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The man who set rhythm and blues loose with a rocking backbeat.
Milt Gabler produced the heavy-hitters, including Louis Jordan and Bill Haley. He wasn't just there for the birth of rock and roll—he made it possible.
Not only was Milt Gabler present at the birth of rock and roll, but in a sense he also helped deliver it by virtue of having produced such founding fathers as Louis Jordan and Bill Haley.
On top of that, Gabler also produced records for the likes of Billie Holiday, Peggy Lee, Ella Fitzgerald, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the Weavers, the Ink Spots and Louis Armstrong. From jazz to rhythm & blues to gospel to folk to rock and roll, Gabler was a force in popular music for much of the twentieth century. But his imprint has been felt most strongly in the world of jazz, where he carved out multiple niches as a music retailer, label founder, club impresario and record producer.
Milt Gabler was born on May 20, 1911 in Harlem, New York. In 1926 Gabler began working in his father's Manhattan radio shop across from the Commodore Hotel on East 42nd Street. He soon began stocking jazz records in the store, and eventually the Commodore Music Shop became the leading jazz retailer in New York City. In 1935 Gabler started his own specialty label, the United Hot Club of America, and began releasing 78 rpm records that other labels had rejected. He then created another label, Commodore Records, and began producing his own records.
In 1937 Gabler opened a new store on 52nd Street. Billie Holiday was one of his regular customers. When her label, Columbia Records, refused to issue her song "Strange Fruit," Gabler released it on Commodore. He was soon overseeing many historic recording sessions. In 1940 he began orchestrating weekly jam sessions involving some of jazz's greatest luminaries at Jimmy Ryan's, which was also located on 52nd Street.
In 1941 Gabler was hired by the Decca label as an A&R man, and it was there that he began working with performers across the spectrum of popular music. In terms of his impact on rock and roll, Gabler produced some of Louis Jordan's hottest jump-blues sides from the Forties, including "Caldonia" and "Choo Choo Ch'Boogie." These uptempo R&B records served as blueprints for the sides Gabler later cut with Bill Haley in the Fifties. "All the tricks I used with Louis Jordan, I used with Bill Haley," Gabler later said. "The only difference was the way we did the rhythm. On Jordan, we used a perfectly balanced rhythm section from the Swing era...but Bill had the heavy backbeat." In other words, rhythm & blues became rock & roll under Gabler's watchful eye, through a shift in rhythmic emphasis.
Throughout the late Fifties and Sixties, Gabler continued to write and produce songs, including Brenda Lee's "I'm Sorry." During the Seventies, he produced several re-issue albums for MCA Records. In 1991 he received the Trustees Award from the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, and in 1993 he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, where Gabler's nephew, the comedian and actor Billy Crystal, inducted him.
Milt Gabler died on July 20, 2001. In 2005, Crystal produced a documentary and CD entitled The Milt Gabler Story.
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The portion of state inside and outside waters south of the northern shore of Pass a Loutre westward to the western shoreline of Southwest Pass of the Mississippi River shall open to recreational fishing.
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Fr. Laurence Freeman OSB participated at the radio program Tapestry (CBC Radio Canada). The theme of the episode, led by the journalist Mary Hynes was "Crazy Busy! Do we really need to be as busy as we think?".
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Visual Studio is a development IDE created by Microsoft to enable easier development for Microsoft programming languages as well as development technologies. It has been the most popular IDE for working with Microsoft development products for the past 10 years.
Extensibility is a key feature of Visual Studio. There have not been many books written on this aspect of Visual Studio. Visual Studio Extensibility (VSX) can be considered a hard topic to learn for many developers in comparison with most .NET related topics. Also, its APIs are very complex and not very well written. Some may refer to these APIs as "dirty" because they do not have good structure, naming convention, or consistency.
Visual Studio is now 10 years old. It was created during the COM days for COM programming but later migrated to .NET. However, Visual Studio still relies heavily on COM programming. It was revamped when moving to the .NET platform but still contains its COM nature; this fact is what makes it harder for .NET developers to work with VSX. Because it is an older product built on two technologies, it has produced inconsistency in code. Although there are problems with the current version of VSX, the future looks bright for it. The many different teams working on the software have been moved into one umbrella group known as the Visual Studio Ecosystem team.
Throughout the past 10 years Visual Studio has continued to grow and new extensibility features have been added. Learning all of the options with their different purposes and implementations is not easy. Many extensibility features are broad topics such as add-ins, macros, and the new domain-specific language tools in Visual Studio. Learning these topics can be difficult because they are not closely related to general .NET programming topics.
This book is for .NET developers who are interested in extending Visual Studio as their development tool. In order to understand the book you must know the following material well: Object-oriented programming (OOP), the .NET Framework and .NET programming, C# or Visual Basic languages, some familiarity with C++, some familiarity with XML and its related topics, and Visual Studio structure and usage. A familiarity with COM programming and different .NET technologies is helpful.
The aims of this book are to:
In order to use this book, and get the most out of it, there are some technical requirements. You must have the following two packages installed on your machine to be able to read/understand the chapters and test code samples:
You will need to buy Visual Studio 2008 to register for an evaluation version. The Free Express editions of Visual Studio do not support the extensibility options. The Visual Studio SDK is needed in order to read some of the chapters in the book and can be downloaded as a free package. The operating system doesn't matter for the content of the book, but all code was written with Visual Studio 2008 Team System Edition in Windows Vista x86.
Chapters 1, 2, and 3 will give you an introduction to the basic concepts you need to understand before you can move on to the rest of the book. Chapter 4 discusses the automation model, which is an important prerequisite for many of the chapters in the book that focus on add-ins, macros, and VSPackages. Chapters 5-14 will utilize add-ins in a case study to learn about the main responsibilities of the automation model and some of the more common techniques used in VSX development. Each of the following chapters is dedicated to a specific extensibility option; they are independent of one another and you can read them in any order. It is important to read chapters 4-14 before you begin reading about the specific extensibility options.
Chapter 5 contains a walk-through of the Add-in Wizard and describes its steps. Chapter 6 will show you the anatomy of add-ins and explain how to create add-ins and how they work. Chapter 7 discusses how to manipulate solutions, projects, and project items via your code to build add-ins. Chapter 8 shows you how to deal with documents and code editors in your add-ins. Chapter 9 explains how to work with programming codes and how to manipulate their elements. Chapter 10 describes some ways to work with user interface elements, Windows Forms, and controls via code in your add-ins. Chapter 11 discusses the Tools Options page and uses add-ins as the case study to show you how to create your own Tools Options pages. Chapter 12 teaches you how to debug and test your add-ins. Chapter 13 shows you how to deploy your add-ins. Chapter 14 completes the discussion about add-ins by talk about resources and localization of add-ins. Chapter 15 discusses a new feature in VS 2008: the Visual Studio Shell. Chapter 16 talks about domain-specific language tools; you will learn how to build them and see a quick overview of DSL tools. Chapter 17 discusses debugging and how to extend debugging features. Chapter 18 talks about VSPackages as a way to extend VS functionality and add something new to its existing packages. Chapter 19 teaches you what a code snippet is and how to write and manage code snippets in Visual Studio to make your coding process easier. Chapter 20 talks about VS project templates and starter kits and how to write your own project templates. Chapter 21 focuses on MSBuild and writing custom builds for Visual Studio and .NET applications. Chapter 22 discusses Visual Studio macros in detail and explains how to build a Visual Studio macro.
