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La Sirena Cigars Country: Honduras Wrapper: Ecuador (Connecticut) Binder: Nicaragua Filler: Nicaragua & Honduras Size: 6″ x 52 Strength: mild Price: $8.50 MSRP Overall Rating: 8.6 Old School Cigars is the new offshoot brand from Arielle Ditkowich of La Sirena Cigars. The mildest cigar in this expansion is the Old School Jaxx LT made in Honduras at the...Read More
Cigar Review: New Orleans Plantation Reserve
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Size: 5.25×44, Corona Wrapper: Connecticut Binder: Nicaraguan Filler: Honduran Strength: Mild Price: Box of 10, $42 Grade: 8.7 Today's review was sent to me from Andy (@andym78), a good friend on Twitter. The Plantation Reserve is rolled out of the New Orleans Cigar Factory. The Factory was established in 1999 in the famous French Quarter by two families...Read More
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Size: 5×50, Robusto Wrapper: Connecticut Shade Binder: Honduras Filler: Nicaragua and Honduras Strength: Mild Price: Box of 20, $69 The Famous Smoke Shop Exclusive La Floridita Gold is a mid priced cigar available in Churchill, Toro, and Robusto, each priced between $3 and $5. From the decent triple cap to a spongy but clean foot, the Gold is not a looker...Read More
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Size: 5×50, Robusto Wrapper: Ecuadorian Connecticut Binder: Honduran Filler: Dominican and Nicaraguan Strength: Mild Price: $5-8 Based in Miami since 1995, La Tradicion Cubana produces a handful of cigars, and today we are reviewing the namesake cigar. Available in 9 sizes, the prices are right on this blend, between $4-9. To learn more, you can visit LTC...Read More
Cigar Review: Casa Gomez
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Size: 7.5×50, Senior Wrapper: Ecuadorian Connecticut Binder: Honduran Filler: Dominican Strength: Mild/Medium Price: Box of 25, $157 Grade: 8.9 The Casa Gomez was thought up by Benny Gomez Jr. and blended by the folks at La Tradicion Cubana. Benny Jr. is the son of La Roma Cigars founder, which was established in 1963. La Roma began rolling cigars in...Read More


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Red Fox5128 N Albina Ave Portland, OR 97217 North Portland
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An outstanding jukebox (heavy on deep '60s soul) highlights this charmingly pubby hole-in-the-wall. An elderly stuffed fox overlooks the short bar, while more seating is available in a series of black booths that line an adjoining room.
Cool curved polished wood wall divides space from adjoining organic market (its proximity is an obvious boon - the menu is surprisingly good, and changes regularly to reflect seasonal veggies, etc.). Mixed crowd, agewise (otherwise, your typical modern day NoPo). Can be hard to find - look for the picture of a red fox.
Three taps, in high rotation. $3-6 menu at all times, served until close. $1 Old German cans at all times. Wide selection of wines by the glass, $5-7. Open 3pm-1:30am M-Sat, closed Sun. $1 off drafts 3-7pm M-Sat
Red Fox's Happy Hours
|12pm-11pm $1 old german, $4 dollar shot + old german all day
12pm-11pm SIN $3 wells, $3 dollar drafts w/ollc card all day
3pm-7pm $3 wells, $3+ drafts 3-7pm
|12pm-11pm $1 old german, $4 dollar shot + old german all day
3pm-7pm $3 wells, $3+ drafts 3-7pm
|12pm-11pm $1 old german, $4 dollar shot + old german all day
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|12pm-11pm $1 old german, $4 dollar shot + old german all day
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|12pm-11pm $1 old german, $4 dollar shot + old german all day
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|12pm-11pm $1 old german, $4 dollar shot + old german all day
3pm-7pm $3 wells, $3+ drafts 3-7pm
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To the people who were pissed because they didn't get table service... it's a bar. It's not a restaurant with a bar in it, it's just a bar with decent bar food. The menu is on the chalkboard behind the bar, and you order at the bar. Have you ever been to a bar before?
I started going to the Red Fox shortly after it opened and it quickly became my favorite for its good pours, good food, good ambiance, and good prices. The low volume of the jukebox is really appreciated, as I like to go out to talk with my friends.
I especially love the warmth of the staff, and of Mike, the bar owner. I felt like a welcomed regular after my third visit. The patio in front, adjacent to a tiny park, is simply lovely and a very alluring place to meet friends on a summer evening... there's always someone I know there, and if I didn't know the regulars (and their dogs) before, I do now. It's a friendly place with a very "neighborhood" feel.
Now for the "until recently" part. I hate to say anything negative about this place because I love it, I love the owners, I love the staff. It's a great place. But recently they hired a new bartender/cook and I don't know what the deal is, because I'm sure he's a perfectly nice guy, but he is one of most frustrating, hardest to deal with service people I've ever encountered. He's not rude; he's just slow. Very, very slow. And kind of... reluctant. Even his drinks seem stingy compared to the other bartenders, as if in every pour, his soul is crying "Nooooooooo...". Everything seems to require a great deal more effort and interaction than it should. It's almost exhausting to deal with him, and it makes me not want to go in there. Hopefully he'll move on and the Fox will reclaim its place at the top of my hangout list.
I walked in to meet my friends who who got there before me. I found out they were wait for someone to even acknowledge them. One person even went up to ask for menus and was told it would be a few seconds. How hard is it to hand out a menu? After about 10 minutes and still not hearing anything from someone, my whole table stood up and left. The person behind the bar didn't care at all he was losing paying customers at all. No apology or acknowledgment that we were even then. I guess if there was a next time we go, I'll have to remember to wear all black or the typical hipster Portland uniform to get served in this place. It's your typical Portland customer service at this place so be warned. They'll hate you if you don't tip but they will also be a dick if you do because they expect tips just for showing up to a job.
I agree with the previous reviewer. I also hate to say good things about this place because I don't want douche-bags filling the seats. Hopefully this place won't register on the trustafarians or hipster radio, like you know?
The Red fox is a tasty neighborhood hangout. The food is fantastic. They focus on a short, well-executed menu with local ingredients, many from the attached coop market. Mike and Chuck are the tip... it goes without saying if you happen to know them from previous places (Robbie is cool too, I just don't know him as well). What else? Well they have Bayern Yager (honey yager) which seems hard to find outside of Germany. Chuck uses it to make a Hot Toddy that makes you shout, "Fuck Ya!"
These guys are doing a good job here. Bring dominos and good stories and leave the attitude at the door. ~ peace
Oh, and Chuck makes the best deviled eggs in portland, with a tasty piece of bacon poking out the top of each one.
