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Sonny Sandoval on the Resurrection of P.O.D.
P.O.D. entered an indefinite hiatus more than four years ago. Spawned by frontman Sonny Sandoval's disenchantment of the music business, it was unclear if we'd ever hear from the band again. But with the passing of time and a return to their roots, the band was able to get back to what really made them excited about making music from day one. The results? P.O.D.'s latest disc, 'Murdered Love.'
We recently caught up with Sandoval to talk about P.O.D.'s hiatus, the band's return, and his basic outlook on life – one that is both honest and inspired.
It's been a few years since we've heard from P.O. D. Can you talk about the band's hiatus and your thoughts going into it on whether or not you'd ever return to music?
I think for me in my heart of hearts, I put it down and I was willing to put it down forever. I just got tired of the industry and how it just kind of becomes business, show after show. We just became like this brand, everyone goes through their own personal challenges and struggles and sometimes you don't face those head on because you're so busy in the business part of it. For me, I take all the responsibility. I canceled a huge European tour. I wanted to come home and be with my wife and kids. After awhile of doing some other things that I wanted to do I felt like it was the right time to make some music.
When the band started writing again, it wasn't necessarily for a full length disc, you had another project in mind right? How did it evolve into writing a whole disc of new music?
We had already had some committed charity events and outreach type events with the community. I was down, to me that was selfless, it was giving back, so I was like cool, sign me up I'm down, and that was one of the only reasons I would do it. After maybe a year the guys got together just throw some ideas around. There was always talk of maybe doing an EP just to put some music out, and I was like 'Cool dude, do what you want' kind of thing but for me I was still kind of searching and thinking, 'Am I going to do this again or what?' and then some other smaller opportunities came up for us to do some things. We never knew, it wasn't like we had a plan.
Do you think that down time reinvigorated your passion for the music?
For sure, for me, I didn't grow up thinking that I wanted to be in a band. It's just not me. I'm a laid back shy kinda dude and it wasn't until when I was 19 that my life kind of change. I was trying to change it for the good and I felt like I had something to say and when they asked me to be in this band I was like people think I'm tripping anyway because I'm making this change in my life of faith and I'm not doing the things that I used to, and I'm not even really into this whole metal thing. I was born into hip hop and reggae and then I started listening to more hardcore and punk bands like Bad Brains and the Suicidal Tendencies, they opened up a whole new world for me. They had something to say and I could relate to them.
When the guys asked me to join the band, they were playing keg parties and I was like 'You know what, we'll just play parties for the homies and the community and we'll have something to say.' That's the only reason why I jumped in this band and people started listening and thinking 'Wow this is cool.' Sometimes I think when you lose sight of that it just becomes business. I always said when it stops being fun I don't want to do it anymore. This band is a huge part of my life but it doesn't necessarily define who I am as a person. I'm a daddy first, I'm a husband and I'm a lover of God and people.
You can get caught up in everything, that's Hollywood. It's just a lot to take in. All those stories, like sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll – it exists but it's so phony and fake and I don't want to be a part of that. It's almost like a sacrifice of music to make sure I wasn't locked in to all that stuff and after taking some time off and getting my head straight, and getting inspired again, I was like, okay I want to make some more music. That's the only reason to do it. There's no pot of gold at the end of this rainbow, we've already hustled for 20 years. We've always been that band right at the peak, there was no million dream, it happened for a lot of bands and even bands that came after us but there is no rock and roll dream. We hit that peak and now we're the underdogs again. You either play basically because you love it and somebody's actually listening or you don't.
You mentioned being the underdog, and I've heard you say that before. Do you really feel like the band is in an underdog position?
Because we were doing this before, we had independent records, and even before 'Alive' broke on radio and 'Youth of a Nation,' we were packing clubs in the middle of nowhere, over a thousand kids on Wednesday night on a school night. That's the only reason we got signed. Atlantic Records saw us and thought that they have guys selling tons of records that aren't even selling out a bar. It was because of our fanbase. So we kind of went the mainstream route and had some success and sometimes you lose fans because of that, it's a trip. It's funny because we just got off the road and talking to bands, and they would say, 'You took five years off, that's rock 'n' roll suicide!' and I'm busting up because it's kind of true but you don't think of it that way. But I think on the other hand, a lot of bands in our genre are whoring themselves out so much.
Some of them need a brief hiatus?
Not even that, people just get sick of them, so it could have worked to our advantage. I think a lot of people are thinking 'Man I thought you guys were done with, it's cool to see you back.' So it's almost like we just need to get out there again and just keep doing it. With the cool tours we've been on, people remember us and I think it's coming back around again, they're appreciating what it's all about – it's the live show, it's the experience, it's not just the same old bubblegum stuff that's out right now.
Is it true that the writing process for 'Murdered Love' was a return to the same feeling you had when you recorded for first two discs – was it hard to find that place again?
Once I got with the guys I think we all felt that way. Writing was just fun. We had a whole new team this time – a new label, new management, no one's looking to tell us what to do. We just went in, it was us four feeling like teenage kids again and going into the garage and just turning it up, jamming, and having fun and not trying to keep up with the times. I think we did that. With [producer] Howard [Benson], he knows what kind of band we are, and he allows us to be us. For us, it's the same four writers. When they asked us if we'd be willing to co-write, we said hell no, that's just not us. That's why music sucks, everybody sounds the same. I think we've already accepted in our souls that we're not here to make a million bucks and we're not going to sell out for that. One thing we do have control over is the music that we write. So we showed him demos and he liked it. We work well with Howard.
Working with producer Howard Benson is familiar territory for you. What does he bring to the process for P.O.D. that makes it so easy to work with him?
We went from making our own records independently to working with Howard Benson as our first producer. We didn't know what a producer did, we learned how to write songs with him, we came to him with ten minute songs back in the day, he taught us structure. We were his first Gold and Platinum record, he went to the moon after us. It's kind of like we revolutionized some kind of sound together.
After 'Satellite's' success he started working with Papa Roach and all the bands in that era. Then he went on to do the 'American Idol' stuff, I think that he's been so overworked with album after album, that even now where he's at, he's realizing he doesn't need the money, he just wants to work on records he wants to work on. So, he was a big influence in calling us all up and asking us if we were ready to do this. I kept in contact with him and he always said that whenever we decided to do a new record, he was going to produce it. That was an incentive because he was on top of the moon with success and he still believed in us.
