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Depleted uranium has twice the density of lead and is added to bullets and shells to give them extra momentum to penetrate and destroy targets. These weapons spread the uranium across the battlefield, where it can persist in the environment for decades. Residual uranium-235 in the material can damage kidneys, and has been linked to nerve damage and lung cancer.
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Two of the state's top politicians Tuesday said the state should finance an aggressive round of scientific research of Cook Inlet's beluga whales to counter a federal conclusion that the whales are endangered and need special habitat protections.
Congressman Don Young and Anchorage Mayor Dan Sullivan, speaking at a joint news conference at City Hall, also said they are asking the government to extend for 60 days a comment period on designating critical habitat for the whales. The Anchorage Assembly earlier unanimously passed a resolution asking for the extension on comments, which now is set to expire Feb. 1.
Sullivan said federal agencies should also hold a public hearing in Anchorage.
"Virtually every department in the city and every business in the region has a stake in this," Sullivan said, citing potential restrictions on discharges from Anchorage's water and sewer utility, noise limits at Stevens International Airport, air quality issues, oil and gas development, expansion at the Port of Anchorage and a proposed Knik Arm bridge.
"All those things come into effect with this beluga designation," Sullivan said. "Every one of those projects could be in jeopardy, and we cannot allow that to happen."
Federal scientists say the Cook Inlet belugas are a genetically distinct species and don't intermingle with beluga populations in other parts of Alaska and the Arctic. Their numbers have plummeted since the early 1980s, and a study released in 2007 projected a one-in-four chance the Cook Inlet belugas could go extinct within 100 years if nothing is done.
Young called that "false science."
"I personally don't believe this is a different species of beluga whale (than those) in Kotzebue that we kill and eat many times up there," he said. "I don't believe there's a bit of difference."
But opponents of the listing need more ammunition, Young said, and the state is the logical source to finance new science on the whales.
"The state should have the science available to (contradict) what comes forth," he said. "Let's see whether they're right or not, but not accept what they tell us because we have no way to argue with it."
An Anchorage spokeswoman for the Center for Biological Diversity, one of several groups that petitioned the government to list the whales as endangered, said there's no question that Cook Inlet's whales "are genetically distinct and geographically isolated."
"We don't need more science to know that the population is in decline and is in trouble," said the Center's Rebecca Noblin.
Sullivan said he plans to add a request for the science funding to the city's list of priorities for next year's legislative session, which starts in January.
In a statement late Tuesday afternoon, Gov. Sean Parnell's office said his fiscal year 2011 budget already includes $150,000 to leverage another $450,000 in federal money for scientific research on marine mammals listed as endangered, including the Cook Inlet belugas.
"Listing decisions and critical habitat designations should be based on sound science, and we look forward to working with our congressional delegation and local leaders to address research needs," Parnell's statement says.
According to federal estimates, the Inlet's beluga population has declined from about 1,300 animals in 1979 to about 320 this year. Subsistence hunting was thought to have caused the slump in their numbers, but hunting was curtailed more than 10 years ago, and the population has not recovered as scientists had hoped. The whales were listed as endangered in October 2008, and after additional research the National Marine Fisheries Service three weeks ago proposed designating more than 3,000 square miles of Cook Inlet as critical habitat for the whales.
The proposed critical habitat areas will comprise all of upper Cook Inlet, the coastal areas of western Cook Inlet and most of Kachemak Bay.
Supporters say restrictions to protect the whales won't stop development in Cook Inlet, but it will have to be done responsibly.
"That's something Alaskans should see as a benefit," Noblin said. "If we have cleaner water in Cook Inlet, that's good for everybody, not just belugas."
Young argues that designating critical habitat for the whales opens the door for lawsuits to be filed against projects and for more environmental protections. Sullivan said the costs could hit "hundreds and hundreds of millions of dollars."
"An investment into research, I think, would be money well spent," Sullivan said. "The state is the only entity with the resources right now to help us do that."More on beluga whales
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Honorary Professor in the School of Civil Engineering, Ravindra Dhir is actively pursuing research in the area of sustainable and durable construction, reuse/recycling/reconstitution of waste materials and low energy and low emission cements for use in concrete. This is underpinned by the basic principles of appropriate use of materials and application of performance based specifications. The emphasis of his research is on innovation, but incremental developments leading to potential improvements in current practices are also considered equally important.
Operating nationally and internationally, under the name of Applying Concrete Knowledge Consultancy (www.concreteknowledge.co.uk), he specialises in mentoring companies in the area of concrete science, technology, design and construction, with the aim to give them a cutting edge in a competitive market.
He serves on the Editorial Board of the Magazine Concrete Research, advises government departments on concrete construction matters. He is the chairman of UKIERI (UK-India Education and Research Initiative) Concrete Congress and Ireland-India Concrete Research Initiative to develop collaborative research between Indian academic institutions and their counterparts in UK and Ireland.
Ravindra Dhir qualified with BSc in Applied Science in 1962 from the University of Durham, followed by PhD in Engineering from Sheffield University in 1965. After 2 years of Engineering Management training with the industry, he joined the University of Dundee in August 1967 as Lecturer in Civil Engineering and was promoted to personal chair in concrete technology 1992.
In 1988 he established Concrete Technology Unit with a start up grant of £15k which as Founding Director he developed into a £15m internationally acknowledged multi-disciplinary Centre of Excellence having state of the art research facilities. He remained as CTU Director until his retirement in August 2008.
His research was undertaken in close collaboration with industry with clear emphasis on dissemination and this won him many awards/honours/recognisitions.
1994, Honour. Honorary Fellowship of the Institute of Concrete Technology, for outstanding services to Concrete Technology and ability to relate research to industry.
1998 and 1999, Awards. Secretary of State for Trade & Industry, for innovative partnership with industry, with particular emphasis on sustainability, industrial innovation and quality of life, as well as dissemination of knowledge.
1998, Honour. Order of the British Empire, Officer, (OBE) for services to concrete technology.
2001, Award. British Cement Association, for targeted technology transfer.
2003, Award. Beacon Award from the RMC Environmental Fund, for sustainability programme.
2008, Recognition. Canadian Society of Civil Engineers, for outstanding contributions to Concrete Science and Technology, Durability of Concrete, Sustainability and Novel Construction Applications.
2008, Recognition. Lord Provost of Dundee, for lifetime academic excellence and commitment to the University and City of Dundee.
2008, Recognition. British Cement Association, British Precast Concrete Federation, British Ready Mixed Concrete Association and the Concrete Centre, for lifetime's work for the Cement and Concrete Industry.
2009, Honour. Honorary Life-time Fellowship of the Indian Concrete Institute.
2011, Honour. Honorary Member of Construction Chemicals Manufacturers Association.
Emeritus Professor of Concrete Technology of the University of Dundee, he has also since 2009 held the position of Honorary/Adjunct Professor at Trinity College Dublin and Expert for Establishing the Centre for Concrete Construction at National Institute of Technology Jalandhar, Punjab, India.
Supervision of MEng, MSc and PhD students.
Interested in supervising further research projects in the area of:
In collaboration with government departments, academic institutions and industry internationally, as means of maximising dissemination to practice, Professor Dhir has been, and is, pursuing both fundamental and practical research, specialising in:
An advocate of zero waste, he believes that this should be achieved at zero loading of the environment impact and add value to their use.
Full publication list available at: www.concreteknowledge.co.uk
Dhir R K, Singh S P and S Goel (2013), Innovations in Concrete Construction, New Delhi, Excel India Publishers, 312p.
