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FINALLY I'll get crackin' on this sum'bitch. Between working 60 hours/week and dealing with moving into my new apartment, spare time has been fleeting. Oh, yeah: plus, my dad died, so there's that. But as I sit here unable to sleep before trudging off shortly, I realize I'd better fire this shit up before it becomes totally irrelevant (i.e. last year's "Best of 2005 List" which I didn't post until like June).
The only rule is that reissues are not included, so that eliminates TimeLife's excellent 10-CD "Malt Shop Memories" compilation. Fortunately, this rule has little bearing on the Chavez retrospective, because Chavez just isn't good enough to make the list anyway.
Disclaimers: I've heard about 50 albums that were released in '06 proper, including a bunch of the usual crap that you'll find on many other year end lists (The Hold Steady, TV on the Radio, The Raconteurs, etc.). Again, to be sure, these albums are excluded from this list not because I didn't hear them, but because they're terrible.
20.) Thom Yorke - The Eraser -- This sounds exactly the way you'd expect a Thom Yorke solo joint to sound, which is not such a bad thing. But buyer beware: it's ultra monotonous, which is not such a good thing. Oddly, it sounds *kinda* like Radiohead, but still has its own singular identity: The Eraser is not as experimental as Kid A orAmnesiac; not as RAWK as The Bends; not as violently spotty and uneven as Hail to the Thief, and nowhere near as good as OK Computer. Although it is a "solo" release, Yorke wisely kept ace producer Nigel Godrich behind the boards -- his mastery of dynamics conjures a "new Floyd-for-the-do-it-yourself-digital-age" vibe. Best song: "Analyse."
19.) Keene Brothers - Blues and Boogie Shoes -- solid-if-unspectacular collaboration between Tommy Keene and Robert Pollard, crammed to the gills with competent powerpoppage. Almost a little bit too "mature" (as Bob himself would say) for my tastes, but it's obvious that Bob went out of his way to fire up some decent melodies on this one, as opposed (for example) to his downright shabby efforts on the Airport 5 records, which is a shame, because I prefer Airport 5's musical bedding (supplied by former GbV second fiddle Tobin Sprout) to that of the Keene Brothers. *sigh* Tobe deserved better. Best songs: "Death of the Party" and "Heaven's Gate."
18.) Howlin' Rain - Howlin' Rain -- side project from Comets on Fire frontman Ethan Miller. After the first three Comets records (this was released prior to Avatar), the, um, "restraint" on this one is super obvious (i.e. no echoplex freakouts, no Keith Moon-on-crack drum breaks and no harsh-as-nails processed vocals). And it's easy to dismiss this as a full album of CoF castoffs, but so fucking what, it's still some mighty fine good listenin'. Best song: "Calling Lightning with a Scythe."
17.) Beck - The Information -- I'm torn re: Beck. Half of me wishes that he had quit/left/died/whatever after Odelay, while the other half of me is happy that he's able to keep pumping out serviceable-yet-totally-inessential records to give my ears a brief respite from the usual metal/punk/postrock/indie stuff that I listen to these days. Since I have absolutely no tolerance for the robotic monotony of beat-centric electronica and I openly revile hip-hop culture, Beck's blue-eyed and funkified junk sculpture is pretty much as close as I get to either of those genres. In other words, what he lacks in melody, cohesive lyrical content and substance he more than makes up for, well, by sounding absolutely nothing like anything else I appreciate. On The Information, he re-ups with Sea Change producer/Radiohead guru Nigel Godrich, who no doubt provides most of the bleeps, bloops and sound effects. Has Beck shat out Guero II (or, just as accurately, Odelay III)? Probably. But just as long as he's not subjecting me to faux-earnest whinefests like Sea Change I'll keep on listening. Best song: "Cellphone's Dead." Does Herbie Hancock get royalties from this? 'Cuz he should.
16.) Wolfmother - Wolfmother -- My God, there are so many reasons that, in theory, I should *HATE* these fucking guys. Musically, completely unoriginal/totally derivative. Prettyboy frontman. Questionable drumming. "Third verse, same as the first" aesthetic. Credential-free, meteoric rise to stardom. The same two-note riff in what seems like every fucking song. And, plainly put, the worst lyrics not written by Lenny Kravitz. But when you RAWK like these fellas, you make it fairly easy to overlook all that. Probably the Party Record of the Year (unless you're a heroin addict, in which case you'd probably favor Mogwai's Zidane soundtrack). Best song: WOO-MON!
15.) Ratatat - Classics -- This is officially the first electronic-related record I've enjoyed since the ketamine flowed like nostril-imbibable wine a few years back. To Ratatat's credit, instead of skewing the mix towards some absurdly banal beat as a given track's focus (as is predictably the case with most electronic artists), they put the emphasis firmly on melody. Yes, at times it sounds kind of Tetris-y, and it's as dangerous as a glass of milk, but hot damn are some of these jams catchy. Best song: "Tacobel Canon."
14.) Robert Pollard - Normal Happiness -- [insert yearly "well, Bob's probably not as good these days as he was around Bee Thousand/Alien Lanes, but he's still better than pretty much anyone else around/this album has some great ones and some really, really awful ones/probably not going to convert any non-believers but Pollard fanatics will eat this one up"-themed comment here.] Best song: "Top of My Game."
13.) Two Gallants - What the Toll Tells -- Got turned onto these guys when I saw 'em opening for Wolfmother (surprisingly awesome) and Gov't Mule (shudder) in September. They're about as irony free as you can get; in fact, if you can't stand ultra-earnest lyrics you're likely to have your head explode while listening to this record. Lots of songs about being an outlaw/rebel/misfit/outcast -- kind of in the vein of a more literate Mike Ness. However, where Social D base their trademark sound around a wall of crunchy-ass guitars, Two Gallants' foundation is vocalist Adam Stephens' raspy howl, which many may instantly find off-putting. Part of me wishes these guys would just bite the bullet and pick up a kickass rhythm guitarist, but on the other hand that could severely fuck up more delicate songs like "The Prodigal Son." Hmmm. What the fuck do I know. Best to leave well enough alone, I guess. Best song: "Waves of Grain."
12.) Built to Spill - You in Reverse -- I've always thought of BtS as kind of the ultimate cock-tease band -- they come so close to actually rocking that, at times, they can be mistaken for actually rocking. Other than that, this record is a tough one to pigeonhole on the "Is it Indie?" test. It's indie: two-chord songs. It's not indie: said songs occasionally last 8+ minutes. It's indie: crummy vocals. It's not indie: fancy guitar playing. It's indie: sounds kinda like Modest Mouse. It's not indie: sounds kinda like Neil Young. Best song: everybody says "Goin' Against Your Mind," but I'm going with "Conventional Wisdom."
11.) Boris - Pink -- Um, WTF? This album obviously came out in '05, but I've seen it on so many year-end best-of lists (i.e. those compiled by people more punctual than I) that leaving it out would be foolish. Musically, these guys cover pretty much all the appropriate "loud" bases: grandiose post rock, gritty speedpunky metal, noise, doom, you name it -- all kinds of great riffs. Plus I kinda dig not having any idea what the vocalist is singing about. Best song: "Farewell."
10.) Bobby Bare, Jr. - Nick Nacks and Paddy Whacks -- Live/tour CD by an artist who, until '06's The Longest Meow (which was recorded largely live in the studio) was definitely better appreciated in concert than on record. Bare Jr. just simply sounds better when presenting his songs with Pixies-ish instrumentation than he does on the subtler, rootsier album versions. The only thing keeping this out of the top 5 is the questionable omission of "Valentine" and "Motherfucker," which really defies all logic, considering that those are two songs which benefit most from the live treatment. Best song: Hmmm. Lotsa good'uns. I'll have to go with "Terrible Sunrise" since I already have several great live versions of "Flat Chested Girl from Maynardville."