Let's talk about the diversity of 'Murdered Love' a bit because your sound has always been influenced by a lot of different types of music. Is that something that comes naturally to the band?
I think if you listen to our demos from 1992, we had our buddy who was a DJ come and scratch stuff, and sample stuff. That was part of our upbringing. We would try to do reggae music, we'd try to mix punk rock with hardcore, and it's just because that's what we loved and the shows we were going to all the time. We'd go to a reggae show one night and a punk rock show the next. We've always done that, so I think with this record, it's not really caring what's hot, or someone telling us how it has to sound, if radio catches on, right on, we realize the effect that it has. Look at 'Satellite,' and even 'Testify' with Katy Perry on guest vocals on 'Goodbye For Now' – that was never suppose to be our first single. They're so busy trying so hard. I remember Atlantic, on the first record, they were so desperate that they'd take five bands and just go drop them off at a radio station and say 'Please, just pick one.' It's just such a hustle. We were doing fine on our own. When we get together and it's fun, it really is natural. We love to jam. Lately we're playing these big radio shows with all different bands, and we'll be the only band not playing to a click track, not playing with protools and backing tracks – it's a trip, it's a new day for music. We're like a dying breed.
The first track from the album that anyone got to hear was the song called 'Eyez' which featured a guest appearance from Hatebreed's Jamey Jasta. How did that collaboration fall into place?
That's one of the perks for us, we've always incorporated guest appearances on every single record, it's just something we love to do and it's more like a gift for us. When we write music we always think, who can jump on this and on this song we wanted a heavy vocal. It's weird because you can go different ways. You could go with a Dave Mustaine style or you can go with a grimy hardcore Jamey Jasta style. It's funny because I was trying to figure out the whole Twitter thing, and he posted something to us and I was just like, 'Dude, what's up, long time!' I told him we were in the studio and that his name had come up a few times and we were just having a twitter conversation. He was like dude, I'll do it! And I thought no way! We sent him the song and we had it back in two days. That's not no rock star stuff. We've known Jamey for a long time, he's a good cat. He was just awesome.
I wanted to ask about the song 'I Am' because I read that it was inspired by the outreach programs you're involved with and talking to kids at schools. How did that experience help shape this song?
That's actually like one of the first demos that we had done music-wise. The guys had never even heard the lyrics until I jumped in the vocal booth. We had been sitting on that song for awhile. It's nothing new to me but just in today's day and age its bananas for our kids. I get the opportunity to go to a lot of public schools whether it's rehab or community outreach and hang out with these kids. I'm looking at these beautiful little kids and they're suicidal or cutting themselves, half these kids are addicted to prescription drugs or other drugs or even pornography. It's almost like they're like shells of themselves, not allowed to be innocent and young, be in love with life. They're so caught up in so much stuff, it's heartbreaking.
For me, just being a man of faith, I'm not religious at all, I believe religion hides the faith and the heart of god, but even me, even taking my time off, I'm not trying to live up to this standard of Christianity, I believe in Jesus. I don't want to talk religion, I don't want to talk everyone's doctrine and politics, I believe in the scriptures, I believe in this man who did awesome amazing things, and for me personally I believe it's the truth. The only way for me to express that and the only way to show that is to live it. The church and Christianity, they've done enough talking. Now it's just they have to live it so people see it's really in your life. When I do these kinds of things, I get a chance to share my own struggles and my own beliefs and faith. A lot of these kids, they don't have a problem with Jesus, its religion and the hypocrisy. They'll tell you, 'I'm cool with God; I just don't like the people. I'm not perfect like them.' The church has created this image of perfection when that totally defeats what the gospel is and who Jesus was. He didn't come for the perfect; he didn't break bread with the perfect or the religious. He hung out with dudes like me and he offered them love.
When you hang out with these kids, it's the same thing. The song just says 'I Am' all these things and at the end of the day asking God, if I believe that you came to die for the sins of the world, what about me because I'm jacked. It's like you're asking that question, I can even except that he did, but what about everything else around me that blinds me from knowing who you are. That's what that song is. It's real, and if anything, it's an honest prayer.
In the past P.O.D. has been labeled a Christian band; do you define the band that way?
You know what, never ever have we said 'Hey we're a Christian band.' We were always just a hardcore band that came out and said what we believed in but we also talked about the streets and the stuff that we were into and the struggles and everything we were going through. Once people found out we were Christian, it was always 'Is that Christian music?' We've always fought against that because we didn't want to be labeled. I didn't grow up with the church; I didn't know there was Christian music. I didn't know who Stryper was; I couldn't name a Stryper song.
The first time we ever got asked to play a church event, we got kicked off the stage. We would play anywhere – a house party, a Y.M.C.A., a church too if there's going to be kids there that like music. Far beyond that, I've never marketed my Jesus to sell a record. I fear that too much. I know that people do that, and it pisses me off. It makes me sick, even the Christian industry, you put Jesus in your title or because it sounds like a worship song. You're not doing that for free, there's always money to be made. The church never considered P.O.D. Christian enough but to the world because we were so outspoken we were too Christian.
I can do an interview with Rolling Stone because all of a sudden we're getting some love because we sold a million records, so that's a different story. When you're underground, no one cares. When you sell a million records, - 'Who are these guys? They're Christian?' and then it was kind of like 'Christian Rap Rockers' and we were getting pissed off. We never called ourselves that but you're labeling us that and putting us into a box.
So I remember just getting sick of it and thinking, why can't we just be a rock band? We've never put ourselves in that category so why are you? After awhile you get so frustrated with the whole thing. We make music for everybody. This is my band and we say what we want to say and you say what you want to say. The moment I say Jesus they want to put me in some kind of box. I'm still the same guy from the hood and I'm just trying to walk a life of peace but sometimes people get it twisted.
Fans can check you out on Rockstar Energy Drink Uproar Festival later this summer. You'll be headlining the second stage. That stage features a lot of new up and coming bands, do you see yourself as mentors to those bands given your history?
