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An existing rule entitled "Rules for Transportation of Hazardous Materials" is amended which consists of the regulations promulgated by the U. S. Department of Transportation contained in Parts 100-199, revised October 01, 1992; Parts 390-397 and 399 revised October 01, 1992 of the Code of Federal Regulations Title 49; and Parts 71 and 73 of Title 10 revised January 01, 1992; and any amendments thereto, with the following modifications:
(a) All of the regulations adopted shall be construed so that whenever Department of Transportation, Secretary of Transportation and other Federal Agencies and Titles are referred to, they shall be construed to mean and be in effect as State of Vermont Agency of Transportation and the Secretary of Transportation serving as the administrative head thereof.
(b) Whenever the word Interstate appears in the text of Title 10 and Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations, it shall be construed to mean both Interstate and Intrastate motor carrier transportation.
(c) In those instances where the context requires otherwise, appropriate interpretation shall be made: i. e. where there is no comparable State Agency, such as Coast Guard, then such shall be the Secretary of Transportation, or his/her designee. Subsidiary offices of the Federal Department of Transportation shall be construed to be the Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Unit of the Agency of Transportation, Department of Motor Vehicles.
(d) The following sections of 49 CFR Part 176, Carriage by Vessel, are omitted: 176. 15; 176. 18; 176. 415; 176. 900; 176. 901; 176. 902; 176. 903; 176. 904; 176. 905.
(e) 49 CFR, Part 391. 11, Qualifications of Drivers, is modified by deletion of (b)(1) and substituting the following.
(b) A person is qualified to drive a Motor Vehicle if he/she:
1) is at least 18 years old provided he/she has a valid Vermont license and is engaged in the transportation of hazardous materials and/or other cargos in Intrastate Commerce; or
2) Must be at least 21 years old if he/she is engaged in the transportation of hazardous materials and/or other cargos in Interstate Commerce.
(f) The adoption of Title 10 CFR Parts 71 and 73 shall apply only to those portions pertaining to the transportation of radioactive materials and shall exclude any requirements pertaining to fixed sites or plants.
(g) Parts 391. 81 through 391. 123 regarding Federal Controlled Substance Testing Regulations are deleted in their entirety for Intrastate Carriers (Interstate Carriers are already subject to the Federal Rule). Intrastate Carriers wishing to establish an alternate controlled substance testing program for drivers are encouraged to do so provided they utilize current statutory guidelines as specified in Title 21, Vermont Statutes Annotated, Chapter 5, Subchapter 11, entitled "Drug Testing".
A. Basic Enforcement Provisions
Any law enforcement officer of the state of Vermont and its municipalities including but not limited to Motor Vehicle Inspectors, State Police Officers, Sheriffs, Chiefs of Police and Municipal Police Officers, shall have the authority to enforce the rules and regulations pertaining to the Transportation of Hazardous Materials adopted by the Secretary of the Agency of Transportation.
In order to enforce the rules and regulations as adopted, the Law Enforcement Officer must satisfactorily complete a Certification Course as prescribed by the U. S. Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations, Safety Inspection Procedures and Out-Of-Service Criteria, with at least annual in-service training covering the prescribed instruction.
Any law enforcement officer in the course of enforcing these rules and regulations is authorized to enter upon, to inspect, and to examine any and all vehicles and loads carried, lands, buildings, and equipment of any person subject to these rules and regulations, and to inspect and copy any and all accounts, books, records, memoranda, correspondence and other documents.
Every person subject to these regulations shall submit their accounts, books, records, memoranda, correspondence and other documents for inspection and copying and they shall submit their vehicle and loads, land, buildings, and equipment for examination and inspection to any member of the Agency of Transportation upon demand after being furnished with appropriate identification by that person, and likewise to any law enforcement officer acting within the scope of his/her duties and authority with respect to these rules and regulations.
Each Motor Carrier who transports hazardous materials and is required to return notices, reports, and information on a periodic or incident basis under the regulations, shall likewise notify the Agency of Transportation in the same manner as is required for Federal Agencies. A copy of written reports furnished to any Federal Agency will be accepted. Reports shall be made to the Agency of Transportation, Department of Motor Vehicles, Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Unit, 120 State Street, Montpelier, Vermont 05603-0001. Contact by telephone may be made to the Department at (802) 828-2078. (See 49 CFR Section 171. 15; 171. 16; 174. 45; 175. 31; 176. 45; 177. 807; 390. 9; 392. 40 and Part 394).
Penalties for violations of these rules shall be as provided in 5 V. S. A. § 2001 and as adopted in "Schedule of Penalties" as prescribed in 23 V. S. A. § 2302.
B. Non Compliance Enforcement Procedures for Motor Carriers
I. Purpose:
To insure Driver/Vehicle Examination Reports are returned in a timely manner (within 15 days from date of issue) and that all violations noted have been corrected by the Carrier.
II. Instrument:
A Driver/Vehicle Examination Report form approved by the Secretary of the Agency of Transportation for the Vermont Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program.
