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Well...sometimes you are. I was walking in a field bordered by woods and I could hear the snapping and breaking of twigs of "something" moving about in the woods - a serial killer no doubt. Needless to say I got a little nervous until I saw my stalker. He and his posse (more goats and a black cow) were in a yard beyond the woods and were watching me. They saw me, I saw them and we met by the fence. They got pets from me and I got slurped by the cow and this little guy wanted attention from me in the worst way. He got it.
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Zerina Phillip gave props (14 Feb 2010):
Love the B&W. HAHA love the story.
Anne Worner (Deleted) gave props (22 Feb 2010):
Hahaha, lovely shot. I love goats. You are lucky they were confident enough to approach you . I like this in mono, and I like the black edge work. It seems to enhance the shot. Also, I'm a sucker for square crops!!
carl geers said (1 Apr 2010):
Serial goat petter!
Martha Hughes said (5 Apr 2010):
That obvious, eh?
christine kiebert-boss gave props (14 Jun 2010):
so funny - Love it!


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The rock climbing here is not the best but the setting is rather special and the best of the routes are worth doing. In the coorect (increasingly rare) conditions the Downfall forms the Peak's premier ice-climbing venue. Apart from odd bits of ice bouldering all round the cirque there is the diagonal expedition of Downfall Climb (I/II) and the hanging icicle of The Direct (III/IV). Arrive early or be prepared to queue!
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Almost nine years after the Old Fire burned more than 1,000 homes as it roared out of the San Bernardino Mountains and into a suburban neighborhood, trial got under way Monday, July 9, in the arson and murder case of Rickie Lee Fowler.
The onetime San Bernardino resident is charged with starting the blaze, and with five first-degree murders from heart attack deaths that authorities said were caused by the stress of dealing with the fire.
If convicted as charged, Fowler, 30, could face the death penalty.
Jurors in downtown San Bernardino County Superior Court heard Fowler described as either an angry, willful fire-setter or a man whose personal demons were so out of control he could falsely claim a connection to the blaze just because of the attention it would bring.
Trial has been delayed several times over the years, and on Monday it was briefly put on hold in the morning after Fowler refused to enter court. Judge Michael A. Smith and the attorneys, accompanied by a court reporter, held a hearing in an inmate holding area.
Smith had to make an order for Fowler to appear. He was escorted into the courtroom, out of the juryâs presence, wearing an open-neck, long-sleeved dress shirt and slacks instead of a jail uniform, but still shackled. The two deputies who walked him in took the chains off before jurors were called.
âThe sheer immensity of this case is staggering,â San Bernardino County Deputy District Attorney Robert Bulloch told the eight-woman, four-man jury as he began his opening statement in the case he said was expected to last at least two weeks.
The Old Fire was set in the San Bernardino Mountains along Old Waterman Canyon Road near Highway 18 around 9:30 a.m. Oct. 25, 2003.
It burned 91,000 acres, from forest filled with beetle-infested dead trees to dry brush, and through mountain-cabin enclaves down into a San Bernardino housing tract.
It destroyed more than 1,000 houses, both in mountain communities such as Cedar Glen and in the Del Rosa neighborhood of San Bernardino as Santa Ana winds drove the fire.
Six heart-attack deaths were attributed to the blaze but a 2009 grand jury indicted Fowler for five of them.
It burned along with another dozen fires throughout Southern California in late October 2003. The Old Fire eventually merged with another wildfire, the Grand Prix.
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New state of the art prisons are being fitted with in-cell telephones, with one featuring electronic terminals to allow inmates to order food and book activities a National Audit Office report has revealed today.
New prisons being built in England and Wales by the National Offender Management Service also feature "integrated screen toilets" and most (90 per cent) have integrated showers, the report revealed.
The NAO report, which examined Government spending on prisons, said in-cell telephones helped prisoners to maintain key family relationships, which in turn aided successful rehabilitation.
Inmates in prisons with in-cell phones are required to give authorities the names and contact details of the people they want to call so all phone calls can be approved, and they are not permitted to receive incoming calls, The Times reported.
The report added that electronic terminals at Serco run Thameside prison in southeast London are used by inmates to choose food from the menu, book appointments and select activities.
The watchdog said in-cell facilities, such as being able to use the phone and access a shower, reduced the number of officers needed to monitor queues for the phone or unlock cells to give access to communal showers.
The report said: "Some new cells contain telephones (the use of which is controlled and may be monitored by prison staff) and, at HMP Thameside, terminals to book activities and order meal."
"In-cell telephones, as well as allowing prisoners to maintain family contact (important for successful rehabilitation), also contribute to prisoner safety," it added.
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ROBIN VAN PERSIE has revealed there was no chance of him joining Manchester City once he discovered Sir Alex Ferguson wanted him.
I have been having the time of my life here. So I don't regret that (decision)
Van Persie has slotted in perfectly, scoring 13 goals already, and ahead of tomorrow's Manchester derby he insists he has no regrets about snubbing Mancini.
"I made my mind up very quickly and I am coming into work with a big smile on my face every day," said Van Persie. "I have been having the time of my life here. So I don't regret that (decision).
"Of course in a derby you have lots of people involved, fans and players, everyone is really committed and wants their team to win. We will do all we can to win this game."
Tomorrow's clash will be the former Arsenal star's first taste of a Manchester derby and he reckons it is now the biggest game in English football.
"It's a big one straight away. I am looking forward to it because it's number one versus number two at the moment and hopefully we can stretch our lead," he told MUTV.
"Everyone is looking at it and is curious about what will happen. In the past I had the north London derby against Spurs and other derbies in London, but this is two Manchester teams in one city.
"One is called United and the other is called City and that's it, they are the only teams, so it is the only derby and the biggest derby.
"I know what it means, we know what it means, and we are looking forward to it."
A win for United would see them open up a six-point lead over City at the top.
But Van Persie admits it will be a tough test of his side's title credentials.
He added: "We are three points ahead of them, which is good after 15 games in the league, but we do want to stretch that and keep our run going.
