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Did you know Leslie Feist's last album, The Reminder, came out over three years ago? It really seems like just yesterday, doesn't it? Who would have thought that the right combination of songs and commercial appearances would make Feist and even bigger name than Broken Social Scene?
Well, for those of you who are very aware we haven't heard anything from Feist for a while, fear not! In an interview with The Guardian, longtime Feist collaborator Chilly Gonzales confirmed that he and the singer had moved into a swanky house in Paris to record the successor to The Reminder. And, if you click on that link, you will be very jealous that such a greasy looking dude in a bathrobe gets to share a chateau with the mid-30s megababe.
No release date has been given (I get a feeling the duo likes to take their time), but it is quite exciting. It's almost time to get another bunch of soulful pop songs in your head for the next three years.
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Ethridge Norman Karns, age 87, a resident of Mapleton, died Monday, February 5, 2007, at the Fort Scott Manor, He was born June 5, 1919, in Englevale, the son of Marion Karns and Ollie Jumet Karns. After High School he served in the United States Army. He married Betty Roach on March 26, 1950. He worked construction and especially enjoyed a life of farming. He loved his family and also enjoyed fishing, camping, and watching sports.
He is survived by his wife Betty, of the home in Mapleton; four sons, Dennis Kams and wife Dorothy, Fort Worth, Texas, Norman Kams, Wichita, Robert Kams and wife Brenda, Mapleton, and Kenny Kams, Mission; two daughters, Pat Wallace, Mound City and Carol Ballou and husband Jason, Fort Scott; two brothers, Virgil Karns, Cassville, Missouri, and Merle Karns, Wichita; two sisters, Shirley Brunk, Carthage, Missouri, and Donna Hinderliter, Tulsa, Oklahoma; 17 grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a sister, Beverly Norma Wamer.
Funeral services for Ethridge Kams will be held at 1:30 p.m., Friday, February 9, 2007, at the Cheney Witt Chapel, with Mathew Hamilton officiating. Burial will follow in the U.S. National Cemetery, with military honors provided by Olson Frary Burkhart Post #1165 V.F.W.
The family will receive friends for visitation Thursday evening from 6 - 7:30 p.m. at the Cheney Witt Chapel. Memorial contributions are suggested to a Kams Memorial Fund, and may be sent to Cheney Witt Chapel, P.O. Box 347, Fort Scott, KS, 66701. Condolences may be emailed to the family at firstname.lastname@example.com.

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Imaginary Worlds: Programming from Scratch
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71 Entrada Scholars from the United States and China have come to Calvin for a month-long summer course.
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High school chapel 101
Calvin education professor Robert Keeley is studying the impact of high school chapel on young people's faith.
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Meeter Center hosts institute for high school teachers
In 16th-century France, Protestants and Catholics living in the same village wrestled with questions like the following: what if your Protestant grandson wants to marry a Catholic girl? High school teachers will have the opportunity to wrestle with these and other related questions via "Making Sense of the Reformation."
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Mapping Collaboration Tools and Objectives
In my previous blog entry, I laid out the proposition that Collaboration would transform how we do business and create tremendous amounts of real business value, as long as it was done properly. Organization need to approach the topic of Collaboration in a deliberate, strategic, fashion. This includes deploying the right Collaboration tools, in the right environment for the right tasks, taking into account the organizations core cultural attributes. That leaves us with the following question: what is the best collaboration tool for my project?Posted by Isabelle Guis, Senior Manager, Mobility Solutions
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Sunset over Rio!
Trip Start
Feb 09, 2011
Trip End
Feb 26, 2011
Where I stayed
Temperature: 25 felt like 30
Weather: warm freeze
Brazil Tour Day 2 – Rio de Janeiro
By 4:30pm, Michel and I were walking on Copacabana's famous boardwalk heading towards the "Arpoador Rock", the spot to be in order to see with our very own eyes the so much talked about settling of the sunset behind the mountains and over Ipanema Beach. Excited, you bet I was!
Along the way several small cafes, all colorfully well decorated, sold snacks and drinks while in many areas musicians played their musical instruments. The atmosphere was quite lively and vibrant plus everywhere we looked, tourists were in abundance.
Gigantic sand castles were also seen along the way as they dominated the view near the boardwalk. We took our time walking at a slow pace since it was quite relaxing plus still very early. On numerous occasions we stopped to admire the ocean's view and yes, you guessed it, we stopped for me to take pictures.
After 45 minutes, we were at the Arpoador Rock. Being still very early, like two hours before the sunset, few people were in the area so we took fully advantage of it by exploring the surroundings. Being very thirsty from all of this walking around in the sun, several bottles of water were purchased and drank entirely within minutes. It felt so goooood!
After finding a good spot, we sat down on the ground and waited. Eventually many locals started to arrive, many more tourists and eventually, the place was packed. We were all here for the same purpose, to witness the sunset and since everyone else was walking around with their big SLR cameras around their necks, I felt completely at ease doing the same.
From the top of the huge rocks, the vistas were absolutely breathtaking. In the horizon way above the mountains, the sun was slowly but surely starting its descent and it was now only a matter of time for all of this suspense to take place.
Looking straight ahead of me, I was hypnotized by the powerful effect of the sun as it turned the sky on fire with its bright yellow rays that radiated all around it and in the process painting on the ocean's floor a magnificent golden carpet that reflected all around the rocks and its surroundings. The entire area was suddenly becoming alive with the magical force of Mother Nature making me understand why so many people came here every night just to witness this magnificent phenomenal.
The walk back to our hotel was a pleasant one in which darkness soon enveloped us and in the process giving us stunning views of Copacabana's beach at night from sea level. Glancing all around me, the sidewalks were crowded with locals and tourists enjoying themselves, the restaurants were packed with people eating and the beach, with many activities going on such as volleyball and soccer. People never slept here in Rio and I could understand why as I felt the warm refreshing breeze on my skin from the ocean!
Back at the hotel, we settled on the 14th floor rooftop terrace for a while eating an ice cream cone and enjoying the last few hours of this very long but exciting day!
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You will be your own most important employee, so an objective appraisal of your strengths and weaknesses is essential Some questions to ask yourself are:
- Am I a self-starter?
- How well do I get along with a variety of personalities?
- How good am I at making decisions?
- Do I have the physical and emotional stamina to run a business?
- How well do I plan and organize?
- Are my attitudes and drive strong enough to maintain motivation?
- How will the business affect my family?
Before you get a business license you'll probably want to think through your choice of business structure carefully (see "What kind of business license should I buy"). However if you've already gone through the steps and are certain you've chosen the right type, you can obtain your license online by visiting the Alaska Division of Corporations and Professional Licensing.
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The SBDCs are nationwide and offer one on one, free confidential counseling, low cost workshops and reference libraries. The SBDCs are part of the nation-wide Association of Small Business Development Centers (ASBDC), which works on behalf of the SBDCs nationwide to support small businesses.
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There are many different types of money out there, we'll help you choose the one that's best for your business, and we'll help you put a plan together to keep on top of your business' financial life. The best introduction to the different types of funding available is our Starting a Business class.
Lending institutions typically look for the 5 C's when evaluating loan applications: character, capacity, capital, collateral and conditions. Lenders will expect business owners to contribute their own money to the development of the business before they will consider loaning money to a business owner. They also make decisions based on credit score, good character and ability of the business to pay back the loan. For further assistance preparing a loan proposal, contact the Alaska SBDC.
