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Muse Gear Guide - Matt Bellamy's FX Pedals
When Muse hit the top of the charts in 14 different countries, with their latest album 'The Resistance' they confirmed their position as one of the biggest acts in the world. And, naturally, Matt Bellamy is one of the most admired guitarists of his generation. Let's have a look at his gear!
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If an older generation admires guitar heroes of the past such as Jimmy Page or Eric Clapton, Matt Bellamy is perhaps one of the most revered guitar heroes today. Total Guitar readers voted Bellamy 29th on a list of the top 100 guitarists, and Bellamy's riff from "Plug In Baby" was 13th in Total Guitar's poll of the Top 100 Riffs above riffs such as Cream's "Sunshine of Your Love".
It's not surprising then, that many guitarists look up to Matt Bellamy and want to know what's the secret of his tone. Well...we don't want to dismiss his talent, but his biggest secret can be summed up in just two letters: FX, FX, FX!!!
Yes, Matt Bellamy is a total gear head, and he uses effects (be it effect pedals, rack units or built in his guitar) in a creative and... "effective" way, shall we say!
The ultimate Matt Bellamy fx must be the Z-Vex Fuzz Factory, which he had installed in his custom-made Manson guitar.
The Z-Vex Fuzz Factory is one of the best fuzz pedals in the world and even if you don't have it installed in your guitar like Matt Bellamy does, it's still great fun to play with and you'll easily get mad, mad sounds like Matt Bellamy's. For Muse fans, this is the pedal to get. But the Fuzz Factory should also be considered a must for any fuzz-loving guitarist, really!
Other effects/units that are known to have been built into some of Bellamy's Manson guitars besides the Z-Vex Fuzz Factory include: Z-Vex Wah Probe, MXR Phase 90, Kaoss Pad and Tronical PowerTune Automatic Guitar Tuning System.
Effects-wise, Bellamy's rig has evolved from a more traditional pedal board into amp set up, into a technological beast that requires the help of external hands (feet) ie. his guitar tech! It doesn't matter - it still sounds awesome!
In the early days, during the Showbiz/Origin of Symmetry era, his pedal board included a Digitech Whammy, Line 6 DL4, Roland V-Synth, DOD Equalizer, Zvex Fuzz Factory, Electro Harmonix Micro Synth.
This video featuring Muse's guitar tech shows some of his gear, which also includes: MXR EQ, TC Electronic chorus, and Keeley Fuzz Head (which is a Fuzz Face clone):
Of course, we can't forget to mention the Korg Kaoss Pad which Matt has had famously installed on his main guitar. If you're on a budget, the smaller, cheaper Korg Kaossilator is a good option and many Muse fans who play guitar are known to have gone this route! See below for more Kaoss!
For a guitarist whose sound is so mad and modern, his choice of head amp couldn't be more traditional or elegant - the classic Vox AC30 Head. He also uses a Marshall head, so we can only assume the Vox AC30 is used for clean tones.
Muse: Lots of rack effects and lots of custom-built guitars...
Korg's Kaoss Pad 3 puts multiple FX parameters at the tip your fingers.
The KP3 boasts128 exciting effects programs so you can edit and manipulate samples in real time using Korg's revolutionary touch pad. Great for DJs, musicians and producers at all levels!
Since the start of the Black Holes and Revelations tour, back in 2006 Bellamy has had an X-Y MIDI pad controlling a Kaoss pad with all of his guitars, that is except for the Manson Ali Top, the Manson Doubleneck and bothnof his Manson Keytars.
The Kaoss Manson was the first to receive the pad treatment, followed by his M1D1 Manson and a couple of others. Bellamy uses the Kaoss Pad as it should be used, creatively and effectively! He performs with techniques such as imitating DJ scratching, like in the solo of Supermassive Black Hole.However, Matt Bellamy has also played more conventional guitars: Such as a Gibson SG Standard, Ibanez Destroyer and Fender Standard Stratocaster.
To view more Matt Bellamy / Muse related gear, check the Muse Artist Page at Dolphin!
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BOSTON – First immigration kept him from the joining the Bruins. And then it took a while to notice he was even there once he pulled on the black-and-gold sweater.
Bruins' 'Lefty Line' confident playing together will work out right
BOSTON — Patrice Bergeron's absence and the Bruins' decision to fill his spot on their second line with Chris Kelly has created a somewhat unusual situation on the club's second line.
Bergeron's spot could be Kelly's if Bruins go that way
WILMINGTON, Mass. — Bruins center Chris Kelly pretty much summed it up today when he was asked about filling the spot Patrice Bergeron usually plays in between Brad Marchand and Mark Recchi.
Bruins' third line emerges as two-way force, causes match-up troubles
BOSTON – The emergence of the trio of Chris Kelly, Rich Peverley and Michael Ryder as an offensive force can be easily quantified by looking at the seven goals and 16 points the three have combined to produce through the Bruins' first 10 postseason games.
You can't keep Bruins' Kelly caged … or can you?
PHILADELPHIA — If the Bruins brass is smart, they'll tell their team doctors to keep it on the down low if there comes a time that Chris Kelly can remove the cage protecting his face ever since he was injured in Game 3 of the Montreal series.
Kelly can't mask his excitement after helping Bruins hurt Habs
MONTREAL — Us mere mortals wouldn't be able to go to an office job with the facial injury Chris Kelly suffered last Monday, let alone play in an NHL game.
Caged Kelly's going to give it a go for Bruins vs. Habs
MONTREAL — Bruins center Chris Kelly figures he hasn't worn a full cage over his face to play hockey since he was 14.
Bruins' Kelly back in Boston while team practices in Lake Placid
LAKE PLACID, N.Y. — Bruins head coach Claude Julien said today that center Chris Kelly has left the team to get re-examined by the team's doctors.
Kelly missing for Bruins
LAKE PLACID, N.Y. — The only Bruins player missing from practice today at the USA Rink at the Whiteface Lake Placid Olympic Center was center Chris Kelly.