I like the Red Fox. The guys who own it tend the bar as well, so they are super nice and without a shred of 'tude, which I appreciate. Dark, cozy vibe, with tables in front and booths in back. I had the brussels sprouts, which were SO good, and the deviled eggs, my fave bar snack ever. Not too impressed with the pour, but maybe I'm just a drunk. Oh, wait, no maybe about it. Another thing I like is that when they pour you a glass of wine, you get it in a big glass, so that the wine can actually breathe like it's supposed to- hard to find in this kind of place. All in all, a really chill spot. I do wish they had more than one bathroom, but I guess it's too late to change that! At least it's clean!
"Honestly I'd rather tell you this place is terrible so that it doesn't get inundated with asshats from the burbs and the 'couv like the Crow Bar did, but truthfully I can not...... "
Of course you can't tell us that because there are more than enough asshats in that neighborhood to fill 10 bars. No need to bag on Vancouver or the "burbs".
That said, the Red Fox seems like a nice enough place.
This bar is owned by Mike, a bartender from the Crow Bar, Robbie, a chef from Equinox and Chuck, a chef from Miss Delta. Why is that important to know you might ask? Because that means this place has great food, great service and great atmosphere. They really treat the customer as number one. By far the most attentive bar staff I have dealt with in Portland. As they were building the place they even went so far as to make sure the lighting would benefit our dominoes games. Up to that point we would play under dim lighting at the Crow Bar. Now that is taking care of your customers!!! Honestly I'd rather tell you this place is terrible so that it doesn't get inundated with asshats from the burbs and the 'couv like the Crow Bar did, but truthfully I can not...... It is a great, cozy, warm, friendly neighborhood bar, with excellent food. Check it out.
Only the three owners work there. So, now that that is settled.
It is a cool place and a nice change of pace for the neighborhood.
There seems to be a pretty good cross section of patrons from hipsters to couples to neighbors.
It's low key and walkable.
Thought the same thing. And what's with the name? Is that some hipster take on Redd Foxx, especially funny since the clientele is likely to be whiter than an albino in winter? I thought ye olde barfly had a bullshit-o-meter concerning such posts.
Oh whatever, maybe I'm wrong. Suspect though.
Red Fox is my new favorite bar in NE Portland. (doesn't hurt that it's within walking distance from my house....) Mike and Chuck are *awesome*. I love any bar where I'm welcomed with a hug.
Drinks are top notch (if you're a wine person, try their Tempranillo - yum!) and the food. Oh. My. Science. Hands down the best bar food ever. The brussel sprouts are mouth-wateringly delish, the gumbo hot dog will make your toes tingle and the steak is fanfuckingtastic.
Ambiance is super cozy (dimly lit, cozy seats) and they'll soon have an overhang outside for us smokers.
Another thing I really love about this place is the music: not too loud. You definitely can hear it playing in the background, but it never gets so loud that you can't talk (I hate that).
So, all in all, get your ass to Red Fox and gorge yourself on drinks, amazing food and joy and happiness
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Walk Like A Cat
Just a reminder that I have a very lovely new book out! Here's a sneak peek. Click here to get it via Amazon or let me know by email (runawaysentence at gmail) if you want to buy a signed copy directly from me. Meanwhile, I'm giving myself a break for a day or two after the frenzy that was 30 Poems In November.
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You and tghe book - both wonderful, kiddo!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 4, 2013 at 3:33 PM
so a sort of Groundhog's day for cats? :) Very cool to see and hear you read, Marian ~ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 9, 2013 at 10:13 AM
It's like Frankie Valli once sang--"Why don't you walk like a cat, talk like a cat..."ReplyDelete
Congratulations on your book! Neat idea to post a reading like this.ReplyDelete
Love it...from the words to you reading it!!!ReplyDelete
great reading Marian...it makes the poem come alive....ReplyDelete
"What does that mean, anyway?" Love that line! :)ReplyDelete
Very pretty, Marian. I sometimes with that I had the many lives that a cat is supposed to walk.ReplyDelete
When I saw the title and was hearing the reading I was remembering of a seminary professor's talk about Ephesians 5, verse 15: " See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,". He said to imagine a cat walking on a stone ledge with glass shards embedded in cement along the top. I.e. very carefully fulfill your Christian walk.
Verse 16 completes the thought, " Redeeming the time, because the days are evil." Now every time I read those passages I see this cat walking so carefully.
thanks, Jim, and everyone, for your lovely comments.ReplyDelete
what i think is funny about this video is all the cursing in it. which i didn't really think about until i was reading it... my kids are standing in front of me and i'm thinking, huh, well that's some curse words, right there. hee hee!
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Apple on Friday informed developers that its OS X Software Update 10.8.4 seed project has closed, hinting that the final release of the update will be released to Mac users in the near future.
Apple Insider shares the notice that was received by developers last week, in which Apple notes that it will send out an email to those developers to let them know when the final version of the Software Update is available to the public.
"We would like to take this opportunity to thank you for participating. Many bugs and issues have been discovered as a result of your efforts. You have helped to contribute to the overall quality of our product," the notice reads.
A total of eight beta builds of OS X 10.8.4 were seeded to developers before the project was closed this weekend, but no Gold Master has been released.
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Poachers Landing Campsite is located in Poacher's Landing Provincial Recreation Area, located 25 km east of Athabasca on Hwy. 55, then 20 km north on Range Rd. 195A, and 1km east to access road. This riverside campground had plenty of trails for equestrians and ATV users to enjoy, with access to adjacent La Biche River Wildland Provincial Park. For registered campers, a small equestrian staging area is available with hitching rails and a corral for overnight stays for horses.


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Keller Benjamin Verett, 24, of Bryan, died on September 17 as a result of an accident. A memorial service was held on Saturday September 20 at 1:00 pm at Highland Baptist Church at 30th and Maple in Waco. A graveside service was held at 11:00 am on Monday September 22 at the Cone Cemetery north of Ralls, Texas. The graveside service was under the direction of Adams Funeral Home, Ralls, Texas.
Keller was born to Kevin and Kathy Verett on July 12, 1984. He moved to Waco with his parents in 1987. He attended Waco Christian School through the second grade and then was homeschooled by his mother until he graduated from high school. He achieved the rank of Eagle Scout with BSA Troop 497 while in high school. He attended LeTourneau University, Blinn College and Texas A&M University where he graduated with a degree in Environmental Science in August 2008. Keller was a paramedic and worked for several EMS agencies in the Bryan/College Station area. He also volunteered with Texas A&M University EMS where he served as Chief for the 2007-2008 academic year. Keller recently returned from duty working to assist in the effort to evacuate patients from the Galveston area before Hurricane Ike and then returned to assist with the search and rescue efforts after the hurricane.