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Why look at the fashion industry and the fashion world these days? Well there is a good reason to look at fashion especially if you plan on getting a job in the fashion industry. There are different types of jobs in the fashion industry. If you decide to be a designer you have to be up on the latest trends of celebrities and political people alike. You also have to know your clients and what they want and most of them want to be fashionable and be presentable when they go to a job or when they go to a photo shoot.You can get a job as a photographer in the fashion world and be happy in it but you still need to know what is fashionable in the time you are in and what is considered not to be fashionable. You can be an editor in a fashion magazine and be able to research fashion trends through out the United States and through out the world or you can be a fashion assistant where you go and do things for the photographer, editor or designer. The fashion world has all kinds of opportunities available for jobs if that is an area you are interested in.A retail store has to be up on the latest trends in order for them to sell clothes. If they were not then they would not be able to sell the line of clothing. Many places carry a line of clothing and fashion from a certain celebrity. For example some stores like Wall-mart and K-mart and other superstores carry brands like Martha Stewart, Miley Cyrus or Just My Size and those are just some of the brands they carry.Mom and pop shops in New York and other cities start trends as well because they have made a name for them selves with celebrities. Macy's is another place that carries a lot of fashionable and celebrity fashions as well. In fact Macy's is known not only for their Thanksgiving Day Parade, but they are known for making a bold statement in the fashion industry when it comes to showing off their clothing and other accessories.The fashion world is full of surprises and you can do all kinds of modelling for fashion. Modelling is definitely another job in the fashion industry and includes people like Tyra Banks who does Victoria Secret swim wear and lingerie. She has also went gone from just walking the run way to hosting her own reality show in modelling and fashion to allow girls the opportunity to see if they have what it takes to be a model in the fashion industry these days. She also has had her own day time talk show and talks with women about issues that face not only black women in the fashion industry but women in all different industries. She discusses the troubles women face in society today and talks about fashion and modelling as a way of getting out of those struggles. She also talks about it as a way of getting into acting and into theatre as well.Fashion is considered to be here one minute and gone the next. Trends tend to come and go from one century and follow another trend from another century down the road. Every time you look back at past fashion the designers put there own twist to it and make it there own. This is why the fashion industry changes so much and why the jobs available in it would be guaranteed to brighten your day.
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The home pageSo what do you want on this most important first screen? You naturally want the title of your website and you want to let visitors know what the content is as briefly as possible. Use short phrases and short paragraphs. You also want to provide links to the main sections of your site (making sure to include text links).Set the themeIn addition, you are setting the tone/theme of your site with this first page. . . what visitors will expect to see carried out on every page within the site. This is also true of the navigation system you use.Organize the pagesYou want to use contrast to guide the eye around your pages. And, to be effective, the contrast must be bold. Also, any good web page design must have a focal point. Something on the page must be the dominant eye catcher. If everything has the same level of importance, then nothing is important. Group items and information that belongs together using white space so that the eye knows they are together.AlignmentThe alignment of elements on the page – both vertically and horizontally – is also very important. Choose one alignment and stick with it. That doesn't mean you have to align everything similarly, it means things should be aligned the same on the page.Webpage contentA webpage should not overwhelm the visitor with unnecessary animations, flash novelties or music. All these things can detract from the content of your page. If you want to present these things, do it on another page where you can isolate the full affect from other elements of the website or use them sparingly. Use white space to lead the eye around the page.Rules of thumbIn order for visitors to understand your site you need to follow a few more rules of thumb:Explain everything clearly and briefly
Make sure you present information in a logical order
Use plain languageMain sectionsIt is best to keep your main website sections to no more than five – seven divisions. As the visitor moves farther into your website you can begin to add more pages and detail. A website can be compared to a triangle. The index page forms the tip of the pyramid followed by the main sections, subsections and pages of increased content. Let your visitors decide where they want to go, starting with brief introductions and leading into more detail as they proceed through the site.Now let's recap the main points:Balance the web page for a more pleasing experience for the visitor
Have a clearly defined focal point on your page
Make good use of the hot spots on the page for your title and links. (see – http://blog.eyetools.net/eyetools_research/2005/03/eyetracking_goo.html)
Keep your text brief and to the point
Use only one style of alignment and be consistent throughout the website.SummaryTreat each page of your website as though it were the only page on your site. Put as much care into the designing of each individual page as you would your homepage. To help you get started check out magazines they are a good source of layout ideas. They have the same problem that a website does, they must keep your attention throughout the publication. Build good webpages and you will be building a great website.
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Making money in Real Estate is the most popular strategy to build wealth. If you're not currently making money and building wealth in real estate you need to start. I have been making money using four very simple strategies that are very simple to duplicate.All of the millionaires I have learned from make money and build wealth in real estate. That's right, all of them! These real estate strategies can set you free for life!If you learn and implement them you can build a massive amount of wealth in a very short period of time. I use a system for all four of the strategies that all go hand in hand.These strategies can easily make you rich in a very short period of time. I use the first strategy to make money fast, the second strategy for making money in chunks and the third strategy is for building wealth and creating income for the rest of my life. The last strategy I use to buy real estate extremely cheap.I use a step by step system for all of these money making systems. The first strategy requires in many cases no money and no credit. It's the strategy I use to create anywhere from three to fifteen thousand dollars in profits per deal in a short period of time without ever even buying real estate. This strategy is known as wholesaling.It's easy to begin making quick money. You don't need money to make money with this strategy! If you have bad credit don't worry, you don't need good credit to make money with this strategy. My goal is for you to have a check in your hands of $5,000 or more in 30 days or less!I can show you my exact system on how to do it. Wholesale is nothing more than making an offer on a piece of real estate, getting that offer accepted, then simply assigning to contract to someone else. Don't worry, making an offer on something doesn't mean you'll be forced to buy it".Making offers on Real Estate is easy! You can do it two ways. Through a realtor or directly to sellers who don't have their homes listed with a realtor.I developed a specific step by step system to find listed and unlisted properties to make offers on. Most of my deals are through listed properties. I use a realtor to make offers for me on properties that are listed.There are a lot of realtors who won't understand what you're trying to accomplish. I'll teach you exactly the process I use to find my realtors as well as how to get them on the same page as you with what you want to accomplish.There are so many properties for sale. You need to learn how to find the best one's to make offers on. Learning how to wholesale is the first step in becoming a real estate investor and getting out of the rat race! In all of my money making strategies I believe it is the easiest one for both beginners and advanced investors.I use the second strategy to create larger chunks of cash anywhere from twenty to sixty thousand dollars in profits per deal. It takes a little longer to generate those profits than the first strategy but one deal generates much more money. This strategy is called retailing.This strategy has some great advantages. It's easy to make consistent $20,000+ on every deal, it can be done part time, and it can and should be done with someone else's money!Flipping real estate is nothing more than buying a house; fixing it up if it needs repairs, and then selling it for a profit. Most Real estate flippers that fail don't understand the number 1 rule, Buy Cheap! When they buy a house most of them think they're buying it cheap but chances are they're not.The biggest mistake investors make is they don't calculate all of their costs before they do the deal. There is a specific formula that's easy to follow that will make sure you follow this very important rule. The way you buy your real estate is the difference between winning and losing.If you are new to real estate investing the first strategy you should implement is wholesaling. The reason is with wholesaling you learn how to make extra money without risking your own money. When you accomplish that then move to retailing.After you learn how to earn extra money wholesaling, you will have accomplished your first step in becoming a successful flipper. That first step is learning how to buy cheap!The third strategy I use to build wealth and get paid forever. By doing this I create a monthly income that will last