This is new for us. I think a lot of these shows we've been doing, that's why we feel like the underdog. We're so used to being on the main stage and now we're back at the 'FUN' stage as we call it. You get out there, and that's where all the kids who want to have fun and go crazy are. That extends from even this past tour, playing all the weekend dates, some of the big stages have chairs. I'm so sick of that. That's the one thing I hated about Ozzfest, we're playing to people in seats. I'm really excited about Uproar. Again, I'm a fan of music so I'm looking forward to meeting a lot of those guys and that's the blessing of being able to do things like this. We're on an amazing tour with amazing people and we get to watch these bands and break bread with them. I'm looking forward to it. I know P.O.D. is going to murder it every night.
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Editing and Proofreading
It can be difficult for writers to see problems in their own work. However, writers can be effective at editing and proofreading by using some simple techniques. It is best if you can take a break from your writing before you start this part of the process, so you can create some distance from your work.
According to Merriam-Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary, edit means,
- Prepare (as literary material) for publication or public presentation,
- To assemble (as moving picture or tape recording) by cutting and rearranging,
- To alter, adapt or refine especially to bring about conformity to a standard or to suit a particular purpose.
When you edit, become a critical reader of your document. You can do that by placing time between yourself and the document. When you return to it, you will bring the eyes of a reader rather than of a writer. In addition to using your eyes differently in order to re-see your document, listen to it. Sometimes what may look fine on the page sounds awkward to the ear. Read your paper out loud. This practice is especially important if what you have written will later be presented aloud.
Take a careful look at the formatting of your work. Does your paper follow the prescribed guidelines (MLA, APA, Chicago, etc.)? Are your in-text citations formatted properly? Use the appropriate link found in Citing/Documenting Your Sources to make sure.
Unless you are instructed otherwise by your professor, arrange your paper in this order:
- title page
- abstract (if requested)
- outline (if requested)
- paper
- appendix (if any)
- explanatory endnotes (if any)
- endnotes (if requred by the citation system you use)
- works cited, reference, or bibliography
Now edit for punctuation. Pay special attention to quotation marks, commas and semi-colons, spelling, and grammar. Carelessness here undercuts your credibility and casts doubt on the quality of your work.
"Proofread" means to read for errors. Now that you have edited your writing it is time to look for errors and correct them. During the revising and editing process you may have corrected some. It can be very helpful to take another break from your writing before you start to proofread. Check out the Purdue OWL's Finding Common Errors resource.
Read your writing out loud, slowly and carefully. Doing so will help you catch errors that you might otherwise not see. Watch for places where you pause, stumble or re-read because those might be trouble spots. If something sounds strange as you read it, there is probably a reason why. Look for any of the following:
- Are you being consistent with the tense you are using?
- Are there sentences that seem way too long or too short?
- Do the subjects and the verbs agree?
- Are the pronouns clear to the reader?
- Is the voice appropriate for the audience?
- Also watch for misspellings and homophones - your spell check function will not catch 'by' when you meant 'buy'. Don't depend on the word processor; the spell checker is not a proofreader.
- Check your citations again. Make certain that all directly quoted information or ideas that are not your own are cited appropriately for the assignment.
It can also be helpful to read your writing out loud, sentence by sentence, from the end of your paper backwards to the beginning.
Finally, if you can, ask someone else to read your paper to you out loud so you can hear for yourself how it sounds. Remember, even professional writers have someone else's help with this part of the writing process.
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The Minnesota Wild are in Denver tonight to take on the Colorado Avalanche. The Wild beat the Anaheim Ducks 4-2 on Tuesday night on the heels of an overtime loss Saturday at San Jose.
The Wild have picked up three of a possible four points two games into a four game road trip. Minnesota is 29-20-5 with 64 points, good for seventh place in the Western Conference. The Wild trail Los Angeles by just two points for sixth place.
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Freemasonry in Nauvoo
by Kenneth W. Godfrey
The introduction of Freemasonry in Nauvoo had both political and religious implications. When Illinois Grand Master Abraham Jonas visited Nauvoo on March 15, 1842, to install the Nauvoo Masonic Lodge, he inaugurated an era of difficulty with other Illinois Masons and introduced to Nauvoo ancient ritual bearing some similarity to the LDS temple ordinances (see Freemasonry and the Temple).
Regular Masonic procedure calls for an existing lodge to sponsor each new proposed lodge. Early in the summer of 1841, several Latter-day Saints who were Masons, including Lucius N. Scovil, a key figure in Nauvoo Freemasonry, asked Bodley Lodge No. 1, in Quincy, Illinois, to request that the Illinois Grand Lodge appoint certain individuals as officers of a Nauvoo lodge. Indicating that the persons named were unknown in Quincy as Masons, the lodge returned the letter with instructions for further action.
Less than a year later, Nauvoo had a lodge without the normal sponsorship. Grand Master Jonas apparently waived the rule and granted Nauvoo a "special dispensation" to organize. He also made Joseph Smith and his counselor, Sidney Rigdon, "Masons at sight." Some believe that Jonas was willing to follow this course because he envisioned the growing Mormon vote supporting his own political ambitions (see Nauvoo Politics). Although the action may have endeared him to some Latter-day Saints, it antagonized other Masons. Joseph Smith had reason to expect that the Saints might benefit from the network of friendship and support normally associated with the fraternal organization, but instead, the Nauvoo Lodge only produced friction.
Jonas published an account of the March 15 installation of the Nauvoo Lodge in his newspaper, Columbia Advocate. "Never in my life did I witness a better dressed or more orderly and well-behaved assemblage," he wrote (HC 4:565-66). During the installation ceremonies, held in the grove near the temple site, Joseph Smith officiated as Grand Chaplain. That evening, with the Masons assembled in his office, the Prophet received the first degree of Freemasonry. Nauvoo Masons then commenced weekly early morning meetings.
In August 1842, Bodley Lodge No. 1 protested the granting of a dispensation to the Nauvoo Lodge, resulting in a temporary suspension of activities. An investigation found that approximately three hundred Latter-day Saints had become Masons during the brief existence of the lodge, but found no irregularities warranting dissolution. The Grand Lodge not only authorized reinstatement of the Nauvoo Lodge but subsequently granted dispensations for other lodges nearby made up principally of Latter-day Saints. Eventually nearly 1,500 LDS men became associated with Illinois Freemasonry, including many members of the Church's governing priesthood bodiesthis at a time when the total number of non-LDS Masons in Illinois lodges barely reached 150.