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Go to the website www.WhoIs.com. It will tell you if the domain name you want is already taken and help you make an offer to the owner if you wish. The website will also offer alternative domain names that are similar and still available.
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Wed. 6/29/11 12:07pm
yes, but not for long.. ... strange days here... | |
Wed. 6/29/11 12:07pm
Bonjour Duane ! | |
Wed. 6/29/11 12:08pm
Hola! | |
Wed. 6/29/11 12:08pm
ooooh, don't like this cover much, but hello Duane! | |
Wed. 6/29/11 12:09pm
Hello y'all! Yeah this is a tough one to improve on JJ | |
Wed. 6/29/11 12:25pm
Richard from Venezuela:
Greetings Duane and all the listeners. | |
Wed. 6/29/11 12:26pm
yair Yona (Tel Aviv, Earth):
Duane, can you write that blog's name or link to the post you mentioned? | |
Wed. 6/29/11 12:26pm
yair Yona (Tel Aviv, Earth):
Duane, can you write that blog's name or link to the post you mentioned? | |
Wed. 6/29/11 12:27pm
egotripland.com | |
Wed. 6/29/11 12:28pm
Mannix! Same plot every show. Great song! | |
Wed. 6/29/11 12:28pm
Yeah, and a lot of real detectives are OLD too, aren't they? The first couple of seasons of Homicide: Life on the Street were esp. realistic because they had people like Melissa Leo and chunky older dudes like Ned Beatty as detectives. | |
Wed. 6/29/11 12:30pm
Ike: Homicide was great! I even loved Cagney and Lacey | |
Wed. 6/29/11 12:32pm
yair Yona (Tel Aviv, Earth):
Thanks | |
Wed. 6/29/11 12:33pm
Smalltalk reminds me of the Vegas (w robert urich) theme song. One of my favorite PI shows of all time. | |
Wed. 6/29/11 12:35pm
Longstreet! | |
Wed. 6/29/11 12:36pm
Too bad NBC made Homicide add models later in the show's run. (But in those later seasons, David Simon started writing for TV, so without them I guess "The Wire" would never have existed.) Never saw Cagney & Lacey. | |
Wed. 6/29/11 12:43pm
Cagney & Lacey's great just becasue the women were gritty and over 40, had grey hair and cursed! | |
Wed. 6/29/11 12:46pm
still b/p:
I wonder if my criteria for the worst crime are the same as Dan August's criteria for the worst crime. | |
Wed. 6/29/11 12:52pm
The worst crime is the writing in the average episode of Criminal Minds. Heh. :P | |
Wed. 6/29/11 12:52pm
@Ike, yeah, the last season of Homicide was, from the beginning with the 3-part arc with James Earl Jones, almost like they were starting to rip off Miami Vice. Helicopter chase! | |
Wed. 6/29/11 12:53pm
Ike: That is the worse!! | |
Wed. 6/29/11 12:54pm
And I remember being really p.o.'d about how that 3-parter's finale hinged on a completely fictional interpretation of the Miranda rules. Not the H:LOTS I loved... even besides the suddenly beautiful cst. | |
Wed. 6/29/11 12:54pm
cst=cast | |
Wed. 6/29/11 12:59pm
But the realistic part, yeah, early seasons. Wasn't it season 2 before there was any gunfire at all? And that was when they were ambushed in a hallway and a couple of the detectives were shot, and it was shocking... unlike most cop shows where a cast member gets shot a few times a season, and they all have killed five or six people. | |
Wed. 6/29/11 1:08pm
IRONSIDE RULES!!!!!!! Perry Mason too :) | |
Wed. 6/29/11 1:18pm
Anybody remember Banacek, with George Peppard? | |
Wed. 6/29/11 1:19pm
jaycjay: I remember that! I brought that theme..you'll be hearing it soon! | |
Wed. 6/29/11 1:23pm
Mike East:
Love the mix today, Duane! Good tunes and good weather eliminates my desire to work. | |
Wed. 6/29/11 1:24pm
Thanx Mike | |
Wed. 6/29/11 1:25pm
Nice! I thought maybe I only know Banacek because I live among the Polish in Greenpoint. | |
Wed. 6/29/11 1:27pm
I remember Banacek. Good afternoon everyone | |
Wed. 6/29/11 1:28pm
Did you do a tribute to Peter Falk? Is it on its way? | |
Wed. 6/29/11 1:32pm
Hi Cecile,,yeah today we celebrate the great Falk and all of the other great 70's cop shows | |
Wed. 6/29/11 1:34pm
Thanks, Duane! | |
Wed. 6/29/11 1:36pm
this is priceless! | |
Wed. 6/29/11 1:38pm
This song makes me want to slow dance with myself. Man, I didn't even know Peter Falk died. Where have I been? | |
Wed. 6/29/11 1:42pm
Ike, ITA about the last season of Homicide. Stivers was a great addition, but not so much everyone else. Which is a bummer. | |
Wed. 6/29/11 1:43pm
J J, it was announced, but I think other deaths/trials pushed it out of the headlines. Poor fella had Alzheimer's for the last 2 yrs of his life. It was probably a release for him. :( | |
Wed. 6/29/11 1:47pm
YeahCecille..so upsetting that Falk went out like that. He was such a character | |
Wed. 6/29/11 1:47pm
Oh yeah, Stivers was excellent, but then they didn't give her hardly any screen time. Oh well. | |
Wed. 6/29/11 1:48pm
Stivers, though, actually appeared in season 5... it was season 6 where things really started to change, with Jon Seda and Callie Thorne added and Melissa Leo gone. | |
Wed. 6/29/11 1:50pm
Ugh, Jon Seda. Ugh. Ugh. | |
Wed. 6/29/11 1:50pm
that's true, jaycjay, but many HLOTS fans lump her in with the last crew. And let's not forget the wooden Michael Michelle. But Giancarlo Esposito got a little to do as well. | |
Wed. 6/29/11 1:51pm
I also was bummed that they chickened out with Bayliss's bisexual storyline. They brought it up and then dropped it. | |
Wed. 6/29/11 1:54pm
still b/p:
"You know, you're an audacious fellow." Anyone know who that guest perp is? | |
Wed. 6/29/11 1:55pm
I think it's Roy Scheider. Clark Johnson once said of Michael Michelle: "She was the best actress available in the greater Baltimore area at the time." | |
Wed. 6/29/11 1:58pm
I wonder how many times he said "oh and just one more thing" as he was walking away. | |
Wed. 6/29/11 1:58pm
Michael Michelle! She successfully sued Eddie Murphy for sexual harassment. She was originally cast in Harlem Nights as Murphy's love interest. When she brushed off his advances she got fired! | |
Wed. 6/29/11 2:00pm
Good for her. She was wasn't great on Homicide, but good for her for sticking up for herself. | |
Wed. 6/29/11 2:00pm
@Cecile: Ha! That doesn't say much for the Baltimore acting community. | |
Wed. 6/29/11 2:02pm
LOL! it's on the actual commentary... | |
Wed. 6/29/11 2:02pm
still b/p:
If you told me this was Gladys Knight, I'd believe you. | |
Wed. 6/29/11 2:03pm
Toward the end, they were kind of grooming Michelle as a female Pembleton. But considering how the network brass couldn't handle Melissa Leo, that portrayal of an untraditional woman went by the wayside. | |
Wed. 6/29/11 2:13pm
Hope you include Mannix, Duane. He was my favorite private detective. | |
Wed. 6/29/11 2:14pm
Rockford Files! | |
Wed. 6/29/11 2:14pm
Carmichael: LOVE Mannix. I played the TV theme earlier | |
Wed. 6/29/11 2:15pm
Anyone remember The Equalizer? That was "gritty" in a 80's NY sort of way. The intro to that show creeped me out and the theme song was pretty awesome. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g87nDBIyqeU | |
Wed. 6/29/11 2:16pm
I liked the first couple of seasons. Edward Woodward was great. | |
Wed. 6/29/11 2:18pm
yes! | |
Wed. 6/29/11 2:18pm
Oh yeah, Rockford was great. And I used to try to style my answering machine message after his, but I'm sure I'm not alone in that. | |