Dhir R K and Newlands M D (2011), New Developments in Concrete Construction, India, Shroff Publishers, 277p.
Newlands M D and Dhir R K (2011), Concrete for High Performance Sustainable Infrastructure, India, Shroff Publishers, 291p.
Dhir R K, Chana P, Caliskan S and Lavingia R (2008) Concrete for Fire Engineering, UK, IHS BRE Press, 332p.
Dhir R K, Hewlett P C, Csetenyi L and Newlands M D (2008) Role for Concrete in Global Development, UK, IHS BRE Press, 910p.
Dhir R K, Newlands M D, Dyer T D and Tang M C (2008) Designing Concrete for the Visual Environment, UK, IHS BRE BRE Press, 212p.
Dhir R K, Harrison T A, Zheng L and Kandasami S (2008), Concrete Durability: Achievement and Enhancement, UK, IHS BRE Press, 970p.
Dhir R K, Newlands M D, Jones M R and Halliday J E (2008) Precast Concrete: Towards Lean Construction, UK, IHS BRE Press, 466p.
Dhir R K, Newlands M D, McCarthy M J and Paine K A (2008), Harnessing Fibres for Concrete Construction, UK, IHS BRE Press 434p.
Dhir R K and Bai J (20110. High Volume Fly Ash Concrete: Literature Survey. Report. ACK/0611/2. UK Quality Assurance Ash, 82 p, 2011.
Dhir R K, Newlands M D, McCarthy M J, Zheng L and Halliday J E (2010), Innovative Cement Combinations for Concrete Performance. Report CTU/5009. EPSRC and Industry, 179 p.
Dhir R K (2009) Washed Copper Slag: Use as Fine Aggregate in Concrete. Report HS/ACK/103909. Holcim Ltd, 11p.
Dhir R K (2009) Newlands M D and El-Sobky N. Develop Comprehensive State of the Art Capabilities. KTP Technical Report No KTP001698 with Ian Farmer & Associates, 13 p.
McCarthy M J, Halliday J E, Csetenyi L J and Dhir R K (2009), Alkali Silica Reaction Guidance for Recycled Aggregates in Concrete. WRAP Technical Report No MRF 108 (CTU/4909), Waste and Research Action Programme, Banbury, 58 p.
Dhir R K, Dyer T D, Tang M C, Cui Y and Wang L (2009), Realising a High-Value Sustainable Recycling Solution to the Glass Cullet Surplus – Closing the Loop. Report CTU/4809. DTI and Industry, 163 p.
McCarthy M J, Jones M R, Zheng L and Dhir R K (2009). New Approach to Fly Ash Processing and Applications to Minimise Wastage to Landfill. Defra Contract WRT 395. Report CTU/4608. DEFRA and Industry, 143 p.
McCarthy M J, Csetenyi L J, Sachdeva A and Dhir R K (2012). Fly ash influences on sulfate- heave in lime-stabilised soils. Proc. Institution of Civil Engineering: Ground Improvement, Vol. 165, No. 3,147-158.
McCarthy M J, Dhir R K, Talisman S and Ashraf M K (2012). Influence of Self-compacting Concrete on the Lateral Pressure on Formwork. Proc. Institution of Civil Engineering: Structures and Buildings, Vol 165, No. 3, March, 127-138.
Dhir R K, McCarthy M J and Bai J (2012). Harnessing fly Ash potential for developing high strength and high durability concrete. Indian Concrete Journal, February, Vol. 86, No. 2, 17-25.
McCarthy M J, Csetenyi L J, Sachdeva A and Dhir R K (2012), Identifying the role of fly ash Properties for minimising sulphate-heave in lime stabilised soils. Fuel, Vol. 92, 27-36.
McCarthy, M J, Csetenyi, L.J., Sachdeva, A. and Dhir, R.K (2012). Controlling swelling in lime-stabilised sulfate-bearing soils using fly ash. Ground Engineering, January, 29-31.
Paine K A and Dhir R K (2010). Recycled aggregates in concrete: A performance related approach. Magazine of Concrete research, 62 (7), 519-530.
Dhir R K and Paine P A (2010). Value added sustainable use of recycled and secondary aggregates in concrete. Indian Concrete Journal, 84 (3), 7-26.
Paine K A and Dhir R K (2010). Research on new applications for granulated rubber in concrete. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Construction Materials, 163 (1), 7-17.
Dhir R K, Csetenyi L J, Dyer T D and Smith G W (2010). Cleaned oil-drill cuttings for use as filler in bituminous mixtures. Construction and Building Materials. Vol 24, 322-325.
Dhir R K, McCarthy M J, Caliskan S and Ashraf M K (2009). Concrete pressure on formwork: Influence of cement combinations and Superplasticizing admixtures. Magazine of Concrete Research, Vol 61, No 6, 407-417.
Dhir R K, Dyer T D, and Tang M C (2009). Alkali-silica reaction in concrete containing glass. Materials and Structures, Vol 42, 1451-1462.
Dhir R K, Newlands M D and Koorapaty R B (2009). Measuring the compressive Strength of Concrete to BS EN 12390-3. Concrete, Vol 43, No 1, 44-46.
Newlands M D, Paine K A, Vemuri N A and Dhir R K (2008). A linear test method for determining early-age shrinkage of concrete. Magazine of Concrete Research, Vol 60, No 12, 747-757.
Dhir R K and Hewlett P C (2008). Cement: A question of responsible use. Concrete, Volume 42, Number 7, 40-42, plus correspondence, Concrete, Vol 42, October, 11-12.
Dhir R K Closing Paper (2013) Viewing high performance cement and concrete research through a wide angle lens. Proc. Int. Conf. Fine, Ultra-fine and Nano-based materials in concrete, NIT Jalandhar, India, March, 317p.
Dhir R K, Paine K A, de Brito J M C L, Etxeberria M, Ho N Y, Poon C S and Tam V W Y (2011). Use of recycled and secondary aggregates in concrete: An overview. New developments in Concrete Construction. Shroff Publishers, March,157-186.
Paine K A, Dhir R K, Halliday J E, Zheng L, Collery D J and Rai H S (2011).Use of recycled and secondary aggregates in concrete: Engineering and environmental considerations. Concrete for High performance Sustainable Infrastructure, Shroff Publishers, March, 77-86.
Newlands M D, McCarthy M J, Dhir R K and Singh S P (2011). Cement combinations and performance: Effects of cement type on carbonation. New Developments in Concrete Construction, Shroff Publishers, March, 85-98.
Newlands M D and Dhir R K (2011). Barriers to progressing concrete fit for the 21st Century. New Developments in Concrete Construction, Shroff Publishers, March, 125-134.
Dhir R K, McCarthy M J and Bai J (2011). Use of fine fly ash in developing high performance concrete. New Developments in Concrete Construction, Shroff Publishers, March, 183-196.
McCarthy M J, Dhir R K and Newlands M D (2011). Combining durability and sustainability in material selection for concrete. Concrete for High performance Sustainable Infrastructure, Shroff Publishers, March, 277-291.
Jones M R, McCarthy M J, Newlands M D and Dhir R K (2010). Green concrete: Balancing performance and embodied CO2. Institute of Concrete Technology, ICT Yearbook, 39-50.
Vemuri, N. A., Newlands, M. D., Paine, K. A. and Dhir, R. K (2009). Early-age shrinkage of CEM I and fly ash combinations using a new linear test method. International RILEM Workshop on Concrete Durability and Service Life Planning (ConcreteLife'09), Haifa, Israel, September.