forever. Making money in Real Estate is not just creating quick cash; it's also about creating enough wealth where you can literally never have to work again! This strategy is known as buying and holding.There are many ways to build a Money Making Machine. The best way is through real estate investing focused on building wealth. Making money now is important but creating wealth for the rest of your life is what will set you free!Buying real estate isn't hard, but, buying real estate correctly is where most people go wrong. Understanding what makes up a good deal is your greatest asset with this strategy.You make money when you buy; you get paid when you sell. If you're a beginner this will be the most important thing that must be understood. If you buy right you will have a lot of equity and great cash flow for the entire time you own a particular investment. This is what I refer to as building a money making machine.In real estate there are many strategies to make money quick. Those are the strategies you should begin with because you have to learn how to buy cheap enough to make money.After those strategies are executed that is the time to worry about building for the rest of your life. There are multiple ways to buy cheap it's all about learning the ones that will work for you.Now, once you know how to buy cheap creating wealth is easy! Simply make sure you have great cash flow with each deal you intend on doing and before you know it after multiple deals you will start building monthly cash flow.Continue this simple recipe over and over and in a very short period of time you could be generating enough cash flow to live on then you can focus on getting rich and wealthy! Best of all you can focus on whatever you want because you don't have to work if you don't want to.The reason this is my favorite real estate strategy is because I love residual income. Creating something once that pays you for the rest of your life is the smartest thing you can do financially. All my rich mentors made this lesson very clear to me.Building a money making machine first starts with making quick money in real estate. Once you learn that you will know how to buy real estate the right way. From there all you have to do is hold it for cash flow for the rest of your life!The final strategy I use to buy real estate extremely cheap from distressed sellers. Buying cheap through properties in pre-foreclosure is a tremendous opportunity.There are so many ways to make money in real estate. Many people have a hard time finding which way fit's them the best. Some people like to stick to one strategy, others like a lot of different strategies.I recommend doing some research and reading some books to learn about all the different ways there are to make money before you choose one. I recommend the following products because they should help you decide what kind of real estate strategy you want to pursue.Making money in real estate goes hand and hand with all of the other best money making strategies. The reason is the tax advantages you get blend very well together with all of the other money making strategies. Real estate investing is also one of my favorites because it is the best way to build ultimate wealth that will last forever!Learning a simple money making strategy is easy. The hard part is where and who do you ask to teach you? This used to be my problem until I met some very successful mentors.I learned for them many strategies to get rich, this one is one of the best. Making money in real estate is all about buying cheap! By finding and buying distressed real estate you will be able to buy extremely cheap.Those who have a way to buy real estate extremely cheap will succeed. Pre-foreclosure investing is a great way to buy cheap from distressed sellers. It's a win-win situation for you and the seller.There are a few ways to buy real estate in distressed situations. If a seller is in pre-foreclose which means they are behind on payments but their home hasn't been foreclosed on yet they would probably be very interested in selling.Most of the time people end up losing their homes and would have been much better off if someone was there to help them out of that situation. Like I said, Win-Win situation.There are two scenarios for the buyer. There is either already sufficient equity in the property for them to purchase it or there isn't enough equity. Most of the time there won't be enough.There is a simple money making strategy know as short sales for properties that don't have enough equity. In this case the bank or mortgage company that has a lien on the property will most likely accept a huge discount on what they are owed in exchange for a payoff of some amount for what they are owed.For example, if a property is worth $200,000 and the bank has a lien of $180,000 for a property in not great shape they will probably accept a huge discount. The reason is the cost they have to incur to foreclose, list, and resell is huge.You make them and offer at $100,000 as a payoff. After negotiations they accept $120,000. You're now able to buy a $200,000 home for $120,000 through your knowledge.All in all, these four Real Estate Investing Strategies all have their advantages and disadvantages. There is a sequential order they should be implemented in. Take this information and use it to the best of your ability and be smart and savvy out there.


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San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station will not be able to start producing electricity until 2013 at the earliest, according to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
A public meeting with representatives of the NRC regarding the shuttered power plant was held Tuesday night in Dana Point. The meeting included hours of questions and answers with the NRC and Southern California Edison, the company that operates the generators.
Dozens of people gathered in Dana Point to talk about the many sides of the issue. The meeting ran from 6 p.m. until about 10 p.m.
The San Onofre plant's power generators -- Unit 2 and Unit 3 -- were deactivated in January. Unit 2 was taken off-line for planned maintenance. Unit 3 was shut down after a leak was detected in one of its steam generator tubes.
Last week, Southern California Edison, which co-owns the plant with San Diego Gas & Electric and the city of Riverside, submitted a plan to the NRC that outlines how it will restart Unit 2. The generator would be restarted at 70 percent power for a trial period of five months.
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NRC officials have said the agency has "several months" of work ahead before a decision is reached on the plant's future. One recurring issue brought up during the meeting was whether going back online would require an amendment to San Onofre's operating license. This process could last into next year, NRC officials said.
The NRC's regional administrator, San Onofre Chief Nuclear Officer Pete Dietrich, Robert Oglesby and Ed Randolph of the California Public Utilities Commission, and nuclear energy activists attended the meeting. They answered questions from community leaders throughout the night.
Those representing SCE and in support of the plant going back online said doing so would be best for consumers, and would supply clean energy for Southern California.
Anti-nuclear activists pointed to the Fukushima Daiichi power plant meltdown after Japan's devastating earthquake and tsunami as a reason to decommission the generators entirely.


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The Foothill Civitan Club of Burbank staged its 29th annual fashion show luncheon fundraiser under the theme "Strolling Down the Avenue" on May 7 in the Starlight Room at the Castaway Restaurant.
Welcomed by the organization's chairwoman, Elizabeth Kenney, the day's program and fashion show were co-emceed by Ann Marie Coppen and actor Jack McGee, best known for his role as Fire Chief Jerry Reilly on the FX television series "Rescue Me," and from last year's Academy Awards best picture nominee, "The Fighter," in which he played the main character's father.
Following lunch, the afternoon's main event turned to the catwalk as Civitan Club members and supporters donned fashions provided by Holiday Hats and Gowns of Montrose. Among those who sartorially strolled were Janet Jordan, Judy Torres, Ann-Margaret Coppen, Jill Thomas, Kathie and Clint Kenney, Millie Montante, Muguet Fonteboa, Linda Colley and Craig Gordon.
This annual event serves as the Foothill Civitan's premier fundraiser with proceeds used to support numerous community projects and scholarships at local high schools. Over the years, the Civitans have underwritten the cost of three Canine Companions for Independence assistance dogs and have financially supported BCR — "a place to grow," Tierra Del Sol, the Burbank Police Department's K-9 Unit, the Burbank Salvation Army and Hands Across the Battlefield. They also sponsor three families through the Burbank Coordinating Council's Christmas Basket Program and the annual Girls Ponytail Jamboree.
Among those who made this year's fashion show possible included Karen Hubbard, Joni Kilgore, Mary Bernier, Sandy Lucas, Joanne Adams, Marge Llanusa and Jenice McGlynn. Others whose presence and support made for a successful event were Cheryl and Bruce Benke, Beverlee Broggie, Dolores Flannagan, Judy Henry, Anne Hess, Will and Dawn Jeffrion, Nancy Koch, Doris Lion, Betsy McLaughlin, Joan Newbro, Carol Nicholson, Sharyl Overholser, Deanna Pettersen, Lynette Schweizer, Mary Spilman, John Stroud, Shirley Witt, and the organization's president, Dee Dee Ruhlow.
Along with a day of enjoyment and raising much needed funds, last week's fundraiser also gave local Civitans the opportunity to honor the memory of one of their founding members and past-president, Jean Stroud, who recently died. Along with her dedication to the local Civitans, Stroud also served as the first female governor of the organization's California District.
Chartered in 1977 as Chapter 2461, the Foothill Civitan Club is a part of the worldwide organization of Civitans that provides service with emphasis on aid to persons with developmental disabilities and special needs, youth leadership development and good citizenship.


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DNR buyout funds discussed
Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Mitigation funding for non-homesteaded homes was discussed by the Moose Lake City Council at its regular meeting June 12.
Members of the public expressed their concerns regarding the use of buyout funding for two properties: one located ah 232 Lakeshore Drive and the other located at 308 First Street.
