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Lenka began recording her debut last December in Montreal before the contract was even signed with Epic Records. After sessions there and in Los Angeles, Lenka wrapped up the album in Woodstock. With a little time on her hands, she was free to lay down an unlikely assortment of cover songs (including Modest Mouse's "Gravity Rides Everything," "My Favorite Things" from The Sound of Music and M. Ward's "Vincent O'Brien") and muck about in the forest, making little videos that will undoubtedly wind up on YouTube once she gets around to editing them. Woodstock may not be home, but it's close enough for now.
Her sinuous vocals drape around her lyrics with the ease of a child hanging onto its mother's legs...or of a serpent wrapping itself around the neck of its prey. Whether channeling our long-repressed terrors ("Trouble Is A Friend") or long-lost innocence ("We Will Not Grow Old"), her music evokes primal emotions, unblemished by pretense or cynicism - and unashamed of cracking a smile occasionally.
"Trouble is a friend but trouble is a foe/And no matter what I feed him, he always seems to grow," she sings over an ominous piano vamp in "Trouble Is..." A vibraphone - one of numerous instruments she plays on the album - conjures up eerie visions of a deep, dark woods, but Lenka's spine-tingling "ah-ah-oo" howl suggests that Trouble really is the one in trouble now.
"It's a mood-enhancer," she says of her record and mood enhancing is something she's a bit of an expert at, having provided the "strangely haunting" (Rolling Stone) vocals for Decoder Ring's evocative soundscapes over the course of two albums. "I don't like it when people are depressed. I want to cheer them up," she says, giving Trouble a swift kick in the ass.
Although the album is rife with broken romances ("Wrote Me Out," co-written with AFI's Hunter Burgan, strangely enough), self-loathing ("Anything I'm Not"), difficult relationships ("Dangerous & Sweet," with - stranger still - Howie Day on guest vocals) and long distance longing ("Skipalong"), it is nevertheless uplifting.
In characteristic Lenka fashion, lead single "The Show" takes a dour premise - that life is a show, and sometimes a pretty bad one at that - and delivers it with unexpected aplomb, erupting into a bold, brassy closing refrain of "I want my money back!" "I decided I should just get all my friends to come in and be like the drunken tavern chorus," she explains. "Australian folk singer Missy Higgins joined in on the bit."
"Don't Let Me Fall," with strings conducted by composer/arranger David Campbell (otherwise known as Beck's father), began as a neurotic love song inspired by the work of filmmaker/performance artist/author Miranda July (Me And You and Everyone We Know), but evolved into an exquisitely soothing song that borders on lullaby. Producer Mike Elizondo (Fiona Apple, Jay Z) aided Lenka in this bit of alchemy, arranging for the session to take place in one of the historic Capitol Records studios.
"It was just extraordinary, being in a studio with nine string players and David conducting," she says. "I'm normally in a grungy garage making my music so this was pretty posh."
Lenka's fresh sensibility extends to every element of her music, as the whimsical, paper art, stop-motion animated videos she creates with fellow Aussie James Gulliver Hancock, a visual artist, demonstrate. "We're sort of an art duo. I'm really into craft styles, things looking a bit badly done and childlike on purpose - rather in the vein of Michel Gondry," she says.
"The Show"
Tour Dates
Sep 11 2008 - Hotel Cafe residency - Los Angeles, California
Sep 18 2008 - 89.9 KCRW PRESENTS Lenka at the Hotel Cafe - Los Angeles, California
Sep 23 2008 - Mercury Lounge record release!! - New York, New York
Sep 24 2008 - Late Night With Conan O'Brien - New York
Sep 25 2008 - Hotel Cafe residency - Los Angeles, California
Sep 27 2008 - Largo - Los Angeles, California
Nov 11 2008 - Hotel Cafe Tour - Bluebird - Denver, Colorado
Nov 12 2008 - Hotel Cafe Tour - Avalon Theater - Salt Lake City, Utah
Nov 13 2008 - Hotel Cafe Tour - Knitting Factory Concert House - Boise, Idaho
Nov 14 2008 - Hotel Cafe Tour - Doug Fir - Portland, Oregon
Nov 15 2008 - Hotel Cafe Tour - Chop Suey - Seattle, Washington
Nov 17 2008 - Hotel Cafe Tour - Great America Music Hall - San Francisco, California
Nov 18 2008 - Hotel Cafe Tour - Henry Fonda Theater - Los Angeles, California
Nov 19 2008 - Hotel Cafe Tour - Los Angeles, California
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Chippenham store's plea to help food for needy
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Tesco is running its fourth neighbourhood food collection in a bid to collect meals for those in need.
Food can be donated in Chippenham's Emery Gate store until Saturday.
Customers will be given a specially selected shopping list when they enter the store and will be asked to pick up an item of food such as long-life milk, cereal, tinned foods and tea and coffee before donating it at the end of their shop.
Tesco will top up total donations by a further 30 per cent. The food will be given to people in times of crisis by food redistribution charity FareShare.
Store manager James Ryan said: "Our customers were incredibly generous when we held our last food collection in the winter, so we're hoping to collect an even bigger total this time around."
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E.Town Concrete -- Sayreville, NJ -- February 13th, 2010
What an awesome show it was, I had such a great time. Okay so doors were at 7, so I figured the first band would go on at 7:30, so I left my house around 6:35 just in case. The always pleasant 30 minute ride to starland, got there around 7:10, because I have a great perception of time... interesting. My friends girlfriend dropped him and I off because shes awesome. Anyway, we waited outside in the freezing cold about 10ish minutes before finally getting inside.
Walked around inside a little bit to get some warmth back before the first band went on.
The opening band was a sort of local hardcore band named Razorblade Handgrenade. They were okay, I've seen them once before but I thought they were better at a little club and not at starland. They had a 20 minute set but managed to squeeze in around 8 or 9 songs. 5/10
Living Life (the only song I knew, they opened with it)
Next up was the first band I really wanted to see, another hardcore band named The Mongoloids. They tore it up, I missed them when they played at Bamboozle and then I missed them again on the 10 bands for $10 tour but I'm so glad I finally got to see them. It seems like they played only 15 minutes but it might have been longer and they left out Mongo Stomp which is my favorite song by them. Set is in order but may be missing like 1 song. 8.5/10
Troubled Waters
New Beginnings (new song)
True Colors
Faithful Disguise
Fading Away
The band that played after them was Reign Supreme, they were supposed to play before the Mongoloids but the singer got to the venue about 5 minutes before they actually played so Mongoloids got pushed to go on before them. Reign Supreme was actually really good, they sounded like old Hatebreed and they really got the place going. They played roughly 20 minutes. Set list is incomplete and out of order. 8.5/10
And Come What May
Slipping Away
Still Unbroken
I Stand Defiant (definitely closed)
After that my friend and I took a cigarette break and went to the smoking area outside for about 15 minutes to cool off and conserve energy. I was not looking forward to what came next. The next "band" to hit the stage was Ill Bill, now I heard that he was a rapper like Necro but oh man he was really bad. I mean I don't like rap anyway and it just totally killed my vibe for the 25ish minutes he was on stage. I wasn't feeling Ill Bill at all. 1/10
After that ordeal was the band I pretty much came to see, The Acacia Strain. They were the best band of the night, imo. Stage presence was awesome, they played every song I wanted to hear and they absolutely stole the show. They played about 35 minutes. Setlist is complete and in order. 9.5/10
1. Whoa, Shut It Down
2. See You Next Tuesday
3. Dr. Doom
4. Angry Mob Justice
5. Balboa Towers
6. Carbomb
7. 4x4
8. Skynet (highlight of the entire night)
Last and certainly not least, E.Town Concrete. I'll admit for a long time I didn't like them at all but after finally seeing them live they're actually not that bad. They had great stage presence, they had catchy hardcore songs and they had the crowd moving the whole time. Left starland at 12 and they started at 11:05 so they probably played another half hour after we left. Set is missing a few songs because we left before they ended. 7.5/10
Fuck The World
Mandibles or maybe Battlelines (not 100% sure on this one)
Punch The Wall
Time To Shine
More Then Incredible
Wide Awake
What Can I Say?