III. Compliance Notification:
Whenever an Inspection Report is not received by the Agency of Transportation, Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Unit within 15 days from the date of inspection as required, a letter will be sent to the Motor Carrier/Operator along with a copy of the original inspection report. The letter will advise the Carrier/Operator that the report, with its signed certification of compliance, has not been received. It will give the Carrier/Operator an additional 10 days to return the report certifying compliance.
IV. Compliance Enforcement: (Vermont Registered Vehicles):
If the Motor Carrier/Operator does not respond to the written notification as outlined above within 30 days from the date of the original inspection, the Agency's Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Unit will submit a request to the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles asking that the Motor Carriers Registration(s) be suspended indefinitely until compliance is manifested. The Secretary, or his/her authorized representative, may demand the carrier or operator provide documentation of repair in such form as may be prescribed by the Department and an officer may also then re-inspect the vehicle(s) to determine if:
(1) Actual compliance has/has not been made: and
(2) Whether or not a Uniform Traffic Ticket/Traffic Complaint should be issued for non-compliance.
Compliance Enforcement (Foreign Registered Vehicles):
If the Motor Carrier/Operator does not respond to the written notification as outlined in paragraph III within 30 days from the date of the original inspection, the Agency's Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Unit will submit a request to the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles asking that the Motor Carrier's or operator's privilege to operate in Vermont be suspended indefinitely until compliance is manifested. The Secretary, or his/her authorized representative, may also demand the carrier or operator provide documentation of repair in such form as may be prescribed by the Department and an officer may also then re-inspect the vehicle(s) to determine if:
(1) Actual compliance has/has not been made: and
(2) Whether or not a Uniform Traffic Ticket and/or Vermont Traffic Complaint should be issued for noncompliance.
V. Reinspection Report (Vermont):
After completing the reinspection, the Inspector will submit a new Driver/Vehicle Examination Report noting whether or not the original violation(s) still exist. This follow-up report will be attached to the original in a closed file if the original violations have been corrected, and a written report will be forwarded to the Commissioner to reinstate the vehicle registration. Should the follow-up report reveal non-compliance, the original and follow-up reports will be placed in a pending file for further action.
VI. Suspension Authority:
The authority to make such suspension by the Commissioner is contained in Title 23 V. S. A. § 308(2), (3).
Hazardous Waste Transportation Vehicle Permit
1. Transporters of hazardous waste by highway, railroad or waterway shall apply for and obtain a vehicle permit from the Agency of Transportation, Department of Motor Vehicles. Hazardous waste means any waste or combination of wastes as defined by 49 CFR 171. 8.
2. A permit is required for each unit used in hazardous waste transportation and is not transferable between units. A unit is defined as a truck-tractor, a trailer or a straight truck, railroad car or barge.
3. Transporters shall apply for the permit on the form prescribed by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles for that purpose. The application shall be accompanied by the permit fee.
4. The permit will be issued annually to expire on May 1 following the date of issue.
5. The annual permit fee shall be set by statute.
6. A validated copy of the permit shall be carried with the unit at all times when transporting hazardous wastes. The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles may issue a decal or other suitable identification which shall be affixed to the unit as directed.
7. The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles may revoke the permit during the effective period if the transporter is found to be in violation of the Agency of Transportation rules for transportation of hazardous waste.
8. Penalties for violations shall be as provided in 5 V. S. A. § 2001 or 23 V. S. A. § 2302 as is appropriate.
Transportation of Radioactive Materials: Preferred Routes
No Motor Carrier may transport Fissile Radioactive Materials [49 CFR 173. 403 (J)] or Highway Route Radioactive Materials [49 CFR 173. 403 (L)] as defined by the United States Department of Transportation except on designated preferred routes and in the manner prescribed by those regulations and parts 172, 173 and 177 of 49 CFR.
A "preferred route" shall consist of routes as defined in 49 CFR Section 177. 825, and Title 5, Vermont Statutes Annotated, Section 2003.
Source. June 15, 1991.
Amended. April 27, 1993, S. O. S. Rule Log #93-65.
Code of Vermont Rules, rule 14 055 001.


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The Valley of Heaven and Hell - Cycling In The Shadow of Marie Antoinette
"When the author and her husband set off on a bike ride from Versailles to the vineyards and champagne cellars of Epernay and Reims, they knew nothing of the Marne valley through which they would ride, except that it had been the scene of unimaginable horror and devastation during WWI. Their route followed the coach tracks and footsteps of Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette in their abortive attempt to escape the French revolution, leading finally to the square in central Paris where they died on the scaffold. In three weeks the couple cycle 500 miles, dining sometimes in luxury and often on weird makeshift meals in their tent. Along the way there are traumas, epiphanies, occasional matrimonial disagreements and the odd glass of champagne. "It is unlikely that any other cyclist could be less competent than the author, nor be so unsuited to wearing skin-tight Lycra." Susie Kelly"
The Tent, the Bucket and Me
"For the Seventies child, summer holidays didn't mean the joy of CentreParcs or the sophistication of a Tuscan villa. They meant being crammed into a car with Grandma and heading to the coast. With just a tent for a home and a bucket for the necessities, we would set off on new adventures each year stoically resolving to enjoy ourselves.