As long-time rivals of Nauvoo for political and economic ascendancy, neighboring Masons feared and resisted Mormon domination of Freemasonry. Charging the Nauvoo Lodge with balloting for more than one applicant at a time, receiving applicants into the fraternity on the basis that they reform in the future, and making Joseph Smith a Master Mason on sight, enemies forced an investigation in October 1843. The Grand Lodge summoned Nauvoo officials to Jacksonville, Illinois. Armed with pertinent books and papers, Lucius Scovil and Henry G. Sherwood answered the allegations. Though the examining committee reported that everything appeared to be in order, it expressed fear that there might be something wrong, and recommended a year's suspension. At this point, Grand Master Jonas, in an impassioned speech, declared that the books of the Nauvoo Lodge were the best-kept he had seen and stated his conviction that but for the fact that the Nauvoo Lodge was composed of Mormons, it would stand as the highest lodge in the state. A committee was appointed to make a thorough investigation in Nauvoo. Though the committee reported no wrongdoing, the Nauvoo Lodge was again suspended. The injunction was later removed, but the Nauvoo Lodge continued to lack the support of its fellow Masons.
In April 1844, the Nauvoo Lodge dedicated a new Masonic hall. By this time, the lodge had been severed from the Grand Lodge and one Illinois Mason had been expelled from his lodge for attending the dedication. The Nauvoo Lodge continued its activities in the newly built hall until April 10, 1845, when Brigham Young advised Lucius Scovil to suspend the work of the Masons in Nauvoo. Only a few additional meetings were held prior to the Latter-day Saints' departure for the Great Basin in 1846.
Joseph Smith participated minimally in Freemasonry and, as far as is known, attended the Nauvoo Masonic Lodge on only three occasions. Nonetheless, LDS Masons commented on his mastery of its orders, tenets, and principles and of his understanding of the allegorical symbolism of its instructions.
Most scholars who have looked carefully at the Nauvoo Masonic Lodge agree that it was more victim than villain. All agree that widespread anti-Mormon feelings and the extensive hatred of Latter-day Saints by local rivals, and not irregularities or misconduct, caused the controversy with regard to the Masonic Lodge in Nauvoo.
(See Daily Living home page; Church History home page; 1831-1844 home page)
Hogan, Mervin B. "Mormonism and Freemasonry: The Illinois Episode." In Little Masonic Library, ed. Silas H. Shepherd, Lionel Vibert, and Roscoe Pound, Vol. 2, pp. 267-326. Richmond, Va., 1977.
Ivins, Anthony W. The Relationship of "Mormonism" and Freemasonry. Salt Lake City, 1934.
McGavin, E. Cecil. Mormonism and Masonry. Salt Lake City, 1954.
Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Vol. 1, Freemasonry in Nauvoo
Copyright © 1992 by Macmillan Publishing Company
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At our ER, we have a pretty huge geriatric population. We are the only hospital in the county of any reasonable size, so we get most of the nursing home traffic, and I guess that there are a lot of old people out there living in our catchment area. It's a mixed blessing -- lots of interesting pathology, but often challenging and not always in a good way. One happy consequence, however, is that I see a lot of World War II vets.
I am not unusual among males of my age group in that I am a huge WWII buff. I have avidly consumed histories of the "Last Good War," watched "Band of Brothers" and made countless models of Spitfires and Mustangs. But I have never had the pleasure of personally knowing anyone who actually served in the war.
So, when I note that I am interviewing someone who is of an age that they might have seen service, I make it a point to inquire whether they served. It's a little off topic, so I slip the question into the social history. Usually, the patient will let me know whether it is a topic they feel comfortable discussing. With surprising frequency, they seem almost eager to talk about it. I've been lucky enough to hear some pretty cool stories. This is one of the few things I'm willing to sit down and "waste time" on when the ED is going to hell around me. Frankly, the vets seem pretty gratified that I thought of it and cared enough to ask and listen.
There was one guy the other day whose knee was swollen and bothering him. He told me how he was on a destroyer in the Leyte Gulf, and he was up on the observation mast and saw a Japanese sub surface and fire a torpedo at them. He sounded the alert, and his skipper executed a hard turn away from the torpedo, causing it to miss. But the evasive maneuver caused them to run hard onto a reef, and the shock threw my patient off the mast, and he wrenched his knee badly landing on the deck. The destroyer was undamaged, the submarine got away, and my patient was evacuated for medical care. His ship went down in a hurricane while he was in the hospital and his knee bothered him off and on for the rest of his life.
Amazing stuff.
There was another guy recently who answered in the affirmative when I asked whether he had served in WWII. I asked which branch of the service he had been in and there was a pause before he replied almost apologetically, "Well, you see, I was in the Wehrmacht."
I didn't ask him any more questions.
10 January 2007
At our ER, we have a pretty huge geriatric population. We are the only hospital in the county of any reasonable size, so we get most of the nursing home traffic, and I guess that there are a lot of old people out there living in our catchment area. It's a mixed blessing -- lots of interesting pathology, but often challenging and not always in a good way. One happy consequence, however, is that I see a lot of World War II vets.
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- Anonymous1/10/2007 2:17 AM
I'll bet he had some stories, too.ReplyDelete
I am sure he did, and I would have loved to hear them. He didn't much seem like he wanted to talk about him. But how do you begin that conversation?ReplyDelete
So, were those SS guys as mean as I heard?"
Um, maybe not. But it was clear that the subject did not bring back good memories for him, so i let it drop.
I run into WW2 vets quite frequently in my ER, and I agree, they are a pleasure to talk to.I love to hear about their experiences. I too was a bit of a WW2 buff in my youth.ReplyDelete
I actually had a patient recently, who unfortunately died in the ER, and I wanted to tell the story of him on my blog, but I forgot about it. So your post is a fortuitous one for me.
Incredible that you treated a Wehhrmacht soldier! Hell, in the end, most soldiers are very much alike, they just foought on different sides. The Germans still have a pretty bad taste in their mouths too about the war. most regret Germany's role in it to a fault.
If you haven't read it, I recommend reading All Quiet on the Western Front. As a former soldier and veteran of the first Gulf War, It is one of only a few war novels that made me laugh and cry on the same page. Another being The Things They Carried, by Tim O'Brien.