Shaydee (played this at some point but I don't remember when)
Guaranteed (left after this song)
Overall it was a really good show. I can't wait to see Acacia Strain again. The Mongoloids are playing around here again in the beginning of April so I definitely wanna go to that show. Next time E.Town does another re-union show I will most likely be there, so probably next year at starland. Now it's time to get some sleep
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This is the most exciting time of year for ISU women basketball fans. What Bill Fennelly is able to do in the Big12 Tournament is beyond belief.
Since the conception of the Big12, Bill Fennelly has led his Cyclones to more Big12 tourney games (30) and wins (20) than any other team. The Cyclones are second only to Oklahoma in Big12 tournament winning percentage (.667) and have only lost their first game of the tournament once (includes byes). Iowa State has earned its highest seed since 2001, for the 2009 Big12 Tournament and at the #3 spot will take on the winner of the #6 Texas vs. #11 Missouri, Friday at 7:30 PM.
ISU will likely face the #6 seed and 23rd ranked Texas Longhorns. The Longhorns, though dangerous, are coming off a 1-5 losing streak to end the season. Four of those loses are to ranked teams, and two of those ranked teams are teams that ISU already beat this season. The Longhorns did beat ISU by three points in Ames, to hand the Cyclones their only home loss of the season.
As always in a tournament, upsets happen and no one knows that better than the #11 seed Missouri. Last year, Missouri became the first #12 seed to win a game in the Big12 tourney with 70-64 overtime victory over the Oklahoma Sooner's. Though there are no guaranties, Iowa State's chances to make it to the semi-finals for the third time in three years seems likely if Missouri can upset Texas. ISU has already defeated Missouri twice this year, with an average margin of victory of 19 points.
Things only get tougher as the Cyclones will likely face Baylor in the semi-finals. ISU had a 68-57 lose at Baylor earlier this season, but on a neutral court and with Baylor possibly missing their best player, the game will be up for grabs. Danielle Wilson, Baylor's center is rumored to have torn her ACL which means she will miss the rest of the season, however, Baylor has yet to make an official announcement.
If Iowa State can make it all the way, it will likely face Texas A&M or Oklahoma. Kansas State might have some things to say early on, but it is unlikely they will make it to the title game. A&M did defeat Oklahoma in College Station, but A&M has been playing inconsistent basketball all year. If Iowa State has to play Oklahoma, it will essentially be a home game for the Sooners.
Iowa State has shown that they can play and defeat anyone in the country. With that good of a team, coached by Bill Fennelly, Iowa State has a great shot at making a run deep in the Big12 tournament.
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very close win over Texas
win over Baylor
loss to Oklahoma
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I like your predicitions. That could come to pass. Texas is still a little mystery. Texas has a deep and talented team - I wouldn't be surprised for them to be in the finals or to lose the first round game. More was expected of GG as coach - perhaps she doesn't have the chemistry for this team.
Weve got a pretty good football conference, and weve got a pretty good conference overall. Were still walking around with our heads held high and our chest out, about that. Paul Rhoads
Looking back I am almost happy Texas beat us. I feel this will give us the extra push to win against them. I don't see MIZZOU giving them much of a fight.
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It is the Season Finale and there are two that remain in the competition. Scotty McCreery and Lauren Alaina wait for the results to who will be the next American Idol. They kick off the show with Ryan coming out in a tux and bow tie and the judges are in their best as well.
Right off, the Top 13 sing "Born This Way". They sing perfectly and have fun on the stage for one last time.
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The ladies of the Top 13 sing "Single Ladies" and other Beyonce songs. Beyonce joins them on the stage.
They show a clip of Steven's moments on Idol. Afterward, Haley Reinhart and Tony Bennett sing on stage and are amazing.
They show a clip of Jennifer's moments on Idol. Afterward, Little John, TLC and the ladies of the Top 13 sing together.
After a break, Scotty McCreery and Tim McGraw sing "Live Like You Are Dying". They are perfect in harmonizing.
Joe Repca, the wannabe news broadcaster talks about the worst auditions. Afterward, Marc Antony sings and Jennifer Lopez joins him on stage as a dancer.
The contestants of the season talk about the most shocking eliminations and Casey and James joke around about their eliminations being the worst and at the end, Pia comes out with a "Most Shocking" sash. The Top 13 guys sing Tom Jones hits and Tom Jones comes in and joins them.
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Lauren Alaina sings "Next Time That He Cheats" with Carrie Underwood. They harmonize perfectly.
They show a clip of the contestants of the Top 13 talking about how a pair of kids beat them out of the top spot. Beyonce sings her new single "One Plus One".
Bono and the Edge with the cast of Spiderman the musical sing "Rise Above". At the end the guy dressed up as Spiderman swings down to Jennifer and for the signature "upside down kiss" and she taps him on the nose.
Steven Tyler sings "Dream On" and he proves that he still has the voice to be able to pull it off.
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This comes with thanks to Pyrandon's city tutorial and Ascension's atlas tutorial. Haven't named the world yet, but I had a great time with Wikipedia's Alternative Place Names category.
The quick story is, this continent roughly looked like Europe until 300 years ago, when a massive magical event blew a crater just north of the island of Arke. A rough ring of mountains marks where the land was deformed out of the crater, and of course the ocean filled the hole nicely.
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Abbernaa Kukanathan, the youngest cast member, recounts her Bharatanatyam classes with an inspiring and passionate dance teacher.
Life Sdn Bhd brought to light brave stories of empowerment.
THE title said it all. Things got personal. Too personal at certain junctures. The latest edition of Life Sdn Bhd (Life), which concluded on Sunday at KLPac in Kuala Lumpur, was an emotionally raw experience. Themed the Power Of Women, the 11th edition of Life, directed by Datuk Faridah Merican, was packed with its signature real life stories by real people. These "sharing sessions" began in 2004.
For nearly two hours last Thursday, stranger after stranger bared it all in front of even more strangers. And that was not a bad thing.
Sometimes, we are too coy a people, to say the least, and we need a nudge in the right direction to say what's on our mind.
On stage at Life, we saw people letting it all go, stripping themselves of all the societal conditionings, and just sharing their life stories.