Julien: Gomez's hit on Kelly similar to Chara hit on Pacioretty
LAKE PLACID, N.Y. — Chris Kelly managed to skate 21 shifts for 14:35 of total ice time in the Bruins' 4-2 victory in Game 3 of their Eastern Conference quarterfinal series with Montreal Monday night.
However, that doesn't mean Canadiens center Scott Gomez's hit from behind on the Boston forward wasn't a dangerous play.
Kelly, third line could be key for Bruins against Habs
BOSTON — There's no way the Bruins will beat Montreal in their Eastern Conference quarterfinal series that starts tonight at TD Garden if they're going to be a one-line or even two-line team.
Bruins' Kelly, Peverley have passed chemistry test, now need production
WILMINGTON, Mass. – We won't know for weeks or even months if Chris Kelly and Rich Peverley were the final pieces to the Bruins' championship puzzle.
Loss to Rangers is worth it if Bruins learned their lesson
WILMINGTON, Mass. — There was no bag skate today at Ristuccia Arena.
The morning after the Bruins blew a 3-0 lead and lost 5-3 at New York, they went through a normal practice for around 45 minutes.
Still waiting for Kelly to contribute something Bruins didn't already have
Maybe a second-round draft pick just doesn't buy what it used to.
This is no personal attack on Chris Kelly, and I still think that at the time the Bruins dealt that pick to Ottawa for the veteran center, it was a wise move.
Kelly could fit in anywhere, but mostly brings depth to Bruins
WILMINGTON, Mass. — While Bruins general manager Peter Chiarelli declared on a morning radio show today that he expects newly acquired forward Chris Kelly to play center between Blake Wheeler and Michael Ryder, head coach Claude Julien wasn't making any commitments after the team's practice at Ristuccia Arena.

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('76 Editor) Tom James of People's Press Collective.com was at CCU to film the Nov. 10 senatorial forum as well as the Nov. 3 gubernatorial forum. Below are the links for both video files. PPC, as they call themselves, will partner with Centennial Institute to sponsor an all-day boot camp on "Blogging Right," Dec. 5 at the Beckman Center on our campus. Email us at email@example.com for details.
Here's the Senate forum video.
Here's the Governor's forum video.


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Chelsea midfielder Yossi Benayoun is seeking a move to America's Major League Soccer, according to Goal.com.
He has high hopes for himself in the United States and wishes to play in a squad with a large city background.
Benayoun admitted that playing in New York for the Red Bulls would be "great".
He added: "But Chicago, Los Angeles — America has a lot of options."
If he joins the Red Bulls, Benayoun would play alongside former Everton midfielder Tim Cahill and ex-Arsenal star Thierry Henry.
Henry has scored six goals this season, while Cahill has netted four, including a pair of match-winning goals.
Benayoun would also line-up alongside Juninho Pernambucano in midfield.
Juninho is most noted for his sublime free-kicks that can find the back of the net from 35-meters out. However, Juninho has yet to score this season, yet he has set up great chances off set-pieces.
He found Tim Cahill's head in the 90th minute of a 1-0 victory over the Los Angeles Galaxy, another team that is targeting Benayoun.
Former Paris-Saint Germain forward Pegguy Luyindula is also in the Red Bulls' squad. However, he has fallen out of favour with Red Bulls boss Mike Petke. Fabian Espindola and Henry have taken over most of the playing time in the forward roles.
Colombian international Jamison Olave has scored five times this season from a centre-back role. He anchors a back-line that is guarded by Luis Robles, the former Atlas keeper. The 26-year-old has conceded 19 goals in 16 appearances.
Benayoun would fit into an already talented midfield that has European experience. Former Premier League players Henry and Cahill have already proven that they could perform for the Red Bulls, so it would seem fitting that Benayoun joins a squad of this magnitude.
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At first it sounded like the premise for a bizarro-world reality show: Nine New York City actors, several of them gay, journey to Laramie, Wyo., just five weeks after the most notorious antigay crime in memory, the murder of Matthew Shepard. Their goal was to interview townspeople and write a play about the events of that October 1998. Two hundred interviews and a year and a half later, those accounts were melded to create The Laramie Project, "a play that portrays a town in turmoil," says Moisés Kaufman, founder and artistic director of Tectonic Theater Project, the company that created the play.
Since its debut in Denver in 2000, the work has become one of the most-performed plays in high schools, colleges, and amateur theater groups, displacing such classics as You Can't Take It With You and Arsenic and Old Lace. It has been produced some 2,200 times and was adapted into an HBO film, exposing millions more to the story.
Last fall, as the 10th anniversary of Shepard's murder approached, Kaufman wondered aloud if there was something to be gained by going back to Laramie -- to see what, if anything, had changed in the past decade. The company members immediately signed on to the idea and, as they had in preparing the original play, flew to Wyoming and worked as a group to conduct interviews and develop the material into The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later (An Epilogue). The play will be staged on October 12 -- the 11th anniversary of Shepard's death -- simultaneously at more than a hundred theaters worldwide, including at Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall, where Tectonic Theater Project will perform. These performances will be accompanied by a national live online discussion where participants can blog, upload video and photos, and share stories about the play. Kaufman has said that by opening a play at different theaters on the same night, he is following in the footsteps of the Federal Theater Project, the New Deal–era program designed to employ out-of-work artists, writers, and directors and through which Sinclair Lewis's play It Can't Happen Here was produced simultaneously in 22 cities in 1936.