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Re: What would happen if..... I have also wondered what would happen if you used some kind of drying product like clearisil or some for my treatment used to dry up or heal acne such as sylisic Acid or benzoyl peroxide. Has anyone tried it? It seems like it would make them heal up faster, then again I am only asking this if you get your OB on a "outer" part knwo what I mean, not like for women who get them in a sensitive spot, but sometimes you get them off to the side, so what would it hurt. |
Re: What would happen if..... I havent ever tried using clearisil or anything like that. There is something else I have found that seems to get the outbreak over with faster. Well I know this may sound weird, and I dont know if anyone else does it, but when I have the blisters on my outside skin i break them open and then they scab over and heal way faster for me than if i just let it get to that point by itself. I know that my sound gross, and I havent ever heard anyone talking about doing that before, but it makes it scab over and go away cause the blister has broken. Well that seems to speed up the process for me.....hope i didnt gross anyone out. |
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Re: What would happen if..... Yeah, I have never had it orally either I just have GH as well. I am kind of surprised to hear that other people do that too, since its not talked about on here, but at the same time not so surprised. I started doing that about maybe 5 months ago. It was really bothering me one day and I got to thinking about if the blister was broken then it should scab over and go away, so i broke the the blister and sure enough.....and so I've been doing it ever since, it really doesnt hurt much at all like you said, just a little sting when I wash it, thats about it. |
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Published October 8, 2001
The recent attack on the World Trade Center set off a two-tiered debate within the racing industry. The first debate centered on when individual tracks should restart normal operations. In New York, both the New York Racing Association and Meadowlands have held off. Logical and sane decisions, especially after Don Imus called racing "gangsters" for opening days after the attack.
The other debate involves the running of the 2001 Breeders' Cup or whatever its new moniker is, scheduled for Belmont Park on Oct. 27. Thought has been given to moving the event to Churchill Downs. Don't!!!
Holding the Breeders' Cup at Belmont Park is symbolic. Just like the WTC was a symbol for the financial might of New York and the United States, so is Belmont a symbol to the rest of the racing world for the best the sport has to offer in a setting that is fitting for such an event.
And how better to show the international sports media that racing is alive and will rise again in the United States. Here we are. Welcome to New York and to beautiful, majestic Belmont Park. It has stood gracefully through world wars, Korea, Vietnam, assassinations of national leaders and terrorist attacks.
Churchill Downs is a wonderful venue for major racing, including the Kentucky Derby and Breeders' Cup. Perhaps it is destiny that Belmont Park was picked as the site for the 2001 Breeders' Cup.
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Fairfood is happy to announce that Jason Glaser, co-founder of our partner La Isla Foundation (LIF), has been selected as one of five Global Leaders for the Tällberg Foundation Global Leadership Prize 2015. The prize, including a cash award of $50,000, will be awarded to two individuals during a special awards ceremony in Stockholm, Sweden on 11 November 2015.
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The Tällberg Foundation Global Leadership Prize is awarded annually to two individuals or organisations who have demonstrated principled courage and willingness to confront the conventional wisdom in ways that have the potential to effect significant, positive societal change. The five Global Leaders were selected by an international jury from more than 200 nominations drawn from 56 countries. Alan Stoga, Chairman of the Tällberg Foundation stated "these extraordinary Global Leaders demonstrate the effective, courageous and innovative leadership can overcome even the most seemingly intractable issues."
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Jason Glaser is the co-founder of La Isla Foundation (LIF), an international research and policy NGO working at the intersection of public health and human rights to address the fatal epidemic of Chronic Kidney Disease of non-traditional causes (CKDnT) in Latin America. This relatively unknown disease is associated with heavy labour in hot temperatures and chronic dehydration, as well as exposure to pesticides, and is prevalent among agricultural workers, especially sugarcane workers.
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Monaco manager Claudio Ranieri has confirmed he would like to take David Beckham and Frank Lampard to the principality.
The pair have long been linked with a move to Stade Louis II, with the ambitious club looking on course for promotion back to Ligue 1. Monaco are backed by Russian billionaire owner Dmitry Rybolovlev and reports have suggested moves for Beckham and Lampard are in the pipeline.
Ranieri signed the latter for Chelsea during his time at the Stamford Bridge helm and asked if would like to sign Frank Lampard, he said with a laugh: "Oh, it would be fantastic. [He could perform well in Ligue 1] - why not? Frank could play in every country."
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I had a basset puppy disappear for a week. I put a notice in the school paper, and a guy called and said he found my dog. He was in the corner 7-11 and eating the cookies on the lower shelves. I went and got him quick. He didn't even charge me for the cookies because he was too cute.
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Houndmomma had a jail bird on her hands awhile ago.Page and Mabel went at it and Page tore Mabels ear.Jen had it sewn up and a few days later a letter came saying she had to confine Page to the home for 10 days because she bit another dog(Mabel).So Page doesn't go for chewing bones or stealing cookies(her mom wishes she would)no, she has to rip her sister's ear.We thought Jen might need to wear a leg cuff on her when she could finally take her out
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Winston was busted at Petsmart for something similar last year. He just got probation.
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Anterior cingulate activity and level of cognitive conflict: explicit comparisonsTools Mitchell, R. L. C. (2006) Anterior cingulate activity and level of cognitive conflict: explicit comparisons. Behavioral Neuroscience, 120 (6). pp. 1395-1401. ISSN 0735-7044 Full text not archived in this repository. To link to this item DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.120.6.1395 Abstract/SummaryThe role of anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) in attention is a matter of debate. One hypothesis suggests that its role is to monitor response-level conflict, but explicit evidence is somewhat lacking. In this study, the activation of ACC was compared in (a) color and number standard Stroop tasks in which response preparation and interference shared modality (response-level conflict) and (b) color and number matching Stroop tasks in which response preparation and interference did not share modality (non-response-level conflict). In the congruent conditions, there was no effect of task type. In the interference conditions, anterior cingulate activity in the matching tasks was less than that in the standard tasks. These results support the hypothesis that ACC specifically mediates generalized modality-independent selection processes invoked by response competition.
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Haiti – Cholera still an emergency issue
From Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) a report on the deplorable condition of cholera related healthcare in four departments in Haiti. Part of the problem is that increasingly over the past 18 months cholera has been downgraded to a 'development' issue rather than an emergency one. However as the report states there has been an increase in mortality rates in part of the country of 4% towards the end of 2012. Another factor which has the potential to exacerbate the cholera situation is the downsizing of DINEPA staff responsible for all aspects of monitoring water and sanitation in the 'official' camps.