Yes, we needed such individuals, the brave and mighty – not in the conventional sense – to step up and speak.
The stories shared by six women during Life ranged from the heart-warming to the heart-wrenching. You had stories about inspiring teachers, mums and grandmothers. However, the tragic stories were the most powerfully gripping.
One such story was shared by Khayma Balakrishnan. Her fairytale childhood turned into a nightmare what with physical and mental abuse by her family. Any child or teenager would have crumbled under the weight of such evil and succumbed to depression or even suicide. The 25-year-old Khayma almost did.
Through resilience and an inner power, Khayma picked herself up and took matters into her own hands. Not only has she completed her degree, she is currently pursuing her masters and is financially supported by none other than herself.
Another tragic tale with a triumphant twist was by Ho Lee Ching. From the age of nine, she has suffered from Tourette's syndrome, a neurological disorder characterised by involuntary movements and vocalisations called tics. This, of course, made her the school joke.
For the longest of time, no one knew what was wrong with her. In such situations, children at school can usually be mean.
But Ching was a resilient one. She shared that being active in sports and martial arts, she used to chase these name-callers around the school with a water bottle and hit them with it!
The inspiring part was to know that this 24-year-old young lady has embraced her condition and she is who she is now because of that. For Ching, life is the forward path.
To ease the intense atmosphere, Life, was also punctuated with a classical rendition of Coldplay's Viva La Vida by the Power of Women String Quartet and an upbeat and catchy song called Mama Dah Marah by the all-male trio Lelaki 2.5, which drew much laughter from the audience.
At the heart of it, life is never easy, especially for women in this male-dominated world. They are looked down at, criticised, abused and not deemed as equals. However, women have always had a strength in spirit and have always defied gravity with their perseverance.
As one of the storytellers said, "the greatest pleasure in life is to be able to do what others say you can't."
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A Video Collection of Cats Licking Boyfriends — Daily Distraction
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Not their boyfriends, of course.
They say lions in the wild sleep 20 hours a day. That might be an understatement.
Usually by mid-January we're all sick of snow, but it's magically fun again after seeing it through the eyes of a critter who's never set foot in snow before.
Tommy Lee Jones was not amused by Will Ferrell's hijinks at last night's Golden Globes. And he was the only one. On the one hand, look at him -- he's ancient. Let him laugh or not laugh whenever he wants or doesn't want to. On the other hand, BWAHAHA he looks just like Grumpy Cat.
Technology can be really confusing sometimes. Take the Roomba, for example. It's a vacuum that basically does all the work on its own, cleaning the floor at the click of a button. While we're not entirely sure how the whole thing works, there is one hilarious thing that comes out of the invention-- babies and cats love riding them.
Time is running out to vote in the 2012 TheFW Awards, the only awards that celebrate the best in cat videos, memes, viral videos and more. (Well, the best awards that celebrate that stuff anyway...)
We recently presented you with quite possibly the most adorable group of pictures, ever. They were miniature, furry nuggets of cuteness that would be extremely difficult to top in the miniature, furry nuggets of cuteness category-- tiny dogs. Could it get any better?! Answer: y-e-s. America, we'd like to share with you our latest discovery-- tiny cats.
Not long ago, Tess Guthrie's cat was hissing so loud that the sound woke her from her slumber. And when the 22-year old Australian mom did open her eyes she saw a six foot python had wrapped itself around the arm of her six-month-old daughter, who was sleeping right next to her.
Back in 2009, when Evan was seven, his family adopted a cat named Macha from City Kitties, an animal rescue in Philadelphia. The boy immediately took to the feline, and to show City Kitties his appreciation for his new pet, he wrote them a nice handwritten thank you note which included a $46.75 donation that he had saved up from his allowance.
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If you've read part 1 of this series, you'll probably remember the picture I drew of the typical social media user: A woman, middle-age or approaching it, middle income, with at least some college education. You may also remember my pointing out that this is just the statistical picture, and that there's much more to this user than hard data suggests.
The emotional profile of the social media user is even more telling than the demographic. It is the why, when, wherefore and how much — the factors that reveal your customer's attachment to the brand. And it is the information you should be most focused on mining through social media, as it can tell you how to create, reinforce or reinvigorate brand loyalty.
So, you ask, why does it matter which devices customers use to access social media? The answer, dear reader, is immediacy.
In the beginning, social media users primarily used home computers to access sites such as Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn and even Twitter. When these sites were just beginning to catch on around 2008 only one in 10 Americans had a smartphone.
So, say that your feature phone using-customer of 2008 discovers one day that your restaurant offers kids meals for a buck.
She wants to share this information with her network of friends, lots of whom have small children. But she won't have access to her home PC and Facebook account for hours. First she has to finish her shopping, pick up the kids from soccer practice, drive everybody home, put away the groceries before the ice cream melts and figure out what's for dinner. Then she might post the news on Facebook assuming that a) she remembers it; and b) she's still really excited about it.
Consider this same customer today. Now she counts as one of the 42 percent of Americans (according to the FCC) who own a smartphone. Nielson estimates that half of Americans will have one by Christmas of this year, and this number does not figure in broadband enabled tablets such as the iPad.
This customer stops by for workday lunch and notices your kids meal deal. In her excitement, she whips out her HTC Evo 3D, fires up the Facebook app, goes to "Places" and checks in at your restaurant.
Before hitting "Send" she adds the comment "OMG!!!! Bugtussle Burritos has $1 kids meals! How cool is that?" Within one minute of her discovery, this customer has shared her heightened brand enthusiasm with her 1,300 Facebook friends, many of whom will repost the good news in order to share it with their networks.
Still awash with enthusiasm, your customer might then decide to check out the Bugtussle Burritos Facebook page. She clicks "Like" at the top of the page and is added to your list of raving fans. While there, she sees the banner ad for your points program and decides she should sign up for that. Still using her smartphone, she goes to your mobile website and enters her name and email address on the loyalty program page.
Once registration is complete, up pops a thank-you and a note that she will shortly receive a coupon code for a free dessert via e-mail. She opens the e-mail program on her smartphone and sure enough, there's the bar code.
All she has to do is go back to the counter, choose her dessert (using your mobile website calorie listing, which she accessed by scanning the QR code on your four-walls poster about calorie counts) and let the cashier scan the bar code right from her phone.
While enjoying her dessert, she returns to your Facebook page to post on your wall. "Wow, free lo-cal dessert just for signing up for the Bugtussle Neato-Burrito program! You guys are awesome!" A conversation ensues among Bugtussle friends in which they discuss why they love your concept. This yields qualitative information you can use to shape future programs, offers and brand studies.
So, in one tidy sweep you have:
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WASHINGTON (WUSA9) -- A child and an adult are injured after a car in a police chase out of Prince George's County hit a school bus in DC.
According to police, the crash at approximately 7:42 a.m. involved a vehicle in a police chase out of Prince George's County and a school bus. The suspect car hit the bus head on in the 500 block of Ridge Road.
A police spokesperson says DC School Bus #BE3374 was occupied by two children and two adults. One adult and one child receive non- life threatening, minor injuries, says the spokesperson.
Police say two suspects bailed out at Texas Avenue and Ridge Road, but police were able to catch one fo them. The other suspect is still at large.