9.) Robert Pollard - From a Compound Eye -- Again, with a few outstanding exceptions, the songs on this record are _not_ immediately accessible pop masterpieces, and at least for me, FaCE required practically a full year in my listening incubator thingy before I thought it was much good at all. And as with any of Bob's recent records, one's apprecation forFaCE will hinge largely on how one feels about Todd Tobias' production. To me, one of the greatest things about Guided by Voices in the pre-Tobias days was that their songs, even when primitively recorded, almost always were exactly as loud as they needed to be: no more, no less. That's obviously not the case on this album. The versions of songs on FaCE like "Dancing Girls and Dancing Men," "I'm a Widow" and "Love is Stronger than Witchcraft" are flat out limp, and come nowhere near rocking. On the other hand, it's difficult to imagine "The Flowering Orphan," "Cock of the Rainbow" or "50 Year-Old Baby" without the lush Tobias touch. Regardless, there are just too many great songs on this album to pass it up. Of particular note is "The Right Thing," in which Pollard gives the listener a window into the process by which he turns basement scraps into full-fledged songs. The track begins with a brief, repetitive three-note pattern, accompanied by non-descript, generic (probably improvised) lyrics before switching key, switching gear and rocking the fuck out. Fuck yeah! Best song: "US Mustard Company," also the best song of the year.
8.) Comets on Fire - Avatar -- When is a top 10 album still a disappointment? When you've started your career off as The Kings of the Hard Rockin' Freakout, challenging Mogwai for the Planet's Greatest Band crown, and then you drop an album that sounds as much like a Phish/Allmans hybrid as it does your earlier output. Face it, "Dogwood Rust" sounds like Phish's "Birds of a Feather," "Hatched Upon the Age" sounds like the title track ofBilly Breathes, and nearly everything else has at least one moment where you think, "damn, this sounds like" either "Whipping Post" or "Elizabeth Reed." Phew, at least there's no Rusted Root thrown into the mix! And were we really eager to hear what Comets sounded like playing ballads, for fuck's sake?! God, I know that may sound harsh; after all, this is still a really good album. It's nowhere near Comets on Fire or Blue Cathedral, any way ya slice it, however. Many of the songs feature wildman drummer Utrillo Kushner on piano (yeah, I know), which moves echoplex maven Noel Von Harmonson off his squallin' shriek machine onto the drumkit, which in turn leads to a decrease in noise, distortion, and overall unpleasantness. This is definitely not a positive development. The only song that really sounds like old-school Comets to me is the all-too-brief "Holy Teeth," which clocks in at about 3 minutes. Seriously, guys: NEEDS MORE ECHOPLEX. Best song: probably "Dogwood Rust."
7.) Bobby Bare, Jr. - The Longest Meow -- So this is what good alt-country sounds like! Having heard more than my fill of overrated / mediocre acts like Ryan Adams and Wilco had made me dismiss the entire genre as nuthin' but a bunch of talentless hacks and watered-down jamband-lite wankers. But fuck that, Bobby Bare Jr.'s the real fucking deal. On The Longest Meow, which was recorded virtually entirely live in the studio, Bare splits the difference between his alternative-ish past and his more country-grounded solo records with the Young Criminals' Starvation League, retaining both the grinningly clever lyrics and the RAWK heft. In closing, the fact that Bobby Bare Jr. is not insanely popular is all the proof you need to know that America is full of dumb assholes. Best song: "Stop Cryin'."
6.) Witch - Witch -- True meat n' taters stoner rock at its finest, with J Mascis (!) on the drumkit. Of course, the lyrics are a bit over-the-top generic (lots of burning pyres, funerals, magic spells, and even a succubus!) but c'mon, the blueprint for this (or any other great stoner rock) is Sabbath, so juvenile things-that-go-bump-in-the-night imagery is not simply given a pass: it's revered. The guitars are downtuned and fuzzy, and Mascis does as good a Bill Ward impersonation as anyone. My only real complaint is that the vocals are a bit too Claypool-esque for me. Minor complaint, though: make no mistake about it, this is a damn fine album. Grow yer hair out, bust out the air guitar, and thrash along to the opening lick to "Rip Van Winkle," you pussy. Best songs: "Rip Van Winkle" and "Seer."
5.) Tool - 10,000 Days -- If anyone needs me, I'll be listening to Alice in Chains and pricing Faith No More bootlegs on eBay. Best song: "Jambi."
4.) Russian Circles - Enter -- Now, this is some damn hot flashfingered instru-metal, done up post-rock style, and cheers to 'em on that. This album is meant to be enjoyed as a succession of linked mini-suites, and a continuous theme is definitely noticeable the whole way throughout: not in a rock opera-ish way, but more in an overall "this is our style, so deal with it you pansy" type display of manliness. At times slow and brooding, at times manically aggressive, just like any great metal record. Any chance Mogwai picks these guys up as openers on their next trek across the States? Pwease? Best song: "Death Rides a [motherfucking] Horse [vulgarity added]."
3.) Tapes 'N Tapes - The Loon -- See, since I grew up listening to Zeppelin, Guns N' Roses and Metallica instead of Pavement, Jesus Lizard and Morrissey I don't suffer from the jaded hipster tendency to bury every great new album under an insufferable game of "spot the influence." Presumably, this is why I like bands like Interpol, The Raveonettes, and all kinds of shit that others simply dismiss with a "meh, they're ripping off Gang of Four" and a cluck of the tongue. The Loon was easily my most-listened-to new album in 2006. It's the type of record that, at first, seems awkward and self-consciously self-conscious before you realize A.) these dudes can play, B.) they know what goes into writing some damn fine songs, and C.) said dudes really manage to RAWK without simply relying on excessive volume (make no mistake, that's really fucking tricky). "The Iliad" stomps, "Insistor" shuffles, and "Jakov's Suite" is the best rock n' roll underture not written by Pete Townshend. And you can't leave out the vicodin-and-comfy-chair perfection of "Manitoba." Good, good shit. Best song: "The Iliad."
2.) Robert Pollard - Moon -- As the old saying goes, "Everything sounds better live." In the case of the songs from this year's FaCE (see above review), this adage is proven true with the album versions fleshed out into fully-formed, beefier versions of themselves. For the uninitiated, Moon was recorded during Robert Pollard and the Ascended Masters' (goddamn, I love that band name) two-show stint opening up for Pearl Jam. Oy vey, who knew that they'd be able to make "Dancing Girls and Dancing Men" listenable? It's a real fucking shame that the ticket-buying public is such a bunch of clueless shiteaters, because if Bob could have sold out some of the shows on his tour supporting Normal Happiness, he wouldn't have had to bust up his excellent backing band (Tommy Keene on guitar/keys, Jon Wurstur on drums, Jason Narducy playing bass, and Dave Phillips on guitar). Of course, since I'm a scab-scratching nitpicker, I have a few bones to pick with the chosen setlist. For example, for Christ's sake, where the fuck are "US Mustard Company," "Denied," "I'm a Strong Lion" and "Recovering?" And if Bob was going to bust out some songs from Normal Happiness in front of the Dockers n' North Face set in the Pearl Jam audience, why not "Top of My Game" and "Rhoda Rhoda?" And couldn't he have squeezed a second GbV chestnut in there somewhere? Either way, and with all my petty bitching aside, this is a fantastic record, significant because it's really only the second proper live album Uncle Bob's released, and it seems, sadly, that his beer-fueled caravan won't be hitting the road for the foreseeable future, which is a shame. If you never saw a Pollard solo show, or never saw GbV live you really, really missed out. Best song: "The Right Thing." I AM HIIIIIIIIIIIIIGH!!!!!! "Conqueror of the Moon" is incredible too, though.
1b.) Mogwai - Mr. Beast -- If you think that Young Team is better than this, you're an asshole. Best song: "Glasgow Mega-Snake."
1a.) Oxford Collapse - Remember the Night Parties -- This might just be the finest summer album ever put out by anyone, and, on top of that, it's an indie album that actually RAWKS. These songs are packed with as much nostalgia and wistfulness as they are with huge, arena-sized hooks, and the songwriting is great enough to actually pull that tricky combo off without sounding insincere. Previous Oxford Collapse outings have been decidedly scrappier affairs, but on RtNP they're making no attempt to conceal that they're boldly swinging for the fences. Best song: gotta be "Burno" but there's no shortage of great songs on here.


