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December 18, 1975. October 6, 1984. December 20, 1996. What do these datesrepresentative of three consecutive decadeshave in common? The answer is that each represents a day in that particular decade on which an eminent evolutionary scientist died. In the decade of the 70s, it was Thursday, December 18, 1975, when Theodosius Dobzhansky, the world-class geneticist of The Rockefeller University, passed away. In the decade of the 80s, it was Saturday, October 6, 1984, when George Gaylord Simpson, the renowned paleontologist who served as a professor at both Harvard and the University of Arizona, died. In the decade of the 90s, it was Friday, December 20, 1996, when Carl Sagan, the acclaimed astronomer and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Cornell University, passed from this life.
Each of these evolutionists was a multi-talented, highly intelligent individual who was well known and widely respected, both by those within and without the scientific community. Because of their reputations, and the lifetime achievements that in some cases had made their names household words, their passing did not go unnoticed by those involved on either side of the creation/evolution controversy. The evolutionary colleagues they left behind invariably penned glowing tributes acknowledging the tireless dedication that their now-deceased coworkers had demonstrated on behalf of a common cause. Those same colleagues repeatedly emphasized the profound scholarship that these men had exhibited through the years as they promoted and defended evolution; simultaneously, they expressed their deep regret that the concept of evolutionary thought now had lost such remarkable and powerful champions.
Creationists, on the other hand, had a somewhat different reaction. While certainly they shared the grief at the loss of a valuable human life, and while they deeply regretted the various circumstances surrounding the death of each of these men, other feelings could not help but surface as well. For example, it is extremely difficult for those who believe in God, and who accept the biblical account of creation as the correct explanation for the origin of the Universe and its inhabitants, to comprehend fully how intelligent people can accept the naturalistic concept of organic evolution. In fact, one of the most mind-numbing mysteries for those who do not believe in evolution is trying to understand the rationale of those who do. In every decade, whenever an evolutionist of the stature of a Dobzhansky, a Simpson, or a Sagan dies, one of the first questions that comes to mind is this: How could someone who possessed such obvious talent, and such undeniable brilliance, spend a lifetime believing, promoting, and defending a concept as false, and as meritless, as organic evolution?
The answer to such a question is to be found, at least in part, in the fact that when God created humans, He endowed us with freedom of choice. We often refer to that freedom as "personal volition" or "free moral agency." The truth of the matter is that God did not create mankind as some kind of robot to slavishly serve Him, without any personal choice in the matter. This stands to reason, considering Who God is. The Scriptures describe God as being, among other things, a God of love (1 John 4:8). But is it not true that love allows freedom of choice. Ask people who are responsible parents. Do they love their children? Certainly. Do they—because of that love—allow those children freedom of choice? Indeed.
God, Who often is depicted in Scripture as a loving Father, is no different in this regard. Even a cursory survey of the biblical text documents God's desire that man, as His creation, possess, and employ, freedom of choice. For example, when Joshua—who had led the Israelite nation so faithfully for so long—realized that his days were numbered and his hours were few, he assembled the entirety of that nation before him and, in one of the most impassioned pleas in Holy Writ, urged them to employ their personal volition in a proper fashion when he spoke these words:
And if it seem evil unto you to serve Jehovah, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether gods which your fathers served that were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve Jehovah (Joshua 24:15).
Joshua's point was clear. The Israelites, individually and collectively, had the ability, and yes, even the God-given right, to choose whether or not they wished to follow Jehovah. As the text continues, it indicates that on that particular occasion they chose correctly.
And the people answered and said, Far be it from us that we should forsake Jehovah, to serve other gods;... And Israel served Jehovah all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that outlived Joshua, and had known all the work of Jehovah that he had wrought for Israel (Joshua 24:16,31).
In the New Testament, the principle is the same. When Jesus condemned the self-righteousness of the Pharisees in John 5:39-40, He made this observation: "Ye search the scriptures, because ye think that in them ye have eternal life; and these are they which bear witness of me; and ye will not come to me, that ye may have life." The Pharisees of New Testament times possessed the same freedom of choice that the Israelites of Old Testament times possessed. But while the Israelites to whom he spoke chose to heed Joshua's plea and obey Jehovah, the Pharisees to whom Christ spoke chose to ignore His plea and disobey God.
Two chapters later, when Jesus addressed the Jews in their own temple, the text indicates that they marveled at His teaching (John 7:15). But Jesus demurred, and said: "My teaching is not mine, but his that sent me. If any man willeth to do his will, he shall know of the teaching, whether it is of God, or whether I speak from myself " (John 7:16-17). Jesus' point to the devout temple Jews was no different than the one He had made earlier to the legalistic Pharisees. God has imbued mankind with the ability to choose. If a person wills, he can accept God and His teaching, but God never will force Himself on that person. As the apostle John brought the Book of Revelation to a close, he wrote: "he that will, let him take the water of life freely" (Revelation 22:17). The operative phrase here, of course, is "he that will."
But what of he that will not? Freedom is accompanied by responsibility. With freedom of choice comes the responsibility to think carefully, choose wisely, and act forcefully. Freedom of choice always works best when tempered with wisdom and good judgment. For that reason, to use just one example, parents who allow their children freedom of choice do not give them just freedom of choice. Rather, they provide their offspring with rules, regulations, and guidelines intended to help them use that freedom of choice correctly. If the children heed their parents' admonition, it is likely that wisdom and good judgment will prevail.
In mankind's relationship with God, it is much the same. In addition to giving us freedom of choice and personal volition, He has provided the rules, regulations, and guidelines that He knew we would need to help us use our personal freedom wisely. When we obey the rules, follow the regulations, and adhere to the guidelines, our lives are enriched. When we disobey the rules, refuse to follow the regulations, and ignore the guidelines, the opposite effect occurs. The Proverbs writer commented on this aspect of human life when he remarked: "The way of the transgressor is hard" (13:15). Jeremiah wrote: "It is not in man that walketh to direct his own steps" (10:23).
Thus, in every human activity the process of recognizing, believing, and properly utilizing truth is vitally important. Especially is this true in the spiritual realm. Jesus tried to impress this upon His generation when He said: "Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free" (John 8:32). The same principle operates even today, almost two thousand years later. If knowing the truth makes us free, surely, then, not knowing the truth makes us captives of one sort or another. When we refuse to acknowledge, and believe, the truth, we are susceptible to every ill-conceived plan, deceptive scheme, and false concept that the winds of change may blow our way. We become captive to error because we have abandoned the one moral compass—truth—that possesses the ability to show us the way, and thereby to set us free. What we as humans so often fail to realize is that we are not involved in a search for truth because it is lost; we are involved in a search for truth because, without it, we are!
Some, however, have elected to employ their freedom of choice to ignore or disobey the truth—or both. They are the spiritual descendants of the first-century Pharisees; they could come to a knowledge of the truth, but they will not. Paul said: "Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools" (Romans 1:22). Strong words, those! Why would the apostle use such terms to describe some of the people of his generation? His reason, according to the text that follows, was because "they exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshipped and served the creature rather than the Creator" (Romans 1:25).