Prince George's County police say a carjacking of a gray Mercedes 350 CLK was reported in District Heights earlier in the morning, at 7:30 a.m. in the 2200 block of Seton Way. According to police, two suspects wearing ski masks approached the victim. At least one of the suspects had a handgun when they demanded the victim's vehicle, say police. The victim complied with their demands. Minutes later, police say officers got behind the carjacked vehicle and attempted to make a traffic stop but the suspects failed to pull over. So, a chase ensued into D.C., where the suspect vehicle crashed, say police. A handgun was recovered at the scene when a suspect was caught, according to police.
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NORFOLK, Neb. (AP) — A student at a parochial school in northeast Nebraska has been diagnosed with tuberculosis, a contagious lung disease that's relatively rare in the United States.
Sioux City, Iowa, television station KTIV (http://bit.ly/1owH8qN ) reports that parents of students at Norfolk's Park Avenue Christian School were notified about meeting that was held Wednesday night. It was set up by the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services after the student tested positive.
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How important is the 60 ft. time, what improvements help and how do I accomplish them?
In drag racing the 60 ft. time is THE most important to a fast ET! (reaction time is for racing another vehicle!)
For purposes of discussion I'm leaving the engine alone. We will assume it to stay at the same HP. There really is no single best mod to make as the problems vary depending on the vehicle in question.
First, just how important is 60' time? Improvements as little as .02 sec. can lower ET by a tenth! Why? Mass! We have to get that hulk of machinery moving! Sitting at a dead stop and accelerating at full throttle, think about it. It's the most challenging thing to do in a drag race. To me, this puts weight at the top of my list.
Weight-The old rule of thumb of 100 lbs of weight reduction shaving a tenth off ET is pretty accurate. But, the biggest gains due to weight reduction are in the 60' times. Not only that, but with less mass to get moving, less load is put on the tires reducing traction issues.
Another thing on weight, like that jacked up look in the back? Bad move, you just took a bunch of rear weight and put it on the front tires.
Okay, so you've gotten rid of all the weight you can stand (or afford if we're talking fiberglass!). Let's move what we can to the rear then. Ain't none of us that I know of can move TOO much weight to the rear. Easiest is the battery. Next would be all those big-*** amps and speakers I see so much of these days. Get 'em as far back as you can stand. For you guys with fuel tanks on the side think about installing a rear tank (not as hard or expensive as you'd think!). Us S guys can drop 30 lbs. up front easy by converting to a manual geabox. Next would be dynamically moving front weight to the rear. We'll discuss traction aids below.
Traction-Boy, how many of us haven't spun and watched the other guy scoot away!?! But, most of us drive our vehicles regularly and can't just drive around on race slicks waiting for the next red-light challenge. So lets address that.
Tires-See that treadwear rating on the side of your tire? If you bought 60k mile tires it's probably over 400. Not good. Too hard but not impossible to make hook. Hopefully you have them as wide as possible. Best bet is a drag radial but lots of us can't be shelling out $350-400 every 5-10k miles or so. So something in between is called for. Ask your tire dealer what you're expecting and see what they say. If they're goofy, you'll know.
Weight Transfer- Let's transfer some of that weight when we stomp the pedal. The more of that we can do the less we have to worry about tires.Herein lies the tradeoff zone. Cheapest way to transfer weight is to unhook the front sway bar (or if you're boneheaded like me, throw it away!)Next cheapest and best way to transfer weight to the rear is front drag springs. I hear lots of whining when it comes to drag springs on the street. I run 'em. Makes high speed cornering interesting. But, hey, all the other sports only use 1 ball. DO NOT order just any drag spring from a parts catalog. Get it weighed and get the RIGHT springs. $20-$50 to weigh all 4 corners is CHEAP. Springs are under a $200 for our trucks. Unless you take corners as kamikaze as I do you'll be hard pressed to tell the difference. Drag shocks would add to the equation but things get REAL interesting on the interstate with both. Rear springs are okay but we're talking trucks and most of us have leafs so we'll skip that. Rear drag shocks will help it squat a little. If you find a set for you're application cheap enough, give 'em a try.
Cal-trac's, Slide-a-Link's, Traction Bar's, Slapper bar's, etc.- Take your pick. What you're gonna do is take the rotation of the axle, under load, and transfer that lifting force forward on the vehicles frame. That effectively puts more weight on the rear wheels. Tends to keep the dreaded "wheel hop" away also. On my high 12 blazer the $39 traction bars work great. BUT, they're modified to put the point of contact where I want it. If you've got the money for the bad-boy stuff, go for it. It does produce better results IF YOU HAVE THE POWER to use it.
Rear sway bar- This is the one you want connected. Very easy to make one side adjustable to straighten out your launch if you're yanking to one side. The right rear needs the pre-load. What!?! you say? The left front is lifting, that puts weight on the right rear! Uh-uh. The twisting force of the axle is trying to lift the right rear. Think about it. Better yet, make that rear bar adjustable and see for yourself.
Gear ratio- The lower the gear ratio (higher numerically) the lower the 60'. Period. How much can you stand? If you've got overdrive 3.50-4.20 should be your gear of choice
Posi-Traction- Need I say more? If you ain't got it, get it. I tend to stay away from the cone and clockspring posi's. The clutch, gear and locker types are the way to go. I'll do a separate write-up on the different types.
Torque Converter- Will do more than all the above put together to lower your 60' time. BUT, if you don't have your traction issues fixed the converter is GUARANTEED to make it worse! A 2500 stall converter will normally reduce 60' times .2-.4 over a stock converter. I run around 3000 on my converter but I kept my lock-up functioning and don't suffer fuel mileage problems.
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Following Kennedy or following God
Last week, as Washington scandals deepened, I wrote of Cincinnati Reds manager Jack McKeon's explanation of why he told his pitchers to throw the ball across the plate to Mark McGwire: "I'm going to do something good for the country. I'll pitch to him. See if we can't help with the healing process." Remember Mr. McGwire's response: "Wouldn't it be great if that's all it came down to?"
The slugger's instincts were sharp. Three days after he broke the record, millions of Americans were downloading the Starr report's combination of Dostoevsky and pornography. Healing was far away, although Christians had a teaching opportunity as words like sin and repentance providentially dominated front pages for the first time in many a year.
But the word that jumped out at me from the Starr report was kiddo. According to the narrative, after the president and Miss Lewinsky had their first inappropriate encounter of a sexual nature, they did not see each other again for six weeks, except when he passed her in the hallway and called her "Kiddo." She worried that he had forgotten her name, but Mr. Clinton later assured her he had not, and that statement is credible: Kiddo, a word not part of the regular Clinton vocabulary, had a special significance for the sexual prowler whose great political hero remains John F. Kennedy.
"Kiddo," after all, was the way Mr. Kennedy referred to young women; his sexual rotation was so extensive that he didn't even ask first names. Mark McGwire became very conscious of Roger Maris as the home run record came near; Bill Clinton has been conscious of John F. Kennedy since he shook the suave president's hand over a third of a century ago. If President Kennedy was following his typical White House pattern that day, he was probably coming from or heading toward adultery not in a windowless hallway but in the Lincoln bedroom, in the White House swimming pool, all over the place-and no one wrote about it at the time.