Keller was preceded in death by his mother, maternal and paternal grandparents. He is survived by his father Kevin, sisters Katie and Kirsten, brother Kinsey, girlfriend Stefanie Shilts, and many other relatives and friends.
The family suggests that any memorial gifts be sent to the Texas A&M University EMS Memorial Fund. Information can be found at http://ems.tamu.edu.
"God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble." Psalm 46:1"
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Keller Verett, an EMT-Intermediate from Waco, Texas, has been an active volunteer for TAMU EMS since joining in 2006. Keller served as the EMS Chief for Texas A&M from 2007-2008. Having graduated from Texas A&M University in August (Class of '06) and recently passing his National Registry Paramedic exam, Keller was eager to continue his EMS career as a Licensed Paramedic. In addition to his work with TAMU EMS, he has also served with several other EMS agencies including his current full-time employment with Legacy EMS in Bryan.
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Central Texas Man Accidentally Shot, Killed By Roommate
(September 18, 2008)—A College Station man died Wednesday night after his roommate accidentally shot him, police said Thursday.
Keller Benjamin Verett, 24, of College Station, died Wednesday night at College Station Medical Center.
Police said his roommate was showing him an accessory on a gun that was pointed in Verett's direction when the weapon discharged just after 7:30 p.m. Wednesday night in the 300 block of Fraternity Row in College Station.
Verett was struck in the head.
Police officers performed CPR until paramedics arrived, but efforts to save Verett were unsuccessful.
Verett was originally from Waco.
Verett is listed in Texas A&M's online directory as an EMS volunteer health center technician.
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While watching ColourPop's Instagram Story this weekend, my brain exploded a little. Sharon Pak, a marketing manager for the cosmetics company, showed how she got her blinding glow with one of ColourPop's upcoming palettes. For a second, I could have sworn she was using the limited-edition Anastasia Beverly Hills Nicole Guerriero Glow Kit. I had to blink a couple of times before realizing that the new ColourPop In Nude Endo Highlighter Palette is basically a spot-on dupe for it.
Getting them confused is pretty damn easy because both highlighter palettes come with six large pans in millennial pink packaging. The shades are strikingly similar, too. The arrangements in each palette are completely different, but they're all there. Glad You Came is In Nude Endo's pearly white like the Nicole Glow Kit's Forever Lit. Morning After is the resident peach in ColourPop. There are also bronze, frosty pink, rose gold, and burnished gold shades like the ones in the Anastasia Beverly Hills Palette. If you're starting to hit the pan on the Nicole Glow Kit, which is completely sold out at the moment, ColourPop's new palette looks like it might be the best alternative to restock your highlighter stash.
Based on Pak's swatches, the formulas seem to be a bit different from each other but still give skin the same mirror-like shine. The highlighters in the Nicole Glow Kit are glittery and have a powder texture. ColourPop's palette touts a brand-new glitter-free formula that is creamier and more reflective than its other powdered highlighters. This helps if your skin has an uneven texture to it since these highlighters won't bring attention to bumps or large pores. YouTube star JKissa compared the formula to that of another popular highlighter palette: the limited-edition Hourglass Ambient Metallic Strobe Lighting Palette. In a recent video, she said it's the closest dupe to it that she's ever found. Plus, it has double the amount of shades, so it flatters a wider range of skin tones. You can see JKissa swatch both palettes in the video below.
Oh yeah, the biggest difference between the palettes comes down to price. The Anastasia Beverly Hills Nicole Guerrero Glow Kit, when it's in stock, rings up at $40. The Hourglass Ambient Metallic Strobe Lighting Palette is $62. The ColourPop palette, on the other hand, will be $18. That's more than 50 percent in savings.
You'll be able to shop the ColourPop In Nude Endo Palette starting Thursday, January 25, on colourpop.com. In the meantime, here are some other Nicole Glow Kit alternatives.
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Like it or not, the political structure of this country is predisposed to a two-party system. With force and counter-force, and checks and balances, since 1789 our government has been dominated by two political parties. Even as they decried "factions" (what we call political parties), Madison (Republican later to be called Democratic) and Hamilton (Federalist) took helped form the first two parties.
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Our intelligence agencies have determined Russia used cyberforce to attack this country during the 2016 elections. Cyber warfare is big money these days - because so much of the World's security depends upon computers.
Intelligence agencies have determined Russia will interfere in elections yet to come. Putin is no friend of democracy. He hates the United States. He hates political systems that espouse democratic values.
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Unfortunately, despots read history - at least for pointers on how either to seize, or to tighten hold on, power. Crises are right up some despots' alleys.
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The kids from the school in Florida, who have been brave and energetic enough to demand changes in policies in regard to gun violence, have used orange apparel to express the movement that way. I sometimes wear a tie. I wanted to find a non-for-profit from which I could buy an orange tie such that my expenditure would go to stopping gun violence. I found some that sell other apparel, but none that sell the specific apparel I could wear. Therefore, I ordered five (5) orange neckties…Continue
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Office holders in this country do not possess "rights" via that office. Governments - and, by extension, individuals who hold office in governments - hold power. People have rights. A government official has rights as a person, as do we all.
The current occupant of the Oval Office tweeted yesterday:
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Insider trading is against the law - and not "just because." It is against the law because markets can be "gamed" artificially.
Mortimer and Randolph Duke, the brothers in "Trading Places" who sought to scam the market on frozen orange juice futures, learned how playing on insider information can backfire. Their characters ended up on the street and broke.
The current occupant of the Oval Office committed a faux pas this week. Well, he does that all the time, but this one…Continue
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Isn't this how the Second Amendment is supposed to work?
Citizens were concerned. Loved ones, neighbors, people whom they didn't know personally were shot.
Citizens devised an odd plan. They purchased copies of Quotations of Chairman Mao - who racked up more deaths than anyone else on the Top-10 Mass murdered list - for 25 cents per copy in Oakland and sold the copies for $1 each to students at Ucal-Berkeley.
With the profits from those sales, shotguns were purchased. Citizens…
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The First Church of Cannabis, and members of the Church, filed a lawsuit in July, 2015, under Indiana's Religious Freedom Restoration Act, to allow members and congregants to use marijuana as a sacrament. The cause number assigned to the case, pending in Marion Circuit Court, is 49C01-1507-MI-022522. I am the attorney who represents the Plaintiffs. The Office of the Indiana Attorney General represents Defendants who are political entities or officials of the State "State Defendants"). The…Continue
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The Electoral College is a vestige of the "Great Compromise" of the 1787 Constitutional Convention, whereby States were apportioned seats in the House of Representatives based on population, but each State - even the smallest - had two (2) seats in the Senate. States in which slavery was allowed benefitted. "Each person in a State, regardless of her or his status, was counted for purposes of apportionment of seats in the House and electoral voes: "Representatives and direct Taxes shall be…Continue
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The Framers shaped the Constitution on premises that included distrust of, and the need for protections against, democracy and majority rule. The Electoral College was intended, by the Framers of the Constitution, to act as a deliberative body and protect the nation from a person who was incompetent or corrupt.