Like the original Laramie Project, Epilogue is a highly collaborative work, with Kaufman sharing writing credit with Greg Pierotti, Leigh Fondakowski, Andy Paris, and Steven Belber -- all members of the Tectonic Theater Project, which he cofounded in 1991. (Kaufman is now artistic director of the theater, whose best-known productions include Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde and I Am My Own Wife.) When the group returned to Wyoming in September 2008, it became clear that the work they'd completed there 10 years earlier had become an enduring part of their lives. "We've all stayed connected to The Laramie Project by visiting universities and talking to high schools and kind of extensively teaching and speaking around this," Fondakowski says. Moreover, Pierotti adds, "each of us, as we were doing the research for the original piece, established strong relationships with particular members of the community…. Each of us has maintained those relationships, so that was all alive and well when we were ready to come back."
The depth of those relationships led to what promises to be one of the most provocative parts of Epilogue: material based on Pierotti's interviews with one of Matthew Shepard's murderers, Aaron McKinney. Those interviews came about because of Pierotti's ongoing relationship with Father Roger Schmit, who was McKinney's spiritual adviser when he was in prison awaiting his trial. After Schmit wrote a strong letter of recommendation for Pierotti to McKinney, he agreed to an interview in prison.
When Kaufman, Pierotti, Fondakowski, and Paris first met with The Advocate to discuss Epilogue, they were just two days away from the first reading of the new play but still in the midst of writing and rewriting. They were reluctant to say much about the conversations with McKinney and how they would figure in the play. "I spent 10 hours with Aaron," Pierotti says, "and the scenes that I've made are trying to present the entire context of this conversation and not just a few sensational lines."
The fact that the interview took place at all is newsworthy. Under their separate sentencing agreements, both McKinney and his accomplice, Russell Henderson, were prohibited from speaking with the media -- a deal that unraveled in 2004, when ABC's 20/20 interviewed McKinney in the course of a much-criticized segment that argued that the murder wasn't a hate crime but a drug deal gone bad. "One of the things that I find very, very interesting is that in the theater we can have a gay man [Pierotti] going to interview Aaron McKinney," Kaufman says. And it will be that same gay man creating the theatrical moments from those interviews that will be seen onstage.
Even without Epilogue and its online components, The Laramie Project has already developed a life of its own beyond the theater. Especially when it's performed in high schools and colleges, it's been used as a starting point for community discussions about hate crimes, homophobia, and gender identity. "I'm careful about saying this without trying to sound pompous or vain about our work, but I think that this play really does what theater is perhaps best suited to do, which is talk to a community about a community," Kaufman says. "And I think people can relate to that."
Part of the play's afterlife has been that people portrayed in it -- including Shepard's mother, Judy Shepard, who founded the Matthew Shepard Foundation with her husband, Dennis, and son, Logan -- have been invited to speak to communities where it's been performed to discuss the issues it raises. (Another example of this theater–to–real life feedback loop can be found in the "God Hates Fags" Westboro Baptist Church, which demonstrated at Shepard's funeral and is also portrayed in the play. Church members continue to protest many productions of the play around the country, which often brings home the reality of extremist hate to the communities where it's produced.)
The Laramie Project deeply affects the lives of those who perform it or watch it. Acting in the play as an openly gay high school senior in Canton, Mass., is "one of the most important things I've ever done," says T.J. Leuken, now a first-year student at Lesley University in Cambridge, Mass. In addition to the production itself, there were in-school discussion groups and a school assembly at which Leuken and five other students spoke about antigay prejudice. The Westboro Baptists showed up as planned, and Leuken was profoundly moved when he saw one of his close friends, a straight woman, crying as she watched the demonstration and a silent counterdemonstration. "It wasn't just tough for people who were gay in school, it was tough for one of my [straight] friends," he says. "One of the issues we brought up was, What if it wasn't Laramie? What if it was here? What if it wasn't Matthew? What if it was me? That was really powerful."
It's more than coincidence that for years one of the staples of community theater, including high school and college drama departments, was Thornton Wilder's 1938 drama Our Town, a portrait of life in a fictional New Hampshire town told through the voices of its inhabitants. "We did in fact have Our Town very much in mind when we wrote The Laramie Project," Kaufman says. "In the stage directions for the third act we state that it must be performed with several chairs on one side of the stage -- just like the dead people inhabit the third act of Our Town."
Both plays present the complexity of life behind the seemingly placid exterior of a small town. In Our Town, especially in productions mounted over the past couple of decades, directors have tended to emphasize the darker currents that flow beneath the town's apparently cheerful surface. The Laramie Project, on the other hand, takes a story we thought we knew -- a place that many outsiders took to be a ground zero of evil -- and presents a much more complicated version of life there. As New York Times drama critic Ben Brantley noted when Laramie opened, "This play is Our Town with a question mark, as in 'Could this be our town?' There are repeated variations by the citizens of Laramie on the statement 'it can't happen here,' followed immediately by 'And yet it has.' "
That fundamental questioning is one of the reasons productions of the play often evoke controversy. "More often than I would have ever imagined, the play is banned, or the kids are told that they can't do it," Fondakowski says. "So it becomes this kind of thing that they can really rally behind to make a very strong statement about what kind of theater they want to make and what they want to say."
"Tell the story about the 'power lesbians,' " Pierotti says, which brings on some laughter from the three other writers, all of whom are actors as well. The actors nicknamed a group of young women in a Burbank, Calif., high school "the power lesbians" when their production of Laramie was banned last year -- and they didn't take no for an answer. They rehearsed on one student's backyard patio, and some members of Tectonic went to help them with the production. (The theater company has a $150,000 grant from the Arcus Foundation to support members in working with high school and college productions of Laramie all over the country.) Eventually, the Colony Theatre in Burbank donated the use of its 276-seat theater, along with costumes, props, programs, and help with sound and lighting.
These stories don't always end happily. Earlier this year an Oklahoma teacher was fired after showing the film version of Laramie and assigning the text of the play to one of her classes. "It's not a won battle," Pierotti says.