Bill Clinton in the 1990s was finally in a position to be like his hero of the 1960s-and how unfair it must seem to him that the rules have changed, due in part to pressure from both feminists and Christian conservatives. But there is another difference between the Kennedy legend and the Clinton reality. Our current president may have wanted to be thoroughly amoral, as his predecessor supposedly was-loving and leaving them within five minutes-but he could not carry it through. The Starr report shows him feeling guilty about the liaisons, and wanting to give something back by offering Monica Lewinsky emotional intimacy.
Now, he seems to be feeling shame, and that can be helpful. A lot of us have been praying that President Clinton will repent, and his words at the prayer breakfast were impressive. But since, as James writes, faith without works is dead, we need to follow the Clinton deeds during the next few weeks. We need to remember that Islam and Judaism both emphasize works, but Christianity emphasizes faith and gets works in the process, for when God shows us grace our actions change.
If the president's repentance is an act, we'll see him continue his new good cop, bad cop strategy: Since the Aug. 17 speech that combined contrition and confrontation was ineffective, Mr. Clinton can play repentance (the good cop) and have the lawyers who do his will be the bad cops. "I will instruct my lawyers to mount a vigorous defense," he said at the prayer breakfast-yet when God truly touches our hearts, we lower our defenses, not raise them higher. Look how Zacchaeus in chapter 19 of Luke showed his repentance by promising to give half of his possessions to the poor and to give back to people he had cheated.
But if the repentance is real, Bill Clinton will confess not to only what he already had to admit, but to lying under oath. That could leave him in jail jeopardy, but when God's grace is real, we care more about truth than consequences. Mr. Clinton could apologize to Ken Starr, who has done the president a favor by forcing him to confront sin. He could stop building a wall between the statements of contrition he utters and the attitude of confrontation he instructs his lawyers to maintain.
Mr. Clinton, tear down that wall. Do something good for the country by resigning, so that the healing process can begin. Instead of nibbling at the corners, listen to Reds manager Jack McKeon and, for once, throw the ball across the plate.


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Simpson in cyberspace
O.J. Simpson never quite goes away. Six years after the murder of ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman, he carries on like a bad memory. When the acquitted ex-superstar couldn't get on TV to make public appearances, he took to the Internet to make his case.
For two-and-a-half hours he took questions from curious people in cyberspace who paid $9.95 a pop for the opportunity. In typical Internet fashion, users slogged through blotchy video and sound as they jammed in to observe. "I was able to get a lot off my chest," Mr. Simpson said later. "The tone never seemed negative. It wasn't like they were attacking me."
On ASKOJ.com, Mr. Simpson talked about Nicole and his former pals Brian "Kato" Kaelin and ex-girlfriend Paula Barbieri. He also claimed that the media keeps him in the limelight even though he wants to fade away, and then he complained about not getting interviews on network TV. "I don't stay in the public eye," he said. "My life was normal for the last five years, except when the media needed a story.... My life is uneventful."
There was no confession when Mr. Simpson talked about the horrors for which a civil trial later found him liable. "I miss her," he said about his wife. "I feel I can't do for my kids what she could do. She was a terrific mother."


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Avista Corporation (AVA)
Q3 2012 Earnings Call
November 6, 2012 10:30 am ET
Jason Lang – Investor Relations
Scott L. Morris – Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer
Mark Thies – Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Kelly Norwood – Vice President, Avista Corp., Vice President of State and Federal Regulations, Avista Utilities
Dennis Vermillion – Vice President, Avista Corp., President, Avista Utilities
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Jason Lang
Thank you, John and good morning, everyone. Welcome to Avista's third quarter 2012 earnings conference call. Our earnings were released pre-market this morning, and the release is available on our website at avistacorp.com.
Joining me this morning are Avista Corp's Chairman of the Board, President and CEO, Scott Morris; Senior Vice President and CFO, Mark Thies; Senior Vice President and the President of Avista Utilities, Dennis Vermillion; Vice President of State and Federal Regulation, Kelly Norwood and the Vice President, Controller and Principal Accounting Officer, Christy Burmeister-Smith.
I'd like to remind everyone that some of the statements that will be made today are forward-looking statements that involve assumptions, risks, and uncertainties which are subject to change. For reference to the various factors, which could cause actual results to differ materially from those discussed in today's call, please refer to our Form 10-K for 2011 and our Form 10-Q for the second quarter of 2012, which are available on our website.
To begin this presentation, I'd like to recap the financial results presented in today's press release. Our consolidated earnings remain unchanged from those initially reported on our October 23rd call. Our consolidated earnings were $0.10 per diluted share for the third quarter of 2012 compared to $0.18 for the third quarter of 2011. On a year-to-date basis our consolidated earnings were $1.06 per diluted share for 2012 compared to $1.30 for 2011.
Now, I'll turn the discussion over to Scott Morris.
Scott L. Morris
Thank you, Jason, and before I start I just want to reach out to all of our folks on the phone that are from the East Coast and after watching just that devastating hurricane hit the East Coast, our thoughts and prayers are certainly been with you. And I hope that you and your family, and friends are safe and your property wasn't overly damaged than that you all are on the way to a good recovery. And I know that the industry is working really hard to get, all the energy restored on the East Coast. So our thoughts are certainly have been with you during this very difficult time.
As we initially reported on our October 23rd call, our results for the third quarter and forecast results for the reminder of the 2012 were below our expectations. As such we lowered our consolidated earnings guidance for the year, this was primarily due to weak results at Ecova's as well as losses at our other non-utility businesses.
We continue to expect our utility results to be at the lower end of our original guidance for 2012 largely due to retail loads are being lower than we originally anticipated. We are well-positioned for the future at our utility, which contributes over 90% of our consolidated earnings. We are implementing certain programs to slow the pace of growth and our operating costs and achieve long-term sustainable cost savings.
Such measures include evaluating all operating and maintenance activities, reprioritizing projects and implementing a voluntary severance program. At Ecova, revenues were up in 2012 primarily due to acquisitions. We are expecting organic revenue growth of 5% for 2012 compared to organic revenue growth of 13% in 2011. Operating expenses are up due to the addition of employees and other fixed infrastructure to support anticipated higher revenue growth, which do not fully materialize in 2012.
Mark is going to provide some more details on Ecova results for 2012 in just a few minutes. To maintain service reliability at our utility and meet the energy needs of our customers, we continue to make significant capital investments generation transmission and distribution. Utility CapEx was $178 million for the first nine months of 2012 out of a capital budget of $257 million. We expect utility CapEx to be about $260 million in each of 2013 and 2014.
As discussed in our earlier call, we reached a Multi-Party Settlement and Washington in general rate case in October, which is pending Washington Commission approval and we found electric and natural gas generate cases in Idaho. We attract three key economic indicators affecting our three district metropolitan areas and our service territories Spokane, Coeur d'Alene and Medford. The key indicators are employment change, unemployment rates and foreclosure rate.
On a year-over-year basis, September 2012 employment indicators are positive for all three service areas. We noted that unemployment rates are lower in all three areas and foreclosure rates have decreased compared to prior period.