Is this not an apt description of the evolutionists of our day? Have they not "exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshipped and served the creature rather than the Creator"? Is this not what evolution does best—exalting the creature over the Creator? And all in the name of "science"? When Paul wrote his first letter to Timothy, he warned: "O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane and vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called" (1 Timothy 6:20, KJV). To the Colossians, the apostle to the Gentiles wrote: "Take heed lest there shall be any one that maketh spoil of you through his philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world" (Colossians 2:8).
The simple fact of the matter is that we are responsible for what we choose to believe. Using the personal volition with which God has endowed us, we may choose freely to believe the truth, or we may choose just as freely to believe error. The choice is up to each individual. And once that individual has made up his mind that he prefers error over truth, God will not deter him, as Paul made clear when he wrote his second epistle to the Thessalonians. In that letter, he spoke of those who "received not the love of the truth" (2:10), and then went on to say that "for this cause God sendeth them a working of error, that they should believe a lie" (2 Thessalonians 2:11). What a horrible thought—to go through life with the absolute freedom to believe a lie! This concept is of such a serious nature that it deserves sustained attention.
What are the potential consequences of actually believing a lie? An Old Testament example addresses this very issue. In 1 Kings 13, the story is told of an unnamed young prophet whom God sent to deliver a stern rebuke to king Jeroboam for having established idol worship at Bethel. God commanded the prophet: "Thou shalt eat no bread, nor drink water, neither return by the same way that thou camest" (1 Kings 13:9). Yet an older, lying prophet met the younger prophet and said: "I also am a prophet as thou art; and an angel spake unto me by the word of Jehovah, saying, 'Bring him back with thee into thy house that he may eat bread and drink water' " (1 Kings 13:18). The young prophet accepted at face value the older prophet's instruction—false though it was—and on his return trip home was slain by a lion sent by God as punishment for his disobedience (1 Kings 13:24). The young prophet believed a lie—the end result being that he incurred the wrath of God and suffered the loss of his (physical) life. Pity those today who similarly choose to believe a lie—the end result being that they incur the wrath of God and suffer the loss of their (spiritual) life.
On Sunday morning, September 3, 1893, the late Restoration preacher, J.W. McGarvey, presented a powerful sermon titled "Believing a Lie," the text of which has been preserved in print. In that lesson, McGarvey remarked:
Notice, now, that it is not a bad man, but a brave and good man, who is thus overcome. Even such a man is not free from danger at this point. Many a man just as brave and true in many particulars, has been led to his own undoing by the belief of a lie.... The fate of the young prophet cries out like the blast of a trumpet to startle us from our fancied security, and makes us look around to see if we, too, are in any such peril (1958, pp. 331,333).
McGarvey's point is well taken. The young prophet probably meant well in what he did. In all likelihood, he was both brave and good. Furthermore, he may have been convinced that, as he strayed from God's commands, all the while he actually was engaged in believing and acting upon the truth. But none of this saved him from the fate that awaited him because—regardless of how brave or good he was, and regardless of how much he thought he was involved in believing the truth—he ignored, and disobeyed, the truth God gave him, and ended up believing a lie. As McGarvey went on to say:
The lie which he believed led him to disobey God. His disobedience was the immediate cause, while the belief of a lie was only the remote cause of his death.... You can see now very plainly that this incident happened for a type, as Paul said of many other Old Testament incidents, and that it was written for our admonition. It was written to warn us against the belief of a lie. In view of the solemn lesson now before us, taught both in the Old Testament and in the New, it becomes a question of transcendent importance, How shall we be sure that we are not believing lies...? (1958, p. 333).
Indeed, the fate of the young prophet should make us want to examine our own lives to see if we, too, are in peril of condemnation as a result of having believed a lie. Frequent self-examination of our beliefs, and the evidence upon which they are based, is a good thing, and much to be desired. The consequences of believing a lie are too painful, and too permanent, for us to grow complacent.
But what, exactly, was Paul suggesting when he stated in 2 Thessalonians 2:11 that "God sendeth them a working of error, that they should believe a lie"? Was the apostle teaching that God purposely causes men to believe error?
No, he was not. Paul's point in this passage was that because God has granted man personal volition, and because He has provided within the Bible the rules, regulations, and guidelines to govern that personal volition, He therefore will refrain from overriding man's freedom of choice—even when that choice violates His law. God will not contravene man's decisions, or interfere with the actions based on those decisions. The prophet Isaiah had recorded God's words on this subject many years before when he wrote:
Yea, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delighteth in their abominations: I also will choose their delusions, and will bring their fears upon them; because when I called, none did answer; when I spake, they did not hear: but they did that which was evil in mine eyes, and chose that wherein I delighted not (Isaiah 66:3-4).
Concerning the people who refused to have God in their knowledge, and who actually preferred believing a lie to believing the truth, Paul repeatedly stated that "God gave them up..." (Romans 1:24,26,28). In his commentary on the Thessalonian epistles, Raymond C. Kelcy observed:
There is a time in the progression of sin when God gives a man over to that which he prefers. The man prefers a lie.... God gives the man over to the belief of the lie which he prefers. In a sense it might be said that the means by which a person is deceived is God's permissive agency—not God's direct agency (1968, p. 157).
There is an exact parallel in the instance of the Pharaoh who battled Moses and Aaron over the release of the Hebrews from Egyptian bondage. Several times the biblical text records that it was God Who "hardened Pharaoh's heart" (Exodus 7:3; 9:12; 10:1, 20,27; 11:10; 14:8). Are we to understand, therefore, that somehow God caused Pharaoh's stubborn disobedience? Certainly not. The simple fact of the matter is that God did not cause Pharaoh to harden his heart and disobey, but instead permitted the pagan king's actions. The Scriptures speak to this point when they acknowledge that Pharaoh himself "hardened his heart" (Exodus 8:15,32; 9:34-35). [See related article, "Pharaoh's Heart Weighed in the Balance."] In their commentary on the Pentateuch, Keil and Delitzsch addressed Pharaoh's hardness of heart, even after he witnessed the miraculous plagues sent by God.
After every one of these miracles, it is stated that Pharaoh's heart was firm, or dull, i.e. insensible to the voice of God, and unaffected by the miracles performed before his eyes, and the judgments of God suspended over him and his kingdom.... Thus Pharaoh would not bend his self-will to the will of God, even after he had discerned the finger of God and the omnipotence of Jehovah in the plagues suspended over him and his nation; he would not withdraw his haughty refusal, notwithstanding the fact that he was obliged to acknowledge that it was sin against Jehovah. Looked at from this side, the hardening was a fruit of sin, a consequence of that self-will, high-mindedness, and pride which flow from sin, and a continuous and ever increasing abuse of that freedom of the will which is innate in man, and which involves the possibility of obstinate resistance to the word and chastisement of God even until death (1981, pp. 454,455, emp. added).
Pharaoh's hard heart was not God's doing, but his own. God's permissive agency was involved, but not His direct agency. That is to say, He allowed Pharaoh to use (or abuse, as Keil and Delitzsch correctly noted) his freedom of will in a vain attempt to thwart God's plans. Throughout history, God's actions have been consistent in this regard. The psalmist wrote:
But my people hearkened not to my voice; and Israel would not hear me. So I let them go after the stubbornness of their heart, that they might walk in their own counsels (Psalm 81:11-12).