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As you've probably heard, Amanda Bynes keeps crashing her car into other people's cars. TMZ reports that Bynes is exhibiting signs of deteriorating mental health. And here's what Lindsay Lohan posted to Twitter yesterday:
Why did I get put in jail and a nickelodeon star has had NO punishment(s) so far? +
Let's screencap this before she takes it down once everyone wakes up and sh-ts on her for it.
Oh but she's a badass, isn't she? Calling someone out without the balls to use their name?
But when she was going through all her legal problems, cocaine raging through her system as she sped down the Pacific Coast highway, she pleaded with people for compassion and understanding, to not judge her, to stop jumping to conclusions.
Please though, by all means, where Amanda Bynes is concerned, please judge her and jump to all your conclusions. Because only Lindsay Lohan should be an exception. The same Lindsay Lohan who tweeted this picture the other day. Make note of the caption too:
Of the celebrities who have struggled, there are certainly, on occasion, those who deserve your sympathy, no question. Some. Maybe even Amanda Bynes. But I promise you, I promise you it will never be Lindsay Lohan. I promise you Lindsay Lohan will never deserve your kindness. Lindsay Lohan is a hideous human being. If there is one truth you take away from this site, this would be it -- Lindsay Lohan is worthless, the most worthless.


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Students already taking classes at Piedmont Virginia Community College's new Kluge-Moses Science Building, which opened in the spring, had to pass through a throng of more than hundred people who'd gathered in the building's atrium for the official opening ceremony on September 16, attended by Patricia Kluge and her husband William Moses, the couple whose $1.2 million gift for the project was the largest in school history.
As PVCC president Frank Friedman pointed out, the Kluge-Moses gift, while only a small part of the $11.5 million price tag, made up of mostly state funds, allowed the college to add cutting-edge technology that it might have had to eliminate, such as classroom whiteboards that copy anything written on them as PDF computer files, and two-way video systems that allow students and faculty to consult with colleagues around the world.
Friedman also proudly noted that enrollment at the college had increased 30 percent since 2002, to 5,600 students this fall, and that many of those new students were studying in science-related fields, a trend he hoped the new building would nurture.
As for Kluge and Moses, Friedman called them "good friends" and "visionaries in the wine industry" who'd helped establish the study of viticulture at the college.
"I'm a real believer in Feng-shui," said Kluge in a quiet, aristocratic British accent, gesturing toward the large windows of the atrium. "And I have felt it in this building."
Indeed, the interior of the 34,000 square-foot building, designed by The Lukmire Partnership in Arlington, with much faculty input, features lots of glass, winding stairways, and lovely natural light everywhere. It felt more like a hotel than school building.
Kluge, too, had a certain feng-shui about her, wearing a dignified pin-striped black skirt and jacket, gold earrings, and a three-tiered gold and pink necklace. In her black heels, and holding a small clutch, she towered over her husband and most of the crowd.
Kluge referred to herself and Moses as "farmers" and self-deprecatingly credit her husband for doing "all the work."
Moses, admitting to feeling nervous as he entered the building (having not been a stellar college chemistry student), was quick to remind folks how hard his wife worked, and that while they appreciated having their name on the building, the "real honor belongs to the architects, builders, faculty, and students that will come through here."
Kluge made no mention of her ex-husband, billionaire philanthropist John Kluge, who died September 7 at the age of 95, and whose divorce from the former British-Iraqi socialite and sex columnist cost him an unstated cache of cash and a 17,865 square-foot house (the contents of which Kluge and Moses auctioned off this year).
Later, the Kluge-Moses entourage toured the building, which included visits to state-of-the-art chemistry and biology classrooms that were in session. The building also houses classrooms and labs for microbiology and biotech, nursing, emergency medical services, surgical technology, gross anatomy, and anatomy and physiology.
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Anyone else notice the irony of PVCC's Science Building being designed by the principles of feng shui? Gotta make sure the "flow of energy" is right in the Science Building, do we?
Don your reading monocle again panopticon. Search to see if the article actually says that feng shui principles were considered in the design process. PK merely claims to "have felt it" in the building.
Feng shui after the fact, then? Just thought it an odd thing to mention in regards to a "science building". My reading monocle is very high-res: i tend to notice stuff like that.
Meanwhile i was wondering if there were any astrologers out there that could tell me the best time to hold a weekly Skeptics meeting...
Good Luck! The student and staff should be happy.
Hello..... This is sneha here i like very much picture of feng shui building.......... thanks .
I am always glad to see equipment, resources, and buildings made available to PVCC. Dr. Frank Friedman and the staff of too many to mention here, have done a consistently excellent job of preparing many either for direct work, or for transfer to universities.
Several of my children used PVCC as a stepping stone to fine universities afterward. They have often said that PVCC provided the best tutelage they received anywhere, and that was before the consideration of cost per value.
Congratulations PVCC. You deserve all the philanthropy and allocations you get. You change lives.
So the benefactors of the science building were just promoting pseudo-science? Well, that's certainly their prerogative.


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FRANK LAMPARD will not be offered a new contract with Chelsea under any circumstances, according to the veteran midfielder's agent.
The 34-year-old has widely been expected to leave the club he joined back in 2001 at the end of the season, and agent Steve Kutner claims the Blues hierarchy have confirmed that to the player.
He said: "Chelsea executives told Frank in Japan during the Club World Cup and then again reconfirmed with me after the Everton victory that in no circumstances will he be offered a new contract to stay at the club after the end of this season.
"Nothing since has changed in any respect.
"Frank has had to accept that and just wants to carry on playing football for Chelsea so as to finish the season as successfully as possible for the club that he loves."
Reports over the weekend suggested Chelsea may be interested in keeping the player after all and that Lampard had offered to take a hefty pay cut to stay at the club.
Fans made their feelings clear on Saturday as they chanted "sign him up" when Lampard came off the bench in Chelsea's 5-1 FA Cup win at Southampton.


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Watch Footage of Massive Explosion That Killed At Least 15 in Russia
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Early Sunday in Volgograd, Russia a suicide bomber killed at least 15 people at the city's main rail station. Above you can watch footage of the explosion from a security camera perched across the street. The video is inherently disturbing but not gory.
No group or persons have yet to claim responsibility for the attack. According to the New York Times, the explosion is believed to have happened outside security checkpoints.
As the footage makes clear, the death toll is expected to rise.


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New York City – A homeless New York man is suing his parents because he says he feels unloved by them.
Bernard Bey, 32, has filed a $200,000 lawsuit against his parents.
The aspiring rapper says he ran away from home when he was 12 and has been in and out of shelter systems since he was 16.
In a self-written lawsuit in Brooklyn, Bey accuses his parents of causing him mental anguish and for making him feel "unloved and beaten by the world."
His mom Vickie and stepdad Bernard Manley also live in public housing and say they are in no position to hand over the large sum of money.
His mother also told the New York Daily News, "I say go get a job. He's never had a job a day in his life."
Bey says he would drop the lawsuit if his family would simply sit down at the dinner table with him.


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B.C. port truckers being shortchanged: unionOn 23/02/2019 by admin
VANCOUVER – Drivers servicing the country's largest port urged government on Monday to take swift action against trucking companies, which they say aren't living up to a deal hammered out last spring to end a strike.
More than 1,600 union and non-unionized truckers for Port Metro Vancouver went back to work in late March after negotiating an action plan that promised to improve job conditions.
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Three months later they're still not getting paid what's owed, say representatives who met with two levels of government to request an order-in-council making rates legal and binding for workers across the sector.
Unifor director Gavin McGarrigle, who represents about 400 drivers, said companies are "thumbing their nose" at the 14-point action plan devised to get cargo flowing again after drivers walked off the job for weeks.
"They have their wild west mentality and they just think that if there's a loophole they'll jump through it as quick as possible," he told reporters after a nearly two-hour meeting with the federal and provincial transportation ministers.
"The trucking companies need to realize the days of game playing are over and its time to step up to the plate."
Workers don't want to withdraw services again, McGarrigle said, but noted members are still in a legal strike position.
Manny Dhillon, who represents about 1,200 members the United Truckers' Association of B.C., said drivers have become increasingly frustrated over rates owed since early April.
"They're pretty angry," he said, arguing 12 of the action plan's 14 points have not come to fruition. "It's really getting hard to calm people down out there."
The meeting was held two weeks after the representatives walked away from weekly two-hour talks that they contend were showing no progress, despite the March deal.
Even before Monday's meeting, a spokeswoman for the federal transportation minister said in a statement that Lisa Raitt has been working with her provincial counterpart to ensure "the necessary steps" are taken to pay truckers. No detail on when or how that might happen was provided.
The truckers say other issues that have yet to be resolved include an oversupply of trucks in the industry, truck licencing problems and a concern the auditing system is not independent from the port.
But they also say some improvements have been made, including the p[ayment of more than $1 million in waiting fees and the outfitting of fleets with GPS systems.


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NIU professor Tao Xu, who has developed a promising nanoscience research program in solar energy conversion, is now getting a big boost from the National Science Foundation.
NSF awarded the chemistry and biochemistry professor with a prestigious Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) grant of $400,000 to support his research and teaching efforts.
CAREER awards support junior faculty who exemplify the role of teacher-scholars through outstanding research, excellent education and the integration of education and research.
Xu's grant dollars will come over the next five years.
"This award is a tribute to the quality and productivity of Dr. Xu and his research group," said Jon Carnahan, chair of the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry. "We're very proud of Tao's accomplishment."
Xu also is affiliated with NIU's Institute for Nano Science, Engineering, and Technology. His research group is working to develop potential solar cells of the future.
"Because of environmental concerns related to nuclear and fossil-fuel-based energy, people are demanding clean alternative energies that can help build up our power grids," Xu said. "Solar cells are quite safe, but we need to enhance their overall efficiency and affordability. To accomplish this, our group is trying to gain a better understanding of the fundamental processes at work in solar cells."
The trick is to create cells that are good at both trapping light and generating electricity.
Thick solar cells have properties that are beneficial for capturing light but are inefficient for extraction of electricity and cost more for materials. Thin cells use fewer materials and efficiently generate electricity but are less effective at catching light. Through a nanotechnology process of folding material within the cell, Xu is hoping to create thin cells that are also excellent light catchers.
Xu's group also is developing novel, environmentally friendly materials that use sunlight as an energy source to burn away organic pollutants from wastewater. The scientists have published a number of journal articles on the topic. Xu hopes the technique could be used for purification of sewage or even oil-contaminated water.
"The CAREER award is a big encouragement for my entire research group, which includes graduate students, undergraduates and research scholars who have been working so hard and intelligently on this project in the past years," Xu said.
With the new funding, Xu hopes to expand his ongoing research collaboration with Argonne National Laboratory to include more NIU students.
"Energy science is Argonne's core research area, and I see broadening the collaboration as an effective way to train the next generation of scientists," Xu said. "NIU students will be exposed to Argonne's world-class research environment and involved in frontline research projects at a young age. They will also benefit from exposure to scientific teamwork, cutting-edge facilities, cross-disciplinary knowledge and critical-thinking and problem-solving methodologies."
Xu is the second faculty member in the chemistry and biochemistry department to win a CAREER award from NSF in recent years. Professor James Horn was awarded the grant in 2010 for his research on proteins.