A lack of funds and supplies has crippled cholera treatment programs in Haiti, leading to unnecessary deaths and increasing the risk of greater outbreaks during the upcoming rainy season, the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) said today.
In recent evaluations of public health facilities in four Haitian departments–Artibonite, Nippes, Southeast, and North–MSF found that the quality of cholera treatment declined significantly in the last year due to funding shortfalls.
"Some of the staff at the cholera treatment centers have not been paid for several months," said Dr. Mamady Traoré, MSF deputy medical coordinator, who participated in the Artibonite assessment in late December 2012. "Infrastructure and equipment are worn out because they haven't been maintained and there are frequent shortages of medical supplies. As a result, hygiene precautions that are essential to limiting the spread of the disease are no longer enforced. Sometimes patients are left without treatment or must pay to obtain it. That is intolerable."
Cholera-related mortality has risen since late 2012 in Haiti's North Department. "The mortality rate exceeds 4 percent in certain treatment centers–this is four times the acceptable rate," said Joan Arnan, who was in charge of the evaluation. "This reveals the shortcomings in treatment. Cholera is not difficult to treat if it's done promptly. But sometimes there are only two nurses to manage 50 patients. That's not nearly enough to ensure quality care."
In December 2012, the United Nations launched an appeal for $2.2 billion to fund a plan by the Haitian Ministry of Public Health and Population (MSPP) to eliminate cholera by 2022. The plan is yet to be funded, leaving many current cholera patients without adequate treatment.
"Cholera now appears to be seen as a development issue to be resolved over the next 10 years, whereas the current situation still calls for an emergency medical response," said Duncan McLean, MSF program manager in New York. "The necessary resources for such a response are becoming increasingly scarce."
The deplorable state of the treatment centers suggests that the worst is yet to come with the looming rainy season. In 2011 and 2012, rains led to sudden localized epidemic spikes between May and November. MSF responded within the limits of its resources.
"Prevention–by improving water, sanitation, hygiene conditions and vaccinations–is obviously the long-term solution, but sufficient resources are still needed today to treat patients and prevent deaths," said Oliver Schulz, MSF head of mission in Haiti. "The priority today must be to strengthen the treatment centers and the early warning and rapid response systems. The Haitian government and international donors need to ensure that existing treatment sites are equipped and staffed before the rains. That means as soon as possible."
Since the cholera outbreak was identified in late October 2010, MSF has treated nearly 200,000 patients at a total cost of approximately $60 million and with a mortality rate below 1 percent. During 2011, MSF gradually handed over responsibility to Haitian health authorities for treatment centers outside the area affected by the January 12, 2010, earthquake, after training Haitian staff and donating supplies and equipment. MSF continues to provide cholera treatment in Port-au-Prince and Léogâne, with 23,000 patients treated in 2012.
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chasm and scale to the next level. Geoffrey continued with his overview, but included
more current trends and examples.
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the mature life cycle of a technology, from emerging market (aka pre-tornado)
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monetization. This is not to say more than one gear should not be turning at
the same time, but to succeed, focus must be on just a single gear.
Geoffrey joined our Founders Panel, moderated by Michael Skok, Partner, North Bridge Venture Partners and included David Husak, Founder and CEO, Plexxi; Andy Ory, Founder and CEO, Acme Packet; and Susan Hunt Stevens, Founder and CEO, Practically Green. Following is a short clip of the panel discussion.
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"Alex Cross" Summit, US | DIR: Rob Cohen CAST: Tyler Perry, Matthew Fox, Rachel Nichols, Ed Burns, Jean Reno, Cicely Tyson | 13% Rotten | Newsday: "It feels almost cruel to laugh at such a blindly stumbling, dunderheaded action-thriller, but you won't be able to help it."
"The Sessions" Fox Searchlight, US | DIR: Ben Lewin CAST: John Hawkes, Helen Hunt, William H. Macy, Moon Bloodgood | 95% Fresh | Leonard Maltin: "There are no missteps along the way and it's hard to take your eyes off the screen, even during the most awkward and intimate moments." | TOH Interviews Hawkes.
"Brooklyn Castle" PDA, US | DIR: Katie Dellamaggiore | 100% Fresh | InContention: "A truly wonderful, uplifting film – because it's an emotional experience that's driven by appreciating and celebrating what these young kids can do."
"Bestiaire" Zeitgeist, CAN/FR | DIR: Denis Côté | 80% Fresh | Village Voice: "Bestiaire is, most profoundly, about the dynamics of looking, an exercise in studying gazes that are either unidirectional or, superficially, at least, reciprocated."
"My Worst Nightmare" Strand Releasing, FR | DIR: Anne Fontaine CAST: Isabelle Huppert, Benoît Poelvoorde, André DussollierVirginie Efira | 50% Rotten | NYTimes: "Its tepid satire of art world pretensions culminates with a visual dirty joke that is mildly amusing but still not worth the wait."


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One of the most striking recent examples of entertainment looking to sports media to generate business is the remarkable work by Apple Computer on behalf of its iPod mobile music device. Featured in a wide range of sports and general-market media, Apple has launched a TV and print campaign for the iPod that represents the best of what advertising can be.
Apple's tradition of using sports in its advertising is storied.
The company launched its seminal Macintosh computer with "1984," a commercial aired just once, during the 1984 Super Bowl. That effort later was voted by members of the advertising industry as the greatest ad of all time. Thirteen years later, Apple featured "The Greatest," Muhammad Ali, in its graphically powerful "Think Different" campaign.
The spots are simple, vibrant and potent.
The premise is simple. Young, hip (for lack of a better term) people dancing in black silhouette, in front of vibrant purple, green, red and gold screens. Their bodies are connected to their music by tiny white headphones and the now well-recognized rectangular white iPod device.
The iPod, with its unique shape and ability to store thousands of songs in a device not much bigger than your average PDA, immediately became the industry's "in" device. But for months, Apple made it available to Mac users only, leaving it incompatible with the Windows operating systems that much of the computer world uses.
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Dave Meyers, perhaps the best-of-breed working in music videos, directed the TV work. Meyers took home the top prize at the recent MTV Video Music Awards when the video he directed for Missy Elliott's "Work It" won Video of the Year.