Wed. 6/29/11 2:18pm
That was an awesome theme song by Stewart Copeland, ex-Police drummer. | |
Wed. 6/29/11 2:19pm
my mum has some edward woodward albums.....should give him a spin | |
Wed. 6/29/11 2:19pm
Thanks, Duane. I'll check the archives later. | |
Wed. 6/29/11 2:19pm
(Equalizer, that is.) | |
Wed. 6/29/11 2:20pm
15M-Spanish revolution:
Sorry to disturb but a country is burning: Greece. http://www.athensnews.gr/ For info about the Spanish Revolution you can follow: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_161764663887959 Europe is really fucked up .-(, meanwhile I'll enjoy the music. Thanx Duane. | |
Wed. 6/29/11 2:32pm
clyde stubblefield:
Stew cCpeland a big influence growing up- not in the same league as this Moonshadow, however | |
Wed. 6/29/11 2:37pm
this is amazing. It sounds like a Romany Kinks. | |
Wed. 6/29/11 2:38pm
15M-Spanish revolution:
Ha ha, that one is by Smash, a great band from Seville (where I live now in Spain) doing a groovy cover of a classic flamenco song!!! :-) | |
Wed. 6/29/11 2:42pm
15M-Spanish revolution:
It was a progressive (not too much) band, when local traditional music (under Franco dictatorship) where recieving influence by US rock brought by American marines in military bases settled around here. (This bases are still here to control the Mediterranean Sea) | |
Wed. 6/29/11 2:43pm
that's so cool. I'm glad to know the backgroujnd behind the song! | |
Wed. 6/29/11 2:48pm
LOL at this Don Covay song title. I agree w/him! | |
Wed. 6/29/11 2:49pm
Hi Duane, hi everyone. listening (pierre, you a listening listener yet!) since start of this set while photoshopping, very nice. | |
Wed. 6/29/11 2:51pm
This has been fun. MANNIX! | |
Wed. 6/29/11 2:52pm
I see you got the Mariangela record! Vangelis horns! | |
Wed. 6/29/11 2:52pm
You are, like officially my favorite DJ.! Amazo show, keep the soul music flowing...... | |
Wed. 6/29/11 2:52pm
Jorge: Love this album..so good! | |
Wed. 6/29/11 2:52pm
15M-Spanish revolution:
Cecile. If you're interested about the story you can try to find (the whole)) video called 'Underground: la ciudad del arco iris' | |
Wed. 6/29/11 2:53pm
Hey I like this Mariangela..reminds me of super early Olivia | |
Wed. 6/29/11 2:53pm
I'm proud to say that now, i'm a full time listener listener. Thanks for your enquiry. | |
Wed. 6/29/11 2:53pm
Right on re: Mariangela. I knew you'd dig it. | |
Wed. 6/29/11 2:54pm
thanks, 15M! | |
Wed. 6/29/11 2:56pm
Pierre can listen again? | |
Wed. 6/29/11 2:56pm
Yes he can | |
Wed. 6/29/11 2:57pm
Alright Pierre! | |
Wed. 6/29/11 2:57pm
(it's the firts time of my entire life that a website make me feel so welcome, i feel warm now) | |
Wed. 6/29/11 2:58pm
"first" not "firts" of course | |
Wed. 6/29/11 2:59pm
Great stuff today, Duane! Loving the show from Chicago. | |
Wed. 6/29/11 2:59pm
awwwwwww. But Duane, you are the king! | |
Wed. 6/29/11 2:59pm
Yay Pierre! | |
Wed. 6/29/11 3:03pm
Robin The Fog:
Thanks Duane, Magnificent Show! | |
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Wed. 8/5/09 12:03pm
nice intro... | |
Wed. 8/5/09 12:18pm
morning maria.. cecile... weird to have a wednesday without ken... threw me off.. | |
Wed. 8/5/09 12:21pm
Same here. I had to go listen to robo-techno on the Pandora to reset my CPU. | |
Wed. 8/5/09 12:26pm
v k:
weird...i like to get weird...maria's show helps me get weird | |
Wed. 8/5/09 12:32pm
whatever floats your dinghy my friends | |
Wed. 8/5/09 12:33pm
Hello everyone. Some good listening here Maria. | |
Wed. 8/5/09 12:37pm
Denise in Washington, DC:
I'm loving this cut, Maria! The giggles are especially charming. | |
Wed. 8/5/09 12:47pm
Hi Maria. These are the perfect sounds to help me finish up my work day. Thanks! | |
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Wed. 8/5/09 1:13pm
steve in tribeca:
Listening as i toil. | |
Wed. 8/5/09 1:14pm
Chant was great. synthetic heaven. thanks Maria. | |
Wed. 8/5/09 1:15pm
Nose? What nose? I've had a gaping hole there for years. | |
Wed. 8/5/09 1:22pm
Dude, what's up with the Todd? I"m thrilled, but is he OK? I mean I love it! | |
Wed. 8/5/09 1:23pm
but he's not dead or anything? | |
Wed. 8/5/09 1:23pm
dc pat:
every time I hear more than one tune by some one I automatically assume they died. | |
Wed. 8/5/09 1:24pm
Nope, just arbitrarily playing a bunch just beeecuzz | |
Wed. 8/5/09 1:25pm
GOOD. Because I always ask for Todd and no one plays him. So I am thrilled | |
Wed. 8/5/09 1:34pm
north guinea hills:
nice faust cover by pascal, which led into faust. nice! | |
Wed. 8/5/09 1:35pm
Where did you get that Tycho Brahe track??? I don't have this compilation! Is it still available? | |
Wed. 8/5/09 1:40pm
a guy in a chair in a cube:
according to wiki Comelade is not dead | |
Wed. 8/5/09 1:48pm
thanks guy, for clarifying that | |
Wed. 8/5/09 1:54pm
Greg from Detroit:
What a great show, Maria! | |
Wed. 8/5/09 2:00pm
Dead Corporate Eyes:
@Greg from D-Troit damn straight, I just tuned in about 15 min ago and realized what I was missing | |
Wed. 8/5/09 2:01pm
all that water is making me have to pee. | |
Wed. 8/5/09 2:13pm
Crazy Yeti:
I *love* this show today! You are hitting some of my favorites, and I'm also finding ssome new faves... (Pascal Comelade, Tycho Brahe). And, I have tickets to see WAND tonight at the Empty Bottle (Chicago), so I'm really happy to hear this track. What record is this on? | |
Wed. 8/5/09 2:13pm
"It's Todd! Todd! I hear Todd!" Greetings Maria! BTW, for all you listeners wondering about the marathon premium mailings, our swag for the higher-than-mouse pledge we made arrived today! The box was so round, so firm, so fully packed! Nice job, mail room volunteers! | |
Wed. 8/5/09 2:13pm
Dead Corporate Eyes:
wow, I must be trippin' | |
Wed. 8/5/09 2:16pm
Crazy Yeti:
This is now my favorite program on WFMU. (Sorry, Irwin, Ken and Tom!) | |
Wed. 8/5/09 2:20pm
Dead Corporate Eyes:
Maria was my first WFMU sweetheart...I hope you're back to stay! | |
Wed. 8/5/09 2:23pm
Hey Max, I still haven't received my swag for my (3) $75 DJ pledges (or whatever you call 'em). Any ideas? | |
Wed. 8/5/09 2:31pm
fms: See the main webpage for the station and scroll down, and towards the bottom left-hand side look for "Listener Services Director & Swag Inquiries Joe McGasko" and click on Joe's name. It links you in to an email page allowing you to email him directly. I know that some items were delayed, which held up the mailings, but he is THE person to check that out with. Enjoy! | |
Wed. 8/5/09 2:39pm
Hey Fishmonkey, you should email Joe Msgasko with swag questions- he'll help wit dat- oh I See Max said that just now | |
Wed. 8/5/09 2:43pm
Maria and Max: Thanks! I just dropped Joe a line. The last I heard, he (Joe) was still waiting for Bryce to finish his pledge comp. That was back in May or June. No worries. WFMU is still the best. Besides, the anticipation is half the fun. | |
Wed. 8/5/09 2:45pm
vassily dimblespider:
todd rundgren produced the 4th and best Fanny album,--mothjers pride,yer know--oops-accidental j like wooden ships | |
Wed. 8/5/09 2:48pm
Hi Maria Cool show | |
Wed. 8/5/09 2:51pm
Hey Maria- what was that Stereolab song? | |
Wed. 8/5/09 2:54pm