Neighbors expressed concern that not only would these properties be off the tax rolls, but they, too, had also sustained significant flood damage, but were not eligible for buyout funds. They expressed concern that residents who were homesteaded saw their property values drop, while non-homesteaded persons were getting buyout payments equal to pre-flood value, and there would be significant property tax loss. The neighbors also stated that there was a post-flood purchase agreement for the property located at 308 First Street. "There is a purchase agreement from another resident of Moose Lake that would buy this property, tear down the existing home, and rebuild on the property. Then this lot would continue to be on the tax rolls and wouldn't be a tax loss for the city," said one of the residents.
The council passed Resolution #13-06-01, regarding the property at 232 Lakeshore Drive. The city is authorized to purchase the property and sign a purchase agreement to acquire said property for 110 percent of the 2012 assessed real property value, less insurance payments to sellers as follows: $110,440 less $56,076.27 net insurance proceeds, for a balance of $54,363.73 sale price to be paid by the city for acquisition of the parcel. Moving forward on this resolution contains conditions that the property owner must supply the city of Moose Lake with proof of the amount of the insurance payment received for damages to the property by the flood, and an invoice showing the amount paid for restoration by Service Master. The property owner will have one week after receiving a certified letter from the city to produce these documents or the resolution will not pass.
The council tabled making a decision on Resolution #13-06-02 for buyout of the property located at 308 First Street until Marguerite Doran, city attorney, can clarify facts regarding the purchase agreement for the property.
Members of the public also asked for clarification of how the city would use the land aquired with DNR Mitigation Funds Concern was also raised about the right-of-way at the lakeshore on 2nd Street; this is the road that leads to the boat launch site. They would like to see access to this site closed. The council members assured the public that the use of these properties has not been determined, but public meetings will be held in the future regarding the land use plan. They will also look at the right-of-way concerns expressed by the public.
Dr. Benzie asked the city to pass Resolution #10-06-03 to approve a 2014 $600,000 state bonding application for the Moose Lake hockey building. He asked how much the city could help with matching funds. He gave an update of the current status of Riverside Arena. The carbon monoxide monitors are in, the freon monitoring system will be in this summer, all code involved projects are completed except for the public bathrooms. The council approved the resolution.
The council approved hiring Jamee Kangas as an accounting intern for the city of Moose Lake and Moose Lake Water and Light. She will be working under the direction of City Administrator Pat Oman and under the direction of the Moose Lake Water and Light office manager. At the completion of the internship, Kangas will receive $500 stipend from the city of Moose Lake and an undetermined amount from Moose Lake Water and Light.
The next regular meeting of the Moose Lake City Council will be held on Wednesday, July 10, at 6:30 p.m. in the Moose Lake City Council Chambers.


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I planned for this project to be one of my first in my 31 Days Project and then tried to hurry and finish in time for the latest Pinterest Challenge- which neither happened in time. Now, it has sat finished for a couple of weeks before I got around to blogging about it!
To start, I took the kitchen mat we already had and added a layer of primer.
By looking at my inspiration and guestimating how wide each stripe was, I marked each line and then taped off every other one.
I used craft acrylic paints from Hobby Lobby in many colors. I started to match the colors to that of the original mat but ended up choosing some that I liked more.
The tape kept my vertical lines crisp and straight, but to avoid the time of taping off every other diagonal section, I free-handed those edges.
After peeling up the tape, I connected the diagonal lines to create the chevron pattern.
I taped off the edges again and then started painting the second set of stripes. I had a few touch ups to make at the end but overall the Frog Tape worked well! To finish, I added a couple of thin coats of wipe-on poly. This just protects the craft paint from any spill or dirt that may get on the mat. I have had a few spills and drips to clean up and I am happy to report they wiped off easily with a damp paper towel!
This mat adds a great pop of color to my otherwise tan kitchen! I absolutely love it!! It took quite a bit of time but I'm so glad I did it! Using the mat and paints I already had at home, I would say this mat is a steal of a deal compared to the $40 competitor!!


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Unbelievable, Kerry & Lieberman introduce Cap & Trade today - UPDATE
File this bill under Bad Bills & Ideas That Just Won't Die. (There are so many, one cannot get to them all.) Today, Senator Kerry and Lieberman are introducing Cap and Trade to the U.S. Senate. You know, the bill that all pronounced dead earlier this year--the one that didn't have a chance of passage this year. But you see, the issue is NOT capping carbon emissions to save the planet from Global Warming, the issue is taxing you more and controlling your life.
"The Senate bill would set up an emission trading program for utilities starting in 2013. Factories and other "industrial sources" would join the cap-and-trade program in 2016."
The bill proposes cutting greenhouse gases by 17% below their 2005 levels in 10 years. Never mind that CO2 has since been shown to have no affect on warming and that the planet has not been warming in the past 10 years.
Never mind that those involved in the Carbon Exchange, like U.W. Madison Prof. Joel Rogers admit that "it is all about the money and if we stopped ALL emissions in the U.S., it would make absolutely no difference". (My Emphasis throughout post)
It is estimated that this legislation will cost the average U.S. homeowner an extra $600 - $1,000/year on their utility bills. Wisconsin will be hit harder because so much of our electricity comes from coal fired plants.
This type of Cap and Trade legislation has already proven itself to be useless in controlling CO2 emissions and detrimental to the economies of Europe. You know, Europe, that is having their own economic woes?
Chris Horner from National Review sums this bill up as an opportunity to transfer wealth. He also points to the devastating effect of carbon taxing on Europe's economy: "I have a take on the lesson for us from Europe amid this debate over at Energy Tribune, written over the weekend but consistent with an emerging meme: we are willfully rushing headlong into the same debt, through the very same mandates, that has broken Europe. The system doesn't work. And our political class doesn't care. They've got a fundamental transformation to impose — as I describe in Power Grab. It's not too late to learn their plan and their tricks."
In another piece from Energy Tribune, Today's Greece, Tomorrow's America: How Obama's Health Care and Energy Agendas Really End:
"The most troubling aspect of the West's current policy turmoil is not the European meltdown led by Greece and Spain. It is instead President Barack Obama's unflinching insistence on rushing America headlong into the very mandates, and resulting debt levels, that precipitated that meltdown."
"Obama is scripting a repeat of Europe's disaster, here, by cramming down on the American people the same policy fetishes our Left has obsessed about for decades, and which Europe used to bring this down upon itself: statist management of health care and energy."
Our U.S. economy is hanging on by a thread. The CBO just came out with the report that ObamaCare could cost twice as much as originally thought: CBO Doubles Some Health Care Spending Estimates. Now our Senate is poised on adding another economy/job killer bill?
The House version knew Cap and Trade would adversely affect our economy. It even "included two years of unemployment assistance for workers who lose their jobs as a result of this 'jobs bill.' "
The CBO report on Cap and Trade affirms jobs would be lost: "The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has analyzed the research on the effects that policies to reduce greenhouse gases would have on employment and concluded that total employment during the next few decades would be slightly lower than would be the case in the absence of such policies. In particular, job losses in the industries that shrink would lower employment more than job gains in other industries would increase employment, thereby raising the overall unemployment rate."
We cannot afford "rising prices" or causing unemployed people to "face prolonged hardship" on top of our already rising inflation and high jobless numbers, yet this is what the Liberal Progressives in the Senate are proposing. But unless there is an outcry, similar to that of Wisconsinites against our Global Warming/Clean Energy Jobs bill, I am afraid we are headed toward more regulation, higher prices, and increased unemployment numbers.
