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— Bank president takes helm of 90-year-old Greater Northeast Chamber of Commerce; builds on success.
Age can be a fickle commodity in the business world. On an organizational level, time often begets marketable qualities like experience and trust.
Yet, it can also breed complacency.
Kent Lufkin's new job is to make sure the 90-year-old Greater Northeast Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce has plenty of vibrance and relevance despite its advancing age. Lufkin, the 58-year-old president and CEO of 3rd Fed Bank, became the chamber's chairman of the board in February.
He now oversees an organization with deep local roots but which faces the lingering challenges of a stagnant economy and a resulting membership decline.
"We have a number of initiatives and we are taking the opportunity to reassess everything," Lufkin said of the transition. "This is our ninetieth anniversary, so we're trying to weave that into everything we do. We're trying to stimulate membership growth with a number of new programs."
Lufkin was appointed chairman for a two-year term, replacing the previous chairwoman, Nazareth Hospital CEO Christina FitzPatrick. The chamber's bylaws require that its board chairs step down every two years. In accordance with the bylaws, Lufkin served a year as vice chairman of the board leading up to his latest appointment.
Lufkin will work closely with the chamber's chief executive, Al Taubenberger, who has been its president since 1992.
Away from the chamber, Taubenberger is running as a Republican for a seat in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, challenging incumbent Democrat Kevin Boyle in the 172nd district.
While Taubenberger's full-time job makes him responsible for the day-to-day operation of the chamber, Lufkin plans to be a steady, hands-on influence. With more than a quarter-century experience as a bank executive, Lufkin is familiar with the give-and-take between a board of directors and administration.
"If things are meeting expectations or exceeding them, boards tend to stay away from the day-to-day operation," Lufkin said. "(But) right now this is a challenging time for every chamber (of commerce), so we're all pulling on the oars. The board is taking an active role in helping Al evaluate things."
Lufkin joined 3rd Fed in 2000 as senior vice president and became its president in 2003. The bank's holding company, TF Financial Corp., is publicly traded on the NASDAQ exchange. The bank has 14 branches in Northeast Philadelphia, Bucks County and Mercer County, N.J.
It was founded in 1921 in the Northeast as the Polish American Savings Building and Loan Association.
Lufkin compares the bank's role in the communities it serves to that of the chamber. It's largely a matter of scale.
The Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce is a large organization with great resources and influence, yet the Northeast chamber offers members some things that the regional chamber can't.
"It's like 3rd Fed and the Bank of America," Lufkin said. "Bank of America is huge, but some people like dealing with a smaller entity that they feel closer to the decision-makers and that specializes in certain things.
"I will challenge anybody to find someone on the staff at the Greater Philadelphia chamber who knows anywhere near as much about Northeast Philly as Al does, although the Greater Philadelphia chamber is a great organization," he said.
In any case, the chamber has been a tough sell during recessionary times. It has 800 members. In recent years, new arrivals have not kept pace with those departing the group.
"We've been higher (in membership)," Taubenberger said. "Because of the economy, some businesses have closed up and some don't renew. (But) our retention rate is very close to ninety percent."
About 20 new members attended a recent orientation meeting at Sam's Club in the Franklin Mills complex.
On the programming front, longtime members are very familiar with the steady lineup of breakfast meetings and business card exchanges, along with the annual golf outing and "Business is Blooming" Expo. Lufkin and Taubenberger think it's time for some new energy and ideas.
"We're working throughout government relations committee to draw some local, state and even federal politicians to come and speak (to members)," Lufkin said.
"We have started a young professionals group to try and tap into (a younger) audience. … We have made contact with a number of different ethnic chambers and we frequently talk about doing joint events with them."
Lufkin and Taubenberger both want to re-emphasize to prospective chamber members the value of networking with others in the local business community, particularly when conditions are difficult.
The chamber can be useful for business-to-business sales leads, information sharing and professional consultations.
"There are a lot of resources within the membership," Lufkin said. "A chamber is what you make of it. If you ask for help when you need it, if you go to events, those are beneficial things. If you don't, you're really missing out." ••
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Fri. 6/8/12 9:07pm
I just know everyone's gonna behave tonight, and not harsh the mellow... | |
Fri. 6/8/12 9:07pm
James in ATL:
Yes! Pseu is back. | |
Fri. 6/8/12 9:08pm
Aaah, been looking forward to this show all week. | |
Fri. 6/8/12 9:10pm
TGIF, y'all. :) | |
Fri. 6/8/12 9:11pm
Ken From Hyde Park:
For various reasons, I haven't caught this show in a while. I am listening tonight, I tell you what. | |
Fri. 6/8/12 9:12pm
right, G. Hello Pseu, and everyone. It's been a while since I've gotten to absorb the whole show. Looking forward to it. | |
Fri. 6/8/12 9:12pm
That was a lovely opener! (R.I.P. Mr. Welch. :( ) | |
Fri. 6/8/12 9:15pm
Fri. 6/8/12 9:15pm
Dusty's version of Mockingbird was great. I can't remember who did the original. G will know. G? | |
Fri. 6/8/12 9:20pm
Chop Scott:
Yes--RIP Bob Welch. | |
Fri. 6/8/12 9:20pm
Sorry, we had something burning here :-) This original original?? Maybe...??? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hush,_Little_Baby | |
Fri. 6/8/12 9:20pm
Tom - In Gravesend Brooklyn:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mockingbird_(Inez_%26_Charlie_Foxx_song) | |
Fri. 6/8/12 9:21pm
Tom - In Gravesend Brooklyn:
love the hook ,, and Bob Welch with Christine nice !!!! nice !!! | |