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"I wanted us to be so naked with each other," Acker/Laure writes to Bataille, "that the violence of my passion was amputating me for you." But "as soon as you saw that I got pleasure from yielding to you, you turned away from me… You stated that you were denying me because you needed to be private. But what's real to you isn't real to me. I'm not you. Precisely: my truth is that for me your presence in my life is absence."
- Steven Shaviro, quoting Kathy Acker as Laure as if writing a love letter to Georges Bataille
I carry every love letter I wrote to B in a Gmail label on my phone. They aren't all love letters; they pitch and shift through six months of taking a conversation that began in public, across two blogs, into a more protected space.
For the last two months, I've been publishing these letters to readers who bought a subscription. I have four months left to send these letters, in which the reader receives my half of the correspondence, time-shifted one year after I wrote and sent them to B.
It's called What Price Love? and so far, in sum, love is priced at about a thousand dollars.
"...for me your presence in my life is absence."
I think about how I have made a living exposing sex, including my own, for the last 14 years. How nearly anything we are supposed to do for love but instead accept money for can be defamed – by someone uncomfortable with that exchange and our decision to enter into it – as "prostitution." Is selling a love letter prostitution? Is telling you to buy it somehow worse? I want you to read them but ...


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Chip and soak seed in warm water, or try boiling water poured over seeds immediately before sowing in spring. May also be sown in fall, protected location or cold frame. Sow just covered, 65-70F/18-21C, in well-drained medium. Grow also from hardwood cuttings taken when dormancy sets in. Full sun or light shade; almost all soils. Often tolerant of strong winds. Can be used as bonsai. Zone 5-8
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The thin rocky soils and rugged terrain on Mount Veeder make farming the vineyard a challenge. Cultivation and harvesting are done entirely by hand. Water is scarce and drains quickly through the volcanic mountain soil. The vines grow slowly and produce small clusters and intensely concentrated berries giving us extremely low yields; as little as half that of vineyards on the valley floor.
Farming on the mountain is definitely demanding. But were rewarded with wines that show intensity and depth, with rich, earthy tannins and bold, dark fruit flavors.
Wine clubs are a great way to stay connected to your favorite wineries.
To join the wine club, visit www.mtveeder.com or call 707-967-3830.
Annual release party
Once a year the rarest new Napa Valley wines become available under one roof at Premiere Napa Valley. Wineries throughout the Napa Valley are given one task to participate: create a one-of-a-kind wine for this event to be purchased by one lucky bidder. This event is only open to select members of the wine trade and the successful bidder is the sole owner of this unique wine.
Mount Veeder Winery
Cases: 10
Varietal: Cabernet Sauvignon
Vintage: 2018
Release Date: January - 2021
Appellation: Napa Valley
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Motorola always follow the tradition that the successful rule of one smartphone will be copied and be applied to the following handsets. After the success of new generation MOTO RAZR XT910, similar model designs are put to the upcoming Motorola phones, and MOTO RAZR MT887 is one representative.
4.6-inch Touch Screen
Motorola RAZR MT887 does not own many differences in integral style when comparing to the previous RAZA series phones. The distinct phone line processing and the camera modeling are identical to the previous ones.
More interesting, from market orientation Motorola MT887 is a bit lower than the flagship Motorola MT917, but it does has improvements on part of designs and hardware configuration. For example, Kevlar material is applied to the back of this phone and it is also equipped with 4.6-inch touch screen which is quite fantastic for you to watch video on Motorola RAZR. But the resolution support remains unknown.
1.2 GHz Dual-core Processor
As for mobile phone processor which has received great concerns, there is no outstanding spot on Motorola MT887 for it still adopts the old 1.2 GHz TI OMAP 4430 dual-core processor, with 1GB DDR2 RAM memory and 4GB storage capacity. Because this phone supports TC-SCDMA/GSM network as well, so it employs double camera design that is prepared for video calling function. And the main camera on the back is shrunk to 8 million pixels.
What is new on the new MOTO RAZR MT887? It should be the latest Android 4.0.3 system which brings users with smooth operating experience. And as for other functions such as Wi-Fi, GPS, memory card extension and Bluetooth 4.0 technology are all included.
What It Exactly IS?
There is rumor that Motorola MT889 is actually DROID Fighter exposed before. According to relevant statement, this phone will be launched as the upgraded version of Motorola RAZR MAXX, with 3300ma battery equipped.
Therefore, it is quite possible MOTO XT887 will also be equipped with 4.6-inch 720p HD touch screen and run on Android 4.0 system, just as DROID Fighter. To put it in another word, MOTO XT887 is bound to be configured with 720p HD touch screen as MOTO XT889.
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Royal, a Bud Wilkinson protégé and former Oklahoma all-American, had effected a total sea-change in Austin since his arrival in 1957. His 1963 team went 11-0, claiming a third consecutive Southwest conference title and the school's first AP crown. Entering the 1965 Orange Bowl, the Longhorns had lost only three games in four seasons. The Alabama team that waited in Miami for the late arriving, quietly confident Horns stood at 10-0 and had already been voted AP champion. Like Royal, Bryant had turned around a once-proud program at a school that hoped to forget the 1950s. Conference and national championships in 1961 and 1964 achieved that goal emphatically. Pundits and fans alike felt sure that both coaches had more national championship in their futures and it surprised no one when their teams fought out grueling contests that turned on goal-line stands.
The first and second ranked teams in the AP poll rarely met in bowl games in those days, but Alabama-Texas was in January 1965 came as close as imaginably possible to providing such a match. Unbeaten Southwest Conference champion Arkansas had finished behind Alabama and hosted Nebraska in the Cotton Bowl. Royal's team had missed out on their fourth consecutive conference title by the narrowest of margins and were every bit as deserving as Frank Broyles' Razorbacks. The two sides had faced off in Austin on October 17th and for the first thirty minutes played out a defensive stand-off that only turned on an eighty-one yard punt return for a touchdown by Arkansas defensive back Kenny Hatfield. Offensively, the Hogs achieved little against a Texas defense led by all-American stand-out linebacker Tommy Nobis. Disciplined tackling and regular blitzes from the Hogs' defense interrupted Texas' passing game, but the Longhorns ground out decent yardage with the run. Halfback Ernie Koy powered his way to a 110-yard day and eventually tired the Razorbacks enough to engineer a scoring drive to tie the game early in the final quarter. The Horns' defense responded with resounding three-and-out, only to be called for a twelfth man on the field on the ensuing punt. Visibly deflated, Texas allowed the only sustained drive Arkansas enjoyed all day. Quarterback Fred Marshall directed a seventy-five yard scoring march that stood in stark contrast to his under-whelming final passing statistics: 6-12 for 81 yards with a touchdown and an interception. Texas responded late in the game with a bruising drive, again led by Koy's running. Covering seventy-yards and eating plenty of clock, the Horns reached Arkansas' endzone with only 1:27 to play. Royal's best chance at a second consecutive unbeaten year was a two-point conversation. Preferring to gamble on glory rather than bank a tie, Royal called a passing play and Quarterback Marv Krystinik failed to find Halfback Hix Green under pressure. The game finished 13-14 -- not for the last time that decade an epic Horns-Hogs meeting that featured an eventual national champion was decided on a two-point play by Texas.
Texas had romped to some big victories over weaker opponents – such as thirty-one and twenty-three point shut-out thrashings of Tulane and Texas Tech to open the year, and a 26-7 romp over hapless 1-9 Texas A&M to end it – but Royal's team had also shown its mettle in some squeakers. The week following the Arkansas loss Texas snapped a twelve year stretch without a road win over Rice in an uninspiring affair that ended 6-3. In a battle of field position, the Horns needed an outstanding special teams performance from Ernie Koy. For once, the Halfback's rushing stats did not eclipse his kicking as nine punts for a 46.3 yard average made the critical difference. In the Red River Shootout on October 10th Texas gave up 109 yards rushing in the first half alone, while OU Linebacker Carl McAdams produced a dominating career day with 18 tackles, a fumble recovery, and a twenty-eight yard interception return. But Krystinik finally emerged with a sixty-yard scoring drive in the fourth quarter before the defense forced a fumble deep in OU territory. A thirteen-yard TD pass to End Pete Lammons put an unrepresentative gloss on the final score of 28-7.
By New Year's Day 1965 the 9-1 Longhorns had convincingly beaten over-matched teams, pulled out gritty victories against good ones, and lost a heart-breaker in the noblest possible fashion to a team that would finish 11-0 and claim a shared national title. Royal's 1964 Longhorns were champions in all but reality, equal in every respect to the Bear's Crimson Tide. The two teams appeared as virtual mirror images.
Like Texas, Alabama had made easy going of the lighter names on their schedule. A resounding season-opening 31-3 home win over Georgia in Vince Dooley's first game as Bulldogs head-coach preceded 36-6 and 24-0 wins over Tulane and Vanderbilt. Alabama looked unstoppable behind the precision passing and dangerous outside running of senior quarterback Joe Namath. After a post-season suspension for breaking curfew, Namath had worked his way back into Bryant's good graces and looked set to smash records and make a strong case for the Heisman. His 16 of 21 passes for 167 yard, combined with 55-yard rushing on 11 attempts, for 3 TDs against Georgia were typical for their cool efficiency. Unfortunately, Alabama's season changed dramatically in the fourth game -- a home date versus North Carolina State. With six minutes remaining in a still scoreless first half, Namath rolled out of the pocket looking for an open receiver and badly turned his knee. With the Tide star already on 7 of 8 passes for 58-yards, the injury interrupted what was shaping up to be another career day. More significantly, in the days before modern reconstructive ligament surgery that single miss-step hampered Namath for the rest of his career. He played professionally until 1977 with great success, including a Super Bowl championship with the Jets in 1969. But the scrambling dual-threat Quarterback that thrilled Tide fans and helped the Bear rebuild Alabama football never left the field of Denny Stadium that October 10th 1964. Had team doctors possessed the scanning technology available today Namath probably wouldn't have seen another collegiate snap. Even without Namath, stiffling defense and the competent play of back-up Steve Sloan enabled the Tide to destroy NC State 21-0. As is characteristic of great championship teams, other players rose to the occassion. End Tommy Tolleson set a school record with an eight reception day for eighty-one yards; it hardly seemed to matter who was throwing to him. But in the grander scheme, replacing a talent of Namath's magnitude was no easy task.