Contact your Senators. Tell them America cannot afford this legislation. Find them here. In Wisconsin, we have Senator Herb Kohl - (202) 224-5653 and Russ Feingold - (202) 224-5323. Russ Feingold is very vulnerable this fall, especially if Oshkosh businessman Ron Johnson enters the race this month, as expected. Like Wisconsin Senator Jim Sullivan, stiff competition just might get Russ to finally listen to his constituents! It certainly improved Sullivan's hearing.
More Reading: Business Week: U.S. Climate Bill Would Expand Oil Drilling, Cut CO2
National Review: Kerry-Lieberman Cap-and-Trade Bill Leaked
Energy Tribune: Today's Greece Tomorrow's America, How Obama's Health Care and energy Agendas Really End
CBO Economic and Budget Issue Brief
Crime Inc-Joel Rogers and the New Green Deal
Links: Practically Speaking, Betterbrookfield, RandyMelchert, Jay Weber, Vicki McKenna, The Right View Wisconsin, CNS News, Mark Levin, Breitbart BigGovernment, The Heritage Foundation
Labels: Energy / Going Green, Global warming, Legislation, President Obama, Socialism/Marxism, Taxes, The economy


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A 2012 critics poll that—shockingly, to some—toppled Orson Welles' Citizen Kane from its long-time perch atop the Sight & Sound "Greatest Films of All Time" list and replaced it with the unsettling 1958 masterpiece, Vertigo, also had two other welcome results: it sparked passionate debate among movie fans and critics about their own favorite films, and it brought Vertigo's singular director, Alfred Hitchcock, back into the spotlight.
Hitchcock's movies are unlike any other filmmaker's for reasons that have been celebrated and (over)analyzed for half-a-century. For our purposes we can state, without fear of contradiction, that his unique melding of wry humor, suspense, powerhouse performances and a healthy regard for adult relationships, i.e., sex, make Sir Alfred's films among the most entertaining and, at the same time, aesthetically rewarding in the history of the medium.
From early gems like The 39 Steps and The Lady Vanishes to later classics like Lifeboat, Spellbound, Rear Window, The Trouble With Harry, Psycho, The Birds and so many others, Hitchcock's movies—even when quite genuinely disturbing—are at-once sophisticated and fun.
That he's not above the occasional, laughably obvious visual pun—who can forget the train barreling into the tunnel at the end of North by Northwest?—adds a playfulness to his movies that might well feel utterly self-absorbed in a lesser artist's hands.
Here, LIFE.com pays tribute to Alfred Hitchcock by celebrating the many actresses who served as muses—and, in some cases, emotional punching bags—for the demanding and often completely besotted director.


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Journalists under Pressure
The 65-year-old journalist Aydin Engin will not easily forget the 19th January 2007. That was the day when the editor of the weekly Armenian newspaper "Agos," Hrant Dink, was shot.
He remembers, "A young colleague phoned me and said, 'Brother Engin, they've shot Hrant!"' I went straight to the office, and Hrant was still lying in the street. That was the start of some difficult days. We still had to make sure that 'Agos' came out. And among the colleagues there was chaos, panic and astonishment."
So Engin – a Turk who had worked for many years for the liberal daily "Cumhuriyet" and is now a freelance journalist – had to take over as the paper's acting editor and spokesman for five weeks, since initially no Armenian journalist could be found to do the job.
Trauma following Hrant Dink's murder
The vacuum left by the death of Hrant Dink, the most prominent representative of the Armenian minority in Turkey, was simply too big.
With the murder of Hrant Dink in front of the "Agos" building in Istanbul, the Armenian weekly lost not only its editor and a brave, combative journalist, but also an important mediator in the country's policy towards minorities, who was working for a peaceful reconciliation between Armenians and Turks.
Dink gave a voice to many who had no other voice, and his death was met with a sense of deep shock among the paper's editorial staff. One of them, Markar Esayan, says it left many open questions as to how "Agos" will continue.
"Naturally it was a huge trauma," he says. "And we had always feared this killing, although we had always repressed that fear. All the same, our determination hasn't been broken. Initially, of course, there was a withdrawal into ourselves in our community, but after that there were voices which said, 'We have to keep going; we can't give up.'"
Charged with "insulting Turkishness"
Other journalists and human rights activists believe that the tragic event was only to have been expected. Dink had long been the object of public attacks on his positions and insults in ultra-nationalist circles.
He had received threatening letters, and he was the first journalist in Turkey to be convicted of "insulting Turkishness" under paragraph 301 of the penal code.
The major Turkish novelist Yasar Kemal once described prison as the "school of life," as the "school of Turkish writers."
This bitter irony is still valid today: writers and journalists still risk imprisonment or fines when they deal with certain subjects which are taboo in Turkey, such as the unsolved Armenian question, or the continuing conflict with the Kurds in South-East Anatolia.
Although the number of people involved in the media who have been arrested in Turkey has gone down compared to previous years, certain provisions in the Turkish penal code and in the anti-terror laws continue to restrict press freedom there.
Libel campaign against independent media
Just last year, seventy-two journalists appeared in court charged with "Insulting Turkishness." A further 35 were charged under paragraph 216, dealing with "incitement to hatred and enmity among the people."
The most recent example of how independent media are finding themselves increasingly under pressure is that of the weekly news magazine "Nokta."
In early April, the military prosecutor issued a search warrant against the magazine after it printed the diary of a retired officer. The diary revealed details of a putsch which had been planned in 2004 against the government of Prime Minister Reccep Tayyip Erdogan. After that, the publisher announced that he could not cope with the libel campaign against "Nokta," and that he would have to close the paper.
No instant press freedom
The independent online-magazine "Bianet," which is supported through a European Union project, has been using a network of local correspondents to report regularly on political and social events in Turkey, especially those which have to do with freedom of the press and freedom of opinion.
Erol Önderoglu is the editor responsible for the section on press freedom in "Bianet," and he is also Turkey correspondent for the lobby group "Reporters without Borders." He believes that even if Turkish media law were to move more into line with European standards as part of a possible Turkish accession to the EU, it would not solve the current problems at a stroke.
He says that Turkey has to develop its own reforms from within to guarantee freedom of the press and freedom of opinion, and thus to strengthen civil society.
"The arguments about this must take place within the Turkish population," says Önderoglu. "We should be discussing what has happened in the past so that we can achieve a reconciliation in society. We have to get rid of the anti-democratic laws and provisions in the penal code, and we have to get people to say openly what they think of government policy. These things have to be discussed, and they have to be discussed before Turkey joins the EU."
The danger of media concentration
But it is not only the use of Turkish criminal law which worries critical journalists. Aydin Engin also thinks that press freedom is threatened in Turkey by the increasing concentration of ownership in the media.
"Our main problem is the emergence of press monopolies – above all the Dogan Group, which already owns 55 percent of the newspapers, 70 percent of the magazines and four television stations. It already controls 85 percent of the press distribution via kiosks. Smaller papers have scarcely any chance of getting their publications distributed. And we must not forget the huge economic and political influence which this monopoly position allows."
Arian Fariborz
© Qantara.de 2007
Translated from the German by Michael Lawton
Obituary Hrant Dink
A Voice of Moderation and Humanity
Following the assassination of Hrant Dink, one of the most prominent voices of Turkey's shrinking Armenian community, the country is still in a state of shock. Dorian Jones, Istanbul, remembers of the courageous editor of the bilingual Turkish-Armenian weekly "Agos"
The Media in Turkey
When in Doubt, Censor the Press
Although the Erdogan government has largely liberalised Turkish criminal law in preparation for negotiations on accession to the European Union, Turkish journalists still find themselves severely restricted in their freedom of expression. Ömer Erzeren reports
Taboo Topics in Turkey
Judicial Arbitrariness
Concerning the country's taboo topics, much has happened in the past few years during which Turkey moved closer to the European Union. But many issues are still highly sensitive and there is no guarantee for legal certainty. Jürgen Gottschlich reports


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Do you have a dreambook?