Finally, even further off topic, if you're into poetry, as I am, a comparison of WW1 vs. WW2 poetry is interesting. WW1 poetry was all about the "body": the physical, the pain, the blood, the trenches. Whereas WW2 poetry was all about the "soul": good and evil, right and wrong, finding your way home. A good modern example of these two different ways to examine war (though both are WW2) are the films Saving Private Ryan (the body) and The Thin Red Line (the soul).
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All-new, fourth-generation C-Class grows up.
The 2008 Mercedes-Benz C-Class brings all-new versions of these entry-luxury sedans. Longer and wider than last year's models, they accommodate four or five occupants with much more interior room than before. They also offer improved performance and better fuel economy than last year's models.
The small family sedan that started out as the 'baby Benz' in 1982 and morphed into the C-Class has matured through three generations into the company's most popular model worldwide, with more than 6 million units sold. This latest generation of the smallest Mercedes-Benz sedan marks a big step in its maturation.
The C-Class comes in two distinctive personalities: Sport and Luxury. Each gets its own exterior styling and interior design. The C300 and C350, which replace the previous C280 and C320, indicate their more powerful V6 engines. And 4MATIC all-wheel drive is available.
The 2008 C-Class is now much closer in size, looks, and behavior to the larger E-Class, yet with a lighter touch and feel all its own.
We found the 2008 Mercedes C350 Sport feels strong but light, zippy but substantial. Handling is crisper than with the previous models. It feels sportier, less plush than before. And these cars are quick. Mercedes says the C300 can accelerate from 0-60 mph in about 7.2 seconds, which is quite zippy, while the C350 can reach 60 from a standstill in just 6.2 seconds, which is quite quick.
We found the C350 Sport comfortable, with seats that were containing when cornering. The layout of the controls is very good, without a lot of learning labor involved in operating the car. And the available Harman Kardon stereo sounds fantastic.
Initially, the U.S. market will get only these two sedan models, and in due course, the U.S. model range will expand to include diesel-engine versions, 4Matic all-wheel-drive versions, and a high-performance AMG model with a V8 engine. No coupe version is planned, and there will be no station wagon version for the U.S. market.
An AMG Sport package of exterior and interior trim items, wheels and tires will be available as an option when the car reaches the U.S. market in August 2007.
The entry-priced 2008 Mercedes-Benz C300 comes with a 2.8-liter V6 and a choice between a seven-speed automatic and a six-speed manual. The C350 uses a 3.5-liter V6 with the seven-speed automatic. The C300 4MATIC features a full-time all-wheel-drive system. Standard wheels and tires are 17-inch, with 18-inch wheels optional.
Options include leather upholstery, Thermotronic automatic climate control, navigation, Panorama roof, AMG Sport package, Adaptive Light System, Advanced Agility Control, bi-xenon lamps, Bluetooth, Comand APS with storage for up to 1000 music tracks, the Intelligent Light System, Keyless Go, multi-contour seats, Parktronic, TeleAid emergency communications, twin-sunroof Panorama roof, and 18-inch AMG split-spoke alloy wheels.
Package P1, standard on the C350, contains the satellite radio, heated seats, autodimming lamps, folding mirrors, a garage door opener and rain-sensing wipers. Package P2 adds bi-xenon headlamps, cornering fog lamps, a split folding rear seat for cargo versatility, and a rear sunshade. The Multimedia package adds Comand navigation with a larger seven-inch screen, a six-disc DVD changer with a PCMCIA slot, Harman Kardon Logic7 surround sound system and voice controls. An Advanced Agility Package features variable shock absorbers and revised transmission shift points.
Safety features include seven airbags: two adaptive airbags for the driver and front passenger, a kneebag for the driver, two sidebags in the front seat backrests and two large windowbags which extend from the A to the C-pillar during a side impact. The driver, front passenger and outboard rear seats all have belt tensioners and belt force limiters. The standard head restraints operate on the Neck Pro system. During a rear-end collision, the padded surfaces are pushed forward to support the heads of the driver and front passenger, reducing the risk of whiplash.
Active safety equipment that comes standard includes ABS, traction control, Brake Assist, Electronic Brake-force Distribution, and an Electronic Stability Program. An Adaptive Brake system primes the braking system in panic situations, and, whenever the windshield wipers are on applies light, continuous contact to dry the brake discs.
The fourth-generation, 2008 Mercedes-Benz C-Class looks sporty, with all-new styling.
The new C-Class is wider and longer than the outgoing model, a tauter, sportier design, addressing complaints that it was just too small for many Americans. With an overall length of 180.4 inches, the sedan is more almost four inches longer than its predecessor. Body width has increased more than an inch and a half to 69.7 inches, overall height increased almost one and a half inches, and the wheelbase has increased 1.8 inches to 108.4 inches.
Two completely fresh grilles are used, one for the Luxury model with the traditional horizontal bars and hood-mounted star, one for the Sport version with a large, surrounded star in the grille. The Sport will have six- or seven-spoke alloy wheels and staggered tires (the rears larger than the fronts), and will carry a decklid spoiler. The Luxury version will have the same size tires all around, riding on five-spoke alloy wheels.
The bold new front ends are amplified by a striking, rising line in the bodyside sheetmetal from front to back, flowing directly into a set of new and more aerodynamic taillamps. Even in this larger size, the drag coefficient of the new C-Class is a mere 0.27, among the best in the world.
Improved safety comes via the new bodyshell, 70 percent of which is high-strength and ultra high-strength steel. Compared to the previous series, Mercedes-Benz has larger deformation zones and improved energy flows. The front-end structure of the new C-Class has four independently acting impact zones, which enable forces to be distributed over a wide area around the passenger cell. The hood, fenders, and decklid are aluminum.
According to Mercedes-Benz, the static weight balance of the new C-Class is 52 percent front and 48 percent rear, awfully close to the magic 50/50 spread. The body is 13 percent stiffer in torsion and 12 percent stiffer in bending than the old car, and the chassis features a new rear axle and suspension design.
The 2008 C-Class is the first car in history to be designed, engineered, developed, and tested on Mercedes-Benz's proprietary virtual and digital design and engineering system. That includes every single part, component, and system in the car as well as the interior and exterior design, the complete powertrain, and the chassis. The time saved in development on the computer was devoted to additional real-world testing, to the tune of 24 million kilometers, three times more than the previous model had accumulated. So these cars should be fully sorted.