Our service area economy has been recovering more slowly than the United States as a whole. And in 2012, we continue to expect economic growth in our service area to be lower as compared to the rest of the nation.
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Posted By Jim On 07/09/2007 @ 2:51 pm In Frugal Living | 13 Comments
The summer after my sophomore year, which was back in 2000, I started working at a startup in New York City on 50 Broadway, spitting distance to Wall Street. The startup, now defunct, was called Webmind (after changing from a much cooler sounding Intelligenesis), and it had all the amenities of startups of that period. You had your classic IKEA furniture everywhere and you had your fridge stocked full of sodas, water, and all manner of non-alcoholic beverages. In the beginning, I'd pound about three or four sodas during the course of the day and soon decided that I'd probably want to wean myself off the little fizzy delights. So I switched to some Poland Spring bottled water and felt all was good. Then one weekend I went home and had some water out of the water dispenser on my parent's refrigerator and it tasted like crap. It tasted a little like metal, some bitterness, but not the "clean" feel of the Poland Spring. That's when I realized that I had inadvertently developed a taste for bottled water.
Being a college student, I quickly lost that expensive taste for bottled water whenever I returned to school because there was no way a kid in college was spending their money on bottled water. I went back to regular tap water and soon lost, thankfully, the ability to taste the metal and other crap in my parent's refrigerator filtered water.
The moral is that you should avoid developing expensive tastes because eventually those expensive treats will become the norm and you may find yourself spending more on things that aren't as important.
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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21605745.post3221649926511454020..comments2016-05-04T16:04:43.798-04:00Comments on Snarking Dawg: R.I.P., Staff Sergeant Larry LehrkeMyra firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-21605745.post-56329099213675619352015-02-18T15:08:36.484-05:002015-02-18T15:08:36.484-05:00I also have his POW bracelet I also have his POW bracelet Kathleen McQueen Wrighthttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-21605745.post-68715993575456803972015-02-18T15:07:53.786-05:002015-02-18T15:07:53.786-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Kathleen McQueen Wrighthttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-21605745.post-945094257264362782012-08-17T16:11:12.216-04:002012-08-17T16:11:12.216-04:00Wow, 5 years after the last story was written, I f...Wow, 5 years after the last story was written, I find this site. Recently, I found my MIA/POW bracelet for Larry Lehrke and decided to Google his name. I wore his bracelet for about 6 years, and shortly after all the POW's came home I received a lovely letter from Larry's father telling me a little bit about his son. Seeing his picture and reading this story was special to me. To the Lehrke family, my condonlences even after this long period of time. Your son/brother/uncle/etc. was a true hero.buckeyefanhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-21605745.post-40072413313297426592012-08-17T16:09:44.584-04:002012-08-17T16:09:44.584-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.buckeyefanhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-21605745.post-27648530504541124372012-07-07T21:24:10.996-04:002012-07-07T21:24:10.996-04:00Tracey, I had abandoned this blog some years ag...Tracey,

I had abandoned this blog some years ago but still get some messages from it.

I am glad you were able to get some more info on a fallen hero. Its strange how these things can bind us.

All the best to email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-21605745.post-1948607002148475332012-07-07T16:02:12.962-04:002012-07-07T16:02:12.962-04:00While going thru odds and ends today during a move...While going thru odds and ends today during a move i found my bracelet with s/sgt larry lehrke 6/18/72 on it. I thought i would research also and see if i could find him. I am so sorry for the loss of this hero. Giving of his life to protect us.
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We've all done it. You get home from work and you're basically ravenous. You can't be bothered with setting an actual place for yourself. You grab a few nuts, pour a glass of wine, break out the leftovers, and go to town. Or if you're me last night, it goes a little something like this: You spend the late afternoon making and photographing a beautiful dish of warm grains and cabbage and time's ticking away. You're meeting Katie, your old high school friend, for drinks so you rush out the door. You're wearing a pretty, flowy scarf and feeling a little like you can take on the world as you're strolling down Divisadero towards your favorite neighborhood bar. You catch up. You laugh. You cry a little. You envy the fact that your friend has a real job (yay, Katie!). You drink maybe one more than you should considering the fact that you haven't eaten since 11 a.m. Then you get home, pull your hair up into a high bun, break out the boxer shorts, and to the fridge you go. You find yourself sitting in a dark, quiet kitchen lit only by the security light from the building next door–tipsy and grateful for such an amazingly nourishing salad.
So while I'd love to wax on about what a lovely side dish this is and how well it would compliment pork or add to any vegetarian spread, it's just as good in your scivvies late on a Tuesday night. I guess that says a lot.
I was drawn to this recipe because it looked like a fairly perfect dish to me. While I'm no longer a vegetarian, I cook that way most of the time and I'm a big farro fan. Yep, I've been in farro's corner for a long time now. So this warm salad combines colorful cabbage, crunchy walnuts, hearty grains of your choosing (could use barley, spelt, wheat berries, or short grained brown rice) and the delightfully crumbly and slightly salty ricotta salata. It's got a lot going for it. And I'm pretty sure you'll love it as much as I did, whether you're a worn-in boxer shorts or a cocktail dress kind of gal.
I've adapted the recipe, opting to cook the grains in chicken stock instead of water to enhance the flavor. I also used more thyme and added minced garlic. See the chart below for the proper liquid/grain ratio and cooking time for your chosen grain. Food and Wine did split up the recipe into two parts, giving you directions for making the Thyme-Scented Grains and then separate directions for the warm salad itself. I'll do the same for ease, but just know that the former is quite common sense so don't be overwhelmed by the length of the directions. I think this dish would be fantastic with the addition of spinach or kale as well. That's on my to-do list next time around.
Warm Grains with Red Cabbage and Ricotta Salata
Adapted from: Food and Wine
1 cup walnuts (4 ounces)
2 Tbsp. unsalted butter
2 Tbsp. extra-virgin olive oil
1 medium red onion, diced
1 pound red cabbage, cut into 1-inch pieces (4 cups)
1 tsp. garlic, minced
2 Tbsp. red wine vinegar
Salt and freshly ground pepper
2 tsp. chopped thyme
1/4 cup water
3 cups thyme-scented grains
4 ounces ricotta salata cheese, crumbled (1 cup)
Preheat the oven to 350 F. Spread the walnuts in a pie plate or baking sheet and toast for 10-12 minutes until golden and fragrant. Let cool, then coarsely chop.
In a large skillet, melt the butter in the oil. Add the onion and cook over high heat, stirring, until softened, 5 minutes. Add the cabbage and vinegar, season with salt and pepper, and cook. Stir occasionally until the cabbage is barely wilted, about 5 minutes. Add the thyme and water, cover and cook over low heat, stirring occasionally, until the cabbage is tender and the water has evaporated, 20 minutes. Stir in the the Thyme-Scented Grains, ricotta salata, and toasted walnuts. Transfer to a bowl and serve.