A list of dreams? A bucket list? Things you want to accomplish before you die?
I do.
Let me tell how I wrote my dreambook.
Many years ago, when I was still single, I remember coming home from a prayer meeting. That night, I was totally blown away by what I learned: About the power that God has given us to determine our future.
The Bible says, "I have you given you a choice between blessing and curse."
"No one told me that before," I told myself. "I can choose blessings? I always thought blessings and curses fell down from the sky without our control."
So that night, I chose all the blessings I wanted to have.
That night, I sat down and wrote my dreambook—all that I wanted to do with my life.
I wrote it from 10am to 3am.
And it was 15 pages long!
One of the things I wrote down was about my future family.
I wrote, "I'll be the greatest husband my wife can ever have" and "I'll be the greatest father my children can ever have."
I also wrote the details. "I'll date my wife each week," and "I'll play with my kids everyday."
I was still single at that time, but I was already declaring what kind of family I wanted.
Many years later, all that I wrote down has come true.
Let me tell you my secret: Every morning, I'd read my 15-page Dream Book. No kidding. I remind myself of what I want to happen in my life.
I've now been married for 12 years, and I've yet to miss a weekly date with my wife.
In one of our dates, in the middle of desert, my wife held my hand, looked me in the eye, and said, "Bo, you are a great husband." At that moment, my heart felt it had wings. I wanted to tell her, "That's in page 3, paragraph 4."
I'm a very busy man, leading 9 non-profit organizations and running 12 businesses. I preach 300 times a year, write 80 articles a month, and author 4 books a year. Yet everyday, I still play with my kids.
Over the years, I've been able to help thousands of families become stronger, more loving, and happier.
And this is the gift I'd like to give you and your family today.
Friend, welcome to my FamilyReborn Club!
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For 7 months, you'll be listening to me about relationships and you'll see your relationships change.
For 7 months, you'll get simple, practical, and very "actionable" assignments from my Relationship Reborn series.
Here are the 7 life-transforming, family-shifting messages of Relationship Reborn:
When I meet someone who has problems handling life, it's usually because the person has an empty love tank.
It could be the jobless person who doesn't have self-worth.
It could be a drug addict.
It could be a girl who jumps from one jerk to another jerk.
It could be a greedy politician who has come to believe in his own lies.
All these are people who have empty love tanks.
In this message, you'll learn how our "soul wound" needs to be healed if we want great relationships.
Relationships are so dependent on time spent together.
Because love is expressed most powerfully by being together.
Learn from Jesus.
When life got very busy and demands on his time increased, the more he felt the need to rest and bond together with his disciples.
Remember that time is more valuable than money.
A billionaire about to die cannot buy a single second of time with all his billions.
So when you give your time to another human being, you're giving an incredibly great and valuable gift.
Bonding time must be constant.
In this message, you'll learn how to give this precious gift on a consistent basis.
God accepted us, "as is, where is."
He didn't condemn us but loved us totally.
This is the way He wants us to accept our loved ones.
Without condemnation.
But as you notice, the title of the third message isn't "acceptance" but "gratitude".
Because the path to accepting the other person is to be grateful for that person—all his strengths and weaknesses included.
To be thankful for the perfection of his imperfections.
This powerful message, once applied, will heal your family!
Great Relationships require hard work.
(Now if you want mediocre relationships, that's easy.)
It requires demeaning work. It requires scraped knees, bent backs, and dirty hands.
Think of your parents—the service they did for you all those years they were raising you up.
That, my friend, is love.
It's not just romantic. It's real.
But here's the Big Secret for today: Action determines Feelings. When you dirty your hands for love, you cause your hearts to beat again in love.
This inspiring message will revolutionize the way you relate to your loved ones!
When you forgive another person, you heal yourself, you heal that person, and you also heal the world.
When you do not forgive, you get sick and a part of you dies.
Be very blessed—and profoundly healed in the depths of your heart—by the fifth message of this life-changing series.
You cannot love with an empty heart.
You need to fill your heart with love.
Remember that the way you relate to yourself will be the way you relate to others.
Your relationship with yourself is a template that will determine your relationship with others.
Learn more how to fill-up your own Love Tank, and thereby fill-up the Love Tanks of others, by this sixth message, "Self-Love".
Like the Father of the prodigal son, God loves throwing parties. He especially likes throwing parties for His children who left and have come home.
Unlike the Prodigal Father, I believe God throws parties all the time, even for the Elder Brother who stayed at home. He teaches us to celebrate.
Because our relationships need those celebrations.
According to Proverbs 17:22, being cheerful keeps your body healthy.
But I believe being cheerful can also keep our relationships healthy. For who wants to be with a gloomy person for a long time? This last message will change you and the relationships in your life.
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So here's the other great stuff you'll receive…
The Audio and Video Course, Relationship Reborn, will impact your family life in a very big way.
But that's just one of the Free bonuses of becoming an Executive Member of my FamilyReborn Club. As an Executive Member, you'll also receive 10 other Big Blessings!
Here they are:
Every month, I'll help you grow in your personal life.
How? Each month, I'll select one of my very best, most powerful inspirational messages, and make it available for your listening pleasure. These monthly messages will encourage you, build you up, and enrich your soul. In the privacy of your home, you can listen to these practical messages again and again. Remember that the secret to changing anything is constancy. Month after month after month, you can listen to uplifting, positive, and encouraging messages.
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But wait, there's more…
This is so good, I'm betting this will be the favorite feature of the Family Reborn Program.
I call it GodWhisper.
Every day, I'll email you a very short, sometimes humorous, sometimes serious, but always insightful personal message from God to you.
It will be a treat for your soul.
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For some people, I bet this alone is already worth their Membership to the Relationship Reborn and FamilyReborn Club!
But wait a minute. There are more blessings I want you to receive…
For years, people have been asking me to write a book on family life. "Bo, we need it badly! Our friends need it badly!" they'd say. But I felt it wasn't yet the right time. That is, until now. Today, I feel I have the credibility. I'm no longer speaking out of thin air. I'm not speaking from lofty theories, but from my firsthand, face-to-face, belly-to-belly, gritty, daily grind of being married to my beautiful wife of 12 years and raising two of the greatest boys on the planet. And what have I learned?
That family life is like pushing a luggage cart overflowing with 3 suitcases and 4 balikbayan boxes, complete with a squeaky left wheel, up a steep ramp in the old Manila international airport.
This book is based on the entire Relationship Reborn series, so you'll get a foretaste of what you'll be receiving in the next few months. But remember: Repetition is the mother of all skill.
The more you hear it, the more chance you'll absorb the truths into your system—and apply it into your life!
The moment you sign up for your Relationship Reborn program, I'll be giving you a digital copy, ready for instant download, right now.
You can start reading it in a few minutes from now.
Happy reading and enjoy!
We can't live alone.
This is how God made us.
We need family.
Whether that's your biological family, or old friends, or spiritual companions, or prayer group, or the Saints in Heaven. We simply need one another, or we whither and die.
The Bible says, The eye cannot say to the hand, "I don't need you!" And the head cannot say to the feet, "I don't need you!" On the contrary, those parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable… (1 Corinthians 12:21-22).
Friendships are essential to life. Even to our spiritual life!
Timothy Jones says, For spiritual growth, there's no substitute for honest relationships. Even our most difficult relationships have a way of blessing us.
Let this powerful talk guide you to live in great relationships.
In this message, you'll learn that the basis of all relationship is honor. 1 Corinthians 13:5 says, Love is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.
If you want to have a great marriage, you need to recognize the incredible worth of your spouse.