The play has resonated far beyond Laramie. When he was in a café in Laramie last September working on the Epilogue, an Englishman came over and asked if he was Andy Paris. It turned out that the Englishman was an actor named Adam Zane, and he and his just-wedded husband, Dick Longdin, were driving cross-country on their honeymoon. The Laramie Project had become a huge part of their lives four years earlier. "I'd kind of fallen out of love with acting," says Zane, a veteran performer whose credits include appearances in the original Queer as Folk. "There were only so many gay vets, gay doctors, and gay comedy sidekicks I could play!" But when he read Laramie he decided it was a story he had to tell, and he directed a performance of it by a group of university students near Manchester, England, in 2004. Zane then founded Hope Theatre Company in Manchester, where he lives, and its first production was The Laramie Project. He eventually set up Exceeding Expectations, a program to end homophobia through education, and wrote a play called Outloud about young people and sexuality. The company will present the U.K. premiere of the Epilogue in Manchester on October 12, and Paris will direct.
Closer to the scene of the original events, Plan-B Theatre Company in Salt Lake City will be presenting the Epilogue in a staged reading three days before the national event as a sort of preview. Plan-B has a strong connection to the play: It was the first company licensed to do its own production, in 2001. Producing director Jerry Rapier explains that Salt Lake City is the nearest large city for many Wyoming residents, which gave the original production a different kind of immediacy. (Their original production featured one of the characters in the play, actor Jedadiah Schultz, playing himself. He'll also be back to appear in the Epilogue.) "It really was community-based theater in the best sense of the word," Rapier says. "Getting people to talk about things they wouldn't otherwise -- maybe that's why it's so widely produced. It articulates things that people can't articulate on their own."
One can only expect that the Epilogue's answer to the question "What has changed in the past 10 years?" will be complex and multilayered and that the portrayal of Aaron McKinney will surprise and anger many. The town's response to the revisionist version of Shepard's murder -- that it was about drugs, not homophobia, a controversial theory -- will also be complex. "There are 27,000 people in Laramie. There are at least 27,000 Laramies," Kaufman said in a New York Times interview.
Eleven years after the events it first portrayed, the play continues to address "all the big pillars of what we consider that a democracy is built on," Kaufman says. "It's about equal rights and it's about justice and it's about truth." Epilogue, like the play it follows, is likely to have a life far beyond its multicity debut.


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One night in February 2012, Dr. R. B. Lowe heard news no practice owner wants to hear. A fire had ripped through Rowan Animal Clinic in Sailsbury, N.C. The building was a total loss, and tragically, there were nine animals still inside.
"It's gut-wrenching telling a family that their pet is lost," says Dr. Lowe. "Fortunately, we have resilient clients."
Resilient describes Dr. Lowe and his team as well. One month later, they started plans to rebuild. "After several intense family discussions, we decided not only to apply the insurance money, but to add our own investments above and beyond to rebuild a new and progressive facility," says Dr. Lowe. "Our architect encouraged us to take a leap and build a state-of-the-art facility, but we are simple country folk. So we built what suited us, while taking the opportunity to bring our practice into the 21st century."
Rowan Animal Hospital serves clients with all types of animals, from small animal and exotics to farm animals and horses. It was important for Dr. Lowe and his facility to appeal to his rural clients. He always encourages others to consider their client base before building. "For us, we felt most comfortable in what we call a modern interpretation of a vernacular barn found in the region," he says.
This led to the design of an appealing brick-façade hospital up front for small animals, and a large red barn filled with high-tech features in the back. Bright, cheery colors, a spacious treatment area and modern equipment upgraded the hospital in a way that pleases Dr. Lowe—and offers better care for clients and patients.
"We took the opportunity, not to live in the past, but to look to the future and expand and grow our facility," he says. "We designed a great hospital, and business is better than ever. Most of all, we rebuilt!"
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|A middle-of-the-night fire destroyed Dr. Lowe's former practice in February 2012. He took the tragedy and turned it into an opportunity to rebuild, bigger and better than ever.
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|To enhance the industrial barn aesthetic, Dr. Lowe chose to leave the ceilings exposed and to use corrugated metal wainscoting around the reception area. This nonporous material is easy to clean, can be bleached and doesn't show wear and tear. Clients appreciate the separate dog and cat waiting areas with wood benches facing the large windows to the outdoors.
|Dr. Lowe chose painted epoxy coating over concrete floors for easier cleaning. He says a light gray color allows technicians to easily identify blood or bodily excrements on the surface to make sanitization more efficient. Sliding glass doors keep the room separate while also keeping visual contact with staff in the next room.
|With 40 percent of Rowan Animal Clinic's clients bringing in large animals, Dr. Lowe wanted to devote a section of the hospital to making the care of those animals easier. In the red barn area, a truck and trailer can pull straight through barn-style garage doors directly into the building.
|Light blue walls carry sunshine from clerestory windows throughout the treatment area. The exposed ceiling in this room makes it feel more open and airy. Stainless steel tables make it easier to sanitize the space.
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|A separate entrance and exit for the comfort room offers privacy to grieving clients. Here, warm, soothing colors as well as a couch, an area rug and stained glass artwork greet clients.
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(Reuters) – Being a judge in New Jersey is no laughing matter.
That was the conclusion from the state's highest court on Thursday, when it ruled a municipal judge could not continue to spend his days on the bench and his nights as a stand-up comedian.
Vince Sicari was the judge in South Hackensack, a small town in Bergen County, New Jersey, where he worked part-time ruling on traffic violations and other minor legal matters. Vince August, his alter ego, is a comic and television actor who has frequently appeared on the ABC show "What Would You Do?" and regularly performs at Caroline's, a New York City comedy club.
In a 30-page opinion – which, for the record, did not contain a single joke – the New Jersey Supreme Court essentially told Sicari to choose between doling out puns or punishment.
"The concern is whether an ordinary member of the public can divorce the comedy routine or the roles played by Vince August from Judge Sicari," the court wrote.
A few hours after the court ruled, Sicari, 44, said he accepted the decision and would immediately resign from the bench.
"I am hopeful that all involved feel that I have served the judiciary with the honor and distinction that it deserves," he said in a statement.