The manner by which electoral votes were apportioned to each State was based on the Great Compromise, whereby each State received a number of seats in the House of…
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A constitutional convention - a gathering of delegates to re-write our Constitution - would be a disaster for rights of Americans and of people.
1) No matter what "limits" might be set, once convened, delegates could write whatever they want. Former United States Supreme Court Chief Justice Warren Burger wrote, in 1983: "...there is no effective way to limit or muzzle the actions of a Constitutional Convention. The Convention could make its own rules and set its own agenda. Congress…
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Putin must have paid North Korea's leader a bundle.
When all other reasons are eliminated, the reason left—no matter how bizarre—is the one that explains something. That is a sort of razor of logic, similar to the "haircuts" Donald Trump, the current occupant of the Oval Office, used to give to creditors when he was a Brilliant Titan - or maybe "Trojan" would be a better prophylactic term - of Industry.
DT did nothing to elicit "peace talks" with North Korea. DT slung bellicose,…
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This week's revelation that Trump ordered the firing of Special Counsel Robert Mueller in June, 2017, should not have surprised many people. Perhaps more of a surprise was that Trump changed his mind when White House counsel Don McGahn threatened to quit if Trump persisted with the action.
More people, perhaps, were shocked by Sean Hannity's on-air epiphany when the item was confirmed by - Fox News.
Several lawyers and a couple of law professors were on the various news outlets…
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Half-way through "12 Angry Men," the hold-out juror #8 played by Henry Fonda says "we've established" two important points of the State's case against were not true, Lee J. Cobb's juror #3 interrupts and disputes the accuracy of #8's summary. The other jurors ignore #3's outburst and agree, implicitly, with #8's summary.
Before November 8, 2016, a lot of facts indicated Russia interfered with our 2016 elections. Facts that have come to light since the election have transformed…
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Mike Braun, a Jasper, Indiana, businessperson, is a candidate for United States Senate in the Republican Party. In a TV ad, Mr. Braun was touted as a conservative, a businessman, and a Christian. Mr. Braun's voice-over states he approved the ad.
Many European immigrants to North America in the 1600s and 1700s sought escape from religious persecution. Puritans arrived. In Massachusetts they sought freedom to worship, and discriminated against those whose beliefs were different. Quakers…
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Trump obtained office with Russian help. President of All the Russias, Vladimir Putin, hates the United States. In 2007 Putin compared the United States to the Third Reich. In 2012 Putin aimed to influence our 2016 elections. That is a finding of the United States Congress in the Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act, passed by the House and the Senate in August, 2017, by veto-proof majorities.
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If we are to wrest control of America from a relatively few who control it with checkbooks, bags of cash, and (more frequently) ACH transfers, some things are important.
1) Take over the two major political parties.
The Framers of the Constitution did not like "factions," their term for political parties. Hamilton: "Nothing could be more ill-judged than that intolerant spirit which has, at all times, characterized political parties" The Federalist, No. 1. Madison wrote history has…
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An immense book obscures the wintry landscape. The words from Paul Celan's Schwarze Flocken [Black Flakes] retreat into the distance, giving the painting not only its title but its generating force. 'Snow has fallen', begins Celan's poem, 'with no light' (15). In Schwarze Flocken twigs like runic symbols run parallel with the furrows containing the text itself. The most painful aspects of European history could be said to be coterminous with the pain of Celan. Each shadowing the other into the distance with no sense of resolution. If it is pain we are after then there is surely no rival to Celan himself. In Schwarze Flocken he recalls the loss of his mother, a mother who was butchered by the Nazis along with the rest of his family and friends. The poem – like much of Celan's work – is one of mourning. Mourning for a history that denied him justice. Mourning for the tortured consciousness that saw him take his own life. It is common, therefore, to treat these aspects of Kiefer's paintings as inseparable from the Nazis and their insidious grasp on historical memory. The 'runes' just identified become remnants of concentration camp fences. Auchwitz, and Germania, are everywhere as we look for traces of Hitler in the same way we might search for 'Waldo'. Jackie Wullschlager, writing for the Financial Times, typifies such perspectives. Speaking of Auchwitz, Wullschlager claims that Kiefer has 'rarely made art about anything else'. This is not only a ridiculous statement – given the vast scope of Kiefer's project – but it seeks to reduce the most radical aspects of his work within the terms of a narrative that has operated in the background since the Venice biennale In 1980. This necessary reaction to historical amnesia in Germany of the time bears little relation to a painting where there is otherwise so much going on. Furthermore, a simplistic understanding of this period (especially when seen through the purview of historical 'losers' and 'victors') means it is possible to view Kiefer's work within a context that strips it of its most radical associations. 'Nazism, the society it created, the world of the Third Reich and the people who lived through it all appear as a kind of moral drama', explains the historian Richard J Evans, 'where the issues are laid out starkly before us with a clarity we are no longer able to achieve in the morally complex, confusing and compromised world we live in today'. In work like Kiefer's 'we cannot single out', according to Daniel Arasse, 'one hypothesis… one clue, and follow it through the oeuvre to reveal the unity of the whole' (21). Such approaches deny the 'overdetermined' character of aesthetic practice such as this, which is both limiting and dangerous. Rather than position Kiefer within the terms of a static diorama, what follows attempts to situate the artists work within associative constellations of meaning that resist the pull of these dominant signifiers. Put more simply, my intention is to 'open out' the vast body of Kiefer's work, whilst placing it in a much wider socio-political context.
In a painting like Schwarze Flocken Auchwitz is certainly present, but only in the same way that massacres in Srebrenica or Armenia are. German ideology does not remain some touchstone for the interpretation of Kiefer's paintings, as much as a point of origin which has itself become silted up over time. Historical tragedies are a global phenomenon, in other words, and something for which not only Germany is culpable. As Evans notes:
Historians have come to see the Nazi extermination of the Jews not as a unique historical event but as a genocide with parallels in other other countries and at other times, not only the German extermination of the Hereo tribe in the Kaiser's colony of Nambia before the First world war, but the action of the Turks in 1915, of Stalin in Ukraine in the early 1930s, and of the Hutus in Rwanda, to name only three of the mass murders of the 20th century (3).
