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Once infertile, woman gives birth after surgery
10/01/2013 10:15amA 30-year-old infertile woman gave birth after surgeons removed her ovaries and re-implanted tissue they treated in a lab, researchers report.
More babies share parents' beds despite SIDS risks
10/01/2013 11:03amThe government's latest infant bed-sharing numbers show a troubling trend: the percentage of U.S. babies sleeping with parents or another child more than doubled since the early 1990s, despite public health messages linking the practice with sudden infant death syndrome.
31 days of family film frights (Part 1)
10/01/2013 2:06pmCelebrate the build-up to Halloween by watching 31 spooky movies that will have you and your family on the edge of your seats and checking underneath the bed.
Government shutdown halts aid to Utah WIC recipients
10/01/2013 5:56pmRoughly 65,000 Utahns who use the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children, more commonly known as WIC, will lose that assistance thanks to Monday night's federal government shutdown. Many say they did not see it coming.
After giving birth: 6 things all new moms should know
10/01/2013 7:34pmWhen new moms are preparing to have a baby, they are flooded with information on how to take care of the baby. All of this is essential, but what about mom? Here are some things that I wish I knew before giving birth.
Family of 11-year-old accidentally hanged thanks community for support
10/01/2013 10:32pmThe family of an 11-year old boy who accidentally hanged himself over the weekend said the outpouring of support has been overwhelming.

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Yes, the turkey was delicious and it is always great to spend Thanksgiving with friends and family, but I have to admit my mind turned to baseball quite often this weekend. I sat and wondered exactly what does CC want if $140 million isn't enough and should we take his silence as a polite hint to move on? I wondered if Phil Hughes' impressive Arizona performance should lead us to pencil him in the rotation for 2009. I wondered when the hot stove is finally going to yield some news.
It seems like we have a giant game of chicken right now. CC and Tex and the top players available and everyone is waiting for them to sign. When that happens, other things should fall quickly into place. It is just a matter of that happening. One thing that will occur tomorrow and may get things moving a bit is the arbitration deadline. Teams have to decide if they are going to offer arbitration to players. If they don't they won't get draft picks as compensation when those players sign with other teams. So, I imagine some teams are waiting out that deadline and might make some moves soon. (On a side note, the Yankees should offer arbitration to Mike Mussina. I know that he is retired, but remember what happened with Roger Clemens and the Yankees didn't get any compensation because they didn't offer him arbitration assuming he was truly retired.)
Whatever happens, let's hope for some news soon, this is way too boring!


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The Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3 and Mega 5.8 'phablets' a.k.a smartphones with humongous screens were revealed by the company back in April. We've already gone hands on with Galaxy Mega 6.3 and both of these devices have already turned up at the FCC. These phablets were supposed to be launched in May, the month is half over and still they're not available in the market. Rumor has it that the release of both of these devices has been delayed by at least one month.
The Samsung Mega 6.3 released was pegged between May 6 and May 12 where as the Mega 5.8 was due between May 13 and May 19. Furthermore, retailers in Europe have already confirmed that they won't be having the devices in stock this month. A UK based retailer is saying that Mega 6.3 won't be in stock till July, whereas one in the Netherlands has the same device pegged for release in the first week of June. It is not entirely known for sure as to what is causing the delay in release, Samsung is yet to officially confirm it and provide an alternative time-frame for the release.
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- 25 Short VIDEO
- Apocalypse Couloir (Technical Ecstasy)
- Apocolypse Couloir Prospectors Peak
- Bivouac Peak
- Black Hole Couloir
- Buck Moutain East Face VIDEO
- Drizzlepuss SE Face
- Eagles Rest Peak North Couloir
- Ferry Peak VIDEO 12/20/11
- Grand Teton Owen Spalding Route
- Granite Peak Beartooths Montana
- GTNP 12/5/11 Video
- GTNP Blower 1-5
- Hyalite Canyon Ice climbing
- It finally snowed VIDEO
- It Started in the Sage VIDEO
- JHMR Backcountry 5/27/12 Summer skiing
- JHMR Slackcountry 3/30/11 VIDEO
- Mountaineers Route Mt Whitney
- Mt Cowen North East Arete
- Mt Lassen
- Mt Moran CMC Route SLIDE SHOW VIDEO
- Mt Shasta and Mt McLoughlin
- Mt Wood East Face
- Mt Woodring South Face 6/11/11
- North West Face Mt Mary Austin
- Northern Range GTNP
- Peak 10,686
- Peak 11094
- Pinner Couloir Laurel Mountain
- Quote of the Day
- Red Mountain
- Rendevous Peak
- Rockchuck peak East Face
- Shadow Peak VIDEO
- Skiing
- Soth Side Teton Pass VIDEO 12/1/11
- South East Couloir South Teton
- Spring Blower Albright 4/20 and Teton Pass 4/22 VIDEO
- Storm Week Last of the Goods
- Taylor 2/10/11 VIDEO
- Taylor 2/2/12 VIDEO
- Taylor Lower East Face VIDEO 12/28
- Teton Pass
- Teton Pass 1/19/11 VIDEO
- Teton Pass 12/29 VIDEO
- Teton Pass 3/17/11 VIDEO
- Teton Pass 3/22/11 Pyramid 3/26/11 VIDEO
- Teton Pass 4/6 and 4/7/11 VIDEO
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- Thor Peak Standard Route
- Tukuarika Peak
- Turkey Chute 4/27/11
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This report is from last fall. Thor Peak is a bear of a climb. The climb started the day before by canoeing String Lake, a small portage to Leigh Lake, then on to the Leigh Lake campsite, 14a. We had a few options from our camp and we spent a while trying to decide what climb to attempt. We settled on the SE ridge route of Thor Peak, a grade 2 5.4 route. No problem.
We awoke at 4 am and began following the climbers trail up Leigh Canyon shortly after. The trail is okay for most of the way to the south buttress of Moran area as it climbs on the north side of Leigh creek.
We started up the East Face Glacier drainage of Thor Peak to the terminal moraine.
We scrambled up to the intersection of the terminal moraine and the SE Ridge and found ourselves at the base of the rock pitches. Both the climbing guide and another report we read from Dr Dirtbag's website described what we saw. The one thing they didn't stress was the amount of loose rock.
The rock was slabby and loose with minimal pro in spots. It felt committing, an isolated big mountain, minimal rack for rappelling, and not knowing if we were "on route". I had that little feeling deep in my stomach.
We climbed 3 pitches of loose, slabby, broken rock (5.4) with some 4th class soloing and arrived at a notch in the SE Ridge. Moral was improving, things started to add up, we were gaining some ground.
We scrambled into a steep, loose gully that fell away to the East Face Glacier. Scary loose rock. We arrived at yet another notch that overlooked the south face of Thor Peak "Spiral Face" ski route. From here on out it looked to be a lot of scrambling on 3rd and 4th class rock to the summit.
There may have been easier routes, the guide book says 3rd class, old school I guess, but we kept on a pretty direct line on the SE Ridge to the summit. We found fun and interesting 3rd, 4th and easy 5th class climbing to the summit.
We arrived at the summit and found a register. It was a very old tin can with a few sheets of paper in a plastic bag. It was buried in snow when I was here 3 years ago with Kyle. There were only a handful of signatures in the log, maybe 15 ascents recorded. This Peak is in the shadow of Moran, Thor doesn't get the attention it deserves. It is a "real" Teton Peak. No trails, and minimal beta. The views were amazing all around. The ridge from Thor to Moran looks intimidating yet intriguing. The Black Dike goes straight through Moran from the CMC, then continues west through the ridge.
We spent some time on the summit taking pictures and signing the register then readied ourselves for the descent. It was not "in the bag" by any means. We had more than 4000 vertical of trailess, loose, mountainous terrain to descend the "standard route" which I skied with Kyle 3 years ago in April.
Now is when you want to be skiing. It is long and tedious 4300 vertical ft descent down the west side of this huge mountain to arrive at the bottom of Leigh Canyon. Then we have 3 trailess miles back to our camp on Leigh Lake. Here we go…
The South West Couloir becomes smaller and smaller, eventually squeezing you between large rock walls with short waterfalls to negotiate. We passed a few rappel anchors along the way, but did not need them because of the low water in the drainage. It would be a scary place with more water flowing.
