creating a live-action anime. The film is incredibly beautiful to look at. The script, however, sucks. Having grown up watching the original cartoon series, I have a particular fondness for Speed, Trixie, Sparky, and the rest of the gang. They almost nailed it here. But they made the mistake of putting way too much of an emphasis on Spritle & Chim-Chim, which made me want to take a hammer to my screen. And they totally fucked up the race sequences by too many jumpy fast cuts. Coming from the team who made the Matrix movies, it amazed me at how poorly edited the action sequences were.
With a halfway intelligent script, an editor who knows the value of long cuts, and bullets in Spritle's & Chim-Chim's brains, this could have been a masterpiece. Instead, it ends up in the $5 bin at Target. Sigh.


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Dr. Bhubaneswar Borooah Cancer Institute (BBCI) was set up by a voluntary organization called 'Dr. B. Borooah Cancer Society Trust'. Dr. Bhubaneswar Borooah (4th September 1893 - 25th September 1956) was a great physician, freedom fighter and philanthropist of Assam. In 1958 at a public meeting in Guwahati, a decision was taken to set up a cancer hospital at Guwahati to commemorate the memory of Dr. Bhubaneswar Borooah.
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Becky is "living the dream" of retiring in Florida and would like to help others find their home in Florida. Her warm, friendly manner and honesty will make your homebuying experience one to remember.
Dan Mobley has been in the "people business" for over 40 years as an entertainer, performing on the Gulf Coast and Key West. His "personal style" makes the real estate transaction an enjoyable experience for all involved.
Gail has lived in the Bradenton area since 2001. She is a licenced realtor and is well versed in the construction industry and especiallymanufactured homes. She is also interested in the history of the area. Gail welcomes the opportunity to help you find the perfect home for your needs or to assist you in selling your home.Just give her a call to let her put her skills to work for you.
What does a person do after a successful career in business, management, and sales? For Hank that answer was easy: retire and move to Florida. What wasn't so easy was what to do with his new free time. Hank had already earned three college degrees, including an MBA. He already was a Licensed Life Broker, a Licensed Community Association Manager, and a Licensed Real Estate Sales Associate. So, for him the choice was an easy one: join one of the most successful real-estate offices on the Gulf Coast --- Claudia's!
Jeanne is a former Upper Midwestern snowbird with 36 years of real estate sales experience. She and her husband, Steve, came here to escape the snow & cold. Jeanne says "I've been told that 90 percent of Canadians live further south than we did in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan." They enjoy this area for it's beauty, lifestyle, and the friendliness of it's people. "We always felt at home here and knew we were far enough south when the orange blossoms don't freeze!" She has counseled many people over the years with their real estate concerns without regard to any fees being involved. You can contact her today with any of your real estate questions. "I won't 'sell' you anything, but I'll do my best to help you gather enough information to make the best informed decision possible." You can reach Jeanne locally at the phone numbers listed, including her toll-free number for your convenience, or stop by one of her Open Houses on Sundays from 12 - 2 PM.
Jim has been with Claudia's since 2003. He is the principle company broker and he helps with the IT technologies used at Claudia's. In 2005 Jim attended Real Estate school, became a licensed Sales Associate and then a Broker. Jim's hobbies include bicycling, kayaking, sailing, and driving Porsches.
Lou recognizes that selling or buying a home can be an adventure or a stressful situation, so he tries to help make it an adventure. One of the responsibilities of a realtor is to collaborate with you, clearly understand your needs and desires, and represent you in establishing a price that will satisfy all parties involved. When that happens, the realtor takes care of many of the technical details involved in closing a real estate transaction. Lou has been involved in real estate for 35+ years as an investor, realtor, and owner of a real estate appraisal business in Kingston, New York. "If you are selling, I'd love to share my experience with you while helping you get the highest possible price for your property. If you are buying, lets find the perfect house".
In his spare time, Lou is a nationally ranked sr. tennis player, tennis coach, and successful tournament Pickleball player.
