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Something about Mark Bittman, the New York Times' most elitist ag writer, just annoys the hell out of me. It might be his pollyannaish approach to farming. His grotesque misuse of words like 'sustainable' and 'organic' set my teeth on edge. He will occasionally throw the term 'ethical' into the mix, too, inferring that if you're not operating according to his definition of sustainable and organic, you must also be unethical. I grind my teeth to near TMJ levels.
His recent 'slant to the left' sweep through Iowa to look at how the folks in flyover country live and farm and the pre-programmed prejudice he brought with him left the sourest of tastes in my mouth. He asked for direction from my friends in the pork business about where he should go and what he should see. They helped assemble a fair cross-section of the Hawkeye state, kind of a department store clothing department tour that hit small, medium and large farms.
Of course he had some time constraints, so, at the last minute, he deleted a few of the places where tours had been arranged, leaving his farm hosts standing at their front door with a fresh-brewed pot of coffee in one hand and their hat in the other. No need to see those operations, he already knew they were unsustainable, non-organic and probably unethical as well, so why bother?
Then, he compounded his sin by blogging this for NYT on August 16: "When Brenna Chase was farming in Connecticut a few years back, new farmers weren't always welcome by oldsters. The pie, she says, just wasn't big enough. "But now," she said to me here, where she now farms, 'the feeling is that the pie is getting bigger and that the more people that get into this the better it will be for everyone.'
By 'this,' she means sustainable farming (here I use the term interchangeably with "organic" because many ethical farmers can't afford organic certification), and the poised 33-year-old, who began farming in high school, is representative of young people I've met all over the country. These are people whose concern for the environment led to a desire to grow — and eat — better food. And although chefs still get more attention, the new farmers deserve recognition for their bold and often creative directions.
It would be a challenge to find a farm or ranch that is not sustainable or organic. As in any business, wasting your most important asset is an absolute guarantee of failure. I can drive across most of the great Midwest and a good chunk of the non-urbanized Northeast and pass through hundreds of miles of farmland that should be labeled sustainable and organic using his definition because it has been farmed by generation after generation. If a fourth or fifth generation is still wresting a living from the same piece of dirt, we're describing the very essence of sustainable/organic. Just a few weeks ago, for instance, I interviewed Jane Clifford, a woman who works with her husband on a dairy farm in Vermont that's been in the same family for eight generations.

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Things could get interesting for dairy policy once the House Agriculture Committee version of the Farm Bill makes it to the House floor.
House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) is on record as saying "we have a Soviet-style dairy program in America today, and one of the proposals in the Farm Bill would actually make it worse."
The reference apparently was to a "market stabilization" provision that would encourage dairy farmers to limit production increases in times of tight profit margins.
"The thing that's a point of contention is this stabilization fund," U.S. Representative Collin Peterson (D-Minn.), ranking member of the House Ag Committee, acknowledged to AgriTalk Radio on Tuesday.
Peterson also gave some insight into Boehner and his experience with dairy policy decisions.
"John hates the dairy program," Peterson said. "He was on the (House Ag) Committee for 16 years, and his main focus then was to get rid of the dairy program," he added. "Speaker Boehner is never going to be happy unless we get rid of the whole program."
Peterson defended the dairy policies in the House Ag Committee version of the Farm Bill, saying they are are "very reform-minded" and "100 times better than what we've got now."
Chris Galen, senior vice president of communications at the National Milk Producers Federation, says the challenge ahead is to show Boehner and others that the reforms in the House Ag Committee version of the Farm Bill are indeed improvements to current dairy policy.
Ending the role of government as a buyer of surplus dairy products and ending direct payments to farmers do make the system more market-oriented and save the taxpayers money, Galen told an AgriTalk Radio audience on Monday.
"Anything we can point out that saves the government money and saves the taxpayers money ― that's something I think the leadership in the House has to take seriously," he said.
Philosophically, the reforms sought by the National Milk Producers Federation, which are in the House Ag Committee and Senate versions of the Farm Bill, are a more self-reliant approach, he adds.
"If you want help from the government in terms of this margin insurance, then you have to offer to be part of the solution by trimming your production when conditions are really bad to help bring supply and demand back into balance," Galen said. "If you're not willing to do that, then why should you be there accepting help from the government?"


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The time has come to delve into the domain of random '80s trivia facts. Being quite a fascinating time, the flashy decade helped define the modern world in a vast array of ways. Fact is, even today's kids recognize some of the classic stuff from those cool 80′s movie t-shirts you see on the street. So buckle up, 'cause here we go.
80′s computers typically had 64 KB (yes, that's kilobytes) of memory
The super-fast guitar solo in Michael Jackson's 'Beat It' was played by Eddie Van Halen
'80s saw the rise of PMRC, a Tipper Gore-led group responsible for those parental advisory stickers on music albums
MTV kicked off in 1981, the first video ever played was 'Video Killed the Radio Star.' Quite appropriate, don't you think?
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The Elkins Family Law Implementation Task Force (EFLITF) collaborates with related advisory groups and justice system partners on implementation of the Elkins Family Law Task Force recommendations through development of rules and forms, education, system improvements, and data collection. Development and revisions of rules and forms to accommodate these changes are in process.
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At the Judicial Council meeting on December 14, 2010, the Elkins Family Law Implementation Task Force presented its Interim Report highlighting its progress and the progress of the four working groups assigned to review the more than 200 recommendations developed by the EFLTF and identify ways to support or promote implementation. Efforts in each of these areas are described the Interim Report.
In response to the recommendations accepted by the Judicial Council at its April 23, 2010 meeting, then Chief Justice Ronald M. George appointed Justice Laurie D. Zelon to chair the Elkins Family Law Implementation Task Force effective July 1, 2010 through June 30, 2013.
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INGLEWOOD, Calif. (June 12, 2010)-Performing like a gelding poised to defend his title in the $500,000 Hollywood Gold Cup on July 10, Rail Trip was an easy winner of the $150,000 Californian on Saturday at Hollywood Park.
Receiving the same pace pressing journey under Rafael Bejarano he had when capturing the $150,000 Mervyn LeRoy Handicap in his 2010 debut on May 8, Rail Trip took charge entering the stretch and was not challenged as the prohibitive 1-5 favorite.
Owned by Mace and Samantha Siegel's Jay Em Ess Stable and trained by Ron Ellis, the 5-year-old son of Jump Start and the Carson City mare Sweet Trip made amends for a loss as the public choice in the 2009 Californian. A year ago, he was second behind Informed in the Grade II.
Becoming the first horse to win both the LeRoy and Californian in the same year since Even The Score in 2004, Rail Trip completed the 1 1/8 miles over Cushion Track in 1:48.49.
The 2 ¾ length victory was the eighth in 11 attempts for Rail Trip. He has won five of seven at Hollywood Park. The Kentucky bred has earned $967,790.