We arrived at the canyon bottom around dusk and started to walk through the woods. It became dark quick, and the trail became non existant. It became pretty desperate and laughable as we thrashed through a wild trailess Teton Canyon at night. We finally arrived at camp after a few hours of bushwhacking and began to drink scotch, eat dinner and drink Cakebread Cabernet.
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After skiing Lassen we headed to Mt Shasta. There were high winds fore casted for the morning, then to diminish as the day went on. We started around sunrise from the lot and made great time to the base of the head wall of Avalanche Gulch. Then it started to blow. Really hard. No clouds, just crazy windy. We got sandblasted and knocked over a few times. We decided to call it a day. With windy conditions it is dangerous on the up, and the skiing down would be a frozen coral reef. Not for us. We headed for Mt McLoughlin.
After the somewhat crowded Lassen and Shasta, we were looking for a little more solitude. Mcloughlin seemed to fit the bill.
As we climbed the trail through the beautiful old growth forest we eventually got onto the east ridge of Mcloughlin.
We had the peak to ourselves as we ripped the perfect corn on the steep NE Face.
We skied a little too far out to the north and wound up a few miles from where we started. We ran into some weekend folk.
We helped for a bit then realized they were stuck for the long haul. The guy had no gloves or anything to dig. We walked up to him and he was digging with a stick. Darwin was in town.
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This is the first peak Kyle and I skied on our Volcano Tour of the Pacific Northwest. We drove 15 hours straight to the Lassen trailhead from Jackson. We were eager to get moving the next morning and started up from the lot.
The peak seemed popular as there were numerous old tracks and a few other parties on it that day.
The wind was howling up top and the upper section was not corning up yet. We chattered down the top pitch and then transitioned into some beautiful corn for 2000 vert.
The lines out of the String Lake Trail-head have big, consistent vertical with no approach. The approach this time of year is by way of biking 5 miles on the plowed road. Then you go up. All 4200 vertical of Rockchuck Peak.
The snow was firm which allowed for efficient travel up the draw to the base of the East Face. Thank you ski crampons.
We gained the upper ridge after skinning up a steep north facing powder pitch. Then we just kept skinning up the ridge. Thank you ski crampons.
We arrived at the top of the East Face and were greeted to amazing views of the south sides of Woodring, Thor, and Moran.
Our timing was perfect as we skied perfect, steep corn down the upper ridge.
We skied the upper ridge in perfect corn down to the north facing powder. It was good.
Awesome day with 4200 vertical feet of perfect conditions. Next…Volcano Tour 2013!
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This is a huge line that I've looked at for years. It is a solid, consistent 4700 vert. Its big. We approached with bikes from the Taggart Lake trail head at 5 am.
Leigh Lake was still in fine shape as we cruised across, and we soon found ourselves at the base of the huge south east side of Moran.
The gully at the bottom of the Falling Ice Glacier was filled in great as we skinned straight up it. We trended left up a treed slope that led to a small basin near the CMC camp.
Here's when it became a little slow going. Difficult skinning and booting with 40mph winds slowed us down a bit. It felt like winter.
We kept plodding along and arrived at the Drizzlepuss summit (11,600) in clouds and wind. Views to the south were amazing with the Grand in the distance and the north side of Woodring front and center.
Disappointed that the CMC face was in the clouds we started our descent. The snow varied along the way with the higher elevations being pretty good windblown powder with some breakable to keep you honest.
The mid elevation trees skied well, but the foot of new snow was not consolidated and was affected by the warmth of the sun.
The lower elevation was also affected by the sun, but was smooth and consolidated corny cream cheese. I am really attracted to these huge lines. They feel so big and commiting on the up, as well as the down.
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text: Hi, I'm Willow. I am the sister of Aura, and best friend of Sashay, my owner. I am very friendly, like my sister, just a bit more protective. I lvoe the snow, but am petrified of water. I, like my sister and parents, am a rescue. We were puppies, so we don't remember it, but I am afraid of men and try to get away from them or, if I can't, bite them. I'm only comfortable around men that are members of our family. I know when we're going down to Leighton Buzzard, where my grand parents live, and I spaz out every time we go! I love to walk along the conal with them and my human mum, but I leave the ball fetching to my sister because it's normally thrown in the water. I lvoe to go on long hikes with my little human friend, Tyris. Sometimes he needs to be picked up and carried because he's only six. I can't do this, but do try to help. I love my other little friend, Ella, who is also six. My best friends in the whole world are my owner, Sashay, my sister, Aura, my little guy friend, Tyris, my little girl friend, Ella, and my human friend, Ivan. All of the other family are my friends too, but I hardly see them because we live so far away :(Add to Favorites


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Wild blueberries. Tea tree oil. Acai berries. They've all had their 15 minutes of "it's a miracle!" beauty product fame. Now it's argan oil's turn. Argan oil is produced from the argan tree that is native to Morocco. Its devotees claim argan oil can do everything from heal scars and erase wrinkles to prevent sunburns and promote hair growth. Oh, if only it were so.
Last week a patient of mine brought in an expensive shampoo made with argan oil that she believed would make her hair grow more quickly. She wanted to know what I thought about it.
Makers of beauty products can make claims such as "argan oil encourages hair growth" without having to back them up with proof. Here's the truth about argan oil and hair growth: There is no scientific evidence that argan oil can help hair growth.
If you want your hair to feel silkier and smoother and like the feel and fragrance of hair products made with argan oil, then use them. But if you're buying products with argan oil in the hope that they will produce some sort of physical or biological effect, then save your money. The only proven ingredient shown to promote hair growth is minoxidil which is found in Rogaine.
As with any oil product used on the hair, remember this: It's best for dry, coarse, or frizzy hair. People with thin, fine hair may find it too greasy and heavy.
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text: On Mon, Jan 29, 2007 at 02:32:49PM -0500, Joey Hess wrote: > Frans Pop wrote: > > I interpreted his report as that the loader should ask which mirror to use > > to retrieve the netboot image and that the loader should offer to use a > > proxy with that. I.e, before the installer itself is started. > > Oh! Yes, that makes perfect sense. The loader is using ftp.debian.org as > a poor man's mirror network since it's round-robin, which seems fine, > since it's only downloading a few megabytes from it anyway. Actualy I was using ftp.us.debian.org. But as discussed on IRC I had to switch to people.debian.org in order to fetch the dailies. Desperately waiting for RC2 now ;) -- Robert Millan My spam trap is firstname.lastname@example.com. Note: this address is only intended for spam harvesters. Writing to it will get you added to my black list.


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Last Fall I posted a journal entry announcing the purchase of one hundred and sixty acres of rolling CRP land southeast of Bismarck, titled '11813 Lincoln Road.' The piece began with the famous quote from Chinese philosopher, Lao-tzu: 'The journey of a thousand miles begins with the first step.'
Well, this spring finds us many more steps into our journey, taking another big one by breaking ground for Absolute's state-of-art boarding kennel on a corner of our parcel.
I've spent a lot of time in kennels, both here in North Dakota and all over the U.S. I've seen the good, the bad, and the ugly. I've visited kennels that were well-lit, warm, and spotlessly clean, filled with eager, healthy dogs, and I've seen dark, dank kennels that reeked of urine and shit while feeling helpless looking into the eyes of the pitiful creatures living there.
Every one of these experiences, both positive and negative, has left a strong impression on me, the end result being there was only one way to approach the design and construction of the Absolute Gundogs Kennel, and that is to build it well, and include the most dog-centric features we can possibly afford.
Thanks to an exceptionally mild spring (so far) work is progressing rapidly. At this writing the foundation is in and the walls are going up. Here is a list of features of the new Absolute doggie digs.
Building footprint: 80'x50'.
Construction: Concrete foundation and floors.
Steel siding and roof.
Insulation: Spray-on foam: for keeping the unwanted elements out, the desired elements in, and the doggies happy.
Dog Runs : 39-4'x8'
The boarding and training kennel will be located about 10 minutes from downtown Bismarck so we expect a good short-stay boarding business from locals as well as housing client dogs here for training. The 5'x10' runs will be reserved for the larger breeds and extended stay clients.
The kennel run walls will be hot-dipped, galvanized chain-link: Long lasting and rugged to stand up to the wear-and-tear of the dogs and their destructive tendencies.
Radiant Heating Throughout: There is no better way to heat the place and make the dogs comfortable than radiant heating. During the bitterly cold North Dakota winters everything inside the building will be warm to the touch, including our furry friends. It's great to see them sprawled on the concrete, happy and toasty.
