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In 2006 MORNINGSTAR FLUTE ENSEMBLE, founded by Charlotte Ellis, made a concert tour of Hungary, where they have been invited to return. Recently they have played at the Paramount Center for the Arts in Bristol, TN, participated in two Arts Series in Kingsport, TN, performed at Emory and Henry College in Emory, VA, and Maryville College in Maryville, TN. In August of 2012 they gave a concert at the historic and beautiful Tiffany-decorated Willard Chapel in Auburn, NY.
The Ensemble is named in honor of the founder's mother, Martha Fassnacht Bird, who recently celebrated her 94th birthday, and who, as a young mother, would often wake her small daughter and carry her out into the darkness to view the serene and shining beauty of the Morning Star.
Participants in the ensemble are all fine solo instrumentalists whose tones blend beautifully to form the unique sound of MORNINGSTAR.


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10th Anniversary Rickshaw Bags
To celebrate our 10th anniversary, Rickshaw Bagworks is offering limited edition commuter bags featuring handwoven fabric from Lulan Artisans. To order, visit www.rickshawbags.com. Place your order for a black Commuter (Skinny, Small or Medium) and/or black Moleskine Folio, and note your fabric choice in the "Comments" box during checkout. A portion of your purchase is donated directly to Architecture For Humanity.

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Value of drug court needed in community
Dear Editor:
Can't pronounce 'ska'
Reggae music – you probably either like it or hate it, or don't know what it is. A lot of it, I like. Some of it I can do without.
Director disputes day clinic's claim
"We are here."
Executive director Jean Pankey says people often forget The Community School Inc. is in Batesville, and has been since 1971.
Man gets 20 years for charges
A Batesville man was sentenced to 20 years in prison for drug offenses Wednesday by Judge John Dan Kemp.
Injuries consistent with shaking, witness testifies
JONESBORO (AP) – Injuries found on the body of a dead 3-year-old girl were consistent with "shaken-baby syndrome" and not with a fall from a moving vehicle, a medical examiner told jurors.
Batesville Schools to dismiss early
Batesville Public Schools will dismiss at 1:30 next week (Monday through Thursday), according to Superintendent Ted Hall.
Search results in arrests
On Tuesday, investigators from the 16th Judicial District Drug Task Force arrested two suspects in a methamphetamine operation in the Magness and Pfeiffer areas, according to a news release.
United Way short of goal
Despite not reaching its goal this year, United Way of Independence County will award funds to its member agencies based on their contracts with the agency.
Sleeping inmate beaten, injured
CALICO ROCK – An inmate is recovering from life-threatening injuries received while he was sleeping.
Drill tests company's skills
Emergency workers were scrambling late this morning trying to rescue three Arkansas Eastman workers injured when chlorine leaked from a tanker car.
Pharmacist/judge arrested for fraud
MOUNTAIN VIEW – An elected official and pharmacist has been charged with felony fraud-drug paraphernalia charges after approximately 25,000 pills were discovered missing from a pharmacy counter, ac
Wildcats take lead in 2-A South District race
SULPHUR ROCK – The Sulphur Rock Wildcats came out on top in a battle of 2-A South District unbeatens with a 61-45 win over the Mount Vernon-Enola Warhawks on Tuesday.


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Reality Check: Workers' Retirement Confidence Sinks to All-Time Low
2011 Retirement Confidence Survey underscores need to save and plan for new retirement realities says The Principal
March 15, 2011 (Washington) – A new survey finds a record number of Americans have lost confidence in their ability to afford retirement.
The 2011 Retirement Confidence Survey, released today by the nonpartisan Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) in Washington, and co-sponsored by the Principal Financial Group®, found more than a quarter of workers (27 percent)—the most ever in the two decades of the survey— now say they are "not at all confident" about having enough money to live comfortably in retirement.
Reinforcing that trend, the percentage of workers saying they are "very confident" ties with 2009 at 13 percent—the lowest rate ever measured by the survey.
The survey finds that many systemic conditions are forcing Americans to redefine retirement, such as high unemployment rates; government fiscal crises; rising health care costs; lower investment returns; a surging older population putting pressure on Social Security and Medicare; and longer life expectancies.
"Americans are beginning to recognize the level of savings needed for a comfortable retirement. Now it's critically important to take steps to improve the chances they'll have enough," said Greg Burrows, senior vice president, retirement & investor services at The Principal®. "Research shows even simple actions, like calculating how much is needed for retirement, increases savings. Creating a plan and working with a financial advisor can also help get savers on realistic paths to a secure retirement."
The Principal is a long-time underwriter of the annual Retirement Confidence Survey, now in its 21st year. Among other key findings in the 2011 Retirement Confidence Survey, available on the EBRI website at www.ebri.org:
- Roughly a third of both workers and retirees said they had to dip into their savings last year to pay for basic expenses. Significantly, those with retirement savings—such as a 401(k) or an individual retirement account (IRA)—were far less likely than those without these accounts to tap into their savings.
- Many people do not plan or save for retirement. Well over a third (42 percent) say they determined their retirement savings need by guessing. Seventy percent say they are a little or a lot behind schedule in planning and saving for retirement.
- More than half of workers say they have less than $25,000 in total savings and investments, excluding their homes.
- A significant number of workers (20 percent) say they now intend to retire later (at an older age) than they had planned. But almost half of current retirees (45 percent) say they retired earlier than they planned, mainly because of a health problem or disability.
The annual Retirement Confidence Survey is conducted by the nonpartisan Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) and Mathew Greenwald and Associates. Now in its 21st year, it is the longest-running survey of its kind on attitudes toward retirement in America. The Principal Financial Group is among the more than two dozen organizations that provided funding for the survey. Full results are on the EBRI Web site at www.ebri.org.
More information on savings tools and resources are online at www.americarebuilds.com and www.choosetosave.org
For more news and insights from The Principal, connect with us on Twitter at: http://twitter.com/ThePrincipal.
About the Principal Financial Group
The Principal Financial Group® (The Principal ®)[1] is a leader in offering businesses, individuals and institutional clients a wide range of financial products and services, including retirement and investment services, life and health insurance, and banking through its diverse family of financial services companies. A member of the Fortune 500, the Principal Financial Group has $318.8 billion in assets under management[2] and serves some 19.1 million customers worldwide from offices in Asia, Australia, Europe, Latin America and the United States. Principal Financial Group, Inc. is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol PFG.
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The Quest for the Perfect Pasta
First off, let me admit something I am, not proud of: I considered – briefly – calling this article "Mission: Im-pasta-ble!" (I also batted around "Lotsa Pasta" and "Fiori to Pastina: The Existential Gulf Between Perceived Inferiority of Minutia in Extruded Grains and the Lasting Psychological Imprint of Indecision on the Amateur Chef.") For some reason I feel like getting that off my chest in this public forum will reduce my shame; only time will tell.
But y'know what, dammit, that "Mission" one would have been a fine title for this piece (except for its wretchedness, is all) because picking the right pasta is no easy feat. When was the last time you stepped into the pasta aisle of your local supermarket and really looked around at the options available? Try it sometime. Don't just grab the first thing that seems to be fill the gaping hole in your life—I mean the needs of your recipe; really take some time to look at all the different types of pasta there on those shelves. Chances are you'll basically freak out.
I'll wager that few people are going to confuse, say, orzo with lasagna noodles, or macaroni with angel hair, but once you start digging deeper, it gets weird. What, for example, is the difference between Rotelle and Rotini? Probably not much, you say? AHA! It's a HUGE difference! The former is shaped like a wagon wheel, the latter a tightly wound spiral, you see? Nothing in common! (Save the fact that they are both pasta, will taste the same if made of the same ingredients, and can be interchanged for many dishes.)