Fri. 6/8/12 9:22pm
Let's take a moment to thank the Lord Jesus H. Christ that we all have internet and can use wikipedia ourselves. | |
Fri. 6/8/12 9:22pm
According to Wikipedia, Inez and Charlie Foxx originally did it in 1963 (Dusty's version came out the next year). | |
Fri. 6/8/12 9:24pm
If the long-overdue Brewer and Shipley revival starts here, count me in. | |
Fri. 6/8/12 9:25pm
Thanks G and Tom. Also used by Bo Diddley, just realized when I read the Wiki entry. Speaking of Bo Diddley, I take it he was one of Mo Tucker's favorite artists. A few covers and other references to Bo on Mo's recently released career retrospective (which is, by the way, a very, very interesting recording). | |
Fri. 6/8/12 9:25pm
Tom - In Gravesend Brooklyn:
I thank the lord JC for WFMU too.. Spaz belted out a Shirley song not heard in years... no such good commercial oldies station anymore to reflect on either ... | |
Fri. 6/8/12 9:26pm
Barkevious Shabazz:
One toke over the line sweet jesus h. christ. | |
Fri. 6/8/12 9:26pm
Hooooooooooook! Hello lovely people, and welcome back, Pseu! | |
Fri. 6/8/12 9:30pm
Mike East:
@PB - I've been thinking of picking that up. I have one of her albums and there's atleast one song with a Bo Diddley beat. | |
Fri. 6/8/12 9:33pm
Dr Rock:
Fri. 6/8/12 9:33pm
It's great. Contributors include Thurston Moore, Kim Gordon, Lee Ranaldo, Lou Reed, John Cale, Sterling Morrison, Jad Fair, etc. etc. Some oddities but a lot of very cool stuff too. | |
Fri. 6/8/12 9:34pm
James in ATL:
That CVS sounded like the Who - in a good way | |
Fri. 6/8/12 9:38pm
What's the name of the Mo retrospective? Not easy to find on the tubes without more details... | |
Fri. 6/8/12 9:40pm
Mike East:
It's "I Feel So Far Away" - search on WFMU - there are a bunch of archives where DJ's have played tracks off of it, nixxon | |
Fri. 6/8/12 9:41pm
I Feel So Far Away, issued by Sundazed. Double CD. | |
Fri. 6/8/12 9:41pm
Thanks! | |
Fri. 6/8/12 9:42pm
Mike East:
..."I Feel So Far Away: Anthology 1974-1998" | |
Fri. 6/8/12 9:48pm
There sure has been a big hulabaloo about the reissue of Ram. I'm going to be diplomatic and not say another word. | |
Fri. 6/8/12 9:49pm
Barkevious Shabazz:
Summer. Great song. The pop ees gut. | |
Fri. 6/8/12 9:51pm
Yup. Sweet melody, weird guitar, num. | |
Fri. 6/8/12 9:51pm
Summer, that was pleasant. California, not so much. | |
Fri. 6/8/12 9:54pm
Got a weird thing for best coast, | |
Fri. 6/8/12 9:55pm
That was sticky bliss... | |
Fri. 6/8/12 9:55pm
Bethany Cosentino of Best Coast sure does sound a lot like Dee Dee from the Dum Dum Girls, doesn't she. I really like both bands, just saying. | |
Fri. 6/8/12 9:56pm
Barkevious Shabazz:
I was thinking Anna Waronker. | |
Fri. 6/8/12 9:57pm
Totally agree PB, limited knowledge of both, but I gravitate toward what they are doing. | |
Fri. 6/8/12 10:03pm
Redwood! | |
Fri. 6/8/12 10:14pm
Waronker reference noted, pretenders are always appreciated. | |
Fri. 6/8/12 10:15pm
Love this Young the Giant song... :) | |
Fri. 6/8/12 10:17pm
Agreed - the hook is strong in this song (o-whoa) | |
Fri. 6/8/12 10:21pm
fab show tonight, pseu! | |
Fri. 6/8/12 10:22pm
Gut feeling says that I would love to have a stupid 2:00am BBQ with G.R. & nixxon. | |
Fri. 6/8/12 10:24pm
Barkevious Shabazz:
The key change at the beginning of Down Escalator is a pretty big payoff. Kudos. | |
Fri. 6/8/12 10:25pm
Chop Scott:
Chameleons played a solid set at Primavera, a good blast from the past. | |
Fri. 6/8/12 10:28pm
Dave in So Dak:
Damn. This show is so great. Thanks, Pseu. And kudos. It's making my Friday night so much more lively. | |
Fri. 6/8/12 10:29pm
Enjoying the music Pseu. Haha, Man U fans + creepy forum people=a, ugh evening. | |
Fri. 6/8/12 10:32pm
Dave in So Dak:
My Man-U / Nike polo shirt has endured much abuse. I will say one thing - even Manchester, Chelsea, Swindon, Liverpool fans are rabid, even when they're 7000 miles away. | |
Fri. 6/8/12 10:32pm
Hello Dave. | |
Fri. 6/8/12 10:34pm
Dave in So Dak:
Cheers, Destroit and all. | |
Fri. 6/8/12 10:45pm
Supernatural force. Great song by sebedoh. Might be a good fit. | |
Fri. 6/8/12 10:47pm
Dave in So Dak:
I miss Kirsty McColl. Steve Lillywhite was never the same after the tragedy. Need to hear. Need to hear. | |
Fri. 6/8/12 10:47pm
"Missing Miss MacColl" -- a lovely ode to Kirsty. | |
Fri. 6/8/12 10:48pm
Dave in So Dak:
Absolutely. | |
Fri. 6/8/12 10:49pm
Barkevious Shabazz:
As if we needed a reason to dislike boaters. | |
Fri. 6/8/12 10:53pm
Dave in So Dak:
Gem - "Good to See You" - a track with monster hooks I haven't heard in years, and I can't find it anywhere... Love the Harrison... | |
Fri. 6/8/12 10:54pm
These demos are cool but I prefer the Phil Spector "wall of sound" version. Great song. | |
Fri. 6/8/12 10:54pm
Classic GH tune. :) | |
Fri. 6/8/12 10:58pm
This is just sublime... thanks Pseu! | |
Fri. 6/8/12 10:58pm
Aw, I love me some REM! | |
Fri. 6/8/12 10:59pm
Chris in Newton:
Great show Pseu. Thank you. | |
Fri. 6/8/12 11:00pm
Barkevious Shabazz:
Success kills the creative urge. | |
Fri. 6/8/12 11:01pm
Dave in So Dak:
Fri. 6/8/12 11:09pm
Dave in So Dak:
Someone...Yeltsin sounds kind of like New Amsterdams. Love it. Thanks, Pseu. Best show ever. | |
Fri. 6/8/12 11:15pm
Dave in So Dak:
Barkevious Shabazz - Perhaps success kills creativity in many cases - I agree, I've seen it. But failure, after years and years of struggle, can also pretty much kill one's songwriting muscle. Trust me. Artists are weird like that. | |
Fri. 6/8/12 11:20pm
Barkevious Shabazz:
Dave ISD-Point taken, Scott Miller being the ultimate example of jettisoning the ignored. | |
Fri. 6/8/12 11:23pm
We're all lazy at heart, creative or not... Cavemen would be so disappointed if they knew what happened... | |
Fri. 6/8/12 11:24pm
Caught the show driving tonight. An absolutely amazing playlist. Bravo! | |
Fri. 6/8/12 11:31pm
Dave in So Dak:
Usurper - See your point. Wonder what humanity would be like today if we had the courage like our ancient ancenstors to fend off life-threatening things like predators. Today it's fending off old girlfriends, creditors, telemarketers... We're whimps. | |
Fri. 6/8/12 11:33pm
Really good show tonight. Great picks. Got got to bed now --- David, Nashville, Tennessee (Belle Meade) | |
Fri. 6/8/12 11:34pm
john (with a lower case j):
Oh, as if old girlfriends aren't predators. | |
Fri. 6/8/12 11:35pm
Dave in So Dak:
;-) | |
Fri. 6/8/12 11:36pm
oh wow -- FURS!!!!!! thank you, Pseu! :) | |
Fri. 6/8/12 11:36pm
david small d:
yes Usurper, there's the laziness-drivenness continuum of creativity as well | |
Fri. 6/8/12 11:38pm
Hey pseu! Great show! Just drove from Westchester, Ny to seekonk, MA listening all the way over my iPhone. Thanks for keeping me company! | |
Fri. 6/8/12 11:43pm
All wonderful, Made a mistake earilier and emailed instead of posting, new here. Cyclones, monotone set, bells (chicago band)? Not sure if requests work, love what you are playing | |
Fri. 6/8/12 11:44pm
Thanks, Josh and everyone for the company tonight! xoxo | |
Fri. 6/8/12 11:47pm
Dave in So Dak:
SERIOUSLY stellar set tonite, pseu. i'm going to have to pull this off the fmu archives and play it incessantly in my jeep while rocking the great outdoors this summer in the great state of sd. | |
Fri. 6/8/12 11:50pm
A fun show as always. :D | |
Fri. 6/8/12 11:51pm
The first all-daylight Hook of the year here in Vancouver. Feels like summer's finally on the way. | |
Fri. 6/8/12 11:54pm
Chris in Newton:
RIP Bob Welch.. What a great sound | |
Sat. 6/9/12 12:00am
Good show Pseu, thanks. | |
Wed. 6/13/12 9:04pm
Wow, only one poster harshed the mellow all show!!! Great job, people. We'll do even better next week! | |
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A Huawei Story Lost in Translation
By Bruce Einhorn
Back in the 1980s, critics remarked that nothing could stick to Ronald Reagan. No matter how damaging the situation -- remember Iran-Contra? -- he was able to maintain his popularity with his most important constituency, the American people. Reagan was America's Teflon President, just as Huawei Technologies seems to be China's Teflon company.
Ever since Huawei was sued by Cisco Systems (CSCO ) in early 2003 for allegedly pilfering the American company's software, China's leading high-tech group has been hit with a barrage of embarrassing press reports about its alleged shortcomings vis-a-vis intellectual property rights (IPR). (After Cisco filed suit, privately held Huawei pulled some of its products from the U.S. market, although it denied any wrongdoing and company officials insist that its employees respect intellectual property rights.) Yes despite its bad press, Huawei has been able to maintain its popularity with its most important constituency, corporate customers. In 2003, the year in which Cisco filed suit, Huawei's overseas sales soared to $1 billion, double what they were the year before.
On July 28, Cisco announced that it had reached a settlement with Huawei, the terms of which neither side can reveal. That's good news for Huawei, which is determined to overcome its scofflaw reputation and be seen as a trustworthy, law-abiding company. The Chinese company is making a major push to win business worldwide, especially in Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and other developing markets.
Indeed, Huawei has garnered an impressive list of foreign partners that are attracted by its low-cost, high-quality products and are apparently untroubled by allegations of IPR problems. Even before the Cisco settlement, Huawei recently won a contract to supply wireless equipment to an operator in Ukraine, unveiled a deal to build a next-generation Internet protocol network for another operator in Pakistan, and it has signed a deal that will allow it to use microprocessors from British-based chip-design company ARM in its new 3G products.
Now, however, Huawei's Teflon reputation is being tested again. In June, a young Huawei engineer named Zhu Yibin was in the U.S. and attended the Supercomm trade show in Chicago. According to a July 21 letter to Huawei from the general counsel of Japanese giant Fujitsu's American subsidiary, Fujitsu Network Communications (FNC), Zhu paid an afterhours visit to Fujitsu's Supercomm booth and engaged in what Fujitsu fears may have been industrial espionage (see BW Online, 7/30/04, "Huawei Isn't in the Clear Yet").
"Specifically, Mr. Zhu reportedly went to FNC's booth after the exhibition hall had closed to conference attendees and removed the casing from a proprietary optical networking device owned by FNC," wrote FNC General Counsel Melanie W. Scofield in her letter to Huawei CEO Ren Zhengfei and Vice-President Song Liuping. "He was caught by a contractor of FNC while he was examining certain circuit boards within the device (after removing the casing of the device)."
The letter goes on to explain how Zhu's credentials, which did not allow for him to be in the area at the time, identified his employee as a company called Weihua. This, according to Scofield, "may have been an attempt to obscure is true employer, Huawei."
This could mean more legal trouble for Huawei, since Fujitsu says it's turning the matter over to the FBI. But is Fujitsu overreacting? After all, it's hardly news that trade shows are places where rivals snoop on one another. But in the light of the Huawei's run-in with Cisco, perhaps would-be rivals are especially wary.
Huawei, which is headquartered in a vast corporate campus in the southern city of Shenzhen, just across the border from Hong Kong, contends that the affair was largely the result of a simple misunderstanding by a rogue employee. A Huawei spokesman says that Zhu, a fairly inexperienced worker in his 20s who was on his first trip outside of China, was in the U.S. to help a customer install some Huawei equipment and isn't part of the company's research and development team. Also, he doesn't speak English well, according to Huawei.
All this might help explain why Zhu's Supercomm ID badge identified him as an employee of Weihua rather than Huawei. In Chinese, family names come first and given names come second, and some people flip the order when they're among English speakers, and it seems Zhu flipped the two parts of Huawei's name, just as he did his own name. Hence, Zhu Yibin of Huawei became Yi Bin Zhu of Weihua.
Clearly Huawei executives don't want this flap with Fujitsu to become another headache, especially now that the Cisco lawsuit has been settled. However, since the FBI is now involved, there's probably not a lot that Huawei can do to defuse the situation. "Huawei is reviewing the matter to determine if disciplinary action is warranted," a spokesman told BusinessWeek. Zhu is still working, but the company has reduced his pay.
In her letter to Ren, Huawei's CEO, Fujitsu lawyer Scofield does the name mix-up herself. The Huawei chief, a former officer in China's People's Liberation Army, is famous for keeping a low profile, refusing interview requests, and staying away from the spotlight. Yet Scofield's letter addresses him by his given name Zhengfei, not his family name, Ren, showing that the hapless Mr. Zhu is not the only one who has found himself lost in translation.
Having weathered the Cisco storm without much damage, Huawei executives probably feel that they can do the same with the Fujitsu fuss. Still, it would be nice if Huawei didn't take its Teflon status for granted. Now would be a good time for Huawei CEO Ren Zhengfei to step forward and take more of a public role. He could start by writing back to Scofield -- maybe even with a letter that begins "Dear Melanie."
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Heres an idea. Disqualify them both. Eberhardt for being shady. No one lives in the back of a funeral home. Cooley for following someone around when he oughtta be concerned about more important things. Just another example of the type of leadership Winder and Barrow Co. does NOT need.
Cooley go back to Chicago or Florida. They WANT you. What were you arrested for?
He did the right thing. It might be a conflict if he reported it to the police who work for him. I will give him that much. Imagine the headline if the City Police made charges on Cooley.


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Francisco Costa has been the Women's Creative Director at Calvin Klein Collection since 2004. Previously, he has worked at other top design houses, including Gucci and Oscar de la Renta. Costa has received critical acclaim and recognition for his work and has received numerous awards. In 2006, and again in 2008, the Council of Fashion Designers of America named him the Womenswear Designer of the Year. In May 2008, he was awarded the Mortimer C. Ritter Award given by the FIT Alumni Association to an alumnus who graduated from the school and has excelled in art and design. At the 2012 Accessories Council Excellence (ACE) Awards Gala, Mr. Costa accepted the Designer of the Year Award on behalf of Calvin Klein Collection.
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From Chic to Daft Punk, Nile Rodgers is the creative force behind some of the biggest hits ever recorded. Here is the story of how global pop's greatest genius transformed his own dramatic life into the brilliantly joyful playlist of a generation.
You will hear a Nile Rodgers song today. It will make you happy. In the 1970s and 1980s, Nile Rodgers wrote and produced the songs that defined the era and everything that came after: "Le Freak," "Good Times," "We Are Family," "Like a Virgin," "Let's Dance," "I'm Coming Out," "Rapper's Delight"--and worked with every influential pop star to create a string of enduring hits, from Diana Ross and Madonna to Duran Duran and David Bowie. Even today, he is still musically relevant: writing and performing record-breaking hits like "Get Lucky" with Daft Punk and Pharrell. But before he reinvented pop music, Nile Rodgers invented himself. From jamming with Jimi Hendrix in a Greenwich Village haze to the decadence of the disco era to witnessing the birth of Madonna on the Danceteria dance floor, "Le Freak" traces one of the greatest musical journeys of our time.
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11 postsInteresting WebGL galaxy/star simulator
Really cool stuff, something I could see in a museum demo.
@Bass: You know that WebGL is a relative of OpenGL? That means that some developers here would rather program in JavaScript (oh, the horror) then learn/say something nice about WebGL
XAML, DirectX FTW...
PS: I'm not oblivious to the fact that the gaming industry is mostly DirectX these days. But it can/will change fast, with the 2 leading mobile platforms using a variant - OpenGL/ES.
I know this has the potential of turning into a ZOMG WebGL fail/rules epic thread, but I just thought it was interesting demo in its own right. If it was written in XAML with DirectX it would still be cool. Reminds me of Celestia, which is this really cool astronomy software.
@fanbaby: Why should WebGL or OpenGL elicit any kind of compliment? It's one of many existing graphics APIs. Big f*cking whoop. Am I supposed to be amazed that a graphics API was embedded into a browser?
Sure, the content itself is kind of neat, and I'm impressed with the work it took to create the content. But the fact that it runs in a browser is just meh. Who cares?
@Bass: Yes, it's very interesting. As far as the content goes, it would have been just as cool if it were created as a native code executable. Most of the work went into creating the content. What program it renders in is really irrelevant as far as impressiveness is concerned.
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I know this has the potential of turning into a ZOMG WebGL fail/rules epic thread,
And on the off-chance that it wouldn't, fanbaby decided to get things started.
Anyway, it looks beautiful. I could definitely see this on a table or some sort of touch-wall in a museum, indeed.
Still waiting for the 'Focusing optics...' dialog to finish.
Is it Chrome specific? (I am using IE10)
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Still waiting for the 'Focusing optics...' dialog to finish.
Is it Chrome specific? (I am using IE10)
Don't close that tab, it'll take some time, but it will surly work
@fanbaby:Gave up but then ran it in Chrome OK.
@Ian2:I was always been told that my jokes are too complicated
@fanbaby:Don't worry, I got it. (But I wouldn't advise you going into a Disney store to tell them a joke just now)
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Gretchen Wilson tears it up at the Grove
Gretchen Wilson's still got it. She may have lost her major-label recording contract and taken a few blows personally, but when she stepped onto the Grove of Anaheim stage Wednesday night you wouldn't have known it. All smiles and ready to have a good time, she broke into "Here for the Party" and instantly brought the crowd to its feet.
Wilson and her group have been on tour the past few weeks in support of her fourth album, I Got Your Country Right Here, self-released on March 30 through the Redneck Records label she started last year. "You're one of the very first (audiences) to hear this new record," she mentioned. "I'm now the proud owner of my own label. I can make the music I wanna make -- and the music you wanna hear from me."
The country bad girl considers her latest effort "the first-ever female Southern Rock album," though Miranda Lambert (for starters) might debate her on that point. Regardless, it's at least a fitting claim, since the album's cover as well as the banner hanging behind her band at the Grove are both very Skynyrd-esque.
Out of a 13-song set, Wilson performed a whopping seven songs from the new record, a bold move considering no one has heard but maybe one or two: the first single "Work Hard, Play Harder" (the one that drew a legal hassle from the Black Crowes) and "The Earrings Song," another don't-mess-with-me smackdown that failed at radio around the same time Wilson pulled away from Epic Records.
She pulled out her guitar for the latter song, which in our interview last week she joked sounded like a continuation of her 2005 smash single "Homewrecker." She also served up the new title track, turned political -- and red in the face hitting the high notes -- to get her point across in "Blue Collar Done Turn Red," and she downed a few shots of Jack Daniels during "Walk on Water."
Based on the strong response from Wednesday night's crowd, this coming disc is exactly what Gretchen Wilson fans are hungry for. And keeping to her tried-and-true fashion, she gave multiple shout-outs to her (and no doubt her fans') heroes: Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Hank Williams, Willie Nelson (who plays this same venue April 15) and, of course, Skynyrd. She also singled out members of the military in the crowd and raised a flag on stage while her guitarist jammed out "The Star-Spangled Banner."
Yet she didn't stray from her rock roots, either, performing first a ripping cover of Foreigner's "Hot Blooded" before her band busted into an instrumental medley that took in pieces of Led Zeppelin ("Black Dog"), Fleetwood Mac ("Rhiannon"), Ted Nugent ("Cat Scratch Fever"), Roy Orbison ("Oh! Pretty Woman"), Nirvana ("Smells Like Teen Spirit"), Heart ("Crazy on You"), Metallica ("Enter Sandman") and, naturally, Skynyrd ("Sweet Home Alabama").
Now that she's once again in charge of her career, she's taking extra steps to ensure success -- so Wilson also seized the opportunity to highlight backing vocalist Cherie Oakley, one of the first members of her Redneck Records roster. Oakley stepped into the spotlight to deliver Bob Seger's "We've Got Tonight," her voice soft and sweet -- though once the crowd started singing along, her solo became a weird sort of last-call nightclub karaoke.
So after letting her band loose on that classic-rock rundown, Wilson kept the party mode going with "All Jacked Up." During a break in that song, however, having already knocked back a few shots of Jack throughout the show, Wilson this time grabbed the bottle, raised it to the crowd, then to her lips -- and just chugged it.
"No chasers and no training wheels," she hollered to a cheering crowd while also clearing her obviously burning throat. "That's how we do it. Wooooo! I'm gonna feel that one later."
That's just one of many inevitably severe hangovers after this party. But it was worth it: the whiskey gave Wilson the perfect amount of raspiness to her voice for her encore, "Redneck Woman."
As much as the night was a means for Wilson to showcase new material, it was also a fund-raiser for the T.J. Martell Foundation, benefiting cancer research. Before Wilson performed, Go Country 105 radio personality Shawn Parr auctioned off items for the cause, including an original Brad Paisley painting, signed Gretchen Wilson and Toby Keith guitars, a Custom Comfort mattress, a trip to Nashville to attend the CMA Country Music Festival in June, and tickets to the Academy of Country Music Awards at the MGM in Las Vegas on April 18. In all, the auction raked in $15,600 in donations.
Bombshel -- singer Kelley Shepard (above right) and fiddler Kristy Osmunson, plus their rockin' band -- opened the show. The country duo is up for Top New Vocal Duo of the Year at the 2010 ACM Awards, while their single, "Fight Like a Girl," has cracked country's Top 40 chart.
When the music was slowed down and their voices could be heard, these girls sounded strong, but unfortunately they were mostly drowned out by the band. Their songs were fast and loud -- really more rock 'n' roll than country, as evidenced by their ultra-sped-up yet countrified version of No Doubt's "Just a Girl." (That takes guts considering they were on Gwen Stefani's home turf.)
Still, Osmunson, who plays a mean fiddle, looked amazingly sexy while doing so -- no easy feat, seeing as it's an instrument that instantly gives one a double chin.
Set list: Gretchen Wilson at the Grove of Anaheim, March 10, 2010
Main set: Here for the Party / I Got Your Country Right Here / Work Hard, Play Harder / The Earrings Song / Trucker Man / Outlaws and Renegades / Blur Collar Done Turn Red / Walk on Water / Hot Blooded (Foreigner cover) / We've Got Tonight (Bob Seger cover, performed by Cherie Oakley) / Instrumental classic-rock medley / All Jacked Up
Encore: Redneck Woman
Photos by Kelly A. Swift, for the Orange County Register.
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Anyone who though that the $1 billion price tag on Facebook's acquisition of Instagram was shocking will want to shield their eyes from the social network's latest purchase: Facebook announced Wednesday that it has agreed to acquire WhatsApp for $16 billion.
Facebook announced the move in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission and public announcement, which detailed a cash payment of $4 billion and a transfer of more than 180 million shares of Facebook stock, a total that added up to a value of $12 billion based on the stock's average closing price in the previous six trading sessions before Tuesday. In addition, Facebook promised to issue restricted stock units currently worth about $3 billion to WhatsApp employees, which could conceivably bump the price up to $19 billion or more.
"WhatsApp is on a path to connect 1 billion people. The services that reach that milestone are all incredibly valuable," Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg explained in a news release Wednesday.
Facebook has attempted to break into messaging applications before, with the release of Facebook Messenger, a stand-alone app that cloned the messaging service available on the social network's leading platform; Facebook said Wednesday that Messenger will continue to operate as well. Facebook also reportedly offered $3 billion last year for SnapChat, a photo-based messaging application popular with younger users, who are departing Facebook's social network as it becomes popular with their parents. That offer was rebuffed, but Facebook apparently decided to up its offer toward a different app.
WhatsApp and other messaging services — such as Kik and WeChat — have grown in popularity as teens use the mobile applications to avoid limits on texting set by wireless carriers, as the messages travel over the Internet instead of carriers' SMS platforms.
WhatsApp was launched in 2009 by two former Yahoo executives, Jan Koum and Brian Acton, who told The Mercury News in a rare email interview last year, "We are in the middle of the smartphone revolution, and it is just beginning."
In an environment where many similar mobile apps are free, WhatsApp charges a 99-cent annual subscription fee, but that has not stopped the company from gaining a legion of fans: Koum, who acts as CEO of the startup, said in April of 2013 that the service had surpassed 200 million daily users who together sent more than 20 billion messages a day.
Facebook said Wednesday that those totals have gained tremendously in less than a year, reporting that WhatsApp has 450 million monthly active users and is adding more than 1 million new users every day; Koum said in a blog post that the service has 320 million daily active users.
"WhatsApp's extremely high user engagement and rapid growth are driven by the simple, powerful and instantaneous messaging capabilities we provide," Koum said in Wednesday's announcement.
WhatsApp will continue to operate as a stand-alone company at its Mountain View offices, with Koum joining Facebook's board of directors. The setup is similar to Facebook's direction with Instagram, which the social network purchased just before its record-breaking initial public offering in 2012 for a then-jaw-dropping total of $1 billion; Instagram has remained a separate service run by founder and CEO Kevin Systrom.
In his blog post, Koum assured WhatsApp users that the service will remain the same.
"Here's what will change for you, our users: nothing," he wrote.
"WhatsApp will remain autonomous and operate independently. You can continue to enjoy the service for a nominal fee. You can continue to use WhatsApp no matter where in the world you are, or what smartphone you're using. And you can still count on absolutely no ads interrupting your communication. There would have been no partnership between our two companies if we had to compromise on the core principles that will always define our company, our vision and our product," Koum added.
Facebook stock closed with a 1.1 percent gain at $68.06 Wednesday; at that stock price, WhatsApp's haul from the acquisition would increase by about $500 million, though shares declined more than 1 percent in late trading after the acquisition was announced. If the deal falls through, Facebook is still obligated to pay WhatsApp $1 billion in cash and $1 billion in stock.


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Our periodic tally of business trends ponders the housing market.
PLUS: One economic certainty is local real estate starting 2013 in "hot" mode.
DataQuick's Orange County homebuying report for the 22 business days ending Dec. 19 put the median selling price at $470,000.
That's up 17.5 percent vs. a year ago. If the month finishes at that price, it would be the highest since June 2008 – 54 months ago and a moment just before the nation's recessionary financial collapse.
Pricing is not slowing buying. Orange County buyers snapped up 3,446 residences that closed in the latest period – up 32.5 percent vs. a year ago. This could end up being the busiest December since 2005.
Sales are popping across all market slices: Old single-family homes are up 34.9 percent vs. last year; condos are up 19.8 percent; and builders are joining the party – up 61 percent in a year. And it's a broad-based advance, geographically, with 54 of 83 Orange County ZIP codes having both rising sales and prices in the period compared with 2011.
MINUS: The rapid sales pace – plus a curiously reluctant bunch of Orange County sellers – means, as market watcher Steve Thomas puts it: "Quite simply, there's just about nothing on the market today. Ask any buyer who has been looking to purchase a home within the past six months and they will let you know how frustratingly difficult the process has been."
Thomas notes that 2012 started with a listed inventory of 8,114 Orange County homes. By August, the supply of resale homes on the market had dipped to March 2005's boom-time low. Supply continued to drop – to 3,161 as of Thursday. That's 36 below the previous cycle's low.
Limited supply can distort pricing – that is, overzealous bidding – as well as give owners silly ideas about their homes' value and desirability.
But to see how "hot" the Orange County market has become, ponder Thomas' signature housing measurement – his "market time" benchmark that tracks how many months it theoretically would take to sell the entire inventory in the local MLS for-sale listings at the current pace of pending deals being made.
By Thomas' calculation, as of Jan. 3, we see a market time of 1.56 months vs. 3.65 months a year ago vs. 5.10 months two years ago.
Yes, three times quicker in two years.
EQUALS: Thomas notes that his Orange County demand metric – new escrows opened – is down 9 percent from a year ago. The drop may say more about the lack of product to buy vs. any lack of enthusiasm for house shopping.
Broker Redfin's national calculation – results from its 19 key markets – shows similar weakness in homebuying.
In the Dec. 2-29 period, customers signing new offers fell 17.5 percent compared with the previous five weeks – a season drop that was bigger than the 10.5 percent dip seen in 2011.
But Redfin's tally of shoppers seeking house tours shows a brighter trend: it's down 7 percent in December vs. the previous month, compared with a dip of 11.3 percent in 2011.
Redfin concludes: "With mortgage rates and home prices still relatively low, Redfin expects strong demand to intensify even further in 2013. The company also anticipates that inventory will increase 2013, as confidence in the housing market draws previously reluctant sellers to list their home and look for a new one."
It will take the rest of the winter – if not the prime spring home shopping season – to tell if real estate's heat is more about tight inventory or a true sign of an economic revival.
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Kenneth Norton & Tina L. Nadeau: Why New Hampshire needs mental health courts statewide
OVER THE PAST 70 years, the number of people with mental illness held in hospitals has decreased dramatically while the number held in jails and prisons has increased exponentially. The promise of deinstitutionalization has been replaced for many by the misery of incarceration.
In 1957, New Hampshire's population was 750,000 and the number of citizens served at New Hampshire Hospital, our state psychiatric facility in Concord, was 2,700 adults. Today, with a population of 1.3 million, the number of child and adults beds at New Hampshire Hospital is a mere 160. During that time, there has also been a significant decrease in the availability of psychiatric beds at local hospitals.
To be sure, many people with mental illness have benefited from advancements in treatment and are living independently, leading full and productive lives. Others are more marginal and depend on a fragmented and, in recent years, chronically underfunded system of mental health services. As a result of this underfunding, individuals end up on the streets, face arrest for nuisance crimes and spend time in jail instead of receiving needed treatment.
Law enforcement has made great strides and benefited from increased funding and training to improve their understanding and response to people with mental illness. We need to provide the same emphasis and opportunities to court personnel and to other players in the corrections system. Lack of appropriate assessment and understanding of how to manage people who have mental illness and who are accused of crimes, combined with limited treatment options has resulted in high recidivism rates for individuals who commit low level offenses and probation violations.
National studies indicate people with mental illness are charged, convicted and sentenced more severely, and spend more time in jail than others accused of similar crimes who do not have mental illness. These cases clog the court system, increase the stigma and shame that people with mental illness already carry — and cost taxpayers a lot of money.
Better solutions exist. Mental health courts are a key to reducing the likelihood that individuals with mental illness will reoffend. In mental health courts, all court personnel receive training designed to promote positive outcomes for individuals with mental illness. Through careful assessment and screening, court personnel identify individuals who can safely be held accountable for their actions. Public safety is ensured because participants must adhere to individualized treatment plans which are carefully monitored through frequent judicial reviews and court appearances. As a result, the chronic cycle of incarceration is interrupted.
Currently, only 10 of New Hampshire's 33 Circuit (District) and Superior Courts have a mental health court. Because counties and local municipalities fund prosecutors as well as special programs, there is a wide discrepancy in regions where mental health courts are located. Some counties have seen significant savings as mental health courts are successful at reducing use of county correctional facilities.
For this reason, many mental health courts have focused exclusively on misdemeanor crimes. It is important that similar programs be offered for felony convictions as well. For instance, the NH Department of Corrections indicates that 77 percent of the women at the Goffstown prison have experienced serious life threatening trauma from physical or sexual assaults. Trauma often results in post-traumatic stress disorder, severe depression, substance use and other debilitating disorders. At the men's prison in Concord, forty-five percent report having a mental health disorder.
A bill making its way through the Legislature encourages the establishment of mental health courts statewide. Although it does not provide funding, it establishes guidelines for how mental health courts should operate including following the best practices established nationally which have demonstrated the most effective and positive outcomes.
To be sure, individuals who commit violent crimes should go to jail. But we need to stop incarcerating those with mental illness simply because treatment options are few. We need to stop clogging our courts and corrections systems with people who need treatment, not confinement. Instead we must carefully screen and assess individuals with mental illness who can be safely monitored in the community with treatment and supports. We must recognize that the community is safer and tax payer dollars are more wisely spent if we invest in effective community programs that will address the needs of individuals with mental illness and/or substance use disorders. Only then will we stem the tide of people ending up in the judicial system.
Kenneth Norton is executive director of the National Alliance on Mental Illness-New Hampshire. Tina L. Nadeau is chief justice of the New Hampshire Superior Courts.


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Postgame quotes
Head Coach Joe McKeown
On GW's defense:
"We did a great job on defense. They started making three's all the way from the White House at one point--rainbows! They hit about three in a row and forced us to change. We went zone just to give them a different look. That enabled us to open it up in the last three or four minutes."
On GW's 8-0 run to end the first half:
"We're so young. We've got to build on anything sometimes to get a little momentum. We've been struggling at the end of the half with time and the score. If we had the ball and the last shot, we seemed to shoot too quick, and the other team would score. I was really happy we were able to finish out the half with an 8-0 run."
On GW's upcoming game versus NC State:
"Tuesday night, if you're a player, you show up for this game. It'll be fun. I told the team that we beat them a couple of years ago in a really tough game. Now a couple of years ago for me is 1994 or 95. NC State is like us. They've been a national power for 15 years. They've been in the top 20 every year like we have. Their Final Four team beat us here in overtime in just a phenomenal game. They have great tradition and a Hall of Fame coach. I think it will be a fun game.
On the play of Kimberly Beck:
"She doesn't play like a freshman. She has the poise of an upperclassman. To play five of your first seven college games on the road--at Tennessee, at Oregon, at BYU--and face really good players who have really been around, she's held her own with everybody."
On Kristina Gineitis' performance:
"She's really practiced well the last two weeks and earned some playing time. Everyone's double-teaming Simmonds and Montanana, so it enables us to stretch people out. One thing Kris does well is that she's very physical on defense. She went in there against the big kids tonight and really disturbed them, disrupted them a little b it. She's a great shooter in practice, but she hasn't had the opportunities to get comfortable in the game, but hopefully we'll get to that point."


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London, Apr 6 : Boris Becker's wife, Lilly, had a Diana moment when her nude coloured maxi dress turned sheer as she was bathed in sunlight.
Princess Diana caused a stir in the eighties when she was famously snapped as her skirt was turned see-through by a ray of sunlight while working as a kindergarten assistant.
Lilly's nude coloured outfit, however, turned sheer in the Miami heat, showing off her slender legs underneath, the Daily Mail reported.
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Marvel has plenty on its TV development plate already, between the ongoing 'Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.' and the five upcoming 'Defenders' Netflix series, but it seems a potential 'Agent Carter' TV spinoff may yet move forward after all. The studio has all-but-officially hired a pair of writers and executive producers to run the drama, seemingly confirming its development for ABC.


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Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded
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- Not to be confused with Pink Friday or Roman Reloaded.
Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded | |||||||
Studio album by Nicki Minaj | |||||||
Released | April 2, 2012 | ||||||
Recorded | 2011-2012 | ||||||
Genre | Hip hop, dance, pop | ||||||
Length | 68:58 (standard)
79:09 (deluxe) | ||||||
Label | Young Money, Cash Money, Universal Republic | ||||||
Format | Digital download, CD, Vinyl | ||||||
Producer | Blackout Movement, Rico Beats, RedOne, Carl Falk, Rami Yacoub, Jonathan Rapo, Hit-Boy, Kane Beatz, David Guetta, Giorgio Tuinfort, Dr. Luke, Kool Kojak, Cirkut, Kenoe, T-Minus, Oak, Pop, Alex da Kid, T. Dunham | ||||||
Nicki Minaj chronology | |||||||
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Singles from Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded | |||||||
Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded (written on iTunes as Pink Friday ... Roman Reloaded due to naming restrictions) is the sophomore studio album by Nicki Minaj. The album was released on April 2, 2012. On March 1, 2012, Minaj revealed the artwork for the album. The cover shows Minaj in a blonde wig in front of a colorful background, with her face covered in pink, yellow, and green paint. The first promotional single from the album, "Stupid Hoe", was released on December 20, 2011. "Starships", which replaced "Va Va Voom" as the lead single, was released on February 14, 2012. "Roman Reloaded" was soon released afterwards as the second promotional single. "Young Forever" and "Marilyn Monroe" both leaked online in February 2012. On March 20, Minaj released "Beez in the Trap" (featuring 2 Chainz) and "Right by My Side" (featuring Chris Brown). The standard edition of the album leaked March 28, 2012, the bonus tracks, except for "Press Conference" leaked the next day.
Commercial performanceEdit
The album debuted at #1 on the UK Albums Chart and the UK R&B Albums Chart. Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded is the first album by a female rap artist to chart at number one in the United Kingdom, with first week sales of 47,462 copies. The album has went Gold in the UK.
For the week ending April 10, 2012, the album debuted at #1 on the US Billboard 200 chart selling 253,000 copies in its first week. According to Nielsen Soundscan, as of the end of 2014, it has sold 901,000 copies in the US. According to RIAA, the album was certified Platinum on June 22, 2012 with 1,000,000 shipments.[1] The album has sold 1,800,000 copies worldwide since its release. The album also debuted at #1 on the Scottish Albums Chart. It debuted at #5 on the Australian Albums Chart and #2 on the Australian Urban Albums Chart. The album has been certified Gold there. It has peaked at #1 on the US R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Chart and #1 on the US Rap Albums Chart. As of May 29, 2012, the album peaked at #3 in Brazil. It charted at #1 in the Canadian Albums Chart. It also peaked at #2 and #3 on the Irish Albums Chart and the New Zealand Albums Chart respectively. It also charted in many other countries like Norwegia, France, Spain, Switzerland, Swedian, Mexico, Italy, Greece, Belgium, Denmark, Netherlands, and Finland. The album has been certified Platinum in Ireland. It has also been certified Gold in Australia, Japan, and France.
Fan single selectionsEdit
On May 24, 2012, Nicki created a poll asking her fans to pick her next single. There were 3 different polls to pick one song from each. The first poll was between the four pop ballad songs: "Marilyn Monroe", "Fire Burns", "Young Forever", and "Gun Shot". The second poll was between the three rap/hip-hop songs "Champion", "HOV Lane", and "I Am Your Leader". The third and last poll was between the three dance/techno songs "Va Va Voom", "Whip It", and "Pound the Alarm". "Pound the Alarm" was chosen as the next single over "Va Va Voom" due to popularity in many countries, and having been requested and played on many radio stations[1][2]. Minaj later confirmed that "Champion" will be the next urban single.[3] This changed due to the release of The Re-Up. The next urban single was "The Boys", which was the lead single off The Re-Up.
Track listing Edit
Standard edition Edit
Deluxe edition bonus tracks | |||||||||
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length | |||||
20. | "Turn Me On" (with David Guetta) | Maraj, David Guetta, Giorgio Tuinfort, Dean | Guetta | 3:19 | |||||
21. | "Va Va Voom" | Maraj, Gottwald, Allan Grigg, Max Martin, Walter | Dr. Luke, Kool Kojak, Cirkut | 3:03 | |||||
22. | "Masquerade" | Maraj, Gottwald, Benjamin Levin, Max Martin, Walter | Dr. Luke, Benny Blanco, Cirkut | 3:48 | |||||
Total length: |
79:09 |
Digital Deluxe Edition Bonus Tracks/Japan Bonus Tracks | |||||||||
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length | |||||
20. | "Va Va Voom" | Maraj, Gottwald, Allan Grigg, Max Martin, Walter | Dr. Luke, Kool Kojak, Cirkut | 3:03 | |||||
21. | "Masquerade" | Maraj, Gottwald, Benjamin Levin, Max Martin, Walter | Dr. Luke, Benny Blanco, Cirkut | 3:48 | |||||
Total length: |
75:50 |
iTunes bonus track | |||||||||
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length | ||||||
23. | "Press Conference" (featuring Charlemagne and Safaree "SB" Samuels) | Maraj, Samuels, Lenard McKelvey | 21:03 | ||||||
Total length: |
100:13 |
*"Press Conference" is not an actual song, but rather a press conference with Nicki Minaj, Charlemagne, and Safaree "SB" Samuels discussing the album.
The gallery below is a digital copy of the deluxe version of the Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded booklet.
Release historyEdit
Regions | Dates | Format(s) | Label(s) | Edition(s) |
Germany[2] | April 2, 2012 | CD, digital download | Universal Music, Cash Money | Standard, Deluxe |
United Kingdom[3] | Universal Island, Cash Money | |||
France[4] | Universal Music, Cash Money | |||
Australia[5] | ||||
United States[6] | April 3, 2012 | Universal Music, Young Money, Cash Money | ||
Canada[7] | ||||
Japan[8] | April 11, 2012 | Universal Music Japan, Cash Money | ||
Brazil[9] | April 23, 2012 | Universal Music, Cash Money | ||
China | ||||
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New Zealand | ||||
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Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded - The Re-UpEdit
Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded - The Re-Up is the re-release of Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded, which was released on November 19, 2012 as a 3-disc album. Disc 1 contained 7 new tracks that was all Rap, and the hit bonus "Va Va Voom." Disc 2 was the standard version of Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded. Disc 3 was a 90 minute bonus DVD. It had a new art cover as well. A promo single was released called "The Boys", while the first official single was "Freedom".
- ↑ "RIAA – Gold & Platinum: "Nicki Minaj"". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved June 26, 2012.
- ↑ "Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded: Nicki Minaj: Amazon.de: Musik". Amazon.de. 2009-09-09. http://www.amazon.de/Pink-Friday-Reloaded-Nicki-Minaj/dp/B006PTZNSY/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1333045898&sr=8-2. Retrieved 2012-04-03.
- ↑ "UK PF:RR". http://www.amazon.co.uk/Pink-Friday-Roman-Reloaded/dp/B007HLU9UQ/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1333045961&sr=8-2. Retrieved 16 March 2012.
- ↑ "PF:Roman Reloaded (France)" (in French). Amazon.com. http://www.amazon.fr/Friday-Roman-Reloaded-Nicki-Minaj/dp/B007DIQB50/ref=sr_1_11?ie=UTF8&qid=1332537935&sr=8-11. Retrieved 2012-03-23.
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F-35A Achieves Maximum High Angle Of Attack Limit In Four Flights
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif., November 19, 2012 – An F-35A Lightning II conventional takeoff and landing (CTOL) aircraft rapidly expanded its high angle of attack (AOA) test envelope to its 50 degree limit in only four flights during recent flight testing here. F-35A test aircraft are limited to AOAs of 20 degrees until their controllability is proven at a higher AOA limit of 50 degrees. The ability to rapidly progress to the maximum AOA indicates a sound aerodynamic and flight control system design. High AOA testing will continue on the F-35A for several months testing the capabilities of all design loadings and the flight control system.
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A mother accused of child abuse after her 11-year-old caught on fire during a vehicle arson was identified by authorities Thursday.
Henderson police said Juanita D. Carr, 30, drove her son and an 18-year-old acquaintance to her van just after midnight Wednesday.
Carr told police she thought the minivan had been stolen sometime on Sunday, but learned Tuesday evening that the 18-year-old had left the vehicle near Russell Road and Boulder Highway, near Sam Boyd Stadium.
The group doused the van with gasoline and the 11-year-old set the van on fire, police said.
But the flames quickly jumped to the boy, who was hospitalized with severe burns on more than 40 percent of his body. He will likely survive, police said.
Carr told detectives she was behind on her car payments and recently spent $1,200 on repairs. But the van still didn't work properly.
Detectives have not yet interviewed the 18-year-old friend.
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Newpool Music launches Hiding Jekyll Lable Tennis Remix Contest
Newpool Music has announced its Lable Tennis Remix Contest, a chance to remix a track by Hiding Jekyll and win prizes from Ohmforce, Sonic Charge, Fabfilter and XILS-Lab.
Hiding Jekyll's open minded journey through different electronic styles along with his continuous testing of various live setups finally matured to become a real trademark sound. His aspiration to organize the material in a way that makes it possible to constantly manipulate his tracks, thus comprising both a unique studio and live performance which sometimes can't be repeated another time, is his strife for authenticity. This is the core of Hiding Jekyll, a name which is synonymous with his activities as a producer and live unit.
With his single Lable Tennis, out in spring 2014, we want to give you the opportunity to create a remix of this minimalistic beauty. You'll be able to win some valuable prizes from Sonic Charge, Ohm Force, Fabfilter and XILS-Lab. Just be sure to read the instructions and follow our terms and conditions. We wish you good luck and a lot of fun.
The submission phase begins January 27th, 2014 and ends February 27th, 2014 at 23:59 UTC. The decision phase begins February 28th and ends March 3rd. The winners will be announced soon after.
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