Contemporary happenings must, of necessity, be placed in the context of a wider series of events. To examine history today is to understand a series of reoccurring tragedies rather than something singular in orientation. This is no more evident than in Celan's own home town of Chernivsti (formerly in the kingdom of Romania, but now located slap bang in the middle of Ukraine). Caught between the Russian speaking East, and the Ukrainian West, this territory is once again subject to violence and division[1]. Cultural memory seems cyclical in Chernivsti, re-emerging at significant points of conflict and stress. The Nazi atrocities are not something that must be mourned in the context of a final victory, but engaged with in the light of their real historical conditions and motivations.
This is where Kiefer becomes truly relevant in the current socio-political context. 'Kiefer has shifted the praxis of mourning elaborated through an attention to local history in the wake of the holocaust', writes Allen Fisher in a recent piece for the Glasfryn Project, 'into a new attention, but no less daunting attention, to the discontinuous and multiplicity of spacetimes we now search within and beyond' (11). More than anything it seems that what obsesses Kiefer is 'everything', or the nature of complexity itself. If Nazism is prevalent in his work – or a consistent point of return – it is maybe because it reflects an example of the 'purity' he is aesthetically opposed to. This is reminiscent of some rough notes Joan Retallack made on the same German tradition. As Retallack mused at the time:
"I wonder if all of those traditions in German culture that seemed not to have touched ground – philosophical idealism, mythology, fairy tales, and transcendental idealism – helped leave the ground open for holocaust. Ideals of purity, all transcendental idealisms, the noumenal telos, magical thinking of the sort that informs the logics of myths and fairy tales are fantasy systems with built in protections from an ethos of responsibility to a real world. Fantasy is of course a real phenomenon, but the mechanism of its style is arranged precisely to deny the reality of its consequences. I wonder if this comes out of despair. I wonder whether there is a dystopian assumption among those who produce fantasy literatures that this world is too irredeemable to merit attention' (32)
Kiefer has always positioned his own work between both chaos and order. 'Although he ha[s] to', as noted in conversation with Alan Yentob, 'guard against order', its jack-booted manifestations are simply the most explicit and recognizable form. Having said this, however, they do not define his entire output. 'Art is an attempt to get to the very centre of truth', he explains to Nicolas Wroe, 'it never can, but it can get quite close' (6). Kiefer's art is a different way of 'doing': an art that refuses to give up on the complexity of life. Anything else is surely what Retallack has called 'unnatural realism'. Kiefer's paintings – as their molecules visibly change in the air of the gallery after electrolysis – are more concerned with honesty, or real realism. 'It's the rasion d'etre for that whole category of endeavours we call "work" isn't it", writes Retallack, without the action of time, without change, without thermodynamics and entropy and chaos, work wouldn't be necessary. We'd be smiling serenely in homeostasis' (29). Readings of Kiefer's work that refuse to acknowledge this potential trap him within the bounds of a reductive interpretation. 'It is the dogmatism of the church, the idea that words can express a single truth over hundreds of years', as Kiefer puts it, 'that is complete nonsense' (6)
[1] Ghosts weigh heavy on the Ukrainian present in ways that would certainly have been familiar to Celan. The rise of fascism is of particular note: http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/nov/13/ukraine-far-right-fascism-mps
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So my friend and I are driving to our gym tonight. He's scrolling through the internet on his phone to catch up on the latest L.A. news.
There's a story about how L.A. is considering making it mandatory for restaurants to post calorie and fat content on menus, including sit down places.
Just a few weeks ago, the city council voted to ban the building of new fast-food establishments in South L.A., due to the higher (than the rest of L.A.) obesity and other chronic illness related to bad food choices.
So it got me thinking about L.A., and our pending trip to the gym... is it health or vanity that drives our personal choice to work out? Or that drives L.A. to consider such measures for its residents? We all know L.A. has a reputation for... being concerned with looks.
As for the gym, we guessed most is for vanity, but that we reap health benefits even if we don't reach our vanity goals... That kinda sums me up, lol.
What about you and your food/gym habits? The L.A. council decisions? Health or vanity?
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Health or Vanity?
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- Wonder Man said...
For me, it's both. I want to be healthy and look nice as well.
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XOXO is excited to welcome New York Times bestselling author Lisa Renee Jones to our blog! Her INSIDE OUT series is now being made into a cable show and was just optioned by STARZ! Despite not having even a free second to breathe, Lisa was gracious enough to carve out some time to tell us more about the process of creating her very own cable show.
Hi everyone!
It's been a crazy month. I had the release of REVEALING US in September, traveled to LA and to New York, and now I'm home for a few weeks before I head to San Francisco to get married. Some of you know that the INSIDE OUT series is in development for a TV show, having been optioned by STARZ, and it's being produced by the amazing Suzanne Todd. Suzanne is behind Alice in Wonderland (Yes! The Johnny Depp one!), Austin Powers, Must Love Dogs, and so much more.
While I was in Los Angeles, I had the pleasure of meeting with many of the brilliant minds involved in the process. It was pretty surreal to sit there and talk to these talented folks and have them know my characters the way I know them. Truly amazing.
It's been fun learning the process of a cable TV show in development. There is no pilot. There is simply the process of someone writing the first 8-10 episodes. If those scripts are approved, then a staff of writers to carry on the show will be hired, and casting begins for the first season. Also, unlike movies, as we've seen with 50 Shades, casting isn't something that is talked about for a year and then finally happens. In general, when a cable station orders a show to production, things move fast. So once you hear the news, it will get exciting at lightning speed. I hope to be able to share that news VERY soon!
That said, I am beyond thrilled that the producers of the show, Team Todd, are excited to engage fans in the process. They watch my Twitter and Facebook and enjoy seeing the fan suggestions for casting. They even watch fan-made videos! When I was in Los Angeles, they shared their excitement about involving readers and fun ideas like VIP casting chats for readers.
They've set up an email newsletter list to better connect with the fans. To take part, just email firstname.lastname@example.com and say I WANT TO BE AN INSIDER. And yes, feel free to include your casting ideas or pop over to my Facebook page and post your favorites!
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March 4, 2016
Gainesville, FL – A late rally by the FCSAA #3/Perfect Game #21 Santa Fe Saints (20-3, 2-0 MFC) proved to be the difference in a close game with the Central Florida Patriots on Friday afternoon on Ocala as SF scored two in the seventh and two in the ninth to help secure their twelfth win in a row.
Troy Bacon and the Saints bullpen was one of the keys for the Saints, tossing 5.2 combined innings, allowing just one run on two hits with eight strikeouts in relief of starter David Lee. Bacon threw the final three innings for his fifth save of the season. Call Graham (2-0) earned the win with 1.1 scoreless innings. Anthony Auletta also tossed 1.1 scoreless innings.
With the game tied 3-3 heading into the seventh, Santa Fe took advantage of a wild pitch by David Lebron to break the deadlock, scoring Robbie Hanlon who started the inning with a double. Later in the inning, Matt Allen drove in a run with two outs for the 5-3 SF lead.