Sangaree, who was second in the LeRoy, completed the exacta again for trainer Bob Baffert as the 11-1 second choice. Slew's Tiznow, the second longest shot in the field of eight at 40-1, was a half-length back in third. Spurrier, a 17-1 shot and the other Baffert entrant, finished fourth.
Cigar Man followed, then came One Track Mind, who set the pace, Tres Borrachos and Aitcho. In an oddity, all of the Californian participants are 5-year-olds.
"I had so much horse at the end,'' said Bejarano, now 2-for-2 with Rail Trip. "It was nice to be able to save something for next time. He's been training so good and he was really fit today. I felt a little pressure at the half-mile, but he kept on running. He's getting better and better and you can do anything you want with him.''
Much more mature in a variety of ways in his third season on the track, Rail Trip will seek in four weeks to become the third multiple winner of the Gold Cup. Fellow geldings Native Diver and Lava Man both won the track's signature race three times.
"The nice thing about him is that he's almost turned into a mile and a quarter horse,'' said Ellis, who also won the 2007 Californian with Buzzards Bay. "He knows where the running starts and he's really strong down the lane.
"As the year went on (2009) he got better and better with things. This year, he's bigger, stronger and heavier. He's matured a lot. He's a real versatile horse and that's going to come in handy at some point.
"When he won the Gold Cup, he was at the end of a lot of races. This year, by purpose, we wanted to bring him in and point for the Breeders' Cup and have him ready for the second half of the year.''
Favored for the 10th time – the lone time he wasn't was when he won the Gold Cup at 9-1 – Rail Trip paid $2.40, $2.20 and $2.10. Sangaree, who was ridden by Martin Garcia, returned $5.20 and $3.40. With new jockey David Flores, Slew's Tiznow paid $6.20.
Earlier in the day, Free Flying Soul, exiting a Grade 1 in Kentucky, was successful in her California return, winning the $62,500 Desert Stormer Handicap.
Under jockey Mike Smith, the 5-year-old Quiet American mare and the Farma Way mare Ruby Surprise earned her second victory in five tries on Cushion Track.
Owned by Marsha Naify and trained by Bruce Headley, the 3-2 favorite engaged for the lead outside Moon de French, took the advantage early in the stretch and held Alpha Kitten, who was last for most of the trip, safe. In winning by 1 ½ lengths over the 5-2 second choice, Free Flying Soul ran the six furlongs in 1:09.10.
Fourth, defeated by 1 ¾ lengths in the Humana Distaff over a sloppy track on the Kentucky Derby undercard on May 1 at Churchill Downs, Free Flying Soul now has six wins in 15 races. She increased her earnings to $393,177.
"She's some sprinter, she really is,'' said Smith after his fifth stakes win of the meet, two fewer than leader Bejarano. "She's so professional, she just goes out and does it every time. Even when she doesn't win, she's right there.''
The win was the second in a row for Smith in the Desert Stormer and third in the last six years. The Hall of Fame rider's other victories came with Coco Belle (2009) and Puxa Saco (2005).
Free Flying Soul returned $5, $2.80 and $2.20. Alpha Kitten paid $3.40 and $2.80. Fund Raiser, a 13-1 shot, was a nose back in third. Her show price was $6.20.
Racing continues Sunday. Post time for the 10 race program is 1 p.m.
The main event is the $250,000 Vanity Handicap, a Grade 1 at 1 1/8 miles on Cushion Track.
Zenyatta will try to win the race for an unprecedented third time and remain undefeated in her 17th lifetime start. If successful, the 6-year-old Street Cry mare, owned by Jerry and Ann Moss and trained by John Shirreffs, will surpass Cigar, Citation and Mister Frisky, all of whom won 16 in a row.
There will also be giveaway of Zenyatta's bobblehead likeness. The offer is good per paid admission while supplies last.
The 69th Vanity is the eighth race on the card. Approximate post time is 4:37 p.m.
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It may have piqued your interest throughout the last twelve months as we posted selections from our online Impossible Project x Ace gallery — and if you entered photos, thank you for fueling this incredible beast that inspired us daily. We've now selected a couple dozen images to be included in our physical gallery show One Year In — crowd-sourced and a thing of beauty — at Ace Hotel New York. We're throwing a little party with Impossible tonight in the lobby to celebrate, and you can see the show in our gallery space through December 14.
We're grateful for Lil' Bub. Shown here hanging out in our photobooth in New York this week.
WFMU out of Jersey City is like a shining tower on a hill broadcasting the amazing creative potential of free form listener-supported radio to the world. Sandy opened up some kick-ass on them as she was passing through, taking down both of their FM transmitters and frying a bunch of computers and equipment. They were down for a couple days but didn't take long to brush their shoulders off and get back on air.
Unfortunately, their annual Record Fair was canceled since the venue where it was scheduled was without power, meaning one of their biggest funding sources for the year was gone, like the dough they laid out in advance to organize and promote it.
But listeners have rallied to help out and it could have been worse. Some kind of aural providence kept these blessed stacks good and dry.
Even their collection of glitterized album cover art was spared.
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And, thank heavens, their cassette copy of The Rudy Schwartz Project's Yodelin' Satan. Still, the months ahead at WFMU won't be easy without a little help from their friends. Good thing they've built quite the cache of goodwill with all the weirdness they've infused into the airwaves lo these many years.
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Aleksandra Mir is an artist based in London. Without slowing down her own prodigious output, she has taken it upon herself to spearhead an initiative to bring the iconic bronze statue of Freddie Mercury in full rock god regalia — stationed in Montreux, Switzerland — back to London. The monument was commissioned by the remaining members of Queen after Mercury's passing and brought to life by a master of figurative sculpture and artist behind some of the great lost monuments of the Cold War era, Irena Sedlecka. In 1991, the Westminster Council rejected the statue and it found a home in Montreux, where it's become a shrine for Mercury fans from around the world.
The Freddie on the Plinth proposal would bring Freddie, on loan for a year, to the empty fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square, "to honor both Freddie Mercury's and Irena Sedlecka's artistic legacies, as an exploration of the connections between socialist realism and glam rock, to contemplate the void created by all silences, and to channel love through the celebration and sheer expression of life."
We caught up with Aleksandra to ask her about the petition and her take on the predestined meeting of the sculptor and the rock star.
Have you received any response from the Westminster Council since the Freddie on the Plinth proposal and petition were launched?
No, but the petition is not yet finalized and has formally not been filed anywhere. It is an open ended, unsolicited project, so anything can happen and that is ok.
How do you think Ms. Sedlecka's earlier work, creating heroic statues in the socialist realist style, informed her vision of Freddie Mercury? It seems to have some of the hallmarks of that era, minus the compulsory stodginess.