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This Week's Best Albums: June 5, 2012
Each week, editor-in-chief Chris Force and music editor Scott Morrow choose ALARM's favorite new releases for This Week's Best Albums, an eclectic set of reviews presenting exceptional music.
"Leon vs. The Revolution"
It's another year, another set of releases from the incomparable Melvins, whose five-song EP The Bulls & The Bees (with its Big Business lineup) preceded Freak Puke, a new full-length album as Melvins Lite with Mr. Bungle bassist Trevor Dunn.
The album is "lite" due to the streamlined three-piece lineup, and the rock riffs aren't quite as abrasive — more in the psych, garage, and classic veins than the band's sludgier fare. Dunn creates a much moodier, smoky environment with his bowed and walking bass, adding a jazzy and improvised element to contrast with the pure rock.
And at times, guitarist Buzz Osborne presents a sort of half-strength vocal delivery, paring down the intensity in favor of texture. It's yet another new side of a band whose influential career has spanned three decades.
- Scott Morrow
The Hives: Lex Hives (Disques Hives)
"Go Right Ahead"
In 2000, The Hives hijacked the garage-rock takeover with a two-tone wardrobe, the huge single/video "Hate to Say I Told You So," and the very sharp studio album Veni Vidi Vicious. Exemplifying the Swedish indie scene's knack for reinterpretation of retro genre details, the band seemed poised to dominate the genre for the rest of the decade. But the hard-touring group only mustered one new full-length between 2004 and 2012, the glossy 2008 release The Black and White Album. Sue us if we feel a bit deprived.
The new Lex Hives is the kind of next chapter that few bands remember to write. It still slashes with the double-snare crack beats, Howlin' Pelle Almqvist's Ramones-meets-Iggy snarl, and Nicholaus Arson's whiplash guitar licks. But on Lex, the band also shows a real taste for the bubblegum glam ("1000 Answers") in its most hooky rock 'n' roll. Single "Go Right Ahead" amps up a classic garage riff with big band horns and a potentially subconscious ode to ELO.
The wonder of Lex Hives is in its careful balancing act between the pogo-worthy punk and the band's various alter egos. It makes room for a kind of smoldering lament on "Without the Money," the psych-rock storytelling of "My Time is Coming" and the speed-freak Cali punk of "These Spectacles Reveal The Nostalgics." The band almost boogies with all the piano and brass on "Midnight Shifter."
Few, read none, of the garage-rock contenders from the class of 2000 are still blasting out the goodies at this level. Rather than succumb to a world-weary serious rock effort, The Hives has sharpened its attack and sweetened its candy jar. It's much more fun than a trip to the dentist, anyway.
- John Dugan
Jherek Bischoff: Composed (Brassland)
"Young and Lovely" f. Zac Pennington & Soko
Jherek Bischoff has more than a few tricks up his very well-tailored sleeves. A member of the experimental pop group Parenthetical Girls, Bischoff is maybe a renaissance man, maybe one of many. He's not the only musician whose pedigree includes both experimental ensembles like Xiu Xiu and more classically oriented groups like Wordless Music.
Bischoff's latest, Composed, is a piece of immaculately arranged orchestral pop, one whose level of baroque whimsy varies by track and by guest after noteworthy guest. The second song — following a brief instrumental introduction — has an elegant and romantic lilt to its lush strings, carrying David Byrne's vocals like a wave. The very next song feels more contemporary, with a daring vocal part by Caetano Veloso sung over the string section's muted and dissonant strikes and the invasion of distracted electronics in the midst of its finale.
"Insomnia, Death and the Sea" is a kinetic, cinematic closer, its final three minutes a long crescendo that erupts in a moment that is undeniably the climax of the entire record. But is it triumphant? Or is it tragic? Only as "Introduction (Defeat)" fades in again does the answer become clear.
And yet we're unsure again, because on the intro's heels comes that light baroque sound of the David Byrne track, the sound not of defeat at all but of a promenade through Shangri-La. Then again, it may be the celestial strings of the afterlife. Either way, the ambiguity is the best part, and it's a magical few minutes, hearing the album interact with itself. It probably wasn't even intentional, yet it feels like the work of a master illusionist.
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Fear Factory: The Industrialist (Candlelight)
Fear Factory's eighth full-length studio album, The Industrialist, is the next chapter in the band's sci-fi narrative that has spanned the past two decades. The futuristic storyline, however, is a mere backdrop for the blistering noise of its soundtrack.
Crafted by Mechanized writers and band-mates Burton C. Bell and Dino Cazares, on vocals and guitar respectively, the newest album is a space-shattering embodiment of Fear Factory's longstanding legacy.
The tracks "God Eater" and "Disassemble" exemplify the band's signature style, layering an array of metal and Bell's recognizable vocal patterns upon an authentic industrial base. And moments when narrative fuses with composition in musical alchemy — as in "Depraved Mind Murder" — showcase both the band's tightness and dedication to theme.
In its entirety, The Industrialist, though speaking to the complications of being an android, is a well-orchestrated montage of universal agitation and despair.
- Danielle Turney
"No. 1 Against the Rush"
Once you pair an image to a sound, it's difficult to scrub away. Like having an actor's face thrust onto a character from a beloved book, a music video can forever alter a song, and so anyone who saw the Todd Cole-directed video for Liars' "No. 1 Against the Rush" will always associate its sparse beats and drugged-up synths with the midnight vistas of a derelict city, sprawlscapes illuminated only by the headlights of an unmarked van.
WIXIW, the band's unpronounceable new release, is unsettling. It's not really in your face, and not at all heavy, but in the dance noir that Angus Andrew, Aaron Hemphill, and Julian Gross explore here, there's a darkness that feels confined — not the night sky above a desert highway, but one obscured by the light pollution of a strung-out city.
When a band trades in more traditional instruments for electronics, there always will be opposition from stubborn fans, but the differences between Sisterworld and WIXIW are mainly cosmetic. Andrew's slurred vocals haven't gone anywhere, and neither have the trio's atypical song structures. The band's general aesthetic is as moody and macabre as ever.
In some ways, WIXIW is to Liars what King of Limbs was to Radiohead: an album that opens the door to a new sound while making it clear that we're still exploring the same house. If the record is deficient in any way, it's in the wholly absent loud/soft dynamic — a failure too of King of Limbs. There aren't any identifiable landmarks. If someone dropped you into the middle of the record, you'd have no idea where you were. But then, that may be the point. Like a predator in an unmarked van, Liars may have us right where it wants us.