Now let's say you want to cook up a nice "noodle" pasta dish. Spaghetti is spaghetti, right? WRONG! NO! NOT… not right. Try cooking a pot of Capellini for the same time you would boil up a handful of Bucatini and see what you get. You know what you'll get? You want to know? Mushy, glue-like goo pasta, that's what. There goes your dinner party, you monster.
Wait, that was too harsh—try this: There goes your dinner party, you savage.
I could rattle off dozens of noodles, shells, decorative pasta twisty thingies, and on and on, but rather than extoll the virtues of this Bigoli or that Fusilli or this Fellini (eh?), rather than waste all of our time, I think I'll circle around to the point:
It doesn't really matter.
All these types of pasta? Not all that important. Penne vs. Rigatoni? Meh.
Just pick a broad category of pasta appropriate for your meal – lasagna? Flat wide noodles. A big bowl of pasta? Long thin noodles. Etc. – and then choose based on the pasta's ingredients and the rough noodle size. See, that is what actually matters about a pasta. Whole wheat is healthier than enriched wheat, but in some cases you may want to sacrifice a bit of the health factor for the taste. A very small noodle, like angel hair pasta, is going to take on more of the flavor of a thinner sauce than a heartier pasta, but just so a tiny little pasta may be lost among beefier ingredients like chopped onions, peppers, and meatballs. Noodle size? That matters some. Specific type? Not so much.
If someone says they just love stuffed manicotti shells but says they have nothing for Conchiglioni, they're not wrong… but they're not right. Get it? If you like a specific kind of pasta for any reason, then I say go for it, but know that there's never really the exact right kind of noodle; there is just the right kind of noodle for you.
Unless you try to make a four layer lasagna with Rotelle, in which case there is indeed a wrong kind of pasta, and you have brought great shame to us all.


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The following is an archive of a post made to our
'vox mailing list'
by one of its subscribers.
Let=92s say we brought in $500 for the year, $200 of which came from this e=
Basically, this is more than 35% of our gross receipts, from, really,
sources (it was all collected from wherever, NOT LUGOD membership). We would
lose our tax-exempt status. Someone=92s likely to ask, =93Well, what if
LUGOD donated
the excess to <something Linux-related>?=94 Wouldn=92t change the fact that=
still received more than 35% from non-membership sources. No doubt there are
=93creative=94 things people can suggest, but it doesn=92t really change the
reality of
where the money=92s coming from. It matters where it came from, and how muc=
regardless what we do with it.
LUGOD also can=92t sponsor the event directly, even if all of its
membership voted to
do so. In outlining the rules for 501(c)(7) organizations, IRS
documentation includes
the following:
=93The statute prohibits exemption if any part of the organization's net ea=
inures to the benefit of any person having a personal and private
interest in the
activities of the organization.=94
Bill previously stated that he wants to have this retro Atari party
(as mentioned by
Bill and outlined above, it=92s really not directly/closely tied to
LUGOD or any part
of its mission statement, and many participants would be non-local and not
coming for any real reason other than Atari gaming). It also directly
benefits Bill
by reducing his costs, and potentially reducing his tax liability.
I=92m not a lawyer or a tax professional, by any stretch. But my reading of=
requirements says that 1) LUGOD cannot fund this event, and 2) LUGOD cannot
be the beneficiary of this event, it would basically be a fundraiser
providing funds
from largely outside the membership.
If any person were to throw an event, and to get a discount, they claimed
=93Oh, really, it=92s a 501(c)(7) event,=94 I=92m pretty sure this is EXACT=
what the letter
and spirit of the above regulation is trying to prohibit. Take it a
little bit further:
Let=92s say I don=92t want to pay taxes this year, and I want a bunch of
discounts on
events. If you were to setup a 501(c)(7), or other non-profit, and use
it in this way,
I have little to no doubt that this would be considered fraud, both by
the courts,
and by most reasonable people. Is this the purpose of LUGOD? Of course not =
we hold regular events, in accordance with our mission. But realize that us=
LUGOD in the manner suggested for this Atari Party is, according to my
understanding, against regulations, and therefore, we cannot do it.
The following must be said:
What I=92ve written here, I=92ve written to educate people in the group
about our IRS
and legal obligations. I believe most people in the group are not
aware of these
regulations, and are in NO way intentionally trying to violate them. I
realize that
what I=92ve written means Bill will have to either find another venue
or another way to
fund his party, or cancel it, and I=92d hate to see that happen.
However, part of my
role as Treasurer is to be responsible for making sure that we=92re
acting in accordance
with IRS regulations. In this case, we=92d be violating (even if
unintentionally, through
lack of knowledge about them) those regulations, at least in my estimation.
It=92s part of my responsibility to prevent the group/members of the
group from making
such mistakes. To be direct: I=92m NOT trying to hurt anyone=92s
reputation, or suggest
anyone is trying to do anything sneaky or underhanded. I=92m simply doing w=
hat I
understand to be my job as Treasurer, preventing us from
unintentionally violating
regulations to which we are required to adhere. It is my hope that
people read my
comments in that light, and NOT as a personal attack on anyone.
On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 10:03 AM, Bill Kendrick <email@example.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 08:16:05AM -0800, Michael Cheselka wrote:
>> Hello Bill,
>> OK, I just read through all my old emails and see that this is a
>> repeat of last year.
> Ok, hopefully you re-read my post from last night and saw the part where
> I answered the questions from your first reply to it... but just in case:
> =A0On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 07:58, Michael Cheselka <email@example.com> w=
> =A0> Am I understanding, the Atari people want LUGOD to pay $600 and one =
> =A0> the benifits is "free advertising"?
> No. =A0This event will fund itself. =A0Any residual contributions
> would go to LUGOD. =A0(e.g., if it costs, say, $654 to rent the venue, and
> people/companies donate $700 towards renting a venue, LUGOD keeps the
> differnece ($46)).
> =A0> Are the Atari people not able to sponsor their own event? =A0If they
> =A0> can, then why do they need LUGOD?
> The benefit I'd get from LUGOD's involvement is a group with 501(c) statu=
> This would cut the City of Davis rental rate to be cut in half.
> =A0> Why don't you form a AUGOD?
> Well considering many of the people actually involved are coming from
> great distances (almost all of the volunteers bringing equipment
> are from the Bay Area; a couple are from Davis/Sac), that would be
> a lot of effort to put into forming a group that holds one event
> a year, and has 2 or 3 local members. :)
> I seriously doubt I could get 501(c) status for such a group, and
> esp. not quickly enough to be able to call the City of Davis any time
> soon about renting a venue. :)
> =A0> LUGOD is still lending the projector and still gets free advertising.
> Heh! Good point. :)
> Still... having an umbrella group like LUGOD accept the funds would also
> have two other benefits:
> (1) it'll probably be a lot easier to convince people/companies to
> =A0 =A0donate to the event if they knew any extra would benefit a non-pro=
> =A0 =A0club, and not just sit in my pocket.
> (2) I'm not receiving the money directly, so I worry less about taxes;
> Now, I still have at least two other choices:
> * See if a UC Davis student group wants to be the umbrella org. for
> =A0the event -- e.g., the CS Club at UC Davis. =A0It looks like they're
> =A0active (sorry to sound surprised; so often they have not been),
> =A0so if LUGOD seems against it, I'll try them next.
> * Find a different venue.
