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How atrocious a life does a musician have to lead before you stop listening to them?
Thinly-veiled racist? Right-winger? Alleged pedo with highly dubious defence? Known gang member? Drug dealer?
What are your personal boundaries?
I know next to nothing about a huge number of the musicians in my collection
Not too fussed about finding out. But if I find out someone is a complete bellend, it tends to sour the music slightly.aactv, jopzorz, rainmaker, and colossalhorse this'd this
- CrispinAlexander, theShipment, poptimusgrime, WhiteLightWhiteCity, Kyle_, aboynamedgoo, waterwings, _TheBeautifulOnes_, hanshotfirst, GoatmeatMF, and Dagnammit this'd this
I don't mind if they are arseholes. People in bands can be.
I'm a massive Conor Oberst/Bright Eyes fan and despite him coming across as a bit of a knob almost every time I've seen him (which is a fair few) I still love him.
Obv it's always nice if they are lovely people but not the be all and end all.
The Micha P Hinson thing a few years back made me laugh. People were raging and I thought he'd said something relly terrible like he loved the KKK but it was really just he wasn't that big on the heathcare stuff (or something like that). Country musician from southern usa in being a bit republican shocker.
*musician in being a bit republican shocker
unless you're part of a flukey hippy choir, to 'succeed' in 'the music business' (or any of 'the arts', really) requires a fair whack of single minded dog eat dog mentality. so it's never a surprise when it transpires that a famous musician is an awful belm.DaddyorChips, WhiteLightWhiteCity, and Oissin_ this'd this
if the subject bit of my post I nearly put ''people in bands often are'' but thought it might be a touch unfair. But tbh I think it's kinda true.
I remember watching an interview with Distal last year
where he was not only wearing a VOTE RON PAUL t-shirt but actually discussed it at some lengths. I mean I know he's from Atlanta but he's a young guy and it did kinda put me off that he'd use an interview about his music to push being a Republican. Oh well.
Chris Brown is my limit.
I've never listened to a single note, because he's such a fucking bastard. That kind of behavior is something I can't abide, in any musician. I can live with most everything else.Antelope this'd this
It's a can of worms of a topic
...for instance, does this mean that you can't tolerate partner abuse? Because if so then that's far more musicians than just Mr Brown...
and actors like Bill Murray and Sean Penn.
Thaaaaaaaaaat's truuuuuuuuuue
I think what bothers me so much about Chris Brown is that it was so, so public:
Compare that to most other people who have been accused of it. That's a long-ass article. That doesn't excuse anybody else, but the worst part about Brown is that he has never, ever seemed remorseful. He's a fucking scumbag. And I honestly lost a LOT of respect for Rihanna when she decided to take him back.
But he fucked with Frank Ocean and Drake. Don't fuck with Frank Ocean, and don't fuck with Drake. Super simple stuff.
On the other hand
Frank Ocean and Drake can now join forces for a full-length diss tape:
So Far Gone (-na Beat You Up), Ultra(violence)
i don't really wanna be the kind of person who condones the life and aspirations of a terrible person
i also often try to make the aesthetic choices that are as polar-opposite to cementimental's taste as possible
Eric Clapton
The line starts and ends there.
probably would stop listening to racist/sexist/homophobic/generally awful people
none of my favourite acts to my knowledge are awful but it definitely would put me off.
I strongly dislike it when punks for example claim that skrewdriver/other moronic oi/white power bands 'made some pretty good songs if you ignore the lyrics'. There's enough good music that you just wouldn't need to listen to them ever.
i'm sorta rambling a bit but yeahOissin_, stalecloud, _TheBeautifulOnes_, and thecrikster this'd this
The thing with Skrewdriver et al
is that by its very nature you have to actively seek it out or know the kind of people who listen to it. You're not going to hear it on Radio 1 & think wow, that's a good tune, then subsequently find out they're racists.
Not boycotting an artists who holds controversial beliefs is not the same as supporting their ideology.
For that reason I'd have to say, if I liked the music that much, I'd probably continue to listen to it providing the music didn't espouse the ideas that I found abhorrent. Even though I'm certain the music would be tainted by the association to some degree.
On this very topic, I remember Stephen Fry, being of Jewish ancestory, did an interesting feature on his conflicted enjoyment of Wagner, a noted anti-semite.
It's also an issue that could be compared with the controversy surrounding those rap artists (many of whom have a wide fanbase) who use homophobic/misogynistic language, while claiming that they aren't truly prejudiced.
So, what's worse: listening to a prejudiced artist whose music isn't influenced by their ideology or an artist who claims to value equality while producing music that professes otherwise?
Convicted paedo
Murder's fine, unless the victim was someone I especially liked
I tend to like music that shares the ugly underbelly of life with me.