"How can I help you?" is the first question you can answer for me. Whether you are selling or buying I can look for your buyer for your existing home or I can find you choices for your new home purchase. My extensive background in construction lends itself to the vision in your new home. You tell me what you are interested in and I will match your desires to your new home or investment property. When you decide to sell I will get the word out and find the buyer who is looking for your specific home. We all at Claudia's Mobile Homes and Real Estate strive to specialize in the manufactured homes industry and have the best information available to sellers and buyers. Give me a call and we will get you into or out of a Florida retreat!
Ron moved to Florida in 2004. He loves to travel, take cruises, and visit Las Vegas. He has two children and four grandsons. He has been a Shriner for over 45 years, and in the Lions Club for over 15 years. He was active in mobile home sales for 37 years up north, owning his own mobile home business. Ron is from Indiana. He looks forward to helping you find the perfect home for you in Florida, and will work hard for you.
Sandy comes from Virginia and has been active in the real estate industry for 30 years. Currently lives in Country Lakes Village MHP and focuses on the listing and sale of leased-land mobile homes.
My husband and I are High School sweethearts from Montpelier, Vermont. We moved into Country Lakes Village, Palmetto, FL in 2002. We feel so at home; like we have always lived here! The pride I have in our community, and the wonderful events and activities we're involved in, is the reason why I started selling Manufactured Homes in 2007. It's very satisfying to me when I meet so many wonderful people from all around the United States, Canada, and even worldwide, and help them find "just the right" home for them in Florida.
Sue and her husband, Tom, have been area residents for over 30 years after moving from the Midwest (Illinois & Wisconsin). "The Bradenton/Palmetto area has been an absolutely wonderful place to raise a family. Great weather and local activities abound—as well as the proximity to urban areas of Tampa and St Petersburg."
Both Tom & Sue are "people persons", having been in service businesses all their lives – restaurant owners, retail sales and medical office management. "Helping people and seeing them happy are our main goals."
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One winter's night in 1781, a farmer in upstate New York was reading his Bible when he heard (or thought he heard) a voice speak to him from out of the darkness. "Destroy all your idols," the voice commanded. Without further ado, James Yates left his cosy seat by the hearth in order to break his sleigh and butcher his livestock. But the voice was unsatisfied and demanded further sacrifice. And so Yates (by all accounts a respected, God-fearing individual) went on to kill his wife, his two sons and his infant daughter. He then dragged his surviving child from the barn where she'd been hiding and ordered her to sing and dance for him while he stood there in the cold, measuring his love for her against his love for God. Eventually God won out and Yates – in thrall to a higher power – put his axe through the young girl's skull.
An account of this multiple murder would later catch the eye of an aspiring young writer named Charles Brockden Brown. Written in 1798, Wieland; or, The Transformation would be Brown's first published work, a Gothic thriller inspired by the Yates case which fed back to the Old World, where it served as a direct influence on Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. Now, after decades of semi-obscurity, Wieland is back in a 21st-century reprint, complete with blood-spattered cover and a strapline that trumpets it as "the first novel written by an American-born writer". What a bold and alarming claim that is. Bold because it seems to ignore the claims of The Power of Sympathy, a 1789 potboiler by William Hill Brown. Alarming because it casually installs a crazed backwoods farmer as the true progenitor of 200-odd years of US fiction.
Wieland changes the names and shifts the action to a small estate in Mettingen, Pennsylvania, a short distance from Philadelphia. This is the home of devout Theodore Wieland, the son of a German "mystic" who died years before in mysterious circumstances. Since then Wieland has gone on to marry and father children, although his estate also provides a haven for his sister Clara (the book's narrator) and his sparky, cerebral brother-in-law Pleyel, recently returned from a trip to Europe. The family is happy, wealthy, stimulated. Romance is gently budding between Clara and Pleyel. Then one night Wieland strolls outside on an errand and hears a voice call to him in the gloom, warning that there is danger in his path. He thinks the voice is that of his wife, Catherine, except that Catherine is back at the house, "busy at the needle", right where he left her.
Before long the voices are everywhere, within and without. They call out on the steps that lead to the family temple and hatch murder plots from behind the closed door of the bedroom closet. They pour poison into Pleyel's ear, convincing him that Clara has been unfaithful. Crucially, they come to fog the brain of Wieland himself, an American Abraham awaiting word from on high. "In proof of thy faith," a voice instructs him, "render me thy wife."