Re-NewAir-air exchanger: A warm building with stale air isn't comfortable however. The air-exchanger brings in fresh air from outside and heats to the ambient temperature inside, while expelling old air-the best of all worlds for the dogs and the humans caring for them.
Central air-conditioning: Conversely, during warm summer months we'll keep the place cooled down somewhere in the mid-sixties, healthy and cool.
Exercise Pens
4- 25'x20' partially-shaded concrete exercise pens: The concrete is for easy cleaning and no potential escapees digging their way out under the fence.
4- 25'x20' Partially-shaded grass exercise pens: Pups and young dogs prefer relieving themselves on grass or dirt. For young dogs and puppies this makes the potty training process much easier. If the pup knows nothing but pooping and peeing outside on grass they are naturally inclined to want to go outside the house to do just that. All it takes to instill this trait for a lifetime is to make sure they get out outside to do their business more or less in the same place and on a timely schedule.
Food and Water:
Stainless steel water buckets: Filled daily with fresh water. No need to worry about fido chewing his plastic bowl or bucket causing an upset stomach or worse, digestive tract issues
Stainless steel food bowls: Cleaned and disinfected every day.
Cleanliness is next to Dogliness(that's cheesey).
If you haven't already surmised it, we're fastidious around here at Absolute. There will be a 'Walk Through' inspection every hour or less and a clean-up where appropriate with a bleach-water mop if there is a mess. We want to you to feel like you could show up anytime of the day, only to find your dog and his/her neighbors in a clean and comfortable setting.
Kennels are bleached, scrubbed, rinsed, and squeegee dried everyday. Your dog is going to smell better coming out of our kennels than it did going in(that may be a little bold, but you get the point)!
Self-Service Dog Wash Station: For boarding and training customers. All we ask is that please clean up after you're done so we don't have to start charging for this.
Doggie Day Care Services:
Absolute will provide a group daycare setting where dogs, that are compatible with other dogs, are free to socialize in a common area as part of their daily routine.
Individualized Daycare Program.
Customized to your dog's needs and temperment, for a nominal fee, we will offer each dog one-on-one attention which can include:
On or Off-leash walk on the grounds
Group free run on the grounds
Games of fetch, with dummies or tennis balls.
Extra time in the exercise pens with dogs of their age and size.
We believe that mental stimulation coupled with physical exercise is far more beneficial to your pet than just lying around all day. The goal is to send you home with a dog that has been well-exercised and as a result is relaxed and happy to be back with his or her family.
That's not all, but you get the idea. Like everything else we do around here, we want the Absolute Gundogs Kennel to reflect well on the career path I've chosen, our family, and most important the dogs. At this point the only thing holding us back from a full-house every week is 2 miles of gravel road. Once the word gets out I suspect people won't mind another couple of minutes of driving. Not if they love their dogs like we do.
We are still discussing a few of addtional pet-frinedly upgrades that will make the experience even better yet.


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Update 12:45 p.m.: Here is the full text of Brown's prepared remarks. Video here. Brown prefaced his speech by taking a shot at Senate Minority Leader Bob Dutton and Assembly Republican Leader Connie Conway, whose video response to Brown's speech was posted well in advance of the speech itself.
"I noticed that Connie (Conway) and Mr. Huff put out their critique of my speech 24 hours ago," Brown said. "Now I'll let you in on a little secret: My speech wasn't finished 24 hours ago. I do want to say — I didn't know you were psychics and that you possessed the power of precognition and clairvoyance. After the speech I want to check with you on some stock tips."
Here's that Republican response in text and video. Without casting any judgment whatsoever on the content of the message, I will say that the video's production values have rendered its effect ever so slightly comparable to that of a late-night commercial in which a husband and wife team have pluckily though perhaps unwisely taken to the airwaves in an attempt to sell limited-edition gold coins.
Update Thursday: Here's John Myers' report on the speech.
If there's one takeaway from Governor Jerry Brown's 2012 State of the State address, it may be this: Brown faces the unique task this year of preaching both boldness and austerity… all at the same time.
The governor's roughly 20 minute speech before a joint session of the Legislature was a creative cocktail that blended a defense of his tax plan, the state's need for big thinking, and — at times, it seemed — the very reputation of his native California. Full post
Also online: KQED's special State of the State coverage, in which Sacramento Bureau Chief John Myers was joined by Steve Maviglio, former press secretary to Gov. Gray Davis; Joshua Pechthalt, president of the California Federation of Teachers; John Coupal, president of the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers' Association; State Senator Mimi Walters (R-Laguna Niguel); Assemblywoman Diane Harkey (R-Dana Point); KQED education reporter Ana Tintocalis; and Marisa Lagos, political reporter for the San Francisco Chronicle.
Update 2:25 p.m. Craig Miller of our Climate Watch blog has a report on the environmental aspects of Brown's speech:
Showing none of the climate timidity that has overtaken national politics, Brown declared that, "fossil fuels, particularly foreign oil, create ever rising costs to our economy and to our health." By contrast, President Obama avoided using the word "climate" even once in last year's State of the Union message, and gave global warming only the slightest nod in a recent address to staffers at the Environmental Protection Agency.
While job creation was at the top of Brown's eight-point list of New Year's resolutions, it was quickly followed by:
- Build renewable energy
- Reduce pollution and greenhouse gasses
- Launch the nation's only high-speed rail system
- Reach agreement on a plan to fix the Delta
Referring to a long-awaited long-term management plan for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, Brown went as far as attaching a timeline, saying, "By this summer we should have the basic elements of the project we need to build." More than 20 million Californians depend, to some degree, on the Delta for water.
While not adding too much detail, Brown warned Californians of what lies ahead:
"This is an enormous project. It will ensure water for 25 million Californians and for millions of acres of farmland as well a hundred thousand acres of new habitat for spawning fish and other wildlife. To get it done will require time, political will and countless permits from state and federal agencies. I invite your collaboration and constructive engagement."
Brown cited California's leadership in, "encouraging electric vehicles and reducing pollution and greenhouse gases," but — as was the case at his one-day climate conference in December — passed on the opportunity to announce any major new initiatives.
Brown has set a personal goal of "20,000 megawatts of renewable energy by 2020," though that remains a moral challenge, not a legal mandate. California law now requires utilities to derive a third of their electricity purchases from renewables by the same date. "I can tell you we are on track to meet that goal and substantially exceed it," said Brown.
The Governor cited a recent cooperative arrangement struck with the federal Department of the Interior for getting projects sited, and noted that, "In the last two years alone, California has permitted over 16,000 megawatts of solar, wind and geothermal energy projects."
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Jerry Brown is giving his second (this time around as governor) State of the State address today.
Watch or listen live:
- KQED News – live radio coverage and analysis
I don't know how much anticipation there was about the event, but Republicans, at least, literally couldn't wait. From the Sacramento Bee:
A pre-taped video of Conway and Senate GOP leader Bob Huff responding to Brown's address was posted online today via the Senate Republican Caucus' Vimeo channel, more than 16 hours before Brown is scheduled to deliver the address.
Brown's office, which has been mum on what the governor plans to discuss, wasn't too impressed by the Republicans' preview.
"Zzzz," tweeted Brown spokesman Gil Duran, "Republicans post tired talking points in taped 'pre-sponse' to a speech that has not yet been given."
Conway spokeswoman Sabrina Lockhart said it has become standard protocol for the GOP leaders to record a reaction before the speech because of time constraints and press deadlines, noting that in some years the response has been released before the speech on purpose.
KQED's John Myers and others will be tweeting the speech live. Click on the play button below to activate the feed…


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Subject: How to list, add, edit, save file on a remote server
Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help
Date: Friday 31st August 2012 23:16:01 UTC (over 5 years ago)
Hi List, a very general question, with the hope to get some general advice what route to take: Suppose you are registered on a foreign server with the right to add and edit files, and there is no Emacs running on that server. There exists an Emacs mode for the type of files on the server, and you want to access the server, list all files, select a file for editing, save edits, or even add a new file - all from within Emacs, without ever touching the webinterface. How would you do that? Via FTP? With Tramp? Would it be possible to run dired on the foreign server? I would need some hints where to start my own investigations. TIA -- cheers, Thorsten


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The Psychiatrist From Hell: Eduardo GarciaMy first psychiatrist, was a man who had a god complex a mile wide. People fell head over heels for this man, and for what? He had this thick bristly gray mustache, and gray hair. My coworker and friend told me that I'd dread him, and would want out of there very quickly.