Offensive productivity dropped the following week in a 19-8 win over Tennessee. In Alabama's sixth game, a home date against Florida, Namath returned to start but re-injured his knee late in the first quarter. Sloan's underwhelming 6 of 11 for 85-yard performance with one interception provided an unwelcome contrast to Namath's talent through the remaining three quarters. Fortunately for Alabama fans, the Tide possessed enough other play-makers to pull through. Fullback Steve Bowman provided eighty-two yards rushing with two scores on just eleven carries, including a thirty-yard score after a thirty-seven yard punt return from Halfback John Mosley in the final quarter. That touchdown tied that game at 14-14 before Bama place-kicker David Ray established a slender lead on a twenty-one yard attempt with three minutes remaining. The Tide needed all the special teams help they could get with a future Heisman Trophy winner in the opposing backfield. Steve Spurrier had an outstanding day, including a perfect seven of seven passing performance in the second half. Following Ray's late three-pointer the Gator sophomore marched his team down the field with passes of sixteen, nineteen and seventeen yards before Alabama's defense finally recovered its footing. Alabama sacked Spurrier and dropped Fullback John Felber for a loss with time expiring to force a quick field goal try. Those tackles robbed kicker Jim Hall of the spare seconds he needed to compose himself and the Florida specialist shanked his twenty-four yard attempt.
Two weeks later Alabama secured the SEC title in Birmingham with another narrow escape, beating LSU 17-9. On another mediocre passing performance from Sloan, the Tide held a slender 10-9 lead at halftime and relied entirely on defense to finish the job. Twice LSU drove down to the Alabama eleven-yard line before coming away empty handed. Stand-out defensive tackle Frank McClendon batted down four passes inside the redzone during those two desperate stands. Late in the fourth quarter a thirty-three yard interception return for a touchdown by defensive back Hudson Harris finally sealed a win that had looked very much in doubt.
Another close battle nearly caused Alabama to falter at the final hurdle, but once again one outstanding non-offensive performance made the difference. Hated instate rival Auburn, led by the power-running of consensus all-America Fullback Tucker Frederickson, enjoyed a 301 to 245 yardage edge in the 1964 Iron Bowl. Bama needed a a 107-yard kickoff return from Halfback Ray Ogden on the first play of the second half to tip the balance, earn a 21-14 win, and save the undefeated championship season. Namath returned to action during the game, adding a much needed spark. His twenty-three yard pass to End Ray Perkins provided Alabama's final score. The stark contrast between Alabama's form before Namath's injury and later desperate wins over Florida, LSU and Auburn could not have been clearer. With him the Tide had some magic and could move the ball. Without, only bruising defense, clutch special teams play and gritty refusal to accept defeat elevated a good team into an unbeaten champion.
The 1965 Orange Bowl was the first collegiate game ever to experiment with an evening kickoff in the hopes of capturing a large prime-time television audience. Critics howled that ten solid hours of New Year's Day football constituted 'saturation', but the masses disagreed. The game provided a gripping spectacle that propelled college football into the lucrative national viewing spotlight it has occupied ever since. The two power-house teams had all season long risen to the biggest occasions and clutched seemingly improbable triumph from the very jaws of grim defeat. Against one another, they played out a dual which ultimately turned on a decision so fine that Bama die-hards still dispute the outcome half a century later.
Several days prior to the game Namath again aggravated his injured knee practicing a routine hand-off. Bryant told reporters with characteristic frankness:
"If we don't have Namath, our chances against a strong Texas team will be hurt… It's like losing Sandy Koufax on the eve of the World Series."
By game time Namath's leg was so heavily taped as to render him virtually immobile. Sloan got the nod for the start, though he also carried a nagging knee injury. Royal's team had health problems of its own, with End Sandy Sands and Wingback Phil Harris carrying niggling injuries. But Texas did not enter the contest without any key starter. In fact, the Horns were stronger for the return of senior linebacker Timmy Doerr, who had been sidelined since the Arkansas game. Royal said everything coaches are supposed to say, reminding media men that Alabama had gone 6-0 with Sloan as the primary Quarterback. He claimed: "[Sloan] scares us just as much, if not more. He throws too good." But Royal's game-plan revealed his true perspective.
Viewing Sloan as an exploitable weak-link, defensive co-ordinator Mike Campbell had run weeks of rigorous full contact drills focusing on breaking up the Alabama option game and preventing the Tide back-up from finding his rhythm passing with play-action fakes. Texas' powerful defensive front seven blitzed early and often. For the first fifteen minutes this strategy worked perfectly. Alabama produced nothing offensively while the Texas managed to establish their running game and earn several first downs. Ernie Koy blew the game open on a big play late in the first quarter, receiving a pitch-out and turning the corner on the left side of the Bama line. He rumbled for a seventy-nine yard score, helped by the lead blocking of Guard Lee Hensley. On Texas' next possession Royal ruthlessly exploited a rare Alabama coaching mistake. Changes to the substitution rules in 1964 allowed coaches to remove and return players in the same quarter for the first time since 1952. They could only do so, however, when the clock stopped. During a Bama timeout with Texas facing third and long, Bryant sent in most of his offensive personnel in anticipation of regaining possession. Royal quickly sent in his backup quarterback Jim Hudson, the team's best deep passer. End George Sauer ran a seem route and when Safety Mickey Andrews took the bait on a pump-fake, Hudson hit him in stride past the fifty-yard line. Sauer raced off for a sixty-nine yard score.
Bryant commented after the game that he couldn't remember when any team had burned Alabama on two long plays in such startling fashion. With his team desperately lacking a game-changing spark, Bryant once again turned to his hobbled star. Namath entered the game and answered Texas's second score immediately. Deftly reading the blitzes that had disrupted Sloan, he set about dumping the ball off with calm accuracy. In a crucial eighty-seven yard march the Tide stand-out connected with Ray Perkins for twenty-five and nine yards, Tommy Tolleson for fifteen, and Wayne Cook for nine, before finishing with a seven-yard strike to Wayne Trimble in the endzone. The drive cut the Texas lead to 14-7 and completely changed the flow of the game. No longer was the Texas run-defense going against an option threat in Sloan. The immobile Namath had to rely on vertical passing finished with 255 yards on 18 of 37 passes for two scores. Bama totalled barely fifty team yards rushing. In contrast, Texas managed little through the air but gained more than 200 rushing yards, Koy alone accounting for 133 on twenty-four carries.
Texas had no intentions of surrendering without a fight and responded to Namath's first score with a sustained drive of their own to end the first half. Seventy-two yards, almost entirely on the ground, took the Horns inside inside the Alabama ten-yard line, where they finally stalled. With time running out Kicker David Conway came out for a short attempt. Alabama blocked the effort but in attempting to advance the ball fumbled it right back. Ernie Koy then converted Alabama's second mistake of the day for a one-yard touchdown with only seconds remaining. Texas took an imposing 21-7 lead to the locker-room.
Not for the first or last time in his astonishing career, whatever Bryant said at halftime rejuvenated his team. The Alabama defense dug in and the Longhorns failed to cross the fifty-yard line through the remaining two quarters. On offense, Namath picked up where he had left off and a Bama comeback began to assume the air of inevitability. Only five minutes into the third quarter Namath capped a sixty-three yard drive that featured only five rushing yards with a scoring strike to Ray Perkins. After an exchange of punts to Alabama's field position advantage, the period ended on a twenty-one yard field goal that cut the Texas lead to four at 21-17.
Bama players always said in later years that they never felt any doubt regarding the outcome. Fans in the stadium and the huge national television audience sensed as much when Namath again guided the Tide inside Texas' ten-yard line with less than five minutes remaining in the game. Perkins carried a seven yard pass out of bounds at the Texas six-yard line before Bama abandoned the passing game that had brought them within reach of triumph. Fullback Steve Bowman plunged into the Texas line three straight times for a net gain of five yards. With the ball on the Longhorn one and needing a touchdown, Namath went to the sideline. His coaches were uncertain as to the best option. The Alabama signal-caller made the decision to call his own number on a sneak. Tommy Nobis guessed the call and timed his plunge into the line of scrimmage perfectly to meet Namath. He has always claimed that the Bama legend's first dive came up short and that Namath only reached the endzone crawling on his elbows in a futile second effort. After some deliberation the referees agreed. Bama men, Namath not least among them, swear that the play succeeded. Despite protests, Texas took over possession and clung on for a precious four-point upset.
The next week, watching film back in Austin, Mike Campbell reviewed the play and jubilantly exulted to an assistant:
"Not only didn't Namath score, but not one damn Alabama jersey crossed that goalline."
No one saw things so clearly in the moment. Both sets of players and coaches readily acknowledged that the call could have gone either way. Virtually nothing separated two prolific championship winning programs on that eventful night. Alabama fans felt that if their star Quarterback could make 255 yards passing on a bum knee through three quarters that he would likely have made the decisive difference at full health in four. But injuries and hair's-breadth losses are simply part of the game. Championships with asterisks appended are not. Played out ten times the 1965 Orange Bowl might have resulted in a 5-5 series tie. As it is, the record books only show that Texas won, fair and square.
On January 7th, 2010 the Tide and Horns met for the ninth time, to play for the BCS championship in Pasadena. For the first time in more than twelve glorious decades of winning tradition, the University of Alabama defeated Texas. Early in the first quarter a routine tackle from Bama Defensive End Marcel Dareus put Colt McCoy, the all-time NCAA leader in career wins for a starting Quarterback, out of the game with a pinched nerve in his right shoulder. Redshirt freshman Garrett Gilbert could not have entered a bigger, more overwhelming stage under greater pressure. For the remainder of the first half, with their young signal caller visibly unnerved, Texas faltered and Bama surged. After the break, with the help of sixth-year senior Jordan Shipley [a veritable one-man receiving corps], Gilbert found his groove and posted a reasonably efficient effort. With three minutes remaining, back in possession of the ball and down by only a field goal, Texas fans sensed a repeat of 2005's miraculous fourth-quarter Rose Bowl come-back on the cards. It wasn't to be. Two turnovers gave Bama the victory with a deceptively emphatic final score of 37-21.
Texas fans have far more right to wonder what might have been through four quarters with a healthy star at Quarterback than Bama fans did in January 1965. But the metaphysical futility of presuming on unprovable alternate outcomes given hypothetical contingencies speaks for itself. The record books will ultimately only show that Bama finally managed to best the Longhorns.
(Sources: Pat Culpepper, Inside Texas; Barking Carnival; USA Today CFB encyclopedia; Fort Worth Star-Telegram)