Paine, K. A., Collery, D J and Dhir R K (2009). Strength and deformation characteristics of concrete containing coarse recycled and manufactured aggregates. Proc. 11th International Conference on Non-conventional Materials and Technologies (NOCMAT 2009), Bath, UK. Paper No. 84. BRE CICM, September.
Dhir R K. Keynote Paper (2008) Specifying concrete durability: Are we getting there? Proc. Joint Symp. Concrete and Bridge and Infrastructure Research in Ireland. NUI Galaway 4-5 December.
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FIGMENT, one of Governors Island's key cultural partners, has teamed with the Emerging New York Architects Committee (ENYA) of the American Institute of Architects New York Chapter (AIANY) and the Structural Engineers Association of New York (SEAoNY) to sponsor a competition to design and construct an architectural pavilion for the 2011 summer season on the island, called the City of Dreams Pavilion.
Website: http://newyork.figmentproject.org/opportunities/call-for-proposals-city-of-dreams-pavilion/
Type: International Design Competition
Registration Deadline: January 15, 2011
Submission Deadline: February 01, 2011
Open to: All design enthusiasts
Entry Fee: $20 Student, $50 Individual, $80 Group
Award: The winning design will be constructed on Governors Island, summer 2011.
The 2011 pavilion will be the second City of Dreams Pavilion Design Competition. The result of our first design competition, in 2010, was the Living Pavilion, designed by Ann Ha, Assoc. AIA, and Behrang Behin, Assoc. AIA.
Since Governors Island first opened to the public in 2004, the attention and interest that this new public place has received has increased exponentially. In 2010, more than 400,000 people visited the island through its summer season (early June to mid October) to engage in a variety of arts and cultural programs, as well as to enjoy summertime activities like picnicking and bike riding on the island.
The City of Dreams Pavilion will be a gathering place for people to meet, learn about the arts programs on the island, enjoy a planned or impromptu performance or lecture, and experience the interaction of art and the historic context of Governors Island. The theme for the pavilion, the City of Dreams, points toward the future, of both the island and of design.
The current state of the world is such that both the economy and natural resources are limited in ways we have never experienced in our lifetimes. Inevitably, the result will be a change in harmful habits that have driven the world to its current state. One place to start to activate and energize these changes in within the architecture and design community, where the movement toward sustainable design has only scratched the surface of what is possible and necessary.
Instead of a typical design competition, the City of Dreams Pavilion asks entrants to consider how they will construct this temporary structure in the most efficient and sustainable way possible. Entrants will consider the entire lifecycle of building materials in their submission, from preconstruction through disassembly.
In the end, the goal is to create a pavilion that has net zero impact and that serves as a prototype for a new, truly sustainable, way of thinking about design and construction.
About FIGMENT
FIGMENT is a forum for the creation and display of participatory and interactive art by emerging artists across disciplines. FIGMENT began in July 2007 as a free, one-day participatory arts event on Governors Island in New York Harbor with over 2,600 participants. Since then, FIGMENT has grown significantly each year—in number of projects, duration, participants, volunteers, fundraising capability, exhibitions, locations, overall level of commitment and participation, and public support.
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ABC7'S BRIAN van de GRAAFF
Clouds return today with noticeably cooler temperatures…
Clouds will thicken and lower today ending up nearly ten degrees cooler than yesterday. At this point it looks like mainly light rain is possible later tonight/early tomorrow morning as a coastal storm begins to organize. I light wintry mix is possible, mainly north and west along Interstate 70 and the Shenandoah Valley, where precipitation could begin with a bit of snow, sleet and freezing rain before changing to rain. Clearing will take place Friday evening, with gusty winds developing Friday evening into Saturday. This will be a much bigger storm off the New England Coast with more than a foot of snow possible and blizzard conditions early this weekend. It's just developing too late to bring our region any appreciable precipitation.
The weekend will be mostly sunny, albeit windy to start out behind the "bomb" of a storm moving away from the Northeast. Saturday will be cooler with highs around 40°, but bump up to near 50° by Sunday. The next low pressure moves in from the west and brings a quick shot at rain Monday with dry weather on Tuesday. Have a great day!
Today: Mostly Cloudy, Cooler
Highs: 39°-43°
Wind: E 5-10 mph
Overnight: Mostly Cloudy, Light Rain Late (Mix Possible, Especially North & West)
Lows: 30°-36°
Wind: NE 4-8 mph
Tomorrow: Light Rain w/ a Mix Possible Early (Mainly North & West) Gusty & Cool
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Wind: NE to NW 10-20 mph
Saturday: Mostly Sunny, Windy & Chilly
Highs: Near 40°
Sunday: Partly Cloudy, Warmer
Highs: Near 50°
Monday: Mostly Cloudy, 40% Chance of Rain
Highs: Low to Mid 50s
Yest. High/Low: 49°/34°
Yest. Precipitation: Trace
Average high/low: 64°/3°
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Residents at Fiji Kunda Dumus in the Kanifing Municipality have complained to Foroyaa regarding the continuous flooding that threatens their homes and surroundings causing them untold challenges regarding their movements and living conditions among others.
These residents who were speaking at different locations and homes when visited, said the flood affects them, both during and after the rainy season.
Musouba Tamba said that during the rainy season the waters flooded their bedrooms, bath rooms, etc causing extensive damages to buildings and personal belongings. This obstructed them from performing their domestic chores; adding that it also increased the rate of malaria cases in the area because of mosquito infestations. She further explained that during the rainy season things are worsened by the erosion which transforms the streets into gullies that make them unmemorable during the dry season. She finally appealed to the authorities and NGOs to help in the building of their streets to ease their problems.
Mariama Sanyang also speaking at her home expressed similar sentiments.
Speaking on behalf of a group of youths, Ousman Mendy and Abdoulie Sanneh expressed concerns regarding the health and well-being of people living in the area. They all lamented the poor environmental sanitation and called for help to end the environmental degradation.


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BAMC, located near Cardiff International Airport, is a wholly owned subsidiary of British Airways, and carries out heavy maintenance on British Airways longhaul aircraft (specifically, Boeing 747-200, 747-400 and 777-200).
In February 2008, BAMC will also maintain Boeing 767-300 series aircraft for BA
BAMC employes in excess of 650 people, in three main departments, Production, Planning & Materials and Engineering Services. RUGBY
BAMC has its very own rugby team, playing under the name of British Airways Club South Wales RFC, the team are two time winners of the World Airline Rugby Tournament (WART) in 2000, and 2003.
The Director of rugby for the team is former Pontypool back row player,Terry Rice.
Star player of the team is Mr Gareth Snook, A cardiff man, who famously knocked out the world famous Cardiff RFC team out of the Welsh Challenge cup whilst playing for St Peters RFC, a local Cardiff side, he is also a part time magician and has performed all over the world with his very own brand of magic.


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So ironically enough after our discussion Wednesday about children and gender roles I ran into several articles discussing this advertisement by J Crew:
A boy who likes pink nail polish is apparently newsworthy. Here are two different takes on the issue from the opposite end of the spectrum.
Fox new's response: Here are some of the more savory quotes from the article.
"These folks [J Crew] are hostile to the gender distinctions that actually are part of the magnificent synergy that creates and sustains the human race."
"This is a dramatic example of the way that our culture is being encouraged to abandon all trappings of gender identity--homogenizing males and females when the outcome of such "psychological sterilization" [my word choice] is not known."
The blog Afterellen picked up the story and offered it's own "doomsday scenario" of what might happen if the gender lines are no longer firmly entrenched.