How right she was.
The typical visit with this man, consisted of him sitting at the computer playing games, and not giving you eye contact. The total visit would last eight minutes. One such visit consisted of him telling me that I would begin an outpatient program. This outpatient program had a different psychiatrist.
He must not have known.
Two months later, I tell him that the program is going well, and that I can "mask" my symptoms. I also told him that the psychiatrist there prescribed me three medications, and took me off the one that HE prescribed. His eyes got huge, and silently cursed me out in Spanish. He wrote me presc
What I didn't know, was that since I had switched psych doctors, the insurance wouldn't cover HIS visits.
He ended up stating that I owed him $624 dollars. I think it was his responsibility, since he referred me to the outpatient program.
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People who go to med school say they know in the first year who is going into psychiatry because they are nuts and cheep and want to cure themselves.


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Marni is odd, 'tis true. Happy to be associated with the off-beat.
Boucheron today.
Evening All,
I was twinned with Iodine today in Habit Rouge (EdT). I'm not generally a fan of opoponax, but here it just works.
For years I loathed the scent, but one day it just clicked for me. Perhaps I'll come around to Derby, too.
To the England contingent, I can report hail and thunder was experienced in Cambridge this afternoon.
Best to everyone.
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Marni is odd, 'tis true. Happy to be associated with the off-beat.
Boucheron today.
"I live in the garden, I just sleep in the house." -- Jim Long
I'm testing April Aromatics Rose L'Orange today. I've put off testing this one because of the rose, and I was right ... it is not for me. Too rose-y. Oh well, can't like 'em all.
I hope everyone is having a wonderful weekend. I'm off to watch the KU basketball game. Go Jayhawks!
I've trademarked the color bleu
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What do insomniac perfumers do to fall asleep? They count chypres!
Sampling Comme des Garçons Eau de Parfum / "A New Perfume" I'm not getting the big industrial weird notes--mostly the lilac and well, the brown sticky tape! It's nice. Pretty soft. Not much tenacity.
What do insomniac perfumers do to fall asleep? They count chypres!
Scent twins with XScent today in the beautiful Chanel Bois des Iles.
Its thought that people who hope too much will just waste their life away and never get down to doing any real work. Theyre confusing Hope with Wish, its lazy cousin... When Wish whispers, Something is just around the corner, what comes or not is never what was wished for. When Hope whispers Something is just around the corner, something always is. -- Charlie Elberson
I ended up liking the Quercus better than I expected to. It's like a richer more extravagent version of CK One. It made my day, full of running difficult errands, a bit nicer.
This evening I had dinner with a bunch of guys, one of them a dear man who has been sort of a 'mentor' of sorts who is celebrating a big milestone in his life. Comfort food + good conversation + lots of laughter. The weather also, strangely, warmed up nicely.
I bought a fantastic new pair of Timberland brogues, with the coolest brown felt-like color and flourescent orange heels. So friggin cute! I also found this adorable Mossimo sweater with a basset hound embroidered on it. I wore both to dinner - to lots of compliments. Dressing for the evening, I felt like wearing something rich, formal and elegant so I reached for:
Heritage vintage Eau de Parfum by Guerlain
Every time I wear this I think of BN member (who doesn't post on here anymore) scentemental. I bought my bottle from him. Such a rich, almost overindulgent scent. This stuff just radiates class to me. I always feel like a million bucks when I wear this.
"When you become comfortable with uncertainty. infinite possibilities open up in your life"
-- Eckhart Tolle
Pleasures Estee Lauder
Guerlain Nahema.
Hugs to juji, sfmedusa, mike and everyone wishing for more snow.
Speaking of more snow, 30R., I wanted to mention yesterday: how cold is it inside your house? We keep our thermostat at 58F during the winter months, wearing sweaters and long warm pants, but sleep very comfortably.
Working through some samples at one point I had What we do in Paris is secret, Charlotte from Annick Goutal and Nuit de Tuberuese from L'Artisan.
As it turns out, I did not go with Une Fleur de Cassie for my night out with the girls. No, I slathered Puredistance M on every pulse point I could reach. I smelled magnificent.
I also had a fabulous beer cocktail with a chai porter (from a local brew pub), vanilla bean, and bourbon. And I taught a local bartender how to make a Kentucky Mule. The manager came over, wrote down the recipe, and it's going on their menu now, on the rocks in a copper mug rather than up. Also terrific that way.
And now, a little tipsy, it's sleepy time. 'Night all!
Welcome, ladybird!
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Anti-Gay 'Sodomite Suppression Act' Not Heading For CA Ballots After Judge Rules Murderous Proposal UnconstitutionalA Superior Court judge has ruled the "Sodomite Suppression Act" proposed ballot initiative that called for the murder of gays is unconstitutional, effectively preventing the hate-filled bill from going before California voters.
CA Attorney General Defends Water Rate Penalties To Encourage ConservationCalifornia Attorney General Kamala Harris is asking the state's Supreme Court to strictly limit a lower court's ruling that local water rates designed to encourage conservation are unconstitutional.
CA Appeals Court Rules Tiered Water Rates UnconstitutionalA state appeals court has ruled a tiered water rate structure is unconstitutional. The impact of the ruling is far-reaching impact as state water districts try to come up with ways to charge customers during California's drought.
Lawsuit Seeks To Block SF's Airbnb Legislation; Calls It 'Unconstitutional'San Francisco's new law legalizing home shares suffered a setback Monday when HomeAway filed a lawsuit challenging the measure.
CA Attorney General Kamala Harris To Appeal Ruling That Declared Death Penalty UnconstitutionalHarris calls the decision a "flawed ruling" and said she will ask the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to overturn the decision by U.S. District Judge Cormac J. Carney.
California Teacher Tenure Policy Ruled Unconstitutional By LA Judge California's tenure protections for public school teachers were ruled unconstitutional Tuesday by a judge presiding in a lawsuit brought by nine students.
Federal Judge Says 2 California Laws Are UnconstitutionalA federal judge says two California laws enacted through the initiative process are unconstitutional because they improperly change the punishment for crimes committed before the laws came into effect.
NRA, SFPD Officers' Group Sue City Over New Gun Control MeasuresThe National Rifle Association is suing on behalf of the San Francisco Veteran Police Officers Association over the city's upcoming ban on the possession of gun magazines capable of holding more than 10 rounds.
Palo Alto Bans Sleeping In CarsThe Palo Alto City Council approved a new ordinance that will ban sleeping in cars during Monday night's meeting, but city leaders say more still needs to be done to help the homeless.
Judge Rules California Ban On Some Handgun Ammunition UnconstitutionalA judge in Fresno has ruled that California's new ban on certain sales of handgun ammunition cannot take effect as planned next month.
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Webcast sponsored by Irving K. Barber Learning Centre and hosted by the Department of Education. This presentation explores the use of procedural poetics... WATCH HERE
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Take a look at the academic courses I have taught over the years. You can dowload a PDF with course descriptions HERE and of course my CV.
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Kedrick James is a spoken word and multimedia artist, network theorist, teacher and academic researcher. His work applies concepts of procedural poetics and cultural recycling to words, sound and images. He was a classically trained musician who gave up that path to travel the world. He has since settled in Vancouver, Canada where he works as an instructor of language and literacy education focusing on applied linguistics and arts-based research at the University of British Columbia. His most recent accomplishments include producing an award-winning dissertation on the poetics of sustainability, an edited textbook on teaching English language in Canada, and a vinyl record called The Minute Album. Kedrick James is also a dedicated collector and vinyl archivist and sports a collection of over 6,000 records.
As a spoken word artist he has co-written and featured in musical performances with large chamber ensembles, jazz bands, noise and electronic music groups as well performing with sound artists and poets from around the world both in Canada and internationally.
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Editor: It seems that e-discovery is a moving target. Even though assessing and managing risk seems to be the mantra of today's in-house compliance professionals, each new legal crisis seems to come as a surprise to those involved. No sooner did the wave of backdating scandals start to recede, than companies in the financial sector now find themselves in the midst of the subprime mortgage financial crisis. How do you see this evolving in 2008?