> =A0I already looked at the IOOF Lodge downtown, but (1) it looks like
> =A0it's just as expensive as the City of Davis resident rate
> =A0(again, 2x what it'd cost if I had help from LUGOD or CS Club),
> =A0(2) I'm not sure if it _actually_ has two separate rooms I could use
> =A0(one for games, one for film screening) and (3) parking would be a
> =A0nightmare compared to Veterans' Memorial Center and Senior Center.
>> The Atari Linux Emulators provide enough of a tie in.
> That makes 3 LUGOD members who feel that way. ;)
>> GP2X Wiz can run Atari 2600 games via an emulator. =A0There's also a new
>> F200 version of this device.
> The original GP2X can as run these emulators as well. =A0Which reminds me,
> I was thinking of bringing mine to the event. =A0I need to figure out what
> state it's in...
> -bill!
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text: Is anyone familiar with the filesharing program BearShare? If so, I have been getting an error message the past few days that I haven't gotten in the last 3 years of using the program and was wondering if anyone knows how to fix it. I'm not going t post the problem unless anyone is familiar with the program or thinks they might know how to fix it regardless. Also, does anyone know of any other good filesharing programs in case I am unable to fix BearShare? I have been using BearShare for years now, before that I used KaZaA (yes, I have tried all forms of it, including KaZaA Lite and KaZaA Lite Resurrection) and it sucked. It was OK at first until more and more people discovered it then it seemed that pretty much every file you tried was either fake or it didn't work. I have never gotten a fake file on BearShare, nor have I gotten the files that play for a little then make that weird "clipping" noise like happens on KaZaA all the time. So any other peer 2 peer programs (NOT torrent programs, already have a couple of those, they suck for music but are good for movies) that anyone can tell me about would be appreciated. I already know about iMesh (used to crash my PC everytime I used it) and a few others, just curious what everyone here uses before I go get anew program if BearShare won't fix.


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A top nonfarm bill ag issueImmigration reform was the first issue that Merrigan listed when she spoke on May 22 to the annual conference of CropLife America.
By: Jerry Hagstrom, Agweek
WASHINGTON — What are the top 10 nonfarm bill issues in American agriculture, according to Kathleen Merrigan, the former deputy ag secretary who came up with the "Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food" initiative?
Immigration reform was the first issue that Merrigan listed when she spoke on May 22 to the annual conference of CropLife America.
"Farm bills are wicked important, as we say in Massachusetts, [but] my challenge is to talk about nonfarm bill issues that we should be thinking about," Merrigan told the CropLife America national policy conference.
She said her list of 10 priorities was not in any order, but she mentioned immigration first and said the farm bill would set up the passage of immigration reform in the Senate.
During her tenure as deputy, Merrigan said, she and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack had often discussed immigration reform as important to "the survival of American agriculture as we know it."
Merrigan also noted that she heard about the issue from California to Massachusetts and that Rep. Jim McGovern, D-Mass., once set up a meeting with farmers that turned into a "chew" session on the need for immigration reform. At the last Cabinet meeting she attended, Merrigan said, President Barack Obama talked about the need for immigration reform.
Merrigan's other nine top issues:
•The tax package and farmland intergenerational transfer.
The analysis that Apple and other companies have avoided taxation "is going to be an irritant to people," Merrigan said, and could, along with budget pressures for more government revenue and concerns about the Internal Revenue Service, lead to a new tax package.
That bill, she said, could address the issue of intergenerational farmland transfers. Many farmers in the next generation will not come from farm families, Merrigan said, adding that they find it difficult to raise the capital needed for buying land and suggesting that sweat equity might be included as part of the intergenerational transfer process.
•Implementation of the Food Safety Modernization Act.
This bill has the potential to "disrupt, improve and possibly destroy some operations," and could change agriculture in some parts of the country," Merrigan said.
"My view has always been that no one gets a pass on food safety, but sometimes I worry about our bureaucracy," she said, noting that bureaucrats are "not always as creative as they might be in finding different pathways," particularly for different size operations.
FSMA implementation will include "a lot of false starts," she said. If she had a magic wand, she added, she would change rules so that the riskiest crops would be handled first rather than the current practice of treating all crops the same.
FSMA applies to the Food and Drug Administration, a division of the Health and Human Services Department, but Merrigan noted that she has many of the same concerns about the Food Safety and Inspection Service, a division of the Agriculture Department.
•Trade agreements.
There are two big trade agreements under consideration, Merrigan noted the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership with the European Union, and the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
The agreement with the European Union would be "valuable if we could do it," she said. She recalled that she traveled to Germany to sign the equivalency agreement with the European Union on organics, which has been "meaningful" because it has eliminated duplicative inspections and fees.
But she also said that reaching agreement with the European Union "will be very difficult" and pointed out that the U.S. government recently released a report citing multiple causes of bee colony collapse disorder while the European Union decided that pesticides were the problem and banned one.
Merrigan said she had been determined to make sure the U.S. study, which found multiple causes including nutrition, parasites and genetics are part of the colony collapse disorder, would be released before she left office.
The Trans-Pacific Partnership, she said, would offer major opportunities for the U.S. horticultural industry, especially if Japan joins the agreement.
•Fruits and vegetables as a business opportunity.
"It is all exciting right now," she said, as more Americans eat fruits and vegetables and obesity rates are going down, but she said there should be more opportunity for domestic production.
The My Plate icon that the Obama administration developed to guide consumer eating habits, "is sleek, cool, very simple and understandable" and tells consumers that half the plate of food should be filled with fruits and vegetables. First lady Michelle Obama, she said, "has done a great job dancing across the country saying 'Let's Move.'"
But imports of fruits and vegetables have gone up and the U.S. Department of Agriculture projects imports to go up even higher as a percentage of domestic consumption, she said.
"We are leaving opportunity on the table for American farmers," she said, adding that fruits and vegetables are "a high-value crop on small acreage" for beginning farmers and that some of those farmers "will scale up" their production.
•Decreasing federal budget.
Noting that when she served in the Clinton administration, appropriations doubled, Merrigan, who was in charge of the USDA budget in the Obama administration, said she and Vilsack did everything in their power to deal with a 15 percent cut in USDA discretionary programs while she was in office.
But she noted that there are "a couple of distressing realities" that the special nutrition assistance program for women, infants and children known as WIC, forest fire suppression and rental assistance have become higher and higher percentages of the discretionary budget.
After traveling in California with Environmental Protection Agency Deputy Administrator Bob Perciasepe, Merrigan said the two deputies worked out a policy under which farmers "who are engaged in state-of-the-art conservation" as determined by USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service "should have some certainty [they] are not going to be regulated out of business."
Merrigan said EPA had applied this principle in letters to the state agriculture commissioners in the Chesapeake Bay area, but that it should be applied more broadly. Keeping farms going is a positive for the environment, she said, adding that she would put agriculture "up against urban storm drains any day."
•Ecosystem markets.
Even though the carbon exchange market has collapsed in Europe, Merrigan said, she still thinks finding a market for farm contributions to the environment "makes so much sense."
"How do we measure and value these contributions — that is one of the most intriguing issues of the day," she said.
•GMO labeling.
"This a 'whack-a-mole' problem," Merrigan said, noting that it comes up again and again. People want to know whether foods contain GMO ingredients, she said, adding "I am not saying it is right or that they need to know."
The issue, she said, is the relationship to organic food. The Food and Drug Administration and USDA have not allowed organic producers to put a "GMO free" label on organic products. When USDA was developing the organic standards, Monsanto agreed that organics should be GMO-free, she said, adding that she wonders why the biotech industry does not encourage the government to allow "a nonGMO frame."
•The changing farm population.
Merrigan said she has met dairy farmers in their 80s who are still farming because they cannot figure out how to change their operations. There are many young people who did not grow up on the farm or ranch, she said, and "many of them are over their heads."