For Emma Kennedy, and her mum and dad, disaster always came along for the ride no matter where they went. Whether it was being swept away by a force ten gale on the Welsh coast or suffering copious amounts of food poisoning on a brave trip to the south of France, family holidays always left them battered and bruised.
But they never gave up. Emma's memoir, The Tent, The Bucket and Me, is a painfully funny reminder of just what it was like to spend your summer holidays cold, damp but with sand between your toes."
I Left My Tent in San Francisco
"It's 1989, and Emma and her best friend Dee head to the USA to make their fortune. But completely inept and virtually unemployable, they discover that they can't even get a job in McDonald's.
Forced to travel from California to New York with only pennies in their pockets, they bounce from scrape to scrape, surviving on their wits and the kindness of strangers. Bad luck and misfortune throw everything their way - snakes, earthquakes, black magic and incontinent dogs. They even get kidnapped by a sex-crazed midget in a Ferrari. This never happened to Jack Kerouac.
Startlingly honest and ridiculously funny, I Left My Tent in San Francisco is the miraculous story of how the hapless pair made it back alive to tell the disastrous tale."
Up With the Larks: Starting Again in Cornwall
"Having given up a high-powered job and the lifestyle to match, Tessa Hainsworth had no idea how hard she would struggle when, full of optimism, she fulfilled her dream of moving to rural Cornwall with her young family one September. Within months, she is almost ready to return to London, tail between her legs: her husband is still out of work, her children are struggling in a cold, damp, tumbledown house and the family is running out of money - fast. But a chance encounter in the local post office leads her to accept the unlikeliest of job offers.
Up with the Larks charts Tessa's turbulent first year with the Royal Mail, and her transformation from outsider to 'Posh Postie', adopted Cornishwoman and much-loved member of her new community.
She starts in the bitter darkness of midwinter, faced with the perils of the Christmas rush, a van with a mind of its own and a host of unfamiliar routes, local characters - and their animals, large and small. But, day by day and month by month, she meets and learns to love a wonderfully colourful cast of characters until her second Christmas in Cornwall is entirely different from the first, as the community goes out of its way to thank her with small gifts and other tokens of their affection.
At last she feels Cornwall is home."


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Artwork: detail of the Tzompantli (prehispanic Mexican skull rack) inspired background of a Dia de los Muertos altar in Philadelphia, part of an exposition from 2012 by the Mexican mural artist César Viveros Herrera
Moombahton is dead. We all know. There was a period when hearing or even just reading these words would trigger me into a defense-mode, but last October it became official. Even for the fiercest defenders, the struggle only had one end-point: acceptance. Or maybe not…
After all, was moombahton's 'death' so bad in the first place? Being kept at a fair distance from the currently sinking-ship called EDM is probably something that should not be mourned over but rather celebrated. Death can be dealt with in a joyful way. An appropriate parallel with what the sugar skull stands for in the Day of the Dead tradition. And now the music world as a whole is entering a creative chaos, moombahton can proudly join in the gigantic march of dead genres, hungry to feed off the blood and brains of the collapsing commercial industry.
What makes all of this even more hopeful is that moombahton seems to become more firmly embraced both in the Netherlands and in Latin America, 'homelands' of Dutch house and of reggaeton. With a stronger 'local home-bases' a scene is no longer dependent on hipster-attention in order to stay interesting and to attract new talent. It's happening slowly, but there's something going on in Latin America, in the Netherlands as well as in the USA & Canada. The new central spot, Original Moombahton, is doing a fantastic job in bringing it all together. This post will show what the different clusters of the moombahton scene have been up to just these months, including some older stuff because it just needs to be blogged…
Let's go!!
In my cumbia posts, I'm used to split things up into mixtapes, EP's and single releases.. so here imma do the mixtapes separately just to get into the right vibe!
Few of us will doubt that Ricky Vaughn is currently the leading force behind all things moombahton and nobody else deserves more to walk in front of this massive zombie march. That's why I open with this mixtape with unreleased specials, delivered as a celebration of and for his 30K fans on Facebook!
The Washington DC-based DJ-producer DJ Madd OD is another moombahton OG, one who has done an amazing job in introducing moombahton in his home-country Nicaragua (which was home to a Moombahton Massive – Dia de Los Muertos Special last October!). Check out this fantastic 'Moombahton Mayhem', mixed 2 months ago for Do Androids Dance!
Hugo Haze is an up and coming name from the new generation of global bass fanatics. This mix is the first episode of a new moombahton mixtape series, 'Noche de MooMbahTON', which we will definitely keep you updated about in the future!
If you asked me a year ago what the main problem with moombahton was I'd have answered, among many other things, that there were far too many bangers and far too few tracks meant for another place in a set than the 'climax'. More specifically, moombahton is craving for tracks that bring a hot 'perreo' vibe back into it. Of course there is a lot of great soulful and deep stuff too, but that's a whole different thing. Many producers seemed to forget that the way you can dance to dembow is precisely what makes a low BPM interesting in the first place… Fortunately, I see more and more diverse vibes in moombahton these days, and much of it also seems to get closer to reggaeton again.