Mack: The financial crisis in the subprime market will spawn an immense wave of litigation, much of which will turn on evidence generated by e-discovery. Mortgage lenders will be sued by borrowers who claim misrepresentation or unsuitability. The larger cases, however, will be seen by businesses suing other business - those that sold and bought Collateralized Debt Obligations (CDOs). Questions will be asked during the discovery process, such as:
What did those involved know about the risk profile of those bundles?
When did they know it?
How were they represented?
What were the expectations?
What due diligence occurred?
The litigation nightmare will probably not stop there. Actions might be brought by prosecutors and by regulatory agencies. There will be shareholders' suits. There will be deals that cannot be consummated due to this credit adversity, whether it is considered a material adverse event or not.
We're already seeing the initial cases. I liken this situation to what happens when popcorn starts popping. There is always a first pop, and then it might be a little while before the second pop occurs. The next thing you know, all you can hear is pop, pop, pop, pop.
Editor: As we discussed in your September article, 1 another high profile trend in today's market is the Qualcomm vs. Broadcom case. How will the rulings and actions in this case affect e-discovery practices in the coming year?
Mack: One effect of the Qualcomm v. Broadcom case is that it has introduced distrust and suspicion into relationships. It has adversely impacted the relationship between inside and outside counsel in a profound way. What occurred in Qualcomm v. Broadcom was a series of missteps in the discovery process that resulted in a perception of hiding evidence. One of the substantive elements of the case was the argument and perception that information was withheld from a standards body, which, if successfully hidden, would have trapped those applying the technology into being beholden to Qualcomm.
The concealment affected not only the results of the case, in that important patents became generally unenforceable, but it also resulted in the referral of 14 attorneys for Qualcomm to a magistrate for determination of sanctions (still pending at the time of this article being written). It will remain to be seen whether sanctions are only rendered against the corporation or whether the outside counsel will also be sanctioned and potentially be called before bar disciplinary bodies.
There was also an effort on the part of outside counsel to force Qualcomm, its former client, into abrogating its privilege. In one case involving a law firm's request for a waiver, the judge said that as to attorney-client communications, the privilege would still stand. However, outside counsel was allowed to use work product to defend itself. This could lead law firms, if they wish to defend their practices, to create internal documents that are not shared with the clients, which by their nature, will increase risk to the client if something goes awry.
Qualcomm pulled a couple of its unrelated cases before the same judge where the e-discovery "mistake" occurred and also fired one of their outside counsel on a couple other cases. Losing a major client, part of whose business model is to defend its IP and generate legal billings, is a major blow to any law firm. The General Counsel resigned. The relationship between Qualcomm and its outside counsel was destroyed. This will have reverberations in other client relationships throughout the legal community.
When Qualcomm was called on to defend its behavior with respect to e-discovery, it selected a paralegal to testify on its behalf. This occurred at a time when the judge was showing signs that she was very displeased with the company's response to her request that Qualcomm explain its behavior. We will definitely see some ripples in the paralegal community over this action.
Along the accountability line, it was an associate, who is no longer with Qualcomm's former law firm, who determined that further production was not necessary. This decision was based on a mistaken belief that if you object to a request for production and you "narrow" it, you don't have to produce. Inside counsel is going to want a clearer understanding of the knowledge of the attorneys that represent them, including the review teams.
Finally, inside counsel may experience a greater demand from law firms for an agreement that the client will waive the privilege if they need to defend themselves. And, inside counsel will have to consider their own liability in such matters and may wish to consider protecting themselves with insurance and/or a company indemnification agreement.
Editor: Why has the attention given to compliance by judges and magistrates, at the state and federal level, made compliance with the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure an even more important concern of corporate counsel?
Mack: The attitude of the judges, particularly the magistrate judges, has changed. They are wielding the pen on e-discovery protocol and issuing sanctions more often. The amended Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP) have raised the consciousness of the people who are stewards of the process, namely the judges and the magistrate judges. The expertise of both the federal and state judiciary with respect to the e-discovery process has increased at a faster rate than that of practitioners and clients. Many of the principles embodied in the amended FRCP are being followed in some capacity in the state courts.
For example, had the Qualcomm v. Broadcom case been heard before the amended Federal Rules went into effect last year, the corporation and its lawyers might have gotten a pass. Yet, the hearings took place after the rules were in effect. Under the new rules, a "meet and confer" conference, as required under FRCP Rule 26(f), might have dispelled the misunderstandings about the process that led Qualcomm into its current quagmire. Before the adoption of the new Rules, the custom was not to have a conference. Or, if you did have one, it was more than likely that one party said "I want your data," and the other responded, "No you can't have it." Qualcomm's big mistake was anticipating that the climate would stay the same as they went to trial.
Editor: How can Fios help clients avoid the kind of mistakes that characterized the Qualcomm case?
Mack: Increasingly clients are calling us in, even before a lawsuit occurs, to help with assessing e-discovery practices and developing discovery response plans.
We are also called in very early to help with meet-and-confer planning. We are already seeing such requests from companies in a variety of different markets facing heavy regulation or product liability issues. Having a structure in place to defensibly and predictably respond to discovery allows a company to demonstrate good faith during the meet and confer process and put in place repeatable processes that can be improved over time, from case to case.
Clients are engaging us earlier in that process. We have a consulting service that helps clients anticipate their preparedness for identifying, preserving and collecting data potentially responsive during discovery. We also have a review management service to support counsel in defensible review strategies and protocols that are quick, cost effective and risk appropriate. Qualcomm could have benefited from such a review protocol that included search optimization and hot document routing.
Editor: What should a company involved in, or subject to potential litigation, be doing to protect itself right now?
Mack: Inside counsel needs to look very closely at the composition of the discovery response team and determine how prepared they are to respond to the demands of e-discovery. He or she needs to consider if there is a person or persons who understands and can manage the intersection of law and technology. This Office of Technology Counsel is typically filled by an attorney or technical person aware of the systems and devices where the corporation's electronic information resides and who can move quickly to help it orchestrate its response to e-discovery demands. This person should have a combination of strategic and tactical accountability.
Secondly, counsel needs to assess whether or not it needs outside, independent guidance from external e-discovery experts. Seeking help from an organization like Fios, who has a deep understanding of all phases of the e-discovery process, can help legal understand the risks associated with each phase of the discovery process as well as facilitate critical, open communication with other departments inside the organization vital to defensible response, such as IT and records management.
Most importantly, counsel needs to get started now. Whether in the midst of litigation or anticipating litigation, getting started, assessing practices and putting in place a discovery response plan that can be used to monitor and measure actions from case to case will enable counsel to focus on the merits of each matter vs. getting bogged down in the e-discovery details. The bottom line is to make sure that the process is there to demonstrate good faith and to ensure there is not any perceived hiding of the ball - because that's the double whammy in the Qualcomm case.
Editor: Getting back to the subprime issue, why is Qualcomm so important if it is a patent case?
Mack: The main issues in Qualcomm that resonates with the subprime crisis are the elements of bad faith and hiding information. Companies defending themselves in subprime cases will be pressed to demonstrate what they knew, when they knew it and how and to whom they communicated. If they appear to be holding back on electronic evidence, even if it just due to communication errors or newness to the process, it could have a "material adverse effect" on the outcome of the litigation.
Isn't it always better to litigate on the merits of the case rather than on perceived e-discovery misbehavior?1 See Compliance And E-Discovery: Two Inseparable Risk Management Functions, The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, S eptember 2007


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Samurai Blue coach Alberto Zaccheroni may have had a tough few months, coming under scrutiny because of Japan's consecutive losses in friendly football matches, but he believes it is these difficult matches that has made the team more confident for the World Cup finals next year. Japan was drawn in Group C with Ivory Coast, Greece and Colombia and because of the countries in the group, they are expected to progress to the knockout stages.
Zaccheroni said that he specifically asked to play stronger teams when he took over coaching duties three and a half years ago. He wanted to take the team out of their comfort zone, as they constantly beat teams in Asia, but had trouble playing against the more dominant teams from Europe and South America. He believes that this has removed the timidity from their play and now the team is more confident playing against powerhouses like Brazil, the Netherlands and his native Italy. He said he tried to get the players to play to their unique strengths to have an edge over these physically stronger teams. "When we play teams from South America or Europe we understand those players play a different way, with an edge, so instead of asking my players to be meaner, I ask them to be smarter," he said.