His lawyer, E. Drew Britcher, said Sicari, who earned $13,000 a year as a judge, relies on his comedy for a full-time income and health benefits.
As a regular on "What Would You Do?," a hidden-camera show that uses actors to re-enact real-life situations to see how bystanders react, Sicari has played numerous offensive characters, including a homophobic bar patron and a racially profiling security guard.
Like many stand-up comics, Sicari also comments on religion, race, politics, sex and other potentially touchy subjects in his routines.
Those off-color comments could make it difficult for residents who appear before him to believe that he can remain impartial and objective, the court concluded.
"To be sure, the routines are designed to be funny," the court wrote. "We must acknowledge, however, that many regard the maxim 'Many a true word is said in jest' as a fundamental truth."
Sicari had appealed a 2008 decision from the state ethics committee that said he could not pursue both careers at the same time.
He argued that he kept his legal career completely separate from his comedic work, eschewing jokes about lawyers while on stage and never cracking wise while on the bench. Sicari became South Hackensack's judge in 2008 after 12 years in private practice.
"We felt this raised a unique question," said Britcher, Sicari's attorney. "Clearly, municipal judges in small municipalities need to have other employment. We wanted to ask why he could be a carpenter but not a comedian and actor."


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Two polls released last week show that the TEA Party is waning in support
It was 240 years ago this week that the original Boston Tea Party resulted in tea leaves being off of a British ship and into Boston Harbor in protest of tea taxes on colonists.
Now the TEA Party has been reborn under an anti-tax acronym (Taxed Enough Already) however the original tea party was more politically adept. They knew who their enemies were.
If the original tea party were reenacted by today's TEA Partiers, they would dump tea off of their own ships and let the British do whatever they wanted.
I know how much fervor the TEA Party supporters feel for their cause. I live in south-central Kansas. People here were TEA Partiers long before the Koch brothers gave them their name and the backing of their vast empire to support the "grassroots" movement.
In time, when the TEA Party is just a chapter in modern history textbooks, people here will still hold on to the same ideals.
TEA Party members don't like it being pointed out that their greatest achievements have been in damaging the Republican Party. They have had far more luck picking off not-conservative-enough Republicans than beating Democrats.
Did Obamacare get repealed? No. But TEA Party candidates ensured that Harry Reid stayed put atop the Senate and created a nightmare – with actual witches – in a Delaware Senate race that led to a loss in a very winnable race.
Two polls released last week show that the TEA Party is waning in support even among Republicans who still have a favorable opinion of the movement. Obviously Democrats have few positive feelings about the group.
But as evidenced by the past Presidential election, moderates aren't too keen on the ultra-conservative group either.
In many places, seeing popular support falling would lead to a measured stance when it comes to addressing the TEA Party. Those ideals would be mentioned, but never highlighted.
Rush Limbaugh says Republicans themselves may be willing to lose seats in Congress to the Democrats just to get rid of the TEA Party affiliated representatives.
"The Republican establishment may in fact be so desirous of getting rid of the tea party as its base they may be willing to lose some elections in order to get rid of their base and put up a new base," Limbaugh said last week.
He said people blame Texas Sen. Ted Cruz for the government shutdown and obviously most Americans didn't want the government to shutdown so Cruz and his allies are facing political heat from both sides of the aisle.
Even House Speaker John Boehner is fed up with TEA Party members of his own caucus in Congress.
Former Vice Presidential Candidate Paul Ryan called the TEA Party invaluable when it comes to keeping the taxpayers in the game when it comes to deal such as the budget compromise he helped work out recently.
But Ryan's own compromise is threatened by TEA Party affiliates like the Heritage Foundation and Club for Growth and the new Senate Conservatives Fund.
Since seven of the 12 GOP Senators up for re-election this year are facing primary challenges thanks to these groups, they won't be able to vote for a compromised budget deal without damaging their electoral status with far right voters.
Nowhere are there more far right voters than in Kansas. And, not surprisingly, one of the seven senators who is imperiled by the Senate Conservatives Fund is Kansas Senator Pat Roberts.
Roberts, who most would comfortably call very conservative, is being attacked from someone even further to the right.
The Senate Conservatives Fund has endorsed and financially backed Dr. Milton Wolf in the election that will take place in eight months.
Roberts, who has been in Congress since 1981 and in the Senate since 1997 is drawing fire in part due to his tenure in Washington D.C.
"When I look at our Congress, at our Senate today, it's abundantly clear to me that we need more patriots who won't buckle under the pressure of Washington," Dr. Wolf said during the announcement of his candidacy. "Who won't go along to get along. It's clear to me that we need the citizen legislator who will serve his or her time and then go home and live under the laws they helped create."
While Limbaugh is noting that most in the Republican Party are shying away from Cruz because of the government shutdown, in Kansas those wounds are considered battle scars worth bragging about. Wolf is running not only with the support of Cruz's PAC but he is already including himself in their voting bloc.
"I have a message for Senators Ted Cruz, Rand Paul and Mike Lee: Tonight the battle is joined," Wolf said. "Your Kansas reinforcements are on the way!"
As former Speaker of the House Tip O'Neill said, "All politics is local."
Don't expect Kansas voters to be swayed by national trends.
Sen. Roberts knows that, and he won't take his now well-funded challenger lightly. So don't count his vote in favor of the compromised federal budget. He can't afford to give his opponent more ammunition.
Kent Bush is the publisher of the Butler County Times Gazette and can be reached at: firstname.lastname@example.com


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Milly the Chihuahua Could Be the World's Smallest Dog
How small is Milly, a Chihuahua from Puerto Rico? Answer: very.
'She could not breastfeed due to the tiny size of her mouth,' said Rivera Eizzil, Milly's caregiver. 'To get an idea of just how petite she is, when she was born she received milk from an eyedropper.'