The interiors of the '08 C-Class are all-new as well. Front shoulder room has increased by 1.6 inches. Trunk space has grown by a cubic foot.
For 2008, the Mercedes C300 and C350 come with a revised instrument package design, a new steering wheel with two sets of auxiliary controls on the horizontal spokes, and a new center stack that includes a pop-up five-inch screen on the dashtop that displays all the necessary vehicle, navigation and entertainment system data.
The Sport version has a three-spoke steering wheel, aluminum metallic trim panels, aluminum floor pedals with black rubber studs, and black birdseye maple trim with special stitching on the upholstery, while the Luxury version has a four-spoke steering wheel, traditional burl walnut interior trim and more traditional interior colors.
The cabin of the C350 Sport is more elaborate than before, with a new standard power sunroof and standard power eight-way driver and passenger seats, with a power lumbar support on the driver's seat. The door panels have more brightwork, and it is tasty.
A console-mounted push-and-twist wheel controls all of the display functions for navigation, entertainment, climate and communications. The dual-zone climate control is located at the bottom center of the dash, easy to read, understand and use. Whether the three-spoke or four-spoke steering wheel, both have a new layout, with two large multi-function controllers and two smaller buttons to control 12 different functions. The instrument pod itself, newly dressed up in aluminum trim with a white-on-black color scheme, houses a 4.5-inch information display inside the speedometer that can be changed at the touch of a button.
The center stack features a hooded, retractable five-inch color display at the top center as the main display unit for the Comand system, big enough to see and shaded from the sun's rays. Other electronic features include a standard eight-speaker sound system with six-CD and MP3 player, a standard auxiliary plug-in spot for your iPod, and standard Bluetooth connectivity for your cell phone.
The Harman Kardon digital 5.1 surround sound system that came in our C350 Sport featured 450 watts of power and 12 speakers, and it was nothing short of fantastic in reproducing the familiar sounds we brought along on our iPod, with automatic volume control and excellent imaging.
Driving Impression
On our initial test drives over a couple of days on the highways and mountain roads surrounding Valencia, Spain, we could feel a new edge of precision and sportiness that the old C-Class simply didn't have.
The new C-Class is altogether sharper, more precise, and quicker in terms of handling and steering. The ride is more controlled and sporty and less plush, all of which we liked.
The brakes are extremely powerful and the pedal is nicely progressive.
The steering of the new C-Class is more direct than the previous model's. The standard Agility Control suspension controls the shock absorber forces according to the driving situation. When driving normally with low shock absorber inputs, damping forces are reduced, with a noticeable improvement in ride comfort. In faster driving, maximum damping forces come into play.
Mercedes-Benz has developed an Advanced Agility Package that offers the driver a choice of two programs, Sport and Comfort. The shock absorber for each wheel has infinitely variable electronic control. A new speed-sensitive steering with a more direct ratio, variable centering, and adaptation to acceleration and automatic transmission shift points will be included.
After 25 years, 6 million cars, and a lot of lessons learned, Mercedes-Benz has gone the extra mile with the new 2008 C-Class to provide American buyers with more room, more style, more standard content, more performance, and more substance in a pretty package at what we expect will be reasonable and competitive prices. If the quality holds up, this should be a winner.
NewCarTestDrive.com correspondent Jim McCraw filed this report from Valencia, Spain.
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Ronaldo treble torments Ajax
Cristiano Ronaldo notched his second hat-trick of the week as Real Madrid edged a step closer to the Champions League knockout stages with a comprehensive 4-1 victory over Ajax in Amsterdam.
Ronaldo, who also struck three in Sunday's 5-1 Primera Division win over Deportivo La Coruna, netted in the 42nd, 79th and 81st minutes with Karim Benzema getting Madrid's other goal (48).
Ajax's goal came from Niklas Moisander in the 56th minute but they could not get any closer as Jose Mourinho's side now boast two wins from two in Group D and have opened up a two-point lead at the top.
Malaga continue to impress in their maiden Champions League campaign as they downed Anderlecht 3-0 away. Eliseu Pereira netted two superb finishes either side of a Joaquin Sanchez penalty as Manuel Pellegrini's men matched the 3-0 victory they recorded at home to Zenit St Petersburg in their Group C opener.
The Spanish side are now two points clear of second-placed AC Milan who had earlier edged out Zenit 3-2 in an exciting encounter at the Petrovski Stadium. In a battle between two sides searching for their first win, Milan stormed into a 2-0 lead after 16 minutes through Urby Emanuelson's deflected effort and a fine individual goal from Stephan El Shaarawi.
Zenit drew level with goals either side of half-time through Hulk and Roman Shirokov, but it was Milan who took the points thanks to a 76th-minute own goal from Tomas Hubocan as well as some brilliant goalkeeping from Christian Abbiati.
In Group B, Schalke are in second spot on four points after being held 2-2 at home by 10-man Montpellier. Karim Ait-Fana gave the French champions a 13th-minute lead but Schalke drew level through Julian Draxler soon after before Klaas Jan Huntelaar put the home side ahead in the 53rd minute from the penalty spot.
Montpellier also saw Garry Bocaly sent off in that incident but Schalke could not make the most of their numerical advantage or a host of good opportunities and they paid the price when Souleymane Camara scored a 90th-minute equaliser.
In Group A, Porto moved three points clear after James Rodriguez's 83rd-minute goal earned them a 1-0 home win over big-spending Paris St Germain.
Dynamo Kiev, who lost 4-1 to PSG in their first outing, joined the French outfit on three points after beating Dinamo Zagreb 2-0, the goals coming in the first half from Oleg Gusev and a Josip Pivaric own goal.


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Political Science Professor David Hadley long had a dream of a fly fishing immersion trip. That dream came true in 2009 as a Freshman Tutorial Class. He's taking another group of freshmen back to Montana this week to repeat the experience.
See photos from Saturday's casting lesson here and here.
A dozen members of the Class of 2015 were quick to sign up when tutorial registration opened this summer to become the second group to study biology, ecology, literature and to go fly fishing and white water rafting with Wabash alums.
"There is good literature, writing, the science associated with fly fishing, stream ecology, bug life/bug cycles, fish, politics, and the economy," Hadley said of the unlikely pairing when introducing the course two years ago.