In Romans 11:8, Paul (quoting from Isaiah 29:10) stated concerning the rebellious Israelites: "God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear."
In every generation, God has granted mankind the freedom of self-determination to be blind to the truth, and in so doing to believe a lie. E.M. Zerr put it well when he said:
The Bible in no place teaches that God ever forces a man to sin, then punishes him for the wrong-doing. Neither does He compel man against his will to do right, but has always offered him proper inducements for righteous conduct, then left it to his own responsibility to decide what he will do about it (1952, 5:159).
The world generally looks upon people of the stature of Dobzhansky, Simpson, or Sagan with awe. Their scholarly attainments are many, their academic credentials are impressive, and their world-class reputations are undisputed. They spend lifetimes building legacies that will remain long after they have passed from these earthly scenes.
But when they die, it causes some among us to ponder the point of why people of their intelligence believed as they did. It causes us to question how someone so brilliant could reach the conclusions they reached. And it causes us to reflect on the fact that it is possible to waste a lifetime allegedly searching for truth, all the while remaining firmly entrenched in error.
A few months before he died, and while battling what he knew was most likely a fatal disease with no cure, Carl Sagan granted an interview to Parade magazine, which was published in the March 10, 1996 edition under the title of "In the Valley of the Shadow." Included in that interview was this statement from Dr. Sagan:
I would love to believe that when I die I will live again, that some thinking, feeling, remembering part of me will continue. But as much as I want to believe that, and despite the ancient and worldwide cultural traditions that assert an afterlife, I know of nothing to suggest that it is more than wishful thinking (1996, p. 18).
How terribly sad. Here is a man who knew—perhaps as well as anyone in the world—how to do exhaustive research. Yet for some reason, he never researched the historical evidence (provided by the resurrection of Christ) for the very thing he admitted he "would love to believe"—life after death.
It is heartbreaking indeed to witness the death of men such as Dobzhansky, Simpson, and Sagan who, by worldly standards, are the very epitome of brilliance and accomplishment. But the great apostle Paul warned:
Hath not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?... Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men. For behold your calling, brethren, that not many wise after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called (1 Corinthians 1:20,25-26).
Later, in his first epistle to the Thessalonians, Paul wrote of those "who have no hope" (4:13). No hope! What a chilling thought—to be endowed with the freedom to believe, only to spend a lifetime believing a lie and end it all with no hope.
Keil, C.F. and F. Delitzsch (1981 reprint), Commentary on the Old Testament (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans).
Kelcy, Raymond C. (1968), The Living Word Commentary: The Letters of Paul to the Thessalonians (Austin, TX: Sweet).
McGarvey, J.W. (1958 reprint), Sermons (Nashville, TN: Gospel Advocate).
Sagan, Carl (1996), "In the Valley of the Shadow," Parade, pp. 18-21, March 10.
Zerr, E.M. (1952), Bible Commentary (Bowling Green, KY: Guardian of Truth Foundation).
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Hey guys, I was thinking about this ever since I joined in this community. 'What do I specifically need to do to move up a rank'
This is just a suggestion but maybe you guys can pin a thread on the community where every animator here (mostly beginners) can refer back to again and again to see what they must accomplish to move up in rank (I actually was used to already having this in my other community based on dinosaurs).
Because sometimes I feel too shy or perhaps embarrassed to ask someone of rank team if my animations are or even near intermediate level, so why not have a thread where I could just looking back on to see if I have met the requirements/skill level to make intermediate and ask with confidence.
By requirements we usually did like certain aspects need to be clearly visible in our animations constantly.
For us we focused on easing of certain limbs, entire body flow, onion skin trailing etc. But it's honestly up to you guys.
But this would really help with working up to move up ranks.

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Tigers Set School Record on Final Day of Fall Season
Nashville, Tenn. – The Tennessee State women's golf team closed out the fall portion of their season by recording the best round as a team at the Braun Intercollegiate hosted by the University of Evansville. The Tigers battled through the fog in the morning and rain in the afternoon to shoot a new school record, 326, at the Par-71, 6,012 yard Quail Crossing Golf Club in Boonville, Ind. The mark is nine strokes better than the previous record, set during the first round of the Murray State Drake Creek Invitational earlier this season.
Kelly Merkel (88-78=166) paced TSU on Tuesday with a 7-over, 78. Merkel hit six fairways and nine greens on her way to cutting 10 strokes off her first round score. The sophomore carded 11 pars on the day, including up-and-downs on 2, 11 and 16.
A day after registering a collegiate best in her young career, Natalie Spicer (82-80=162) duplicated the honor with a 9-over, 80. The new career best came as Spicer used up-and-downs on 6, 7, and 9 to save par and a birdie on the par-3, 8th.
Sarah Needleman (90-83=173) dropped seven strokes from her first round and shot a career low 83. Needleman recorded her previous low two weeks ago at the F&M Bank APSU Intercollegiate when she shot an 86 on day one. On the par-4, 15th, the sophomore executed an up-and-down by dropping a six-foot putt to save par. Needleman hit nine fairways, five greens and used 35 putts during the second round.
Amelia Dap (86-85=171) secured the final scoring round for the Tigers as she hit eight fairways and closed out the day with three consecutive pars. Dap used a great save on the par-3, 5th, as she found the sand, short of the green. The sophomore found her way out of the trap and put her close to save par.
Laura Bremer (88-88=176) shot her second consecutive 88 as she hit 10 fairways and found four greens in regulation, while knocking down one up-and-down. Bremer averaged less than two putts per hole during her non-scoring round.
The Tigers will return to action in the spring at the Murray State Invitational on March 3-4.


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Let's face it, chicken can get a little boring. We eat chicken a few times a week, usually with brown rice and some kind of vegetable. To make it more interesting, though, my recent favorite way to prepare it is Chicken and Mushroom Marinara - I've made that a few times in the past month and the chicken always turns out so flavorful and moist. The tomatoey sauce, mushrooms and cheese don't hurt either. In my opinion, cheese makes everything better! Except with fish, of course. That would just be wrong.
I also love my recipe for crockpot BBQ Chicken, but all the sugar in BBQ sauce kind of counteracts the healthy factor. Not to mention the bacon I added to it. :) But bacon is still awesome in its own bad-for-your-heart way, and we hardly ever eat it, so once in a while is okay, right?
Usually we start with boneless skinless chicken breasts, but I wanted to try some bone-in pieces for the added flavor. So for dinner Friday night, I picked up some bone-in leg quarters, which were surprisingly inexpensive as well as deceptively large. The bone makes each piece look huge, but I'd guess there was only 5-6 ounces of meat on each, so buy one per person. I only made three; one each for Jamie and me and one for leftovers over the weekend, so you can make more marinade if you'll be cooking more chicken.
Plan on marinating them overnight so that they can really absorb the rosemary and lemon. You should also have a meat thermometer handy to check the done-ness.