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Yahoo! Screen premieres its fall comedy lineup beginning Monday at screen.yahoo.com with five new original comedies that range from silly to satirical.
Yahoo also is launching new seasons of "SketchY!," "The Flip Side" and "Sports Friends" as well as a mega-sized "Saturday Night Live" clip archive that includes more than 1,000 hours of content from the show's 38 seasons.
Most of the comedies range from 8 to 12 minutes per episode. All episodes of all shows will be available beginning Monday.
Ghost Ghirls
Heidi (Amanda Lund) and Angelica (Maria Blasucci) are best friends and bumbling paranormal investigators in this Jack Black-produced 12-episode comedy from Lund, Blasucci and "Drunk History" creator Jeremy Konner. In the silly spoof of ghost-hunting reality shows, the duo looks into otherworldly phenomena and enjoys some tickle time, too. Of the two episodes presented for review, "Spirit, Pt. 1" was more effective thanks to the presence of Black, who guest stars as a dead Southern rocker in an all-ghost band that includes Dave Grohl, Kyle Gass and Val Kilmer. But Lund and Blasucci can deliver laughs as well.
We Need Help
My favorite of the new shows, this hilarious Hollywood satire stars Max Loeb as Max, a personal assistant shared by actresses Cheryl Hines and Rachael Harris (playing themselves). Max is a struggling actor desperate to make showbiz connections, which is why he throws his self-respect aside to perform menial and embarrassing tasks (like applying fake tan to Cheryl's legs) just to hobnob with their Hollywood friends. Filled with cameos, "We Need Help" continues the laughs beyond the story—each episode ends with outtakes.
Tiny Commando
Created by Ed Helms and starring Zachary Levi and Gillian Jacobs, action movie spoof "Tiny Commando" brings some big laughs. Levi pours on the macho as Richard Carlisle, a 4-inch tall former Navy SEAL turned private investigator who with his sidekick Mitzi (Jacobs) fights crime, searches for missing pets and battles his mini mortal enemy, Cesar Pequeño (Helms). Silly stuff, but delightful.
Losing It with John Stamos
Apparently in an effort to show that celebrities' first times are just like ours, Stamos interviews stars about when they lost their virginity. Bob Saget's and Olivia Munn's stories were just O.K., but maybe other guests—Michael Ian Black, Alan Cumming, Perez Hilton, Adam Pally, Michael Rapaport, Matt Stone, Casey Wilson and more—will have more interesting stories.
The Fuzz
In this scripted buddy-cop comedy, humans and puppets coexist, if not peacefully. A violent jellybean war has engulfed P-Town (yes, Puppet Town), so the police department partners go-get-'em puppet cop Herbie with a lazy human officer to save the city. The puppets might remind you of the Muppets, but this definitely isn't "Sesame Street."
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Paroles de la chanson Rhymes Galore par Busta Rhymes
Paroles de Trevor SMITH, Rashad SMITH, JO BRIDGES, Mack RICE, Rufus JR THOMAS, Thomas WAYNE NIXON
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Paroles de la chanson Rhymes Galore par Busta RhymesRhymes galore, rhymes galore
Rhymes galore, rhymes galore, rhymes galore
Rhymes galore, rhymes galore
This for the motherfuckers out there on some real hip-hop shit
Yo, yo yo, mayday mayday, mayday mayday
Walk barefoot on niggaz like Kunta Kinte
(So, what you say?) What is you doin you walkin this way
I burn you like I'm smokin a chalice with El Da Sensei
I be designin fashion like Mark Buchanan, yes I keep it slammin
Shit just be bangin just like a loose cannon!
BLAOW!! You better park, niggaz I spark
Niggaz like sharp niggaz I stay up rippin shit apart
Niggaz float over water like Noah's Ark, niggaz cover yo' face!
And don't get caught up in the scene when it get dark niggaz
UHH, excuses me Mrs.! Sure to hit you with the fitness
Give you niggaz the sickest, jumpin Jehovah Witness
Beamin in on niggaz plottin and schemin
And steady dreamin on how they gon' do they double-teamin..
Fuck the bullshit, my nigga it be best you know 'bout it
before you get secret indicted, make me SLAP a nigga lopsided!
Hold up, son listen it be so beautiful
when we catch you like a nigga sold us too much pharmaceuticals!
(Come and get it quick) When Busta Rhymes be up in the place
Those who don't like GO get the dick I'LL give you a taste!
Aiyyo you need to just focus on my earth tremblin rhymes
that got me fillin in by the million
Fucka yo' opinion! Dominatin like Kings Dominion
Leanin on niggaz like we on motorcycles pop a wheelie an'
Ay-aiyyo-yo, number one roman numeral
Completing the executional shit is usual
I ain't scared of ya! Takin all of yo' paraphenial
That's my words on Mrs. Mahalia
I hope you know yo' best bet, is to get the FUCK out of my area
before I rip you from out yo' interior
And hope you know you got to keep a corny nigga smothered
Grab the gat off the cupboard
You never know when shit is safe so keep yo' face covered!
While I be scorchin it, a lot of niggaz be lookin for alternates
And still just lose they life that's so unfortunate
Trailblazin me, since my mother started raisin me
Hit you with the powerful shit that sometimes amazes me
I create junkies just like "12 Monkeys"
Spreadin right throughout yo' block
Catchin suspects who thinkin they SO lucky
Loud and clear for those who cannot properly hear
Frequency so loud shatter couple a pair in yo' chandalier
Now when I'm in the place, give me my space!
Nothin left for me to do, my niggaz blew up the place!
What the fuck..
Ha ha, I got rhymes galore, rhymes galore
Y'all, I got rhymes galore, rhymes galore
My Flipmode niggaz got rhymes galore, rhymes galore
Busta Rhymes got rhymes galore, rhymes galore
Aiyyo yo, we got rhymes galore
Yo we got rhymes galore, rhymes galore
Rhymes galore, rhymes galore, rhymes galore
Me and my Squad got rhymes galore!
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I'm at a crossroads in my life people. I've been a certain someone most of of my 36 years, and I desperately want to become another. It's time. It needs to happen. Change is good. (I keep telling myself that.)
You see, I'm a night owl.
That's me…usually wide awake at midnight. (But I don't need coffee -- I don't even drink it.)
I'm making a conscious effort to try to become the opposite:
Again, without the coffee. I mean, is this a necessity? Please tell me non-coffee drinkers can be the bird.
Just look how happy he is. All alert and peppy and early. The owl just looks freaked out. I want to be the bird.
But…deep in my heart, in my soul, in my being, I just want to do this every morning:
It's a struggle, to say the least.
I've always leaned toward being a later kind of person, but in my adult years it's gotten worse and worse. When I worked full time and had to be in at 8 a.m., it was absolute torture.
I seemed to always push that 8 a.m. to 8:30, and then I'd stay till 5:30. That was just more comfortable for me.
Blogging doesn't help. Or at least I use it as an excuse. As a blogger, my days have started and ended later every year. It's gotten progressively worse. Initially it was because I've always blogged and done computer business while my son is asleep. (Which is just a personal decision for us.)
But now, I must come up with a better solution. I'm determined to make a change and I need help and reassurance that it can happen!
Help. me.
Because my kiddo goes to pre-K so few hours a week, it's hard for me to blog while he's gone. That's a time for me to get stuff done, you know what I mean? And it's just not in me to be functional (in that way) in the morning when he's gone.
I'm also a procrastinator to a T – always have been. I was a huddle in the library and cram for an exam kind of person, and that always served me well.
Once I wrote a paper well ahead of time, to see if I could do it. It was the worst grade I got on a paper in my four year college career.
My mind just functions better when I have pressure, (that's why I don't schedule posts for the week – I have to come up with content by the day and write it as it comes) and it's the same thing with working earlier in the day. I get in a zone when I write at night, there's just something about it.
I can't get in that zone during the day.
It's weird.
But I'm determined to change my life where this is concerned. Why? Many reasons. One, I just feel out of touch with the world. It's a yucky feeling waking up later than 90 percent of the world, (at least it feels like that) and knowing so much productivity has been happening while I slept.
I want to fall asleep when my husband does – I'm tired of being the only person awake in our home for hours on end at night. (Sometimes it's nice, but lately it feels more and more lonely!)
My kiddo goes to school next year, and like it or not, I need to figure this out. I want to be awake and present for him and have plenty of time in the mornings for him to get prepared for the days too. Right now he would much rather go to bed later and sleep in (and that he does – it rocks). He's turning into me. :)
The world is not a night owl world. Plan and simple. I mean, no one is on Facebook at 2 a.m. ;) And have you seen the television at that time? Thank goodness for the DVR. (And I ask you, where was the DVR for the 3 a.m. feedings five years ago??)
And finally, I'm working out (pretty intensely) again, and I find I feel SO much better when I start out my day with exercise. I feel more productive, more alert…just better. No, not just better, TONS better. It feels GREAT.
But my body fights me. It hates me. ;) I can easily stay up till 2 a.m. – if I had my own clock, that would be my bedtime. If I'm engrossed in a good book, I can stay up till 3 or 3:30 no problem.
I feel more comfortable working out late at night – it is totally not unusual for me to work out at 11 p.m. I know, I see some of your mouths gaping open. Close that, you'll catch flies. ;)
Thing is, I'm OK once I'm UP. It's just the getting there that's the problem. I'll hit snooze five or six times some mornings. And it doesn't seem to matter how much sleep I get – my body just struggles no matter what time I went to bed.
I've actually done some research in my quest to become a morning lark. It's quite fascinating too. Turns out whether you are a morning or evening kind of person is largely genetic (which I figured, since my mom is the exact same way). It also is kind of ingrained in you – your body clock (circadian rhythm) is just set a certain way and your body fights to follow it.
What I found most interesting is the consistent traits for each type of person. Studies have shown that night owls have higher intelligence/I.Q. (I don't believe that personally), and tend to be more creative (that I totally believe.)
If you're an early birdy and are offended by that, don't be, because owls also score lower on tests than morning folks (isn't that odd, considering the intelligence thing?) and are more likely to suffer from depression and/or addictions.
And you lucky morning folks seem to test much better and get better grades than people like me. And you catch the worm. I mean…who doesn't want to catch the stinkin' worm?!
Overall, I just know it needs to change. I want to eat breakfast in the morning (night owls rarely do), I want to not feel rushed and frantic in the mornings (night owls usually do).
The best part of all this research is that I have hope – it most definitely can happen.
So, I'm trying. Lately, I've been forcing myself to go bed earlier. I now recognize that watching just one more TV show or reading one more blog at 1 a.m. isn't going to change my life for the better. Eight hours of sleep will. I realize that working out first thing in the morning makes me feel so. much. better. than when I exercise at night.
I want to help my kiddos lean toward a morning bird life too. My stepdaughter is at college and is already on the dark side with me…and when she gets a full time job, it's gonna hurt. And I don't want the Bub sleeping away his summer mornings when his friends are already out playing at 9 a.m.
It's time for a change. And I'm working on it. :)
So, tell me. Are you are a lark or an owl? Do you like what you are, or do you struggle like me? Have any of you owls-at-heart changed to a morning person? Do you get up without an alarm clock? I'd love to hear your tips and anything that's worked for you!
Thanks in advance! I'm off to get ready for bed. We'll see how this goes. Cheer me on!!! ;)