The class was a huge success by most observers and all participants.
"It worked so well the first time," Hadley said Saturday evening while students were practicing casting. "I just couldn't imagine it going any better."
The trip to Bozeman, Montana features Wabash professors Hadley, Biology Professor Emeritus David Krohne, and Professor of Art Doug Calisch. Calisch is along on the trip because he will become this group's academic advisor.
But the trip also has a strong alumni component. Jeff Perkins '89 will again accompany the group and has helped make the trip possible. Geoff Faerber '98 owns Flying Pig White Water Rafting and will take the group on a rafting experience. Faerber has frequently hired Wabash students as summer rafting guides.
Brian Grossenbacher '90 is a fly fishing guide, outfitter and nationally-acclaimed wildlife photographer. He will assist Monday and Wednesday when the students actually go fishing.
"The students will do a lot of float fishing from a boat," Hadley explained. "But I want to be sure we get these guys into the water so they're doing some wade fishing. It's a completely different experience to be in the water and be able to see and focus and concentrate on what the water is doing and where fish might be holding. The students are learning more about reading the water."
The students were required to read Norman Maclean's A River Runs Through It before arriving on campus for the trip.
In Photos: Top right, the students get the hang of fly fishing. Lower left, instructor Scott Gobel helps Nick Gray, Philadelphia, with his fly casting skills.


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A man accused of shooting and killing his pregnant former girlfriend before shooting a Dallas police officer during a chase Monday afternoon is now in police custody.
Dallas police said Tyrone Christopher Allen is charged with capital murder and aggravated assault on a police officer.
Allen is suspected in the fatal shooting of Breshuana Jackson. Jackson, 28, a mother of six children between the ages of 2 and 10, was killed along with her unborn child Monday morning in a shooting on the 12300 block of Hoblitzelle Drive.
According to police, Jackson was shot at about 10:15 a.m. She screamed out the name of her attacker, a witness said. The witness saw the gunman drive away from the residence and was able to provide police with a description of the getaway vehicle.
After the shooting, nearby Hamilton Park Pacesetter Magnet Elementary School was locked down as a precaution.
At about 11:53 a.m., police spotted a vehicle matching the witnesses' description. Officers tried to make a stop, but Allen refused and led police up and down Central Expressway.
Allen then pulled into the same Hamilton Park neighborhood where Jackson was shot earlier in the morning. As the driver sped through the neighborhood trying to elude police, he began taking shots at police officers, striking Officer Daniel Malouf once in the lower abdomen.
Malouf, who was wearing a bulletproof vest, was transported to Medical City Dallas. He was released and was recovering at home, Police Chief David Brown said Monday night.
Malouf has been with the department for five years and served in in the Army in Kosovo, Iraq and Afghanistan, police said.
Chopper 5 captured video of Allen stopping at one home and then people outside the running for cover as if they were being fired upon. The driver then again sped off down the road.
With his getaway car showing signs of damage, Allen then crashed, got out of the car and took off on foot. He then entered a house on Galva Drive, where he remained holed up until the standoff was brought to a close shortly before 4:30 p.m.
Allen was taken into custody without incident, police said.
During the standoff, SWAT was called to the scene and nearby homes were evacuated as a precaution.
The standoff was located about a block from the elementary school. The school, which had been on lock down since 10:45 a.m., dismissed on time Monday -- more on that can be read here.
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NEWARK, N.J. (AP) – The state of New York has subpoenaed materials related to the $10 sale of the rights to the "World Trade Center" name in the 1980s, an official familiar with the review said Friday.
The subpoenas from the New York attorney general Eric Schneiderman involve an investigation into a 1986 deal in which the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey sold the naming rights to one of its outgoing executives for use by a nonprofit.
The official spoke on condition of anonymity Friday because he was not authorized to speak publicly about the probe.
The Record newspaper reported this month that the Port Authority sold the naming rights to Guy Tozzoli in his role as head of the nonprofit World Trade Centers Association. The Port Authority, which owned the World Trade Center towers and the land they sat on in lower Manhattan, is now among hundreds of entities around the world that pay to use the "World Trade Center" name.
A spokesman for the WTCA said the nonprofit had no comment on the subpoenas.
At the agency's monthly board meeting on September 18, Port Authority executive director Patrick Foye called the naming rights deal "a shameful episode" and vowed an internal investigation in tandem with the probe announced that day by New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
Neither Foye nor Port Authority board chairman David Samson was able to say who had approved the deal. The newspaper reported that the contract, obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request, bore the signature of a secretary. Foye said then-Port Authority executive director Stephen Berger told him he had not approved the deal.
The Port Authority pays $10,000 a year to use the words "World Trade Center," including on merchandise it plans to sell in the new World Trade Center currently under construction. Those sales could bring the Port Authority an estimated $23 million to $28 million annually, the newspaper reported. In exchange for the Port Authority's use of the trademark, the WTCA is requesting free office space at the new World Trade Center site worth an estimated $585,000 per year, according to documents obtained by the newspaper.
In a recent memo to its members obtained by The Associated Press, the WTCA wrote that it "lawfully obtained all rights to the World Trade Center name and map design logo in 1986 in an agreement reached between the WTCA and the Port Authority. This agreement has been honored by both parties for nearly three decades with the knowledge and participation of the governing bodies of both organizations and was re-approved by the Port Authority as recently as 2006."
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We're sad to hear of the passing of director Jack Shea, who died of complications from Alzheimer's disease on Sunday, April 28th, 2013 at the age of 84. Shea directed many of Bob Hope's television specials, as well as several series, including The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour, The Waltons, Sanford and Son, The Jeffersons, Good Times, The Ropers, Silver Spoons, and Designing Women. Shea also served as a three-time president of the Directors Guild of America and was active with The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences when it split ties with The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in 1977.
