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JACKSON -- Mississippi Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney has the authority to esta]]blish and manage a health insurance exchange, according to a legal opinion released late Tuesday by the state attorney general's office.
Exchanges are online marketplaces where people can shop for insurance. Under the federal health law that President Barack Obama signed in 2010, every state is required to set up an exchange. States that don't create their own will have one run by Washington.
Gov. Phil Bryant and other Republican governors who oppose exchanges have said they fear the exchange will give the federal government a back-door way to force the expansion of Medicaid, which is also envisioned to be part of the federal health care law.
But Chaney, also a Republican, has said the danger of the federal government diverting people from the exchange to Medicaid will be greater if the state doesn't run the exchange.
"He's ruled in our favor... and we thought that would happen," Chaney said in a telephone interview Tuesday. "We are very encouraged. Now everything will rest with HHS. The ball is in HHS' court."
The Department of Health and Human Services has said it had approved exchange proposals for Washington, D.C., and 17 states, four of which have Republican governors. Officials said they did not act on Mississippi's request because of the split between Bryant and Chaney over who has authority to create or oversee a plan.
"It is the opinion of this office that MID (Mississippi Insurance Department) is vested with authority to submit the application to establish a health insurance exchange," Hood's opinion said. "Our office has found no statute which would allow the governor to override a decision of MID or the commissioner."
Chaney said Bryant may still try to block his efforts to establish the program but noted he had not spoken with the governor.
In a statement late Tuesday, Bryant spokesman Mick Bullock said Bryant wasn't giving up his fight.
"Governor Bryant understands that as a Democrat, General Hood was placed in an extremely difficult position," Bullock said. "Governor Bryant will continue to resist efforts to further implement 'Obamacare,' including a health insurance exchange."
The rift over the health exchange is a rare public dispute between members of the Republican Party, which controls all statewide offices except the attorney general's office.
Chaney's office has been working on an exchange for months, and he has been sharply criticized by tea party conservatives, who believe he is promoting big government.
Chaney disagrees with their criticism, saying exchanges are inevitable and it is in the state's best interest to have as much control as possible.
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The mobile gift-giving app Karma announced Friday it has been acquired by Facebook. The announcement came shortly after the markets closed on Facebook's first day as a publicly traded company.
Karma allows users to buy gifts from its catalogue from their mobile phones. Recipients receive a text message notifying them of the gift and directing them to a website where they can exchange it if they want to and enter their shipping address.
Karma, which launched in 2011, is already integrated with Facebook. Karma draws from Facebook profiles to notify users of friends' birthdays, for example. The app will retain its functions after the acquisition, according to a blog post from Karma's founders.
The move continues Facebook's push to enhance its mobile offerings, where it currently generates less revenue per user than it does on the desktop. The app's commerce features could suggest Facebook plans to expand in that area.
Ray Valdes, an analyst with Gartner, noted that Facebook has "a strong historical pattern" of buying companies to get access to their expertise.
"I would interpret [the move] as acquiring general talent, but also experience in a particular domain, which is in this case, mobile, commerce and social interaction," Valdes said.

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text: Technophilia: Five things you didn't know you could do with Yahoo!Wendy Boswell6/19/06 1:30pmFiled to: FeatureSearch TechniquesSearch enginesSocial BookmarkingStudy TipsTechnophiliaWebYahoo11EditPromoteShare to KinjaToggle Conversation toolsGo to permalinkby Wendy BoswellAdvertisementMost of us are probably familiar with Yahoo!; that is, familiar enough. We know that there's Yahoo! Mail, Yahoo! Search, and Yahoo!..hmmm..what else does Yahoo! do? This is unfortunate, because while Yahoo! has a tremendous presence on the Web, I haven't noticed many Web searchers taking full advantage of all that Yahoo! has to offer.Well, that's about to change. In today's feature I'll show you five different things you might not have known you could do with Yahoo!.Yahoo! Quick ShortcutsYahoo! Shortcuts are an under-hyped way to get where you're going fast on the Web. Many different Yahoo! shortcuts are available, such as:Advertisement!ebay girls swimsuits size 6: Bypass eBay's search and go directly to what you want with this handy-dandy eBay shortcut.!amazon: I had some fun with this one. Tack on whatever you're looking for at Amazon, such as !amazon books, even !amazon the corrections or !amazon walk the line dvd.!flickr beach: Browse through Flickr photo tags; again, you can tack on whatever it is you're looking for and if there's a Flickr tag that matches it, you're all set.You can find lots more great Yahoo! shortcuts at Yahoo! Open Shortcuts, and you can even create your own.Gray's AnatomyThe next time you feel the need to read up on the characteristics of the vertebral column or the superficial cervical muscle - or just need some basic anatomy questions answered - you can navigate over to Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body, part of the stellar Yahoo! Education channel.AdvertisementSponsoredThis is the Bartleby edition of Gray's Anatomy featuring 1,247 images and around 13,000 separate anatomy entries; an amazing resource. Includes a rudimentary search function, or you can browse through the subject index.Go global with International Yahoo!Yahoo! International includes an interactive map and directory of every country where there is an official Yahoo! destination.Check out Catalan Yahoo!, Yahoo! Japan, Yahoo! Norway, and more. For a search geek like me, this is extremely interesting, since Yahoo! in the US is drastically different in terms of search results and general "feel" than other countries in the world. It's nice to get a look at what other searchers in the Yahoo! world are experiencing.If you're in the mood for more Yahoo! International, you can read Yahoo! World News or browse through the list of International Organizations in the Yahoo! Directory. And speaking of the Yahoo! Directory...Yahoo! DirectoryThe Yahoo! Directory is one of the oldest and largest search directories on the Web. There are all sorts of interesting sub-categories here, anything from photography to archaeology and everything in between.AdvertisementNew links are manually added to the Yahoo! Directory frequently. I subscribe to a few of the Yahoo! Directory Feeds in order to see what's being added.You can search within the Yahoo! Directory by using the tabbed Directory feature on the main Yahoo! search page, or you can use Advanced Directory Search to dig even deeper.AdvertisementIf you have a site that you'd like included in the Yahoo! Directory you can check out the Yahoo! Submission Guidelines.Get a deal with Yahoo! AuctionsYahoo! Auctions is a completely fee-free auction site; yep, no fees at ALL in order to sell at Yahoo! Auctions (of course, PayPal fees will apply if you use that service as part of your buying/selling strategy).AdvertisementYou can use the basic Yahoo! Auction search visible front and center on the Yahoo! Auctions page to find what you're looking for, but my personal auctions search preference is the Yahoo! Auctions Advanced Search. This is a pretty sophisticated little search service; you can search by keyword, closed auctions, bid ID's, or item number, as well as location, buy range, and payment methods.Overall, Yahoo! Auctions is an excellent (free!) way to get some of that stuff out of your house or garage; they also provide free booths to sellers with neat personalization options.Get more out of Yahoo! This article is just barely scratches the surface of all that Yahoo! has to offer. For instance: AdvertisementYahoo! FinanceYahoo! People SearchYahoo! PodcastsYahoo! TVYahoo! Small Businessand much more. What are your favorite Yahoo! destinations? Let us know in the comments or at tips at lifehacker.com.AdvertisementWendy Boswell, associate Lifehacker editor, is a dedicated Yahoo! Yayhoo who has been using Yahoo! since she was a wee little search geek. Her special feature Technophilia will appear every Monday at Lifehacker. Subscribe to the Technophilia RSS feed to get new installments in your newsreader.