Necio, a moombahtonista from Compton, LA, is one of the most avid pushers of moombahton as an innovation inside reggaeton itself, just like dominican dembow and Mexican cumbiaton. This epic mixtape, which was mixed already two years ago, could not have been published on a better moment than now!
The day before yesterday, I was already more than half way writing this post when this mindblowing new EP came out from the Orlando-based bass alrounder Big Makk! 'Midnight EP', which contains two delicately produced tracks, brings an ancient-futuristic hybrid of moombahton and techno. The delicious combination of percussion, atmospheric sound effects and subtle use of tension make this EP one of the most promising innovative experiments in moombahton I've seen in a while!
Get it here!
A while ago, 'Dos Borrachos' from LocoMotive was an EP released as a special edition for Do Androids Dance. I can't recall exactly whether or not Generation Bass has already supported it, so just in case we haven't, I just do a quick review here.
The first two tracks are heavy bangers with dominant sharp synths, reminiscent of the strongly Dirty-Dutch inspired early moombahton bleeps and Skrillex-growls took over the genre. The final track, a collaboration with moombahtonista of the very first hour DJ Melo, is a more subtle, cumbia-influenced track that features accordeon and organic latin-percussion sounds!
All tracks are free!
The Korean-American bass producer Macrohard, based in Durham North Carolina, frequently shows love for moombahton alongside other global bass flavours. 'Me Da Igual' EP was released earlier this year on the great alternative-electronic-oriented Mexican netlabel After Mess Recs and delivers an excellent blend vibes! 'Me Da Igual' is an experimental track that fuses the grooves and sounds of moombahton, deephouse, techno, and dubstep, while 'OGM' is a subtle porn-flavoured twerk track that stays close to the hiphop roots of twerk music!
More recent is 'Saoco', this fantastic EP from the New-York based producer SΛNDL♂T. This EP is an excellent example of what I see emerging as a new generation of moombahton, which most important feature is that it stays danceable and grindable, even when combined whith roughest moombahcore sounds!
Another perfect example is 'Hablo Un Poco', an equally powerful EP by the up and coming Trap-A-Lot Maffia-signed bass alrounder CZuR, released only two weeks ago, with another three tracks that all have an enormous amount of dance-drive, but of the kind will make you dance!
US-Canada connection in m0ombahton is most directly celebrated in this collaborated EP by Toronto's Cortez Syndicate together with SikkSounds (DC) and D-V3KZ (Chula Vista, CA)! 'Empuja EP' brings a subtle, downtempo lento tune and a powerful moombahton banger, both with a lot of latin percussion and a vibe that guarantees some intense perreo!
And if you haven't got SikkSounds' massive 7-track 'Moombahton Sexxx EP' from last year in your collection yet, grab it here!
The final EP also comes from Toronto, Canada, delivered by SlyRocka. 'Cold Snap', released already four months ago, is an EP that brings wonderfully deep grooves with delicious percussion in three tracks that vary in vibe from light and dreamy to heavy and dark!
But more than time now for the actual worldwide zombie-march to take off, starting in the USA where the movement started, going down south and then crossing the Atlantic! Keep in mind there's no order of importance in which country is mentioned first…
Again, nobody deserves more to lead this massive procession than Ricky Vaughn. After his amazing Viva La Ricky EP, a Remixes EP and a mindblowing third edition of The Art of Moombahton, this week he is back with a absolutely crazy remix of not just of the hit-track 'Yeezus', but of all tracks on the whole album together!
After his EP, SΛNDL♂T is also back with an exclusive release for OG Moombahton, delivering a moombahton remix of Tito El Bambino's reggaeton classic 'Pepe'!
I know that opinions about this differ but personally, I've always been in favour of keeping moombahton close to reggaeton and the broader 'latin-urban' scene that includes innovative genres like nu-mambo and nu-salsa, among other things. Reggaeton legend DJ Blass has shown love for the moombahton movement from the very start and has definitely done a lot to draw the two worlds together. What's especially dope is that he didn't 'switch', like many hype-artists who jump on a bandwagon while leaving their 'old' style behind. Until today he has continued to produce great reggaeton, next his excursions into moombahton, dominican dembow, trap and kuduro.. Check out his newest release: transforming Enrique Iglesias' new hit 'Bailando' into the ideal club banger, with a Sean Paul-vocal, 808 drums and powerful moombah madness!
That also gives me the opportunity to share his 'A lo Loco EP' from October last year. When it came out, I wanted write a post about it but I didn't manage to. Which I still regret, because this is one of the absolute-best moombahton EP's that has appeared ever since the heydays of Munchi..
This filthy banger from Hammo Sung & LocoMotive, released in the beginning of this year, is one of those tunes that have the potential to become a genre-classic, a hook that pushes a recognition-button and makes the crowd go crazy. Both being important names in the bass scene on the interface of trap, moombahton and house, I definitely hope to hear more moombahton from their hands in the near future!