Irena was trained as a classicist. She had a remarkable education in Prague after WWII which involved rigorous study of the human form, but she was also expected as an artist to move beyond mere naturalist depiction — to edit, to exaggerate, to abstract and to bring both her subjects and her own character into the work. There is both anatomical perfection and soul in her bronze of Freddie. This kind of training is completely lost today. So when Queen's management discovered her as, what they thought, the most skillful sculptor working in Britain, her work had been obscured in the art world for almost thirty years. She still had it all in her though and she took it on with great enthusiasm. What you have as a result, in my mind, is a masterpiece.
Freddie Mercury himself seemed to cultivate an image that in some ways mimicked the "cult of personality" employed by Europe's 20th century (male) leaders — or at the very least his mustache did. He might have been the perfect subject for her art form.
Yes, they proved to be perfect for each other. As a very young artist, Irena had been making work on a monumental scale, which only the regime of her day could have supported. As she says, it seemed a good idea at the time — to celebrate communist heroes, considering they had beaten the Nazis and that her generation had just emerged from war so had enormous enthusiasm for the new socialist model. Fast forward and most of her work was later destroyed in the Velvet Revolution. At the same time, in the West, secular mass worship had taken on the form of stadium rock. And Freddie, one of its greatest heroes, became the perfect subject for a memorial depicting him at the height of his powers at Wembley stadium.
Are any of Sedlecka's sculptures from the pre-Velvet Revolution era still on display in their original location? We've heard that her monument to the victims of fascism in Melke Mezirici in Moravia is.
The Moravia monument still stands. A large portion of Socialist Realist work was actually dedicated to 'common people', anonymous characters that suffered the war or that were mythological representations of the human plight — mothers and children, workers, elderly people. It seems these artworks had more of a chance of surviving the post-communist era than named 'heroes' that ended up being rejected by history.
Oscar Wilde was famously persecuted in London but he's now memorialized by a statue at Charing Cross. His took 98 years though, do you think Freddie's will take that long?
Who knows? This is a work about two people, both Freddie Mercury whose life story and fame is omnipresent, and Irena Sedlecka, who works in quiet. It is an amazing tale of an artist's productive life that covers nearly a century of European upheaval and shifting ideologies. What I learned is that the political winds can change very drastically and unexpectedly from one day to another. It is impossible to say today what would eventually prompt a return of this rejected statue and masterpiece to London.
Emily Baker's an OG jewelry designer, universe-maker and inspirational mover-shaker we're lucky enough to call a neighbor and a friend in Portland, Oregon. Her line of jewelry, Sword + Fern — and the shop where it grows as thick as moss — acted as a catalyst for Portland design back in the day. We love watching her world expand — with sweetheart, Lovers synth-programmer and performance artist Kerby Ferris — into a life-giving and electro-sparked atmosphere in a league of its own.
Tonight, Emily takes over room 205 at Ace Hotel Portland for Content 2012, creating a sound installation with Kerby that will blow your fucking mind. Tickets can be picked up at Ace Hotel Portland, and $5 of each goes toward New York Cares to aid in hurricane relief efforts. Below, she gives a glimpse into what's in store for us and talks about her new F/W collection, Memorizer.
The new jewelry collection, Memorizer, is inspired by the ancient Pacific Northwest First Nations myth of Copper Woman, the First Mother of civilization — her warrior training traditions, wisdom and the power of intuition. I let my senses rule my process; my most beloved way to work is gathering materials by happenstance and sponteneity, messing up and leaving it, then coming back to it again. I found fluidity, the concept of water logic, and the secret world of my own tiny joys came to the surface while I was working on Memorizer.
The alchemic imperfections of hand-cut copper, hand-dyed wood in ombre chakra tones, engraved graphics on leather, silkscreened scarves, cast concrete and cut mirrors all blend together to tell the story of a secret society's traditions and their visions of women's ancient wisdom, power and strength, taking the wearer on a joyride to the space alive inside their own personal landscapes.
YOUJOY in room 205 will be a sensory exploration of shape and sound. Kerby's bandmate Emily has been immersing as of late in Shambhala Buddhist teachings from Pema Chödrön and Chögyam Trungpa — and her current mantra, YOUJOY, emphasizes these principles of finding happiness just by being yourself. Kerby will create an interactive sound installation that will weave in and out of the new Memorizer pieces as well as the new Sword + Fern sculptural line, Water Logic — mobiles, wall hangings, textiles and other jewelry for the home.
Trinidad-born Mursi Layne, co-founder, with Alexis Casson, of The Artchitects, spun with Tom Tom Magazine at Ace New York during October — and she's back on the decks Monday night at Bembe in Brooklyn. A turntablist who prefers the wheels of steel to all that audio digitalis, she's been mixing her bad self into a wider range of roles as deejay, documentarian and voice for her communities. We talked with her about Hands On mini-ball DJ MikeQ, being homesick, and the hats she wore back in the day, including some that she's still wearing in the here and now.
What age were you when you arrived in New York and what song, sound or smell reminds you of that moment?
My first visit to NYC was at age 13. My mom and dad had already lived here for at least 8 years. My dad was a driver back then and every time he picked me up, he had a cassette tape with steel drums playing. I was into Dancehall and Soca, so I really couldn't take the steel drums for too long. However, it reminded me of home — Trinidad — which I missed. I don't hear steel drums often, so when I do it takes me back to my first time in New York.
The term Afropunk is a part of the lexicon for a wider audience, especially since Afropunk Fest hit Brooklyn in August. You've been involved — it's a website, it's a festival, it's a lot of bigger things. What is it to you?
The Peculiar Kind has partnered with Afropunk to be the LGBT voice on the AP network. We also had a booth set up at the festival this year. To me, the term Afropunk has become synonymous with "community." Although most New Yorkers are much more open-minded than some, there's still a sense of hatred toward others for being "different." Whether it be because of skin color, sexual orientation or any way you present yourself to the world that isn't considered the norm. It was amazing to see such a diverse crowd together in one space celebrating art, music, love and life.
You've been getting around the globe quite a bit for work. What's the most exciting regional sound for you right now?
This is really tough because I have so many sounds that get me going at the moment. My DJ sets are like a melting pot! I can go anywhere from cunty beats like MikeQ-produced tracks to Stuttastep tunes such as DJ Kiva's remix of Erykah Badu's Out My Mind, Just in Time. At some parties, I have to throw in some Soca and Dancehall, naturally, because I am an island girl. Speaking of regional sound, I am super excited to guest DJ this Monday at iBomba, a monthly party where deejays spin a fusion of Global, Bass, Digital, Cumbia, Future and Dancehall.
You're working on a documentary for The Peculiar Kind with The Artchitects. Tell us about it.
The documentary is based on a web series where Alexis Casson and I, known as The Artchitects, have candid and unscripted conversations with queer women of color about issues within the LGBTQ community. The ultimate goal is to build awareness and expose the world to a subculture that is often misunderstood. You can get it on DVD, and you can arrange screenings through our website — Season Two of the web series will begin production in Spring 2013.