I Think it was from Switched on, But that was from a show I did 1993 so memory doesnt serve. Ans I lost my Playlists book from that era, so , sorry can't be more specific | |
Wed. 8/5/09 2:56pm
Thanks! | |
Wed. 8/5/09 3:01pm
sf spike:
I love old Todd Rundgren, at least you picked the really good stuff and not the dreck -- he had a lot of that too. | |
Wed. 8/5/09 3:02pm
Dum Dum Guy at the Gates of Dawn:
I remember seeing Todd Rundgren many times at the old Capitol Theater in Passaic. Very good. Now, say "Todd Rundgren" 10 times out loud real fast. It ain't so easy, is it. | |
Thu. 8/6/09 8:40pm
Hey Todd fans, get to Stamford, CT on 9/9/9 to see Todd perform A Wizard a True Star in its entirely. Go to AWATSlive.com | |
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A Biography of Lieutenant General Sir Thomas Daly, Jeffrey GreyDr Jeffrey Grey Hardback A Soldier's Soldier examines Daly's career from his entry to Duntroon
in the early 1930s until his retirement forty years later, covering the
key issues in the development of the Australian Army along the way. Drawing
on extensive interview transcripts, the book provides a compelling portrait
of Sir Thomas Daly and his distinguished career. Click here to read an excerpt
of the book.
About the authorJeffrey Grey is Professor and founding director of the Australian Centre for the Study of Armed Conflict and Society at the University of New South Wales, Canberra. The author or editor of numerous books and articles, he held the Major General Matthew C. Horner Chair in Military Theory at Marine Corps University, Quantico, and served as a Trustee of the Society of Military History. This volume is part of the Australian Army History series, published in association with the Army History Unit, under the editorship of Professor David Horner AM. About the seriesThe study of military history forms a critical part of the Army's learning
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The suspect, described as a tall, slender, white man in his late teens or early 20s, was seen in the Brentridge subdivision in Lambertville early Wednesday, shining a flashlight into several cars and trying to enter a private garage. Before police arrived, he fled in a gray Oldsmobile Delta 88 stolen earlier in the week from a home in Temperance, detectives said. He is believed to be responsible for at least two car thefts, nine larcenies from automobiles, and a home invasion, detectives said.
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So far this year my new year's resolution to get more fish into my diet seems to be right on track. The fact that it is currently salmon season is helping a lot. I simply can't resist the beautiful pink lusciousness that is wild salmon. Now the task is to continue to think of new ways to serve it. This salmon is baked with garlic and tomatoes and then topped with a refreshing basil mayonnaise. I understand that basil mayonnaise on salmon sounds a bit odd, but trust me on this one. I wouldn't steer you wrong.
If you go looking in the condiment aisle at your local grocery store chances are that you will not find basil mayonnaise. Well at least I know that I can't. But here's the cool part, making it is incredibly easy. All you need is your favorite mayonnaise, some fresh basil leaves, lemon juice and a pinch of salt. Not only is it good atop this salmon but I'm sure it would be equally delicious on the sandwiches and burgers that are sure to grace your table in the next few months.
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To Absorb, Assimilate, Take Over, Appropriate
Families are under incremental attack on many fronts. I happen to be an optimist, as are many of you. In our society, we take things as they are, for granted. It's human nature.
I like to see the glass half full, to enjoy my leisure and believe the best of my fellow men, but the truth is, either by design or ignorance, there are freedoms and rights that are slipping away from us nearly unnoticed. I read this quote over at United Families. It makes my parental blood boil, because I have seen enough of social workers, family courts and foster care to know just how true it is.
"As a society grows lax in its defense of the traditional family, the goals of the anti-family movement draw closer to fulfillment. Their desire is to create a genderless society that is run by the state – void of religion, marriage and parents. They hope for a pleasure-filled culture with no responsibilities and zero accountability."
There is no one societal element that encompasses all of these goals, but each separate element plays a part, and cohesively, they are overwhelming in power. Identifying the trend is the first step in reversing it. Then, get involved with both feet.
The idea that the family is somehow replaceable by bureaucrats, or that mothers and fathers don't know what is best for their children is a natural outgrowth of the breakdown of the family. The government takes on an increasing role in parenting as increasing numbers of parents ditch out on responsibility in lieu of personal pursuits.
Unfortunately, it's a self feeding cycle. Once the distrust of parents is entrenched, the guilt is by association, and the assumption that naturally comes is that the nanny state knows best. It's not just limited to child custody, the attitude is spreading like a cancer through the education system and into international waters. In some countries, the culture of the child is preeminent and parents are nothing more than caregivers with no ability to teach, discipline or correct. These trends must be reversed.
What is the state of these attitudes in our country? Check out these stories from the parental rights front of the war on family over at ParentalRights.org
—Beetle Blogger
WEST VIRGINIA—A West Virginia mother was shocked when a local circuit judge and a family court judge ordered her to share custody of her four-year-old daughter with two of the girl's babysitters. Referring to the sitters as "psychological co-parents," the justices first awarded full custody to them, only permitting the mother to visit her daughter four times a week at McDonalds. Eventually she was granted primary custody, but forced to continue to share her daughter with the sitters.
When her case finally reached the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals in October 2007, the beleaguered mother was relieved to finally be granted full custody of her daughter.
In their October 25 opinion, the Supreme Court justices wrote that they were "deeply troubled by the utter disregard" for the mother's rights. One justice referred to the mother's right as the "paramount right in the world."
Chief Justice Robin Davis summed up the case in one simple question: "Why does a natural parent have to prove fitness when she has never been found unfit?"
SOURCE: http://www.wvrecord.com/news/203378-supreme-court-restores-full-custody-to-mother-from-babysitters
MASSACHUSETTS—When his 5-year-old son came home from a school with a "Diversity Book Bag" including a book to be shared with his parents, David Parker began reading. He was distressed to find that one of the books, titled "Who's in a Family" depicted two families led by homosexual partners.
Reluctant to expose his son to homosexuality at such an early age, David immediately contacted the school, intending to establish a dialogue as a concerned parent. His well-meant call, however, swiftly escalated into a dispute which pitted the father against the school.
After refusing to leave a scheduled meeting with school officials until the matter was resolved, David was charged with criminal trespassing and spent the night in jail—simply because he was concerned about the material being presented to his son.
A no-trespass order was issued, prohibiting Parker from setting foot on school grounds. While a local court has dropped the criminal trespassing charge against the father, he has procedurally been placed on "pre-trial probation" for one year.
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CONNECTICUT—As a proud new mother, Diana Owen's joy at her daughter's birth soon turned to deep concern for the baby's health. At only a few months old, tiny Bryanna-Rose seemed prone to violent vomiting episodes, at times struggling for breath while her lips turned a bluish color.
When she first began to observe her daughter's frequent incidents of projectile vomiting, the panicked mother rushed her baby girl to the hospital. For Diana, that day marked the beginning of many sleepless nights at Hasbro Children's Hospital in Providence while her baby daughter underwent numerous tests to determine her condition.
While doctors grappled for an explanation for Bryanna-Rose's sporadic yet violent symptoms, Diana waited—having no idea that something more sinister was afoot: a growing suspicion of Diana's reliability when it came to her claims about her daughter's health.
When hospital personnel informed the anxious mother that they were taking her daughter into "protective custody," she was shocked. But gradually the cold realization began to dawn on her: the medical personnel at the hospital were accusing her of Munchausen by Proxy, a mental disorder wherein a parent or primary caregiver actually induces or fabricates a child's illness as a ploy for attention from doctors.
Turning a deaf ear to Diana's cries, officials handed little Bryanna-Rose over to the Department of Social Services (DSS) and eventually a new foster mother. The new foster mother was floored, however, when Bryanna-Rose began violently vomiting. "It's not the mother!" she told DSS, "This baby does have projectile vomiting!"
Even with the foster mother's validation, Diana's battle to gain trust continued to drag on. The day officials took her daughter, Diana could not have guessed that eleven months would go by before she was permitted to visit with her alone—and only after months of psychological evaluation and intrusive questioning by social workers.
Today, while Diana is delighted to have her daughter back, she feels bruised by the experience—particularly by the eleven months of separation from her daughter. "It is myself and my family that will face the consequences of this nightmare," she says.
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A/K Amp, Small Sore on Stump Won`t Go Away02/18/2010 |
Title says it all. Keeping me from prothesis training, need help. Going no where 2 1/2 years later.
Generally, ulcers will not heal because of a pressure point over a boney area or ischemia (lack of blood). If the sore is over the bone, the amputation may need to be revised. Since this has gone on for two years, I doubt if it will heal without changing something. Usually we would take the patient back to surgery, excise the sore and re-close. If the stump is ischemic, then a higher amputation may be necessary.
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text: Medical News Despite Approval, Evident Roadblocks to HPV Vaccine for Males ContinueOctober 28, 2009 Although Merck & Co.'s Gardasil human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine received U.S. regulatory approval recently for use in males ages 9-26 to prevent genital warts, males still face barriers to receiving the shots. Gay and bisexual men are 17 times more likely to develop HPV-related anal cancer than heterosexual men, according to CDC. The virus has also been linked to genital warts and to cancers of the mouth, head, neck and penis. Health providers specializing in care for the LGBT community see the issue of access as another disparity for a historically excluded group. "We've been traditionally invisible to all sorts of regulators everywhere," said Dr. Gal Mayer of the Callen-Lorde Community Health Center. "We know for certain that five to 10 percent of boys growing up are going to be men who have sex with men when they get older." NY1.com 10.26.2009 This article was provided by CDC National Prevention Information Network. It is a part of the publication CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update.


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Visualization: The Key To Lifting Weights
Have you ever had one of those days at the gym where things just didn't feel right? Your reps sucked, your performance sucked and you always seemed to stop short of the "zone."
You ate the right things before working out, you weren't tired and you didn't overlap any muscles from previous days, yet things just didn't go the way you wanted them to. Maybe your problem is visualization, or lack thereof.
We've all heard self-motivational speakers talk about visualization and how it made them the people they are today. Setting definite goals you see yourself achieving is fine and dandy, but I am not talking about that kind of visualization. I am talking about the visualization you do before an act, the kind that affects your performance on an immediate level.
visualize victory
The theory is simple: visualize what you are about to do and your performance will increase. Picture hitting a perfect drive or doing an amazing set at the gym and, believe it or not, you will do it better than if you didn't visualize the act beforehand.According to the AOA (American Optometric Association), researchers have discovered that people use the same areas of the brain when they perform and/or visualize an action in their mind. So there is "some" kind of link between the two things.
How will visualization improve your performance? Depending on what you do, a person's performance will increase by creating a better connection between the mind and body. The mind is, after all, connected to the body. Most actions performed in fitness are not instinctive but rather cognitive, so connecting with what you do is important.
Visualization helps you concentrate on the task at hand at its optimal level. This is especially true in sports because many things can go wrong while performing an act, like a golf swing or a bench press.
When you bench press, your elbows could be too far in front, your back could be arched and you could be unwillingly spreading the weight around your skeletal frame, thus reducing concentration on the muscle at hand. Visualization will help you concentrate on execution so that your performance is perfect.
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An integrated calculus and physics course is offered during the summer (late July through late August) for selected members of our entering freshman class who have demonstrated outstanding ability in mathematics and physics having taken a year of college level calculus during high school and one year of high school physics. Participants are expected to have scored at least 700 on the mathematics portion of the SAT or 31 on the mathematics portion of the ACT. Students, who have a 700 Math Score or 680 math/700 critical reading or better on the SAT, or a 30 mathematics score and at least a 31 English score on the ACT have also been admitted to the program.
Participants who successfully complete the Accelerated Math Physics Program will earn credit for:
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A 5-week intensive immersion into calculus and physics which covers the equivalent of Calculus III, and Physics I, II. Taught only to incoming freshman who have demonstrated outstanding ability in both calculus and physics. Review of single variable calculus, both differential calculus and integral calculus, as needed. Covers from MA113: vectors and parametric equations in three dimensions, functions of several variables, partial derivatives, maxima and minima of functions of several variables, multiple integrals, and other coordinate systems with applications of vectors, parametric equations, partial derivatives and multiple integrals. Covers from PH111, PH112: kinematics, Newton's laws of motion, gravitation, Coulomb's law, Lorentz force law, conservation of energy and momentum, torque and angular momentum, oscillations, one-dimensional waves, electric fields and potentials, electric current and resistance, DC circuits, capacitance, with relevant laboratory experiments.