Rosemary Lemon Bone-in Chicken with Herbed Potatoes and Onions
- 3 chicken leg quarters
- 3 lemons, for juicing, zesting and garnish
- 1/4 cup, plus 2 tablespoons, olive oil
- fresh rosemary sprigs
- salt and pepper
- 2 tablespoons butter, cut into 6 slices
- 6 small red potatoes
- 2 sweet yellow onions
- 1 tablespoon dried parsley
- 1 tablespoon dried chives
First, make your marinade. In a small bowl, whisk together the juice of 2 lemons and the zest of 1 lemon, 1/4 cup of olive oil, and a pinch of salt and pepper. Place chicken in a gallon-sized zip lock bag and pour the marinade over the chicken. Place two rosemary sprigs in the bag and close it tightly. Shake the bag so that all the chicken is coated in the marinade. Marinate in the refrigerator overnight.
Preheat the oven to 400 F. Cut potatoes and onions into bite-sized chunks and place in a 9x13 pan. Drizzle with 2 tablespoons of olive oil. Sprinkle the parsley and chives onto the potatoes and onions and season with salt and pepper. Place the marinated chicken, skin side up, on top of the potatoes and onions. Place the butter slices on top of the chicken, and garnish each piece of chicken with fresh lemon slices and rosemary sprigs. Insert an oven-safe meat thermometer into the chicken and cover the pan with foil. Set the thermometer to 180 F.
Bake, covered, until chicken reaches 160 F, which should take about one hour and ten minutes. Remove the foil, and turn the broiler on in the oven. Broil the chicken, to get the skin browned and crispy, until chicken reaches 180, about 10 more minutes.


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I emailed Undertow telling them how disappointing the RV Plan 'N' Go 2013 product was and how the quality of the data compared poorly with their previous versions. I also told them I was contemplating returning the product for a refund. Here is the response I received a few minutes ago. I am posting their complete email response here, so that I wouldn't quote it out of context. I hope that doesn't violate any privacy or anything. I just thought it might interest others here. Btw, I followed up with a quaetion asking what would be new in this update they said they are preparing to release in the next few days. If they respond, I'll post those details here, as well. Enjoy!
From: Undertow Support <email@example.com>
To: 'Mark ...'
Cc: email@example.com
Sent: Saturday, July 27, 2013 12:42 AM
Subject: RE: Your 2013 Release - Disappointing!
- The old Navigator (TLDCN) was the product developed by Undertow for Trailer Life (using Undertow's existing technology, which was really an adaptation of Undertow's Precision Mapping product) and Trailer Life's proprietary campgrounds data info.
- Mid-2012, Trailer Life decided they were no longer interested in publishing a "Navigator-type" program and discontinued it, terminating their agreement with Undertow
- Based on Feedback by users, Undertow decided to create and publish our own RV Trip Planning software.
- Undertow and Trailer Life could not reach an agreement to license Trailer Life's *very good* campground information database
- So, the company spent the last year independently creating our own database, which has many more locations and is continuously updated (though it doesn't yet have all the detail that the Trailer Life database had - that was collected over a ~20 year period).
- RV Plan 'N' Go 2013 is the name of the new program by Undertow Software (having nothing to do with Trailer Life), based on the same Undertow technology that was used in the old Navigator and the new database compiled by Undertow.
- The plan is to issue *free data* updates to RV Plan 'N' Go 2013 every few weeks till at least the end of the year, since the goal is to end up with the best RV Trip Planning software. The updates will be frequent, the first one expected to be available to users in the next 2-3 days. When you start the program, it will automatically detect the update and after asking for confirmation, it will automatically download it and install it for you.
That may have been a more detail explanation than you wanted, but it may give you a better idea of what to expect.
However, the last thing we want is an unhappy customer. If you prefer, you could return the product. Let us know and we'll send you an RMA form for the return. On the other hand, if you decide to keep it and want to provide even more feedback regarding data, features, etc. we'd be more than happy to listen.
Thank you very much for your support,
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Here are some squares I've received from some Local Swappers as well as my own. Some people have asked about a flickr group for the swap which can be found here.
I am still looking for 5 more people for the second swap. If you are interested please leave me a comment on the original post.
I love the keyboard, and the spatulas are so cute.
I bought some of the car classifieds to make a book sling, I love it. You can't tell from the picture but the music notes have some shimmer to them.
How cute are the seagulls in rain gear.
The colors in this set are so vibrant, I think I am going to have to order the bugs in jars to make some PJs for Ash.
I am so excited to see what everyone has chosen. I'll be waiting for the postman everyday!


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The Master's Degree in Sport Studies is designed for individuals with an undergraduate degree in physical education, athletic training, sport science, or sport management who wish to explore, in more depth, a variety of sport-related topics. It offers students an opportunity to gain practical experience, discuss current issues and research, and design and implement a thesis project in an area of interest.
This program provides advanced preparation for teachers with a K-12 teaching license, or for those teaching in a community college setting, coaching or administering an athletics program, working in a variety of private sector sport settings, or entering a doctoral program in physical education, sport science, or sport management.
Note: For Developmental/Adapted Physical Education Licensure, see "Professional Education: Licensures."
Undergraduate majors in physical education, athletic training, sport science, and sport management are encouraged to apply. Candidates possessing minors in related fields may be considered.
See Section II, Graduate Study for degree requirements.
Part A
Note: These courses or suitable substitutions must be taken at graduate level unless the student has completed PHED 3110, PHED 3120, PHED 3190, PHED 4309, or equivalent courses with a B-grade or better. If these requirements have been completed previously, the minimum requirement of 30 semester credits must still be satisfied.
PHED 5110 Motor Learning (2 credits)
PHED 5120 Psychology of Sport (2 credits)
PHED 5190 Athletic Training (2 credits)
PHED 5309 Legal Aspects of Sport (3 credits)
Subtotal 0-9 Credits
Part B
PHED 6109 Sociology of Sport (3 credits)
PHED 6200 Applied Physiology and Nutrition (3 credits)
PHED 6300 Advanced Principles of Coaching and Administration (3 credits)
PHED 6400 Advanced Movement Analysis (3 credits)
PHED 6970 Internship: Practicum in Sport Studies (1 credit)
PSY 5401 Basic Statistics for Research (4 credits)
or SOC 5001 Social Statistics (3 credits)
SOC 5002 Quantitative Research Methods (3 credits)
Subtotal 19-20 Credits
Select up to 7 credits of graduate electives with consent of the advisor.
Note: A minimum of 20 credits of the degree needs to be taken within the Department of Physical Education, Health, and Sport; at least half the credits of the degree need to be taken at the 6000 level; AND no more than 3 credits of the total semester credits required for the program can come from internships or practica.
Subtotal 0-7 Credits
PHED 6990 Thesis (2 credits)
PHED 6991 Thesis Topic (1 credit)
PHED 6992 Thesis Proposal Seminar (1 credit)
Subtotal 4 Credits
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Coal's long-term fundamentals are coming into focus. A traditional fuel for older power plants, steam coal will come under increasing pressure, as more power plants than expected exit the market.
In many ways, coal-fired power plants are similar to nuclear plants. Their back ends use similar technologies of steam turbines, condensers, massive generators, transformers and switchyards. Their efficiencies are hopelessly constrained by the stubborn laws of thermodynamics; it is difficult for them to reach the mechanical efficiencies of most modern gas turbines. Coal and nuclear power plants produce waste products that have become an environmental and economic challenge.
With the advent of deregulated power markets, efficiency has become a critical success factor. The more efficient a power plant becomes, the greater the gross margin. Inefficient plants cannot compete and must retire or find other revenue sources.