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plaid, a long shawl or blanketlike outer wrap of woolen cloth, usually patterned in checks or tartan figures. Now a distinctive feature of the Highland costume, it was formerly worn in all parts of Scotland and in N England by both men and women. The early Celtic people excelled in dyeing and in Roman times wore gay, many-colored, checkered plaids, woven or sewed together in squares of different colors. Through the Middle Ages and until the 18th cent. the people of North Britain belted their plaids about them, the lower part forming the kilt, the upper part the cloak. A shepherd's plaid is of black-and-white check. A tartan plaid has crossbars of three or more colors combined in designs distinctive of the different Highland clans and serving a heraldic purpose. In modern usage plaid may signify merely pattern, as a plaid gingham.
See C. Hesketh, Tartans (1961); I. Grimble, Scottish Clans and Tartans (1982).
The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright © 2012, Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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This version includes a flexi record of All Leather "We Eat Gauche Caviar."
In his new book, How To Lose Friends and Irritate People, Justin Pearson reveals his misadventures with two DJ duos borrowing him as a frontman, lending some "punk" street cred to their music. Known for being part of bands like The Locust, All Leather, and Retox, as well as the owner of Three One G Records, Justin has paved the way for bizarre, abrasive and political music, while pushing the envelope of what is expected or what can be done in a band. The Bloody Beetroots and Designer Drugs approached him to sing on their albums, and what came out of those two experiences is both pathetic and hilarious. From being forced to lip sync at Australian festivals in front of thousands, to being lost in the woods somewhere in Pennsylvania at a music video shoot gone wrong, Justin questions not only the DJ's motives, but his own as well. Embracing actual musical instrumentation instead of laptop playlists, Justin trudges through the murky waters of musical capitalism.
Praise for "How to Lose Friends and Irritate People"...
"This book is necessary in it's urgence for Justin to write his very own personal truth, and us readers to read it and possibly learn, or at least meditate… Not to fall into the mirage of a world that looks golden but still smells like a carcass. Purity of purpose. No compromises. Forever." – Asia Argento
"Justin Pearson is back with more tales from a life stranger than fiction. In this new work, Justin takes us along for a ride on his ill-fated Australian tour with the Bloody Beetroots in front of 15,000 sweaty/screaming bodies whose idea of anarchy comes more from American Apparel than Emma Goldman. In another story, after many hours of driving in a crowded van with a bunch of beer-drinking-beef jerky eating kids on the way to a video shoot that may or may not involve a live goat, we arrive to the location of the shoot: a remote forest somewhere in the state of Pennsylvania. JP tells each story like no one else could—mainly because no one else gets himself into quite the same kind of misadventures as he does." – Jose Palafox