Celebrating a decade of incredible work, Roman and Williams' Robin Standefer and Stephen Alesch signed copies of their new book Roman and Williams Buildings & Interiors : Things We Made with some friends and a gallery of shots in the lobby at Ace Hotel New York last week — you can grab signed copies of this beautiful tome on our shop. We're old friends with Robin and Stephen, and our studio director, Eric, and interiors maestro Loren worked on the Roman and Williams team when Ace Hotel New York was taking shape. They had a chance to sit down with Stephen and Robin amidst the mayhem to ask about the book, their work together and the subconscious.
Robin and Stephen, you still appear from time to time in Eric and Loren's dreams. Do you find that creative collaboration spiked with a sobering dose of real business tends to dye the subconscious in this way, and do all the collaborators and team members you've had continue to affect your psyche?
Well everything that's difficult tends to dye the subconscious and work itself into dreams, and we are and always have been difficult. We are proud of that tradition. Easy things are forgettable and have no impact –- no staying power. No dream or haunting qualities ever came from something easy.
The title Things We Made speaks to a sort of portfolio of finished products, however we know how important the process of design is, and how imperfections in that process go into your work, aka "fucking things up." Will readers get any insight into this rebellious stance?
We hope so! We really put so much work into creating a book that would give insight into our ethos –- where readers could get a sense of us as people, not just our projects. We included hundreds of drawings –- we even drew on the drawings. And the text is a series of conversations, rather than just descriptions.
The book celebrates a "decade of design" — what do you hope the next decade will bring in terms of your studio and practice?
Even more humanistic, careful and unpretentious design. We hope to spread the warmth that the Ace embodies. We'd love to design an airport or a hospital in a way that would move people. The International Style, and what it has bred, and benign contemporary design have made for boring, dreary places that need to me be made more interesting –- interesting for everyone, and not just for architects and designers.
We love your beautiful spot in Montauk — how did the garden do this year? For the green thumbs out there, what's your favorite vegetable to grow?
It was a hot summer and the garden was absolutely prolific. This year, we built eight-foot tall towers for our tomatoes and we grew eight different varieties. We have been harvesting them well into late October. We never thought they would grow that high – but they did –- they could have grown another few feet even! Our peppers also did well this year because of the heat.
We love growing cabbages, artichokes, and brussell sprouts -– vegetables that take two years to harvest. It is fascinating to watch the process -– how the vegetables grow over one summer, how they retract over the winter and then explode the following spring into super vegetable power.
We've also love growing medicinal plants like Angelika, Wormwood and Echinacea, which we like to use. We could go on …
In the act of making things there are many people involved in the process, especially with international projects internationally. In your experience, are Americans still good at "making things"?
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Lately I have noticed many RV parks in Florida charging monthly campers a rate for electric KWH use that is higher then the local power providers. This is not really legal in Florida from my limited knowledge or research. A Google scan led me only to find this about the Florida rules - Florida Administrative Code Rule 25-6.049(6)(b). I do not know legal matters at all but was happy to find there is at least some info about protecting Florida RV monthly campers. Trouble is many RV camps I have called regarding their electric rates do charge more then the local utility and most managers say they dont know who establishes their camps KWH rate. One camp manager said that the KWH charge is also water and sewer bill that the park divides by the number of monthly campers and that bill is what is then given as their Electric KWH rate bill. One Florida RV camp charged 16 cent per KWH rate to the RV camper but the local utility told me that the camp was charged a business rate including fuel surcharge etc never more then 13 cents KWH. My guess is a typical RV in a hot Spring/Sumer in Florida can expect a usage of about 850Kwh per month with one AC unit and no washer dryer use. Nice business model for hidden profits. Why dont these camps just raise the camp site rate so we all know what we are getting for our money in place of an unknown questionable electric bill at the end of a monthly stay?
What have other long term/full time Rvers seen across our great nation i.e. is this the new norm to nickel and dime RVers with KWH charges?
Apr 27 2012, 09:32 PM
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Normally the seasonal electric rates are posted and if that is above the cost to the campground they get to make some profit. We all have the same option, stay and pay the rate, or turn the key and drive to another place. I personally like a business that makes profit, it has a much better chance of being there next year as opposed to being another closed and shuttered operation. Business owners understand that profit is good. I also don't like surprise charges and if the rates were not posted or expressed in some way before I signed up to stay so I knew going in, that would make me upset.
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If you feel that a campground is charging an electric rate higher than allowed, call the state utility commission and report it. I am not certain that is illegal in FL but may be. FL is pretty much a nanny state with lots of bureaucrats that love to investigate these kinds of complaints. Send proof, you will get results.
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We are in Texas and, from what we were told, it is a federal law that any CG can legally add administrative costs to the electric rates that they charge RV'ers. We were given this information directly from the electric company CEO. If this information is accurate then any FL law would be over-ruled by a federal law.
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We are in Texas and, from what we were told, it is a federal law that any CG can legally add administrative costs to the electric rates that they charge RV'ers. We were given this information directly from the electric company CEO. If this information is accurate then any FL law would be over-ruled by a federal law.
Call me crazy, but this just sounds like another example of the US Government over extending their "assumptions" about the legality of the constitution (my understanding is the federal govt is NOT supposed to usurp the laws of each state)...Like I said, call me crazy...LOL!
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Florida is in the process of building or has already built large and very expensive solar plants. These high costs are being paid by the taxpayers and ratepayers (I am both), so there is quite a bit of variation between different power companies. Many cities also own the power distribution systems, but no power generation plants. They by the power from the big guy and add on a large surcharge. I used to pay a very large (35%) surcharge in Mount Dora. I am now in an area serviced by a COOP and pay less than if I was with one of the big guys.
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At my campground, I only charge extra for electricity if they go over 1000 Kwh in a given month. Even then, I only charge what the utility company is charging me, which is around 11 cents per Kwh including fuel surcharges and taxes. However, some campgrounds are also paying more for electricity based on a "Demand" charge each month. (Thankfully I do not have Demand Metering at my park) With Demand Metering, they pay a separate amount that is based on the amount of electricity used during a "Peak" period of maybe 15 min. Once the peak demand is established, it can be months before this charge changes. A friend of mine operates a horse camp which closes for the winter. Even though his Kwh usage is zero for the winter months, he still may have an electric bill of $800 or more because of the demand that was set back in the summer. If you call the utility to ask about rates, they usually give the Kwh rate, but don't mention the Demand Charge, which can be quite high.


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My first strong impressions of Isolde Brielmaier were formed while sitting in a park in Madrid with a group of curator/writer/artists friends...all playing hooky from the ARCO Art Fair for a day to enjoy the city. I had just met her, but immediately liked the way she studied the rest of us as, after days of brutal networking and partying, our conversation descended into a fairly gossipy review. Here, I thought, when I began to notice her quiet reaction to the bitchfest, was a true non-judgemental student of humanity.
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EW: Robert Storr recently (http://www.frieze.com/column_single.asp?c=255) argued that curators are not "artists," despite an increasing chorus of art world types insisting the contrary. Do you think curators are artists? Why?