The Economic Research Service recently issued a study showing that there are now more than 1 million principal farm operators in the country.
"A lot of young people are interested in alternative production," she noted.
Asked during a question and answer session why she had left USDA, Merrigan did not say whether she had left voluntarily or been asked to leave. She noted that there has been "a mass exodus" of deputy secretaries across the federal government and said "the deputy secretary jobs are the hardest in the government."
Merrigan said she had grown tired of being called "deputy" and is looking forward to being called "Kathleen" again. When people hear the title "deputy," she said they automatically think of Barney Fife on the Andy Griffith Show.
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The recent launch of a Christian political party in Kenya could further divide the East African nation along religious lines, Church leaders argue.
On 28 October, the Rev David Githii, moderator of the Presbyterian Church of East Africa (PCEA), who backs a campaign for "the rule of God", led some church leaders and politicians in launching the Agano Party.
Agano (Kiswahili for Covenant) and another three parties sympathetic to Christian ideals are seeking to have "200 people of integrity" voted into parliament in next year's general election, Ecumenical News International reports.
Certain Catholic, Methodist and Anglican leaders have opposed this development, but the PCEA, Evangelical and Pentecostal leaders back the formation of a Christian political bloc. They assert that the ongoing political injustices signal clearly that the time for ungodly rule is over, and God is ready to bring in theocratic rule.
"The Church is supposed to be the conscience of society. When Kenyans are misled, it should provide guidance, but not take leadership," the Rev. Wellington Sanga, the secretary of the Methodist Church of Kenya, told ENI last week.
"We're opposed to the churches moving to take over Parliament and government. Our role should be like in the Old Testament where prophets rebuked the leaders who led people astray," said Sanga, noting that Kenyan laws require the separation of State and religion.
He added that Christian leaders in politics had failed to be shining role models for the people.
Media last week quoted Catholic Bishop Martin Kivuva of Machakos warning, "If we go that way, all churches will start forming parties and I don't think this is the right move because it will be impossible to engage political leaders."
Still, Kivuva said Christians could vote for an individual candidate who agreed with their aspirations.


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Program Educational Objectives:
Within a few years of graduation, alumni of the Mechanical Engineering Program are expected to:
- Apply engineering science to analyze and design energy and mechanical systems.
- Pursue engineering careers or advanced studies in mechanical engineering or related technical fields.
- Employ effective communication skills as team members or team leaders in an ethical and professional manner with a sense of social responsibility.
- Engage in lifelong learning by contributing to their chosen field, actively participating in professional societies and broadening their professional knowledge with formal and/or informal continuing education.
Student Outcomes:(a) an ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering(b) an ability to design and conduct experiments, as well as to analyze and interpret data(c) an ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs within realistic constraints such as economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability, and sustainability(d) an ability to function on multidisciplinary teams(e) an ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems(f) an understanding of professional and ethical responsibility(g) an ability to communicate effectively(h) the broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global, economic, environmental, and societal context(i) a recognition of the need for, and an ability to engage in life-long learning(j) a knowledge of contemporary issues(k) an ability to use the techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools necessary for engineering practice.
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J.J. Nolis' wood shingled home on Denison Street can best be described as traditional, but with a contemporary twist. Elegantly furnished and boasting a master bathroom that is the envy of all who lay eyes on it, the home is full of light and good cheer — especially good cheer.
Every other year, the Sag Harbor LVIS hosts a house tour between Christmas and New Year's. This year, there are five homes on the tour, but without a doubt, Nolis' house will be the holiday centerpiece of the event. Visitors need take only one step inside Nolis' front door before they will realize that in addition to being an architect, and a designer — Nolis is, in fact, a child who has never grown up.
There, nestled in the foyer of his entryway is the true centerpiece of the home — a 19 foot high, tin foil covered Christmas display that Nolis (who doesn't mind being known as the "Willy Wonka of Christmas") calls "Candy Cane Mountain."
To get a sense of Candy Cane Mountain, think of a favorite childhood memory and add a vision of a very tall Macy's window during the holidays, but without the crass commercialism of product placement.
Nolis' Candy Cane Mountain is a riot of color and light with layers upon layers of tinsel, and beads and faces and figures surrounding a virtual fantasy land of miniature joy. Through the post W.W.II miracle of animatronics (batteries and extension cords not included) tiny skiers go up plastic hills only to turn around and come zipping back down, over and over again. Meanwhile, the Tornado, a mini roller coaster, rushes full speed down hills and around curves while little amusement park planes suspended by strings from a revolving carousel soar round and round.
But the main attraction of candy cane mountain is the music. It sits overhead, at about the 10 foot level and is a miniature bell choir made up of seven soldiers and one Santa. With little mallets in hand, each figure turns to ring the bells at their sides. The little choir rings out 36 separate songs before starting all over. It's not just Jingle Bells either — the repertoire even includes Carol of the Bells, a tough song for such a tiny bell choir.
"The origins of the bell choir were my Aunt Marion and Uncle Al Sakavich," explains Nolis. "They live in Woodbury, Conn. and three years ago when I moved in they said, 'You're the person we want to have this.' They were older and always knew I was the one person who would care for this and use it."
Nolis has been creating his elaborate Christmas display for 20 years now. But this is only his third Christmas in his new house. Prior to that, he had only the limited space in his apartment with which to work, and most of the 80 boxes of decorations stayed in the attic or basement.
A lot of friends come and see the display and say I put them in the Christmas spirit every year."
It's easy to see why. In addition to Candy Cane Mountain, Nolis also has some 150 nutcrackers, bunches of Santas and countless other memorable Christmas objects. In the living room is a Lithuanian Christmas tree, a nod to Nolis' heritage, with hand made ornaments created by his grandmother.
This year, it took 100 hours and 32 rolls of aluminum foil to assemble Candy Cane Mountain, and Nolis called on his godson, Dana Harvey, a Pierson High School student, to help.
"There are also 180 electric candles in the windows," says Nolis, who points to his mother as being the inspiration behind his love of Christmas.
"Tillie Nolis, my mom, was over the top with anything that could make people laugh. My mom passed away from Lou Gehrig's disease two years ago. Christmas was always so much fun," he says. "I definitely have my mom's Christmas spirit. I didn't realize how much I had it until she passed away. I built the house and I wanted to bring her here, but she was so ill, she never saw it."
"Everything in my house as a story behind it. It's authentic and for a reason. That's what Christmas is for me," he adds. "It's my meaningful connection."
Nolis is also a session singer who travels regularly to Nashville to record. He and his friend Mike Dodson have written a Christmas song entitled, what else, "Candy Cane Mountain." Nolis recently recorded the song, backed up by some of his favorite Nashville singers, and come next Christmas, will officially release it.
 "It's just a fun Christmas song. It reminds you of those old specials like Frosty the Snowman and Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer."
Also on the tour this year is the historic Sag Harbor home of Joy Lewis — a circa 1830 Greek Revival on Hampton Street built for shipbuilder Charles T. Dering. Like Nolis, Lewis loves decorating for the holidays. But her displays reflect a slightly different focus.
"It touches me…the things people bring when they come to this country," says Joy Lewis as she looks wistfully at the small, elegant Christmas tree on a table in the front hall of her home.
It's obvious even to a casual viewer that Lewis has love for all things historic. Busts of George Washington and Voltaire share space with vintage board games and paintings of local notable figures.
"When I came to the East Coast, I can't forget the first night I slept in an 18th century house," says Lewis. "I loved it — that feeling of being in a house someone spent so much time in, the feel of the people that lived there before."