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(L to R) Jean Paul Barnard, Elizabeth Smiley, and Matt Ashton went undefeated in their regional to advance to the National Trial Competition. Out of the nearly 300 teams that competed at regionals across the U.S., only 29 qualify for nationals, putting Arizona Law in the top 10 percent of teams in the country.
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Bacon makes this creamy dish—with just the right amount of heat—the ultimate summer comfort food. Don't substitute frozen corn here; the flavor of this quick chowder depends on freshly cut kernels.
Cook the bacon in a 5- to 6-quart Dutch oven or other heavy-duty pot over medium-high heat until browned and crisp, about 5 minutes. With a slotted spoon, transfer the bacon to a paper-towel-lined plate. Pour off and discard all but 2 Tbs. of the bacon fat.
Return the Dutch oven to medium-high heat and add the onion, half of the scallions, the celery, bell pepper, and thyme. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the vegetables begin to soften, about 5 minutes. Add the corn and cook until softened, about 2 minutes. Stir in the chipotle powder and cook for 30 seconds.
Add the half-and-half and chicken broth and bring to a boil. Add the grated potato, lower the heat to medium, and cook, covered, until the potato is cooked through, about 10 minutes. Season to taste with salt and transfer to 4 large soup bowls. Garnish with the reserved bacon and scallions, and the cheese, if using, and serve.
nutrition information (per serving): Calories (kcal): 500, Fat Calories (kcal): 180, Fat (g): 20, Saturated Fat (g): 10, Polyunsaturated Fat (g): 1.5, Monounsaturated Fat (g): 4.5, Cholesterol (mg): 60, Sodium (mg): 570, Carbohydrates (g): 69, Fiber (g): 8, Protein (g): 19
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Prestigious new diploma developed by the ASA and Water Babies
05 April 2013
Twelve outstanding swimming teachers have become the first to gain the ASA Level 2 Extended Diploma in Coaching Learn to Swim.
This prestigious new national diploma was developed by the ASA and Water Babies, the world's largest baby and toddler swim school.
Approved by SkillsActive and accredited by Ofqual, the qualification was launched through the ASA's premier training provider, the IoS. The diploma consolidates years of learning into one qualification, with specific focus on child development, child protection, parent feedback and the innovative delivery of swimming lessons.
Ensuring high quality, specialist training for swimming teachers across the Water Babies national franchise, the qualification will encourage teachers to advance their skills and knowledge to a world class level. Steve Franks, Managing Director of Water Babies, said, "The term 'world class' is frequently used when referring to the fantastic work of our swimming teachers, and now we have a world class qualification to back this statement up. We look forward to this qualification setting a benchmark standard across the industry.
"We are proud of our unique and collaborative partnership with the ASA and IoS, who have demonstrated true leadership and outstanding performance in their determination to meet our expectations as a leading growth business in the aquatic industry."
Swimming is the perfect exercise for babies and young children, as the water allows a baby's muscles to move freely without constraints of gravity. Regular exercise plays a vital role in babies' development, with every movement helping to strengthen their brain for new learning. Water Babies employs over 350 swimming teachers to teach 30,000 babies each week from birth upwards, using the British Gas ASA Learn to Swim Pathway, the national syllabus to assist and support the delivery of swimming lessons.
Kelly Gaffney, National Programmes and Partnership Manager for IoS Training and the ASA, said, "The Diploma will allow both existing and new Water Babies teachers to take ownership and responsibility for leading the industry and being world class in their field. We are extremely proud to be the premier provider of this qualification to the Water Babies network, working in partnership to support their learners along their pathway to success."


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Rahman to tour Australia to relive tension
He's hoping to improve international relations with music and is set to organise a free concert in Sydney in January (10) as part of the region's cultural festival. "Considering the recent hassles that have created a bad vibe, I thought this concert would be a statement of peace. I hope it will do what ever it can to reunite culturally and spiritually," the Daily Express quoted Rahman as saying. "This show is very important to me. I hope it creates a bridge of understanding and love," he added.


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The estrellas are stepping out today, and we've got the photos to prove it!
Next Slideshow: Steppin' Out: Eva Longoria, Wilmer Valderrama, Amaury Nolasco & More!
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Happy Couple: After a rough start to 2013, Sofia Vergara and her fiancé Nick Loeb were all smiles at the beach in Miami on January 2.
Hot Mama: Mother-of-two Jessica Alba looks amazing in her bikini while vacationing in Cabo on January 2.
Three's Company: Amaury Nolasco, Wilmer Valderrama and Eva Longoria attend a dinner at Sakara Beach Club at Quattro in Miami Beach on December 29.
Goofball: Sofia Vergara rings in the new year with her signature silliness at Delano South Beach in Miami on December 31.
Dem Babies Down Under: Mariah Carey and her husband Nick Cannon take their twins Roc and Roe on a yacht ride around the Great Barrier Reef in Australia on December 29.
Newlyweds New Years Kiss: The recently-married couple Mario Lopez and Courtney Mazza share a kiss on the NIVEA Kiss Stage in Times Square on New Year's Eve 2013 in New York City.
Pitbull Rockin' Eve: Pitbull performs to an excited crowd during Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2013 on December 31.


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Local garbage man featured in new political ad targeting Mitt Romney Man gets trash in front of Romney's La Jolla home Jennifer Jensen 8:15 PM, Oct 2, 2012 9:19 PM, Oct 2, 2012 Share Article Previous Next A local garbage man is being featured in a series of new political attack ads targeting Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney. KGTV Show Caption Hide Caption Previous Next SAN DIEGO - A local garbage man is being featured in a series of new political attack ads targeting Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney. The ads were created to put a face to America's public service workers. They include workers like San Diegan Richard Hayes, a garbage collector who picks up trash in front of Romney's oceanfront La Jolla home. "When I'm 55 to 60 years old, I know my body is going to be breaking down, but Romney doesn't care about that," Hayes says in one of the ads. 10News took the ad and two others featuring San Diego workers to political science professor Carl Luna. "It's a very interesting ad," said Luna. "It's the common man versus the patrician." The ads were created by the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, a union with 1.6 million members, including Hayes. They said the idea came from Romney's comments caught in a viral video released by Mother Jones. "If Mitt Romney loses this campaign, I think the forensics of it, they'll look back and say that was the video… the moment when he lost it," said Luna. 10News contacted the Republican Party of San Diego County for their response to the ad. "It would seem to me that Richard is one of the lucky ones," said Tony Krvaric, the chairman of the Republican Party of San Diego County. "He has a job, unlike millions of Americans who cannot find a job due to President Obama's failure to get our economy moving again." Luna added, "For the Romney campaign, the best thing to do with this ad is either ignore it or just to start your own counter-narrative about job creation and the rest." Share Article A Share A A A Share Article


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Kudos to the Kindergarten Teachers
Posted on September 18th, 2011
I'm friends with lots of kindergarten teachers. Skye is one of them; Mr. A is another one; and there are a bunch more. Thank goodness, because I am joining their ranks (sort of), rotating through the French immersion kinder classes to do math, and having one class all to myself for most of every other Friday. Let me tell you, it is a huge relief to know people whose brains I can pick.
Kindergarten is a whole new world. Other than a tiny piece of kinder planning five years ago (in which I learned of the extreme randomness of small children's thought processes), this is my first foray into the beginner stratum of public school. And when I say beginner, I mean the kids (and sometimes the parents)… not the teachers. Teaching kindergarten is not for the faint of heart – or the weak of stomach, or the feeble of feet, or the poor of energy. Kindergarten teachers have my everlasting respect.
Friday was my first day this year teaching full-on all day long – two solid (100-minute) blocks of kindergarten, lunch yard duty, then two core French classes. I think it would have been fun, if my head hadn't been full of congestion and my energy level down in my shoes. As it was, I asked myself (as I have many times over the years) "Why did I have to pick a job this hard?" If teaching is a study in sheer energy output, kindergarten is the ultimate test.
Notwithstanding, I still managed to fall in love with several of the kids – and gained some new appreciation for my junior students (Grades 4-6) who are so self-directed, hilarious in their own right, and whom I also love – for different reasons. I guess that answers my aforementioned question.
Here are some things I'm learning about kindergarten, so far:
- "Can we play now?" (This as soon as they walk in the door.)
- Kindergarteners are cute. You want to kiss their little faces… but you're not allowed to, in case it is construed as a "no" touch.
- Luckily, they are also affectionate; I've received lots of hugs already. When they throw their arms around you, it's basically impossible not to hug them back.
- They have almost no sense of time or sequence of events. After being there for an hour, half of them think it's home time; then they can have their snack, and after 25 minutes of recess, they've forgotten all about it and think it's lunch time.
- "When can we play?"
- There are huge discrepancies between the abilities of kindergarten students. Some are almost entirely self-sufficient, and some don't even know to ask for help putting their shoes on.
- These kids are raw humans. They say whatever they're thinking, they cry when they feel like it, they hit when they're mad, they spazz out when the mood strikes them. There's little to no social filtering or niceties.
- By the same token, they know how to do undiluted joy. Seeing their ginormous grins elicited by the feeling of simply running as fast as they can… it's fantastic.
- "Is it play time yet?"
- Like most of us humans, they are sheeplike. For instance, if one of them decides something is funny and starts laughing, soon they're all cackling like little loons.
- Singing is amazingly effective in getting their attention. Mr. A has thoroughly harnessed this power: he has songs for lining up, sitting on the carpet, tidying the toys, washing the hands, etc.
- There is no limit to the amount of silliness they can take in stride. The crazier the faces you make, voices you use, and things you do with your limbs, the better.
- "Now can we play??"
- They learn a LOT from playing, from social interaction to fine and gross motor skills to basic physics. It's a good thing, too, because playing is what they would do all day long if you let them.
- I've been (re)assured that curriculum takes a backseat in kindergarten. I've seen for myself how much day-to-day life stuff they still need to learn. Skye helped put it in perspective by telling me what she considers her job's priority: helping these kids like school and want to come back.
- I have the distinct impression that in a kindergarten classroom, at any given time, chaos is only a hairsbreadth away. So I'm hoping that with practice, as I work my kindergarten muscles (the ones used to keep lids on things), it will get easier.
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"in a kindergarten classroom, at any given time, chaos is only a hairsbreadth away" – sort of like raising kids in general. Or Life…
I wish you were MY kindergarten teacher!
I taught a kindergarten/grade one split one year. K is THE hardest grade to teach and I so respect Christiane who just retired after teaching Immersion K for 35 years, loving it every day for the entire time.
PreK. That's what I used to teach. Eighteen fours turning five. Just imagine….
All I can say is "thank you"… as usual I'm struck by your stellar ability to encapsulate moments and thoughts with your pen…er…keyboard.
I can think of four kindergarten teachers right off the top of my head that have touched the lives of students and parents in such a positive way. And I was just wondering….Can we play yet? 🙂
Amazing. Love kindergarteners and the teachers that are so committed to them. They have so much to teach us (both groups!)
I have a kid in JK French immersion and one in SK french immersion right now – i can only *imagine* the chaos of the classroom 🙂
Di, your uncle G. when he was a little 5-year-old tyke walked home at the first recess because he figured that must surely be a whole day! Five-year-olds are a truly wonderful slice of humankind, embodying all the diversity there is. I knew a little boy who had ADHD and had a LOT of trouble attending to what was said, staying focused, and sitting at all still. What he would sit completely still for and attend to with amazing focus was storytelling. You might enjoy reading this book: http://www.storytellers-conteurs.ca/reviews/kuyvenhoven-johanna.html
And i think Mr. A's creative use of song is brilliant – addresses the other side of the brain, too. -
I have the utmost respect for the Kindergarten teachers (and the Early Childhood Educators who work with them now) at our school. They do amazing things! My class always has "buddies" with one of the K classes and it's neat to get to know them even though I don't get them for a few more years…


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Mike Brasile is returning to the Fox Valley Conference for his first head coaching position.
Brasile, a 1999 Woodstock graduate, who also coached as a Blue Streaks assistant, has been hired as Hampshire's new head football coach. He replaces Dan Cavanaugh, who retired after 25 years as head coach.
Brasile played on Woodstock's 1997 Class 5A state championship team on both offensive and defensive line. He played college football at Ball State, then at Augustana. He currently coaches and teaches social studies at Leyden, where he coached the offensive line.


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Donaji & the Magical Poncho
This is the story of a fearless girl and her encounter with the wicked cold wind god
4.29 / 5.00 4,015 ViewsAn entry for the Epic Fall contest.
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I like Nyan stuff, so naturally I LOVE THIS! Awesome animation, and it's about time the galaxy exploded :P 5 and a 10!
Hah thanks! Yeah this galaxy thing is getting old doesn't it?
Thx 4 10s!
Good but...
It didn't really have an ending or punchline. He just ran out of fuel and fell. Not into a toaster, or a dog pound, or into anything, cliche or not. It was funny enough but the joke never really happened.
It's for the contest! It is an epic falling!
What a good flash submission!
If they were true to ask when they were so awesome to ask for an awesome flash submission.
Awesome is a nice word indeed! Thanks for the 10!
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That cursed cat is die!!!!!!!...but..the world too.Jojojojojo two or for in one
I think it's fair enough.
Just caught one problem
Ignoring that I just watched a video about a cat/poptart hybrid flying through space on a rainbow, one thing inparticular bothered me. Nyancat wouldn't have just fallen like that, it would have continued drifting in space at the same speed when the rainbow ran out since it's in space. Thats Newtons law, right? :o
Anywho, solid animation accompanied by good sound effects. The everything explodes ending was a bit abrupt but it's to be expected from an epic fail vid.
Yeah I thought that too, but do Newton's laws take the existance of a cat/poptart hybrid flying through space on a rainbow into account?


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SEASON: Summer
MONTH: August
DATE: 22nd
STATE: Montana
COUNTY: Granite County
LOCATION DETAILS: Take Hwy 1 from Anaconda to Georgertown. Take 242 up to Racetrack Lake.
NEAREST TOWN: Georgetown, Montana
NEAREST ROAD: Hwy 1
OBSERVED: I was out looking for old abandoned gold mines outside of Georgetown Lake in Montana to do some prospecting in the summer of 2010. Around 4 pm as I was traveling back down logging road 242 north of Georgetown Lake in my FJ Cruiser. A rock came flying through the trees from my right and hit my cruiser's roof top leaving a sizable dent in the roof. I saw the rock as it bounced off the roof and fly down the hillside. I immediately stopped thinking some kid or person threw a rock at my truck. As I jumped out of my truck to see who or what threw the rock from up the hillside a large dark creature disappeared up the hill and into the trees. I thought to myself "No way, It couldn't be".But I have the dented roof to prove that what I believe to be a Bigfoot threw the rock.
ALSO NOTICED: No
OTHER WITNESSES: I was solo
OTHER STORIES: Not to my knowledge.
TIME AND CONDITIONS: 4:00pm Clear blue sky, 75 degrees
ENVIRONMENT: Mountain pine forest. 242 follows a mountain creek going to Georgetown lake. 242 is a rough back road. 4x4 is recommended
Follow-up investigation report by BFRO Investigator R. Monteith:
This gentleman drove to the mines taking the same dirt road up and back, leaving around 10 AM and returning around 4PM. He said he was crawling thru the mines, digging too. Spent the day exploring. Driving about 10 mph, he was about 1 1/2 miles from the mines when the rock bounced off and he saw it land next to the truck. Google earth image of the location:It struck his truck hard, denting it.Photo of the dent along with the actual rock that made it:Photo of the rock next to a baseball for size comparison:Angry and thinking some kids were messing with him, he stopped the truck and got out. He noticed it was unusually quiet. Seeing a dark shadow moving in the woods which he thought was the rock thrower, he went into the woods to confront them. He walked about 100 yards into the woods and saw nothing no people, tracks or even animals. He is an avid hunter and the unusual quiet gave him a creepy feeling". He realized that the rock thrower wasnt a kid messing with him". The area is part of Lost Creek State Park.
About BFRO Investigator R. Monteith:
R. Monteith has had a life-long interest in Bigfoot and has an extensive background in outdoor land and ocean survival as well as mountaineering. She has tran-sailed the Atlantic, backpacked in remote places throughout the world and has climbed three of the seven summits. She studied International Relations at Florida International University, and is a Financial Consultant. She has participated in many private expeditions as well as the 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 & 2015 BFRO North Florida Expeditions and the 2013 BFRO UP Michigan & Alabama Expedition. See more Information at The Florida BFRO


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It is an original item with it being marked in ink. I would appreciate any feedback that anyone can give me on this. If it is a rare collectable piece and/or what it would be valued at. The bottom right says this 12th day of May 1890. Thank you so much in advance and have a blessed day! : )


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but what if i can't get a hold of a digital camera and don't have a scanner......
I have tried to post a pic of the 'error' I found but the IMG button is set to off :bored: , and I don't know why!!? :confused: I have tried everything and even had another member....much more experienced than I...to help me (thanks Chuck) but even he was stumped :ermm: ...if you can help me fix this problem I will try and upload my pic again.:classic:Quote:
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Silent Steel, was the picture one of the valid ones you can upload like Jpeg? I know when I scan stuff in, it sets it automatically to .TIFF. Maybe that was the porblem.
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I found this a number of years ago when Eps. 1 came out. I figured it might be worth something so I picked it up and stuck it in a safe place. Fast forward a few years, I totally forgot about it and just found it again. This package hasn't been opened. The back side of the box is correct, with Qui-Gon Jinn's name and everything. The front of the box, as you can see is where they goofed up on. I was just wondering what this, if anything might be worth.
Tray insert errors aren't as valuable because of the ease of faking the item (I'm not suggesting you are faking this, but whenever a popular error like this has come out, there have been copycats soon behind selling faked ones, like the holofoil on orange cards in '96) and the fact that it's not a printing error but a simple packaging-assembly error. The item itself is a common item, not particularly popular from the Ep 1 days, and gets no bids on ebay, the top bid-getter was $3.25. I would say that this error probably wouldn't put the value over the item's original $10 pricetag unless you find someone who collects exactly this kind of error.


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In my opinion, its time to move on from Willie. This
Is 3 years in a row.
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In my opinion, its time to move on from Willie. This
Is 3 years in a row.
Yup. What are they scheduled to pay him in 2013? Could help us get under the cap. A player who is hurt all the time is not worth ANY $. And no wonder his knees are always blowing out; look at the guy. How would you like to be his knees at that weight? Time to move on with the following.
Polamalu, unless he gains forms and stays healthy from now to final cuts next year.
Wallace - I can't wait to see how low he settles on his new deal.
It's not official, but according to Dulac, he is expected out for the rest of the year:
If healthy, I have a hard time believing that DD is not a better option than weakening 2 positions with Legursky/Pouncey.What do Steelers do know without Colon? DeCastro?
LG Willie Colon aggravated a left knee injury against the Chargers and the Steelers do not expect him to play the rest of the season.
The plan right now is to have All-Pro center Maurkice Pouncey move to left guard and have Doug Legursky play center the rest of the season. That's what the Steelers did last week against the Baltimore Ravens when Colon missed his second game in a row.
The coaches believe Legursky is more effective at center than guard because he plays better with his shoulders square to the line of scrimmage. And Pouncey is more suited to guard than Legursky because he is more athletic and able to pull on their counter plays.
It's possible the Steelers could eventually use rookie No. 1 David DeCastro at left guard when he is ready to play. But, for now, they will use Pouncey at left guard.
lol- I don't know about Troy, but the rest, for sure. Maybe the NFL should consider weight limits per position instead of this stupid kick off procedure they are proposing... NFLPA would probably b!tch at that though.
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I would leave Pouncey at G and Legs at C for the rest of the season. Just leave it as-is. You see what happens with all this freaking turnstile crap along the OL. They did fine against the Rats.
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Pfelix, I agree with ya
Between his holding, his injuries and history, let go of him and start a new.
he was with ben in GA. colon is bad luck.


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Recently a couple of our BBR staff members made the journey down to Jacksonville, AL to watch the UNA football team take on the Gamecocks. Since we were leaving Florence at noon we decided to stop somewhere in Jacksonville for an early dinner before going to the game.
Choices in and around Jacksonville are not overly abundant except for a few of the fast food chain burger joints. When we travel we always like to look for the Mom and Pop eateries that are off the beaten path and this time was no exception. It was a "NO-Brainer" since one of the local barbecue joints' ribs are on the List of 100 dishes to eat in Alabama before you die and have won numerous other local awards. The list of 100 dishes was compiled by tourism professionals from around the state and published by the Alabama Department of Tourism.
Our destination was Cooter Brown's Rib Shack, located on Alabama 204 just outside of town. We thought from all reports that the parking lot would be full but there were only a few cars at 3:30 pm, however, once we got inside we were glad the parking lot wasn't full because there would have been a heck of a wait. Cooter Brown's is a former sports bar type watering hole that catered to the local folks that wanted to watch sporting events and knock back a few brewskies.
However, in 2000 all of this changed with the purchase of the business by its current owners Tim and Barbara Johnson. The building has always housed some type of bar and Tim and Barbara wanted to change that image somewhat and start focusing on the food. After all, you can get a cold beer or mixed drink most anywhere, but you can only get those great tasting ribs at Cooter Brown's."
From the outside the place still looks like a county line beer joint. Those not familiar and just passing by may think you need a knife or gun to enter. However, once inside you'll find a cozy, relaxing atmosphere with a friendly staff eager to serve you some of the best food in the area. Just remember our food is as good, as our building is ugly. (source: Cooter Brown's website)
The inside of the "Ugly" building as they call it, is tight quarters with what I estimated to be about 35 to 40 available seats including the bar stools. Of course you don't come to Cooter Brown's to Line Dance, you come to eat ribs, barbecue and other q-joint food, so sitting elbow to elbow with other barbecue aficionados isn't a big deal but you do have to watch out for flying barbecue sauce.
I ordered the half slab of St. Louis style spare ribs with fries and my dining partner got a barbecue sandwich and fries. His take on the barbecue was that it tasted very good and was above average.
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So the question would be if they served these ribs to a group of six judges would they win? The answer would be a resounding NO! But, you serve these to six hungry guys at a quaint Q-joint with a cold brew and you're gonna get rave reviews which would be justly deserved.
I enjoyed eating the ribs and cleaned the bones thoroughly and left with a smile on my face, along with a little barbecue sauce I'm sure. Cooter Brown's ribs are better than any I've tasted locally so I would stop again at Cooter's if I'm down that way and I recommend you do to.
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Mississippi Learning, 1964
During the winter of 1960, Ezell Blair Junior, David Richmond, Franklin McCain and Joseph McNeil were average college students; equal parts daring and immature -- which can be dangerous. But the North Carolina A&T University students, who came to be known as the Greensboro Four, used their audaciousness to fight segregation. Despite the 1954 Board vs. Brown of Education court decision which made school segregation unconstitutional, the United States was still divided by race and many businesses refused to serve blacks.
On Feb. 1, 1960, the Greensboro Four attempted to order food at a Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina, but they were refused service. They went back the next day, to no avail. But the future legendary civil rights activists' persistence paid off. By Feb. 5, 1960, the Greensboro Four had about 300 followers.
Several years later, in 1964, these protestors, known as the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, traveled into the violent territory of the Deep South with their boldness, and perhaps divine intervention, as their only protection.
Just a year prior, civil rights activist Medgar Evers was assassinated by white supremacist Byron De La Beckwith for his boldness in fighting for equality in Jackson, Miss.
"SNCC began its first project in Mississippi in Pike County," explained former SNCC member Charles Cobb, founder of the Mississippi Freedom Schools. "States like Mississippi deliberately and systematically used their power to deny education to blacks."
Educator Myles Horton influenced Cobb and other civil rights activists like Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Rosa Parks and Diane Nash, to name a few. Horton had founded Highlander Folk School in 1932 to give under-represented students an education that related to them; Cobb eventually adopted Horton's ideals.
"I was surprised when I went to the Delta (North Mississippi). Libraries didn't have books. It was a shell. These were brand new black schools and labs didn't have microscopes and they shut down schools when it was time to pick cotton. Schools were keeping blacks ignorant. We had leftover books and not enough books to go around," Cobb said.
There were not enough books to go around because school funds were not evenly distributed. "For whites, they were spending $39 per student and less than a $1 for blacks."
Equality and Black Power were advocated by organizations like the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and Black Panther Party, to name a few. But some African Americans were seemingly content with inequality.
"There was a lot of fear. You could get killed. Lose your job. Many people agreed with you, but they were not willing to put their jobs and family at risk."
Cobb risked his life to save a life through Mississippi Freedom Schools as part the 1964 Freedom Summer. Forty-one schools opened in various cities and towns throughout Mississippi, "unstudying" traditional education.
Classes were held in churches, backyards, or wherever there was space. Classroom discussion challenged myths about African Americans and the fears of poor whites and blacks, while students compared their reality to others. The school's agenda was to enable African Americans to be active in their communities despite adversity.
Professor and author of "Local People: Struggle for Civil Rights in Mississippi" John Dittmer wrote about Gus Courts, who was working as a grocer in Belzoni, Miss. when he and George W. Lee founded the local branch of the NAACP in 1953. Courts later served as president of the Belzoni branch and was active in the fight to register local African-American voters. In 1956, he was shot in the arm after he refused to remove his name from a voter registration list. He was also forced to resign from his position as president after his bank threatened to "forfeit his credit rating." In Cleveland, Miss., Dr. Clinton Battle lost most of his clientele after Citizen Council members, a white supremacist group, gave a warning for them to change doctors.
"You have to learn to work with that. You have to get people to understand that no matter how bad things get you not going to get ran out. You play ball, sit on the porch and talk to people. You show people that you will not run and a few people will join you," Cobb said.
Middle class blacks weren't the only ones afraid to join the Mississippi movement. "You could make the argument that the middle class were unwilling to join, but it was everybody."
Despite these obstacles, Freedom Schools were effective. Freedom School teachers imported an education system that undid centuries of state sanctioned subordination, by teaching African-American children to question authority – subsequently radicalizing the Mississippi school system.
While Cobb is credited as the founder of Mississippi Freedom Schools, he credits Mississippians. "Yes, it was my idea, but we didn't have the man-power to deal with this."
About 500 students were expected to enroll in Mississippi Freedom Schools. Instead, about 2,000 students enrolled. "Mississippians made it. Charles McLauren, Curtis Hays, June Thompson and Hollis Hopkins are important people in Mississippi."
Many SNCC members didn't arrive in Mississippi until 1964. Activist Bob Moses was the first SNCC member in Mississippi, according to Cobb. "Bob was sent to McComb (Mississippi) by the NAACP. I came in '62 with McLauren. You didn't have a big influx of people in Mississippi until 1964. To understand the Mississippi movement you have to understand this."
Mississippians knew best what their state was in need of. "If you are a grass roots organizing people you had to work within a consensus. There was a consensus for Freedom Schools. We noticed that right away in Mississippi. Around '62 or '63, maybe we could use these students to tackle education. It was the organizers' idea not the educators," Cobb said.
It was also the organizers' idea to begin the voter registration drive. "A guy, Amzie Moore. He lived in Bolivar, (Mississippi). He is probably the reason we were successful in Mississippi," Cobb said. "He owned his own gas station on Highway 61. He refused to segregate his restaurant, and bathrooms. I mean, we were students and he said, 'We need to think about voter registration.' We did voter registration because there was a consensus."
Freedom Schools and voter registration drives were in black communities. Before SNCC, blacks had to go to the white community. "Do you really want to go to that part of the country with a lot of white people? You were immediately put in danger.
What Freedoms Schools did was help give a different approach to the learning in the public school system. We were not involved in sit-ins and Freedom Rides. We were involved in organizing. The inside Mississippi movement was driven by Mississippians. Many Mississippians don't understand the Mississippi movement."
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• New data program in place in the Moffat County School District.
• Program allows teachers to instantly access information, including scores from the Colorado Student Assessment Program.
• The school district rolled out $16,000 for the program this fall.
A task that once took weeks can now be done in a few seconds thanks to new technology in place in the Moffat County School District.
Alpine Achievement stores information teachers can use to hone in on student needs in the classroom.
"This is just a wonderful piece to make our work more effective and more efficient on a day-to-day basis," assistant superintendent Brent Curtice said.
The system, which the district rolled out this fall and costs about $16,000, allows teachers to see results from multiple tests, including the Colorado Student Assessment Program, the state's standardized test, and MAP tests, which teachers can use to gauge student progress.
Getting that type of data wasn't easy in the past.
"Before, we would have multiple sources that we would have to pull from, and (it would) take weeks and weeks to pull it all together," said Marlene Knez, the school district's technology director. "And then when teachers would look at it and ask questions, we weren't able to quickly get them the answers to their questions."
Now teachers can access that information instantaneously.
So far, feedback from teachers has been positive, Knez said.
Amber Clark, a Moffat County High School science teacher, has used the program quite a bit and for the first time, she can get an array of student information in one place.
"For any of the kids in my classroom right now, I can look them up through the system and I can have a really good idea of their reading level, their writing level, their math skills," she said.
Getting that kind of information about students is important in identifying which students are on track and which ones are falling behind. And, if a student is struggling, it can help teachers understand why. If a student in Clark's class has trouble reading, then that student will have difficulty completing reading assignments and worksheets, she said.
Gathering data is important, especially now, Curtice said.
"We live in a world today where we are accountable for growth — growth of each student," he said. "So, if we can first have a starting point of looking at data with a multitude of assessments, we can begin to better plan our work and then work our plan."
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As most reviews have noted, the tone of Embryonic is darker and more krautrock driven than the Flaming Lips' recent excursions. "Watching the Planets" continues in this vein, building a big wall of distorted vocals and keyboards over a circuitous guitar riff while Wayne Coyne leaps around the stage and tries to get the (unseen) audience on their feet. Check out Conan's attempt to play the gong right at the end of the clip.
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William Frederick Gibbons, born to concert pianist Frederick Royal Gibbons and his wife Loraine in Tanglewood, Texas, a suburb of Houston, is one of rock's most iconic figures. He has led ZZ Top since 1969, after fronting psychedelic garage legends the Moving Sidewalks from 1965 to 1968 (famed for the oft-covered 1967 single, "99th Floor"). Remarkably, ZZ Top has only endured one lineup change in its 44 year history. It's that second permanent lineup change (with the rhythm section of Frank Beard on drums and Dusty Hill on bass and vocals) that's responsible for everything from '70s hard shuffle classics like "La Grange" to the multi-platinum hi-tech '80s blues hits from the Eliminator album. From the attendant beards/weird guitars/hot girls/hot rods videos which made MTV fun to watch in the '80s, ZZ Top has stayed true to their core musical strengths and values. A hard, solid rhythm section, strong songwriting, and Gibbons' economical riffs and pinch harmonics shine through a gloriously distorted guitar tone. Plus, ZZ Top are some of the finest showmen you could hope to see, still able to pack arenas as they navigate a tour schedule which seemingly never ends. ZZ Top's most recent full-length release, the Rick Rubin co-produced La Futura, was their strongest in years, and was highly evocative of '70s ZZ Top classics like Tres Hombres. Gibbons also plays himself in a recurring role on the TV series "Bones."
Besides La Futura, you have a new catalog box set, which is quite fine: LP mixes all nicely remastered. Do you guys listen to that at all?
Yeah. In fact, we've been questioned on a number of occasions recently, "How did you persuade the powers that be to go back to the unadulterated, un-tampered-with originals to be included?" Because there was a weird period right after the success of Eliminator, which was a real interesting period in the history of recorded music. There were a lot of big selling records at that time. Somewhere in the mix, somebody said, "We oughta make all the records sound like this!" ZZ Top was, what is the term? "Thrown under the bus!" (laughs) Like everybody else that was hearing the early works, quote "modernized."
I'm not gonna say that it wasn't okay. It was just so dramatically different. But there is something so quaint as the '70s era that might be heard, comparatively speaking, today. There's a real historical value in doing it like it was then: Unhampered, straight ahead. In fact, we listened to it because we learned that we weren't playing a couple of the numbers correctly! (laughs) "Oh, that's how it was supposed to go! That's how we recorded it? Okay...."
What are your general thoughts on the box?
Well, it's a very admirable, ambitious undertaking. I guess what makes it of value and interest is we've gone way beyond the curiosity of digital downloads to where it's about a 50/50 game these days. But one could say, "Geeze, a ten-disc set when everybody's slowly but surely leaning towards downloads without hard product in hand?" I think this is a genuine window to start at the beginning and bring it right up to the present. And it's well-representative.
Do you ever take a look at this thing and say, "Wow, man! This is my life's work!"
What is astounding is to stack up the sheer volume of material that's there to see, right before your very eyes, in one nice compact box. It's cool! And something that we share that the average ZZ Top fan would like to know is: Yes, listening to it today, it's not only a bonus to revisit this wide range of time, but we do remember where we were, what was going on, the restaurants that we took a break in. It's this fabric of 40 years. Put something on, and it's like, "Oh, yeah! That's when we got stopped by the cops trying to get to the studio!"
It's also a nice bookend, in a way, with the current album. It sounds to me like ZZ Top not only going back to its roots, but it also sounds like you guys may have been listening to bands like The White Stripes and The Black Keys.
They both have managed to make a fairly strident stab with an even more spare lineup than ZZ Top as a trio: Here's a duo, basically guitar and drums. And when I was reviewing your notes, no sooner had I arrived, but we were wrapping up the closing night for this segment (of the tour) at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville. I happened to be on the way down to the venue, and we were playing a Howlin' Wolf CD: "Hey, put on some blues!" And it, too, was a duo! It was basically guitar, drums, and Wolf singing. I guess that would be a trio.
But the ferocity, just the power that can be made with just two guys is largely overlooked and highly underrated. Because it is unexpected. You see a full orchestra or a combo of five or maximum six guys, you're gonna get a powerful delivery. And when you see two guys, you think, "Okay, what are we gonna miss here?" Black Stripes, we've seen live. (catching his mistake) "White Stripes!" Excuse me! (laughs)
The Phil Spector approach to a blues duo!
The Phil Spector return to punk!
Well, how do you feel about the new album? Did you enjoy working with Rick Rubin?
Can I share something? I had known Rick a couple of decades before we officially worked together. And there was a distinctive change in the dynamic - we were pals, and now we're business associates. But we were kinda happy to be going through the motions and doing it as he would have it, because it was different, and that was of interest to us. Because we had done it from so many different angles and here was the opportunity to say, "Hey! Well, maybe - just maybe - here's something we haven't tried yet!" Well, sure enough, we were on one tune and we started...it was gentlemen's hours. We didn't get started until noon. But Dusty leaned over about 9PM, and said, "Y'know, we've done this song now for about nine hours. Do you think we can ask Rick how much better it's gonna get?" So, I said, "Yeah, come to think of it!"
So, through the glass, thanks to the microphone being right between us, I said, "Hey, Rick! We've been on this number for nine hours! Dusty and I were just wondering...?" And Frank was all smiles - he couldn't hear what we were addressing. And Rick said, "Oh, yeah! We got it second take, right after noon! (laughs) We just like watching you guys play!"
It was crazy. But it was good crazy. But without question, we can all agree on that: When it loosens up to the point where it is enjoyable, that's when the fireworks begin. The smile you crack in the studio, it falls in the grooves. Somehow, it's there.
ZZ Top seems to be in a privileged position among veteran bands. Like Cheap Trick, you've worked your way into being a working band. You're out there every year, working hard, and you're not having to play rib burnoffs of America like a lot of veteran working bands do. I've seen you play a lot of respectable theaters this tour, but you were telling me you're doing this by choice. So, you're telling me you can still play bigger venues?
Oh, yeah. Again, this was the tour where we became the promoter's nemesis, in that they would have preferred to have done arena venues. But what they're unwilling to buy into is the value of having the opportunity to reconnect from where you came. By and large, it's a notion that is sometimes unwisely overlooked by many working bands. We took a page out of the Rolling Stones' book, because I don't recall a tour in recent decades where they, too, haven't made it a point to get back to a small room. Most recently, they did that show in Los Angeles with, what was it? 300 or 500 people?
It was at The Echo, in Silverlake (in Los Angeles).
Yeah. They do it along the way. They will remind themselves. It's not only about reconnecting with the audience, it's also about reconnecting musically. The mistakes that are made in a giant arena are largely absorbed by the ambient chaos. What you don't want to do is get used to being able to get by with it. In a small room, every waking moment, every beat is right in your face, in a good way. I think that's the point. I appreciate Dusty saying, "I don't like the cliche "we're gonna get back to the roots.'" But without question, that's exactly what we're speaking of.
We don't have a view here, but (tour manager) Pablo (Gamboa)'s room was looking straight across the Alamodome (where ZZ Top had played the night before). And that is a big, huge room! There's no way that we were gonna go in there and be clubbish.
Well, you talk about going back to your roots. But ZZ Top has never strayed from your roots. Yes, in the '80s, you took on sequencers and dance beats and things like that. But basically, the fundamental of what you were doing was still guitar-driven, blues-based rock 'n' roll.
Yeah. Through all this so-called electronica era - Eliminator spilling even into Afterburner - granted, there was some experimentation that went far outside what could be considered rootsy blues. By no stretch of the imagination did it come close to the word traditional. This was experimentation at its zenith. And at the same time, you could stack the room with the latest technological breakthroughs, and we've still got one foot in the blues.
And I appreciate your alertness to the value that I made big of. That is inheriting a built-in rhythm section, Frank and Dusty having worked together since they were 14. They're by no means reduced to just sidemen. However, the function of positioning of sidemen to lay a platform makes the most beneficial springboard. Dude, I can go just crazy, and there they are, providing that platform. Probably one of the reasons it has worked so well for so long is that they enjoy being the chassis, the railbed. And I get to be the gear grinder.
Well, somebody has to be the power behind the throne. Those guys provide an eternal groove that does not relent.
Oh, yeah! And they never tire in pointing out that they come from Dallas. And I think it becomes more pronounced as a statement of braggadociousness. There's a distinctly different attitude when you address musicians from that region. There's a posture among Dallasite musicians that equates to the word "bad." As in, "tough," "rough," "down to the bone." I've yet to see a more proficient percussionist than what you experience with my drummer, Frank Beard. On the outside, he looks so non-chalant and borderline bored, but he's still delivering the goods. That is (voice drops an octave) "I'm baaaaad" attitude. (laughs) Attitudinally superior: "I can do this in my sleep." And by and large, by this point, he somewhat does.
Frank is so passive onstage, a friend thought he was in bad health in Austin. But he seemed alright to me.
Oh, definitely. Again, the poise of bad boys from Dallas. Everything is postured around non-chalance. As challenging as a particular passage may be technically, the name of the game to entertain is to make it look mindless, even borderline boring. That's what I call him: "My borderline boring beater of the skins." Or, "Frank Beard: 'Who, me? Goatee?"
It strikes me that ZZ Top created a new idea of being a Texan, in a way. You guys were not rednecks or anything like that. There was something very hip and cosmopolitan about the way you carried yourselves and made your music.
It was the bolder side of a launch. Because it was at a time when power trio music was relegated basically to England. Having taken up residency in Austin in '68 into '69 before returning to Houston, it was the sound of country music that was still considered Texas music. When you spoke of Texas music, it was not rock 'n' roll by a stretch. That was way on the fringe. Yeah, you had Dale Hawkins, you had...
Buddy Holly. Roy Orbison.
Buddy Holly, yeah. Waylon, Willie, Bob Wills even, way back. So many. But here you also have Van Cliburn from Waco, TX, the accomplished pianist. But everything took a backseat, basically, to country music. So, yeah. You're correct. But again, the propellant was that braggadociousness that most Texans just inherit. And braggers, by and large, are self-appointed and kind of elected. Texans, however, just inherit it. (laughs) You don't have to invent or you don't have to pretend. It's just part of the deal. You get it.