New Environmental Protection Agency regulations simply accelerate the inevitable; marginal coal plants will become uneconomic. New regulations will make for cleaner air but they will also cause coal plants to become less efficient.
Utilities will have to decide if it is worth keeping less efficient plants in the fleet. Not only will they be faced with new capital expenditures, their capex will struggle for returns. Like the nuclear industry, coal utilities may conclude the potential returns are inadequate and force their older units to exit the market.
The other critical success factor is the delivered cost of fuel. When combined with efficiency, fuel costs will make or break a power plant's economics.
For steam coal, fuel costs include the additional expenses of handling fly ash, the residue that remains. Depending on the quality of the coal, fly ash volumes can be substantial.
Some ash is recycled. According to Power Engineering, up to 35% of the coal combustion byproducts from Southern Company's (SO) coal plants are used in concrete, road building, and in other beneficial ways. But more than half of it is sent to disposal facilities. In many cases, the same rail cars that deliver coal are rehired to ship ash to waste disposal sites.
Some utilities, like Southern and the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), avoid shipping costs and use the land surrounding their power plants. They store mounds of waste ash and combustion products in holding ponds. Most of the time, this method is safe and cheap, but there have been some spectacular accidents.
According to Chemical and Engineering News, December 2008, a sea of coal-ash sludge broke through a dam at a TVA coal-fired power plant in eastern Tennessee. The reservoir covered 84 acres and was one of the plant's three holding ponds for ash. It released more than half its waste, some 5.4 million cubic yards of ash, which flowed through farmland and into the Emory and Tennessee rivers. No one was killed, but once spread, the ash covered roads and an area of more than 275 acres in a 6-foot-deep mass of sludge containing heavy metals like arsenic, lead, mercury, selenium and other toxic elements.
TVA's accident is symptomatic of a little-recognized problem caused by growing efforts to reduce air pollution from coal-fired power plants. No matter how effective air emission technologies become, "clean coal" still comes with pollution, which must be managed. The tougher air pollution controls become, the higher the ash content and the higher the production costs and lower the plant's economic efficiency.
There are more than 1,000 similar dumps spread across the nation. When there is a large quantity of toxic materials, and a spectacular accident occurs, it attracts regulators and new regulations.
The EPA is now proposing to issue new rules. They plan to regulate the safe disposal of coal ash from coal-fired power plants under the nation's primary law for regulating solid waste, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. The proposed rule is known as the Coal Combustion Residues Rule. In 2012, EPA put CCR on the back burner as it wrestled with the rulemaking process.
Now the EPA is being pressured by environmentalists and other concerned parties to act. There are threats of lawsuits and pressure from Congress. It appears the regulator may act soon. The new rule will likely cause fuel costs to escalate for power plants, which will impact their competitive advantage.
Particularly after the rule is enacted, more than expected coal-fired power plants will become marginalized and they will consider retirement. The problem is, as one marginal unit exits, another is created.
The system will ultimately reach equilibrium. Only the best in breed will survive to produce adequate margins. Until then, companies like Peabody Energy (BTU), Alpha Natural Resources (ANR), Arch Coal (ACI) and CONSOL Energy (CNX) may see lower than expected revenue from domestic utilities.


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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – After long road swing Tennessee State returned home to Nashville to take on cross-town foe Belmont at the Curb Event Center. Belmont proved to be too much as they took the match 3-0.
Freshman Arijana Anderson posted her 13th double-digit kill performance of the year tallying 10 winners on the night. The Muncie, Ind. native began the match with five kills in the first stanza.
Defensively the Tigers were led by junior Ileanushka Moldonado with 13 digs. Junior Naomi Wells and freshman Shauntia Carr posted two blocks for TSU.
Belmont took the early 13-6 advantage, behind seven kills from four different players. TSU responded with four of the next five points to cut the deficit to four, 14-10. The Tigers picked up kills from Anderson, Wells, Carr in the stretch.
Tennessee State cut the lead to four on two more occasions in the opening frame with the last time coming at 18-14 after a Wells kill. The Bruins went on to close out the set 25-18.
Anderson finished the set with five kills and one error while hitting .444 from the floor. Carr also chipped three kills with a .750 hitting percentage.
The second set brought a quick start for the Tigers taking a 3-0 lead capped by a kill from junior Sherryce Butler. Belmont answered the early spurt from the Tigers with a 12-5 run of their own to take a 12-8 advantage.
Coach Kathy Roulhac used a timeout, with the Tigers trailing by four to rally the troops. TSU responded to the break and tabbed four of the next five points to cut the lead to one, 13-12. Junior Taylor Swayzer posted two kills in the span.
Belmont then used a rally of their own to extend the lead out to seven, 21-14. Roulhac used her last timeout of the second frame to slow the Bruins offensive effort.
With Belmont one point away from closing out the set 24-17 TSU connected on the next four points to close within three points, 24-21. The home team closed out the set 25-20, to take the 2-0 set lead.
Out of the break the teams traded points, sharing five ties with neither team taking a lead larger than two points. With both teams knotted at 7-7 the Bruins nudged ahead with a 6-1 swing gaining a four point advantage, 13-8.
Anderson ended the run putting down a kill followed by a combo block from Carr and Anderson trimmed the lead down to 13-10.
A 6-2 run from Belmont pushed the lead back out to seven, 19-12, for the home club. The Bruins went on the finish out the set 25-16 to take the third set and win the match 3-0.
Tennessee State returns to action on Saturday when they take on SIU Edwardsville at Noon. The Tigers will honor senior Erika Moss and junior Naomi Wells before the match as a part of Senior Day festivities.


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Homeland Security and National Groups Join Forces to Help Older Americans and Individuals with Disabilities Prepare For Emergencies
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Office of the Press Secretary
Contact: 202-282-8010
For Immediate Release
September 6, 2006
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced today joint efforts with AARP, American Red Cross (Red Cross), the National Organization on Disability (NOD) and the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) to assist older Americans and individuals with disabilities in preparing for emergencies.
The department's Ready Campaign, AARP, Red Cross and NOD developed two new brochures highlighting the key preparedness steps older and disabled Americans and their families and caretakers should take before emergencies occur. The NFPA also announced its new Emergency Evacuation Planning Guide for People with Disabilities, designed to help individuals with disabilities and businesses prepare for emergency evacuation events. Additionally, NFPA is including evacuation planning for people with disabilities in its series of emergency evacuation workshops across the country this fall.
"We're pleased to join with AARP, the American Red Cross, the National Organization on Disability and the National Fire Protection Association to unveil these important new resources for individuals and businesses," said Homeland Security Under Secretary for Preparedness George Foresman. "National Preparedness Month, the anniversaries of the 9/11 terrorist attacks and last year's devastating hurricanes serve as serious reminders that emergency preparedness is important for all citizens, especially older Americans and people with disabilities."
These new tools were announced by Under Secretary Foresman and DHS Officer for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Daniel Sutherland at the Armed Forces Retirement Home in Washington, D.C. The announcement included remarks by senior officials from AARP, Red Cross, NOD and NFPA, as well as an interactive presentation by local first responders for Armed Forces Retirement Home residents.