- Timothy A. Schuler
Scott Lucas & The Married Men: Blood Half Moon (The End)
"Blood Half Moons"
In 2009, Local H frontman Scott Lucas found himself with a batch of songs — intended to win back an ex — that didn't seem to fit within the Chicago two-piece's hard-rock repertoire. So, rather than let the material go unreleased, he did what many musicians with a secret soft side are wont to do: he went solo.
Lucas looked to local indie acts — notably, The Tossers, Caviar, and Joy Poppers — to form his sprawling, seven-piece ensemble The Married Men. Its debut was recorded with barely more than a handful of shows under its belt, and it's apparent. With time, the band's sound would quickly develop a darker, more powerful sound to match the intensity of its heartfelt lyrics.
For its second LP, Blood Half Moon, Lucas and co. seem to fully embrace the darkness inherent in its music. Whether it's from the moments that the haunting organ, raspy voice, and booming guitars open the album on "Lover, the Lullaby," or the desert-inspired "Blood Half Moons" with its "lyrics full of blood, crows, and whiskey," it's clear that the band has ditched its quiet, melancholic sound for a more commanding sonic presence. Scott Lucas & The Married Men has found its stride crafting, in its words, "country-ish alt-rock for people who like metal." And though the description feels a bit off the mark, the band's new MO is a recipe for success.
- Meaghann Korbel
Generation of Vipers: Howl and Filth (Translation Loss)
With a pair of members in US Christmas and one in A Storm of Light, Tennessee trio Generation of Vipers has kept quiet for the past four or five years. But the sludgy post-hardcore three-piece finally self-released its third album, Howl and Filth, last year, and now it gets a proper push and release from Translation Loss.
Engineered by Kurt Ballou of Converge at GodCity, Howl and Filth is a whole new type of hugeness — a little less Neur-Isis and more pure assailment. There are fewer drawn-out, distortion-free buildups, but there's still the same level of dynamics, with spots of melancholy and restraint.
Whether due to structure or due to Ballou's touch, the album sounds much heavier and denser than a "power trio" usually does. Imagine the sonic density of Old Man Gloom with the sheer intensity (and dirge-like riffs) of Converge, and you're pretty close. Crucially, the syncopated beats of drummer BJ Graves hold it all together, often perfectly mid-tempo for head-banging but chock full of fills.
The band's songs, though still not short, have become more concise and well rounded. And after the opening pair of tracks nearly hit 15 minutes together, the eerie piano and string track "All of This is Mine" nicely augments the flow. "Eternal" follows it well, immediately launching back into down-tuned sludge for a four-minute burst. In all, Howl and Filth is a complete album, offering enough for heavy-music fans of all stripes.
- Scott Morrow
Honorable Mentions:
Bigg Jus: Machines that Make Civilization (Mush)
Black Sheep Wall: No Matter Where It Ends (Season of Mist)
Gangstagrass: Rappalachia
Japandroids: Celebration Rock (Polyvinyl)
Kool Keith: Love & Danger (Junkadelic)
Felix Martin: Live in Boston (Prosthetic)
Oh No: Ohnomite
Phobia: Remnants of Filth (Willowtip)
Post Teens: The Heat EP (No Idea)
Shmu: Discipline/Communication (Grand Theft Zamboni)


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Most desirable secrets and techniques and advice for all those seeking vehicle hire in Germany, make a general comparison of what's to select from prior to leasing.
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So Car Rental France Analysis Tips.
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The binary packages are compiled against Slackware 14.2 official ISO and it's now uploaded to the usual repository in http://slackware.uk/msb and http://slackware.uk/csb. Thanks to Darren Austin for providing a place to host these two projects.
The website for MSB have been updated with latest information about the new release and we have added a new website for CSB as well (Thanks to Chess Griffin for permission to use the template from MSB website). Please visit the website for screenshots and other information.
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Top Items:
Josh Barro / Bloomberg:
What's Wrong With the Republican Fiscal Cliff Counteroffer — Here are three big problems with the letter they sent to the White House: — 1. It's not really a proposal — it's just a set of headline numbers without specific policies. The letter says Republicans want to cut $900 billion …
Paul Krugman, The Daily Dish, Business Insider, Hit & Run and Wonkblog
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Palin regrets calling GOP lawmakers 'wusses' on deficit talks — One-time Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin apologized for calling some GOP lawmakers "wusses" in their negotiations with Democrats over the "fiscal cliff." — "Well, I guess I shouldn't call politicians names …
Ezra Klein / Wonkblog:
Boehner tries to call a mulligan — House Speaker John Boehner is trying to call a mulligan. — In 2011, not long after an election in which Democrats were utterly routed, Erskine Bowles testified before the debt supercommittee. "I tried to think...if it was possible …
Bloomberg and Washington Examiner
Republicans Counter Obama Plan With Entitlement Cuts — U.S. House Speaker John Boehner proposed $2.2 trillion of spending cuts and new revenue that lack what President Barack Obama calls essential for a fiscal agreement: higher tax rates for top-earning Americans.
The Agonist
Jessica Yellin / CNN:
White House won't counter Boehner's fiscal proposal — Washington (CNN) - Don't expect negotiations for a deal to avert the "fiscal cliff" to heat up this week. — Senior administration officials said the offer House Speaker John Boehner submitted to the White House on Monday wasn't serious enough …
ABCNEWS, The Hill, The Week, ABCNEWS, Politico, Weasel Zippers and Business Insider
Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
Republicans Make Counteroffer in Fiscal Talks
Republicans Make Counteroffer in Fiscal Talks
The New Republic, Power Line, Washington Free Beacon, Vox Verax, Democracy in America and The Caucus
Susan Davis / USA Today:
GOP's $4.6T 'fiscal cliff' counterproposal rebuffed
GOP's $4.6T 'fiscal cliff' counterproposal rebuffed
Politico, NationalJournal.com, The Week, ABCNEWS and Hot Air
Marc A. Thiessen / Washington Post:
In 'cliff' talks, Obama on brink of disaster
In 'cliff' talks, Obama on brink of disaster
Wake up America and Wall Street Journal
Lori Montgomery / Washington Post:
Boehner, House GOP leaders offer 'fiscal cliff' counterproposal
Boehner, House GOP leaders offer 'fiscal cliff' counterproposal
Post Politics, msnbc.com, Wonkblog, The Hill, Nice Deb, Jared Bernstein, Prairie Weather, Townhall.com, First Read, White House Dossier, National Review and ABCNEWS
Daniel Gross / The Daily Beast:
On the Fiscal Cliff, Republicans Got Nothin'
On the Fiscal Cliff, Republicans Got Nothin'
The Daily Dish, National Review, Booman Tribune, Washington Post and The Hill
Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Do Democrats actually want to go over the fiscal cliff?