IB: There is obviously a fair amount of creativity involved in curating – in thinking through and conceptualizing how artworks relate to each other and how that "conversation" can be articulated visually and spatially. But are curators artists? Not sure about that one. I curate because I love working with artists and I very much enjoy collaborating in the creative process of presenting art to the broader public in a way that honors an artist's vision. Not really because I fancy myself an artist….
EW: How do you most frequently end up doing a studio visit with an artist? Is there an approach or set of circumstances that dominates in the way that happens?
IB: I very much enjoy doing studio visits and I learn so much from the experience! Studio visits are about exchange – of information and ideas – and are very much a learning experience. I am interested in getting a sense of an artist's history, creative progression, thought and work process, how they see themselves, their work and it place within the broader world. But these visits are also very much organic. There is no formula for me. I simply go and remain open because I never know what might unfold and what work I may see. I love suspense!
EW: Who is most underrepresented in gallery exhibitions today? In museum exhibitions (if that is different)?
IB: I would say that although we've come quite a ways, artists of color and women artists are still ghettoized. Hard to say when this will fully change, because the "art world" very much mirrors broader society and this is still very much the case.
EW: What are your thoughts about the state of art criticism today, especially withregards to the curator's role in shaping it (if any exists)?
IB: In addition to being focused on artists, I am also very much concerned with audience. Artists make work to be seen, consumed and engage and I am very interested in how this process of presentation occurs particularly when we have such varied kinds of audiences today. And how do we broaden that audience? To whom are we as curators really speaking? Art enthusiasts and collectors? Students? Academics? Other curators? The general public? I still grapple with these ideas when thinking through a show from start to finish and they are very important to me. It's all about continuing business not as usual….


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- Antique Jewelry
- The Ages
- Engagement Rings
- Antique Rings
- Diamond Jewelry
- So Much More
Signed Lambert Bros. Edwardian Diamond Ring
From the esteemed New York jewelry house of Lambert Brothers comes this feminine and sophisticated platinum ring from the Edwardian era. A sparkling old European cut diamond of an estimated .45 carats (I-J color; VS2-SI1 clarity for minute white inclusions barely visible even with magnification). The sides of the centered diamond are graced with two (2) old European cut accent diamonds of a total estimated weight of .03 carats bringing the entire total estimated diamond weight to .48 carats. All set in a finely detailed high rise platinum mount with pierced and open metal work with ornately engraved gallery and sides.
Date: Circa 1910.
Measurements: 3/8 of an inch (0.9 cm) in length north to south on the hand and rises 5/16 of an inch (0.7 cm) in height off the finger. Weight of 3.5 grams (2.3 dwt).
Ring Size: US 6-3/4 (UK N; Euro or Int. Circum. 53.8 mm; Japan over 13; Int. Dia. 17.1 mm) and easily can be sized to fit most. Ring sizing information.
Hallmarks: "Lambert"; engraved to the interior are initials, possibly "AJN".
Condition: Excellent; faint traces of previous resizing visible with magnification.
Origin: American.
Note: Diamonds have not been removed from their mounts to preserve the integrity of the setting. All diamond weights have been approximated by measurement and formula and may vary from actual weights. Grading has been done in situ and also may vary if stones are removed.
Historical Notes: Founded in 1877 by August V. Lambert, the jewelry house of Lambert Bros. was located on the southwest corner of Third Avenue and 58th Street. Around 1930 construction of a new store at the northeast corner of Lexington and 60th Street was completed. A magnificent, four-faced gold clock outside their jewelry store was erected shortly after the building was completed to advertise the shop. Moving again around 1968, Lambert Brothers Jewelry was now at 545 Madison Avenue at 55th Street where it remained until 1978 when Victor Lambert sold the company to the Zale Corporation. The clock was removed and placed in storage. Shortly thereafter, Victor made headlines by buying the $3 million 69.42 carat diamond that Richard Burton had given to Elizabeth Taylor.
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The Great Debate UK
from Business Traveller:
Why City + Airport = the Future
It's no longer ok to be a big city. Globalisation is Darwinian and only the hubbiest of hubs will survive. If we want best-of-the-planet goods to arrive the next morning, we must worship the airport.
So thinks U.S. academic John Kasarda. As his co-writer Greg Lindsay explains in recently released, Aerotropolis: The Way We'll Live Next, Kasarda's raison d'être is to "answer the question of what the cities of this age should look like."
Aerotropolis is a story of hubs and human ecology... and how the twain must meet if we want to get on. Kasarda, whose career has been spent persuading governments and corporations that transportation and communication are the "fastest-acting catalysts for expansion and change," is given a rapid-fire, real-world voice by Lindsay, who follows him around the world and engages in his own frenetic travels to convey the professor's message.


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I really love Richard Thompson but I have spent like zero time with any of his Fairport Convention stuff. I need to listen to that.
Flying Burrito Brothers didn't do it for me. I had to cut it off at "Dark End of the Street." I'll come back to it, though.
I've now added James Carr's You Got My Mind Messed Up to the playlist. Carr is the original performer of "Dark End of the Street." This album is straightforward soul music; that being said, it's a flawless album and a great representation of the era.
edit: I must also acknowledge the amazing studio band that backs Carr. The horns generally draw the most attention, but after a closer listen, the understated organ on "I'm Going for Myself" and the exceptional guitar work on "She's Better Than You" just blow me away.
What happened to your soul? Hey, your ears? The Flying Burrito Bros. first album is so close to perfection, and you didn't get to the song that's kind of blah. You also didn't get to Hot Burrito #1 and #2. Cosmic America indeed.
Tom, the best Richard Thompson album for Fairport is Full House. I prefer Liege and Lief for the whole band, but Thompson shines the brightest on Full House. Probably because Sandy Denny was no longer there, so her voice didn't take over every song.
The Replacements - Bryan Ferry - Outkast - The Knife - Dum Dum Girls - Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Broken Bells - Haim - Neko Case - Jagwar Ma - Goat - Waxahatchee
Queens Of The Stone Age - Pet Shop Boys - Chvrches - Mogwai - Warpaint - Washed Out - Future Islands - Ty Seagall - Darkside - Foxygen
Beck - Neutral Milk Hotel - Superchunk - Arcade Fire - Bombino - Daughter - Surfer Blood
wake me when you get to the 80s.
only 60s bands I can stomach are Mamas and the Papas, The Doors, The Beatles and The Velvet Underground (unless The Stooges count).
I'm a few pages behind, but I second the love for Jethro Tull's Stand Up. I saw them in San Diego in '99, mainly familiar with their hits at that point, and was pretty put off because the majority of the show was material from Stand Up and their awful new album at the time J-Tull Dot Com. I did go back and listen to Stand Up quite a bit afterwards and it is a really good record.
11/05 - Pissed Jeans - Los Globos (?)
11/09 - Slowdive - Ace
11/14 - Flying Lotus - Wiltern (?)