"It inspires you to think of those who were here before," says Lewis who is fascinated not only by people with names like Dering or James Fennimore Cooper who was Dering's business partner and very likely visited him at the home or William Wallace Tooker the well known ethnologist who also once lived there — but by the smaller and often undocumented lives. The lives represented, for instance, on the Christmas tree in Lewis' foyer.
The tree itself is from the German area of Transylvania in Romania. It's all white — made of turkey feathers wrapped around wire. Hanging from the boughs are intricate little silvery ornaments that, at first glance, look as if they are made of tin. But closer examination reveals they are much more fragile in nature and are actually constructed of thick paper.
 "They are called Dresdens and were made in Germany from 1880 until W.W.I when they melted down the molds for munitions," says Lewis. "I think the center of the craft was in Dresden."
"They had a male and female mold, and they would punch them as engravers do," adds Lewis. "There were three dimensional ones and also flat ones."
Lewis notes that while the Germans were also known for making fine blown glass ornaments, those were primarily for export. The paper Dresdens didn't tend to travel far from home — unless they were packed in the luggage of immigrants.
"The paper ones were for themselves," she says.
Lewis and her late husband, Bob, became avid collectors of Dresdens after finding their first — a delicate little armchair — in an antique shop in the city. Many more were found at shops locally
"Our imagination was as if these are the ornaments that might have been brought by the Germans who worked at the watch case factory," says Lewis.
Among the paper Dresdens on Lewis' tree is a zeppelin, a fish, a miniature house and a sailboat. The tree is also decorated with die-cut lithographs from the period of angelic faces and outdoor scenes, as well as cornucopias and fragile, lacy looking ornaments most likely handmade by women in the Thüringen Mountains from material like cotton, wool and paper.
"They are so delicate. It's amazing they survived," says Lewis. "I love the cornucopia and the little presents in them."
Considering the violent history of Germany — particularly Dresden which was heavily bombed during W.W.II — and the fact that the paper ornaments were mainly produced for the local market, it's amazing that any of them have survived at all. In fact, notes Lewis, they are not all that common.
"In big traumas, things get lost," she notes.
As a child born in Kansas during the Depression, Lewis knows all about big traumas, the fragile nature of family treasures and the appreciation of simple gifts.
"People born in the dust bowl in Kansas appreciate everything so much," she says. "When you've had enough time to realize what you've been doing, though you don't know while you're doing it, you get an interesting perspective."
"One thing I've realized is that one of the things Bob and I shared was a rescue fantasy," says Lewis who bought and fixed up a number of old houses with her husband during their life together. "The first time we were in Sag Harbor, it looked like it was going into the ground. We just felt we had to save it."
"My father was a small town preacher," says Lewis. "That's probably where I got my interest in saving things — but I turned to different stuff."
When she was in third grade, Lewis and her family escaped the dust bowl by moving to Sheridan, Wyoming where her father had found a church to preach in. For Lewis and her little sister, it was Shangri-la.
"Everything I had seen until then was brown," she says. "It was the Christmas season when we were there. People at the social hall were singing Christmas songs and they sang this Victorian one — 'Up on the housetop.'"
"My sister told me later she was amazed that our mother knew the words," says Lewis. "How did our mother learn the words? We had never heard her sing that song. That's when I realized at another depth what the Depression meant. They could've sung them but didn't. The songs are free, but they were too sad to sing them."
The Sag Harbor LVIS Holiday House Tour is from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, December 27. Five homes and the Sag Harbor Historical Society will be on view. Refreshments will be served at Bay Street Theatre, Long Wharf. Tickets are $35 in advance at the Wharf Shop or $40 on tour day at the Historical Society, 174 Main Street. Call 725-7984 for details.


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Angela and Gabe McKean, of Groton Township, create and distribute the bracelets to increase awareness of a rare genetic disorder called fiprodysplasia ossificans progressive, commonly abbreviated "FOP."
Doctors diagnosed their daughter Ali, 6, with the incurable, disabling condition this past year. While interviewing the family this past week, I learned wearing a bracelet makes you an official member of Ali's Army, a dedicated group of individuals campaigning for increase awareness of FOP.
They hope their efforts lead to speedier diagnoses and ultimately a cure.
As I talked with Angela and Gabe in their dining room about the cause, Ali left the room for a moment. I didn't think anything of it. She returned moments later with two bracelets: one for me and the other for photographer Luke Wark. Each bracelet has one of three phrases on it.
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Robin Skubin Nolan, director of institutional advancement at St. Hubert's High School, is now vice president of institutional advancement. The 1990 alum already is responsible for fundraising, alumnae relations, events and community outreach. With the new title comes more duties. "I'll be taking on the overall marketing and branding of the school," she said June 10. Lot of background there, she said. Her career before coming to St. Hubert's was in marketing. Nolan intends to work hard to keep the Torresdale Avenue school associated with words and phrases like "dynamic," "consistent" and "forward-thinking." Her new title was approved by the school president's advisory board on May 29. ••
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Last Thursday, my almost-eight-year-old son's innocence was forever tainted when he discovered, through a Google search, bare-naked ladies (not the talented Canadian singing ones), on his iPod touch. We had a 'situation' here and I needed to deal with it. I didn't want my son to think he was that bad or a deviant.
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Rackham Art PrintsNew! A few reasonably priced Rackham prints (mostly from Alice in Wonderland and Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens) are available, with more to be added. Use the search box to look for a particular title. Or browse the available art prints that appear later on this page. A few more (and different) Rackham prints are available here: Artsy Craftsy.
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WEDNESDAY - May 6, 2009
RALEIGH - United States Attorney George E.B. Holding announced that in federal court yesterday United States District Judge James C. Dever, III, sentenced KENNETH GENE KELLY, 47, of Lucama, North Carolina, to 48 months' imprisonment followed by three years supervised release. The Court also imposed a fine of $25,000.00.
A Criminal Information was filed on June 17, 2008. On June 23, 2008, KELLY pled guilty to conspiring to launder money. KELLY, along with other tobacco growers, engaged in a scheme to defraud crop insurance companies of funds ultimately reimbursed by the United States of America and to launder the proceeds of the underlying fraud. KELLY, a tobacco broker in Wilson, North Carolina, conspired with six others, Roland D. McCoy, Jr.; Joseph Edward Williams, of Zebulon, North Carolina; Robert Thomas Veasey, of Durham, North Carolina; David C. Harrison, of Snow Hill, North Carolina; and William Earl Dawson along with his son, Robert Lemuel Dawson, to sell their tobacco in the names of other men in a fashion that worked to obscure the farmer's true tobacco production.
Mr. Holding commented, "At the heart of this case is an effort to defraud the U.S. taxpayers. These defendants developed a complex scheme to obtain taxpayer money by lying to crop insurance companies ultimately backed by the United States Government. Thus, we applaud the Court's sentence and hope it will act as a deterrent to others who might engage in this type of crime."
Jeannine A. Hammett, Special Agent In Charge with the Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigations commented, "IRS-CI has the financial investigators and expertise that is critical to locating the money and prosecuting the offenders.Money laundering is not a victimless crime."
Each of the other six co-conspirators have pled guilty and their sentencings are scheduled in the upcoming months.
Investigation of the case was conducted by the Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation and the United States Department of Agriculture, Office of Inspector General. Assistant United States Attorney Banu Rangarajan served as prosecutor for the government
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Bring a sweet touch to your baby's Baptism with these cute candy tube favors. These personalized plastic candy tubes are a simple way to send your guests home with a tasty reminder of your big day. They come with self-sticking personalized labels and lids to keep the candy contained. Choose from a variety of label designs and colors and input your names and event date or your own custom message. Then fill the tubes with your favorite color-coordinated candy, affix the label, and invite guests to share in your joy! Some minor assembly required.