Through its Ready Campaign, DHS encourages all Americans to get an emergency supply kit, make a family emergency plan, and be informed about the types of emergencies that can happen and their appropriate responses. The U.S. Census Bureau estimates more than 84 million Americans are over age 50. According to the National Organization on Disability, 54 million men, women and children in America have disabilities. The new Ready materials recommend these Americans add medicines, medical records, glasses and hearing aids and other equipment to their basic emergency supply kits. The brochures also recommend that individuals develop an emergency plan tailored to their unique needs and a personal support network they can call upon in the event of an emergency. In addition, the pieces urge Americans to learn about the types of emergencies that can occur where they live and the local plans in place in their communities.
NFPA's Emergency Evacuation Planning Guide for People with Disabilities is a tool to provide people with disabilities, employers, building owners and others with assistance in developing emergency evacuation plans for people with disabilities. The guide includes critical information on the operational, planning and response elements necessary to developing a well thought out plan to evacuate a building in the event of an emergency. NFPA is using the funds from a Fire Act Grant provided by DHS to provide a series of evacuation workshops that will also include the importance of planning for members of the disability community. The workshops will focus on why organizations need well-developed and regularly practiced emergency evacuation and relocation plans.
For free copies of the new emergency preparedness brochures for older Americans and people with disabilities or more information about emergency preparedness for individuals, families and businesses, visit www.ready.gov, or call 1-800-BE-READY. NFPA's planning guide, available later this month, can be downloaded free of charge from the NFPA Web site at www.nfpa.org.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) promotes individual emergency preparedness through the Ready Campaign and Citizen Corps as part of a broader national effort conducted by the department's Directorate for Preparedness. Ready is a national public service advertising campaign produced by The Advertising Council in partnership with DHS. The Ready Campaign is designed to educate and empower Americans to prepare for and respond to emergencies, including natural disasters and potential terrorist attacks. Individuals interested in more information about family and business preparedness can visit www.ready.gov or call 1-800-BE-READY to receive free materials. Citizen Corps, DHS' grassroots effort, localizes preparedness messages and provides opportunities for citizens to get emergency response training; participate in community exercises; and volunteer to support local first responders. To learn more and to get involved, contact your nearest Citizen Corps Council by visiting www.citizencorps.gov. The department's Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (CRCL) oversees the implementation of Executive Order 13347, Individuals with Disabilities in Emergency Preparedness. CRCL, in partnership with the U.S. Department of Justice and the Interagency Coordinating Council on Emergency Preparedness and Individuals with Disabilities, established the Disability Preparedness Center Resource Center Web site at www.disabilitypreapredness.gov to provide emergency preparedness information specifically focusing on issues affecting people with disabilities, their family members and service providers and emergency managers.
AARP is a nonprofit, nonpartisan membership organization that helps people 50+ have independence, choice and control in ways that are beneficial and affordable to them and society as a whole. We produce AARP The Magazine, published bimonthly; AARP Bulletin, our monthly newspaper; AARP Segunda Juventud, our bimonthly magazine in Spanish and English; NRTA Live & Learn, our quarterly newsletter for 50+ educators; and our website, www.aarp.org. The AARP Foundation is an affiliated charity that provides security, protection, and empowerment to older persons in need with support from thousands of volunteers, donors, and sponsors. We have staffed offices in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
The American Red Cross has helped people mobilize to help their neighbors for 125 years. Last year, victims of a record 72,883 disasters, most of them fires, turned to the nearly 1 million volunteers and 35,000 employees of the Red Cross for help and hope. Through more than 800 locally supported chapters, more than 15 million people each year gain the skills they need to prepare for and respond to emergencies in their homes, communities and world. Almost 4 million people give blood—the gift of life—through the Red Cross, making it the largest supplier of blood and blood products in the United States. The Red Cross helps thousands of U.S. service members separated from their families by military duty stay connected. As part of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, a global network of more than 180 national societies, the Red Cross helps restore hope and dignity to the world's most vulnerable people. An average of 91 cents of every dollar the Red Cross spends is invested in humanitarian services and programs. The Red Cross is not a government agency; it relies on donations of time, money, and blood to do its work. For more information visit www.redcross.org.
The National Organization on Disability, founded in 1982, promotes the full and equal participation and contribution of America's 54 million men, women and children with disabilities in all aspects of life. N.O.D. is funded entirely by private donations. For more information, contact N.O.D. at 202/293-5960; TDD: 202/293-5968; or visit www.nod.org.
The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) has been a worldwide leader in providing fire, electrical, building, and life safety to the public since 1896. The mission of the international nonprofit organization is to reduce the worldwide burden of fire and other hazards on the quality of life by providing and advocating consensus codes and standards, research, training, and education. For more information visit www.nfpa.org.


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Sacramento was all set to build a NBA basketball arena in their empty railyard for the Sacramento Kings.
The Kings owners, the Maloof family AKA the MaGoofs, said yes with a bit TV event and all the smiles possible. Just months later they said "No" leaving Sacramento upset, fans unhappy and a very pissed off NBA Commissioner , David Stern!
Now, with a push from the Sacramento Mayor former NBA Point Guard Kevin Johnson, the question is can Sacramento build a Major League Baseball stadium and attract a team?
A lot of people believe the answer to that question is yes.
Aside from the owner of the Sacramento Bee, who also owns the Pittsburg Pirates and the MLB team just down the road looking for a place to play other than the Oakland area and unable to go South of San Francisco because the Giants say "no"….
"Sacramento must seize control of its own future," Johnson said. "We cannot rely on others, or wait for something to come along…."
It is definitely complicated, but Sacramento could keep the Kings and attract a baseball team down the road. I believe that having a stadium here could make the Maloofs change their mind about leaving town…if that is what they want to do.


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The sound of pan music, clanking pot covers and chirpy calypso sing-alongs filled the air. That's all you heard. Carnival -- 'Trini' style -- had taken over the Truman Bodden Sports Complex on a delightful Sunday evening.
Not that it mattered, but this musical bustle was being made by a small group of Trinidad and Tobago supporters, who cheered on their team as it dangled on the cusp of football history.
With auspicious leads against Costa Rica in the match for third place at the CONCACAF Women's Under-20 Championship, the Soca Princesses appeared on their way to becoming the first Caribbean side to qualify for a Women's World Cup at any level.
The Trinidadians topped the Ticas 1-0, 2-0 and 3-1. Then, with fewer than 20 minutes remaining in normal time, everything changed. Costa Rica made a late rally, tying the score at 3-3, and forcing 30 additional minutes of play in perhaps the most dramatic game of the tournament.
Substitute Nicole Araya delivered two quickfire goals for the Central Americans in the first extra period -- the first breaking the deadlock and the other extending the lead -- that set them on a path to a 7-3 victory, sealing a berth in the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Canada later this year.
The United States and Mexico, which met in the championship later at the same venue, had booked their spots thanks to semifinal triumphs.
The shocking turn around was not only a crippling blow to the Trinidad players, it also silenced the makeshift band.
Anique Walker, Trinidad's inspirational captain, could not hide the disappointment as her face was etched in pain --- a heart-wrenching portrait.
She had given her team a driving start with two goals (16', 28') in a commanding first-half performance. No wonder the 18-year-old was the look of despair at the end.