Also check out Hammo Sung's epic tribute to the Colombian salsa-legend Joe Arroyo…
…and his most recent collaboration with the Miami-based Dominican bass talent Happy Colors: a unique, downtempo lento-trap banger. Maybe not completely moombahton for the purist, but the rough, dembow-vibe makes it closer to moombahton than to anything else!
There are probably no other producers who have kept pushing new moombahton so persitently as the New-York based duo Noise Twins, who have delivered new quality productions on an almost on a monthly basis. These are their newest releases.
'Noisetwins': a short, dark-edged and somewhat bigroom-ish tune with an energetic dembow beat!
…'La Na Treta Do Chefão': a heavily baile funk inspired, tropical track with delicious percussion but also with sharp Dutch synths!
… and 'Future Noize': a heavy moombahcore banger with an intro and middle part in which they explore a subtle, futuristic vibe, different from their usual stryle, creating an uplifting, mysterious atmosphere that reminds me of the cumbia of Sitlaly!
Kapo is another first-hour moombahtonista from New York who has been very important for the scene, best known for his 'Viva La Moombah' trilogy, and with quite a number of genre-classics on his name. This is his newest creation, that officially came out this month on Groove Therapy Records as a Cinco de Mayo special!
Staying in New York, Go Buck has released as many as three new moombahton tracks this month only, which are all wildly creative in their own way..
'Birds' is a crazy moombification of DJ Snake's hit 'Bird Machine', spiced up with extra bird-sounds, some of which made me realise that some of those actually resemble bleep-synths.. or is it the other way around..?
'Fluence', a collaboration with the mysterious BNRCPZ, is a feelgood-flavoured track which has the potential to become a radio hit this summer!
'[email protected]@a' is a funky track where elements of classic house, nu-disco, deep house and even some very subtle traces of dubstep and baile funk blend together in a delicious mid-tempo groove!
Apart from his EP, Macrohard is did two more crazy moombahton tunes:
A moombahfication of Gregor Salto & Wiwek's Dutch-electro banger 'Intimi'..
..and an epic moombah-tribute to the legendary original pokemon 'theme rap'!
Following his mixtape, Necio delivered more moombahton-reggaeton fusion this week: a smooth moombahfication of Wisin y Yandel's 'Tu Sabanas'!
A little further back this year, DJ Madd OD & DJ TΞBO did a 'classic-moombah' remix of the hit 'No Me Trates De Engañar' from the Panamanian reggaeton legend El General!
And here another basic banger from M∆¢H!ИЄ GµИ 8Ø8's-crew-member Nuggiez Beats, which stays close to reggaeton in its own way: with a classic, perreo-inducing dembow beat!
And just few days ago, a fresh new moombahton-crew was launched the US-Mexican border city of El Paso Texas, Eskeleto, presenting itself to the South-West and to the world with this high-energy banger: 'POW!'
PoundPoundPound is a duo from Lafayette, Indiana, which also pushes moombahton in combination with trap and house and have continued producing and supporting it. In the past, they've done specials for Moomba+ and then-still-Moombahton.net. After some more EDM oriented productions, they're back now with a remix of Ricky Vaughn & Kapo's 'Thinking About You'..
And with 'En Route': a new multigenre EP, released just yesterday, which contains next to an electrohouse and a nu-disco tune, as many as three fresh new moombahton productions!
Probably, it is the popularity of twerk music (and maybe zouk-bass) that created a demand for a larger grab-bag-tag of Mid-Tempo, to refer to all those different styles together. Many moombahtonistas and global bass fans hate trap and twerk and part of the reason may be that for some time, they felt like trap and twerk were taking over their party, at the expense of interest in moombahton. Understandable, but for me personally, it would be a wasted opportunity if moombahton on the one hand and trap and twerk on the other hand remained hostile towards each other rather than join forces. It even seems that moombahton might be getting the last laughs. Now an underground trap scene is emerging that is retracting from the EDM-industry, there are some signs that this scene is regaining some interest in moombahton too. But I'll preserve this new trap scene for a separate post soon.
This big remix of is one of the many examples of how deliciously well these vibes can flow together!
That track is actually a re-twerk of an original moombahton track which is another example of an 'instant genre-classic'!
Here another perfect example, delivered by DJ Madd OD!
…and another one from the Boston-based trap & bass artist SCRVP in collaboration with the German hiphop & EDM producer Johnny Good!
And just as I was writing this post, a fresh new moombahtwerk banger appeared on my Souncloud stream, from Chicago's rising trap & EDM star Julian Benasis!
You will have noticed that I have focused mainly on dembow-oriented stuff and less on electro-glitch-Skrillexstep-inspired moombahcore and nu-jumpup-flavoured bangers.
Fans of the latter sort can bask in this wonderful, uplifting space voyage from the Miami-based producers Kosmos & Krumm!
Since Cortez' and SlyRocka's EPs were most recent releases, my Montreal-based BAE Antae is repping Canada all by himself. Drawing from his solid musical background in underground prog, he does a fantastic job with this spectacular progressive-flavoured remix of Bacondo's 'Umayuwaka' ft. Loki Da Trixta!