11/22 - The Dream Syndicate - Echoplex (?)
12/03 - Jonathan Richman - Bootleg (?)
last.fm, if you care
Twitter, if you dare
Sorry, I just figured out how to add Let It Bleed and Beggars Banquet before I read John's last post on last page.
They're up.
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The Replacements - Bryan Ferry - Outkast - The Knife - Dum Dum Girls - Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Broken Bells - Haim - Neko Case - Jagwar Ma - Goat - Waxahatchee
Queens Of The Stone Age - Pet Shop Boys - Chvrches - Mogwai - Warpaint - Washed Out - Future Islands - Ty Seagall - Darkside - Foxygen
Beck - Neutral Milk Hotel - Superchunk - Arcade Fire - Bombino - Daughter - Surfer Blood
I confess I am not crazy about The Kinks. They have a few songs I like, but I listened to one of their 'hits' albums and did not feel like going further into their catalog.
Same thing with Sweetheart of the Rodeo - nothing on there made me think it was a masterpiece, though I have always had trouble with country rock-type bands (not a big Wilco fan either).
I haven't heard anything by The Flying Burrito Brothers, I'll have to check that out.
We're here to play some Mississippi Delta Blues. We're in a horrible depression, and I gotta admit - we're starting to like it.
I'll wait for IcedKeg to translate this thread.
Whiskey Sour
2 oz blended whiskey
Juice of 1/2 lemon
1/2 tsp powdered sugar
1 cherry
1/2 slice lemon
Shake blended whiskey, juice of lemon, and powdered sugar with ice and strain into a whiskey sour glass. Decorate with the half-slice of lemon, top with the cherry, and serve.
Arthur is my favorite album by the Kinks.
Also an update on Sweetheart of the Rodeo: my copy of that album on my iPod (which has gotten a lot less use with the take over of Spotify) has eight songs, skipping "I Am a Pilgrim", "The Christian Life" and "Hickory Wind".
I am currently listening to Blonde on Blonde. It has been a while. Oh my the best songs on this album are among my all-time favorites. "Visions of Johanna" followed by "One Of Us Must Know" is just unfair.
2014 Collaborative Playlist on Spotify.
But again, both are among the greatest early rock albums ever made.
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The Replacements - Bryan Ferry - Outkast - The Knife - Dum Dum Girls - Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Broken Bells - Haim - Neko Case - Jagwar Ma - Goat - Waxahatchee
Queens Of The Stone Age - Pet Shop Boys - Chvrches - Mogwai - Warpaint - Washed Out - Future Islands - Ty Seagall - Darkside - Foxygen
Beck - Neutral Milk Hotel - Superchunk - Arcade Fire - Bombino - Daughter - Surfer Blood
I put on Blonde on Blonde last night as well. I think I may move it ahead of Highway 61 Revisted on my list, and certainly into my top 5. Just too many good songs, and all capped off by an epic that truly deserves the name.
In the event that there are substantial differences between a domestic and foreign release of the same album, and you greatly prefer one to the other, go with the year in which the version you prefer was released.
I'll work on firming up the "rules" more after the first of the year.
Also, we can probably make this due after the 4th of July if that's easier.
Just catching up here. My list is going to include a bunch of Motown, but as a couple of people mentioned on the first page, it's a little tricky because those artists aren't really associated with their album work the way classic rockers are, and many of the albums are just collections of covers. Anyway, these won't necessarily make my list, but here are a few Motown albums to consider:
Hi... We're The Miracles - The Miracles
Mostly notable for being the first Motown album and lays the groundwork for later success. "Has Shop Around" and "Money" on it.
Please Mr. Postman - The Marvelettes
"Please Mr. Postman" (Motown's first #1) and "All the Love I've Got"
The Jazz Soul of Little Stevie - Little Stevie Wonder
That Stubborn Kinda Fellow - Marvin Gaye
"Stubborn Kind of Fellow," "Hitch Hike," "Get My Hands on Some Lovin"
Where Did Our Love Go - The Supremes
This album is amazing, including a few classic HDH tracks. Singles were: "A Breathtaking Guy" "When the Lovelight Starts Shining Through His Eyes" "Run, Run, Run" "Where Did Our Love Go" "Baby Love" "Come See About Me"
More Hits by The Supremes - The Supremes
"Stop! In the Name of Love," "Back in My Arms Again", "Nothing but Heartaches".
Dance Party - Martha and the Vandellas
"Dancing in the Street," "Nowhere to Run," "Motoring"
Going to a Go-Go -Smokey Robinson and The Miracles
"Ooo Baby Baby", "The Tracks of My Tears", "Going to a Go-Go"
Gettin' Ready - The Temptations
"Get Ready," "Ain't Too Proud to Beg" and the original version of "Too Busy Thinking About My Baby"
Moods of Marvin Gaye - Marvin Gaye
"I'll Be Doggone" and "Ain't That Peculiar"
I Heard It Through the Grapevine - Marvin Gaye
Gaye's breakthrough album.
My Cherie Amour - Stevie Wonder
I would be shocked if S.F. Sorrow by The Pretty Things didn't find its way on my list.
I may have mentioned it earlier in the thread, but I just added Balaklava, the second album from Pearls Before Swine, to the collaborative Spotify playlist. It's a truly bizarre, psychedelic and great folk album that has so much going on within it that I could listen to it time after time and find new little nuances. It's odd, sometimes abrasive, full of weird instrumentation and weird songcraft, and yet it works so well as a whole. I think any Neutral Milk Hotel fans would be well-advised to listen to the record. There's also a good and straightforward cover of Suzanne by Leonard Cohen. I found this one back in college and it's never left my iPod/stereo/turntable since. Just a great, bizarre little record.


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Oliver Stone comes through yet again on the side of the good guys. If anybody knows better than Ron Paul about what it feels like to be continuously ostracized by the media establishment, it's him. Really looking forward to his Showtime documentary (and the ensuing reviews that will attempt to discredit it).
Oliver Stone: "There's no way that we can continue this spending spree. In fact, I think in many ways the most interesting candidate – I'd even vote for him if he was running against Obama – is Ron Paul. Because he's the only one of anybody who's saying anything intelligent about the future of the world."
Family Values
God, Gero, warn me next time! I almost choked to death and now I have to wipe down my monitor from laughing, choking and spewing my drink all at once.
Clayton -
New Hampshire may secede from the FDA
@F4M: You lost all right to post that crap when Ron Paul lost in NH... if it passes, you can tell us about it, until then, we don't want to hear it...
Sounds like Boston Bruins goalie Tim Thomas might be a Paulite:
Thomas posted the following statement on his Facebook page at 6 p.m. ET:
"I believe the Federal government has grown out of control, threatening the Rights, Liberties, and Property of the People.
This is being done at the Executive, Legislative, and Judicial level. This is in direct opposition to the Constitution and the Founding Fathers vision for the Federal government.