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text: Can Someone Tell Me Why This Man Is Riding a Desktop Computer Attached to a Mini Motorcycle?Casey Chan8/17/11 9:49amFiled to: WtfCasemodComputertowersDesktopsComputersminibikeMinimotorcyclesMinibikesMinimotorcycleComputermotorcycleCoolermasterhafxMotorcyclecomputerWhynotwhy32EditPromoteShare to KinjaToggle Conversation toolsGo to permalink In what is perhaps the fastest mod you can give your computer, a man modded his Cooler Master HAF X (with a real computer inside) with his mini motorcycle to create one speedy, rideable and usable beast. But...why?AdvertisementThe obvious reason for doing something as far out as this is why the hell not (or for the e-fame). But that's no fun as it doesn't really explain anything. So let's come up with some theories! Did he just see his mini bike catching dust and realize he needed to show it more love? Or was it a dare? A lost bet? A stoned invention? Maybe he wanted to have his PC when he went to his neighbor's house but has a bad back so he can't carry it across the yard? Or maybe his house is under construction so he needs to use his computer at his neighbor's house but doesn't want to leave the computer at his neighbors house for fear of his neighbor discovering his voyeur porn fetish. Or maybe he just thought his computer would get faster and his electricity bill would be less expensive since he's putting gas into the bike computer now. Or maybe he's just doesn't understand what the Cooler Master HAF X is for and just found it to be a comfortable seat. Or maybe, just maybe, he thought why the hell not. [YouTube via Case Mod Blog MAKE] You can keep up with Casey Chan, the author of this post, on Twitter or Facebook.


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PhonePower - Forum - VoIP & Phone Services News, Updates & Support › General Discussion › Why you have to prepay for services and not month to month @5.99 plan
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August 26, 2013 at 4:11 pm #11385
- This topic was modified 3 years, 6 months ago by Yankee Tech. Reason: wrong forum
September 5, 2013 at 12:45 pm #11510The new customer promotion shown as $5.99 monthly average is a prepaid plan. If you prepay for 1 year of service at $143.76 excluding taxes and fees, you get the second year free. The second year of service is free, however, the taxes and fees will be applicable at the beginning of the second year. The standard monthly rate is $19.95. The prepaid option is the most popular option as it is the most cost efficient.
September 5, 2013 at 12:58 pm #11511143.76 divided by 12 it not 5.99 plan plus second year there is charge of fees and that is not free use. It is misrepresentatn. Facts are collected from customers reviews.
September 6, 2013 at 8:36 am #11515I understand your confusion, please allow me to explain. If you divide $143.79 by 24 months it is $5.99. $5.99 is a monthly average for 2 years of excellent phone service. It is not intended to mislead customers, but promote an exceptional rate of less than $10 for unlimited* phone service. In addition, the second year of service is fee, however, the Federally Mandated taxes and fees are still applicable. For further explanation please contact a sales representative and we will be happy to assist you.
September 6, 2013 at 4:36 pm #11517Well, I am an ex-phonepower user. One of the reason that I pulled my two lines out of phonepower was because of unjustified, unexplained service fee they charge each year. I live in California and their so called federal, state and "service fee" comes to almost $60 a year, typically $5.00 per month in addition to the "advertised" $5.99 a month. It does not matter which state you live, Phonepower charges you taxes according to the state of CA.
As of today I have two voip services for home. From vonage and another one from voipo.
Vonage monthly charge is $9.99 plus $1.71 (total $11.70)
Voipo 2 year prepaid is $149.00 plus $36.00 (total $185.00, comes up to $7.70/month)Technically other companies are charging less than $2 a month for state, federal and e911 fee where phonepower charges you around $5.00.
Any one can understand that phonepower misrepresents their advertised prices and force you to pay additional hidden charges every month thereafter. POOR!
September 11, 2013 at 12:26 pm #11521143.79 for the plan
14.95 to ship the hardware if needed
196.13 total first year cost
52.37 for taxes on second year
263.45 is estimated average grand total
10.97 which is the monthly cost w\everything includedSo you only save 63 and some change which is what I
spend to fill up my truck. Not a deal breaker considering
you can't put a value on support which is what Voipo does
not give you on the same level. Voipo is may be great for some
people but the lack of support it offers for people like me is
a deal breaker.October 15, 2013 at 10:19 am #11621Before I had Phonepower, I had my phone service through Charter. I was paying more than double in taxes and fees monthly than what I do no now with Phonepower. So, it's all relative.
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For all the hype that surrounds the launch of nearly everything at the intersection of media and technology, it's rare to hear a post-mortem that looks back in the cold, hard light of reality. Which is why it was such a treat to watch (via livestream) Albert Cheng, executive VP of digital media and chief product officer at Disney-ABC Television Group, speak Wednesday at the Banff World Media Festival.
Since his division has been at the leading edge of many of the trends transforming the digital video world, his remarks offered a welcome retrospective on everything from being TV's first entry on Apple's iTunes to the first companion app synchronizing content and TV, for ABC's "Grey's Anatomy" (which was preceded by a trial for short-lived 2010 series "My Generation").
The latter example proved particularly interesting considering that the social-TV craze that followed the companion app might want to heed some of the reservations Cheng expressed about the space, which he characterized as currently being in a "frothy experimental stage." Though he's bullish on the future of this technology, he said there's a currently a limited audience.
"From the data we have seen so far, we are addressing a small percentage of people who are sort of, you know, reaching out for these sort of things," he said. "It is not exactly a widely adopted behavior."
In lieu of a truly mass audience, the real appeal of second screen is attracting marketers to an opportunity to extend their buys beyond the 30-second spot.
Speaking particularly of the "Anatomy" app, Cheng said ABC learned that scripted programming doesn't lend itself as well to companion apps as live events like the Oscars.
"Overall when you asked them whether it added to or enhanced the overhaul experience, in part, yeah, kind of neutral on that," he said. "In some cases it distracted them from watching the show. Audio cues come up during a major scene, you look down and you realize that you missed a key piece of (dialogue)."
Part of the problem also is on the cost side. ABC wanted the writers of "Anatomy" to be involved in supplying the extra content that flowed through the app, but the expense doesn't justify the return, particularly when you factor in the cost of scaling up to more than one show.
"For scripted, I would say we still have more work to do," said Cheng. "I don't think we cracked the code on that. There may be a model out there that will work, maybe during commercials. Definitely not synchronous while you are watching the show."
Cheng believes mobile devices like the iPad represent a unique opportunity for traditional media companies like ABC to recapture the mind share they lost in the PC era, first to portals like Yahoo and then social networks like Facebook. Given these categories haven't extended their dominance (at least yet) on tablets, where content companies' expertise in video and advertising can give them an edge in re-establish their primacy in the media ecosystem.
I do think media companies have an opportunity to really drive a lot of the lion share of that in the mobile space," he said. "I would argue for the broadcaster, for the cable network, for the content company, this is a place where we know. We have always been in the business of programming, content — it is in our DNA. In order to capture that market, let's make sure that we are deploying technology."
But for all the importance of tablets to Cheng, don't look for ABC anytime on Android-powered devices–even though they might outnumber iOs-centric wireless screens. Fragmentation across Google's myriad versions of its operating system is something he's currently not prepared to service.
"There will be some devices left out because we can't get to them," he said. "That will be a disadvantage, I think, for Android users down the line. Google can figure out how to wrangle some standards in place that we can actually develop content on."
Wireless devices represent an opportunity to rethink the traditional mode of video delivery–namely, that post-dinner period of relaxation known as "primetime"– and reinvent it for programming all together new viewing opportunities that are far afield from conventional TV.
"What digital has done has created a lot more variety of use cases," he said. "If we can figure out that, then we actually have a huge growth of opportunity before us."