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Long after becoming a breakout indie phenomenon, Mojang's PC game Minecraft officially launched during the opening keynote address at the MineCon convention in Las Vegas on Friday. The ceremonial flipping of the switch by Markus "Notch" Persson kicked off a two-day celebration centered around the developer's latest efforts, with looks at the publisher's upcoming Scrolls and Cobalt.
In addition to the official launch of Minecraft on PC--the game had been in beta to this point--the keynote also hosted an additional look at the upcoming Minecraft for Xbox Live Arcade, and the announcement that Minecraft had arrived on iOS.
Daniel Kaplan of Mojang confirmed that the game had been intended to launch during the keynote address, but logistical problems necessitated it be launched quietly on iOS the day before. Despite the lack of any marketing push for the Thursday release, it had already become the No. 1 paid app in all iTunes stores worldwide by Friday afternoon.
For more from MineCon, check out GameSpot's preview of the Xbox Live edition of Minecraft, as well as first looks at Scollsand Cobalt.


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If those are the headliners I hope the undercard is as good as it was last year, because 2 of those 3 are giant yawns and 1 is a giant yawn depending on what songs they play.
white power?!
MOdest Mouse headlining one night and MBV headlining another seems dreamy. Throw in some Jawbreaker and I'll jizz.
ps Hope they get the Locust Maybe the Blood Brothers reunion...
I don't know. qotsa? the flaming lips?
white power?!
Another once great festival gone to total shit
"why are you so annoying" TheKlein25
co plete, total shit. not a speck of enjoyment to be taken from it
Right? It was so much more awesome when they lost all of their funding and had to cut back from two days to one and put it on last minute at the Echo and Echoplex and security were total dicks and kept people from using the indoor stairs? Right?
(even though, that year was pretty great. Red Fang->Fucked Up->Negative Approach? Thank you very much.)
yeah i just enjoy music, setting has never been a big issue for me
Flaming Lips July 31 Pacific Ampitheater
Presale on Wednesday
Part of the oc fair
I need to start bothering people for info......I want the Breeders damn it or even better Breeder>Deerhunter>Flag
Swans @ Terminal West 03/28/15
Drive like Jehu @ The Glass House 04/08/15
Electric Wizard @ Slims 04/17/15
Acid Mother Temple @ BOTM 04/18/15
Faith No More @ the Warfield 04/20/15
John Zorn @ UCLA 05/02/15
Will Bulter @ Slims 05/26/15
Neutral Milk Hotel @ Pappy & Harriets 05/30/15
Mariah Carey @ Caesars palace 06/11/14
Explosions was there in 2011. I would think sean wouldn't want to spend that kind of money on a repeat act so soon.
5/15-17/15 - Psycho CA @ Observatory // 5/22/15 - Laura Jane Grace @ Hollywood Forever Cemetary // 5/27/15 - Neutral Milk Hotel @ Warner Grand Theater
6/3/15 - Sufjan Stevens @ Dorothy Chandler // 7/15/15 - Shellac @ Regent // 7/31/15 - Melt Banana w/Torche @ Roxy
The thing that's tricky with predicting the FYF line up is they seem to pull a lot of bands that will be prominent in the spring/early summer festival circuit for the following year, save a few 2nd tier bands that have been playing all summer.
The question is, are they going to pull more notable acts for the headliner this year? I don't know Grizzly Bear, Modest Mouse, or YYY's price tag, but I would assume that it would probably be more then Refused, M83, or Beirut. If thats the case I could forsee another price jump, but I would be willing to spend a little more if the headliners warranted it. And better headliners might be what it takes to get this festival to sell out like the promoters would want.
I think overall though, they should try to work another angle beyond simply the music. The food last year was atrocious, and having to dump my water bottle every time I exited the alcohol corral sure was obnoxious. Not really experiences that leads to raving reviews. Just some things they could improve on that would improve the overall attendees satisfaction and increase over all positive word of mouth in order to help build hype for the next year.
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Hopefully Deerhunter end up headlining with this new album!
Deerhunter/My Bloody Valentine as the two headliners would be too good.
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Coachella: 04,06,07,09,10,11,12(1&2),13(1&2),14(1&2),15(1&2)
The Jesus and Mary Chain 5/16, Spoon 5/28, Neutral Milk Hotel 6/1, Sufjan Stevens 6/5&6, Charli XCX & Bleachers 7/23, Death Grips 7/25, Taylor Swift 8/14
SDCC 7/9-12/2015, Outside Lands 8/7-9/2015
Dan Deacon confirmed himself for FYF......
5/22: Move D, Reaganz, Sassmouth @ Monarch
5/28: Refused, White Lung @ GAMH
5/29: Spoon @ The Fox Theater, Oakland
5/29: Max Cooper EMERGENCE @ PW
5/30: Neutral Milk Hotel @ Pappy & Harriet's
6/2: Kiasmos ft. Olafur Arnalds, Rival Consoles @ The Independent
6/6: Matthew Dear, Daniel Bortz @ Public Works
6/12: Christian Loeffler @ TBA
6/17: Clap Your Hands Say Yeah @ The Independent
6/21: Underworld, Jungle @ The Hollywood Bowl
6/25: Until the Ribbon Breaks @ The Rickshaw Stop
just being a wrinkly penis here, but why do people label it "FYF Fest" when i thought FYF stood for fuck yeah fest?
Yes, "people" don't call it FYF Fest, that is the official name of it.
5/15-17/15 - Psycho CA @ Observatory // 5/22/15 - Laura Jane Grace @ Hollywood Forever Cemetary // 5/27/15 - Neutral Milk Hotel @ Warner Grand Theater
6/3/15 - Sufjan Stevens @ Dorothy Chandler // 7/15/15 - Shellac @ Regent // 7/31/15 - Melt Banana w/Torche @ Roxy
Yeah Yeah Yeahs confirmed for FYF?
Their tour page is not powered by Songkick. Looks legit to me.
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Caller Said "Obamacare" Will Impose 3% Tax On All Home Sales: Not Accurate!
Rob Lorei about almost 4 years ago
Today at 10AM on Radioactivity a caller named "Keanu" said he had received an e-mail claiming that health care reform would impose a 3% tax on all home sales. That's not true according to Snopes. Here's the link with source information embedded.
http://www.snopes.com/politics/taxes/realestate.aspcomments powered by Disqus
Commentsthe big B.O. lies again, but is true this time.
Also the big B.O. said he would come to everyone's house and suck them [ just guys ]off if you voted for him and his union thugs !
that was a rumor?! I thought the line was just insanely long!
relax comrades
no, relax. its not a rumor.it strue. osama will get to u eventually
How sad
Do you pinheads have nothing better to do than come to come over here and fling your poo like chimps in a zoo?
me too
he he he you're so delicate you're afraid to say poop. come on..SAY IT! I EAT MY OWN POOP! SAY IT LOUD AND BE PROUD. I FLING POOP!!
it's true
the real pin head is the person who says this story is false. it's not. It is a new tax, on Americans, and on their homes. To pay for others. Socialism at its finest.


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- Photo by Nicole Espina
You don't have to be on drugs to enjoy the music of Wild Wild Wets. But it helps.
Whether you've eaten magic mushrooms, smoked weed or taken some "molly" (a pure form of ecstasy), your trip is bound to get a little bit trippier with the San Diego band's help.
Yet, the way they see it, they are a kind of drug.