"Yes, I am very disappointed." Walker lamented. "I don't know what to say than we lost our concentration and those two goals I scored don't mean anything now as we have lost and we are not going to the World Cup."
She said no more, hung her head, and quickly walked away.
The losing team's coach, Izler Browne, too, was low in spirit, but managed some words.
"To know that we were right there is a hard pill to swallow," she expressed. "I think conceding a goal so late and close to the final whistle put us in a sink and, unfortunately, we were not able to pull ourselves out of it."


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COGFA Committee backs keeping Dwight Prison Open
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- An Illinois legislative commission opposes Gov. Pat Quinn's plan to close two prisons and a center for people with developmental disabilities.
The Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability voted 7-3 Tuesday against closing prisons in Tamms and Dwight. It also advised against closing the Murray Developmental Center in Centralia.
Senator Shane Cultra issued a statement saying "I am pleased we received the affirmative vote by CoGFA. Now we need to move on and make sure funding is included in the budget to protect Dwight Correctional Center."
Cultra said this is a small step in a positive direction, but we have to keep in mind there is a long road ahead.
The panel's action is only advisory. Quinn can still close the facilities, which he says must be done to cut spending and improve care for people with mental disabilities.
The Tamms prison is a "supermax" facility for the most dangerous inmates, while Dwight houses female prisoners.
The developmental center in Centralia is being targeted as part of Quinn's effort to move people out of institutions and into community care.


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DiS's Kenn Taylor continues his exploration into the current musical climate in this year's European City of Culture, Liverpool, calling on the opinions of punk-rockers SSS and returning to some of the contributors to Part One including** The Wombats** and** goFaster>>**.
Part One can be read HERE
One man who almost epitomises the DIY nature of music in Liverpool is Foxy of growing thrash/hardcore crossover act SSS (Short Sharp Shock) who have recently returned to the city after supporting Gallows on tour.
Foxy is also the man behind Thrashgig, one of the city's finest underground promoters and constant champions of good new grassroots music. And he's been doing it for a long time:
_"You're going back about 20 years. Thrashgig is me, and whatever I want to do in terms of music, the music that I like is what gets put on at the gigs. It's not a question of putting a band on for popularity; it's a question of the quality of the music. A lot of the time it's a good mix of bands. If the passion is there, they'll get a gig. It's a personal interest in helping people out who are worth helping, not just people who just want popularity or girls or money or anything like that." _
"You've got to do it yourself to do it right," _he continues, "because otherwise someone's going to suddenly say,_ 'Right, I'm going to take this off you, what you've started and make money off it'._ You'll never fill a bigger venue with it, and if it does get to that stage, you'll just get dropped. So many things I've got into, it just got too big for its boots. You're talking two thousand people, and all kinds of drinks companies, shoe companies, all kinds of sponsors wanting to get involved, and I just couldn't be bothered anymore. I just don't need it. I think it just dilutes everything. This is for us, this is ours, this is what we're going to do, so some sponsor is not part of what we're involved in." _
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There isn't a big metal or punk scene in the city, but SSS have gained fans across the music scene for their quality and incendiary live shows. If there is ghettoisation, it's not along musical lines:
"Again, it comes back to everyone being friends," _says Foxy. "It's a little bit incestuous and we all know each other and have been in all kinds of bands together. Hot Club *(de Paris*) have been saying to us,_ 'do you want to do a tour with us?'_ and we can see were they are coming from, even though we're going to stick out like a sore thumb. And we do feel part of that, and that's kind of reflected in the gigs that go on, because they're not afraid, SSS want to play on this gig, which is poles apart from their musical style, but they just look it as I look at it: you've got four different bands and each of those bands has got something good going on."_
One of the aspects of Liverpool's current changes via urban regeneration has been the transformation of whole areas of town that were considered derelict and dangerous (and thus home to venues, record and second-hand clothes shops, practise rooms and nightclubs) into areas full of trendy bars, expensive restaurants and bland flats. While many accept that without some form of economic renaissance the city will continue to slowly die, the fear of gentrification is strong in this place that is about as far from middle-England, middle-class respectability as you can get, as is the loss of available space for 'underground' activity in this compact city. This has provoked a fierce resistance movement that many elements of the music scene have been involved with. Cultural resistance, as often happens, has created some great art, but sadly, has done little to stop the onslaught of pavement cafes.
SSS's Foxy, has been at the forefront of this resistance in his promoting:_ "To do gigs in Liverpool is getting really hard. They banned flyposting, clamping down to make the city nice and tidy, new shopping centres, bang. It's just going to drive everything back underground, where people are just going to do it in little crappy pubs, people doing gigs in their practise rooms and houses. No one will touch it because it's not an accessible kind of music for anyone. The city as a whole doesn't want to deal with it; there're only a couple of places that will entertain it, and then you're paying through the nose. I think some of the tarting up is a positive thing, but the whole underground is just grinding to a halt, because people are putting up so many fences that people will just give up. Or there'll be a migration to another area and it won't even touch Liverpool city centre: people who are interested in it will find out by word of mouth." _
But this drive for authenticity can be as self-destructive as a drive for fame. Refusing to compromise is a quality in Liverpool that is to be admired in people doing creative work, but like so many of the city's qualities it is an extreme one, which can alienate and disenfranchise others.
Dave McTague, Mellowtone promoter, sees a negative side to the city's maverick attitude:
_"It's almost a double-edged sword, that the things that are really good about the industry in Liverpool are also the things that hold them back. Opportunities that exist in London aren't available in provincial cities, so it's always harder to make a break in that sense. But in Liverpool, there's almost a bit of a maverick attitude and a dissenting attitude, and I think that unwillingness to fit the mould and do whatever for 'The Man' will hold people back. I do know that people in London, and maybe say the bigger Northern cities like Leeds and Manchester, often think that people in Liverpool are quite difficult to work with because they're quite outspoken and they're unwilling to do as they're told, there's a certain attitude that people in other cities pick up on when dealing with people from Liverpool, that they're a bit of a pain in the arse." _
At some point we have to poke the elephant in the room. *The Beatles *'thing' must always be mentioned. The fact that the biggest act in popular music history, a group of people who, whatever criticisms you can throw at them, changed the face of western culture, came from this little port city. That fact is both an inspiration and an albatross. Any musician working in the city knows that they will never match the significance of what went before them. In fact everyone doing anything in the city, art, science, sport, commerce knows that they will never match the ground shaking significance that those four lads had. The Beatles changed the world and they are far more significant to the world than the city itself. But what do they mean to musicians working in the city today?