The challenges he has brought to Japan's national men's football team has gotten mixed results. They failed to win any of their group stage games in the Confederations Cup and lost to Serbia and Belarus in friendly games last October. But wining 3-2 against a powerhouse Belgium and drawing 2-2 with the Netherlands (the 2010 World Cup runner-up) has slightly eased the pressure off both Zaccheroni and the team as they make their final preparations for next year's World Cup. They will be looking to improve on their surprise run during the 2010 edition, where they reached the knockout stages before losing to Paraguay on penalties in a heartbreaking fashion. Zaccheroni says that even though they will be traveling a long way in between matches and Brazil often has 85% humidity, he knows the Samurai Blue will show the others how much they've improved the past four years.
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Recognized for outstanding efforts to employ people with disabilities
Washington, DC (May 9, 2013) – United Cerebral Palsy (UCP) is proud to announce that Publix Supermarkets in Lakeland, Florida has been awarded the 2013 Employer of the Year Award as part of UCP's Awards for Excellence celebration.
Presented at UCP's 2013 Annual Conference in San Diego, CA, the Awards for Excellence recognize UCP affiliates, individuals and companies whose exceptional activities, achievements and dedication exemplify the UCP mission to educate, advocate and provides support services to ensure a life without limits for people with a spectrum of disabilities.
The Employer of the Year Award recognizes a business or agency that has made an outstanding contribution to employing people with physical disabilities or has supported the training and hiring of people with disabilities, and created an improved work environment. Employees with disabilities must be fully integrated into all aspects of the workplace.
Nominated by UCP of Central Florida in recognition of their long relationship with the company, Publix Supermarkets in Lakeland, Florida has demonstrated a commitment to diversity and helping people reach their full potential through meaningful employment. Publix sets a precedent for all workers to respect diversity and to be mindful of disabilities, including requiring all managers to attend diversity workshops entitled "Developing Cultural Competence." In addition, diversity training and disability awareness are incorporated into new associate trainings, creating an inclusive and understanding community where everyone is valued.
"Publix fosters a workplace environment with a strong commitment to diversity," said Senior Vice President John Hrabusa. "I'm proud to accept this award on behalf of our managers who embrace inclusiveness and are dedicated to providing successful employment opportunities to people with disabilities."
"Publix sets an impressive standard in the areas of diversity and employing people with and without disabilities," said Dr. Ilene E. Wilkins, President and CEO of UCP of Central Florida. "Our goal at United Cerebral Palsy is for all people to have the ability to live life without limits. Publix provides that opportunity to thousands in their company, helping make a significant shift in our cultural views on employing people with disabilities."
"UCP is proud to honor Publix Supermarkets for their efforts to create an inclusive work environment that only sees abilities, not differences. They have fostered a community of strong relationships and a culture of opportunity for employees with disabilities, who are able to take positions where they grow and can perform best," said Stephen Bennett, former President and CEO of UCP. "This is an issue of critical importance, as the unemployment rate for people with disabilities is nearly double that of general population—and Publix stands as an example of what can be done by corporate citizens in the civil rights movement for people with disabilities."
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United Cerebral Palsy (UCP) educates, advocates and provides support services through an affiliate network to ensure a life without limits for people with a spectrum of disabilities. Together with nearly 100 affiliates, UCP has a mission to advance the independence, productivity and full citizenship of people with disabilities by supporting more than 176,000 children and adults every day—one person at a time, one family at a time. UCP works to enact real change—to revolutionize care, raise standards of living and create opportunities—impacting the lives of millions living with disabilities. For more than 60 years, UCP has worked to ensure the inclusion of individuals with disabilities in every facet of society. Together, with parents and caregivers, UCP will continue to push for the social, legal and technological changes that increase accessibility and independence, allowing people with disabilities to dream their own dreams, for the next 60 years, and beyond. For more information, please visit www.ucp.org.


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I have a iphone 4 and watched Hulu thur my lcd tv and I have just got a iphone 5 and will have to replace my cables, the salepersom at radio shack told me I needed a Lighting to 30 pin adapter and to use my old 30 pin HDMI cables for my iphone 4. I just pluged it in today and all I get is sound no video on the my tv only but I do get video on the iphone 5 screen , I was told I really needed a Lightning Digital AV Adapter but was thinking is hulu still doing iphone to tv video output on the iphone 5?
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Don't mind me. I'm just learning about your deepest fears so I can orchestrate the symphony of your untimely death.
Unless you buy me better cat food. Seriously. It wouldn't kill you if you went here every once in a while.
"Hey you wanna know what's also by the bay? That body I maimed" – The dog
The recipe requires just a dash of your blood—and by dash he means 3 pints.
"Yeah. We did it. And we sipped on that sweet ass tea when it was over too"
"Nothing to see here. Just a poodle selling flowers. What's that? You want to go inside? Nah you don't wanna do that. I got all these flowers out here! Look! I got…these pink ones…and uh I think these are lilac–what? You still want to go inside? OK just…um…I spilled a ALOT of red Kool Aid in there and it's kind of messy…"


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Northerners stay winning. As I sit here in the Lake District, 5 hours from London, I'm aware that I'm in a place where justifying some GORE-TEX expense makes a little more sense. Clobber-loving print publications from that side of the UK impress me time and time again to the point where I'm starting to repeat myself every time I receive new copies. Far more than just being about a jacket and a certain swagger, the Oi Polloi empire has spread south of late, but their always-excellent Pica~Post is an antidote to the influx of digital look books showcasing hollow-cheeked dudes looking uncomfortable in Sports Direct style gear on the periphery of a housing estate (just far enough away to avoid any potential wallet inspectors). Issue #9 (which retails for the comedy price of just 2p) contains an interview with perennial screen weasel David Patrick Kelly, who stole the show in classics like The Warriors. Commando, Dreamscape and Last Man Standing, before being one of the best characters in last year's action masterpiece, John Wick. The team also got orthotic and put together a decent Mephisto feature that sheds some light on the billion dollar business built on uncompromised comfort, and how Arnie (star of the aforementioned 1985 fleck-suited, neck breaking, synth and kettle drum soundtracked favourite) and Pavarotti were fanatical about the brand's offerings, complete with a shot of the rotund tenor wearing a pair — no shot of a rapper in freebie shoes without the super-soft walking experience can match that swagger. Proper's new issue is a belter too, and they've gone Hollywood on us too — the illustrated guide to outfits in films is way better than another know-nada Steve McQueen fetish feature, singling out a few lesser-discussed sartorial screen moments, while Russ from TSPTR's vintage sweatshirt collection will make you jealous.
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No blog content again, but here's a super-corporate mini-documentary on Champion and the Feinbloom brothers that founded it. It looks like it should be playing in a foyer somewhere, but there's a few informational gems in that narration, plus some interesting imagery too. These gents patented plenty of sweatshirt-related things we take for granted as well as some processes in appliqué lettering. I'm all out as far as words on Champion go, so I'll stop now before I end up hating fleece wear.
If you can't find the sweatshirt you want, take matters into your own hands and make the damn thing yourself. I've been enjoying Concepts' Canadian-made fleece creations lately in some seasonal colours and patterns, but it's good when the UK represents and as the man behind The Original Store, Spiv Agency and as one half of the S London tradeshow squad, Carl Burnham knows his stuff. Seeing as The Original Store championed (pun unintended) Buzz Rickson and Champion Reverse Weaves, with their polar opposite fits — jock body or smedium, but undeniable merits, Burnham has taken his favourite parts of an everyday classic, from the loopback cotton to flat locked seams, ribbed side panels to the Dorito-like 'V' neck. Best of all, as the Good Measure name of his sweatshirt brand suggests, it's cut fairly wide, slightly high and with a neck that doesn't hang off the shoulders. It sounds like the man responsible has spec'd out the kind of crew sweat we've loved and lost over the years. As a bonus, they're made in England too. The idea of a perfect fit is open to endless debate until a Gattaca style uniformity comes in to play, but Good Measure seems to be aimed at a sweet spot for those hunting sweats that can be worn to the death. Oi Polloi's got them in right now and the Dirty Yellow is a strong look.