Do Democrats actually want to go over the fiscal cliff?
The Hill, Washington Post, Business Insider, Daily Kos, msnbc.com, Hot Air and Wake up America
Zeke Miller / BuzzFeed:
Obama Rejects Boehner Fiscal Cliff Plan
Obama Rejects Boehner Fiscal Cliff Plan
Pirate's Cove, Washington Post, Taylor Marsh, Hot Air, Weekly Standard and Weasel Zippers
Lisa Mascaro / Los Angeles Times:
Boehner makes counteroffer on 'fiscal cliff'
Boehner makes counteroffer on 'fiscal cliff'
The Agonist and Hullabaloo
Mother Jones:
Exclusive: Dick Armey Quits Tea Party Group in Split Over Direction — In a move not publicly announced, former Rep. Dick Armey, the folksy conservative leader, has resigned as chairman of FreedomWorks, one of the main political outfits of the conservative movement and an instrumental force within the tea party.
Ballot Box, CNN, Prairie Weather, Politico, New York Magazine, Post Politics, The Raw Story and Connecting.the.Dots
Manu Raju / Politico:
Ashley Judd exploring Senate run — Ashley Judd vs. Mitch McConnell? — It might not be as far-fetched as you think. — The Hollywood movie star and eighth-generation Kentuckian is seriously exploring a 2014 run for the Senate to take on the powerful Republican leader, four people familiar with the matter tell POLITICO.
The Week, Post Politics, Weasel Zippers, The Gateway Pundit and Taegan Goddard's …
Bob Woodward / Washington Post:
Fox News chief's failed attempt to enlist Petraeus as presidential candidate — Roger Ailes, the longtime Republican media guru, founder of Fox News and its current chairman, had some advice last year for then-Gen. David H. Petraeus. — So in spring 2011, Ailes asked a Fox News analyst headed …
Alexthechick / doubleplusundead:
An open letter to Bob Costas and Jason Whitlock — Gentlemen: I see that you have chosen to use the horrific crime of the murder of Kasandra Perkins to express your belief that guns are the problem, not the men who wield them. I am utterly certain that you believe that you have the moral high ground on this matter.
USA Today, Scared Monkeys, The Daily Caller and small dead animals
Ben Shapiro / BREITBART.COM:
The PJ Tatler, Ed Driscoll, Red Alert Politics and This Just In
Kevin Cirilli / Politico:
Rush Limbaugh: Bob Costas 'cop out'
Rush Limbaugh: Bob Costas 'cop out'
Rush Limbaugh, ThinkProgress and Examiner
Jonathan Strong / Roll Call:
GOP Steering Committee Shuffles Conservatives — Speaker John A. Boehner initiated today a small purge of rebellious Republicans — mostly conservatives — from prominent committees; it's the latest instance of the Ohio Republican's clamping down on his fractious conference.
Hot Air, The Week, The Daily Caller, Politico, Red Alert Politics, Weasel Zippers, Twitchy, Daily Kos, Booman Tribune and Hit & Run
Daniel Horowitz / RedState:
The Purge of House Conservatives Continues
The Purge of House Conservatives Continues
Washington Monthly and The Spectacle Blog
Michael Barbaro / New York Times:
Bloomberg Asked Clinton to Consider Succeeding Him as Mayor — Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg has long struggled to imagine a successor with the combination of star power, experience and grit to fill his shoes. — But not long ago, he was struck by an inspiration: Hillary Rodham Clinton, the retiring secretary of state.
BOWLES STATEMENT ON SPEAKER BOEHNER'S LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT — While I'm flattered the Speaker would call something "the Bowles plan," the approach outlined in the letter Speaker Boehner sent to the President does not represent the Simpson-Bowles plan, nor is it the Bowles plan.
Hit & Run, msnbc.com, Mother Jones and Speaker.gov
Hans Nichols / Bloomberg:
Obama Said to Consider Vogue Editor Wintour for U.K. Embassy — President Barack Obama is considering nominating Anna Wintour, the editor-in-chief of Vogue, to be either his next ambassador to the U.K. or France, as he looks to reward his biggest fundraisers with embassies that never seem out of fashion …
Fars News Agency:
Iran Hunts US ScanEagle Drone over Persian Gulf — TEHRAN (FNA)- Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy Rear Admiral Ali Fadavi announced that his forces hunted a US Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) over the Persian Gulf after the drone violated the country's airspace.
Weekly Standard, emptywheel and Weasel Zippers
Mike Levine / Fox News:
Holder chief of staff targeted by Republicans in 'Furious' scandal to leave post — In one of the first high-level departures from the Justice Department since President Obama was elected to a second term, Attorney General Eric Holder's chief of staff — a political target …
Pat Garofalo / ThinkProgress:
Corporate Profits Hit Record High While Worker Wages Hit Record Low — A constant conservative charge against President Obama is that he is inherently anti-business. However, businesses keep defying the storyline by making larger and larger profits, rebounding nicely out of the Great Recession.
Chris Isidore / CNNMoney.com:
Corporate profits hit record as wages get squeezed
Corporate profits hit record as wages get squeezed
Daily Kos
Financial Times:
Notes from the EU … Welcome. If you have yet to register on FT.com you will be asked to do so before you begin to read FT blogs. However, our posts remain free. — This blog covers everything from the European Union's foreign and economic policies to the fortunes of its political leaders …
The Atlantic Online and WorldViews
Lee Enterprises / Associated Press:
Brewer out of state; aide won't provide details — Gov. Jan Brewer has taken a nearly week-long out-of-state work trip that was shrouded in secrecy Monday as she skipped an event to certify election ballots and her spokesman refused to disclose her location.