"We have some songs that are meant to pump you up—it's just an exciting party song. And then there's other songs that just, like, drone out and get you stoned sonically and just make the acid trip without the acid," guitarist R. Vincent Bohan says. "I want to make a meme that's, like, 'Wild Wild Wets: Because you can't afford the acid.'"
Banging out dirty, stripped-down psych-rock, Wild Wild Wets offer the perfect supplement for lost inhibitions, crazy-vivid colors and those magic moments when reality gets warped. Since first playing live in May 2012, the band—Bohan, vocalist / keyboardist Mike Turi, drummer Salvatore Marco Piro, bassist Taejon Romanik, keyboardist / tambourine player Priscilla Castro and projectionist John Kelley—has built a reputation for putting on a fun, slightly twisted show. Opening for nationally recognized groups like Thee Oh Sees and The Growlers, they've garnered a growing following, and they're currently finishing up a 7-inch.
While local bands like JOY explore psychedelia in a classic-rock vein, Wild Wild Wets stick to the simplicity of garage-psych bands like The 13th Floor Elevators. "Bludgeoned with Fear," a track on their Bandcamp page, follows a brooding, two-chord guitar sequence for nearly four minutes, joined by a simple synth line and loose drums. They amp up the intensity with the anthemic power chords of "Realized into Redwood," but Turi's moaning, reverb-drenched vocals give the song a burnout vibe.
Like lots of young bands, they have a reckless side. During an interview at Caffé Calabria, a North Park coffeehouse, Turi, Bohan, Piro and Romanik share stories about past experiences—like the time they trashed their friend's house in San Francisco.
"We broke their garage. We broke their patio furniture. We drank all their alcohol," Piro says. "And somebody pissed all over the floor."
When they played at the San Diego Air & Space Museum in Balboa Park for CityBeat's 10th-anniversary party last August, their loud, droning tunes rang through the cavernous space. The performance seemed entirely inappropriate for the occasion— where a lot of nicely dressed people were chatting over hors d'oeuvres—and that's exactly what made it so awesome.
Asked what motivates them to play psych-rock, Romanik launches into a heart- elt sermon about building community in the West Coast psych scene, forging friendships and maintaining values for an alternative to the 9-to-5 lifestyle. But Piro cuts him off.
"What the fuck are you talking about?" Piro says, his eyes bulging with excitement. "You know what attracts me to this? The power in the music. To be able to grab somebody and turn them on. When I hear music, I get goose-bumps, and that's what I want to do to people."
Wild Wild Wets came about after the dissolution of The Old In Out, a down-'n'-dirty punk band that Turi, Bohan and Piro played in with guitarist Rory Truesdale. In late 2011, they were about to go on tour when the plans fell through and the band went on "indefinite hiatus." Piro, with a mock straight face, attributes the fall-out to "artistic differences."
Turi had a good time playing with The Old In Out, who were together for more than four years. "I didn't know how to sing at the time, so I was just screaming. And it was awesome. It was fun," he says. But he likes exploring a wider rock palette. He says that Wild Wild Wets, "out of anything that I've ever been a part of, probably has more elements of all the shit that I like."
Last June, the band had a close call after playing a desert music festival on the outskirts of San Diego County. I joined them in their tour van for the ride, and on the way back home, we got stopped at a border checkpoint—where a drug-sniffing dog took interest in a suspicious, funky smell emanating from the car Piro was riding in.
The dog gave the car a thorough search, but the only thing that turned up was a pipe. (The dog also took a quick whiff of the van, which was loaded with weed and mushrooms, and, miraculously, failed to notice anything.) Piro informed the Border Patrol agent that he must've smoked all of his weed, and the agent sent Piro on his way.
The experience didn't seem to dampen the band's enthusiasm for certain mind-altering substances. Still, they don't care which ones you choose—or whether you choose any at all.
"Honestly, I just want people to party," Turi said. "I don't care how they do it."
Wild Wild Wets play with Tropical Popsicle, New Mexico and Christy at The Ché Café on Saturday, Jan. 12.
Email email@example.com or follow him on Twitter at @peterholslin.


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Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor presented her first oral dissent from the high bench last week. The New York Times coverage also reported a written statement she released the previous year on a case the Court declined to hear. The statement makes plain a profound truth overlooked. A federal prosecutor's statement* about a group of African-Americans and Hispanics and a drug deal, she noted, was "pernicious in its attempt to substitute racial stereotype for evidence, and racial prejudice for reason."
Have we become a government by stereotype and blame? Yes. But more importantly, how did it happen? What were the economic and politic elements that created a such a dramatic shift? The answers lie within our political economy, one of five models active as global templates.
The most traditional of the five is the European template. In Europe, government is actively engaged in providing public service; it offers benefits to its citizens and is concerned with the public good and common resources, from roads to energy consumption, from employment to schools, from the internet to the arts. No European government would declare the death of Big Bird, the most successful teacher of early childhood language skills, as Mitt Romney did in a presidential debate (overlooking the fact that "Bird" is a part of a private non-profit group that is self-sustained by license fees). By all measures except for taxation, the European model works well, and citizen groups are not in open revolt about its goals, even as the countries of Europe debate its priorities.
European conservatives argue for austerity, but few go so far as calling for the dismantling of national social nets, the transfer of government assets to the private sector, or bizarre gun rights such as "stand your ground."
The oldest of the models is Russia's; a model that depends on an economy stuck in the smoke stack communism of the 1930s, whose new products are updates of military equipment. In fact, the US purchased Russian tanks until recently. In 2013, the Russians shipped $15 billion in global arms, including advanced, high-tech weapon systems.
Russia's model of state economy and strong leader has allowed bureaucratic corruption to produce a wealthy oligarchy, mainly through oil and gas contracts, or imports of food, but the examples of Walmart (and the Walton family wealth) and Apple (and its high global market capitalization) are lacking. The state controls and directs the national wealth. The President directs the state. Its laws restrict freedom, are rigid and often manipulated. Russia's infrastructure is crumbling. Its people are hungry.
Despite a political structure that limits private investment and market growth, and the free provision of healthcare to all citizens paid for by the government (hampered by limited medical supplies, high costs, and limited capital investments), the Russian president has open admirers among US conservatives and media analysts.
The developing countries have the third template of political economy. They rely upon an international model of political economy that involves international partnerships with countries and corporations, centered on low-wage labor, state-controlled or licensed resources, and large-scale private production of commodities, whether agricultural goods or computer chip sets, and powerful parties with powerful leaders.
Important to developing countries' national growth is debt management and forgiveness, and the use of the IMF and World Bank for capital borrowing.
Corruption and substandard practices are problems for many developing countries. But often more developed countries turn a blind eye. The advantages of power levers and lower costs that attract investment from developed countries actually supports income inequality and hinders broad prosperity for developing countries.
The developing countries' model is investing heavily in education (and more recently, and slowly, in women) as the key resources for domestic prosperity. Their next priority after education is infrastructure development, especially water and sanitation. Outside of Asia, across Africa, in Central America, job growth is slow. Development is impeded by internal conflicts, including violence and insurgencies targeting civilians.
China is the fourth model of political economy. It is based on an elaborate network of partnerships, from local to international. China relies heavily on national planning. Once key needs are identified, China undertakes partnerships with countries which supply important commodities; Brazil, for example (coffee, timber, beef, oil); Angola (oil); even Trinidad and Tobago (a source of bauxite for aluminum). Its US partnerships provide jobs and huge markets for its export goods.
China advances its model by financing its growth. The Chinese state still controls large sectors of the economy, which means China receives its revenues from a variety of taxes and marketplace revenues. Surprisingly, China spends a great deal of its tax revenue at the local level, almost two-thirds.