That's a GOOD segue to this very brief video (via Cameron McKirdy) of Tinker Hatfield, who very briefly addressed the Kanye West/Nike situation during a presentation a few days ago. Tinker doesn't bite his tongue on certain matters and with either Air Yeezy being built on two platforms that are his babies (Air Jordan III/Revolution and Air Tech Challenge II) he's entitled to respond — "…and then there's this other side of the coin where we take retro sneakers and we allow people to just design their own versions and that's really style and sometimes those lines, they blur — they cross — and that's how you probably end up with this Kanye situation…" There's probably a lengthy think piece to be written paralleling sampling to using Hatfield's existing creations for a new form, but life's too fucking short to write it and it probably exists somewhere anyway. Tinker jokily expresses concern regarding Kanye sending goons his way for his comment, but an Anchorman-style DONDA vs. Innovation Kitchen style lunchtime rumble could be an incredible thing.
A few months back I wrote some things about the Nike Air Python, oblivious to the fact a retro was on its way. The resurrection of this shoe seems to have split friends' opinions — some can't fathom why this shoe was brought back when there's more significant shoes in the archive and others, like me, were pleased it made a return, just because they wanted a pair in the stash. I can understand the former opinion because some things are best left as aspiration — while the original intent was hardly one of pure performance (it seems more like an excuse to use some 1987 lasts and tooling), there's an aura to the rarely seen and now a Google Image Search is going to spit out PR pics rather than a scattering of yellowed pairs. The spell is officially broken.
But you know what? This shoe still delivers — the swooshless oddness, the proto-Troop Cobra flamboyance, the way Nike added those tongue and heel labels as if the shoe was a big deal. As a Jordan II fan (a shoe that's soon to get its aura bruised by reissues and hype), it's a solid partner piece and (contrary to the myth of them having real python on them 26 years ago, which I fell for, it was always snake-effect leather) the retroed Air Python's quality is good. Many's the memory obliterated by a cheap looking resurrection, but the leather here is appropriately soft, rather than a plastic toy mockery of the original. Having only ever handled a pair under cellophane I can only presume that they felt like this (Edit: I am very reliably informed that the original Air Python was made from decidedly non-luxury leathers and far cheaper materials than the Air Python Lux seen here, which makes it a rare case of a reissue that's better quality than the source material). Ignore the faintly Liberace steez that my amateur photography gives the snakeskin texture on the silvers (brown drops next month), because it's undeniably flossy but not as sparkly in the flesh.
That bulbous toebox makes them fit roomy (at least half a size bigger than usual) and they're surprisingly chunky, but it's good to tick a box and get these in the teetering pile I've amassed since I decided to slow down on the footwear acquisitions. They make more sense releasing in the current climate than they did when they were swamped by 1987's slew of more heavily publicised classics. Know what else ruins a rerelease? A generic packaging. That spot varnish scale pattern on the box for these is a nice touch. Shouts to Nike for these ones.
After the talk of Kukinis on Sunday and these 1987 oddities reappearing, I'm keen to level things a little by including the LeBron XI — I'm blatantly in mid-life crisis mode, but that swoosh and Hyperposite combo makes them the logical successor to the Alpha Project lunacy of 2000. This is exactly what a basketball shoe should look like in 2013.
On that Nike topic, this chat with Chris Bevans, creative director of Billionaire Boys Club on Salehe Bembury's blog indicates that he's one of those industry guys who seems to have had a hand in plenty of significant projects. A lot of talented people have passed through Rocawear over the years — while we're in danger of assuming that Instagram represents the world at large's tastes, Bevans and company seemed make far more of a splash on a grander scale. There's a spot of insight here on the genesis of the Kanye West Nike Air 180 that occasionally surfaces during talk of rarity among nerds.
The new issue of Fantastic Man has a lot of content to recommend, but Jeremy Lewis' exploration of the mystery of the 'Dorito' (that triangular panel) on the neck of sweatshirts, complete with an answer from vintage master Bob Melet. This is still the best men's fashion magazine out there.
Seeing my friend Edson of the mighty Patta crew sold these Rockwell sweat pants to me. Edson has significantly more swagger than my disheveled, pallid self, but that print is at its greatest in this context. On sweats and rucksacks this design works, but here, it's leisure wear done very right.
Pressed for time because of freelance work, so why not fall back on two failsafes — All Conditions Gear and Champion? ACG as a full subdivision may be gone (though every time you see a sealed seam jacket from Nike, the spirit lives on) , but it's still part of of the footwear offerings at trend level. Here's a few non-ad images of some interesting moments in ACG history — Trip Allen is a crucial part of the old ACG squad and according to legend, he was one of the pioneers in applying some truly insane colours to shoes that remain scorched into my retinas for reference in far too much of my work. I believe (looking at the sketch) that he was heavily involved in the Terra ACG design — a pioneering moment for the brand that may or may not have aided in the genesis of the non-ACG Terra trail running range you might have lusted after in the late 1990s. The Terra ACG's speckles and wildcard orange and pink were decidedly peculiar at the time too. The packaging for the Nike Thermax Underwear that I believe dates back to the early days of ACG (I like the "Clothing as equipment" copy too) is well executed and captures the commitment to it at the time. Moisture wicking ACG underwear is a rarity nowadays, but these are some of the most aesthetically appealing thermals ever made.
Why does Champion's Japanese licensee get it while the others don't? Admittedly it's a country where a heritage wing could actually prove profitable, but to see this brand plastered on tat in the UK is depressing. Like Fila, it's an opportunity wasted and while Champion always was a fairly affordable brand compared to the Italian premium sportswear of the former, it seems the original point was lost in a variety of acquisitions and wheeler dealing. Even Russell Athletic seems to be slowly getting its shit together in this territory while former champions flounder. Pop-ups and spaces are usually a good reason to ignore an email invite, but the collegiate-themed Champion Bookstore in the Shinjuku branch of Oshman's (itself a franchise of a mostly-gone US sporting institution that became Sports Authority — not dissimilar to how Shibuya's mighty Tower store keeps standing) looks tremendous and captures the essence of what makes the brand great. Cotton fleece heaven with a history lesson worked in there. This kind of thing and the nanamica x Champion masterpieces of loungewear maintain this brand's magic. Everyone else seems intent on sticking a 'C' on cheap accessories. Sadly, I can imagine what proves the most profitable.
Another MacBook is unleashing the spinning wheel, so I'm using an Acer that doesn't have PhotoShop and doesn't seem to want to accept the card from my camera. So you can make do with over stylised, untrustworthy Instagram shots with the filters that make terrible things look acceptable. I'm grateful that as yet, no magic haze has made writing look much better, though we hobbyist copywriters were hit by nobody actually reading anything over two sentences any more and people trying to tell us to write with Google in mind, so I think we're all equally screwed by social media in 2012. I visited Jacket Required on Friday and got to wander around a tradeshow devoid of men who look like Zucchero and the guy from Nightcrawlers wielding multiple Wrangler and Superdry goodie bags. There were plenty of beige and camo things on display, plus lots of people seemed to be doing animal printed Y'OH-alikes without Kara's reference points, but highlights came from Wood Wood's technical-looking, sporty stuff, Our Legacy's athletic pieces and Soulland's Versace faux house of Soulland style sweats.
Lots of colour, lots of embroidery and a look of diffusion line that should set of something in the head of multiple generations who grew up desperate to amass labels. Soulland make beautiful, brilliant clothes and Silas Adler just gets it – I would have thought this brand was amazing for collaborating with Jacob Holdt a few years back, but for continually evolving, surely it's due to blow up imminently? The orange sweat in particular had me bugging out the most. The blogs are about to go wild for technical apparel (which only a handful of factories in the world can execute properly) and food, but these sweats hit the sweet spot between older brother wear nostalgia and simply being bold and brilliant and confident in those tonal embroideries. US men's magazines are all over Scandinavia at the moment, but they make it sound like little more than blonde women, slicked back hair, beards and rolled up pants, which I suppose it is, but additionally the clothing coming out of there leaves your heritage brand sprawling by evolving into the perfect mix of basics, avant-garde and detail.
What also had me hyped (though it wasn't necessarily on display) was the UK-made Palace gear. Being a non-skater doofus who still wears the shirts, I was accosted with regards to the source of my Palace shirt during my recent NYC holiday and the brand seems to have gathered hype at an alarming rate. It couldn't happen to a nicer bunch either. See those eBay prices for the Chanel tribute sweats? The way the Trail Blazers snapback is everywhere and how the afterthought New York Giants tee became a bestseller? Crazy. Now the brand has been bootlegged multiple times, people seem to think the comedy surf line is a fake too, but they're mistaken. British made shirts (are we allowed to use that term "cut and sew" with its visions of gun print tee brands switching to preppy chambrays and chinos really badly?), jackets, plus trousers and other stuff is a nice expansion of the Palace brand and a nice Tango slap to anyone who thought it was just about bolshy screenprints. That's's something to look forward to over the next month.