Choice quote: "I don't know why conservatives always fly off the handle about stuff like this. One trip to a toy story proves that the gender binary is still firmly in place. Heck, at ToysRUs.com you can even sort your search results by "boy" toys and "girl" toys (helpfully color-coded pink or blue). Also, actual science AND Lady Gaga are here to tell you that dolls and Halloween costumes don't make a person queer." Here's their own spoof on the issue:
Thoughts, comments? I particularly like the notion of "psychological sterilization" friggen hilarious.


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December 4, 2012
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The teams sit joint top of the standings on 11 points after Inter´s 3-0 win over Sampdoria coincided with the Romans dropping two points at Fiorentina on Wednesday night.
The 2-2 draw in Florence was the second time Roma had failed to secure maximum points in a week following Sunday´s draw with Juventus as the early pace setters relinquished their 100% record.
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Groundhog day. The guys woke up in business mode but went back to trying to figure out what the hell to do with all of the down time on yet another lay day. There really isn't much to do around here so we try to find any way to kill time. It seems like being on the WCT is similar to being locked up; you get 3 hots and a cot and try to come up with some ingenious shit that everyone will get a kick out of. Yesterday, Freddy P ran into a 6-foot black tip shark while diving and today he came by the house looking for a spear gun because he was so bored that the threat of getting bitten by a shark was better then waiting for the contest to begin.
The boys in the house I'm staying at decided to get out of the house so we all set up a few trips. Some of the guys took a boat ride to a different surf spot but ended up passing it by to go check out a waterfall. Why you want to go see a waterfall beats me. I mean, if you've seen one you've seen them all, right? I think Simpo said it best, "F—k, if it ain't Niagara Falls I ain't going." I guess the place was pretty sick though. The boys brought back video clips that everyone checked out right before dinner. The scene while we were watching the video was like what you'd find at a surf movie premiere.
Everyone was hooting and hollering and having a great time. While the boys were at the waterfall, Bobby and I went on a hunt through town to look for a heavy bag to box with. It didn't take to long to get to town but since there is nothing but country from here to there it seemed like forever. Trying to find a heavy bag was hard. Since we don't speak French and the people here don't speak English we were kinda screwed from the get go. Our best way of communicating was by acting things out by playing charades and we ain't no Emmy winning actors if you get my drift.
We didn't find a heavy bag, but the people next door had one so after another game of charades in which I asked if we could use it we managed to get a good workout for the day. Immediately after we finished our boxing session Damo, CJ, and the rest of the guys were going out to Teahupo'o for surf, and we decided to go along. As I told you before the backdrop is amazing, but today sitting out there with the rain provided to us by the offshore winds was fuc*ing rad. The waves crashing behind weren't what I'm used to looking at. In Cali we get that dark brown color coming off of waves but here at Chopes it's almost like a baby blue hue. The way the sun reflects off the reef as you look at it through the emerald green ocean is pretty kick ass too. I mean in the brown sh*t I'm used to surfing your lucky if you can even see your feet but here you get to see everything. Catching a wave at Chopes for my first time was one of the sickest things I've ever experienced. They say that catching your first wave ever is probably the best feeling you'll ever get surfing but catching a wave here topped that by all kinds.
The experience went something like this. I dropped in, stood up, and forgot about going down the line. Picture the scenery I described to you, add to that the all pro line-up yelling and encouraging me to make the drop, and combine that all with the adrenaline rush that comes with facing my fear, and you'll have a good idea of what catching my first wave here was like. I can't even imagine what it's going to be like if I'm ever fortunate enough to get barreled here. I'll tell you one thing. If I so happen to get barreled my friends better stay away from me for a good while because I ain't gonna stop talking about it for quite some time.
As far as the contest goes, the boys think it will most likely be postponed again tomorrow. It looks like there may be some swell coming through the later part of this week so maybe the world's top 45 can try to top my stand n fall wave. I'm sure my wave is probably the smallest weakest sh*t ever to be ridden at Chopes but I don't give a damn. For now, I'm just going to lay back and enjoy the stoke.—Manny Raya
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KATMANDU, Nepal: An avalanche swept away climbers on a Himalayan peak in Nepal on Sunday, leaving at least nine dead and six others missing, officials said.
Police official Basanta Bahadur Kuwar said the bodies of a Nepalese guide and German man were recovered and that rescue pilots have spotted seven other bodies on the slopes of Mount Manaslu in northern Nepal. The mountain is the eighth highest in the world.
Ten other members of the team survived the avalanche but many were injured and are being flown to hospitals by rescue helicopters, he said.
Weather conditions were deteriorating and it was not possible to continue air searches of the mountain on Sunday, Kuwar said.
The identities of the victims were still being confirmed.
The avalanche hit the climbers at a camp at 7,000 meters (22,960 feet) as they were preparing to head toward the summit, which is 8,156 meters (26,760 feet) high.
It is currently the beginning of Nepal's autumn mountaineering season.
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The cost to attend the South African Mining Indaba was R12,000. So there was another meeting called Alternative Mining Indaba. A report on that conference is at this link. The report is long and convoluted. I have difficulty in working out what their point is, but it is something to do with ethical mining. A quote:
So why are civil society groups excluded from the official mining indaba? The Alternative Mining Indaba believes that this exclusion is carefully designed because civil society will tell a different story, one of affected communities who live in despair, who suffer cultural shock, lose access to livelihoods, and then have to deal with a wide range of environmental and social problems.
With mining comes a host of environmental issues. Contamination of both underground and service water deprives subsistence farmers and big agricultural businesses of water. Cattle and grazing land is affected, depriving communities of an income. Air quality deteriorates and results in respiratory infections. In Rustenburg, where platinum mining is big, nearly 60 percent of people reporting to local clinics suffer respiratory diseases. This externalisation of cost is not captured in the financial records of the companies but is passed on to communities, who have no voice to protest, or influence policy.
The jobs on offer never materialise, migrant labour is attracted to mining areas, putting strain on amenities. This places an increasing burden on local government services. Rarely is this considered a cost to mining. InSouth Africa, with the living allowance, migrant workers live in back shacks or overpopulate informal settlements. Women who have lost access to their livelihoods turn to sex work with migrant workers, resulting in the proliferation of HIV/Aids. This further contributes to overburdening hospitals that can't cope.
Mines often relocate people, not fully taking into account the rural lifestyles or subsistence livelihoods, and remove people to suburbs, from what we call a rural existence into the market economy. Contrary to illustrious and flashy sustainability reports, we have yet to find a community that will tell you that they are better off.
Apparently the solution espoused by Alternative Mining Indaba is this:
So, if we were at the Mining Indaba in any numbers, we would be calling on mining companies to internalise all the costs they pass on to society; doing business in a way that considers the broader environment in which they operate. This includes people, the ecosystem, the social crisis of unemployment, deepening poverty and inequality, and the looming crisis of climate change and a heating planet. We will be calling for a redistributive path, a just economic and democratised system, where the interests of all people, present and future, are considered above all else.
Ultimately they call for nationalization ofSouth Africa's mines.
Now I am not a socialist, but rather fall into one of those categories defined by Gilbert and Sullivan in their remark "funny how everybody is born either a Liberal or a Conservative." Gilbert was talking of Victorian politics, but could equally well have foreseen Canadian or American politics, with some party-name-changes. There were no Libertarians in those days, or at least they had no Ron Paul to talk for them.
Yet today I read a book that made me reconsider division into Liberal vs. Conservative a la Victorian politics. The book I found in a way-out store in the nether parts of Vancouver. Its title caught my eye: Sex At Dawn: The Prehistoric Origins of Modern Sexuality by Christopher Ryan and Cacilda Jetha. As a conservative-liberal-libertarian, (but not an NDPer) how could I resist buying it.