Politico and Post Politics


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Made in America Tattoo Company Has Halloween Trick Up its Sleeve | Halloween Candy Alternatives | Customized Temporary Tattoos | Business News Daily
An Arizona-based temporary tattoo manufacturer, which got its start in a garage before growing into a big business, is now looking to leave its mark on trick-or-treaters – literally.
While costumed kids still are sure to be bombarded with the holiday's traditional candy, Tattoo Manufacturing and its parent company TM International have unveiled more than 100 new Halloween-inspired tattoos in hopes of positioning their product as an alternative to candy this Halloween.
With a collection including devils, ghosts, pirates, pumpkins, skulls, spiders, witches and vampires – some of which glow in the dark – Damon Safranek, director of corporate strategy and analysis for TM International, said the company also has seen a notable uptick in the number of people adding them as the finishing touches to their costumes.
"We see a lot of traffic for both treats for children and Halloween costumes," Safranek told BusinessNewsDaily.
Halloween sales are just a small part of what has helped turn a one-person operation into the world's largest temporary tattoo manufacturer, printing more than 6 million tattoos each day.
Strange Random Tattoo Quote:
Show me a man with a tattoo and I'll show you a man with an interesting past. – Jack London
Related articles
- My Halloween Tattoos (stephentrepreneur.wordpress.com)
- Trick or Treat, Don't Hurt My Teeth (susanheim.blogspot.com)
- Halloween Help: Apps to Keep Kids Safe (abcnews.go.com)
- Halloween Parties and Pumpkin Carving (moneysupermarket.com)
- Tattoo-Year-Old (ellen.warnerbros.com)
- 5 Awesome MMA-Themed Halloween Costumes (bleacherreport.com)
- Creepy, Spooky, Scary Halloween Tattoos (humor.gunaxin.com)
- Classic Rock Halloween Costumes: A Recap (wzlx.radio.com)
- Find A Great Temporary Tattoo (wbsnhr.wordpress.com)
- Here Is Your Inevitable Dragon Tattoo Clothing Line [Video] (jezebel.com)
- What's your Halloween Playlist? (magnaefamae.com)
- Halloween's Candynomics (thedailymeal.com)
- Celtic Festivals to Candy Corns: A Brief History of Halloween (thedailymeal.com)
- How Much Candy Do Americans Eat on Halloween? (livescience.com)
An ancient game of life and death
If you think your national sport is taken far too seriously (and you may be right), it's probably because the first ever ballgame was, quite literally, a matter of survival for both the players and their supporters.
The Mesoamerican ballgame began almost 3,500 years ago as what we might see today as a combination of football, Gaelic and Australian Rules football – you might have seen it played in the film Road to El Dorado.
This excellent and informative site documents the geographical and historical background, as well as giving you the chance to experience the game through a video or by playing online, answering questions to score points.
Site: http://www.ballgame.org/
Strange Random Games Quote:
Baseball, it is said, is only a game. True. And the Grand Canyon is only a hole in Arizona. Not all holes, or games, are created equal – George Will
Related articles by Zemanta
- The Modern Royal Ballgames™ Now Scouting for Athletes (prweb.com)
- Robin Williams claims Australians are 'English rednecks' (telegraph.co.uk)
Know your Groceries
… or end up with a face like a Russian flag.
In other words, be alert to the situation or you may get embarrassed!
Don't panic, this is not some exercise on phrasal verbs, but part of a new book about US slang from the 1920s to the 1950s. It's called Straight from the Fridge, Dad (Cool, or Obvious) and includes references to the gangster era like the following:
If you were free to run for President (unemployed) and became a dime-dropper (informer), you might be taken off the payroll (killed, assassinated) in Chicago lightning (gunfire) and end up in a Chicago overcoat (coffin) at a Cold Meat Party (funeral) while the gangster talks to a sinhound (priest) before sniffing Arizona perfume (going to the gas chamber).
No joke. Straight from the fridge, Dad.
Straight From the Fridge, Dad – A Dictionary of Hipster Slang
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Motorola DROID 2 Global will sport a 1.2 GHz chipset
0. phoneArena 08 Oct 2010, 03:30 posted on
The dual-mode GSM/WCDMA phone appears on Motorola's website with 1.2 GHz CPU, and Android 2.2...
This is a discussion for a news. To read the whole news, click here
posted on 08 Oct 2010, 09:48
2. trey (unregistered)
this is definitely the droid im looking for.see ya in november
posted on 08 Oct 2010, 10:32
3. Thump3rDX17 (Posts: 2160; Member since: 10 May 2010)
wow 0.2 ghz...i hope this will make up for the sudden slow spikes the original Droid 2 gets sometimes and i hope there's another color other than white.
posted on 08 Oct 2010, 20:44
4. dhg (unregistered)
yea cause the additional 20% of speed is needed outside the US..lmao!


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Don't-Miss Laptop Stories
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A newer processor, more VRAM, faster storage, and a cooler chassis provide good, if smaller-scale, improvements over last year's Blade. However, this year's Blade may end up having limited appeal depending on Nvidia's plans for mobile versions of its 10-series GPU.
Acer Chromebook 14 review: You can brag a little about this laptop's luxury details
Acer's Chromebook 14 has a few things to brag about: Its brushed-aluminum chassis and high-resolution display make it stand out among other affordable models, even if other features remain pretty basic.
Toshiba Z20t-C2112 review: 14 hours of battery life highlights this business-class hybrid
Toshiba's Z20t is one of the best tablet-laptop hybrids we've seen, with a whopping 14 hours of battery life and design flourishes that include a matte-finish touchscreen. But it is pricey.
HP Spectre 13.3 laptop review: Thin doesn't have to mean compromise
HP's Spectre 13.3 delivers competitive performance and a respectable keyboard, in spite of its super-svelte body.
Acer Predator 17 review: One gimmicky fan can't make up for aging hardware
The Acer Predator 17 lets you swap out the optical drive for an extra fan, but novelty can't hide the machine's increasingly long-in-the-tooth discrete graphics.
Microsoft's Surface Pro 4 enterprise features
CIO.com's Sarah White takes a closer look at Microsoft's Surface Pro 4 all-in-one device to see how it fits into enterprise IT.