If you know central London, you know that Camissa & Son does the best sandwich in the area at a good price. My friends at Slam City know that and they've contributed that recommendation to Vans' Syndicate newspaper, 'These Days'. I'm on Syndicate's dick because it always gets things right. That LXVI stuff? I'm not convinced yet, but Syndicate's packaging, risky choice of collaborators and hard-core approach to distribution is always appreciated. Their paper (supplied to me by Mr Charles Morgan) reminds me of Berlin's fine 'Aspekt Ratio' in its broadsheet execution, but the lengthy Jason Dill and Anthony Van Engelen interview, guide to making your own tattoo machine, W(Taps' TET on his first Vans (a pair of Sk8 His), an Ice-T interview (bringing the whole $YNDICATE thing full circle), chat with skate 'zine legend Gary Scott Davis and a Mike Hill Alien Workshop design retrospective are all tremendous. I know creating a tangible piece of print media is this year's equivalent of the dull video lookbook and teaser, but this is absorbing, passionate content that should resonate with multiple generations.
Lots of people hate Byron Crawford, but you can't deny that his musings are the perfect antidote to a world where everybody's toadying with hip-hop so they don't get locked out the listening party. He's just put out a Kindle book, 'Mindset of a Champion: Your Favorite Rapper's Least Favorite Book' charting his rise from proto-blogger to-day jobber and internet, sorry, internets, star. It reads like one vast, sprawling, semi-proofed blog entry, but it's a fun read. Crawford has a knack for capturing mundanity that matches his appetite for controversy ("KRS-One himself has never been on crack, as far as I know. he's just crack-ish. he used to be homeless. He's know for making off the wall statements.") and there's tales of rap board wars, talkbacks and hip-hop journalism that justify the £2 outlay within just a couple of chapters.
This interview with Brent Rollins is excellent. Like me, he wishes he came up with the UNDFTD logo, but unlike me, he's a design genius and it's revealed that he's the Jordan IV and orange sock dude on the 'Do the Right Thing' poster. On a Complex-related note, this rant from the perspective of some chisel toe shoes is also worth your time.
The Kate Uptons of this world will come and go, but people will still get excited about Kate Moss. Yayo footage couldn't stop her and neither can any number of sket upstarts. There's a whole book about her called 'Kate: the Kate Moss Book' dropping in November via Rizzoli delivering a full retrospective of her career thus far. Jefferson Hack and Jess Hallett editing, plus an $85 pricetag and 368 pages indicates that it might be pretttttttty good.
Rick Ross might have shut down the internet for a few minutes on Friday, but Springsteen is still the true Bawse. Still, the prospect of a live E Street Band without Clarence is a troubling one. 'Born to Run' and 'Jungleland' won't be the same without Clarence Clemons and judging by the laborious process to even find out if tickets for Springsteen's London shows are still available, it looks like Ticketmaster won the war when it came to paying to see him, but Bruce still maintains a certain magnetism. He's not the greatest dresser — misguided souls might believe it was jingoistic excess, but 'Born in the USA' wasn't a regrettable phase musically, but that leather, denim and headband hasn't held up well — and nor is he the worst, but the construct of the Bruuuuuuuce mythos means the outfit must come second to the sound to represent that absolute dedication to the craft (that doesn't apply to the rest of the band, who wore some wild suits in their day).
That utilitarian approach to dress meant that Bruce managed to dodge some of the most regrettable looks of the 1970's, but also put together some excellent outfits — the jacket and white v-neck tee (swooping, but not to the point of 2012 man-cleavage douchery or Givenchy chest bearing) on 'Darkness on the Edge of Town' in 1978, the wooly hat and rolled up denim shirt from the sceptic smashing Hammersmith show in 1975 and the early Columbia press shots are my favourites. 1973 was a good year for my heroes and their garments, including Marvin Gaye's double denim (yeah, the trousers might have been flared, but he still pulls them off — Bruce's Hammersmith Odeon slacks were a little voluminous too) and red wool beanie from Jim Britt's 'Let's Get it On' session shots make for the coolest looking Marvin in his career, but while Gaye was in the process of redefinition, Peter Cunningham's images of Springsteen around the release of 'Greetings from Astbury Park N.J.' in February 1973, in full interview conversation mode are the most effortless Springsteen outfit — beard, grey hoody, flannel shirt and denim. A no bullshit uniform from a time that taste occasionally forgot.
The sound matured from word-cramming opuses and the decades-old throwback romanticism, but Springsteen emerged cool. Not everybody could go balls-out like Bowie when it came to attire in 1973 and pull off teal tailoring or a pirate eyepatch and hoop earring combo. Still, they ended up meeting in 1974, and Bowie covered 'Growin' Up' during the 'Diamond Dogs' sessions and 'It's Hard to be a Saint in the City' (with a coked-up soulful excellence), both from Springsteen's debut. An image from John Kalodner captures the meeting of a megastar and a man on the edge of stardom with two very different dress senses.
Looking for some inspiration for something I haven't made yet, I revisited Hype Williams's troubled 'Belly' from 1998. Now the film's fondly remembered after some negative reactions, but while the bulk is style over substance (not necessarily a bad thing, hence my love of Tony Scott's 'The Hunger' with a vampiric Bowie and a lesbian scene with Susan Sarandon that blew my pre-pubescent mind), the byproduct is still stunning. DMX can almost act, Nas can't, but the film still captures that excess of the era perfectly. In fact, that film lacked a certain substance but reveled in excess makes it as much of an embodiment of hip-hop in 1998 as 'Wild Style' was of a rough and ready (and still sketchy) scene in 1982. The opening titles are still some of my all time favourites — the gooned-out masks in ultraviolet lights, the way the beat drops, silenced gunshots and the movement within the BELLY letters are all still on point, with Hype's techniques still trickling down to WSHH premiered promos of mixtape tracks.
Hype Williams was 29 when he made 'Belly', having evolved from bad graf on the walls for 'Ain't Too Proud to Beg' in 1991 to his first video, 'Two Minute Brother' for BWP aka Bytches With Problems (he also directed 'Come Baby Come' for the equally forgotten K7) and then changing the look of an entire culture half a decade later from working with female acts with acronyms as group names. Seeing as Hype was inspired by Gaspar Noé's 'Enter the Void' for 'All of the Lights', I expected big things from a 'Belly' follow-up when it eventually happened, but his plans to direct a film from a Joe Eszterhas screenplay called 'Lust' was unexpected. Both Hype and Joe have pretty much been off the Hollywood radar since the late 1990's, and yes,because Eszterhas is involved, it's an erotic thriller. I'm interested to see how the film turns out if it's ever made.
David Fincher's translation from music video man to film director might have had a 'Belly style production ordeal with 'Alien³' but he came of age, and just when it looked like he was going to be the stylish film with a big reveal guy, he drops 'Zodiac' and 'The Social Network' on us. What's consistent in his films is a focus on typography, motion graphics and the art of the opening title — Kyle Cooper's 'Se7en' work (complete with Bowie's 'The Hearts Filthy Lesson' over the end titles if we're going to tenuously try to link these entries with a Bowie birthday theme), Picture Mill's 'Panic Room' sequence and P. Scott Makela's 'Fight Club' design are all memorable. 'The Girl With a Dragon Tattoo' doesn't match those highs, but it works well as a slippery, gothier, bleak take on Bond opening credits, but like 'Se7en's opening, Trent Reznor's work suits the mood. There's a good breakdown of how the film's opening titles were developed here, talking to Blur Studio's Tim Miller who directed it. Salutes to masterful motion graphics dude Onur Senturk too. The sequence looks like the commercial for the Hewlett-Packard peripheral from hell, with Rick Owens on creative direction, but somehow that suits the movie.
I'm late to the party on this video interview with Stüssy Triber Lono Brazil, who also uploaded some footage of the International Stüssy Tribe 1st Annual Tribal Meeting in Tokyo from 1991. It's worth a watch. Because I just used to gawp at the VHS cassette in clothing stores back in the day without every buying it, I'm not sure if it was on the old Stüssy tape back in 1992.


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