Now Milly is three-months-old and she hasn't gotten much bigger, coming in at 2.5 inches and .37 lbs!
Currently Boo Boo, a chihuahua from Kentucky, is the Guinness recognized smallest dog in the world, at four inches. Eizzil and Milly's owner Vanessa Semler hope their precious little pup will snag the record from Boo Boo, but have to wait until Milly turns one to qualify for the title.
And that's if another tiny dog doesn't snag the title first. A mini-mutt named Beyonce, who's named for the Destiny's Child song 'Survivor,' recently charmed the internet by being able to pose on an iPhone like it was a large sled.
All in all, it's shaping up to be quite a dog fight. The smallest, most adorable dog fight ever, that is.


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Is the decision by Juventus to re-sign Sebastian Giovinco, at a cost of around €11m, not a costly financial own goal? Such a consideration is perfectly understandable when you contemplate that Giovinco is, let us not forget, a product of the Juventus youth system. Selling a 50 per cent share in him to the Tardini outfit for €3.75m two years ago to then buy that cut back for €11m could be viewed as questionable. But you can also argue that the Old Lady have now signed a €22m player for a little over €7m. Had Giovinco remained with the Bianconeri, then, considering how cautious the big Italian clubs are with youngsters, he probably would not even be worth in excess of €15m today.
How will Antonio Conte use him at Juventus? His two years at Parma have underlined that he's a forward and not a trequartista. He can play as an Antonio Di Natale like centre-forward, but he's more suited to a second striker role. As a result, he could be easily fielded in a 3-5-2 system that may become Conte's preferred shape in 2012-13 given the proposed acquisition of Mauricio Isla from Udinese. He may also be risked out wide in a 4-3-3, but much will depend on his movement when Juventus are not in possession. He'd also fit a 4-4-2/4-2-4 if Conte wished to revive the system which was once his trademark.
Will he be assured of a starting shirt in Turin? No – Juventus are not Parma. Saying that, Conte has proved that if you work hard enough in training and adapt tactically, as well as make the physical sacrifices, then a chance will be offered. If the Old Lady can have a prolonged campaign in the Champions League then there should be enough opportunities for Giovinco to feature, whether from the start or – as may be more likely – from the bench.
Is he good enough to play for a club such as Juventus? His two seasons at Parma, in a less pressured environment and at a club who could offer him regular football have been of invaluable use to him – and Juventus. Those were the years of his Serie A consecration, a spell where he matured and gained the kind of experience which he was not granted during his previous stint in Turin. He's proved that he can score and assist in the Italian top flight, while his inclusion in Italy's Euro 2012 squad should underline his talent. He's not world class, not the much-hyped top player that Juventus are openly searching for or an Alessandro Del Piero clone, but he's a very good attacker with the characteristics that La Signora presently don't have elsewhere in their ranks.
But isn't he too small to make an impact? His fragile frame is undoubtedly a hindrance, but it does also come with a few advantages. His low centre of gravity, combined with his effective technical ability, will cause opposition defenders problems. The option of using him as a second-half substitute against defensive-minded clubs, who face the Old Lady with the prime intention of not losing, could make him a valuable Bianconero weapon. His record of 22 goals – 15 alone this term – in 66 League games for Parma isn't shoddy for Italian top-flight standards.
Is there the possibility that he could been signed by Juventus to then be used as a pawn in another transfer deal this summer? Possible yes, but improbable. One should never say never in the transfer market, but director general Beppe Marotta has made it clear that the attacker is wanted by Conte and Giovinco, as well as his agent, would have surely vetoed a return if that was the Old Lady's real intention.
Will he be the last attacker who Juve sign this summer? If he is, then it won't be by choice. The Bianconeri have made it very clear that they are hoping to acquire a top class striker after missing out on Sergio Aguero and Giuseppe Rossi last year. Robin Van Persie, Luis Suarez, Gonzalo Higuain and Edinson Cavani are the linked names, but much will depend on price. Giovinco's arrival may actually have a different initial effect – leading to the departure of another striker. It now seems highly dubious that Marco Borriello will be kept on, after his loan from Roma, despite some crucial late goals which helped secure the title. It wouldn't be a total shock if Alessandro Matri left either – although his exit would be more likely as a result of another addition to the options up front.
Could Giovinco become a Juventus idol? Only time will tell. This is probably Giovinco's last chance to make the sort of impact that he's always dreamed about for the club he grew up supporting. How he deals with the pressure and the criticism – which he will undoubtedly receive – will be key, as will how well he starts the campaign. The big advantage this time around is that he's now arguably ready to play for the club, while he will be part of a well-settled and successful squad which wasn't the case in his Turin spell between 2008 and 2010.


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Kershaw County Council voted, 4-3, to reject a request Tuesday to take over an average $846,000 annual emergency medical services (EMS) deficit from KershawHealth. During a presentation to council at Tuesday's meeting, KershawHealth President and CEO Donnie Weeks and Vice President and COO/CFO Mike Bunch said the healthcare organization has experienced a five-year loss of $4.22 million from EMS operations alone.
Recently I have learned to really understand the phrase "this is why we can't have nice things" which I heard all through my childhood but never really understood the significance of. After spilling juice on tablecloths staining them for eternity or somehow managing to ruin the playground set in our backyard, I would always hear my mom -- in a very exasperated tone, I should add -- exclaim: "See! This is why we can't have nice things!" And being my young and carefree self I would think to myself "it's not my fault the playground set couldn't handle ...
Improving South Carolina's infrastructure was the main topic at the Kershaw County Chamber of Commerce's 2013 Legislative Forum held April 4 at the Fine Art Center (FAC) of Kershaw County.
City Council will meet at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The agenda for the meeting includes a presentation from the Carolina Motorsports Park regarding their submission of a list of funding proposals for staff to consider. The proposal includes the 2014 Rotax Grand National Kart Race for consideration in the fiscal year 2013-14 budget. The request is for $24,000 to cover track rental and corner worker fees. This kart racing series proposed would occur in August for five days with an estimated 300 competitors. The proposal also includes economic impacts that the race would bring. Council will also ...