Makes: 6 servings
Thyme-Scented Grains (see chart below for cooking times)
2 Tbsp. extra-virgin olive oil
1 1/2 cups pearled barley, farro, short-grain brown rice, spelt or wheat berries (10 oz)
1 small onion, diced
4 thyme sprigs
Low-sodium chicken or vegetable broth (or water, if you prefer): see chart for amounts
Kosher salt
In a large saucepan, heat the olive oil. Add the grains and cook over moderate heat, stirring until lightly toasted; the grains will turn slightly opaque just before browning. Add the onion and thyme and cook over low heat, stirring, until the onion is softened, about five minutes. Add the chicken broth and 1 tsp. of kosher salt and bring to a boil. Cover and cook over very low heat until the water is absorbed and the grains are tender. Fluff the grains and discard the thyme sprigs. Season the grains with salt if necessary and serve. Makes: About 4 cups
Grain Cooking Chart: For 1 1/2 cups of your chosen grain, consult this chart for amount of liquid and time:
Barley, pearled/ 3 cups liquid / 25 minutes
Farro / 3 cups / 25 minutes
Short-grain brown rice / 2 3/4 cups / 35 minutes
Spelt / 4 cups / 1hr. 25 minutes
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While we're still giggling at the words "hand job" populating movie sites over the last few days, the cast for the upcoming comedy that is yes, based around that very act, is turning out to be quite impressive. We chatted with Bill Hader recently, actor and husband of comedienne Maggie Carey who is writing and directing the project, and he dropped that Alia Shawkat ("Arrested Development"), Mae Whitman ("Scott Pilgrim vs. the World"), Johnny Simmons (ditto), Donald Glover ("Community"), Connie Britton ("Friday Night Lights"), Andy Samberg and himself were all lined up for the film joining Aubrey Plaza who is taking on the lead role. And now a few more names have cropped up as well.
Variety reports that Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Scott Porter ("Friday Night Lights") and Dominic Dierkes (writer for "The Onion News Network" who also penned that viral video "Blowjob Girl") have come aboard "The Hand Job." Hader describes the plot as following, "....type-A, studious girl who graduates high school and hasn't done anything with a guy. The summer before college she decides that she has to find out how to do everything in order to be properly prepared, so she makes a very serious bullet list of everything, like… hand-job, titty-fuck, blow-job, fingering, and just kinda checks one off every time she does it. She's being the aggressor and is very straight-forward about it, like 'Okay, so I'm going to give you a hand-job now.' And the guys are very taken aback about it, especially her straight-laced friends."
So, who will be doing what? Britton will play Plaza's liberal, free-spirited mother, Porter will take on the role of a grunge rocker Plaza has a crush on, Simmons will be a classmate and Mintz-Plasse his sci-fi dork best bud. Dierkes, Pierson and Glover will play a trio of lifeguards while Hader will play a stoned pool manager. Still to be cast is Plaza's older sister and her conservative father. No word yet on Samberg's part in the film.
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Well.....I decided I had enough of running the other day, so I got back on the bike today. It felt good....but also, well....weird.
Cardio-wise, I'm actually in decent shape. Was pretty surprised about that. Power-wise, I'm ok....actually, seating climbing I felt more powerful, but endurance-wise I'm kinda lacking. I'm also 10 pounds heavier than last summer right now which sucks, but that should come off in a few months so I'm not real worried about it.
My cadence has gone down the crapper. I felt like I was "spinning", and maybe turning like 80 rpm. Ugh. Gotta work on that....guess my legs kind of got used to a running cadence.
Speed-wise, I'm doing around how I figured. Endurance is lacking a bit, but I expected that.
So, this looks to be another "build" year.....maybe do some races in late summer/early fall and see how that goes, as I don't feel like spending $60 for nothing. Get some century rides in maybe in July/August, etc.
Now.....just have to make sure I don't get another lump down there. Turns out it was a mass of scar tissue that built up into a knot right where my "sitbone" sits on the seat. Guess it was from riding. I have it on the other side, but not anywhere near as bad. Riding today, it felt like someone cut a piece of my ass out, and I had less padding there. The first half of the ride was kinda uncomfortable, but by the end I felt pretty normal.
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I have several users that get tons of email from marketing companies that normal spam filters don't work on. I have found that SURBL's solve the problem that I'm trying to solve.
I think the whole idea is to check the urls that are inside the email not only on the sending domain.
How my users got infected(if you will), I only have a few. They went to a web site that says fill out this form and get a free TV, IPOD or other, and now they get about 20 to 200 email a day asking them to buy stuff. Spam filters get some of it out, but these messages adapt pretty quickly.
I looked through some of the messages and found that if we had surbl's enabled in spam assassin they would be blocked.
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Art in the Royalton Library
The south wall of the children's area in the Royalton Library is adorned with art work compliments of the students from the Royalton Elementary School. Branch Manager Linda Mueller has never seen the art elves make their appearance. She is always pleasantly surprised when the new pieces of art appear in the library. Read more »
Royalton Holiday Music with Andrea Stern
Andrea Stern will be performing at the Royalton Library on Wednesday, Dec. 7 from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. Andrea delighted visitors at the library last year with her lovely harp music. This event is not a concert. Library patrons can stay as long as their schedules allow. This is a great opportunity to hear harp music from a professional performing artist.
What a Posh Party!!
On Oct. 25, the Becker Public Library, along with the Friends of the Becker Library, hosted a Fancy Nancy/Fancy Clancy party. It was a smashing success. The Becker staff and kids all dressed in their fanciest ensembles. Read more »
1st Time's a Charm
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I have a 07 Kona Jake, that I used doing practice rides with some local cat 1/2 riders in my hometown. I really am starting to get into the sport, so since I am in Iraq I have been doing tons of cardio and calisthenics in order to train for the season when I get home. My goal is to get to cat 3 my first season, I know its a pretty big goal, but I think I can do it. I'm not saying this counts but I do a life fitness bike at 22-23mph for a hour, then I will run 3-5 miles. Anyways, my real question is should I buy a new cx bike with a $2200 Budget, or upgrade my jake, and buy a road bike with the upgrads?
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Competition and the Strategic Choices of Churches (with Adam Rennhoff), American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, 4(3), 152-170, 2012.
Responsibility-Alleviation and Other-Regarding Preferences with Peer Workers in Labor Markets: An Experimental Investigation, Journal of Labor Research, 33, 353-369, 2012. Peer Experimental Materials
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Do Other-Regarding Preferences Change with Age? Evidence from a Gift Exchange Experiment, Journal of Socio-Economics, 40(6), 868-878, 2011. Experimental Materials
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Minimum Wage Restrictions and Employee Effort in Incomplete Labor Markets: An Experimental Investigation (with John Kagel), Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 73(3), 317-326, 2010. Statistical Appendix
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BOSTON State Sen. William Brownsberger, picking through a kale salad at a Kendall Square cafe last week, searched for the right way to describe his politics.
"Iconoclast is not the label I'm interested in," he said. "The label is someone who is forthright, does his homework and goes where it leads."
Brownsberger is one of five Democrats vying to succeed U.S. Rep. Edward Markey, who won a promotion to the U.S. Senate in a special election last month.
And the success of his campaign may hinge on whether he can draw the distinction he made over lunch — casting himself as a principled, data-driven problem solver rather than a mere contrarian.
He has a couple of big breaks with liberal orthodoxy to explain, after all.