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AT&T Slams DOJ, Calls Its FCC Guidelines Unlawful
Apr 25, 2013, 2:29 PM by Eric M. Zeman @phonescooper
AT&T today said that recommendations made earlier this month by the Department of Justice regarding future spectrum auctions are illegal and should be ignored by the Federal Communications Commission. The Justice Department suggested to the FCC that it set up rules to prevent the nation's largest holders of spectrum from amassing more in future auctions. Further, the Justice Department argued that the nation's smaller carriers be given a fair chance to purchase low-frequency spectrum to combat the massive 700MHz holdings owned by AT&T and Verizon Wireless. In a letter to the FCC, AT&T senior EVP and General Counsel Wayne Watts wrote, "It is surprising that the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice would even propose measures that are so nakedly designed to help specific companies. The Commission's mandate under the Communications Act is to promote the competitive process, not to pick winners and losers in that process. Rigging spectrum auctions to favor Sprint and T-Mobile would be unlawful." Watts lays out 10 pages worth of scathing arguments and discussion about what he calls uninformed musings by the Justice Department. Watts concludes by saying, "The record overwhelmingly supports spectrum aggregation policies that apply equally to all providers by employing a safe harbor spectrum screen that includes, and treats equally, all suitable available spectrum. A spectrum screen ... coupled with case-by-case review for transactions that exceed the screen, strikes the appropriate regulatory balance The Department's contrary view of an auction that is designed to favor particular competitors would be unlawful and completely unwarranted as a matter of public policy and should be rejected."
Galaxy S8 to Cost $750, S8+ to Cost $850: Carriers Share Launch Details
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First) How did I know it would be AT&T throwing a fit?
Secondly) Mr. Watts is falsely defining the Anti-trust issue at hand as the DOJ is doing exactly what is in the best interest to protect consumer property from possibly being abused as an extreme anti-competitive measure.
John B.
Sounds like whining to me, pretty much. I would want this regulation to pass.
They were all small once...
Totally Agreed
The two largest companies have enjoyed basking in paradise while the smaller companies have laid claim that those with the most money will always be able to purchase more goods.
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Bengals release G Travelle WhartonBy JOE KAY , Associated Press
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CINCINNATI (AP) — The Bengals have released guard Travelle Wharton, who tore up his right knee during the first preseason game last year and missed the season. Wharton signed with the Bengals after spending eight seasons at Carolina, where he started 99 games at guard and tackle. The Bengals installed him as their starting left guard, but he hurt his knee on the third play of the preseason opener against the Jets and needed surgery. Clint Boling, a fourth-round draft pick in 2011, took over for Wharton and started every game at left guard, including a playoff loss at Houston. The Bengals' running game ranked 18th last season. The Bengals have kept their offensive line intact, trying to reach the playoffs for a third straight season, unprecedented in franchise history. © The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Learn more about our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use. |


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Kylie Piggott used to stack shelves in a supermarket in Busselton, a seaside town in Western Australia where she grew up. Now she drives 250-ton dumper trucks on a mine site in the remote and wild Pilbara region, earning nearly triple her previous salary.
Piggott is one of a new breed of miners, lured west by a spectacular boom that is transforming the industry. No longer hardbitten desperadoes on the run from the law or child support agency, as was once the stereotype, Australian miners nowadays resemble Piggott, a diminutive 24-year-old, or Tony Dekuyer, who used to be a maths teacher at a private Catholic boys' school in Perth.
The boom is being fuelled by China's rush to industrialise, and its hunger for the minerals that lie beneath the Pilbara's harsh red earth, in far north-western Australia. This is one of the most inhospitable spots on the planet, where summer temperatures reach 45C and the handful of towns lie hundreds of miles apart, in an ancient landscape of sandhills and spinifex grass.
But it also the source of a modern-day gold rush, and the principal commodity that is bringing undreamed-of wealth to thousands of people and creating a new class of billionaire is that most seemingly unprecious of commodities: iron ore.
Nowhere is the boom more apparent than in Western Australia, where mining companies cannot dig the iron ore out of the ground fast enough to meet the demand. Nor can they find enough workers, which accounts for the generous salaries and perks on offer.
China is now Australia's biggest trading partner – Australian materials, for instance, built the Olympic Bird's Nest Stadium in Beijing. Iron ore, along with other minerals, including coal, uranium and copper, is underpinning unprecedented economic growth and cushioning Australia from global turmoil. The main Pilbara port, Port Hedland, where the skyline is dominated by stockpiles of iron ore and everything is coated in red dust, is known as the engine room of the Australian economy.
But not everyone is pleased by the frenzy of activity. Western Australia's infrastructure is under strain, and locals who are not employed in mining are struggling to afford rising rents and property prices. Aborigines, the traditional owners of the land, have been largely excluded from the financial bonanza, while the breakneck pace of expansion is prompting concerns about the industry's environmental impact.
Across Australia, there is an acute shortage of labour, as tradesmen, in particular, are sucked west. But it is not just builders and electricians who are suddenly in short supply; teachers, nurses and policemen are swapping their uniforms for overalls and hard hats. Farm workers and sheep shearers are abandoning the land; shops and restaurants are bleeding staff. Universities are losing funding as young people bypass higher education. The Australian navy recently admitted that only half its submarine fleet is operational; crew members have departed for better paid jobs in the mines.
Those who head to the Pilbara face formidable challenges. As well as the heat and the dust, there is the isolation to contend with. On the few sealed highways, you can drive for hours without seeing another car, passing only an occasional roadhouse or cattle property.
All mining employees sign up for a punishing schedule: typically, a week of 12-hour day shifts, followed by a week of 12-hour nights shifts, followed by one week off. Many work on a "fly in, fly out" basis, catching a flight into the area, where they are housed in remote mining camps, then flying home for their time off. Some commute from as far away as Sydney, which means a round trip of more than 6,000 miles. One couple have rented out their house in Port Hedland, and spend their time off on the resort island of Bali.
For single workers, it can be a lonely life. Internet dating services such as MeetAMiningMan try to help. But the salaries are handsome: truck drivers can earn up to 120,000 Australian dollars (£55,000); train drivers A$150,000. The company also pays their airfares, and gives them free accommodation and meals.
Many miners have a specific goal: to pay off their mortgage and retire early, for instance, or to buy themselves a new car, or a yacht. The new money washing around Western Australia is evident in the state capital, Perth, where Tiffany's has just opened a store, following Louis Vuitton, Bally and Gucci.
The two mining giants, BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto, have traditionally controlled the iron ore market in the Pilbara. But their stranglehold is starting to break up, and there are a host of newcomers such as Fortescue Metals, whose chief executive, Andrew Forrest, recently became Australia's richest man.
Five years ago, Forrest barely figured on the radar, with his stake in Fortescue worth a relatively modest A$36m. Last May, it was valued at A$9.4bn – and this just a fortnight after the 47-year-old had shipped his first cargo of ore to China. Forrest supplanted James Packer, the media and gambling magnate, at the top of the rich list, which meant that, for the first time in 20 years, neither James nor his late father, Kerry, occupied that spot. James Packer was valued at A$6.1bn.
Australia's richest woman, meanwhile, is Gina Rinehart, whose father, Lang Hancock, discovered the Pilbara deposits in 1952, when bad weather forced his plane to fly low over the area and he saw deep, rust-coloured veins of iron in the gorges. Hancock eventually sold his rights to the big mining companies, and the rivers of royalties mean his daughter is worth A$4.3bn.
Kylie Piggott joined the industry two and a half years ago, following her then boyfriend up to the Pilbara. She found work as a truck driver at Rio Tinto's West Angeles mine. "I just gave it a go, and it just so happened that I really liked it," she says.
For 12 and a half hours a day, starting at 5.30am or 5.30pm, Piggott drives back and forth to the pit, where rock that has been drilled and blasted out of the ground is shovelled on to her truck by an excavator. Then, following instructions on a computer screen, transmitted by pit control in Perth, she transports it to the crusher or stockpile, or, if it's low-grade ore, to the dump.