If there is a villain in this piece it is surely Carwin, an "imp of mischief" who has taken to loitering around the estate. Carwin, it transpires, is a ventriloquist, possessed of the ability to throw his voice and mimic the speech of others ("He is able to speak where he is not," marvels a horrified Clara). The character appears out of nowhere, although Pleyel later admits to having met him in Spain, and he graces Brown's tale with its most innovative, enigmatic ingredient. Like Jay Gatsby, or Mad Men's Don Draper, his name is assumed and his history a fiction. Nothing about him is quite as it seems. But is it Carwin who delivers the fateful command to Theodore Wieland? He swears he is innocent, although his protestations are desperate and confused. Perhaps even he cannot say for certain. His vocal wizardry, he explains, is "a mechanism that sets in motion a machine over which I have no control".
Brown (right) originally trained as a lawyer and rattled off nine novels in a frantic four-year spell before dying of consumption aged 39. Wieland, it is safe to assume, is a novel that was penned at speed. The tale (narrated by a self-confessed madwoman) is at once sensationalist and opaque, clankingly schematic yet shot through with all manner of murky ambiguities.
For all that (maybe even because of all that), Wieland is remarkable. In its crude, pegged-out co-ordinates, Brown's melodrama provided a map for the fiction that followed, pinpointing New World tensions and terrors at a time when the republic was still freshly formed, stitched lightly on to the great American wilderness. It sets Pleyel up as the mouthpiece for the age of reason and Wieland as the embodiment of religious fervour. And then it has mercurial Carwin come snaking between them, confounding one and galvanising the other.
Along the way, Brown depicts a land in which "invisible agents" prey on the distempered imagination and where the American homestead is not so much a refuge from horror as the stage it plays out on. Two centuries on, Wieland stands as a bravura act of literary channelling, a fierce blur of primal and societal anxieties. Behind its grinding gears and lurid conceits, we hear the sound of a culture settling in for the long haul, guided by voices and staking its claim.


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"Bangladesh's Climate Refugees: 'It's a Question of Life' – Audio Slideshow," The Guardian, 29 Jan. 2013 [access]
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Summary Report: International Course on Law and Legal Protection in Natural Disasters, Sanremo, 3-7 December 2012 [text]
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Demings, Val (b. 1957) became the first female police chief for the Orlando Police Department in 2007. She served as a patrol officer, a juvenile-crime detective, a community-relations officer, public-information officer and hostage negotiator. She later served as a supervisor over patrol, investigations, internal affairs and the airport division in her 23 years of service before becoming chief. Her husand is former Orlando Police Chief (the first African-American to hold the position), Jerry Demings.


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Two expatriates in Dubai have lost their appeal against allegations they had sex in the back of a taxi cab in the emirate.
Rebecca Blake, a British recruitment executive, and Irishman Connor McRedmond have had their two-month jail terms and 2,000 dirham (£355) upheld by the Cassation Court, reports The National.
The pair had originally been handed three-month sentences and fines of 3,000 dirhams by the Misdemeanours Court, but when they took their case to the Appeals Court it was reduced to the slightly more lenient penalty.
Not content with this they took the matter to the highest court with jurisdiction in Dubai, but will still have to serve out their sentences.
Once they are released from jail they will be deported back to their home countries.
Ms Blake and Mr McRedmond insist that they had not had sex in the taxi when they were arrested on May 4th last year.
The taxi driver took them to a police patrol on Sheikh Zayed Road and the head of the patrol later testified that he had seen the couple in the back of the cab without their underwear.
They admitted to have been drinking alcohol, but denied the charge of consensual sex and maintain that the driver made up the story due to a disagreement over the route he was taking.
Their lawyer Shaker Al Shummari said: "[The Irishman] had an argument with the driver because he was taking a longer route to get extra money."
He went on to say that Mr McRedmond had threatened to report the driver over the behaviour, which was when he pulled up alongside the police patrol and told officers the pair were having sex.
The driver said in court that Ms Blake had tried to bribe him into not reporting the sexual activity.
Sharia Law applies in Dubai, making passionate kissing and touching in public illegal. Any expats moving to the country should ensure they know all of the local laws to avoid getting into trouble.
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