Dell XPS 13 Gold Edition review: Our favorite ultrabook is all dressed up with everywhere to go
Dell's taken its excellent 13-inch laptop, made it gold, and then dropped in Intel's top dual-core chip to create this head-turner.
Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Tablet review: Smart design makes up for performance shortcomings
Lenovo's ThinkPad X1 Tablet boasts a superb kickstand, smartly designed pen attachments, a solid keyboard, and good-enough performance. It ranks highly among the convertible tablets we've tested.
HP Elite x2 1012 G1 review: Intel's Core m gets the job done in this sturdy convertible
HP designed its 12-inch Elite x2 convertible tablet with notebook-class ruggedness in mind, and it largely succeeds. But while it offers seriously solid competition for the Microsoft Surface Pro 4, a few features fall short of the bar.
Tested: The $1500 Dell XPS 15 vs. the $1500 MacBook Pro 13
The fans asked, and we have answered. We compare laptops on price, not form factor, to see if the fight is fairer. See what happens.
Samsung Notebook 9 Pro review: This feature-packed 15-inch laptop makes a few compromises
Even with its design quirks, this big work notebook is impressive: It packs in a 4K touchscreen display, quad-core CPU, and discrete GPU for just $1,500.
USB Type C speed test: Here's how slow your laptop's port could be
The USB Type C port is new, intriguing, and incredibly confusing, because vendors vary in how they implement the standard. It all comes down to the controller, so we take the fastest USB-C device out there to show you the sometimes vast differences.
MacBook 2016 review: Ultraportable laptop satisfies with speed gains
It's not a desktop Mac replacement. The MacBook is ideal for on-the-go use.
2016 MacBook review: Portable performance
For a lot of people, the MacBook is the ideal laptop. It's light, small, easy to carry, and offers good performance for productivity software.
Enterprise showdown: Samsung's Galaxy TabPro S vs. Microsoft's Surface Pro 4
CIO.com's Sarah White compares two of today's top of the line tablets that are designed to replace your laptop. Do they fit the bill?
LG Gram 15 review: You won't find a more portable 15-inch laptop
With a 15.6-inch screen squeezed into a 2.14-pound body, LG's biggest ultrabook is impressive despite its flaws.
Samsung Galaxy TabPro S review: This Surface Pro clone is drop-dead gorgeous
Sporting the first OLED screen out in the wild, the TabPro S will turn heads…and almost makes the wait for the tech worth it.
Toshiba Satellite Radius E45W-C4200X review: An affordable, fully reversible laptop
The E45W features a fully reversible touchscreen display and plenty of horsepower for everyday tasks at a bargain price.


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It was a dreamy photo op for any politician. Glen Murray, Ontario's minister of transportation, stood resplendent in a hardhat and reflective orange safety vest, in a gaping hole at Eglinton Avenue and Black Creek Drive, in front of a tunnel boring machine, christened "Dennis." The machine began Wednesday excavating the glacial till for the Eglinton Crosstown light-rail line, which, when it opens in 2020, will stretch 19 kilometres and count 25 stations.
"Our government is moving forward with the largest transit investment in a generation," the minister said.
Truly, it was a day for celebration. But then Mr. Murray struck an oddly partisan tone.
The minister noted that it is almost 18 years to the day since the Tory government, in 1995, sent bulldozers to a tunnel dug for an Eglinton subway train and filled in the hole.
"There is a little bit of irony and fun in finally getting back to where we were," Mr. Murray said. "And we hope we never see bulldozers again."
Mr. Murray then took to Twitter to take some swipes at former Tory MPPs, now in the federal government in Ottawa.
"18 yrs after Harris, Hudak & Flaherty PCs buried the 1st Eglinton subway. @Kathleen_Wynne Liberals started boring the tunnels again," Mr. Murray typed, continuing, "No surprise the former PC team now entrenched in Ottawa is not contributing a single cent to the Eglinton line." He added, "City of Toronto is not putting funds into the Eglinton Crosstown Line."
Come to think about it, Ontario did look lonely up there on the podium. A $4.9-billion project, to knit Etobicoke to Scarborough, really does need some help from other governments. Mr. Murray would do better to build bridges than to take shots.
He could, for example, have invited MPs, councillors, heck even Mayor Rob Ford, to his celebration. His spokesman, Patrick Searle, told me, "Normally people who pay for a project are invited. Because this project is fully funded by the provincial government, municipal officials were not invited."
We asked Bruce McCuaig, chief executive of Metrolinx, what guarantee we have that Ontario will complete this rapid transit project on Eglinton.
"We are too far down the path with this project," Mr. McCuaig replied. "The vehicles are on order, and we are in a procurement process for the station design. The momentum on this project is very visible and accelerating."
Quite true. That said, the province's problem, as in 1995, is cash. Ontario projects a deficit next year of $11.7-billion.
Some of that red ink relates to this job. Metrolinx has "spent about $415-million on the Eglinton Crosstown LRT so far," Malon Edwards said. That's before they even dig the tunnel. Transit megaprojects are money pits, and should the Tories win the next provincial election, they could be tempted to halt this project, being built to serve people who never vote for them anyway.
Still, let's end on an upbeat note.
On the site I met Joe Dombrowski from Obayashi Corp., a construction giant that is lead partner, with Kenny Construction, Kenaidan and Technicore Underground, in building the Eglinton line. Mr. Dombrowski is commuting right now from Pittsburgh, where Obayashi recently completed a subway under the Allegheny River, vastly improving circulation in Pittsburgh, he said, "especially on game days for the Pirates or Steelers or Penguins." In downtown Pittsburgh subway users ride for free.
"Now, everybody in our city loves this," Mr. Dombrowski said. "In the end you will have something that will transform your city. You have to think of your children and your children's children."
For the sake of those yet to be born, I hope Mr. Murray can learn to make friends, and make his tunnel vision come true.
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Math Mania at Ecole Doncaster School
- Date: 01/25/2011
- Time: 18:30
University of Victoria
"Fun" methods to teach math and computer science concepts to children (and adults!) by games and art will be demonstrated. Lots of hands-on activities!
- A Sorting Network
- An Impossible Balancing Act
- Bubbles
- Mathematical Puzzles
- The Guessing Game
- Sudoku
- The Penny Game
- The Set Game
- and lots more!
Other Information:
For more information contact:
PIMS UVic Site Office, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Victoriaat (250) 472-4271email: