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The EP, released in October, was written on paper and recorded on Scheuerman's laptop, in his Washington, D.C. bedroom during the winter of early 2009, and then taken into the studio to mix with the band. The end result is easily one of the best overlooked DIY releases of 2009. Here is yet another example of terrific, original music that flies under the radar and leaves us scratching our heads when compared to the constant flow of crappy and mediocre music that floods the popular media on a weekly basis.
The band Army of Me are not completely unknown in the indie folk rock world. Following the release of their widely acclaimed 2007 debut, Citizen, the band toured heavily, opening for major artists like The Dave Matthews Band, Switchfoot, OAR, The Used, Blue October, and The Almost. Yet the D.C. band's new EP is almost the polar opposite of the band's debut LP - it is stripped down and more focused, completing Scheuerman's intent that "less is more."
In listening to Make Yourself Naked's magnificent set of acoustic tracks, it's nearly impossible to avoid comparisons with the brilliant Neil Finn (The Church), and perhaps early Verve, REM and Oasis recordings. That is a testament to Scheuerman's elegant vocals and poignant lyrics which are the centerpiece of the EP, resulting in compositions that are original, organic, honest and heart felt. In two words: simply gorgeous.
"Don't Be Long" - Army of Me from Make Yourself Naked EP (2009)
"Heart of Love" - Army of Me from Make Yourself Naked EP (2009)
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Army of Me on MySpace
Even though they officially formed in 2004, Threes and Nines have recently raised eyebrows, and won the praise of some bloggers, following their set at the Bowery Room in NYC during October's CMJ Musical Festival, and after opening for Patrick Watson's at San Francisco's Great American Music Hall.
The band's currently unreleased album was recorded at Connecticut's Carriage House under the direction of Gordon Gano (Violent Femmes ), and engineered and mixed by Phil Palazzolo (Neko Case, Okkervil River, St. Vincent). The band is currently looking for a label to release the songs presented here.
"Carnival" - Threes and Nines from s/t debut, unreleased (2010)
"Won't Look Back" - Threes and Nines from s/t debut, unreleased (2010)
Threes and Nines on MySpace
Trees and Trashcans was formed in Denver in early 2008. Evan Malouf and Brad Wright met through common friend Heather Nester and started jamming. Their musical styles meshed seamlessly and the band was formed. Later bassist Mark Henry joined to fill out the sound.
Wright and Malouf co-wrote all the music and continue to do so to this day. The music toucheson a variety of different topics, issues and subjects and is influenced by various genres, making it difficult to pin down the band's style.
"He She We Me" - Trees and Trashcans from Littering The World (2009)
"The Bike Song" - Trees and Trashcans from Littering The World (2009)
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The following three tracks were sent in from Lefse Records. The label's growing rooster is turning out some terrific music as demonstrated by the promising bands My Summer As A Salvation Soldier, Tape Deck Mountain and A Grave With No Name.
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won't look back is super catchy and unique. It has a sixties quality to it...
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The Blue Pages is an awesome band whose music is indie dance rock.
You guys should definitely check them out.
- At 11:22 AM , Evan Malouf said...
This is Evan from Trees and Trashcans, just want give a HUGE THANKS for having us on the site, I am honored to be streamed with such other kick a$$ awesome bands. Much love IRC, Malouf out.
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Neil Finn had nothing to do with The Church. Are you thinking of Steve Kilbey?

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The Pit but damn those beach refreshments :mad:
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The Pit but damn those beach refreshments :mad:
got to be sand bridge so epic
how about u guys rank the following surf towns in order of best to worst.
oc nj.
oc md.
va beach
folly, sc
satellite beach, fl
I left off obx and other central fl locations so they did run away with it.
I think all above towns are pretty similar as far as surf consistency. maybe satellite beach has an advantage but hey.
I think any spot on it's best day of the year can be especially memorable - I've had great days in ocmd - obx - and spanish house, satellite beach, patrick afb,cocoa beach, playa linda, b ave., and bon steel in fl. - @ sebastion inlet have gotten some good days but it's so stinkin crowded w/ kooks when its on.
cobble toes, the shrine, go-carts...can't tell you the states though. someone would kill me. i truley believe NJ has the most variety. I know the northeast can get real good and florida is warmer, but Nj is my north pole-Hatty is my south pole. After that, I am on a plane. honetly the best place on the east coast should be wherever YOU ARE AT. because we all know that you should have been here yesterday and that every dog has it's day. in the water is the best spot.
The answer is Rodanthe... S turns in particular... Its just too bad every kook and their grandma surfs there now


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Medium gold color with clarity. Nose hints of apple juice and peach juice. Flavors suggest a fruit compote including those fruits and a touch of honey. Retains some crispness that blocks any cloying tendency.
With its low alcohol and pleasant taste when chilled, this is an attractive summer after-dinner drink or accompaniment to a peach, apricot, or apple dessert. If I buy more, i would like to pair it with peach cobbler.


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Third Quarter Campaign Finance Reports Show Money Race Is On
October 16, 2009 | An initial Center for Responsive Politics analysis has found that sitting members of the U.S. House of Representatives raised $48.2 million from July 1 through Sept. 30, 2009, based on the 336 reports we have in. The mean amount these lawmakers raised was $143,640, and the median amount was $126,680.
Paul Kirk, Massachusetts' Interim U.S. Senator, Intimately Tied to Business, Lobbying and Democrats
September 24, 2009 | The U.S. Senate vacancy created by the death of liberal lion Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) is prompting another trip through the revolving door of political influence for longtime Kennedy ally Paul G. Kirk, Jr. Kirk was an aide to Kennedy from 1969 until 1977. He subsequently went on to join the law firm Sullivan & Worcester, where he has worked as a partner and lobbyist. Since 1989, he and his wife have also given $65,325 to Democratic candidates and committees.
Tracking Your Representatives' Health Care Cash
June 25, 2009 | Here's a cool tool that brings together data from various parts of OpenSecrets.org to show how much money each current lawmaker has raised from various health-related industries and the health sector overall since 1989 (including President Obama's haul).
Races to Watch VII: Where Cash Has No Competition
October 2, 2008 | Like reading tea leaves, one way to predict how a congressional race is going to go is by looking at the disparity in fundraising between the candidates. So far this election cycle, 280 House and Senate incumbents on November's ballot have collected at least 10 times more than the opponent they face in the general election. In this installment of Races to Watch, Capital Eye looks into why some of these incumbents have been such successful fundraisers.
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Cheers Jim!
Well ive already got a sponsor to pay it for me so ill be signing up once its ready to be done lol there was no way i was payin out of my pocket there was no way i could have luckily got it sorted
Liam Bad Intentions James, pro mma uk featherweight!!
I'm definitely 100% behind this and will be looking to register as a fighter. Only problem for me, as a novice pro (3-0) if it's only the bigger shows signing up, they ain't gonna have me on (I've tried LOL) at least not regularly. Will be interesting to see how many shows sign up up to this. It will make it very tricky for people like me, if every time I fought on an UN-Safe MMA show, I had to redo my tests (I understand it has to be this way though)
I do believe it is an exciting step in the right direction and agree that the clear separation between Amateur and Pro is much needed.
Superb read and good to know what the fighters think of it. Cheers Jay.
Co-Owner of www.AddictedMMA.com and massive MMA Addict!


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Chimney basics
Most homeowners never think about masonry chimney maintenance beyond the occasional flue cleaning. But ignoring your chimney can cost you big-time. A cracked chimney crown or spalling bricks can easily cost $1,000 to repair. And, if left untreated, the damage can accelerate quickly, and cost you upward of $3,000.
It doesn't have to be that way. By simply sealing the bricks and the crown and adding a chimney cap, you'll greatly extend your chimney's life. The materials cost less than $300, and you can complete all three procedures in just a few hours. You'd pay a pro about $1,000 to do all three, so the savings is huge.
You'll have to climb up on your roof twice (once to measure the flue liner to order the correct chimney cap and once to perform the procedures). And, you must be able to safely reach the chimney crown from your roof. If you can't reach the chimney crown, have a very steep roof pitch or aren't comfortable working on your roof, call a pro. If you decide you can handle the heights, make sure you wear a safety harness.
Meet the Pros
Jim Smart has owned Smart Sweep Chimney Service for 14 years. He and his son, Jesse, are certified professional chimney sweeps. Together, this father/son team inspects, cleans and repairs chimneys in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area. In addition to his chimney sweep certifications, Jim holds a certificate in forensic chimney fire analysis. In other words, Jim understands how chimneys work and fail. He's a pro's pro.
Project Details
- Brushable crown sealer, $60
- Chimney water repellent, $35
- Garden pump sprayer, $35
- Stainless steel chimney cap, $125
- Tarps, duct tape, paintbrush
Start at the chimney crown
Masonry chimneys are capped with a mortar "crown" to prevent water from getting behind the bricks and alongside the flue, and into the house. Over time, normal expansion and contraction cycles can cause cracks to form, as shown above. Sealing the chimney crown with crown sealer, a flexible elastomeric coating, is the best way to stop existing cracks from spreading and prevent new ones.
Choose a clear or overcast day for the project (no rain in the forecast for at least four hours). Prepare the crown by cleaning it with a stiff poly or nylon brush. Fill any large cracks with patching cement or 100 percent silicone caulk (they'll cure even after you apply the crown sealer).
Next, wrap duct tape all around the crown about 1/4 in. below the edge of the crown-to-brick seam. Press the tape into the vertical brick joints. Then tape around each flue liner 1 in. above the crown. Lay canvas (not plastic) tarps around the base of the chimney to protect the shingles from crown sealer drips.
Our chimney repair expert applies crown sealer by hand so he can force it into cracks and get the first coat done faster. If you choose that method, just slip on a disposable glove and apply the sealer (Photo 1). (One brand is Chimney RX Brushable Crown Repair; sold by the gallon at saversystems.com) Cover the entire crown and then smooth it with a paintbrush (Photo 2). Wait until the sealer dries tacky to the touch, then apply a second coat with a brush. Clean up with water.
Seal the chimney bricks
Once the crown sealer feels dry to the touch (30 to 60 minutes), remove the duct tape but leave the roof tarps in place. Then mask off any painted chimney flashings before applying the water repellent. Spray on the repellent (one brand is Chimney RX Masonry Chimney Water Repellent; sold at saversystems.com) with a low-pressure, garden pump sprayer (Photo 3).
Finish it off with a chimney cap
A chimney cap keeps water and critters out of your flue and extends flue life. Many codes require a mesh cap, so check before buying. Chimney expert Jim Smart recommends spending extra to get a stainless steel cap because it will last much longer than the galvanized type. One source for stainless steel caps is efireplacestore.com
You'll need the outside dimensions of the flue liner to get the right size cap for your chimney. Then install it on the flue liner (Photo 4).


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The American Left is far more interested in northern Europe than it is in southern Europe, despite the fact that southern Europe constitutes the majority of the population of the core 15 European Union members. Why?
The American Left is far more interested in northern Europe than it is in southern Europe, despite the fact that southern Europe constitutes the majority of the population of the core 15 European Union members. Why?
A century or so ago, German sociologist Max Weber observed that Protestant countries in northern Europe tended to outperform the Catholic and Orthodox countries in the south of the continent. Weber believed that the northerners had a stronger work ethic, were thriftier, and possessed more of what is today called "social capital." Though Weber attributed these differences to Protestantism itself, we should note that countries did not randomly convert to Protestantism. The roots for the cultural differences might very well go even deeper.
Economists have since largely abandoned Weber's insights, and in general have turned against "cultural" explanations for economic outcomes. Yet Weber would not be surprised if shown a map of credit downgrades in Western Europe anno 2012. Western Europe can still roughly be divided into a northern, Germanic language, Protestant region, and a southern, Latin/Greek language, Catholic/Orthodox region.
These two Europes differ both in terms of culture and in terms of social and economic outcomes. France, Italy, Spain, Belgium, Portugal, and Greece have all been downgraded by Standard and Poor's, sometimes repeatedly. Meanwhile, Germany, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, and Finland all currently maintain the highest credit rating.1 Southern Europe on average has a debt-to-GDP ratio of more than 100 percent and deficits as a share of GDP of more than 5 percent, while northern Europe is closer to a balanced budget.
Europe and how Europe is perceived matters for the political debate in the United States. Liberal intellectuals such as Paul Krugman, Ezra Klein, Matthew Yglesias, and others view the European welfare states as role models for the future of the United States.
You will, however, quickly notice that the American Left is far more interested in northern Europe than it is in southern Europe, despite the fact that southern Europe constitutes the majority of the population of the core 15 European Union members.
If your aim is to make Europe a storefront for social democracy, why not go ahead and showcase the nice part of town?
The fascination of the American Left with northern Europe can be illustrated using some simple Google searches: Matthew Yglesias mentions countries in northern Europe at twice the rate of southern Europe. In the Krugman archives there are one and a half times as many mentions of northern Europe as of the continent's southern part. Both authors mention Sweden, with 9 million inhabitants, more often than Italy, with 60 million inhabitants.
Krugman and Yglesias make roughly as many mentions of the Scandinavian countries as they make of Italy, Spain, Portugal, and Greece combined, though the latter together have a population of 130 million compared to 25 million Scandinavians. The psychology behind this favoritism is understandable. Northern Europe in general and Scandinavia in particular has superior social and economic outcomes compared with southern Europe. If your aim is to make Europe a storefront for social democracy, why not go ahead and showcase the nice part of town?
The justification for using northern European countries to showcase the welfare state is the notion that only these countries are "real" welfare states. Certainly some decades ago, focusing on northern Europe made sense. Historically, this region was the first to industrialize, the first to witness the rise of labor movements, and the first to build welfare states. However, during the postwar period the two Europes rapidly converged, both in terms of average income and economic policy. Today, the welfare state is roughly the same percentage of the economy in Italy, France, Spain, Portugal, and Greece as it is in northern Europe. Southern Europe is at least as left-wing in their economic policies as the north, leaving American liberals no excuse to sweep their poor economic outcomes under the rug.
Let us compare welfare state policies and outcomes in the two European "cultural zones" systematically. For this purpose the Western European members of the European Union are divided into two groups. I define southern Europe culturally to include Latin speaking France, Italy, Spain, and Portugal, and Hellenic speaking Greece. Belgium is mixed language, but Catholic, and therefore included here. These countries have a combined population of 200 million and a combined GDP of $7 trillion. Northern Europe includes Germanic language group members such as Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Germany, the Netherlands, and Austria. These countries have a population of 130 million and a GDP of $5 trillion.2
Northern Europe consistently outperforms southern Europe. Per capita income is 16 percent higher. Unemployment in 2008 was 6 percent, compared to 8 percent in southern Europe. Differences in poverty rates are remarkable. If calculated using the American poverty threshold, 8 percent of northern European citizens were poor prior to the crisis, compared to 25 percent of southern Europe.3
Sources: Geranda Notten and Chris de Neubourg (2011) for Europe, based on U.S Census definition of Poverty and Census Bureau 1998-2008 average for U.S.
The conventional wisdom is that differences in outcomes must be due to differences in policy, most importantly the size of government. Yet, it is today difficult to find fundamental policy differences between the two Europes, as the welfare state in northern Europe has shrunk a bit while the state has expanded in southern Europe. Government spending as a share of GDP is the most commonly used and most straightforward measure of the size of the welfare state. In the United States prior to the crisis, government spending was around a third of GDP. In northern Europe, the government in 2008 constituted 46 percent of the economy, while it made up 48 percent of the economy of Southern Europe.4 This is strong evidence against the notion that southern Europe should be excluded when evaluating welfare states.
Source: Eurostat. Average for Years 1998-2008. Bureau of Economic Analysis.
Top marginal taxes on higher labor incomes are still somewhat higher in northern Europe, but the gap is now minor: an average of 62 percent in northern Europe versus 60 percent in the south.5 The highest effective marginal tax is 74 percent in Sweden and 70 percent in Denmark, but next is Portugal at 65 percent followed closely by France at 61 percent. Corporate tax rates are similar in north and south, as are rates of compensation in unemployment insurance and the generosity of public pensions. Indeed, on all three measures, southern European policies are slightly more welfare-state oriented than in northern Europe. The share of the workforce covered by union collective bargaining agreements is today higher in southern Europe than northern Europe. According to various OECD and World Bank indices, the regulatory burden of government is again if anything larger in southern than northern Europe, both regarding labor regulation and regulation of businesses.
Paul Krugman and Ezra Klein have argued that the size of the welfare state is best measured using public "social expenditure." This definition is narrower than it sounds. It includes healthcare spending and entitlements, but not, for example, education spending, so that it tends to only include around half of total welfare state spending. Leaving aside the problems with this measure, even by the liberals' own empirical definition southern Europe is as much a welfare state as northern Europe. Public social expenditure prior to the crisis was an identical 25 percent of GDP in southern and northern Europe.6 Currently, social expenditure is actually a higher share of the economy in the south than north, though this may be a temporary result of the crisis.
Source: OECD Social Expenditure Database, 2007.
The confusion in defining welfare states is in part due to the tendency to conflate policies and outcomes. When reading about the "Teutonic Model" or the "Iberian Model," it is rarely made clear if we are talking about unique policies or unique outcomes. Similar policies can and do lead to vastly different outcomes, as can be easily seen by looking at different regions of the same countries. We have so far confirmed that social indicators, such as poverty and unemployment, and macro variables, such as debts and deficits, are far better in northern than southern Europe. But those are outcomes, not policies. If we want to evaluate the performance of left-wing economics, you can obviously not define welfare states based on only successful outcomes, casually discarding all failures in the analysis. All nations that pursue welfare state policies must be included in the evaluation, both those who achieve favorable social outcomes and those less successful.
If calculated using the American poverty threshold, 8 percent of northern European citizens were poor prior to the crisis, compared to 25 percent of southern Europe.
Southern Europe today is no less a welfare state than the north, defined as the involvement of the state in the economy. While we observe sizable differences in social and economic outcomes, there is no evidence that this is due to policy itself being radically different. A more likely explanation is that outcomes from welfare state policies are mediated through the deeper structures of society: culture, norms, social capital, etc. so that similar policies produce different outcomes in different countries. These "soft" factors are hard to measure, but the fact that a concept is hard to measure or to perfectly define does not mean that it is not important.
Indeed, some such patterns can be discerned in data such as the World Values Survey and in aggregate national accounts. Just as Max Weber would have predicted, the saving rate in northern Europe remains higher than in the south. The political systems in the south are still characterized by corruption, instability, and narrow interest politics rather than broad national responsibility. Weber also believed the work ethic to be stronger in the north. It is interesting that around 60 percent of Scandinavians state that they are proud of their job, compared to 30 percent of Italians and merely 15 percent of the French. Trust in strangers, perhaps the easiest way to measure components of social capital, is also far higher in northern Europe than in the south. While 66 percent of Swedes, 63 percent of Finns, and 55 percent of the Dutch state that they trust strangers, those numbers are 34 percent in Italy, 23 percent in France, and 21 percent in Portugal.
The interaction of policy and culture can be seen in the size of the shadow economy. The difference between Sweden and Greece is not only the tax rates determined by politicians, but the extent to which people actually pay their taxes. The shadow economy share has been estimated at 7 percent in the relatively low tax, rule-compliant United States, around 14 percent in high tax, rule-compliant Scandinavia, and 21 percent and 24 percent, respectively, in high tax, weak-compliance Italy and Greece. The share of the population that states that it could be justified to "claim government benefits to which you are not entitled" is 33 percent in northern Europe and 45 percent in southern Europe. These figures are likely to underestimate the historical differences, since long periods of welfare state policy appear to undermine social norms.
France, Italy, Spain, Belgium, Portugal, and Greece have all been downgraded by Standard and Poor's, sometimes repeatedly. Meanwhile, Germany, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, and Finland maintain the highest credit rating.
It is easier to lower poverty through social insurance programs in countries where pro-societal norms limit abuse. When a generous welfare state was initially built in Scandinavia, the rates of welfare dependency remained low. In cultures with strong social control it was a stigma to exploit the public. Over time, however, ever more generous benefits and lax controls undermined the foundation of the welfare state even in Scandinavia. Thus, in 1970, an estimated 11 percent of Swedes lived off government welfare rather than working, while in the mid-2000s the figure had doubled to 22 percent. Norms for work and against exploiting public programs were taken for granted by social scientists from both Marxist and liberal traditions. They therefore did not anticipate that generous entitlements would eventually eat away at social capital accumulated over centuries. More than globalization, I suspect it was the gradual erosion of norms that eventually forced the welfare state in northern Europe to retreat. The challenge of redistributing income without disincentivizing work was even greater in southern Europe. Employment and hours worked appear to have reacted more aversely to the expansion of the welfare state and rising taxes in southern than northern Europe. Today in southern Italy, half the working age population doesn't work. Constantly.
There are policy implications from all of this for discussion in the United States. When European welfare state policies are to be evaluated, all welfare states must be included, not only the best performing ones.
Nicholas Kristof wrote recently in the New York Times, "It's absurd to dismiss Europe. After all, Norway is richer per capita than the United States." This is certainly true, but is it fair or scientific to compare the richest oil-extraction economy in Europe with the entire United States? Would the New York Times accept a comparison between the average income in Connecticut or Delaware (both richer than Norway) and the entire European continent?
Ezra Klein recently wrote that "Germany spent 25.2 percent of their GDP on [social policy]. Greece spent 21.3 percent on social policies. Yet Greece is in crisis, and Germany is fine." He appears to suggest that the current fiscal disaster in Greece has nothing to do with welfare state spending. But selectively picking two examples is not convincing. Generally, southern Europe spends no less on public welfare state policies than northern Europe, and countries that spend more on social policy are indeed currently in worse fiscal shape.
Paul Krugman took this data-mining further in trying to deny that the crisis in Europe reflects poorly on the welfare state. In an article subtly titled "It's not about the welfare state," Krugman wrote, "Sweden, with the largest social expenditure, is doing just fine. So is Denmark." Sure Paul, Sweden and Denmark, constituting 4 percent of the population of European welfare states, are doing fine. But France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Greece, and Belgium, constituting half of Western Europe, are not doing fine, all having been recently downgraded. On average, the public sector constitutes 48.5 percent of the GDP of those six countries, compared to 51.8 percent in Sweden and Denmark. The difference is a matter of rounding errors. When it suits Krugman, Europe consists of Sweden and Denmark, with the rest of the continent's welfare states blissfully ignored.
Krugman once memorably made the case for Europe outperforming the United States by pointing to the attractive appearance of its two richest cities: "Frankfurt [and] London." Some common sense is sufficient to realize that the correct comparison would be rich American cities such as New York and San Francisco. Cherry picking the (by far) richest parts of Europe and comparing them with the United States as a whole is a tactic of weakness, chosen only because of the poor performance Europe makes in the aggregate.
Around 60 percent of Scandinavians state that they are proud of their job, compared to 30 percent of Italians and merely 15 percent of the French.
It is always problematic to think that one is in fact comparing policies or "systems" when comparing countries, since countries differ in deeper ways than in the policies they adopt. If we nevertheless want to compare "models," let's at least do it right. It might have been justified in 1960 to focus on Scandinavia, Holland, and Germany alone when trying to discern the effects of the welfare state. But today, most of Europe consists of welfare states, both to the south and to the north, with no major overall differences in the size of government. There is no justification for cherry picking a small number of above-average performers while ignoring the majority of poorer performing European welfare states.
The American Left has convinced itself that the relative success of the welfare state in northern Europe happened in a cultural vacuum and can be replicated anywhere, anytime. Yet numerous European countries that attempted to replicate Nordic policies without having uniquely Nordic levels of social capital and population homogeneity have so far failed. This suggests that more factors determine outcomes than economic policy alone, and that similar policies can have different outcomes in different countries. If America follows Europe in building a full-scale welfare state, we have no idea if the results will be closer to "Sweden and Denmark," southern Europe, or (as is most likely) somewhere in between.
For all their fascination with Europe, southern Europe doesn't loom large for the American Left. But France, Italy, Spain, Belgium, Portugal and Greece are more representative of European outcomes than Sweden, Denmark, and Finland, and have equally sized welfare states. Their failure should not be ignored in the American debate.
Tino Sanandaji is a researcher at the Institute of Industrial Economics and holds a PhD in public policy from the University of Chicago.
1. One exception is tiny Iceland, which has been downgraded.
2. The United Kingdom, Ireland, and Luxembourg are excluded because they are arguably not classic welfare states. Similarly, Norway and Switzerland are excluded, both because they are not members of the European Union, and because Norway's massive oil wealth and Switzerland's conservative economic policies make them too idiosyncratic to be used as examples of welfare states. Note that the inclusion of Norway and Switzerland would further underscore the gap between north and south.
3. Geranda Notten and Chris de Neubourg (2011) "Monitoring Absolute and Relative Poverty: 'Not Enough' is not the same as 'Much Less'." Review of Income and Wealth 57(2). The American figure before the crisis was around 12%.
4. France 53%, Denmark 52%, Sweden 52%, Greece 50%, Belgium 50%, Italy 49%, Austria 49%, Finland 49%, Netherlands 46%, Portugal 45%, Germany 44%, Spain 42%. Average spending 1998-2008 was similarly 46% in Northern and 48% in Southern Europe.
5. Thomas Piketty, Emmanuel Saez and Stefanie Stantcheva "Optimal Taxation of Top Labor Incomes: A Tale of Three Elasticities". The American figure is 43%.
6. France 28%, Sweden 27%, Belgium, Denmark, Austria 26%, Italy, Finland and Germany 25%, Portugal 23%, Spain 22%, Greece 21%, Netherlands 20%.
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Bogotá offers abundant contrasts: modern shopping malls and open-air markets, high-rise apartments and makeshift shanties, futuristic glass towers and colonial churches. Simultaneous displays of ostentatious wealth and shocking poverty have been a feature of life here for centuries. In the neighborhood of La Candelaria a rich assemblage of colonial mansions grandly conceived by the Spanish were built by native peoples and financed by plundered gold.
Bogotá, a city of more than 7 million people, has grown twentyfold in the past 50 years. It suffers the growing pains typical of any major metropolis on the continent (insufficient public transport, chronic air pollution, petty crime) and a few of its own (a scurrilous drug trade and occasional acts of political violence). However, recent mayors have made some progress in cleaning up parks, resurfacing roads, and implementing a new transport system. In fact, a recent survey indicates that while a majority of Bogotanos feel that the political situation is worsening in Colombia, conditions are improving in Bogotá.


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The Evangelical Congregational Church in Angola runs a range of projects in community development, human rights, literacy, and care for people living with HIV.
distribute food rations after flooding in Uíge Province. A centre run by the Angolan Evangelical Alliance (AEA) serves a slum area in Kikolo with healthcare and HIV education.
The AEA theological college ISTEL trains pastoral workers to combat ignorance about HIV and promote hope, acceptance, respect, inclusion and self-esteem.
Through training and publications, Rede Esperança (Hope Network) is empowering church leaders to serve communities affected by HIV.
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First lady Jeanette Herbert offered an apology Thursday for a letter she sent to a U.S. District Court judge asking for leniency in the sentencing of a convicted child pornographer.
Herbert wrote the letter on behalf of Ryan Gregory Johnson, of Spanish Fork, who pleaded guilty this spring to one count of producing child pornography. On Dec. 13, U.S. District Judge Ted Stewart sentenced Johnson to 25 years in federal prison and 10 years of supervision once released.
In a statement released Thursday, the Governor's Office said Herbert was unfamiliar with its policy of abstaining from writing such letters.
Johnson, 34, admitted that between July 2009 and January 2011, he adopted the online persona of a 16-year-old girl to persuade 10 boys to send him sexually explicit photographs of themselves. In return, he sent the boys sexually explicit photographs of an unidentified female. Many of the exchanges included a promise of engaging in sex.
Johnson asked his victims to include their faces in the photographs. Over time, his conduct escalated as he asked for more explicit images. When victims balked, Johnson threatened to publicly share the images already provided. The victims were between the ages of 12 and 18.
Investigators found folders on Johnson's computer that contained an extensive collection of sexually explicit photographs, mostly of male genitalia, according to a court document. By the time of sentencing, federal prosecutors had identified an additional seven victims.
Johnson also had engaged in an illegal sexual relationship with another minor over a period of several months in 2010, pleading no contest to that crime. Prosecutors said that despite receiving treatment in response to that incident, Johnson continued to engage in the aberrant behavior.
"There is nothing to indicate that Johnson was in any way deterred from his desires to seek out sexual contact with young men," said Assistant U.S. Attorney Carol Dain in a sentencing memorandum submitted to the court. "As evidenced by his ongoing inappropriate criminal actions, his escalating behavior overcame any fear of punishment."
Prosecutors asked Stewart to give Johnson a sentence of 27 years, the low end of a guideline range of up to 30 years. U.S. Attorney for Utah David Barlow called the case "particularly egregious" because of Johnson's deception and threats.
"We take our responsibility to protect children in Utah very seriously. The court recognized the serious nature of the conduct in this case and imposed a 25-year sentence," Barlow said in a statement.
In her letter, dated Sept. 23, Herbert said she understood lawmakers' interest in "trying to crack down" on pornography addictions with a "somewhat no tolerance approach.
"But the majority of the young people that have struggled with this problem are good kids that have gotten caught up in pornography's addictive snares," Herbert wrote, adding that "a one size fits all law and punishment is not what I see as a real solution to the problem.
"We need to make sure that the punishment fits the crime and those decisions are made on a case-by-case basis," she wrote.
In Johnson's case, "being incarcerated for years will serve no purpose in rehabilitating and will destroy the lives of all involved," Herbert wrote. "There are many programs that help with addiction that would prove more beneficiary [sic] than prison."
Herbert closed by noting Johnson has a close, supportive family and that he "realizes that he must accept some degree of punishment for his crime" but asked the judge to "look at the merits of the case and take it all into consideration."
Herbert has served as honorary chairwoman of a philanthropic program founded by Johnson's mother, Ali Johnson.
Judith George, Herbert's assistant, said the first lady was not available and the only comment would be a statement released Thursday to The Salt Lake Tribune by Gov. Gary Herbert's office.
The governor's office released a draft copy of the letter in response to a records request; the version submitted to the court, as described during the sentencing hearing, was on official letterhead from the first lady's office.
The statement, from Ally Isom, deputy chief of staff and the governor's spokeswoman, said:
"The Governor and his Office will occasionally receive requests to provide letters of support to defendants in criminal proceedings. It is Governor's Office policy to deny such requests. Office policy also prevents officials and staff from using official letterhead for personal correspondence. Those policies had not been adequately explained to Mrs. Herbert at the time she signed the letter. She now understands the policies and as such regrets having provided the letter."
Defense attorney Susanne Gustin, who represented Johnson, asked Stewart to vary from sentencing guidelines because of Johnson's own abuse as a child and give her client a prison sentence of 15 to 20 years. She said Johnson had been molested at age 9 by a teenage uncle and, despite some counseling, had became withdrawn, suffered low self-esteem and was bullied at school. That unresolved trauma was compounded in 2007 by the death of Johnson's father, she said.
Gustin also noted that since being jailed, Johnson had provided law enforcement with information from other inmates about drug and firearm crimes.
As for Herbert's letter, Gustin said Thursday, "The first lady was willing to help a friend in need even though she knew it would be unpopular and controversial. I admire her for that."
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Pro weigh ins are at EZ Sports Glasgow at 1pm on friday.
Medicals 2.30pm on Saturday.
Doors open at 4pm, first fight 5pm
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At the root of addiction is deep emotional pain. With that kind of pain, of course a person wants to "numb out" or forget for a little while. Others with that kind of pain distract themselves with busy-ness, taking care of everyone else (codependency), overworking, doing computer games excessively, gambling, viewing pornography, and countless other compulsive behaviors. Without treating the root cause-- deep emotional pain-- people with addictions will relapse again and again. Work with a therapist trained in EMDR trauma therapy to resolve the root cause. Nothing else works to resolve emotional trauma like EMDR therapy. Visit EMDRIA's website or give me a call to explain how it works.
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Lunder Conservation Center
The Lunder Conservation Center is the first art conservation facility that allows the public permanent behind-the-scenes views of essential preservation work. Conservation staff for both the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the National Portrait Gallery are visible to the public through floor-to-ceiling glass walls that allow visitors to see firsthand all the techniques that conservators use to examine, treat and preserve artworks. The center has five state-of-the-art laboratories and studios equipped to treat paintings, prints, drawings, photographs, sculptures, folk art objects, contemporary crafts, decorative arts and frames. In addition to providing expanded space for conservation projects, the center is a destination for learning about conservation science and techniques through educational kiosks, videos, public programs and outreach initiatives. More than 35 conservators from across the country participated in creating these educational components. A 40-foot media wall on the 4th floor features interviews with many of these experts.


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Brevard, N.C. - Gaither Hendrix and Darius Moose had the hot hands from the floor and Michael Gist recorded a career high six blocked shots, but Newberry battled back, tying the game up at 90 apiece before Quayshun Hawkins drained a buzzer-beater just inside the half court line as the Tornados fell in Boshamer Gymnasium to the Wolves, 93-90.
Moose tied the game up for the tenth time, draining a three-pointer from the top of the key with 25 seconds left on the clock, giving the Wolves (15-10, 9-8 SAC) one final chance in the game. The ball was slapped away from Hawkins, but the Wolves recovered to call their final timeout with 2.2 seconds remaining on the clock. The inbounds play went to Hawkins, and his three-pointer from the right side of the court in front of the BC (5-22, 4-13 SAC) student section went in as the buzzer sounded to end the contest.
Hendrix led all players with 28 points as Brevard shot over 50.0 percent (30-58) from the floor for the third consecutive game inside Boshamer Gymnasium, as the senior guard drained five three-pointers and added five assists in the contest. Moose added 22 points on 9-of-11 shooting from the floor, narrowly missing out on his third double-double of the season. Gist recorded his first career double-digit scoring game, electrifying the crowd with a dunk for Brevard's first score in ending the game with 10 points to go with six blocked shots.
Hawkins led five Wolves players with 19 points and added seven rebounds as Newberry shot 45.9 percent (34-74) from the floor in the game. Dondray Walker added 15 points, while Tomas Tomasson connected on three treys in scoring 13 points. Savad Garner and Shamel Akins were also in double-digits with 10 points apiece.
The alley-oop to Gist opened up the scoring for the Tornados, but Newberry opened up the game on a 16-4 run as a jumper by Hawkins gave the Wolves the double-digit lead with 14:07 on the clock. The lead expanded to 13 at 29-16 on a Hawkins three-pointer at the 7:09 mark gave the Wolves their largest lead of the contest.
The Tornados battled back, closing out the half on a 20-6 run, tying the game up for the second time as Aleksandar Vasiljevic went in for the layup with 2:11 on the clock, knotting the game up at 34 apiece. Garner hit the first of a pair of free throws to give the Wolves the lead, but Jermichael Tanner followed with a floater in the paint to give the Tornados the 36-35 halftime advantage.
The second half was battle back and forth as the teams traded the lead 11 times, tying eight times in the final 20 minutes of the contest.
The Tornados built their largest lead of the game as Hendrix drained back-to-back three-pointers and Dominique Pickett followed with a three-pointer from the left wing to put Brevard up 61-52 with 13:20 on the clock. However, Newberry battled back on three-pointers by Hawkins and Aegir Steinarsson, keeping the game within striking distance.
The Tornados retained the lead for the following four minutes, but Walker gave the lead back to the Wolves on a jumper in the paint at the 8:39 mark, setting the stage for the battle in the final minutes.
Newberry went up 90-87 on a layup by Hawkins at the 1:51 mark and threatened to pull away, but a pair of blocked shots by Gist and Hendrix kept the Wolves on the board, leading to Moose's game-tying three-pointer.
Hawkins followed with his dagger as time expired, silencing the crowd in Boshamer Gymnasium to complete the season sweep for the Wolves.
Brevard returns to the road for their 2012 season finale as they travel to Wingate, N.C. to take on Wingate University. Tipoff between the Tornados and the Bulldogs is set for 4 p.m.


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Milner was the chief British civil administrator in South Africa through the (bitterly controversial at home) Boer War.
Another anecdote or two of Milner, and I have done with him.
And could you not convince Mrs. Milner of the truth of the affair?
Dorriforth immediately came in, and went eagerly to Miss Milner.
Her Miss Milner is an original and brilliant creation, compact of charm and life.
It was an enterprise in which he succeeded with Miss Milner even beyond his most sanguine wish.
Miss Milner and Miss Woodley turned aside to conceal their tears.
Of the many restless nights that Miss Milner passed, this was not one.
While Miss Milner, without uttering one word, sunk speechless on the floor.
Dr. Milner was suffering under severe illness, and Goldsmith's services were accepted.


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Burial Mounds
Approximately 2,500 years ago Indian burial mounds were used for burying the dead and as bank vaults for treasured items. The mounds provide answers to questions about Iowa's past.
The spiritual side of the prehistoric people of Iowa was an important part of their daily lives. And they left evidence of this on the Iowa landscape in their burial mounds. Beneath these mounds they buried their dead. Sometimes in hollowed out log tombs, which were burned and then covered with dirt. But not all mounds served as burial refuges for the dead. Many have been found to contain only elaborate artifacts, such as carved stone effigy pipes and items from distance lands: ceremonial breast plates made of copper from the shores of Lake Superior, shells form the Gulf of Mexico, articles made of a hard volcanic rock know as obsidian from the Rocky Mountains and mica from the Appalachian Mountains. But how did these objects from such different places get into the possession of the Indians of Iowa? Archaeologists believe that the mound builders must have been part of an elaborate trade network with tribes across the continent. Some of these objects considered sacred to the Indians were passed along by distance tribes until eventually they were traded to people living in Iowa. Since such items were not native to this area, they were treasured by the mound builders. The mound builders felt a close kinship to all of nature which surrounded them. All the creatures of the earth were their brothers: the bears in the forest, the birds in the air. All had great meaning to these people. During times of plenty when there would be a great abundance of wild plants available, such as the fall of the year, many different groups would get together to exchange trade items, tell stories and reestablish territorial boundaries. With the surplus of manpower available they would build mounds in animal shapes, or effigies. Did the shape of the bird or bear mound have some sacred meaning to these people? Perhaps they were paying homage to whose spirit guided their group. Why was this site, over looking the Mississippi River, chosen? Could the mounds have been territorial boundaries between groups of Indians? Although there is much that we do know about the people from prehistoric Iowa, there is still much that we do not know and many questions will remain unanswered forever.


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Freestyle Wrestling Classes being held in Chelmsford, Essex at Unique Results studio coached by Nick Albert (Team Quest).
Nick Albert is an American Wrestler who has over 20 years of wrestling experience and has trained with some of the best wrestlers in the world at Team Quest in the U.S. such as Mohamed Lawal, Chael Sonnen, Dan Henderson to name a few. Nick is an excellent coach and has a fantastic way of breaking the technical details of wrestling down so that they are easily understood.
This is a very rare opportunity in the UK to learn some Freestyle Wrestling from an experienced American wrestler to help improve your wrestling for Wrestling's sake, Ju Jitsu, MMA and even Rugby.
The first class begins on 1st February 2013 so hope to see you all there! Everyone is welcome, just show up!
- £10 per class (Pay As You Go)
- £40 per month including MMA with Jack Mason every Wednesday 7.30pm til 9pm at Unique Results.
Class Times:
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- First class starts 1st February 2013, second class 15th February 2013 and so on...
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Kris Kross rapper Chris Kelly dead at 34
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(Atlanta, GA) -- Chris Kelly, one-half of the 1990s rap duo Kris Kross, is dead. Kelly -- who went by the nickname "Mac Daddy" -- was reportedly found "unresponsive" inside his home in Atlanta Wednesday evening and was later pronounced dead. An Atlanta native, Kelly and Chris Smith were discovered by producerJermaine Dupri at a shopping mall in 1990.
Under Dupri's guidance, the duo known as "Mac Daddy" and "Daddy Mac" released their first album "Totally Krossed Out" in 1992 under Ruffhouse Records. The album's cover featured the pair's emblematic fashion style of wearing their clothes backwards. "Totally Krossed Out" spawned several hits for the duo including their eight-week number one smash "Jump" and the follow up "Warm It Up." The songs helped drive the album to the top of the Billboard 200 chart.
Following the success of "Totally Krossed Out," Kris Kross joined Michael Jackson's Dangerous World Tour. In 1993, the duo released their second album "Da Bomb." While the album went on to be certified platinum, it was far less successful than the their first record. "Da Bomb" also symbolized a dramatic change in the group's style as they ditched their popular backward clothing look for a more hardcore appearance. Kris Kross' third album, 1996's "Young, Rich & Dangerous," was their least successful, but managed to generate two hit singles -- "Tonite's tha Nite" and "Live and Die for Hip-Hop."
After the lackluster success of their third album "Mac Daddy" and "Daddy Mac" parted ways. However, the pair recently came together to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Dupri's So So Def Recordings label. The February concert also included performances by Jagged Edge, Xscape, Bow Wow and Da Brat.
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text: A publisher has bought Elizabeth Smart's story and it is currently being written by a ghostwriter who also happens to be a Congressman from Utah. Talk about two different kinds of jobs. This will be the first hand story of Elizabeth Smart which she has never shared before in book form. It will describe everyday of the nine month ordeal she suffered at the hands of the homeless preacher who kidnapped her. The book is getting close to being finished and Elizabeth and the writer have been working on it for almost a year. Not sure how he managed to run for Congress and write a book at the same time. This will be the fourth book about her abduction, but the first, by her. One book was written by her parents.


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Outpost makes connection with Ugandan children
Published Feb. 10, 2013
Last year, Suzanne Garr created what will hopefully be a long-lasting relationship between Outpost Natural Foods and Ugandan children. Garr, who is the Outpost board director, coordinated Outpost's Buy-A-Bag Program with a school / orphanage in Uganda. The numbers are in: 2012 was a record-breaking year for the program.


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The search was on yesterday for a little something new, using my felt and fabric stash. Flipped through a few of my stamps, scanned Pinterest for some inspiration...and it's all about applies today. As we near the end of the school year, a perfect time to bring out your supplies and create something for that special teacher.The project began taking "shape" after creating the larger card. Used Papertrey Ink labels to create a background. A little October Afternoon, Crate Paper and The Girl's Paperie paper to add the splashes of color. The apple stamp is from Paper Smooches; however, love Precious Remembrance heart stamp from the Calendar stamp set so I used that to create the seeds. Added a little felt leaf to the apple as well. Additional stamps from My Mind's Eye.
To create the apple gift bag I simply cut the apple shape from fabric freehand. Stitched it on to felt and cut out. Stitched the two pieces together to create the pocket, while adding the ribbon as you stitch. Freehand cut the leaves and stem and die cut the seeds from Papertrey Ink's heart border die. Something about the pink apple that just says "happy". Have a few quiet evenings ahead and trying to decide what to create next. Any ideas?


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5 Tips on How to Make Your Hands Look Smooth and Healthy
Keep hands smooth and soft straight into spring with our tips from leading Bliss esthetician Yelena Royzen.
-Heather Taylor
As we wind up on the remaining winter weeks, getting hands back to where they were pre-winter's dryness and redness is a tough task. Luckily, we have lead esthetician of Bliss Spa Soho, Yelena Royzen on hand (no pun intended) for recommendations on how to bring your hands back to hydrated health in five simple steps!
1. Apply nightly
"When you sleep, 80 percent of the skin's energy is devoted to repair. I recommend wearing a pair of skin softening gloves overnight. The gel lining inside of the gloves works to force feed cream and moisture into your skin that immediately softens hands, leaving them feeling smooth and hydrated, even on the coldest winter days."
Bliss glamour gloves ($48, blissworld.com).
2. Moisturize, moisturize, moisturize
During the winter months, it's easy to let hands take a backseat to taking care our faces and necks. All that running around in the cold can age your hands fast. Moisturize daily. Look for lotions that have ingredients that help aid to winter recovery. They include olive oil, grapeseed oil, Shea butter, and Vitamin E.
Soap and Glory hand food hand cream ($10, sephora.com).
3. Less scrubbing, more covering
"Avoid over -washing your hands as water removes the skin's NMF, a naturally occurring bioactive barrier of fatty films that holds in hydration. When you're outside, your hands should be kept well covered with a good cream always available 'on hand'!"
L'Occitane Shea butter hand cream ($10, sephora.com).
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Your hands aren't the only parts of you that can show age early on. Nails and cuticle beds can develop tiny, ragged cracks that can really hurt. Treat yourself to a hand scrub that exfoliates as well as softens hands with consistent use.
Julep facial for hands glycolic hand scrub ($32, julep.com).
5. Seriously dry hands? Consult a physician
Whether you have allergies, hands that ooze pus from cracks, or sensitive hands that continue to stay red, don't wait to take action. Talk to your doctor about getting a prescription to a specialty hand cream to suit you and the needs of your hands.
Tell us: Do you have any tips or tricks you use to take care of your hands?
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Another satisfied QED user! QED user report for 9 days detecting! User loves it, found it easy to use,found gold with it and he prefers it to his 5000! Also a report on a QED used at the beach for coin shooting.QED users reporting in with their multi ounce gold finds with the QED!
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I've never come across a single jailbreak tweak that was fussy about your jailbreak being tethered or untethered.
I have absolutely no problems on iOS 6.0.1 tethered jailbreak. All the tweaks I do have doesn't make my device unstable at.
It's not really any different from jailbreaking untethered, minus the inconvenience of booting tethered when you need to reboot. It's still stable and everything runs fine.


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German outline 2 ... only cap i really use....
German outline 2 ... only cap i really use....
rusto w/ rusto fat cap...smooth as butter
i wanna get one of those montana micros just for fun theyr pretty dope..they last pretty long to for how small they are...hella good for catchin tags
just fill up a little sample axe can with cheap paint. i think the micros run for about 3.50 which is kinda pricey they sure are cute though!
my weapon is the montana NY Fats
I keep it ghetto, black and white shoe polish, slap ups, purple and lime green tall cans with skinny caps and fat caps

chalk erase marker,(basically an OTR marker) filled with favorite melange of inks.
markette broads and dollarama whiteout pens
I like krylon ny fats but i will write with a fucking rock or a pencil.
for wheatepastes-pilot jumbos, and homemade markers with grog
signatures- kiwi mops, alien with calligraphy cap, markwell
for trains- alien with orange dot fats.
pieces- hardcore with ny fats
rusto cans, rusto fats, and any type of marker/mop I can get my hands on for free.
Why are there so many people buying crap ass walmart paint when if you have a problem with stealing rusto and krylon are the same price as walmart paint, its called beating the system
I do not condone any illegal activities, all posts are fictional..... awww fuck it Im a liar hell yea I condone that shit gimmi my juice bitch, come get me coppa
OTR .170 Hard to Buff
Krink mop
Ironlak black w/ Grey dot/pink dot caps
whatever floats my boat on the night =P
Rusto w/ rusto fat...Throwies all damn day!
*580* Hardcore....
Any "405" "918" or "580" Writers hit me up..
I like a transversal cap on a belton for tagging. I also just purchased one of those new
60mm molotow markers, so that might be my new fav when it shows up. Homebrewed ink in one of those bitches could reak havoc!
weapons of choice:
kiwi or window marker mop filled with my own mix of oil paints for custom colors
rusto cans with rusto fats caps and any sort of thin/outline caps that work
UPS stickers (these are really fun to put up in the drive thru at fast food joints)
you use belton for tags???? that's sooooo fucking toy
belton is for burners/pieces/murals
for tags and throw ups use rusto, colorplace or even krylon
unless you want to waste all your money and keep being a total fuckin toy
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pink dot/rustofat on rustos, k-71, and assortment of mops. all day!
Krink k-60 in pink, **** ink, Homemade inks, and brand new thing i made:
Add **** ink or stamp ink into a glue bottle (i used scotch clear glue with 2 way applicator). and mix it into the glue, takes a while to tag, but unlike other paints, this wont chip away, takes a while to dry though.
streakers or otrs or a bright color can of krylon
streaks and a can of montana with a pink dot on it it feels amazing to sit there and throw up massive fucking tags.