Still clinging to the two run advantage, Hugo Valdes gave the Saints some breathing room with a two out, two RBI single in the top of the ninth.
The Patriots scored one in the ninth on a solo homerun, but would get no closer.
Having already clinched the three game series, the Saints will look for a sweep when CF comes to Gainesville for a game on Saturday, March 5 scheduled for 1:00 PM. Fans can watch live on the Saints Sports Network.
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Currently Playing Company of Heroes
Strategy games on the PC are probably my favourite type of games and recently I decided to buy Company of Heroes from Steam without knowing much about it.
Within a few hours of playing it I became engrossed in the game and because it's a strategy game based on World War 2 I couldn't really ask for much more. The controls are simple so I had no need to try and figure out how things worked or any need to read through the manual which I don't tend to do for any game.
Company of Heroes has DLC but the main game is based on the invasion of Normandy. So far I've played through 13 missions and it has taken me at least 1 hour to complete each one. I'm one of these players that doesn't like to rush through strategy games, in fact I'd spend the majority of my time setting up my base and soldiers before even thinking about taking on the enemy.
I still haven't completed the main campaign and I'm not sure how many missions there actually are but hopefully I'll get a few more hours out of this one. Once I do complete the main game I'll be moving onto the DLC.
Company of Heroes is available from Steam currently priced at £6.99
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I loved this game. Haven't finished it yet and had a long break but few days ago I've found it among my old PC games and I think I'm going to remember how amazing this game was.
It's on sale at Gamersgate but I think I played a demo of it and it's just not my cup of tea.
Besides, too many other unplayed games …
Yeah I know what you mean there Donncha. I've approximately 15 games that I have yet to even install but I've been doing well in not buying any new releases, except Sniper Elite.
Damn Steam Sales. I bought Company of Heroes 1 and 2 yesterday. 🙂
OK OK So I'm late on a subject yet again..
How did you end up getting on with this and I now have all 3 titles and started playing it last night.
Always late to the party I am 😉
Better late than never 🙂
Yeah I'm still playing this when I get the chance. I haven't completed it yet but still having fun with it. If I ever do completed it I'd probably but the DLC as well.
I just started playing coop with a friend but its starting to get hard to type and play at the same time.does anyone know if you can use the headset from a xbox to talk with friends and teammates in this game


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Disclaimer: I wasn't planning on posting today, but Conway Twitty made me.
Do you ever find yourself listening to the radio, or Pandora, or Spotify and one song in particular keeps making its way to the top of the queue? Does it ever seem like you hear one song daily for a week straight?
This has been happening to me since Monday, and I both love it and hating it at the same time. As I have mentioned multiple times, I rarely listen to the radio, due to my fixation with Audible, but when I do, it is either KKYX 680 AM or KCWM 1460 AM on my tuner.
We were on our way back from HEB Monday evening listening to my kind of music on 680. Then "Slow Hand" by Conway Twitty began playing. Now Conway Twitty has never ranked high on my list, mostly because I already have so many favorites and because Dad doesn't really care for him. But also I find so many of his lyrics to be awkward and perhaps a tad creepy you night say. If you don't understand what I am talking about, google the lyrics to some of his songs. "You've Never Been This Far Before" proves my point fairly well. Yeah they may not be as explicit in comparison to those tracks put out on the mainstream radio these days, but come on, this seems racy to me. But I'm a millennial, what do I know? ;) Also watch videos of him performing live, don't you think they help my argument?
Before I go any farther, I'll admit that I didn't know The Pointer Sisters were the original artists on "Slow Hand". The things I learn when I start putting these posts together!
Anyhow since Monday, I have heard this song both on the radio and Pandora at least 8-10 times. No exaggeration. And even though I may find the wording to be a bit creepy, it's too dang catchy of a tune to not sing along to every verse!
So let me know, do y'all have the same thing happen to y'all? And what are your thoughts on Conway Twitty? Comment below with your favorite song, or better yet his weirdest ones!
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Maple Bacon Brussels Sprouts are salty, sweet, crispy and even smoky. Brussels sprouts are roasted with bacon and maple syrup until caramelized and crispy. These are to die for! We really enjoy brussels sprouts in our house. Our kids are starting to like them as well. I do have to say that the bacon and maple syrup helped my 4-year-old enjoy these much more. She loved them! I think helping momma take pictures helped as well, but hey, I'll take it! I love cooking with brussels … [Read more...]
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I love me some roasted broccolini. I love any type of roasted vegetable actually, but this one is my favorite. Broccolini is tossed with olive oil, garlic, red pepper, parmesan cheese, salt and pepper and roasted until crispy and tender. It's SO good! I roast vegetables every night. It's usually whatever is on sale at the store, but I often roast broccoli or broccolini because we love it and so do my kiddos. I prefer broccolini...I like the flavor and the stems are not nearly as woodsy … [Read more...]
Turkey Cranberry Sandwich
I have to share this sandwich you. This beauty is inspired from one of my favorite sandwiches back in Iowa. There's a deli there called Palmer's Deli and it is LEGIT. They have a sandwich called The Turnberry and it's seriously...SO good. Since I can't get my beloved Turnberry Sandwich whenever I want anymore, I decided to make my version at home! It's very similar so I can't take credit for coming up with this delicious sandwich, but that's okay with me. I'm just glad I can enjoy it at … [Read more...]
Cranberry Sauce
It's the prettiest addition to the Thanksgiving meal. Cranberry Sauce is a must for Thanksgiving. Do you agree? It adds that subtle tartness and sweetness to a meal that is full of very savory dishes. It's also goooorgeous. Cranberries are the most beautiful color and they get even prettier when they are cooked down. There are two reasons why I love cranberry sauce. One being, it's delicious with the Thanksgiving meal and two, it's the best spread for turkey sandwiches, toast, rolls, etc. … [Read more...]
Pecan Pie Cookie Cups
Ad - This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Crisco®. The opinions and texts are all mine. I think the baking season has started... I know I have the itch. Do you? When November hits, I just want to bake and then bake some more. That's why when Crisco® had an opportunity to create a cookie recipe with their All-Vegetable Shortening for their Bake It Better Challenge, I immediately took it on! We'll get to these adorable Pecan Pie Cookie Cups in a minute, but first … [Read more...]
Apple Dump Cake
In an effort to keep things simple... I made you a dump cake! An Apple Cinnamon one to be exact because, you know, it's Fall. I have only one other dump cake recipe on the blog...it's a Cherry Pineapple Dump Cake which is my grandma's recipe and it's downright amazing. I am thinking we need to add a few more...I'll work on that for you... Now onto this Apple Cinnamon Dump Cake! This recipe could not be ANY easier. There are no bowls and no stirring. You simply chop up some apples and … [Read more...]