In this message, I'll talk about things you should never say to your husband or wife—or to any human being! (Examples: "I told you so"; "You just don't think"; "It's all your fault"; and many, many more!" )
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"Sports Illustrated's" Swimsuit Issue Photo Shoot: Racy or Racist?
(NEW YORK) -- With a hot cover photo of model Kate Upton on this year's Sports Illustrated's swimsuit issue, the magazine created a big buzz about photo shoots on all seven continents.
But this year, beautiful models in barely there bikinis are in the middle of a controversy brewing over some photos and video the magazine posted online that did not make it into the magazine — particularly photos taken in Africa and China.
Some people are calling them insensitive.
"For me, the African picture was probably the most offensive because it played on some of the most old and stereotypical images, it showed the African as primitive as almost uncivilized," said Marc Lamont Hill, a professor at Columbia University.
On the website Jezebel, Deputy Editor Dodai Stewart is also critical of the photos.
"Using people of color as background or extras is a popular fashion trope … but although it's prevalent, it's very distasteful … people are not props," Stewart wrote.
One of the models, Emily Didonato, talks about her shoot on SI's website:
"It was such a cool experience to shoot with someone like that, something completely different from anything I've ever seen or someone I've met in my life," she said.
In response to the controversy, Sports Illustrated gave ABC News the following statement:
"Since its inception, the swimsuit issue has been a showcase for beautiful women and exotic locations. This year's edition went to all seven continents, something that no other publication has done, to present the natural beauty of each setting and its people. We apologize to anyone who has taken exception to the way their culture was represented."
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Here is my recorded set from last Sunday evening, closing up S*A*S*H By Day: the daytime stanza of the amazingly strong and ever-consistent weekly event.
I played right after the day's headliner, Scottish house guru, Jasper James. The crowd—as is always the case with S*A*S*H—were extremely welcoming and certainly up-for-it, and lapped up the unseasonal warmer Sydney vibes with an abundance of smiles!
This set contains some driving, melodic disco house vibes, some deeper house selections—some of which I've not enjoyed for a little while—and concludes on a faster, more pumping tip; a staple for the weekly event, really.
Many thanks and much love to the S*A*S*H crew for the booking, the hospitality, and the warm and fuzzies—particularly Cris, for his full encouragement and belief that, hey, I can play a closing set! Much love to the regular S*A*S*H party people, too, who somehow make this Sunday shindig one of the strongest, most consistent events our fair city has ever seen!
I had a whole lot of fun delivering this one, and hope that is also translated via the stream/download.
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01 : Cody Currie - 'Down On Disco Street' (Original Mix) [Pusic Records]
02 : Black Loops - 'Sex, Pt. 2' (Original Mix) [Toy Tonics]
03 : Fusion Groove Orchestra ft. Steve Lucas - 'If Only I Could' (Liem Remix) [Classic Music Company]
04 : Folamour - 'La Pierre Et Le Sabre' (Original Mix) [Tronic Session Records]
05 : Soulphiction - 'Hustler's Ball' (Original Mix) [Philpot Records]
06 : Coeo - 'Back In The Days' (Original Mix) [Toy Tonics]
07 : DJ W!ld - 'Lucky' (Original Mix) [The W Label]
08 : Jesse Rose ft. Avon Stringer - 'Pressure' (Original Mix) [Double-Up]
09 : Marco Grandi - 'Bonita' (Evren Ulusoy & Sezer Uysal Remix) [Ready Mix Records]
10 : Mad Rey - 'Quartier Sex' (Original Mix) [D.KO Records]
11 : Sezer Uysal & Spennu - 'Je Te Veux' (Spieltape Remix) [Savoir Faire Musique]
12 : Franck Roger & Mandel Turner - 'After All' (Burnski Remix) [Real Tone Records]
13 : Soffy O. - 'Maybe A Dog' (Einmusik Remix) [Virgin]
14 : Emanuel Satie - 'All Things Go' (Audiojack Remix) [Gruuv]
15 : Efron & Piek - 'Ma Business' (Hector Couto Dub Mix) [Bonzai Progressive]
16 : Electronic Youth - 'Reflex' (Original Mix) [New Violence Records]
17 : James Silk - 'Intervention' (Original Mix) [Heyo]
18 : Evren Ulusoy - 'Things To Say' (Original Mix) [I Records]
19 : Nachtbraker - 'Really Ties The Room Together' (Original Mix) [Dirt Crew Recordings]
20 : Chymera - 'Disc' (Original Mix) [Dirt Crew Recordings]
21 : Urulu - 'Tochigi Descent' (Original Mix) [South Street]
22 : Italobros - 'Overiu' (Hauswerks Remix) [Under No Illusion]
23 : Robert Babicz - 'Percofonik' (Original Mix) [Bedrock Records]
24 : Duff Disco – 'A Little More Love' (Original Mix) [Duff Disco]
25 : Matt Lange - 'Archangel' (Matt Lange Secret Booty) [CDR]
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"Circle Of Witches" lyrics - GRAVE DIGGER
The foul smell of evil hangs over the moores
Where in a lonely hut witches dwell.
Repelling creatures ageless feared and fitted
With powers from the depths of hell.
Once a noble man a baron brother of the king himself
Visited the witches on a daark dark night.
He asked assist to gain the throne
He sold his soul to win a fight.
The days getting short and nights getting colder
Winter has come, the sun is too weak
The forcees of night are now growing stronger
Searching for souuls for men blind with greed
Three witchees stand in a circle of evil
Tongues speaking words old and unknown
Call for a demon to serve in their daark spell
Fulfill what they owe to get what men own
I'll be king, I want the power, I will change my fate
Magic's on my side foreveer, so the witches say
Time is right to gane the throne, I'll take my brother down
I'll be king to rule the land, yes I'll take the crown
I've lost my soul
I've lost control
To the circle of witches
My life is black
There's no way back
From the circle of witches
Circle of witches
Circle of witches
Circle of witches - never again
Lie in wait, prepared to fight, soon the king must come
Allied with the darkest powers, murder will be done
Loyal soldiers, stand for battle, bliinded are their eyes
Witchcraft takes away their sight, as we take their lives
I look at myself, a mirror of darkness
My mind it is drowned, a dark flood of hate
I owe too much to the powerrs of evil
I know I'm damned, sealed is my fate
For the gloom og gold and glory, I have sold my soul
Blackened aree the sunny days, the dark side takes control
Hell awaits as nightmares haunt me, demons in my head
Satan waits with patient joy, he'll greet me when I'm dead.


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The bear and shark wouldn't fight, they'd join together and form an unstoppable horror known as the Bearshark!
Because when it comes to credibility, who better to listen to but a politician...
But then they will be missing out on "Likes"
Won't someone think of the poor "Likes" "+1" "Re-tweet" "Dig" counters!
Gibbs: You want answers?
Pietz: I think I'm entitled to them.
Gibbs: You want answers?
Pietz: I want the truth!
Gibbs: You can't handle the truth!
Nothing dies, it just saves itself for the zombie apocalypse.
As a Vancouverite, I'd have to disagree and say the sky is gray not blue! =P
Isn't this part of one of those old "In Soviet Russia" jokes?
You watch TV, but in Soviet Russia TV watches you!
I haven't seen the movie. Their attitude and practices have also ensured that I never will see their movie and the same goes with any future movie they may release.
I really need to buy shares in a popcorn company... Lately with the likes of Prenda Law, Carreon, and IsAnyoneDown(sp?), we are approaching the absurdity levels of the good ole days of Jack Thompson.
I feel that I could likely comment without even reading the article...
"Appeals Court Gets Yet Another Shot At Fixing the Software Patent Problem" but won't.
But that would interfere with a business model (trolls/idiots/etc), so we can't allow that... =P
Hmmmm, maybe I should claim copyright on my phone number and email address. That way I can start suing all the telemarketers and spammers for copyright infringement for using my phone number/email address to get a hold of me!