So, taking that into the way that the interpretation of the inspiration that brought us together was this admiration of this great American artform called the blues. It's really remained a strident cornerstone from which we spring from. Now early on, we recognized that we were not going to be Bob Dylanesque in the lyric department. We didn't grow up in a cottonfield, thumbin' our way to Chicago. We were wearing cowboy boots and Stetson western hats. But we still enjoyed the commonality of this fine style of music. So we figured, "Let's give it a shot. Maybe we can aspire to at least make that part of the presentation."
We have over time, by adapting what was a very unusual appearance, drawn attention from all corners of the globe. And slowly, we had the luxury of entering the recognition of Texas. By this time, Joe Ely and Jerry Jeff Walker, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Eric Johnson, Van Wilks, Jimmie Vaughan, Stevie Ray Vaughan, this long list of non-country expressions were all being acknowledged. That would make another great book.
You are as known for your cars as you are for your guitars. In fact, you published a book not long ago, Rock & Roll Gearhead, which spotlighted some of the best pieces from your collections of custom cars and custom guitars.
Yes, they play sweetly into all the parts of the puzzle. But it's true: All of us love cars. Someone said, "Well, what do you guys do when you're not playing together?" Well, it's not very often when we're not. But when we're not, we're tinkering with automobiles. We like wrenching on the hot rods.
So, you actually get your hands greasy and work on the cars yourself?
Yeah, I've got a warehouse here in San Antonio and one out in California. And when we do have some time off, it's always one of the coasts: The West Coast or the Third Coast. We'll be wrenching.
Actually, I don't drive anymore. So, I don't know what new cars look like these days.
You mean you own all those great custom cars, and you don't drive any of them?
My driver's license? I carry one, but it's expired. (laughs) Good thing they don't look very close. I don't know if I could get on an airplane, these days.
How many dates per year are you guys still playing?
We were out 20 consecutive months this last time. Of course, part of that was working with Rick Rubin out in California. But I'll tell you the real bonus was, after a short time in Malibu, Rick was satisfied with what he had accumulated and then he passed the torch: "Alright, Gibbons! You're now my co-producer. Take it to Houston and let's see what happens down there!" So, La Futura, which is enjoying a re-release with two bonus tracks - one is a co-write with Tom Hambridge ("Threshhold Of A Breakdown"), and the other is a co-write with Austin guitar player Van Wilks ("Drive By Lover"). Tom is another interesting guy. He just produced that award-winning piece on Buddy Guy. Now there's another interesting music town! You wouldn't think blues and rock 'n' roll would come out of Nashville, but everything is being tossed up in the air.
Oh, yeah. Nashville is developing an Austin-like feel. I could tell just from what I saw in my brief time there in November. One of the things that brought you back to Austin was playing the Austin Psych-Fest with the reunited Moving Sidewalks. That must have been interesting. Because you were playing with a lot of younger bands in a situation that was meant to mimic the psychedelic scene that you guys came out of.
Without question. Yeah. The regathering of the Moving Sidewalks was highly - well, I wouldn't call it "highly." If there was anything high, it was the band members! (laughs) But it was an unanticipated, unexpected moment to do something that really hadn't had any precedent before. I don't know of any bands that have not been around in 45 years that said, "Oh, let's do a gig!" (laughs) "Okay!"
But you know what was interesting was walking into the recording studio where the rehearsals were being staged, and within 30 seconds, it was like time travel. It was the closest thing I've experienced to time travel, because we just jetted back to 1967. It was really just a delight. And having been in a recording studio, the engineers had the wherewithal to keep the tape machine ignited. All of the material that emanated in the '60s enjoyed a quick refreshment, with a kind of contemporary, adult, more sophisticated twist and maturity.
So, you're trying to tell us there's gonna be a new Moving Sidewalks record?
In the not-to-distant future. It's right around the corner. There's a couple of more numbers that are (being worked on). I said, "Well, what are we gonna call it?" And Tom Moore, the man behind the B-3, he said, "Well, it's obvious: 444 - four guys getting back together after 44 years." I kinda like that.
About four or five years ago, you got up and played with Roky Erickson at SXSW for about five or six songs.
Yeah. I know we did Austin City Limits with him, but there was another show.
You did his Ice Cream Social that he does every year at Threadgill's. And rumor had it then that you were supposed to work with Roky.
Yeah, I'm still in touch with Darren Hill, who is his manager. And I've got a booklet full of compositions that only Roky could deliver. He's still got it, man. He's still got that maniacal voice.
You intimated to me that there is another album's worth of material from the La Futura sessions that's ready to go, possibly as a quick follow-up album.
Oh, yeah. Definitely. They're working on determining what would make sense. In fact, Rick's right hand man Dino was in Nashville when we were to discuss re-releasing La Futura with the two extra bonus tracks. So, really, that's next. And then, out of that sprang, "Well, y'know, we've got all this other stuff." What's funny is that Rick allowed us to stretch out so far, both in Houston at Foam Box Recording Studio and Shangri La Studios, which Rick runs in Malibu. And with that kinda open-ended "go for it" attitude, we ended up with 25 or 26 tracks. The irony is, we asked him, "Rick, what is your favorite?" He goes, "They're all my favorites!" So, we didn't keep anything that wasn't worth putting in the lineup. "Put 'em in a hat, draw 'em out!"
What took so long to get a new album out? This was the first one in nine years!
I think the unexpected resurgence of interest in ZZ Top's live performances kept us on the road indefinitely. The only diversion from doing live shows was a few breaks in the scheduling, which I took advantage of by starting some solo stuff. I call it "solo stuff" because I couldn't find Frank and I couldn't find Dusty! They scattered! We got way wacky in doing kinda electronica, Howlin'-Wolf-meets-Prince dance tracks with BB King autotuned guitar. It got so obtuse, people said, "Wow! That's a pretty far stretch!" I said, "It's music for strippers." They said, "Oh, okay! That qualifies!"
Basically you guys are a really good working band, at this point in your career. You've made a really strong new record. Do you think you have some more records in you?
The answer is yes, unabashedly stating in the positive, despite the stridency that we had to maintain to go through the hoops. We had to jump through hoops to create this product that we had not done before. We mentioned to you at the table yesterday, Dusty and I, about how....Well, why would we want to go and make a record with Rick Rubin? Well, Rick Rubin represented the off-the-wall extra element that maybe we had not done in four decades of making records. That pretty well covers most of the bases. But an extra voice, a once-removed objective voice. You never know what that's going to bring forth. And sure enough, Rick's expertise and extraordinary talent and his immeasurable sense of patience! Wanting to hear it again and again! That's enthusiasm at its finest moment. But the outcome was so appealing to the band members. We were thinking, "Wow! We actually learned something!" We can actually continue doing this in such an enjoyable fashion. Granted, it was a bit obtuse at the outset, but once we settled into it, it was good.


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