She has half an hour off for lunch, and two 10-minute tea breaks. Some might find the work tedious or tough, but she loves it. "I grew up on a farm and I always liked driving farm machinery," she says. "The cabs are air-conditioned and you can play your own music. It's like a little world of your own up there, it's pretty relaxing, although it can be lonely, too. You've got too much time for thinking."
These are no ordinary trucks. Piggott must climb three metal staircases to reach her cab, in which she perches about 25ft up. The tyres alone are twice her height, and cost A$100,000 to replace – which is why, at some Rio Tinto mines, 30 per cent of trucks are now operated by women. "It was costing us a bomb in tyres," says Gervase Greene, the company spokesman. "The women are much better drivers."
Dekuyer, the former maths teacher, also works at West Angeles. The 49-year-old started off driving trucks, and is now a grade controller. His wife, Janette, 46, is employed by Rio Tinto, too; in fact, she was the one who went up to the Pilbara first. They live in adjacent huts at the mining camp.
"I wasn't necessarily sick of teaching, but the pay's certainly better up here," says Dekuyer. "I earn pretty close to double what I earned as a teacher. And it's very raw, because it's a primary industry. You're sitting out there on big lumps of iron ore and blasting away. It's like a one-man Tonka toy set-up."
Dekuyer has bought himself a Ducati motorbike, and his wife now drives a convertible sports car. But it is not just the pay that they appreciate. "Teaching was very rewarding in many ways, but mentally it was quite exhausting," he says. "Here, when the day finishes, it finishes, and when we fly out, we've got a week off and don't have to think about the job at all."
The camp where they live for much of the year is 80 miles from the nearest town, Newman. There is nothing there except the mine and the camp, and unbroken vistas of low scrub and spindly trees stretching to the horizon. The accommodation huts have double beds, wardrobes, televisions, fridges and ensuite bathrooms. There is a gym and swimming pool, tennis and basketball courts, even a walking track. A wet mess serves alcohol. Telephone calls and internet access are free, as are healthcare and laundry services. "I don't like to use the word resort, but it's something along those lines," says Dekuyer.
With competition for labour so intense, companies are trying to outdo each other in the facilities they offer. Fortescue is reportedly contemplating putting in a three-hole golf course at its far-flung camp. By contrast, miners based in places such as Newman and Tom Price, which started out as company towns, enjoy a relatively urban lifestyle. In the visitors' centre at Tom Price, the souvenirs on sale include flip-flops decorated with tiny dumper trucks.
At the mine site, situated in the shadow of Mount Nameless, a 1.5-mile-long train leaves for the port of Dampier four times a day, carrying 24,000 tons of iron ore. Last year Rio Tinto exported 161 million tons from Tom Price and other Pilbara mines, and it plans to double production to 320 million by 2012.
The railway is privately owned, as are most railways and roads in the region. In fact, it is hard not to think that the mining companies own the Pilbara. To book a room in Tom Price, you must go through Rio Tinto's reservation service. There are, of course, no rooms available, since the motels and lodges are full of Rio Tinto's employees. Indeed, so scarce are beds in the Pilbara that miners are sleeping in tents and caravans, and locals complain that a once-healthy tourism industry has withered because of the accommodation squeeze.
Even natural features of the landscape have been appropriated. Tourists – those lucky enough to find somewhere to stay – can go bush walking and bird watching in Rio Tinto Gorge. In Port Hedland, there is a pleasant patch of grass from which you can watch the huge barges being loaded up. It is called the BHP Billiton Marapikurrinya Park. The use of an Aboriginal word (meaning five creeks) seems ironic, considering what the country's Indigenous Affairs Minister, Jenny Macklin, calls "the great Australian paradox – that the traditional owners of the land are the poorest people living on it".
Simon Hawkins, chief executive of the Yamatji Marlpa Barna Baba Maaja Aboriginal Corporation, says royalty payments to Aboriginal title-holders represent less than one-quarter of one per cent of total mining profits. Moreover, royalties are only paid in relation to mines that have opened since legislation was passed in 1993. "Iron ore mining in the Pilbara had been going on for 30 years [before that], without any compensation for the impact on Aboriginal country and culture," Hawkins says.
Doris Eaton, a Njamal elder and chair of the Pilbara Native Title Service, says: "The mining boom that is ripping up our land is making the rest of Australia rich. Mining companies need to respect our culture; we are protecting our sites and have been for thousands of years."
Stung, perhaps, by such criticism, the big mining companies have established indigenous training and recruitment programmes, and set Aboriginal employment targets. Fortescue's Forrest has gone even further. This month he announced a plan to create 50,000 jobs for Aboriginal people.
On the almost equally sensitive subject of the environment, mining companies are attempting to polish their image. They claim to be committed to looking after the land – although organisations such as the Conservation Council of Western Australia are not so sure. It says the expansion of mining, which involves draining aquifers and flooding normally seasonal creeks and wetlands, is threatening scarce water resources and the vegetation they support.
Another reproach made of the industry is that the wealth it generates is spent elsewhere, thanks to the fly in, fly out lifestyle. But that is not entirely true. On a Sunday afternoon, the beer garden of the Tom Price Hotel Motel is crowded with miners intent on drinking their way through the week's wages.
These are not the new breed of miners. I meet Ross, for instance, who sports a long, shaggy beard, grey ponytail, beer belly and impressive tattoos. Another man, who tells me his name is "Pirate", is from a similar mould, while "Digger" is a small, voluble man who disappears to buy a round of drinks and returns with a blowsy girl on his arm.
The men, all chain smokers, refuse to give their real names, and are cagey about their backgrounds. Ross says of the lifestyle: "It's stinking hot in summer and freezing cold in winter. It's a good way to make a lot of money very quickly, but it can be really hard on your relationship. It's not something I would recommend to someone married with children, not for long periods."
Digger has been a miner since the 1970s. He says the industry has changed beyond recognition. "It was rough back then. It was all single men, and the wet mess was open 24 hours, and there were fights breaking out the whole time."
The boom shows no sign of abating, with the big companies recently negotiating a record 85 per cent increase in the contract price of iron ore. Analysts are making increasingly wild forecasts, some claiming that Western Australia's population will grow by nearly 50 per cent in the next decade, others predicting that its economy could become Australia's biggest, overtaking New South Wales, which has triple the population.
Graham Rowley, Fortescue's executive director, says: "What is happening in China is the biggest industrialisation ever, bigger than Europe's Industrial Revolution. Iron ore is the most prolific mineral in the world, but suddenly it's much more valuable than oil or gas, and we have billions and billions of tons of the stuff in the Pilbara."
Rowley believes that Australia will continue to reap the rewards for many years, because India will follow China's example. "It's another enormously poor country where the people have the same desires as the people of China. Why should industrialisation not happen there too?"
Digging it: the mining boom
The area in square miles covered by the Pilbara region (that's 25 times the size of Wales)
The figure recorded for 161 consecutive days in the Pilbara town of Marble Bar in 1924
(£55,000) The yearly income which mining truck drivers can earn
The personal fortune of Fortescue Metals chief executive Andrew Forrest at its peak this year – that's £6bn, or £1.3bn more than Rupert Murdoch
Andrew "Twiggy" Forrest's personal fortune five years ago (that's £16.7m)
The cost for a single tyre for an iron ore truck (that's £46,500)
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- Metals
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- Rio Tinto Group
- Western Australia


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