Sweet Potato Casserole
What's your favorite Thanksgiving side dish? Is it sweet potato casserole? Ok good. Because you're going to love this post then! I have to admit, I haven't been the biggest fan of sweet potato casserole - I just didn't grow up with it. We were the cheesy potato side dish kind of family. BUT, I got married and celebrated Thanksgiving with my husband's side of the family a few times and his Aunt made a mean sweet potato casserole. I asked her for the recipe and it of course was one of the great … [Read more...]
Pumpkin Snickerdoodle Bars
And the pumpkin obsession continues... So...I was a little skeptical about these. I made two different batches and liked both for different reasons...so now what, right? Well, I went to my taste testers and they picked which one they liked, and I made it again and OMG, it was better than the first batch. Pumpkin Snickerdoodle Bars are definitely here to stay!! So I have a confession. I don't think I'm all that great of a taste tester. Wait...not to worry! Which is why I always have my … [Read more...]
Pumpkin Scones
There is nothing that makes me happier than... FALL BAKING. I just can't get enough of all things cinnamon and pumpkin right now. I just went to Costco and bought the largest container of cinnamon I have ever seen. I have no idea how I'm going to go through it all, but I am definitely going to try. You see..where there's pumpkin...there's cinnamon. But there can be cinnamon without pumpkin. Ya feel me? So...Pumpkin Scones! I know, right? I eat more breakfast pastries in the Fall than I … [Read more...]
Blueberry Crumb Pie
I'm a little obsessed with this one. I'm going to be honest with you. I wasn't always a pie person...I would actually pass on pie. I know! It seems a bit ridiculous given that blueberry pie, well any pie for that matter, is SO good. Perhaps it was my youth and my love for Oreo cookies that got in the way. But now... NOW...I'm obsessed. Are you also obsessed? There is no dessert out there that is more comforting than a piece of warm crumbly pie. This blueberry crumb pie is … [Read more...]
Roasted Beef Tenderloin
You need this fancy recipe! Why? Because it's so easy! Oh my gosh I'm in love with this roasted beef tenderloin. It's.so.fancy. but it's really not. I mean...it is, like it looks fancy and tastes fancy, but it's a no fuss recipe. Marinate the meat, sear the meat, then roast the meat in the oven. I can't believe I'm saying this, buuuuuuut I think it's kinda pretty. Right? I don't love photographing meat...it's just not all that photogenic but I think this is really beautiful. Maybe … [Read more...]
Pumpkin Cheesecake
You can't be sick of pumpkin yet. Because I have one more pumpkin recipe to share with you! And that's Pumpkin Cheesecake! OMG. I've made this before many many years ago and my friend asked me for the recipe so she could make it for the holidays. But guess what? It fell on the kitchen floor. Yep, the bottom of the springform pan fell out and the cake splatted on a floor with a loud thud. I can so visualize this - Isn't that just horrible? All that work for a cake on the floor! So be … [Read more...]


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There's been a resurgence of old school music concerts for this spring and summer. It attracts an older audience, who are more than willing to pay up to $65 for a reserved seat and $125 for a V.I.P. ticket. In an amphitheater with a capacity of 10,000 people or an arena that holds 20,00, one could be looking at a sizable profit at the end of the night.
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Road Test: Mercedes SLS AMG
Alarm set for 8am. Off it goes on cue, but I've been awake for a good hour already, far too excited to sleep. I'd been avoiding opening the curtains though, as I'd read the weather report yesterday. Oh well, thinks I, it has to be done sometime. So I pull back the drapes to reveal….. Grey. Well, to be more specific – grey skies, rain, wind, rain and bit more rain. It's absolutely chucking it down. A little knot forms in my stomach.
You see, today I have nothing to do, apart from drive a car. A very special car. In the many years I've been a member of ecurie25 I've driven all manner of supercars – Ferraris, Lamborghinis, Aston Martins, Porsches etc, including some special machinery just this year. But today's motorised adrenaline rush excites me more than anything I can remember, bar my first ever drive in a Lamborghini Murcielago. But it's not Italian, not French, nor British. It's a very special Mercedes-Benz.
The SLS AMG.
I can't quantify it, but for some reason this Merc has really got under my skin. The looks have certainly divided opinion, but in pictures I loved it. I've known that ecurie25 would get one on the fleet though, so I've actually avoided trying to see one in the metal. I didn't want to be disappointed. There's something about it that genuinely had me fidgeting in my seat when I arrived at the Leeds e25 HQ to pick it up – and it's not just the doors. But I'll get back to that later, because I still had that knot in my stomach about the weather. I'd initially planned to have a week with the SLS, and do a mammoth road trip from Leeds up to the best roads Scotland has to offer. Pure driving pleasure - a big engine supercar, and some amazing roads. But due to (very annoying) work commitments my spare time has been cut short, so I've been cut down to just 24hrs with the SLS, and the Peak District as my playground. Not all bad, then.
So, I'm handed the keys and we walk out into the garage and I get my first look at an SLS in the metal. And quite frankly, anyone who doesn't like the looks should be locked up in a mental asylum in my eyes, because it's just stunning. Okay, I'll admit it's not a beautiful car like a Ferrari 456 or a Maserati Granturismo, but it certainly works for me. To me it follows the age old tradition of GT styling from the 60's. Massive long bonnet (housing a large capacity V8), tight rear overhang, low body. The front end is definitely a bit brash, with the massive Merc badge sitting in an even bigger grille, thrusting forward in its wing-like satin silver housing. The headlights caused a stir upon launch, with many saying they didn't fit the look, but I think they do, continuing the sharply angled look of the front end. Down the sides of the large front wings you get the side strakes common on the Merc SL, but that little bit more stylised in this application. Then you have what I think is the crowning glory of the SLS – the doors.
Yes, they're a gimmick, but they really do look good. More on those later. At the back is where I think the SLS is best resolved – driver sitting right on the back wheel, with the smoothly tapered rear coming to a stop with the lovely twin pipes and LED rear lights. I think this SLS stands out more than most though, as it is painted in Imola red. From what I've been told, and have seen in the classified ads, the majority of SLSs are ordered in Black, Silver, Grey or derivatives thereof, which all seem a little dull. The Imola red of this example makes it stand out like an anorexic at a Weight Watchers meeting.