Because I believe this, today I exercised my right as a Free Citizen, and did not visit the White House [Bruins won the Stanley Cup and were scheduled to meet with Obama--my comments]. This was not about politics or party, as in my opinion both parties are responsible for the situation we are in as a country. This was about a choice I had to make as an INDIVIDUAL.
This is the only public statement I will be making on this topic. TT"
Thomas posted the following statement on his Facebook page at 6 p.m. ET:
"I believe the Federal government has grown out of control, threatening the Rights, Liberties, and Property of the People.
This is being done at the Executive, Legislative, and Judicial level. This is in direct opposition to the Constitution and the Founding Fathers vision for the Federal government.
Because I believe this, today I exercised my right as a Free Citizen, and did not visit the White House [Bruins won the Stanley Cup and were scheduled to meet with Obama--my comments]. This was not about politics or party, as in my opinion both parties are responsible for the situation we are in as a country. This was about a choice I had to make as an INDIVIDUAL.
This is the only public statement I will be making on this topic. TT"
Richard Branson, owner of Virgin urges UK government to rethink drug policy. Says make drug policy a health issue and not a criminal one. 35 news articles on the topic from google news.
For the lolz.
Behind The Scenes: Writing the 2012 State of the Union Address
@Nielsio: The feeling I took away from that video is that being President is a lot like coaching a football team... but the football stadium just happens to be the entire country of America and the football team happens to be every resident.
This the lobotomized, third-grade level on which public policy is conducted today.
The Jolly Crew (by Fringe Elements / Nielsio)
Do you and Fringe Elements plan on doing anything else together? You two look like you'd make quite a combo.
This is why a state's collapse will result in more tyranny off the bat. Survival skills should be necessary.
I don't agree with the "indigenous view" thing and I don't agree that oil is the problem. For one thing he neglects to mention that big oil wouldn't last a day in a truly free market and only survives b/c of the government. But other then that his views are legit.
Now this is more reason to eat a 100% natural diet.
New Hampshire may secede from the FDA
F4M: As a Free State Project-supporter I must ask, can you please stop posting shit about Free State Project? I ask this again and will ask until you answer: Do you understand that because of you, people in this forum have started to hate FSP? Do you understand that you have hurted Free State Project very much and have not helped it at all?
FACT CHECK: Obama pushes plans that flopped before
Fact Checking the SOTU: Corporate Taxes
Problem with the Buffet rule: Take, for example, the president's renewed push for a so-called "Buffett rule," based on the idea, in Obama's oft-cited formulation, that investors such as Warren Buffett should not pay a lower effective tax rate than their secretaries. He even had Buffett's secretary, Debbie Bosanek, sitting in the presidential box.
Buffett makes most of his money from investment income (capital gains and interest), and he pays a capital-gains tax rate on that money. That tax rate could theoretically be lower than the tax rate that Ms. Bosanek pays on her wage-based income, although only if Ms. Bosanek's income is fairly high and she took few deductions. However, the president's narrative ignores the fact that Buffett's income had already been taxed at the corporate level. When the effect of both taxes is combined, the real effective tax rate is closer to 45 percent. That is quite a high rate on an inherently risky activity — investing — that our tax code should encourage.
And significantly, note that the president's solution to this supposed problem is not to reduce taxes on Ms. Bosanek, but to raise them on Mr. Buffett.
That is because the president sees the Buffett rule and his complaints about other tax loopholes as simply a tactic, the camel's nose under the tent, in his desire for more money for the federal government. That is why his actual tax proposals, hidden behind rhetoric about "millionaires and billionaires" and the "wealthiest 1 percent," would actually raise taxes on people earning as little as $200,000 per year, as well as many small businesses. And many of his proposals will probably hit people with incomes even lower.
And he wants that money so that he can spend it.
Have anyone heard about a new project by Koch brothers?
The upcoming 'Themis' is their new tool to unite "free marketeers" in the Internet. What do you guys think about this?
Voting fraud. Lots of it.
Some more info http://www.prisonplanet.com/voter-fraud-dead-people-cast-over-950-ballots-in-south-carolina.html
Bernanke to Deliver Lectures on Central Banking to College Students
(Both things)
To paraphrase Marc Faber: We're all doomed, but that doesn't mean that we can't make money in the process.
Rabbi Lapin: "Let's make bricks!"
Stephan Kinsella: "Say you and I both want to make a German chocolate cake."
Why is investment income taxed less than wages?
Gingrich donor is casino mogul, Israeli hardliner
I don't know whether or not this has been posted on this site, probably has, but still this site is just awesome:
My favorite:
OK this is fake news but when I first saw it I thought it was real, because it could be.
Diebold cost Dr. Paul a victory in a certain state I will not mention. Who knows what else these voting machines will do.
Stefan Molyneux interviews David Barker (Former Fed Economist) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YasmmiR0PrM&feature=share
One President's Secrets—And The Media That Keeps Them
Covering up: A tale of two autopsies
Roads Not Taken: John F. Kennedy, Patrice Lumumba and George H. W. Bush
Bush, Rumsfeld and Iraq: Is the Real Reason for the Invasion Finally Emerging?
Iraq Invasion Revelations, Part II: The Payoff
12 Questions About Bin Laden
More Questions on Bin Laden
The CIA's Man in Libya?
Iraq Invasion Revelations: Fueled Again, UK Style
The NY Times' Ostrich Act on JFK Assassination Getting Old
Doubts On "Official Story" of Bin Laden Killing
Saudi Royal Ties to 9/11 Hijackers Via Florida Saudi Family?
JFK Umbrella Man—More Doubts
No Need to Panic About Global Warming
For the sake of your monitor, don't read this while eating/drinking:
Economies Need The Invisible Hand of a Gardener
"...SPENDING. The word "spending" means to "use up" or "extinguish value," and that is what many Americans believe the government does with their tax dollars. Yet government spendingshouldn't be seen as a process that is destructive or wasteful. The reality is that it is part of a continuous feedback loop that circulates money. To spend tax dollars on education and health care and roads and research and development is the equivalent of dispersing nutrients throughout the garden.
This connection between regulation, spending, taxes and prosperity is hard to grasp if you're relying on a Machinebrain to make sense of the world...."
YouTube Version: Hans-Hermann Hoppe's Interview on ABC's Counterpoint
Waist Deep in the Big Muddy
GOP insiders rise up to cut Gingrich down to size
Germany wants Greece to give up budget control
Anti-Trust and Monopoly (with Ron Paul)
Questions I wish reporters would stop asking Ron Paul because he gives the same answer every time:
Are you electable?
Do you intend to be a third-party candidate?
Why are you an isolationist?
Feel free to add others.
Inflation or Deflation?
Ron Paul in Freeport ME Jan. 28 2012
Germany wants Greece to give up budget control
This is insanity. Clearly, they believe it's going to work for some reason. I would like to know what that reason is.