The Wombats' Murph seems to sum up the general consensus: "I don't know, I think the Liverpool music heritage should only really be used as a positive thing really. No matter if you're from Liverpool or not I think everyone in a band is subconsciously influenced by The Beatles. I don't know, it seems a case the press are always, 'Ooh, you've got a lot to live up to'_. As if any band from anywhere in the world is ever going to be as big as The Beatles. I will just use the rich heritage to spur you on even more." _
And a.P.A.t.T.'s General Midi has a parting shot for any musos ready to shoot down The Beatles' significance: _"There's always somebody trying to be confrontational somewhere, and if you want to say something profound, you say it against God or The Beatles, it's an idiot's profundity." _
So, beyond the Beatles, how much influence does the fabric and culture of the city actually have on the people who create music in it? There's often talk of a 'Liverpool sound', jangley and accessible, with lyrics that are often both humorous and surreal. You can, if you wish, see it in everyone from The Beatles to* Half Man Half Biscuit to *The La's, The Coral and The Wombats. Most of them would probably disagree, but to this writer at least, there seems to be something there. The taking of, often obscure, sounds from around the world and putting a unique local spin on them seems to be something that the city does well. American blues rock with The Beatles, The Doors with Echo and the Bunnymen, Beefheart with The Coral, Joan of Arc with Hot Club, Mates of State with* Elle S'appelle*. This Liverpool filter were things always seem to turn out catchy, surreal and slightly comic whatever you put in at the other end.
General Midi isn't sure:
"If you could possibly nail what a city sounds like. I could possibly answer that." _But he does think it has a linguistic influence: "I suppose, we've got quite a few songs, were there's maybe a play on, the language in Liverpool is great. You can mock it all day long if you want, but it's quite enjoyable as well to use. And it's used in a very different way in Liverpool and it's demonstrated time and time again by a variety of artists. And I think we do quite a similar thing that pops up now and again. We've got one track which is just, you know when you're walking down the road and you just hear the ends of people conversations and various and it's made up of just those kinds of things in Liverpool city centre and we've got loads of them, so I suppose in that sense yeah, the language impregnates into my mind, every single day that that I'm on the bus in this, place." _
Video: a.P.A.t.T., 'The Stars Spell Out Your Name'
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How about the tendency towards surrealism, or at least an off-kilter view of things? The Wombats' Matthew Murphy has as a viewpoint that seems to some up the attitude of many people in the city:
_"Maybe we're just afraid to kind of say exactly what we see in straightforward terms down a microphone; we like to spin it around a bit. I don't know… it's better to laugh in the face of disaster than just shit yourself isn't it?" _
But Murph again, disputes the influence of geography: "I don't know if physical geography plays that much of a part. Despite what a lot of people think, Ian Curtis wasn't born in the middle of an industrial estate, [his hometown] Macclesfield is quite pleasant."
The Wombats seem to the latest in a line of bands from Liverpool to whom quality shiny pop is key. Does Murph, like the_ Guinness Book of Records_ (see part one), think that pop is in the veins of the city?
_"Maybe we're all just after the buck and we just write three minute pop songs and fuck it. But I've never found that myself, there seems to be a pop sensibility all over the UK at the moment. I think the question should be rather, why are the Canadians so weird?" _
A fair point. And so to the future, will The Wombats carry on up the charts, will Eugene McGuinness become a troubadour extraordinaire, will 'Bosspop' conquer the world, or more likely, will a.P.A.t.T.?
Chris from goFaster >> is upbeat:
"Yeah, the last year or so, there's been loads of brilliant new bands that have come out of Liverpool, and people are starting to take notice. So I think that fact that we're going on tour underneath the Bosspop label, is that hopefully if we go to these towns, and play, people will go, 'Ooh Bosspop, we'll have a look at that'. And if people enjoy the show, hopefully they'll look further and to what's going on in Liverpool, and they can discover a few of the other bands that are just starting up at the moment. I think it's great that we've got to the point were we've got to a place were there is a kind of a scene we can go out and advertise, I think we're glad that people have just started taking an interest in it. Hopefully through this tour, a lot of other bands will be discovered from Liverpool." _
I'd advise you to take his advice and go and check them out, along with links at the bottom of this article. Whatever way you spin it, now and again, some good tunes come out of this town. Who knows what will happen to our music beyond 2008. It could all come crashing down around our ears again. But the city will likely survive and continue to make music and, just occasionally, we'll get the rest of the world to listen.
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i pointedly like 'nameless' and 'unjustified'.....never before have i read of justice and terror in the same sentence....let alone associated.....but now they seem infallible(together) ....once i look at these eyes.....
I didn't fully appreciate today's posts until all three were up, which makes perfect sense. (That's the way art functions.) Reading them (taking intervals between) in sequence, first to last, brought something remarkable, real, profound and unsettling into the blurry thing I call focus.
I was initially excited both by the Roosevelt address and the amazing images that accompanied it, which like so many of the FSA pictures will stay with me forever and have definitely changed and enlarged my point of view about everything.
The speech is brilliant, beautifully written and relatively economical for a political speech. It propelled me into research because I wanted to know who wrote it.
And it definitely (horrifyingly, frighteningly ) brought current events to mind. Still, ultimately, I felt I was being gamed, deceived and shivved by an insincere, pseudo Central Planner. (Query: Is an insincere, pseudo Central Planner better or worse than a sincere Central Planner?) Meet The New Boss, Same As The Old Boss. That's a lesson that certainly applies and obtains today (and will always apply and obtain). Check the real estate listings; compare dacha sizes. Determine who bought what for whom.
The two poems, Recession and Miedo, and their images shined light and added new views and perspective to President Roosevelt's remarks.
Having read them, I'm more apprehensive (never studied Spanish and can't render miedo in the correct alternative form) and feel more secure. (That's the way art functions.)
Miedo just means fear; which is what was once famously said to be the only thing we have to fear.
I too wondered about the authorship of the speech. I am told by an expert close at hand that politicians are merely actors who ventriloquize other people's lines. (Didn't Derrida say something about that, in his address in Schenectady?)
Sam Rosenman, I think, had a hand in the speeches of that campaign period. And then and thereafter, one supposes, those grey ghostly eminences, Hopkins, Moley, Tugwell, Berle & co. probably also lent their edits. Yet then again... there is a power that comes from a larger general voice in that moment. Whether Roosevelt was uplifted by it or manipulating it or a bit of each, who can say.


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I would like to request renaming this page to Pipes. According to the editorial guidelines I am bringing up the request in the Discussion section to solicit feedback before making this change.
The History indicates that the original rationale was for consistency with Conduit and Iteratee pages, which are both singular, however I would prefer to name the page in the plural for several reasons:
- People most often search for the plural rather than the singular form. I know this from my blog, which collects search traffic related to my pipes posts and I never see any searches for the singular 'pipe'.
- The Conduit page has the same name as the corresponding library, which works well for `conduit`, but the `pipes` library name is plural and people are far more likely to search by the library name than the data type.
- Pipe is not the central data type of the library. Proxy is technically the central abstraction, but again, nobody searches by the data type.
- Using the data type as the page name would make sense if multiple libraries implemented the Pipe type (Actually, `conduit` does implement a variation on the Pipe type, but nobody would expect to find `conduit` here). For example, naming by the data type makes sense for the Iteratee page because there are multiple iteratee implementations, but for `pipes` there is only one authoritative implementation now that `pipes-core` has official merged into `pipes`.
- The focus of this page is a discussion of the library rather than the type. It would only be appropriate to name the page after the type if the page were a discussion of the theory behind the type itself.
- Naming a page after a library's central data type causes disruption to the Haskell wiki if the library changes its underlying type scheme, which has been the case both for `conduit` and `pipes`.
I was wondering why it was named pipe, I thought it odd. It makes sense to me that it would be named pipes. Davorak 19:06, 8 May 2013 (UTC)