Below are some excerpts from his 2002 Archive interview:
On directing Bob Hope and Jerry Lewis in their respective television shows:
Somebody on the Hope Show – they were changing directors – remembered my work and said, :we ought to hire Shea." It was a tremendous thrill. I had this chance to direct one of the big live shows in those days. I got that opportunity and I did it. Everything worked. It was a wonderful time, but I remember doing that and then I suddenly got a bid from Jerry Lewis to work on one of his shows. He called me in and he said, "You're doing the Hope show, huh?" And I said, "Yeah." He said, "I also want you to do my show." And I said, "okay." Then I realized that Jerry was watching anybody that did the Hope show – that was the leading show at that point. So I had the great opportunity of doing the Bob Hope shows and also the Jerry Lewis shows. That was all live, you know, and it was wild times. I mean they both were very interesting characters, totally different personalities, because Bob was very in control and he had the writers that did his material for him and he was always the same character that you see you now. Rarely, rarely got terribly upset. And Jerry, of course, was frenetic. I liked both of them and enjoyed working with both of them.
On Bob Hope's legacy:
I mean he's just one of the most outstanding characters. I think he will be thought of for many, many, many years, because I think he was just such a dynamic character. When he walked in a room, you know, he did that little walk that was so very specifically Bob Hope. I think he will be remembered for a long time. He's so identified with helping the troops by being there and supporting them. And the troops knew that, too. The marvelous receptions that he got when he'd be going out for the troops… He's quite extraordinary.
On how he began directing Sanford and Son:
I had been doing something else for Normal Lear at that time. That was one of Norman's shows, he and Bud Yorkin. I was doing some other shows for them at that point and when they got that show, they had a few problems when they were getting started. Redd Foxx and the directors were having problems, and I think that in the first four or five shows they had four or five directors. I came in with great trepidation, and I got along fine. I think I had one fight the whole long time on the show. When I say fight, one disagreement. It was a tough one to do, because you had a lot of people who had specific ideas about how they wanted their material, but as I remember, it worked out pretty well. It was a funny show. Redd was really something else. Every rehearsal was hysterical. It took a long time to get work done, but we had a lot of laughs and laughs are important.
On directing The Jeffersons:
I honestly can't remember exactly how I became involved with it, but I just know that it was a great experience and I think I had done so much work with Norman Lear and the other people there, that when it came up I was the guy they felt would be comfortable with it. And I certainly was. We just had a wonderful association. We worked together for a long time and had a great time. When you start a show and you're not sure how it's going to go, you always feel sort of uncomfortable… And then suddenly when you hit, boy you really hit it. The way I know a show was really making it – when my kids would come home and tell me that the kids in class were doing "The Jeffersons" and walking like George. Then I knew we had a hit. And we did have a hit. Boy it was just great. Such a great combination of people.
On his approach to directing actors:
I like to use the instincts that actors have. Now when I lay out my work, I know that sometimes an actor has to be at a certain spot at a certain time in order to make something work that has to be there. And I have to find justification for getting that actor to that place without just saying, "get up and move, Charlie." I just find I just try to talk to actors same way I like them to talk to me. I tell them what I'm looking for and what I think they ought to do in a particular case. If they disagree and have another opinion I listen to it. Then I make up my mind as to which way it's gotta be, and I just try to make the case going and will listen to anything they have to say. But it's going to be my decision, because it's my responsibility.
On his involvement with what would become the Directors Guild of America:
When I started my career, for some reason I always felt that good union representation is important, in our business especially, because I think it protects the actor, the director, the writer and I think we all need that protection. I think the director needs that protection. When I started in the business, I got interested in trying to be part of that protection, because I saw directors being misused or abused in some cases, and for the sake of not only the individuals but for the sake of the whole craft, I think we need to be able to protect people so that they can do their jobs as well as they can do them. In some cases that wasn't occurring. And I think I was anxious to see if I could help in allowing people to direct who wanted to direct. That's why I got involved.
On how he'd like to be remembered:
As being a good or capable, honest director. That's about all I can ask for.
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When you first start, you may want to use the most direct route as you'll be worried about arriving with enough time to catch your breath before settling down to a hard day's graft. But in time, you'll realise that one of the major benefits of pedalling in is that your commuting time is nearly always predictable – and you will never be late because of 'leaves on the line' or a broken down vehicle on the motorway.
You'll probably have a few decisions to make before you settle into a regular routine - e.g. whether to breakfast before you go or breakfast at your desk; have a shower in the evening or, if you are lucky, a shower at work; work in your riding clothes or change out of them and so on. Once you done that, you might be able to find a route that is more enjoyable than just thrashing up the main road, even if it may take a little longer.
Charlie, 48, from Guildford rides 8 miles each way to work. He says: "I am lucky in that I have a variety of possible route options for my daily commute. I ride a hybrid so that if it's fairly dry I can opt for a lovely potter in along a local canal towpath. But if I want to get to my desk more quickly, I just go down the main road and cut through the town. In reality, this only saves me about ten minutes so most of the time I'm happy to leave slightly earlier in order to savour the time spent outdoors."
I am lucky in that I have a variety of possible route options for my daily cycle commute."
Charlie, cycle commuter
Even commuting by bike can get somewhat boring if you never vary your route, so it's good to investigate some alternatives, especially if you intend to ride all year round. Occasionally ice, snow or just a diversion will mean that a particular option is unavailable.
So where can you find a route that is both pleasant and rideable on a daily basis? There are all sorts of route planning websites, gadgets and gizmos out there that can help you plan a journey to work on two wheels that is both practical and enjoyable.
Our Journeyplanner is a good starting point – you simply put in your start/finish points and the system will do the rest! There are various layers of routing visible, from the fastest to the slowest and it will even show you the location of local bike shops, the time it will take and the elevation covered. And you can see it in Google Streetview so you can tell how busy it's likely to be and the condition of the carriageway or track.
A journey planning tool can show you how hilly your chosen route might be
Alternatively, you could ask a colleague who already rides in for some local options that may not show up online – for example a short cut to avoid a busy one-way system. Perhaps you could even ride in together occasionally?
But remember – the route that seemed like a breeze in mid-summer may become dark and discouraging in mid-winter. Don't feel you have to stick to the same routine every day – one of the many joys of cycling is the variety of experiences it offers. Some days you may feel more energetic and want to tackle a hilly climb to get a bit more of a workout, whilst other times you may be short of time and will just take the fastest, most direct route.
When the weather really takes a turn for the worst, don't feel you have to be a martyr to the cycling cause – it's OK to take the train or bus occasionally. If nothing else, it will make you realise how much nicer it is to be out in the fresh air and in control of your own destiny!