In the WBUR interview, he defended the Supreme Court's controversial Citizens United decision, which helped clear the way for unlimited corporate spending in political campaigns, on free speech grounds.
And he said he would not favor any congressional intervention to block the proposed Keystone XL pipeline, which would transport oil from the tar sands of Canada to the Gulf Coast, arguing that the project is little more than a footnote in the fight against climate change.
The state senator is aware that his positions on those two issues could sink him in the solidly Democratic 5th Congressional District, which bends through the suburbs north and west of Boston.
But he's betting that a tell-it-like-it-is approach can distinguish him in a crowded field. Indeed, he seems to be staking his campaign on the notion.
"I think the interesting question," he said, "is whether [voters will] appreciate the frankness I have to offer — or whether people aren't ready to hear what I have to say."
Brownsberger, who served in the Massachusetts House for five years before winning election to the state Senate last year, is a liberal legislator. But he's been unafraid to cross ideological boundaries now and again — sometimes in the space of a few weeks.
In September 2011, a panel appointed by the conservative Pioneer Institute gave him an award for a plan to streamline the state's pension system.
Two months later, he was one of a handful of representatives to vote against the first iteration of a popular "three strikes" criminal sentencing bill that would eventually become law.
"I would describe Will as annoyingly principled," said George Bachrach, president of the Environmental League of Massachusetts, who has donated to Brownsberger in the past but is not taking sides in the election. "If he went to Washington, he would be one of the most progressive Congressmen, but he would from time to time take these [unconventional] positions that are thought out as best he can and true to his values."
Brownsberger's atypical positions have already created the first kerfuffle of the campaign.
Last week, WBUR reported that he was the only state senator to vote against a resolution calling for a constitutional amendment to overturn the Citizens United decision.
Democratic rival Peter Koutoujian, the Middlesex sheriff, pounced with a statement arguing that Brownsberger's "support for the Citizens United decision should be troubling to anyone who is fed up with the tidal wave of special interest money that this Supreme Court ruling has unleashed."
The other three Democrats in the race — state Sens. Katherine Clark and Karen Spilka, who voted for the resolution Brownsberger opposed, and state Rep. Carl Sciortino, who backed a similar measure in the House — all tell WBUR they favor a repeal of the decision.
Brownsberger argues that the Citizens United decision is in keeping with the country's free speech tradition.
He says he doesn't like the idea of third parties swamping elections with big expenditures — he's endorsed a "People's Pledge" among the candidates, designed to discourage just that sort of spending.
But corporations have the First Amendment right to play in elections, he says. And in the end, he argues, the public has a responsibility to sort through the advertising and arrive at the right decision.
"The 99 percent," he said, "have 99 percent of the vote."
Brownsberger maintains that direct contributions to candidates are a more corrupting influence than outside spending. And that, he says, is why he doesn't accept donations from lobbyists or political action committees. Last week, he challenged his opponents to join him in swearing off those donations as part of an enhanced "People's Pledge."
Peter Ubertaccio, a political science professor at Stonehill College, says selling a nuanced approach to campaign finance reform will be difficult.
"Those two words together — Citizens United — are visceral," he said. "People have a very powerful response them. And political campaigns are not public policy seminars."
But in a well-educated district, he says, the thoughtful brand Brownsberger is offering could sell better than it would elsewhere.
Central to his success, Ubertaccio says, will be communicating authenticity.
He may face some challenges, there, when it comes to campaign finance. Until last year, Brownsberger made an exception to his ban on lobbyists' donations — accepting contributions from those who were also constituents.
But when it comes to environmental policy, he has a more straightforward story to tell. He frequently rides his bicycle to work. And his house is one of the most energy efficient in New England.
Over lunch in Kendall Square, the state senator said he eats a semi-vegetarian diet and limits his air travel. He also spoke of his role in pushing through the Global Warming Solutions Act, the state's framework for reducing its carbon footprint.
That could give him some room to argue that Keystone is, ultimately, a minor concern.
The pipeline, Brownsberger acknowledged, would allow for the extraction of more Canadian oil. But "the truth is what causes climate change is not taking oil out of the ground, it's burning it," he said.
"The problem is us," he said. "The problem is not the oil industry."
If Congress wants to get serious, he suggested, it should impose a carbon tax designed to reduce consumption of oil.
Brownsberger, if all alone on Citizens United, is not quite so isolated on the Keystone pipeline.
That may have something to do with the fact that organized labor, viewed as an important constituency in the race, sees jobs in the construction of the pipeline.
Eric Hyers, the campaign manager for Spilka, emphasized in a statement that her "number one priority is creating jobs" before adding that "she is concerned about the environmental impact of this project and will continue to study it with the rest of the delegation."
Clark said she understands labor's perspective, but is opposed to the pipeline on environmental grounds. "I think it's a matter of priorities," she said.
"The Keystone pipeline is simply bad for the environment while doing nothing to decrease the US dependence on foreign oil," said Koutoujian, in a statement.
Sciortino's campaign said he is opposed to the pipeline. And the candidate, who is attempting to position himself as the true liberal in the race, broke sharply from Brownsberger on Keystone and Citizens United.
"These issues show a clear difference between us," said Sciortino, "and the difference between someone who calls themselves a progressive at election time and a progressive leader who knows what it takes to protect the environment and keep corporate money out of campaigns."
It's the sort of stark contrast Brownsberger will have to avoid, analysts say, if he's to succeed in the congressional race.
The state senator, though, has always believed he could communicate nuance.
"Will is a unique individual in politics because he has this Mr. Smith goes to Washington quality about him," said Jim Stergios, executive director of the Pioneer Institute. "He actually thinks that you can reason with people, within a certain context of what's practical…and over time win them over."
With the Democratic primary expected to take place some time in October, he's got about three months to make his case.


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targets will be neutralized via the ATL which is incorporated into a rotating
turret on the C-130H's belly.
The ATL is seen as a precise, high-power weapon that will
result in less civilian causalities on the battlefield. Due to the nature of
the laser being used, targets can be destroyed or disabled with extremely low
levels of collateral damage. Boeing claims that the ATL is thus capable of
being used on traditional battlefields or in more treacherous urban fighting.
"The installation of the high-energy laser shows that
the ATL program continues to make tremendous progress toward giving the
warfighter a speed-of-light, precision engagement capability that will
dramatically reduce collateral damage," said Boeing Missile Defense
Systems VP and GM Scott Fancher. "Next year, we will fire the laser at
ground targets, demonstrating the military utility of this transformational
directed energy weapon."
The ATL was developed in conjunction with Boeing's Airborne
Laser (ABL) which is fitted to a 747-400F freighter. While the ATL is aimed at
destroying ground targets, the ABL is destined to fire upon ballistic missiles.
Boeing's ABL was deemed ready for flight testing in late
October 2006 and successfully fired its targeting lasers at an airborne target
on March
15, 2007. Boeing hopes to fire its high-energy laser at a ballistic missile
in 2009.
quote: Well if by a correct education you mean going to liberal arts college, sitting around smoking pot, and singing in circles then yes he probably didn't have a correct education.Being proud of ones country's accomplishments (technological or otherwise) is nothing to be ashamed of nor an indication of ignorance.
quote: and singing in circles