At Kershaw County Council's meeting Tuesday, April 9, Council will be approached by the KershawHealth Board of Trustees regarding the funding of the EMS Financial Operations. Concluding council's meeting on March 26, Councilman Jimmy Jones shared his thoughts on KershawHealth's request for funding from the county. Jones questions the management of KershawHealth and why taxpayer's funds should go towards funding which was previously covered by the hospital's own budget. KershawHealth's funding request will be for County Council to provide funding for the healthcare organization's EMS deficit and ongoing capital expenses beginning in July.
The United Way of Kershaw County held a partner agency meeting on March 28 for interested nonprofit agencies wishing to be considered for funding decisions from United Way for 2014/15. Nonprofits must provide direct services to Kershaw County in the category of social services.
According to the South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce, the state has received some good news regarding unemployment. Kershaw County is one of the counties responsible for this good news as the county has also seen a decrease in the unemployment rate.
A few weeks ago I shared with the community my frustration with the stoplights around town. Since then I have received lots of feedback from locals who share my sentiments as well. However, there is one particular email that has really stuck with me for the past couple of weeks. In this particular email, the sender agreed with my frustrations and feelings regarding being trapped within my vehicle while waiting for a change of color but he also shared something else: "maybe it's just divine intervention for us all to slow down and reflect on how wonderful life is."
There's one thing that's been a staple at the Carolina Cup as long as the horses have been. It's not the extravagant hats or the pastel colors. It's the Redfearns.
Despite declining to appear at a KershawHealth's Board of Trustees meeting Monday, based on his attorney's advice, Kershaw County Councilman Jimmy Jones took time at Tuesday's county council meeting to comment about the hospital board and administration.
Recently, I've come to notice that I have difficulty in choosing just one "favorite thing." For example, when asked what my favorite TV show is I could list off about five or six shows that I watch religiously. The same goes for musical artists, books, animals, etc. Basically, I have a hard time choosing just one thing to "love the most." I've come to terms with the fact that I will never be able narrow down a category to just one singular item as being my favorite. But, I have decided that in order to be a productive ...
Kershaw County Council will observe a check presentation and expenditure request from State Solicitor, Dan Johnson at Tuesday's meeting. The check presented will be requested to go towards Kershaw County's Youth Arbitration Program as was discussed at the program's anniversary luncheon on March 15.
The S.C. State Workforce Investment Board (SWIB) recently recognized Kershaw County as a South Carolina Work Ready Community in Progress. Kershaw County is one of 34 counties whose applications to become Work Ready communities have been accepted by the state steering committee. Kershaw County earned the designation by demonstrating a commitment in meeting its two-year criteria, which includes improving high school graduation rates, obtaining WorkKeys assessments National Career Readiness Certificates (NCRCs), and having an alignment of community stakeholders in achieving county goals.
A circuit court judge denied bond Friday for a Columbia man accused of the October 2011 carjacking of a woman in Columbia and raping her in Kershaw County. Franklin Graham, 26, who faces charges of first-degree criminal sexual conduct and kidnapping, has been held without bond in the Kershaw County Detention Center since his arrest 16 months ago. A judge initially denied Graham bond shortly after his arrest in 2011. Since being detained, he has been additionally charged with being a prisoner carrying or concealing a weapon, according to online court records.
Recently, I've had to go through some big adjustments due to the fact that I now have a "grown up job." I was kind of under the impression that once I landed one of those I would start to feel, you know, like an actual adult. And I mean I guess I do in the sense that I have deadlines and more responsibilities and a paycheck but other than that… no, not really. It's been a hard adjustment, to be honest. Having to wake up while it's still dark outside, going to bed while it's ...
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Elastix is an Open Source Sofware suite aimed to establish Unified Communications. Elastix's goal is to incorporate all the communication alternatives, available at an enterprise level, into a unique solution.
Unified Communications With Elastix
The Elastix project begun as a call report interface for Asterisk and was released in March of 2006. Later that year the project evolved into an Asterisk Based distribution.
Telephony was the traditional way that lead communications the last century, that's why many Companies and users focus their requirements on their necessities to establish telephony communications on their organizations, and confuse unified communications "distros" with a telephone exchange system. Elastix, not only provides telephony, it integrates other communication alternatives to make your organization environment more productive and efficient.
Elastix include the following communication media:
There are new ways of communication every day and the addition of features and functionality must be constant. Elastix it's capable of establish an efficient environment on your organization with the addition of many features that allows to integrate other locations of your company to centralize your business and take it global. A user in your corporation located in South America shares the same functionalities of another located in Asia besides having direct internal communication.
Some of the basic Features of Elastix include:
- Voicemail
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- Support for softphones
- Web Interface Configuration
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- Extension Roaming
- PBX Interconnection
- Caller ID
- Advance Reports
To see a complete list of features click here
Licensing in Elastix
Elastix is an open source entrepreneur tool relased under the license GPLv2. You are free to use it for commercial of personal purposes subject to the conditions as described under its License.
Elastix doesn't have a cost related with licensing or functionality. All the Elastix versions are full versions without limitation in its use or its features. Nor the addition of modules or users, in an Elastix implementation have a cost involved to the integrator, organizations or enterprises in desire to use Elastix.
For more information about license in Elastix please review the FAQ
Elastix, Constant Development
Elastix was created and is under constant development by PaloSanto Solutions. They work every day of the year thinking how to improve your communications and designing new versions of Elastix.
Their commitment is to maintain Elastix as an Open solution available for its implementation. New features and functionalities are added constantly to give you the necessary potential to improve your communications and your business.


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Lab 545
Printing on KENTNET:
How to Use the Printers
Special Sunday Hours for October 1998
Answers to some of the most commonly asked questions of the CLC:
Q: What is the URL for Chicago-Kent's internal web page?