…and a delicious moombahfication of 'Bubbah Meck', the zouk-bass original from the Brooklyn based tropicalist Banginclude!


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Hello again everybody...
Welcome to the weekend!
What's that you say? It's not your weekend yet? Woops. My bad.
(insert evil laugh here)
Okay, okay, so I shouldn't rub it in. Lord knows there'll be a massive karmic backlash if I keep this up. Trust me, been there, been B-slapped like that!
As you may be able to tell, I'm feeling a bit silly today. Three-day weekends with fun on the way will do that to a guy. I mentioned it on Wednesday, I know, but I feel like repeating it. I'm going to see the Late Late Show's Craig Ferguson at the State Theater tonight.
(For some reason, they spell it Theatre on the tickets, but I'm pretty sure that's some nasty Canadian influence, so I'll choose to ignore it.)
I've been looking forward to this for a while, so I'm rather giddy with anticipation now that I'm a few, scant hours away.
But before I can hang with the rest of the Robot Skeleton Army (trust me, watch the show, it'll all make sense), I've got some Updating to do for you, my dear readers, who wait so patiently throughout the week for it.
Never think I'll let you down!
Of we go!
"The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget."
- Thomas Szasz (1920 - ), psychiatrist and academic
Ummm... yeah. I've got to work on that.
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Okay, you've been waiting all week for it... it's time... once again... for everybody's favorite segment...
Dan's Favorite Teams Update
Minnesota Twins: The Twins are 14-8, in first place in the AL Central and 1.5 games ahead of the Detroit Tigers.
Well you knew they weren't going to win every series this season, but it still felt like the boys gave one away this week.
Let's back up.
The Twins won their 6th straight series to open the season, as they beat Kansas City two out of three times last weekend. Sure, they once again failed to finish off a sweep after winning the first two games of the series, but as I keep saying, I'll take two of three all season long and take my chances.
After that, they headed to Motown to take on the Tigers, and things seemed to keep on rolling. The Twins won 2-0 on Tuesday, scoring both runs thanks to Detroit errors (can nobody other than Minnesota play defense in the Central?!). Then on Wednesday, Minnesota jumped out to a 6-1 lead, seemed primed to win their seventh straight series... and then the wheels came off.
In a scant three innings, the Twins managed to go through five pitchers (two of whom never recorded an out), give up 10 unanswered runs, and had their manager ejected for the first time this season.
Sounds like a hum-dinger, eh?
Then came Wednesday's day-game where the Twins sent out a line-up with no Joe Mauer (sore, needed a break, day-game after a night-game), no Justin Morneau (sitting out his second straight game with a balky back), and no J.J. Hardy (toe injury). Day games are often used to get bench players some at-bats, but clearly this was pushing it.
On the mound was Carl Pavano who got roughed up a bit in his last outing, and oh boy did he ever respond. Pavano went eight innings (the distance given the Tigers shutout win), scattered seven hits and gave up three runs. More importantly, he gave the bullpen a break it sorely needed after Tuesday's debacle.
Unfortunately, the B-squad couldn't come up with any runs to support him. Tigers pitcher Dontrelle Willis, who came into the game with an ERA north of 11, found himself pitching six innings of shutout ball. The Twins had no better luck with the Detroit 'pen, as Joel Zumaya and Jose Valverde completed the shutout.
So two-straight losses later, here we are.
Am I panicked? Certainly not. Am I concerned? Only about Justin Morneau's back. Morneau and the Twins are all pooh-poohing the injury, saying it's nothing serious, but we've heard that before. I'm not saying they're blowing smoke at us. But I'll be cautious in my optimism until I see him back on the field.
Actually, I think there are a lot of positives to be gleaned from the Detroit series.
First, rookie Luke Hughes homered in his first MLB at-bat. The last Twin to do that? Andre David in 1984. Yeah, I don't recall him either. Let's hope Hughes' career is more like Gary Gaetti's (who accomplished the feat in 1981), than David's.
Second, the Twins have now played every other team in the Central, and so far? I'm not impressed with any of them. Yes, Detroit took two out of three from the Twins, but they needed a full-on bullpen melt-down and an injury-induced B-squad game to do it. Seriously, the way they pitched and played defense for most of the series? The Twins should finish ahead of the Tigers, no doubt. I'll wait til Minnesota plays New York and Tampa before I decide whether the Twins are truly an "elite" team this season, but there's no doubt in my mind that they're the class of the Central.
Third, Pavano reminded me how wonderful it is to have a real veteran on the staff. The bullpen got lit Wednesday night? Okay, Carl will go out on Thursday and go the distance to give the boys a break. That's veteran leadership. That's how you pick up your teammates. That's how you keep people feeling good about the club after a rough couple of days. That's how you set a tone for the season. He may not be the best starter on the club (see the next paragraph), but he definitely stepped up and claimed a leadership role on the starting staff yesterday.