Germany wants Greece to give up budget controlThis is insanity. Clearly, they believe it's going to work for some reason. I would like to know what that reason is.
Clayton -
Clayton -
I think it also might be possible that Germany tries to get out of the EU by pushing things to the edge. Always pretending to help and rescue the EUR no matter the costs, while at same time delaying one thing after another, only committing to as few as possible without appearing to play a false game, and asking for impossible things until this whole thing busts anyway and they can get out of the EU with a somewhat politically saved face. Oh for sure they will still be blamed that it was their fault, but this way it is at least not so clear, because it just will look like they just tried and messed up. I mean no matter what happens I am quite sure it will always be Germany's fault...
And in case the impossible demands by Germany are accepted they at least have some new powers. Though I really hope it will be the former outcome if my analysis is correct at all.
Bryan Caplan about "Why should we restrict Immigration?"
History of Iranian Sanctions
While good for Iranian sanction history, the Congressional Research Service doesn't know what inflation is.
Can hunting endangered animals save the species?
Anonymous And The War Over The Internet


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JOE TALAMO, CAMP VICTORY, Winner through Dq: "My horse did get affected a little bit when Mike's horse (Amazombie) came out. He bumped Chantal's horse and then Chantal's bumped mine pretty good. I really thought he was going to win turning for home. Then he got bumped and shifted his weight a little bit. He was athletic enough to pick himself up and get going again. I think it would have really been close if I wouldn't have gotten bumped. I felt he had a lot of momentum and then he got bumped sideways. Talk to my agent over there. He's going to put me just on stakes races from now on."
CHANTAL SUTHERLAND, M ONE RIFLE, Second through Dq: "I felt like (Camp Victory) kind of touched or brushed. So I wanted to get away from him a touch. I could see a hole that probably Mike (Smith on Amazombie) wanted to go for and it was just tiny unfortunately. He got me pretty good. He was running. I'm not sure he was going to win it, but maybe he could have held on for second just because my horse got thrown off his stride. It cost us a lot of momentum and you need momentum all the time. I don't blame anybody…that stuff happens in horse racing all the time. I could see the hole Mike was going for. It's too bad he couldn't slip through there without touching me."
h4. Trainer Quotes
MIKE MITCHELL, CAMP VICTORY, Winner through Dq: "First, I just want to stand corrected on the disqualification of St Trinians (in the Milady Handicap May 21). After I looked at it again, not right when I was being interviewed, I could see that she did kind of push everybody and there was no room. It could have gone either way, but you know what; I should have been taken down. I thought it was a good call. And I thought this call here was a good call. I thought that he (Amazombie) came out and he should have been placed third. It looked like he hit Chantal's horse and Chantal's horse hit my horse. There was enough interference where I felt it should have come down. The rear end of our horse got hit pretty good. To me, even if it wasn't us, Chantal still had some horse and when he got hit, she got hit hard. The one thing I wanted to do with this horse, because he's by Forest Camp is not run him long. Those horses want to run short. I focused on short races, and then if I wanted to route him, I'd route him. But I think he's a sprinter. That's probably the one thing I wanted to change. I remember talking to Carla (Gaines, one of Camp Victory's former trainers) after I claimed the horse and I said, 'Gosh, it just seems like 6 1-2 down the hill (at Santa Anita) would be good. (Trainer) John (Sadler) did run him once there, but I guess he acted up in the gate. So that's when I went back on the hill with him and he ran a big race (second in the San Simeon Handicap April 16 at Santa Anita). I'm just going to keep him around one turn.''
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With the third stage's 50 mile flat lead into the finish line practically begging for a bunch sprint, it was always going to be touch and go whether the day's breakaway would be able to fight for the victory amongst each other. That BMC's Jeff Louder came within 2 kilometers of grabbing the stage is testament to how much effort he and his three breakaway companions put into the day's ride.
Since the sprinters can hope for only a couple of stages suited to their talents at this year's Tour of California, the teams with strong sprinters were not about to let this opportunity slip away. Within the finishing 2.8km circuit, Louder was swept up by the hard-charging group. Thor Hushovd surprised everyone who expected more fireworks from Mark Cavendish, and won the stage after being expertly lead-out by his Cervelo TestTeam. BMC's Markus Zberg powered his way into 9th for the stage, proving that he recovered well from his long breakaway on Monday.
Never really gave up
The members of BMC realized that the best way forward is to ride as aggressive of a race as possible. With that in mind, BMC was attacking from the gun and finding the breaks. "Today was a good race for the guys who have really stepped up and put in 100% effort," John Lelangue said after the stage. "We talked about finding the right break at the start of the stage, so Alex, Thomas, and Jonathan were trying and Jeff was the one who eventually got the right move." Louder and his companions got away from the pack on the Sierra Road climb which kicked off the stage. With many of the other teams counting on a sprint finish, it was going to be an uphill battle even after the group descended onto the flats. "You never know whether a break like this will work," Louder explained. "At the end, I didn't exactly know what was happening behind, but I never really gave up." Louder's tenacity encouraged him to attack the fading members of the break, an effort which drove him just 2 kilometers from winning the stage. "This has been an abnormal race, so why shouldn't that translate into an abnormal win for Jeff Louder?!" Louder joked.
How the break unfolded
Up until Louder's attack within sight of downtown Modesto, the escape group had been working very well together. "Brad White initiated the move and since I was on his wheel I was able to follow it," Louder said. "The group was good, but we had to work hard over Sierra Road to stay away from the pack which was hot on our tail." It took nearly 50 kilometers of dangling off the front of the group before the breakaway felt comfortable that the move was even going to stick. Since one of the break members was placed quite high on the General Classification, there was no way the peloton was going to give them too much of a leash. "With Bauke Mollema in the group, there was no way we were getting 15 minutes or anything like that," Louder reasoned. "But once we felt secure in the break, we really didn't have to give it serious gas until the last 20 or 25 kilometers." Yo-yoing around a 4 minute lead for quite a while, hopes were raised in the BMC camp that the winner of the stage could come from this break. "The break today, as with yesterday, was a good break with a serious chance," Lelangue said. "We have no interest in getting visibility from suicide breaks, but we certainly want to be present whenever there is a reasonable chance to take the victory."
Hurry up and recover
With a jagged-looking profile staring the riders in the face for Wednesday's Stage 4, the riders will have to concentrate on recuperating as quickly as possible. "Yeah, I was thinking a little bit about tomorrow's climbing stage when I was on the road today, and wondering what this effort would cost me," Louder admitted. "I think I have good form though, and we'll just see how I recover after today." The hard work done by the staff behind the scenes will greatly aid Louder's recovery. "I am really proud of our whole team, not just the riders but the mechanics and soigneurs too," Lelangue said. "The adverse weather also means that the mechanics are having to work harder with the equipment, the soigneurs are having to wash that much more laundry and provide that much more support to the riders after the stages. There is a great deal of satisfaction that everyone gets from the team effort and I am very proud of everyone."


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