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I'm kinda new to this forum and the moderator locked out my other thread titled "Robert Griffin III is the QB I want to draft". He stated that we should start a new post and provide the link for the old one. So, I'm gonna try this:
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My original post was met with some that agreed and some that disagreed. Through it all I stated my case, provided scouting reports, but most of all I stuck with my gut feelings that this kid was "SPECIAL". After 11 games as the Redskins QB, RG III has brought a newfound joy to the Redskins Nation. He has taken a team decimated with injuries and put them in contention for a playoff berth. I heard the case that he wasn't a pocket passer and that he's never been under center. Well naysayers, he is a pocket passer and he can take snaps from under center. The kid has tireless work ethics. His teammates say he is a student of the game. He comes in early, stays late and studies lots of film. What separates RG III from most QBs is he's awesome play faking ability. His rare ability to fake the handoff and hide the ball is without question a gift that adds to his effectiveness. After watching the Dallas game on Thanksgiving, I knew that this kid had the "Heart of a Champion". His resolve and will to win is something out of a story book. As a Diehard Redskin fan, all I ever wanted at QB was a "WINNER". Not in the sense of wins and losses, but leaving it all on the field for his team every weekend. The ability to lift the play of others of lesser talent to make plays when needed. RG III has brought the love for burgundy and gold back and made us revelant again. He might not be the NFL's MVP, but he's definitely my "MVP".
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For our Franchise QB I hoped we would find a QB with a strong arm, accurate deep ball, decent intermediate accuracy, good decision making, and the scrambling ability of Rodgers
But we got so much MORE...
We are already seeing him do things, that like Shanahan said, we have never seen from a QB before. His world-class speed is on display every game. His abilities are unparalleled.
A stat since the bye mirrors his college days:
8 TD's, 9 incompletions
. I don't know how he could be any more excellent. But he will strive to be better every single week regardless of how well he played last week.
And remain humble as he works.
I am just in awe of this kid. Not just because of his skills, but because of his focus, commitment, and ability to stay grounded,
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Last year when i first heard about him i thought he was just another vick/vince young. But then i starting watching highlights and watching his interviews and i knew he carry's himself like a elite franchise qb. The first moment i heard the skins traded for the 2nd overall pick i was so giddy
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Ktizzzlee21 wrote:
Last year when i first heard about him i thought he was just another vick/vince young. But then i starting watching highlights and watching his interviews and i knew he carry's himself like a elite franchise qb.
The first moment i heard the skins traded for the 2nd overall pick i was so giddy
Me Too!! bowilson, Parrothead, footy, ace, all those guys knew he could be the real deal. I honestly wanted him over Luck because of what the Shanahans could orchestrate for him in the NFL. I believed in his physical skills as soon as I started looking at what they saw. But the person, the character, that to me has been a pleasant surprise.
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Man, resurrecting that old post was brilliant.. Really enjoyed re-reading all the pre-draft hopes and predictions.
Yes, Footy's call of 3 and Cousins is off the board scary! WOW, Footy is psycho !
Someone said I was psycho awhile back on one of my postings ! I'm still hoping they meant psychic !!
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Okay, so I've been round and round with my computer on this... I can get it to boot, I can get it to load the Text version however whenever I typed in "startx", my screen goes blank and I have to reboot, alternatively, I have tried typing in "ubiquity" without loading up the graphical interface, it gives me a few lines back and then returns to the prompt? Has anyone else had this problem?
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FOX News Channel host Oliver North called Senator John Kerry "anti-American" and unabashedly admitted to questioning Kerry's patriotism. As a guest on ABC Radio Networks' The Sean Hannity Show, North asserted, "[W]e mistakenly refer to it [Kerry's position on the war in Iraq] in the media as anti-war. It's not anti-war; it's anti-American." When Hannity questioned whether North should be "questioning somebody's patriotism," North replied, "I will do that. I've done that."
From the September 16 edition of The Sean Hannity Show:
NORTH: Lookit, we mistakenly refer to it in the media as anti-war. It's not anti-war; it's anti-American. I mean, [Senator] John Kerry's whole history is one of anti-American positions, whether it's the Panama Canal or --
HANNITY: You really think he's anti-American though?
NORTH: Yes, it's anti-American. I -- I'm calling them like I see them.
HANNITY: Well, but I don't know if I'd use the word anti-American --
NORTH: Well, I would.
HANNITY: But just -- but, look, I think this is very dangerous and I rarely disagree with you. That if you start questioning somebody's patriotism or calling them un-American --
NORTH: I will do that. I've done that.
North's admission breaks with other conservatives in the media who have denied that Republicans have questioned Democrats' patriotism. Media Matters for America has documented this denial by The Wall Street Journal's OpinionJournal.com editor James Taranto, radio host Rush Limbaugh, and CNN and PBS host Tucker Carlson.
But North is not the only conservative member of the media who has questioned Kerry's patriotism. MMFA has documented similar smears by Taranto, by right-wing pundit Ann Coulter, and by FrontPageMag.com editor-in-chief David Horowitz.
And while Hannity said he disagreed with North's characterization of Kerry as "un-American," Hannity has not always been so hesitant to impugn the patriotism of those whose political positions differ from his own. His most recent book, Deliver Us from Evil, is subtitled Defeating Terrorism, Despotism, and Liberalism. Hannity's tendency to question the patriotism of those with whom he disagrees has been noted by MMFA and extensively documented by the Center for American Progress:
Hannity to attorney Stanley Cohen: "Is it you hate this president or that you hate America?" [FOX News Channel, Hannity & Colmes, 4/30/03]
Hannity to Governor Bill Owens (R-CO): "Governor, why wouldn't anyone want to say the Pledge of Allegiance, unless they detested their own country or were ignorant of its greatness?" [FOX News Channel, Hannity & Colmes, 6/12/03]
Hannity to Bruce Shapiro, contributing editor at The Nation: "You could explain something about your magazine. [Journalist] Liza Featherstone writing about the 'Hate America' march, the [anti-war] march that took place over the weekend." [FOX News Channel, Hannity & Colmes, 1/22/03]
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The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge wrapped up their big Asian and Pacific tour by donning traditional grass skirts and getting down with the locals. Par-tay!
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Nude photos and invasion of privacy be damned—Kate Middleton is determined to rise above it all! And what better way to do so than by throwing yourself into your work, especially when that work happens to involve loads of exotic travel?
The Duchess of Cambridge and her hubby, Prince William, are currently wrapping up their royal tour of Asia and the Pacific, and boy, are they doing it in style! The last stop on their trip? The Polynesian island nation of Tuvalu. According to the Daily Mail, they touched down on the island's tiny landing strip, which also doubles as a playground for children and a sports field for adults, on Tuesday—and were promptly carried off by dancers in hoisted thrones. A royal welcome indeed!
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