It is published by Harper, and despite its title is a very serious examination of the origins of modern sexuality. The main thesis is very simple: modern concepts of marriage, sole partners, and child rearing are the product of 10,000 years of necessity brought about by the imperative to farm, control the land, and manage access to women as just another form of property.
The book maintains that this was not and is not the way of hunter gatherers. Rather in a society not dependent on ownership of land, but living off the land, there is a need to share, for that is the only way to survive the vicissitudes of fortune: some days one will bring back the meat, other days others will come back from the hunt with food. For the tribe to survive, sharing is necessary. And so it was too with sex. And so it is now with sex amongst those surviving hunter gatherers.
I once had many occasions to go into South Central Los Angles. I was assigned to examine houses damaged by the Northridge earthquake. I saw at first-hand a matriarchal society; one where most of the males were in jail or out of work, but where the women had the jobs and access to social security funds. It is a stable society, although nothing like that in Orange County. The women are in charge, choose their lovers, live with their mothers, and take no heed for the men they choose to sleep with. A real case of sex at dawn, just like before the advent of agriculture.
Thus I began to wonder if sharing resources is such a bad thing. Is the individual supreme or is the tribe what it is all about. Of course the answer depends on the tribe you are born into, grow up in, and now live in. Tribal norms are as flexible as human nature and adjust as well to the environment. You cannot survive to breed (the essential Darwinian imperative) if you do not belong to a tribe that survives.
Books have been written on this argument. You do not have to read them all. Just consider the sexual behaviour of Clinton and Gingrich, and the acceptance by voters of the sexuality of both; for their sexual practice proves the book is correct: we are not eternally monogamous by nature.
All well and good. But the issue raised by the Alternative Mining Indaba is: should ethical mining involve more sharing?
Here are my first thoughts on what constitutes ethical mining investment. Not sure it is the same as ethical mining.
- Invest only in mines that do not involve perpetual water treatment. Think of Kemess South.
- Invest only in mines where in the next five or even ten thousand years you will not blot out a valuable natural resource. Think of Pebble Mine.
- Invest only in mines, mining things we really need. Think copper and potash as compared to diamonds and gold destined for vaults and Indian dowries.
- Invest in mines in dry places that use filter-pressed, dry-stack tailings disposal. Think Rosemont Copper, northern Chile, and Nevada.
The list could go on long. But this sermon is long enough already. So I end, saying only: enjoy Sunday. I am off to a bottle of brandy and a Handel opera.


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- Canopy; woven acrylic with protective boot
- Playpen cover
- Extended Stern Platforms (port & Starboard)
- Tubes; 25" upgrade
- Carpet; Mica Mist
- Vinyl Deck (Beige) covering; Stern
- Stereo; Sony MEXM70BT with Bluetooth and CD player and 4 speakers and stainless steel speaker covers.
- Cleats; stainless steel 4 fixed
- Ladder; Stainless Steel 4 step easy climb stern
- Lighting; LED docking lights
- Captain's chair; swivel; slider; reclining; self leveling arms and fixed headrest
- Integrated helm platform (standard with non-skid)
- Helm station; windscreen; tilt steering; master power switch; built-in cup holders - full instrumentation panel (speedometer; horn; tachometer; voltmeter; fuel gauge; 12 volt outlet; interior light)
- Steering; tilt wheel
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- Changing room(n/a on SL/SLC/SLR/EL with D seating option)
- Cooler; 25 qt carry-on
- Cup holders; removable
- Lighting; courtesy interior
- Storage; under seat trays
- Table; stern with stainless steel cup holders
- Cabana enclosure with screens (na w/power canopy)
- Canopy; Chrome plated forward support leg rail hardware.
- Seat covers; color coordinated vinyl
- Seat covers; color coordinated woven acrylic
- Transom; 25" (Triple tube only)
- Battery switch; dual (factory installed if Std., dealer install if Option)
- Canadian Certification
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- Engine, install (add $300 for Verado)
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- Tubes; 27" upgrade (for 2-Tube Boat)
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- Carpet; Sterling
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- Silver Versa-Teak covering, entire deck
- Silver Versa-Teak covering, stern
- Versa-Teak; covering; bow
- Versa-Teak; entire deck
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- Vinyl Deck (Beige) covering, Midship
- Vinyl Deck (Beige) covering, full, in lieu of carpet
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- Vinyl Deck (Gray) covering, Midship
- Vinyl Deck (Gray) covering, full, in lieu of carpet
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- Blender; 12 Volt
- Stemware & Stemware Holder (4 pcs); with logo
- Stereo; Sirius Satellite upgrade
- Table; bow cooler
- Corner castings; bright polished stainless steel w/ LED lights and integrated Pull up cleat
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- Lighting: LED under deck
- Lighting: LED underwater
- Lighting; remote spotlight
- Rub rail; black vinyl insert
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Manage your music and movie libraries on your PC, iPod or iPhone.
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iTunes 11 is a much-needed refresh with a new interface and a useful MiniPlayer, but it's still a little overly complex for its own good.
It doesn't offer live radio streams or non-music options, but iTunes Radio is the best way to listen to programmed radio on iOS.
Some people are complaining because they can no longer share music to their iOS devices, while others say the iCloud Music Library is making a mess of their local iTunes library.
The big news for iOS 8.4 is Apple Music, but there's a long list of tweaks and fixes to iBooks and more in the latest iOS update.
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Aston Villa have confirmed the appointment of former Birmingham City boss Alex McLeish as their new manager.
McLeish makes the move across the city just five days after resigning from his post at St Andrew's. Villa have pressed ahead with the appointment of the 52-year-old despite a backlash from supporters and a row with the Blues.
McLeish told the club's website: "I am honoured to have this opportunity to manage a club with such a fantastic history as Aston Villa's. The heritage, the history of success and the tradition of Aston Villa are compelling and irresistible. The challenge for me is to try to add my own chapter.
"Since first becoming a manager at Motherwell, my desire to succeed and my energy and drive have never waned. My objective is to impart that drive and will to win to the players and fans of Aston Villa.
"I know that some of our fans have voiced concerns and I can understand why. It will be up to me to convince you that I am the right man to drive the club forward and I intend to give absolutely everything to prove that I can be a success at the club."
Villa have not yet confirmed the length of McLeish's contract but have said the Scot will commence duties immediately, underlining their confidence that there are no lingering issues concerning Birmingham. Blues were angered when it became apparent McLeish was a contender for the Villa vacancy and accused their rivals of tapping up the former Rangers and Scotland boss.
Villa, who switched their attention to McLeish after being snubbed by Wigan's Roberto Martinez last week, understood McLeish to be a free agent. McLeish becomes Villa's third full-time manager in nine months and the club need him to restore stability after a difficult season.
Martin O'Neill resigned just five days before the 2010-11 campaign began and his successor Gerard Houllier endured a difficult time before leaving after a health scare. Villa were also not deterred by the reaction of their own fans, who have been incensed at the prospect of McLeish moving across the city.
Their objections culminated with a protest outside Villa Park on Wednesday night. Villa chief executive Paul Faulkner said: "We believe we have appointed the right man for the job. Unquestionably, Alex meets the criteria we set out at the beginning of our search which was based on proven Premier League experience, leadership, a hard-working ethic and, most importantly, a shared vision for Aston Villa.