I approach the car, unlock, and those little door handles at the bottom of the door pop out to greet you. Bend down to open the door, and it rises up majestically on its gas struts and…. is looking me directly in the eye. Hmmm. Okay I'm not exactly stumpy at 6ft 3in tall, but quite a lot of people will have to duck to get in under the door. It may be touted as an everyday supercar, but it still has the entry/exit issues that the Italians have. A very low seat, with a rather wide sill to straddle is not the easiest thing to get into, especially when blessed with the lengthy appendages that my height brings with it (stop sniggering at the back). But then you're in the very comfy seat, and want to close the door. Even I with long arms had to reach very high up to grab the door and bring it down with me. I learnt to pull it down with me as I entered eventually, but all it would take is a hiccup in the process and you'd be left with a leg painfully hit by a descending door. Apparently Mercedes considered powered doors, but left them out on the grounds that it would add a lot of weight in the undesirable location of the roof.
Okay, so onto the interior. When I saw the images of the SLS's interior I was a little disappointed. It didn't seem special enough for such an overt car. But like the Audi R8, it is simple, looks functional and is an ergonomic dream. The satnav unit, controlled by the Command dial is a very good system, but it suffers from the same issue that so many high end car systems do – you can't enter a full UK Postcode. This really is absolutely infuriating, as a lot of the time you don't know the street name, and this functionality is available on a £100 Tomtom. All the other major controls are very nicely weighted, but it seems odd at first to have no wiper arm on the right of the steering wheel (all the controls are on the left arm, with lights on the dash). One of the nice touches inside is that if something looks like aluminium, it invariably is, including the centre console and gearchange paddles.
Now, the really important bit, as sitting a bit ahead of the nice alcantara trimmed steering wheel, and AMG dials sits… The Engine. I need to emphasise that, because The Engine is truly immense in this application. AMG's 6.2 litre V8 has been praised before in the SL, S, C, CLS etc, but it was surely designed for this role. Incidentally, it does seem odd to me that, despite the 6208cc capacity, they insist on putting '6.3' badges on the side of all models with this engine, SLS included. I know it's supposed to hark back to the legendary 300SEL 6.3 litre race cars, but it just makes more sense to me to have 6.2 on the side!
Anyway, none of that matters when you press the brake pedal and thumb the starter. That big V8 bursts into life with a blare of revs, then settles into a delicious burble, reminiscent of a 70's US muscle car. Stand at the back at idle and close your eyes, and you could be standing behind a Dodge Charger 440R/T. Bliss. As with all Mercs of note, it's Auto only, but this one has their first dual clutch gearbox, packing 7 gears and a lovely set of paddles behind the wheel. Slip it into D and you pull away very smoothly. In fact, heading out onto the streets of Wakefield it's very apparent that in its Comfort setting the SLS is firm, but compliant enough to be used every day without incurring massive Chiropractor bills. The only issue is that it may be a little too easy, as there's a lot of throttle travel before the SLS will get moving, especially in Reverse.
The slip road onto the M1 approaches, windows down despite the rain, and foot to the floor…
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This is a seriously fast car. I mean Lambo LP560 type fast (not surprising really, it actually has a higher bhp/tonne). And the noise is like something from a V8 lover's wet dream. The deep bellow at low revs, rising up to a mechanical thrum, then the exhausts take over again to give forth their musical scream. I don't mind saying that I spent a large part of that day slowing down and accelerating, giggling like a child every time it performed its overture.
Once the drudgery of the M1 was dealt with the nose of the SLS crept into the Peak District. I'm quite familiar with this territory, but in almost torrential rain, it made me ever so slightly nervous, given that I'd already experienced the brutal power the SLS has. Put the suspension into Sport+, and leave the TC on was my advice, so I complied. The road ahead (Woodhead Road for those who know it) twists and turns, rises and falls, and on this day had mini rivers running all over it. And I had the time of my life.
The SLS's steering is absolutely pin-sharp with as much feedback as you'd ever need. The gearbox is fantastic too, if you stay away from the paddles. Shifting manually gives quite tardy results which seems a little odd given how rapid they are in Auto mode. But it matters not, because in Auto mode it hangs onto gears right to the red line, and downshifts at exactly the right time.
In Sport+ you also get just the right amount of slip from the TC. In tight uphill corners with a river running across them, I was getting a nice armful of lock on before the car gathered it up and let me carry on my way. Perfect. The suspension was firmed up, but still didn't skip over bumps mid-corner, and the car stayed very flat through hard cornering.
The next morning, I woke up at 5am as the weather report had said it would be dry, and it was. So I headed back to the same road to try it in the dry and the results were the same just with much higher speeds! (but all within the law, Officer). It handles just like an old-school GT, powering out of corners with the rear pushing wide, hearty V8 bellowing in your ears. If it hadn't been for my 9am deadline and dwindling petrol reserves I'd have stayed on that road all day long.
Speaking of petrol, that's one area that really impressed me. I pressed on a lot in that car, and over a couple of hundred miles I averaged 21mpg, which I think is fantastic for a 560bhp supercar. And I was amazed at the amount of attention that the SLS got everywhere it went. Pull into a petrol station and most people have a look because of the noise, but as soon as I popped the door open I'd have 5 people standing around it asking questions by the time I'd hauled myself out. Not even Lamborghinis and Ferraris get as much attention in my experience.
In reality, the SLS would probably be a much more useable car with normal doors. The gullwing doors do get in the way, including in the interior. Where they join in the centre of the roof lining is a large bulge which I whacked my head on plenty of times when turning my head to look in a junction. But they are so much a part of the car it would lose a lot without them. The convertible version on the way will be just as accomplished, but I doubt it'll be as special.
For me, the SLS AMG sits among the Ferrari 599 and Lamborghini LP560/4 in my favourite supercar hierarchy. It may even be at the top. It just got under my skin like not many cars have, before and after driving it.
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Words & Photography: Tim Oldland


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GJS Uses Roadshow Events to Announce Expansion into QLD
SYDNEY, Australia - July 9, 2015
GJS today announced the appointment of David Evans to the role of Queensland Sales and Support, a newly created role designed to expand GJS's national footprint and provide customers in the Sunshine State with speedy access to locally based support, sales and exceptional customer service.
"Being close to our customers is a key tactic in our growth and expansion strategy. We have always supported non-NSW customers from our Sydney base, but the time was right to begin expanding into other states" said Greg Stone, Managing Director, GJS. "Bringing David onto the team in Queensland is the first step in our expansion plan, and one that will give our customers here the convenience of local support and service," Greg added.
David brings with him three decades expertise in screen printing, wide format and direct to garment printing and a solid track record of driving business growth and developing new market opportunities. He's worked with some of the biggest brands in the print industry over his 30 year tenure including Fujifilm Sericol and Anitech.
"David is an industry veteran and has extensive knowledge of the Queensland market and beyond. His reputation for exceptional customer service made him an easy choice for this role and a perfect complement to the GJS team," Greg added.
David is a qualified screen printer and has numerous other technical qualifications.
Queensland customers can contact David by emailing: firstname.lastname@example.com
About GJS
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