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Ok yea, I know it's only Tuesday but a girl can dream can't she? After I got so dressed up in not a lot yesterday I wanted to do a more casual look today, which was perfect because Drift just released the weekend tee and capris! I love oversized t shirts and this one with the slipped shoulder reminds me why we're so much better off with mesh. I remember trying to wear a shirt like that before mesh, system top and prim parts…it just wasn't happening!
I added the new Minimalist Glasses from Boom that you can find at C88. They're unisex and come in several different colours. I don't usually wear glasses but I love these ones and thought they worked with this outfit.
Finally, the little bag on the table is a freebie that you can get on the lucky board at Le Poppycock, I've been meaning to use it in a post for a while but hadn't gotten round to it till today. Anyway it's cute and modifiable so you can make it bigger or smaller as you like it. Love a freebie!
Hair – Chynna – Truth
Top – Weekend Tee – Drift NEW
Pants – Weekenders – Drift NEW
Glasses – Minimalist Glasses – Boom @ C88 NEW
Skin – Margot Clean – Glam Affair @ C88 NEW
Necklace – Alice Necklace – LaGyo
Ring – Coal Ring – Anthem
Bag – London Tote – Le Poppycock (lucky board freebie!)
Skybox and kitchen counter – The Seattle Loft – Scarlet Creative
Stool, picture and fruit bowl – Arizona Kitchen – Bazar (available as part of a set or seperately)
Sideboard – Fairlawn Sideboard – Post
Sunflowers in Jug – Lisp
Magazines – Apple Fall


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1 oz 2015 Australian Koala Silver Coin
This design continues the tradition of the Perth Mint Koala silver coin. This perennial favourite is one of the most popular designs by the Perth Mint and features one of Australia's most lovable creatures in various poses and aspects of its habitat.
The obverse of the 2015 Australian Koala Silver Coins contain the Ian Rank-Broadley effigy of Queen Elizabeth II of England, along with a face value inscription of AU $1.00.
The reverse of this issue is an image of an adult koala perched on a tree limb, gazing non-nonchalantly into the distance with a grassy hillside landscape in the background. The details of both the tree limb and the Koala's fur, along with the attention to detail of this design make it the perfect addition to any collection. The words "Australian Koala 2015 1 oz 999 Silver" and the Perth Mint mark "P" complete the design.
These coins is considered legal tender of that country under the Australian Currency Act of 1965.
Individually this coin comes with a coin capsule. In multiples of 20 these coins will be shipped in a plastic roll.
|Perth Mint
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|Ian Rank-Broadley Effigy of Queen Elizabeth II and the words "Elizabeth II Australia 1 Dollar" and the artist's initials
|Figure of an adult koala perched on a limb with a grassy hillside in the background and the words "Australian Koala 2015 1 oz 999 Silver" and the Perth Mint mark "P"
|Ian Rank-Broadley (reverse)


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Faculty Measure Radioactive Fallout In California Kelp BedsPublished: July 2, 2012
Radioactivity from Japan's damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant made its way in the atmosphere across the Pacific to the North American West Coast in a matter of days following the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami.
One of the major contaminants was the radioactive isotope iodine 131 (131I), and because ocean kelps are one of the strongest plant accumulators of iodine, CSULB marine biology Professors Steven L. Manley and Christopher G. Lowe examined kelp samples and determined that iodine 131 was indeed present in California kelp more than a month after the tsunami.
Their findings appear in an article, "Canopy-Forming Kelps as California's Coastal Dosimeter: 131I from Damaged Japanese Reactor Measured in Macrocystis pyrifera," in the March 6 online edition and the April 3 print edition of the journal Environmental Science & Technology.
Rain storms contributed to depositing the airborne contaminants into the ocean, said Manley, an expert in marine algae and kelp. "We measured significant, although most likely non-harmful levels of radioactive iodine in tissue of the giant kelp Macrocystis pyrifera. Although it is probably not harmful for humans because it was relatively low levels, it may have affected certain fish that graze on the tissue because fish have a thyroid system that utilizes iodine."
Moreover, he noted, "Although we measured iodine 131 because we were limited in what our instrumentation allows us to do, the big question was, is another major isotope that came over in the cloud, cesium 137, present in the kelp, too? It has a half-life of 30 years, where iodine 131 has a half-life of eight days," so cesium may still be present.
Manley said he initiated the study as a follow-up to a 1980s study of radiation contamination from Ukraine's Chernobyl nuclear disaster conducted by Professor Louis Druehl of Simon Fraser University in British Columbia. Druehl was the first to detect radioactivity from a reactor leak (Chernobyl) in an intertidal brown rockweed named Fucus.
"He was harvesting intertidal seaweed, which at high tides is covered in water and at low tides is exposed to air," Manley said. "Most of this fallout comes from the atmosphere primarily in rain, which is what delivers it to the ground. Most of Fucus would be covered in seawater, so it wouldn't get the full exposure as when it was exposed to the air at low tide. But one of the nice things about Macrocystis is that it's a canopy-forming kelp and it's not influenced by tides because it's out in the subtidal area. It has these big canopies that are at the water-air interface and are continually exposed to whatever falls out of the sky.
"I have a graduate student, Danielle Burnett, and she was already sampling kelp blades for another study for me, so I asked her to sample some kelp blades at her three study sites along Orange County," at Corona del Mar, Laguna Beach and Crystal Cove, Manley said. "She brought back some blades and I processed them and counted them and found radioactivity in them. But because our instrument is rather old, it couldn't identify what the isotopes were right away. You have to look for the decay profile. I'd count them every few days and then you'd see a decay. I thought, 'I've picked up something. I wonder what it is?' We let it decay away and calculated the half-life and it was eight days and it was I-131."
He then called upon Lowe, director of the CSULB Shark Lab and an expert in marine fisheries, to ask his graduate students working in the field to also obtain kelp samples. Lowe also helped obtain funding for the study from USC Sea Grant, which engages in a variety of coastal ecosystem and marine biology studies.
In addition to Orange County, Manley and Lowe obtained samples collected by CSULB students as well as marine biologists from UC Santa Barbara, UC Santa Cruz and the University of Alaska Southeast. California samples contained varying low levels of iodine 131, but a closely related kelp in Alaska, Macrocystis integrifolia, had none. "We didn't find any activity there, but it could have been that it decayed away and we didn't detect it or it could also be that the plume never did get up there in a high enough concentration," Manley said.
"Radioactivity is taken up by the kelp and anything that feeds on the kelp will be exposed to this also," he continued. "Even though we detected low levels, it still got into the environment and we don't know anything about the other radioisotopes like cesium 137, which stays around much longer than iodine. In fact, the values that we reported for iodine probably underestimate what was probably in there. It could be two to three times more because we were just sampling the surface tissue; the biomass estimates were based on canopy tissue and a lot of kelp biomass is underneath. So, probably two or three times more was in the tissue at its height. Then it enters the coastal food web and gets dispersed over a variety of organisms. I would assume it's there. It's not a good thing, but whether it actually has a measurable detrimental effect is beyond my expertise."
Manley hopes to engage CSU's Coastal Affairs, Science and Technology (COAST) consortium of all CSU campus marine biology programs in follow-up studies.
"Through them, I'd like to see if we can organize a standardized monitoring system where we can get tissue and background samples every few months so that if another event occurs, we'll have some baseline information. It would be a good way to monitor our coastal environment.
"I was thinking of writing a grant to study cesium accumulation in kelps, in Macrocystis in particular. But that study can only work if we have a vibrant graduate program, because if we don't have graduate students, we really can't go out and collect the samples and do the experiments," he said, adding that potential state funding cutbacks may have a detrimental effect on CSULB's graduate programs, which are a source of many professionals and educators in the sciences and a variety of other fields.
"Chris and I are pretty happy with this study," Manley said, "because it was just one of those spur of the moment things and it panned out really well."


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A Pennsylvania beauty queen who claimed the Miss USA contest was fixed has been ordered to pay the pageant $5 million for defamation.
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Monnin was Miss Pennsylvania USA when she competed in the pageant. She did not make it past the preliminary rounds, but claimed that the pageant was rigged. Monnin said another contestant saw the list of finalists before the show even started and that when the finalists were announced, they were in the exact order of the alleged list. That contestant later said she was joking. When Monnin did not back down from her claims, Donald Trump's Miss USA pageant sued her.
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Hi guys,
I am trying to create the table from the picture (target.jpg).
For this, I used ColumnHeaderGroup.
I need to have a "select all" checkbox on left hand that would check/uncheck all the visible rows,
and two "select all" columns (Canada and US), that will check/uncheck all visible checkboxes from
the respecive columns (Canada or US).
I modified the ColumnHeaderGroup sample from ../ext-3.3.1/examples/grid.
I have couple of things that are not working:
1. The empty cells from header are visible; in target1.jpg the empty cells are merged with the ones with text.
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3. In ColumnHeaderGroupTest_2.html/column-header-group-test_2.js I tried to add the "select All" checkboxes for Canada and US.
Like in situation #2, the checkboxes appear on both rows of the header, the title of the header have text over, and the checkboxes are doubled.
Can somebody help with this, please?
I spent a lot of time trying to make this work but without big success.
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