"Alex is someone with whom we will work closely and work well together. With our strong squad combining the necessary virtues of experience and the exciting potential of our young players, our objective is to compete as strongly as we possibly can. Alex's vast experience and proven abilities demonstrate clearly that he is a strong leader and an ambitious man and we are looking forward very much to the exciting new season about to start."
The appointment ends a long search that has continually wrong-footed bookmakers. McLeish initially seemed an unlikely candidate but speculation mounted after he tendered his resignation on Sunday. McLeish had been in charge at Birmingham since 2007 and won the League Cup last season despite seeing the campaign end in the disappointment of relegation.


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Great Farts in LiteratureBy Victoria Patterson
November 15, 2011
My fascination with fart descriptions in literature began in graduate school when a fellow fart-loving classmate and myself began to ponder the seeming lack of flatulence in serious literature. Why don't writers describe farts? Or do they? I decided to be on the lookout.
Thankfully, I soon found this stunning sentence in William Styron's 1967-Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Confessions of Nat Turner from the POV of Nat Turner, the imprisoned black revolutionary describing being interviewed in prison by his white lawyer:
"I saw Gray stir uncomfortably, then raise one haunch up off a fart trying to slide it out gracefully, but it emerged in multiple soft reports like the popping of remote firecrackers."
James Joyce, as with so much else in 20th century fiction, blazed the trail in the opening sections of Ulysses with the description of Leopold Bloom "asquat the cuckstool…seated calm above his own rising smell."
Be careful what you look for, because soon I found this staggering love letter of sorts to farts, from a Joyce letter addressed to "my sweet little whorish Nora":
"You had an arse full of farts that night, darling, and I fucked them out of you, big fat fellows, long windy ones, quick little merry cracks and a lot of tiny little naughty farties ending in a long gush from your hole. It is wonderful to fuck a farting woman when every fuck drives one out of her. I think I would know Nora's fart anywhere. I think I could pick hers out in a roomful of farting women. It is a rather girlish noise not like the wet windy fart which I imagine fat wives have. It is sudden and dry and dirty like what a bold girl would let off in fun in a school dormitory at night. I hope Nora will let off no end of her farts in my face so that I may know their smell also."
Who knew farts could be erotic? Apparently Philip Roth, who describes a fart-fantasy from Portnoy's Complaint:
"When I fart in the bathtub, she kneels naked on the tile floor, leans all the way over, and kisses the bubbles."
The Scottish writer Iain Banks has a fart-detecting/telepathic father in his novel The Wasp Factory, who can tell how much his alcoholic son has been drinking:
"'Well, just you be careful, then. I always know how much you've had from your farts.' He snorted, as though imitating one.
"My father has a theory about the link between mind and bowel being both crucial and very direct…. He has variously claimed that from farts he can tell not only what people have eaten or drunk, but also the sort of person they are, what they ought to eat, whether they are emotionally unstable or upset, whether they are keeping secrets, laughing at you behind your back or trying to ingratiate themselves with you, and even what they are thinking at the precise moment they issue the fart (this largely from the sound.) All total nonsense.
"'H'm,' I said, non-committal to a fault.
'Oh, I can,' he said as I finished my meal and leaned back, wiping my mouth on the back of my hand, more to annoy him than anything else. He kept nodding. 'I know when you've had Heavy or Lager. And I've smelt Guinness off you, too.'
"'I don't drink Guinness,' I lied, secretly impressed.""
And later in the novel:
"'Brap!' said my anus loudly, surprising me as well as my father…I could see his nostrils flex and quiver.
"'Lager and whiskey, eh?'"
If you think about it, farts have incredible literary potential in terms of drama, plot, and sensory details.
The famous essayist Montaigne sagely observed the anguish of a suppressed fart:
"God alone knows how many times our bellies, by the refusal of one single fart, have brought us to the door of an agonizing death."
And the poet W.H. Auden connected the egotistical component of writing with flatulence:
"Most people enjoy the sight of their own handwriting as they enjoy the smell of their own farts."
Even as early as the 1600s, the philosopher and writer John Aubrey invoked the inherent drama and tragedy of a slipped fart with a simple anecdote that I'm sure cemented The Earle of Oxford's reputation:
The Earle of Oxford, making his obeisance (meaning he bowed) to Queen Elizabeth, happened to let a Fart, at which he was so abashed and ashamed that he went to Travell 7 years. On his return, the Queen welcomed him home and sayd, 'My Lord, I had forgotten the fart.'
In Dante's Divine Comedy, the last line of Inferno Chapter XXI reads: ed elli avea del cul fatto trombetta. In other words: "and he used his ass as a trumpet."
Writing about Farts, of course, can mean far more than farts. Don Fartinanado Puff-Indorst, Professor of Bumbast at the University of Crackowow, published "The Benefits of Farting and Arse Musica" in pamphlet form in 1722. Its real author, however, was Jonathan Swift, though you will search mostly in vain through biographies to find any reference to the fact.
Swift's fixation is not merely scatological but religious and political, the title itself a parody of the most celebrated religious writer of the previous century. Swift describes four types of farts, and how to produce them. They are:
First, the sonorous and full-toned, or rousing fart;
Second, the double fart;
Third, the soft fizzing fart;
And fourth, the sullen wind-bound fart.
By identifying fifty-two women in Arse Musica for their "prowess in farting," a Swift biographer contends that Swift is claiming an intimacy with these women that included sex. Their names are hidden by suggestive pseudonyms that are difficult for the modern reader to decipher but which were obvious to Swift's contemporaries.
Swift ends by proving not only that the suppression of farts leads to Quakerism, but also to excessive talkativeness in women.
But not before showing the fart as a great equalizer and liberator—a triumph, if you will—which is how I will end my essay, invoking you, as Swift did, to:
"Fart away, then, my brethren, and let farting be in common among you. Vie with each other in producing the sonorous, full-toned, loud fart."


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Friday, December 9, 2011
2011 Our Year In Sound; February
The more we comb through the mp3 archives, the more we are reminded of just how much rad music was released this year. We've picked our favorite tracks from each month of 2011, and this is our second installment of Our Year In Sound, ah yeah, that would be February.
Beige; Silver Writing
Belong; Perfect Life
The Raveonettes; Forget That You're Young
Moon Duo; Mazes
Young Prisms; Sugar
Yuck; Rubber
Oupa; Automatic
Banjo Or Freak Out; Go Ahead
The Alps; For Isabel
Her Vanished Grace; Passenger
Papercuts; Do What You Will
Boris; Hope
Reading Rainbow; Wasting Time
Dum Dum Girls; There I A Light And It Never Goes Out (Smiths Cover)
Cloud Nothings; Stay Useless
A little while back we shared the first taste from Cloud Nothings upcoming LP, Attack On Memory, due to drop 1/24/12. Today we have a second, this is the charmingly titled Stay Useless.
Cloud Nothings; Stay Useless
2011 Our Year In Sound; January
Over the next few weeks, we will be combing through our mp3 archives and selecting our favorite tracks from each month of 2011. This is Our Year In Sound.