The fifth model is the US model. Currently sustained by its sheer size, its $17 trillion GDP is now inert; the US model is not producing job growth or the non-financial services that global governments provide for families and businesses, especially in infrastructure, education, healthcare and personal safety. The national government shutdown led by the Republican party over health care cost the US economy $24 billion. (No other government in the developed world shut down.)
US government leadership is no longer merit-based, it's bias-based. How else can a new health care system that retained the private insurance market, lowered costs, provided key protections from the most devastating health consequences (pre-existing conditions and lifetime limits), capped out-of-pocket expenses, and increased coverage to over 8 million people uninsured (the Rand Corporation reports coverage of approximately 9.3 million uninsured), and increased employer-sponsored insurance (Rand: enrollment in ESI increased by 8.2 million) be repeatedly called an out-of-control failure? Continue reading The Fifth Wheel: America's Political Economy


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The winning Lotto numbers were 44, 10, 31, 40, 41, 35 and the bonus number was 46.
Each jackpot winner will receive £2,670,030.
The draw machine was Lancelot and the set of balls was one.
Wednesday's estimated jackpot is £2.2 million.
Two ticketholders matched five balls and the bonus to win £213,119 each, while 160 ticketholders matched five balls to win £2,261 each.
10,298 matched four numbers to win £185 each, while 213,861 ticketholders matched three numbers to win £25 each.
There were 50 winners of £20,000 on the Lotto raffle.


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Henry Ford negotiated a new contract with Cardinal Health to help directly reduce supply chain related costs as a result of the changing healthcare reimbursement environment. This new project will bring a state of the art, 275,000 SF distribution and light assembly building to a blighted area in the City of Detroit.
Cardinal Health and Henry Ford Health System selected KIRCO Development to act as their development partner for what is intended to be the first component of a $500-750 mm master planned community revitalization effort of 300 acres to include new medical and educational facilities. The plan will help stimulate residential and commercial development in the area.
The land being acquired will accommodate an expansion capability of an additional 135,000 sf. The project involves significant environmental site remediation and attainment of a $12mm brownfield tax increment financing package.
The capital stack for this community redevelopment project will involve the application and use of new market tax credits applicable for identified census tracks.
KIRCO development will own and lease the facility to Cardinal Health.
KIRCO MANIX will act as the construction manager for the estimated $28mm project and provide a guaranteed maximum price contract for the project.


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March 27, 1999 HOOSIERS START OUTDOOR AT BALDY CASTILLO
Tuscon, Arizona -- The Hoosier Track team started the outdoor season at the Baldy Castillo Invitational at Arizona State University Friday and Saturday.
Freshman Raheem Ellis ran a 10.55 to take fifth in the 100m and placed fourth in the 200m with a time of 21.31. Junior Russell Brooks took sixth in the 100m at 10.63. Junior Nick Sears finished fifth in the 110m hurdles in 15.23 and eighth in the 400m intermediate hurdles at 56.10. Freshman Ryan Huber started his career with an eighth place finish in the 400m hurdles (56.10).
In the distance events, junior Chris Ekman and sophomore Mikko Simos finished sixth (1:52.20) and eighth (1:52.56) in the 800m, respectively. Simos also ran a 3:51.1 to finish eighth in the 1,500m. Sophomore Aaron Gillen was also an eighth place finisher, his in the 5,000m (14:34.31).
In the field, junior Kurt Krick took care of business, winning the shot put with a throw of 17.78m (58-4) and finishing second in the hammer throw (56.62m; 185-9). Senior Jeremy Rochford cleared 1.98m (6-6) to finish fifth in the high jump. Sophomore Brian Garriotte took ninth in the pole vault (4.70m; 15-5). Freshman Greg Yeldell finished second in the triple jump (15.37m; 50-5 1/4) and sixth in the long jump (7.18m; 23-6 3/4). Fellow freshman Dino Efthimiou grabbed seventh in the long jump at 7.09m (23-3 1/4).
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oven door?
hey, got the base built and the concrete slab poored so just in the process of planning the oven itself. i am slightly puzzed to which side of the chimney the door wants to go? oven side so its totally sealed for slow cooking? or the other side so there is still some air circulation?
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I don't know how this would relate but, I'm building a steel dome oven with an inner and outer door....for reasons I will explain later....
one door right at the oven and another on the outer side of the flue...
pics to follow as soon as I get my permit straightened out...
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Typically, the door is for the inner side.
If you want more air, the door can be cracked open a bit. Others have two doors as noted above, but the priority is the inside door.
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Hi rossyb,
I can think of two ways for useful oven heat to escape. One is out the front of the oven and the other is up the chimney. A door on the front can be useful for draft control. A regulated amount of air goes in through the door vents, feeds the fire, circulates around, then exits through the chimney along with heat and smoke.
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An outer door can also be useful for keeping out the elements (and keeping the landing dry).
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Thanks for all the advise. Very grateful
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The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) says 97 ships will arrive at the various terminals in Lagos ports between Feb. 27 and March 27.
The NPA disclosed this in its daily publication, "Shipping Position", made available to newsmen in Lagos on Wednesday.
It said that the ships were carrying fish, bulk wheat, rice, petroleum products, general cargo, vehicles, steel products, base oil, bulk sugar and bulk malt.
The document indicated that 15 of the ships would come in with petroleum products like petrol, diesel, kerosene and aviation fuel.
It said that 13 ships were already waiting to berth and discharge petroleum products at the various oil terminals.
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With the NBA free agent signing period officially beginning today, there is one overwhelming reason why the Orlando Magic must retain restricted free agent Tobias Harris:
Because what happens if they don't?
What happens if Tobias Harris goes to another team and becomes a superstar?
What happens if he joins the likes of Shaq, T-Mac, Dwight, Ben Wallace, Chauncey Billups, etc., etc. as great players...Read more
Banning the Confederate flag from NASCAR tracks needs to start now.
As in right now.
As in this weekend in Daytona at the Coke Zero 400.
What better place than the birthplace of NASCAR to sound the death knell of a racist symbol that has littered NASCAR tracks for generations? And what better time than now in the wake of the racially motivated church murders in Charleston?
Good for NASCAR chairman...Read more
I know I've written this before, but after the circumstances of the last few days, I believe it now more than ever:
Orlando City Soccer Club coach Adrian Heath is just Stan Van Gundy with a British brogue.
This realization really hit home last week when Heath was fined by MLS for tampering --- a k a being too honest for his own good.
Heath was on his weekly coaching show on Real Radio 104.1 FM last...Read more
If LeBron James ends up leading the Cleveland Cavaliers to a championship then I'm here to tell you today that he could also lead the Orlando Magic to a championship.
Too bad LeBron wasn't born in Deltona or he'd be playing for the Magic right now.
The point is this, LeBron might be the only player in the history of basketball who could lead such a weak supporting cast into the Finals. If he can lead...Read more
Don't expect Orlando City Soccer Club Coach Adrian Heath to weep over Sepp Blatter's scandalously sudden resignation as the long-time dictator of FIFA on Tuesday.
In fact, I'm thinking Heath and many other long-time soccer aficionados toasted Blatter's imminent departure, which hopefully will start the process of cleaning up the FIFA cesspool of alleged bribes, racketeering and money-laundering.
Heath,...Read more
At first blush, the inclination is to commend the Southeastern Conference for passing a new rule at the league's just-completed spring meetings that prevents SEC schools from accepting transfer students with histories of domestic violence or sexual assault.
But the sad part is that that an intercollegiate athletic league representing reputable institutions of higher learning actually felt it necessary...Read more