Fourth - and perhaps most important, the Francisco Liriano we grew to love in 2006, might just be back. I don't want to declare it absolutely, I'm too fearful of angering the baseball gods to do that, but oh my has he been outstanding so far this season. His 0.93 ERA leads the American League, and his 0.94 WHIP is fourth. He's struck out 27 and walked 10. His slider's back to being nasty, and more impressively, he's learning to spot his fastball. If he can locate his heater regularly, hitters have no chance against this guy. They'll have to cheat to get to it, and just when they do, boom, the bottom falls out of the slider and they end up on Baseball Tonight, looking silly.
I know it's not all sunshine and roses, and there are certainly issues that will have to be addressed going forward. But there's no reason to be hovering around the panic button either. Twins fans have been a little spoiled with the hot start. Hopefully this is just one of those bumps in the road that a trip to Cleveland will help the club get over.
Speaking of which, that's where Minnesota finds themselves this evening, opening a three-game set at Progressive Field in Cleveland. Kevin Slowey takes the hill tonight, Saturday's starter is TBD (Nick Blackburn has left the club to deal with a family issue), and Liriano (or FranKKKKie as some have taken to calling him) deals on Sunday. After that, it's back to the friendly confines of Target Field for a chance at redemption with three more against the Tigers, followed by a four-gamer with the woeful Orioles. Certainly a chance for the boys to get healthy again!
Arizona Diamondbacks: The D'backs are 11-11 and tied with Colorado for third in the NL West, three games behind the San Diego Padres.
I'm not sure I'll get used to the concept of the Pads being atop the NL West. Then again, I doubt I'll have a chance to. (Sorry San Diego fans, it's a cheap shot, but you really don't think this'll last do you?)
On Monday, I told you how confused I was by the Diamondbacks so far this season. Well that hasn't changed. They started out the season playing surprisingly well, then bullpen-slumped their way into losing six out of seven, then turned around and took two of three from the Phillies (two-time defending NL champs), two out of three from Colorado (who I picked to win the NL West) and bombed the Cubs 13-5 to open up their four-gamer yesterday.
So what in the world is going on with Arizona?
Well the pitching's still something of a mess. But the offense has taken it upon themselves to mash their way to victories. The Snakes are now third in the NL with 116 Runs Scored, and with a .805 OPS. That's some potent offense.
2B Kelly Johnson has been a nice surprise for Arizona fans at the plate. His batting average has fallen to a more reasonable .284, but he's hit nine home runs (leads the NL), is slugging .787 (also leads the NL), and has an OPS of 1.202 (trails only the Cardinals Colby Rasmus' 1.241 in the NL). Those are some crazy-good numbers from a spot on the field you don't usually generate numbers from.
Now with great offense, there's often a trade-off, and with Johnson, it's his defense. Fangraphs.com has a nifty little stat called "Ultimate Zone Rating" or "UZR". I won't pretend to understand all the math behind arriving at this statistic, but essentially it's designed to tell you how many runs above or below average a player is worth defensively. Obviously above-average is good, double-digit above-average is great, and below-average is less than desirable. Johnson's current UZR? -0.3. His lifetime UZR? -1.2.
Will I live with that so long as he keeps producing offensively? Absolutely.
3B Mark Reynolds isn't far behind Johnson with 7 home runs. His .892 OPS isn't as high as Kelly's, but it's still well above the league average. And yes, the Sheriff is right on pace to strike out 200+ times again this season. And yes, so long as he hits 30+ home runs, drives in 100+ RBI and keeps his OPS around .900, I won't care.
Perhaps the most pleasant offensive surprise of the season has been CF Chris Young, who's 21 RBI have him near the top of the NL. Over the last week, Young's been on fire, hitting .440 with a smoking-hot 1.142 OPS.
Not as encouraging? RF Justin Upton's .214 average and .677 OPS. In fairness, Upton's been dinged up a little with a shin problem, but still, he'll need to get on track offensively for the D'backs to be in the hunt. I should also point out that Upton's 3.6 UZR is currently third in the Majors, so even if he's scuffling at the dish, he's apparently not carrying his troubles out into the field.
As I mentioned, Arizona's pitching is still an issue, and the bullpen is likely to be so for most of the year. But if they can keep up this offense, who knows how far they can ride it?
The Snakes have three more in Wrigley this weekend. Rodrigo Lopez goes this afternoon (or may have already gone depending on when you read this), Dan Haren takes the hill tomorrow, and Edwin Jackson rounds things out on Sunday. And there's no rest for the weary either, as Arizona then heads immediately to Houston for another four-gamer starting on Monday.
So do you feel sufficiently Updated? I thought you might.
That's going to wrap things up for this week. I hope you all have a fantastic weekend. Hopefully I'll have lots to tell you about on Monday!
Until then, thanks for reading!
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good morning folks.
here i am, at 7:38 in the a.m., blogging to tell you that i hate traveling for work. i hate when hank travels for work. i hate when easton travels for work...
travel is for fun and relaxation, not business suits and hurried schedules. it's for taking in a new experience, not stressing out over getting wi-fi and scrambling to find all your notes.
alas, this week is a travel week for me.
so, after i publish this and shower and eat breakfast, i'm on my way up to the inland empire [look it up, it's not pretty] to manage 3 days of photo shoots. that's 3 days of standing and building product and rearranging shots and dealing with temps who will inevitably assemble things incorrectly. gah!
babbling, i know.
so that's what i'm doing this week. eating dinners alone in my hotel room, when what i'd really rather do is soak my toes in some maine beach sand.