Hawkeye; Sylvia Calling
Ten Million Lights; Fast Asleep
Tape Deck Mountain; It Goes Down
Crystal Stilts; Shake The Shackles
Dirty Beaches; Sweet 17
Times New Viking; No Room To Live
Disappears; Superstition
TV Girl; On Land
Yuck; Coconut Bible
The Veils; Bloom
Woodsman; Insects
The Radio Dept.; The One
True Widow; Skull Eyes
Alcoholic Faith Mission; Running With Insanity
Spectre Folk; Blackest Medicine
Fleet Foxes; Helplessness Blues
Friday Featured mp3s; Secret Colours, Perfume Genius, Roomrunner, The Holydrug Couple
12/9/11- Friday's featured mp3s are;
Secret Colours; Follow The Drone
Perfume Genius; All Waters
Roomrunner; Spinning
The Holydrug Couple; Slow Motion Cat
Thursday, December 8, 2011
Secret Colours; Follow The Drone
Chicago's psych rockers, Secret Colours will be releasing their new 5 track album, EP3, January 1st. We are pretty phased to hear the new tunes. In the meanwhile check out Follow The Drone, released earlier this year.
Ty Segall; Where Your Head Goes Video
Ty Segall has a trippy new video for his track, Where Your Head Goes, from his latest release Goodbye Bread. Straight up groovy. Check it out.
The Spires; Clock Out The Clocks
Back in September we shared a track from SoCal indie pop veterans, The Spires. The track, entitled Waves, quickly became one of our favorite songs of 2011. Yesterday they unveiled a shiny new tune on their BANDCAMP page, from their upcoming LP Forever City Chorus, set to drop December 20th. This is Clock Out The Clocks.
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Radiation City; Babies
Portland dream poppers, Radiation City, have recently released a lovely new smoldering single entitled, Babies. The band have just wrapped up recording their second album, scheduled for release early next year, and are heading out on a two week west coast tour.
Radiation City; Babies
The Big Pink; Mayonaise (The Smashing Pumpkins Cover)
The Big Pink stopped into the BBC1 Studios and knocked out their rendition of The Smashing Pumpkins classic, Mayonaise, for the Zane Lowe Radio Show. Listen.
The Big Pink; Mayonaise (The Smashing Pumpkins Cover)
Mikal Cronin; Am I Wrong
Just a couple of days ago we shared the new single from Mikal Cronin, You Gotta Have Someone. Today we have the newest new single, Am I Wrong. This one is his contribution to a split 7" with King Kahn and The Shrines, that is scheduled for release on February 10th.
Mikal Cronin "Am I Wrong" by Bruise Cruise
4AD A Year In Sound 2011 Sampler
I guess today is the day that the labels roll out their Best Of 2011 samplers. Here we have 4AD's A Year In Sound, featuring tracks from Atlas Sound, The Big Pink, Bon Iver, and many more 4AD artists. Check it.
Slumberland Records Best Of 2011 Sampler
The good folks over at Slumberland Records have put together a best of 2011 sampler from their artists. Some pretty solid stuff this year. Give it a listen.
Slumberland Records Best of 2011 by Slumberland Records
Cat's Eyes; The Best Person I Know
Cat's Eyes have a new video for the track The Best Person I Know, from their debut self titled LP, released earlier this year. Check it out.
Spiritualized Announces New Album Details
Pretty phased to hear that Spriritualized have announced details on their new album, Sweet Heart Sweet Light. The album was recorded over the last couple of years in Wales, LA, and Reykjavik, and is scheduled for release March 19th, 2012. You can watch them perform two new tracks, Hey Jane and So Long You Pretty Things at Other Voices festival via THE GUARDIAN UK. Check out the tracklist and Euopean tour dates below, and stay tuned for additional info.
Sweet Heart Sweet Light;
Hey Jane
Little Girl
Get What You
Too Late
Heading For The Top
I Am What I Am
Life Is A Problem
So Long You Pretty Things
European Tour Dates;
3/16- Nottingham, England - Rescue Rooms
3/17- Portsmouth, England - Wedgewood Rooms
3/19- London, England - Hackney Empire
3/20- Oxford, England - O2 Academy
3/21- Bristol, England - O2 Academy
3/22- Glasgow, Scotland - ABC
3/23- Belfast, Northern Ireland - Mandela Hall
3/24- Dublin, Ireland - Vicar Street
3/25- Manchester, England - Academy
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
This Will Destroy You; Black Dunes
Texan post rockers, This Will Destroy You, released a new two track digital album today over on their BANDCAMP page. You can stream it below. This is Black Dunes.
Summer Twins; I Don't Care
Up here in the Pacific Northwest there is a chill in the air, the rain has descended, and winter is still yet to officially start. We could use any bit of sunshine we can get. Well here's a little bit of audio vitamin D from Summer Twins, in the form of their track I Don't Care, from their self titled album due for release here in the states next month.
Summer Twins; I Don't Care
Roomrunner; Spinning
The unfortunate implosion of Baltimore MD's Double Dagger earlier this year, freed up drummer Denny Bowen to start up a new project. Roomrunner, recently released their debut eponymous cassette on Fan Death, and are scheduled to release a 7" in Spring of 2012. Here is a crunchy track from said cassette, this is Spinning.
Roomrunner; Spinning
New Releases 12/6
'Tis the season of the "hey-we-hear-this-is-cool-again-so-let's-sell-this-box-set-for-$200-a-pop" re-issues, the live at the "insert-venue-with-indie-cred-here" albums, and everyone's favorite, the ubiquitous iTunes sessions, so the new music list is a little light again this week. We don't begrudge folks making a buck, more power to ya, just sayin'. Still some nice new albums out, here is what is on our radar.
Mwahaha; Mwahaha
Mwahaha; Sleep Deep
The Black Keys; El Camino
The Black Keys; Lonely Boy
Zombie Girlfriend; Music For Porn
Zombie Girlfriend; She Never Smiles
Tennis; Deep In The Woods Video
Denver based indie poppers, Tennis, have a new video for the B-side of their latest single Origins b/w Deep In The Woods. It features a bright and airily beautiful track juxtaposed with some pretty creepy happenings out in the woods perpetrated by a couple of sisters. It's from Rolling Stone, so you'll have to wait until the advert plays.
Monday, December 5, 2011
Best Albums Of '11
Well here is our obligatory Best Albums Of '11 list. There were so many albums we loved this year and it is a shame we can't list them all, but here are our top 25.
AA Bondy; Believers
AA Bondy; Surfer King
Amen Dunes; Through Monkey Jaw
Amen Dunes; Christopher
Arctic Monkeys; Suck It And See
Arctic Monkeys; The Hellcat Spangled Shalalala
Banjo Or Freakout; S/T
Banjo Or Freakout; Go Ahead
Crystal Stilts; In Love With Oblivion
Crystal Stilts; Through The Floor
Dirty Beaches; Badlands
Dirty Beaches; Sweet 17
Dum Dum Girls; Only In Dreams
Dum Dum Girls; Coming Down
EMA; Past Life Martyred Saints
EMA; The Grey Ship
Moon Duo; Mazes
Moon Duo; When You Cut
Papercuts; Fading Parade
Papercuts; Do What You Will
Real Estate; Days
Real Estate; It's Real
Ringo Deathstarr; Colour Trip
Ringo Deathstarr; Kaleidoscope
The Black Angels; Phosgene Nightmare
The Black Angels; Boat Song
The Black Keys; El Camino
The Black Keys; Lonely Boy
The Raveonettes; Raven In The Grave
The Raveonettes; War In Heaven
True Widow; H.A.T.H.H.A.F.T.C.T.T.C.O.T.E.