A: It's http://ck.kentlaw.edu. You can easily access this site either through netscape here at school or at home through CK-Online (not through private ISPs) by typing in ck in your browser's netsite field.
Q: How do I access my email from outside school?
A: There's a couple of ways you can do this.
A: The CLC has developed answers to this and other commonly asked questions through something we call HELPDOCS. These are available on-line for you to search at your convenience. Click here to go to the HELPDOC titled Sending or Receiving Files Attached to An Email Message. A complete listing of all HELPDOCs is available at http://www.kentlaw.edu/clc/compres/helpdocs.
Q: How do I access the Kent network from outside the school?
A: The "KENT NETWORK" that you see when you log on to the computers at school is only accessible from here at school. Most of the features that you get here at school, are becoming available over the internet. Currently, you can get your E-Mail, grades, read the RECORD and access class materials over the internet. We are currently working on making the Career Services Job Listings and Electronic Classifieds available over the internet, but currently, these are only available at school.
1998-1999 Academic Calendar
The 1998-1999 Academic Calendar has been update and is available online.
E-Mail Stations
The E-Mail stations located throughout the building are intended to allow students convenient and quick access to E-Mail and to the Record. Please be considerate to your fellow students when using these stations. If you want to compose many or long E-Mails, or browse the Internet at length, please use one of the computer labs in the library. Thank you for your cooperation.
FYI: Network Maintenance
Regular general maintenance of the network is necessary to ensure greater performance, both in terms of speed and the prevention of any serious problems. To achieve these goals, the Center for Law and Computers will periodically take down the network to perform this maintenance. We've scheduled the maintenance on a monthly basis, for only 1.5 hours on days and at times to inconvenience the least amount of users.
Here are the dates that we will be taking the network down. On these days, the network will not be available between 5:30am and 7:00am.
Tuesday, November 3, 1998
Tuesday, December 1, 1998
Tuesday, January 5, 1998
Tuesday, February 2, 1998


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BBC's "A Mortal Work of Art"
Tattoo above by Amanda Wachob.
My morning has gotten off to a great start thanks to BBC Radio 4's "A Mortal Work of Art" -- a wonderfully produced program that explores the intersection of the tattoo and fine art worlds. With the program 28 minutes long, I figured I'd just let in play on my laptop while I busied myself with other tasks; however, the really insightful discussion on the artistry of tattooing stopped me from doing anything else, so I just sat down and learned something.
What makes the program so compelling is that Mary Anne Hobbs, who hosted the piece, talks to the very people who have changed tattooing in the fine art context and who have shared very different ways of viewing tattoo art:
The legendary Spider Webb brought tattooing into galleries, museums, and even Christie's auction house, particularly for his conceptual tattoo projects, which he still continues to innovate today. He also talks to the BBC about fighting NYC's tattoo ban (which wasn't overturned until 1997).
London's Alex Binnie, owner of the famed Into You Tattoo, shares his thoughts on tattooing's impact on pop culture -- an impact greater than any the fine art world has had. The program ends on a strong note with his assertions on why tattooing doesn't need validation from anyone other than those wearing it.
Amanda Wachob discusses what motivated her to experiment with nontraditional tattoo imagery, to offer something different to clients beyond the standard menu, which has made her one of the most sought-after tattooers in New York.
Of course, our good friend Dr. Matt Lodder, art historian, is brilliant when he discusses what tattooing can gain by being accepted as an art form; that is, real critique of what is good, bad, derivative, ethical, new ... rather than looking at tattoos as one homogenous thing. He's currently writing a book on tattooing in the UK from an art historian perspective, which will be an important contribution to our community.
Also in the BBC program are Shelley Jackson, renowned for her "Skin" project, where a story she has written is conveyed through words tattooed on people around the world; artist Sandra Ann Vita Minchin discusses how mortality & legacy inform her own use of tattooing in her performance art -- and how she plans to grow skin through her DNA and tattoo it as an extension of her body project; and Sion Smith, editor of Skin Deep, and Trent Aitken-Smith, editor of Tattoo Master, weigh in on tattoo culture today.
Again, this is a fantastic listen and worth the time. Check it here.


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Livermore is a suburban city in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area. Like its neighbor Pleasanton, it lies over the East Bay foothills in the Tri-Valley region, but just west of the Altamont Pass, which separates the Tri-Valley region from from the vast San Joaquin Valley.
Livermore has at least one claim to fame: it is home to the longest burning incandescent light bulb in the world. A light bulb that was installed at a local firehouse over 100 years ago is still burning today. For more information, see the Centennial Bulb Web site.
It is also home to two national laboratories, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and Sandia National Laboratory. For more information, visit the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory or Sandia National Laboratory websites.
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Get around
Livermore is just a short drive/BART ride from the center of the Bay Area, though the nearest BART station is in Dublin/Pleasanton. Visit the BART website for train details.
The Livermore Valley, which contains many wineries including the famous Wente Vineyards, is considered "wine country", and produces some of California's best wines. Visit the Livermore Valley Wine Growers Website for more information. Altamont Raceway, where the infamous Altamont concert took place, is also located in the city.
Altamont Raceway, where the infamous Altamont concert took place, is also located in the city.
Lake Del Valle: This park is ideal for picnicking, horseback riding, boating, fishing and swimming. Lake Del Valle is located in Central Alameda County, about five miles south of the City of Livermore in the Arroya del Valle. The park is located on Del Valle Road, just a few miles south of Interstate 580 in Livermore.
The Livermore Valley Opera stages fall and spring productions of famous operas each year.
The California Independent Film Festival is held annually at venues across Livermore.
Livermore Wine Country There are over 25 wineries in Livermore with wine tasting rooms.
Boomers is a theme park with go-carts, minature golf and arcade
Panama Bay Coffee Co. has the best coffee in town. 2115 First Street, (925) 245-1700.
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