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Follow a family on a journey towards self sufficiency. Is it possible for a suburban family with no gardening background to produce 80% of their own fruit and veg?
Monday, December 2, 2013
Choose your mulch carefully
This autumn, winter and spring I had a shocking amount of grass growing in the vegetable beds. Shocking because I hadn't had this problem in the previous years. Now I have always had a bit of grass, that's to be expected. But this year it was just excessive and strains of grass that I don't normally see around our garden. In fact a number of visitors asked if we were growing wheat.
I initial blamed the horse poo I was collecting from a local stable, and I even gave the chickens a stern talking to as it is their responsibility to eat any stray seeds. But then one day when I was at the fodder store collecting some more barley straw to mulch the next bed with, the store keeper this time asked: "What are you using it for?" After I replied "garden mulch" she laughed and said: "Oh, you don't want to use barley or wheat straw in your garden. You will have nothing but grass growing. You want to use pea or sugarcane straw for that." Of course! I thought while mentally slapping my forehead and feeling like an idiot. At least the cause of the problem had been found.
Attracted to the certified organic labeling I initial tried sugarcane straw. I did however find as it is cut into short 1cm pieces it requires allot to give a nice thick cover. As a result I switched to using pea straw - thick and spongy. Would you believe this is what I used though all the previous years. Sometimes you just have to try new things to simply learn why the old way was best.
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- AnonymousDecember 3, 2013 at 11:45 AM
You can still get a crop of peas from the pea straw, but at least you can eat them! I don't use pea straw any more but I'm still growing the peas I collected from that original mulch. They're a much better variety than any of the ones I've bought.ReplyDeleteReplies
I tend to pull the peas out - they are so much easier than grass. I assumed they would be non-viable. What sort of mulch do you use now?Delete
- AnonymousDecember 5, 2013 at 2:02 PM
Hi Jason I would like to use mulch but the blackbirds just throw it everywhere. How do you avoid this problem? Cheers cReplyDeleteReplies
The blackbirds throw my straw around as well. But they don't seem to be particular with the type of straw - they happily toss it around no matter what it is. I will admit it does create a mess and sometimes they do damage to newly planted out seedlings. However as my garden shows very minimal effect from insects I believe that some of this maybe contributed to the blackbirds. So in my garden they are welcome and I have come to accept cleaning up after them.Delete
- AnonymousDecember 6, 2013 at 7:53 AM
Yes it's the damage more than the mess that bothers me. But you're right, they are good friends to have in the garden. Will just adopt your more philosophical approach! cheers cDelete
I've had the same problem and switched to leaves. In fall the city just piles them in unused corners (edge of the forest, etc.) and you can go and get as many as you want. And In spring you go and get the best composted soil!ReplyDelete
Pea straw sounds awesome, I wonder if I can get that here. Since peas are nitrogen fixing, the straw might also have a higher amount of nitrogen, giving you some added bonus.Replies
Great resourcefulness! I have often thought about using the leaves that collect in my street - not for mulch but compost. My fear is that they would be contaminated with petroleum from the cars and road.Delete
I've raked leaves from the street to use as mulch or compost, and didn't worry about road pollution. It wasn't a busy street, though.Delete
Like most toxins in our food I find it hard to know how much toxin is present and what level is harmful anyway? For all I know the pea straw I get could be covered in pesticide.Delete
Just discovered your blog - wonderful reading. I actually purposely put things like this in our garden because when the chicken tractor goes over the top , the chooks love the extra seeds! You just grew your own chook food - no mistake there.ReplyDeleteReplies
Welcome Kim. You make a good point - throwing seeding plants in the chicken tractor is of benefit. I however apply additional mulch after the tractor has moved on. But you have got me thinking... maybe I could get the chickens to spread the extra mulch? I do have two issues to overcome with that: 1. The garden is on a slope and the mulch ends up at the bottom, 2. I lay irrigation under the mulch.Delete
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After being away for about two weeks, we are back!
We actually came back late last Friday, but the following days were all a bit of a blur. T attended a party last Saturday, hung out in a friend's house after, Sunday was spent resting (or trying to). Went out food shopping Monday, Tuesday T had a playdate with two friends and today she's having another one, plus a sleep-over! Yes, our little house is still in a bit of a frenzy this week I'm afraid, so while we've been back, I haven't really been online much lately.
This is really just a quick note to say the wedding was a blast. T enjoyed her first time ever role as bridesmaid/flower girl. She absolutely loved twirling in her white dress and pink shoes, matching with her cousin of course. They both loved it.
Then we were off to Norfolk for a few days. Our base was Hunstanton and it was lovely there. Will do a little short series on Norfolk and all the lovely tourist places we visited. I think they are all worth a mention here, so please bear with me as I slowly sift through the dozens of photos I took, hopefully they'll all end up here.
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