True Widow; Jackyl
Ty Segall; Goodbye Bread
Ty Segall; Goodbye Bread
Veronica Falls; S/T
Veronica Falls; Come On Over
White Hills; hp-1
White Hills; Condition Of Nothing
Wooden Shjips; West
Wooden Shjips: Black Smoke Rise
Woods; Sun And Shade
Woods; Pushing Onlys
WU LYF; Go Tell Fire To The Mountain
WU LYF; Cave Song
Xray Eyeballs; Not Nothing
Xray Eyeballs; Not Nothing
Yuck; S/T
Yuck; Rubber
Youth Lagoon; The Year Of Hibernation
Youth Lagoon; Bobby
The Holydrug Couple; Slow Motion Cat
Salvador Dali once said "I do not do drugs, I am drugs. Take me! I am your hallucinogen!" The same could be said for this eight minute plus epic instrumental piece, entitled Slow Motion Cat, from Chilean psych duo The Holydrug Couple, from their En Vivo EP Radio Horizonte, released back in October. Strap in and press play.
The Holydrug Couple; Slow Motion Cat
Zombie Girlfriend; Music For Porn
Fresh out of the oven and pipping hot, Zombie Girlfriend's new album (released today), Music For Porn, is loaded with 10 tasty tracks of garage flavored, crispy, lo-fi pop nuggets, that will have you coming back for more, like a stoner to the Funyuns bag. You can stream it below or download it, for the super nice price of free, over on their BANDCAMP page. Do yourself a big favor and check it out.
The Raveonettes; Christmas Song Video
The Raveonettes have dusted off their 2001 Christmas Song and put together an "official" video for it, just in time to fill you full of all things Christmas-y. Check it out.
Perfume Genuis; All Waters
As a first taste to Perfume Genius' eagerly anticipated sophomore LP, Mike Hadreas has released this two minute beauty called All Waters. The full length, Put Your Back N2 It, is scheduled to drop February 21st. Check it out.
Perfume Genuis; All Waters
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Dental Marketing - Tyson Steele Associates - Advanced Dental Marketing Concepts
Sixty-two new patient callers in the last month. And they're great quality. I'm so glad you helped us redesign our strategy!– Gregory Keene, DMD
I was just doing my yearly review with my financial adviser yesterday and she said, 'You're investing substantially in advertising... the ROI is most definitely there so keep it up!'– Mark Alber, DDS
Do You Want to Survive or Thrive?
As dental practices throughout the country weathered the Great Recession, many dentists hunkered down into "survival" mode -- reducing overhead and limiting risk. They added new PPOs (or failed to drop others) and generally adopted a mindset of scarcity. Rather than seeing the Great Recession as a rare opportunity to get a jump start on their competitors, they followed the herd and established a limiting belief pattern in their teams.
In contrast to the general herd, most of our clients advanced their practices during the dark days of the recession. Sure, they didn't grow as fast as they did in the years prior, but by gaining a bit of ground they significantly improved their market share compared to their competitors.
Now, as the economy struggles to begin its long slow slog toward the next big bubble, these dentists have a significant advantage in terms of financial resources, market share, and a solid, persuasive team.
If you really think about it, these dentists did more than survive the recession. They actually set themselves up to thrive in the post-recession economy.
I thought that today it might be a good idea to talk about the key ingredient that enables elite teams to thrive in both good and bad times. It might surprise you to know that it's not their facility or equipment or clinical skills. It's not their website or advertising or even the competitiveness of their area. It's their SALES SKILLS.
I know, you're thinking, "But I'm a DENTIST! Selling isn't professional!" Well . . . that's sort of true. But only if you're talking about the manipulating, pressuring, and cajoling stereotypes of used-car salesmen and smarmy yellow page reps.
I'm actually talking about REAL sales skills -- the natural skills you started developing from your earliest days. Skills you used to ask someone for a date, or to get help with a tough personal problem. Skills you used when you interviewed for a job, or to get into dental school. Skills you use everyday to help people understand what you want them to do and why.
I call them sales skills, but in reality it's all about effective communication -- logically explaining your ideas and the benefits others will receive for supporting them. It's also about engaging people on a personal level (THEIR level) in a way that demonstrates you have their best interests in mind. Think about it. Every day, you either persuade a patient to understand what you think is best for them OR they persuade you that they already know what's best. That's the crucible of real selling. In every interaction, you're either an effective communicator or you are not.
People with lousy communication skills blame their failure to persuade on the patient. "These just aren't the right kind of people," they say. "They're not really my demographic. They're only concerned about price."
Really? It's all the other guy's fault?
That's like your friend saying he can't get into dental school because all the admissions directors are concerned only about the race of the candidates. I'll bet you'd call bull on that one.
Or it's like a friend who says he can't get a date with any of the pretty girls because they're all concerned only with how rich someone is. I'll bet you'd call bull on that pretty fast too.
In both cases, you intuitively know that the problem isn't entirely based on the OTHER party. You know that your friend is missing something in their approach.
By the way, the percentage of dental patients who are genuinely PRIMARILY concerned with price is about 17 percent. That leaves 83 percent of people who are open to a genuine discussion of value and benefits. If a majority of your new patients are only concerned with price, then maybe you're making price much more of an issue than it should be. Ever thought of it that way?
So what communication and sales skills will help you most to thrive? Stay tuned . . . I'll discuss that next time. And you won't want to miss it!


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AJ at the bye: 'We better get our act together quickly'
SAN DIEGO – The Chargers have had as much success playing regular season football games in Pittsburgh as Germany has managed in regular world wars. That known, for them to finish on the short end in the city of the three rivers hardly makes for a denouement worthy of Agatha Christie.
So they lost. NFL teams lose. All but one in history hasn't. Continuously losing in Pittsburgh is a problem, but in this case, it was acne on the elephant in the room. It was the way they lost. It was humiliating. Disturbing.
"Absolutely embarrassing," Chargers General Manager A.J. Smith confirmed Tuesday during the first of our annual quarterly report get-togethers. "Everything is wrong with it right now. I'm not the least bit happy in a lot of areas. I've seen us be tough and physical to soft and bewildered."
Coach Norv Turner fumed when asked if his lads were manhandled. Norv, your team was Stooges-slapped defensively. He even went so far to say his defensive line didn't play all that poorly in Pittsburgh. Norv, by game's end, your guys were wringing out their uniforms after being blown into the Monongahela – or was it the Allegheny or Ohio? Maybe the soaking helped remove the tire tracks.
The Candy Man can sugar-coat things, but he can't blindfold the angry, watchful villagers. This was one pathetic voyage, and he was on the bridge.
The Steelers ran up 32 first downs, 497 total yards – 165 of those provided on the ground by JV tailback Rashard Mendenhall, who had been exiled to coach Mike Tomlin's personal Elba. The Chargers were aspirin for their Super Bowl hangover.
Going in, San Diego hadn't played the run worth a damn, but had sucked it up and improved when it mattered. It never mattered in Pittsburgh. And with defensive coordinator Ron Rivera content to fall back in that zone and allow quarterback Ben Roethlisberger – who is very good, by the way – to stand around and throw underneath all night without adjusting defied logic.
You think you have cover corners. Man-up and get after the quarterback. You're not beating a good QB that way (you're only going to get JaMarcus Russell twice a year). Even if losing is inevitable, show the other guys you've been shaving for a while.
The Chargers can't run block, can't stop the run, can't come close to applying enough quarterback pressure – from inside or outside – and will continue to have trouble defending the pass if the secondary is ordered to back off receivers as if their pockets are filled with Strontium 90.
This is not a physical football team – on either side of the ball.
Very few Chargers played well Sunday night, but the coaching staff gets a flat game ball. Steve Crosby, who runs special teams, seemed the only guy on the sidelines who knew what he was doing.
Turner may be an offensive wizard, but this was yet another game his guys started as if introduced just prior to kickoff, when one play, one stop, could have made a tremendous difference. Maybe he should come out in the two-minute and let it rip.