*I know copyright doesn't cover that, but figured if everyone else gets to decide it covers whatever they want to suit their agenda then why shouldn't I. =P
Seriously, I think I've far exceeded the amount of BS I can absorb in one day... I just don't understand how the human race as a whole can be this idiotic... From bank robbers with no common sense, to abuse of power by officials, out of control greed, PC vs Christmas, political childishness, and all this racism and sexism... It's too much! I'm going to go curl up under a rock for the rest of the week for fear of what will happen next...
You'd be surprised sometimes...
Hey now, we've only had 3 riots in the past 20 years... We're not due for another for at least another season... =P
I'm also looking forward to cleaning up the 2018 Vancouver Riots, maybe by then they will have finished prosecuting the idiots from the last one.
1993,1994,2011 (Two of which were Vancouver)
The only way to get a memo/email forwarded faster than putting "Do Not Forward" would be to put Classified, Confidential, or a Copyright claim on it. =P
It'd be funny to see all the clubs shut down for a month then look at GEMA's response to the serious decline in revenue.
"It must be pirates!"
Though what they fail to realize is that they are the pirates that launched to blockade and killed the revenue in the first place...
Vinegar, I think they are shooting napalm all over the place and just assuming that they got the flies while ignoring the fact they just burnt down their building and all the other collateral damage.
Then I'm sure they gave themselves a raise, while screwing the musicians out of more money so they can rebuild their building to start the process again. All while patting themselves on the back claiming "Success" no less.


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A Dying Planet
Originally published at TomPaine.com on July 24, 2006
Chris Flavin is president of the Worldwatch Institute. Next month, the Institute's World Watch magazine will publish a special issue devoted to the lessons of Hurricane Katrina.
Weather-related disasters like Hurricane Katrina—or the intense heat wave now hitting the United States—are on the rise. The toll of these catastrophes is exacerbated by growing ecological stresses, and the future health of the global economy and the stability of nations will be shaped by our ability to address the huge imbalances in natural systems that now exist. While governments and businesses around the world are beginning to take action to stem the damage, our future demands more aggressive responses.
Earlier this month, we at the Worldwatch Institute released a new report, "Vital Signs 2006-2007," examining trends that point to unprecedented levels of commerce and consumption, set against a backdrop of ecological decline in a world powered overwhelmingly by fossil fuels. In 2005, the average atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration increased 0.6 percent over the high in 2004, representing the largest annual increase ever recorded. The average global temperature reached 14.6 degrees Celsius, making 2005 the warmest year ever recorded on the Earth's surface.
Our report shows that some 40 percent of the world's coral reefs have been damaged or destroyed, water withdrawals from rivers and lakes have doubled since 1960, and species are becoming extinct at as much as 1,000 times the natural rate. While ecosystems can be overexploited for long periods of time with little visible effect, many ultimately reach a "tipping point" after which they begin to collapse rapidly, with far-reaching implications for all who depend on them.
Abrupt change was evident in southern Louisiana and Mississippi in 2005. For decades, the flow of the Mississippi River had been altered, the wetlands at its mouth destroyed, and massive amounts of water and oil extracted from beneath the delta. Only an unheeded minority noticed that this gradual destruction of natural systems had left New Orleans as vulnerable as a sword-wielding soldier on today's high-tech battlefields. Thanks to a combination of human and geological causes, a city that was at sea level when the first settlers arrived in the 18th century had sunk as much as a meter below that level when the hurricane season began in 2005.
The number of people affected by weather-related catastrophes have jumped from an average of 97 million a year in the early 1980s to 260 million a year since 2001. This mounting disaster toll has several causes, including rapid growth in the human population and the even more dramatic growth in human numbers and settlements along coastlines and in other vulnerable areas.
Climate change may be contributing to the rising tide of disasters as well, according to several scientific studies published in 2005. Three of the 10 strongest hurricanes ever recorded occurred last year, and the average intensity of hurricanes is increasing, recent research concludes.
This is not surprising, considering the main "fuel" driving hurricanes is warm water. Temperatures in the Gulf of Mexico were at record-high levels in the summer of 2005, turning Hurricane Katrina in just over 48 hours from a low-level Category 1 hurricane to the strongest Atlantic storm ever recorded. (In September 2005, Hurricanes Wilma and Rita each broke Katrina's record as the strongest storm ever in that region.)
Yet all of this is merely a foreshadowing of what is to come. The concentration of carbon dioxide, the main greenhouse gas that is driving climate change, has reached its highest level in 600,000 years, and the annual rate of increase in carbon dioxide levels is accelerating, according to atmospheric measurements taken in 2005.
Scientists are beginning to shed their usual reserve in the face of ever-more alarming evidence. In early 2006 James Hansen, the lead climate researcher at NASA, and five other top climate scientists warned that "additional global warming of more than 1 degree C above the level of 2000 will constitute 'dangerous' climate change as judged from likely effects on sea level and extermination of species."
If either the Greenland or the West Antarctic ice sheet were to melt, hundreds of millions of coastal residents would be displaced—effects a thousand times the scale of the New Orleans evacuations. In the Shanghai metropolitan area alone, 40 million people could lose their homes. Large sections of Florida's peninsula would simply disappear.
If melting ice and catastrophic storms are not enough to bring on an energy transition, the oil market is offering a helping hand. Oil prices in 2005 and early 2006 gyrated wildly, flirting several times with over $70 a barrel, the highest prices in real terms in more than 20 years. The cause is simple: geologists are no longer finding enough oil to replace the 83 million barrels being extracted each day.
However, the reality of a new energy era has begun to sink in. In the United States, sales of large sport utility vehicles have plummeted, while those of hybrid-electric cars have doubled in little more than a year. And in China, government leaders have responded to rising fuel prices by increasing the tax on large vehicles and mandating higher levels of efficiency.
None of this has yet been sufficient to bring energy markets into balance. But signs are now growing that the world is on the verge of an energy revolution. The already-rapid growth of renewable energy industries has accelerated in the past year, with ethanol production increasing 19 percent, wind power capacity 24 percent, and solar cell production 45 percent.
The energy technology growth surge is propelled by scores of new government policies and by surging private investment. And it is attracting major commitments by multinational companies such as General Electric, Siemens, and Sharp, while also becoming one of the hottest fields for venture capitalists, who are financing scores of small start-up firms. Even oil companies are getting into the act: BP and Shell are both investing in solar energy and wind power.
These developments are impressive and are likely to provoke far-reaching changes in world energy markets within the next five years. But the change is still not fast enough to bring on the broader changes in the global economy that could stave off imminent ecological and economic crises. Government leaders and private citizens will have to mobilize in an unprecedented way if we are to have any chance of passing a healthy and secure world on to the next generation.


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Olsztyn Travel Guide
The main town in the Mazury region, Olsztyn is first and foremost a transport hub and a handy springboard for forays into the countryside. You probably won't want to linger too long here, but the historical centre is picturesque and there are enough sights to keep visitors entertained for a day or two.
Olsztyn's most distinctive landmark is the Wysoka Brama (High Gate) at the entrance to the old town on ul. Staromiejska, an imposing red-brick edifice from the fourteenth century that was once part of the city walls and has served as an armoury and a prison. Olsztyn was once home to Nicolaus Copernicus, and you can see one of his sun dials embedded in the walls of the castle on ul. Zamkowa, now the town's historical museum (Tues–Sun: June–Aug 9am–5pm; Sept–May 10am–4pm; 9zł). At the eastern edge of the old town stands the elegant Gothic St Jacob's Cathedral, in which Napoleon's troops once imprisoned 1500 Russian soldiers – the prisoners burnt most of the cathedral's original wooden furnishings to keep warm.
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