Depends on the influence of the artist I think
I listened to Phil Spector's A Christmas Gift For You in December and it was still jolly enough. But that was made long before he killed that poor lady, and the murder conviction isn't the most notable thing about Spector, if you see what I mean.
Lostprophets guy on the other hand, for most people, being an appalling paedo is all they might know about him. That and all the Stairwell vs Nonce-bashing and Perv Perv jokes.
Is there a statute of limitations?
If all musicians were thoroughly nice people
much of the music we love would never have existed.
Sure but there's not being thoroughly nice
And there's molesting people. It's not exactly two sides of the same coin.
but let's say, for the sake of argument, that Thom Yorke, or Nick Cave, or Scott Walker, or some other DiS fave, was to be revealed as a Savilesque serial paedo tomorrow. Would that information automatically render In Rainbows, or Let Love In, or Scott 4, artistically invalid? I don't have the answer, just interested in how people would react.
Not 'artistically invalid'
but I wouldn't part with my cash for anything else they go on to release, and would certainly feel a bit funny listening to their albums in future. Great music's still great music, though.
anything else they go on to release
I'm assuming they'd be in jail & thus unable to add to their back catalogue.
I dunno about 'artistically invalid'
but if, say, Tom Wait's next album was called, *I really love punching kittens right in their stupid little faces, also boo to black people" I'd still probably listen to the rest of his stuff. This is probably because I'm a bad person.
How about if he admitted
that Martha was written about a 7-yr old?
I'd want to know why this 7 year old had her own phone
also what the hell the 'it's been 40 years or more' line is about. I am not cool with people dating the not-yet-born.
Actually if you imagine that Martha is now 47
and then listen to the lyrics, it becomes extremely sinister.
And I was always so impulsive,
I guess that I still am,
And all that really mattered then
Was that I was a man.
I guess that our being together
Was never meant to be
Yeah, I'm going to go ahead and not imagine that ever again. I love that song :(
Congratulations, you've written a Parenthetical Girls song.
I'll let Zac Pennington know the next time I see him that he needs to rewrite "Martha" to be about catching up with your former lover, after having not seen her since she was 7.Kyle_ this'd this
I would definitely buy that.
That makes me an even worse person :/
I haven't heard any of your stuff.
Now I'm wondering what sort of crazy bad life you must be leadin! :-o
Doubt I'd stop listening to a band or artist for those sort of reasons
but it might put me off having a listen in the first place.codpieceface this'd this
^this (unless it's properly heinous and violent)
(just remembered that guy from leviathan)
dis is so fucking fucked lately
The guy from Mest stabbed someone
I still bump 'Cadillac' every now and then.
First, their music has to suck
Then, if they have right wing leanings that overshadow the music (I'm looking at you Ted Nugent & Eric Clapton) then that's it. I don't know, there are probably a lot of artists that are horrible people but I'm only aware of their music and I dig it - Hell, I hate a lot of people that are do-gooders, too: Bono, REM, etc etc etc
Getting a bit Groundhog Day in here
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SAN JOSE, Calif. – Jamie Benn scored the lone goal in the shootout and Kari Lehtonen stopped all three attempts as the Dallas Stars snapped the San Jose Sharks' seven-game winning streak with a 5-4, come-from-behind victory on Sunday.
Alex Chiasson started the rally from a two-goal deficit in the third period when he scored his second goal of the game, and Loui Erickson tied it for the Stars, who have won two straight following a three-game losing streak. Eric Nystrom also scored, and Lehtonen made 32 saves through overtime for Dallas.
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Otis Rush: I Can't Quit The Blues(1956-60) (77:08/25)
|Otis Rush - I Can't Quit The Blues Medium 1
|I Can't Quit You Baby
|Sit Down Baby
|Violent Love
|My Love Will Never Die
|Groaning The Blues
|If You Were Mine
|Love That Woman
|Jump Sister Bessie
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|She's A Good 'Un
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|It's hard For Me To Believe Baby (Live)
|Maybe The Last Time (Live)
|I Feel Good (Live)
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|Goin' Down Slow (Live)
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Albumtitel: I Can't Quit The Blues
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When Cobra Records folded in 1959, A&R man Willie Dixon sailed right back to his former post at Chess Records. Two of Cobra's top young blues guitarists joined him. Southpaw Otis Rush had hit his very first time out on fledgling Cobra in '56 with Dixon's I Can't Quit You Baby (see Disc Four) and proceeded to wax a string of hair-raising Chicago blues classics (My Love Will Never Die, Double Trouble, All Your Love [I Miss Loving]) for Eli Toscano's West Side-based label prior to its untimely demise. Dixon played several roles in their stunning execution
"Willie was sort of right in the middle of everything," says Otis, whose Chess signing marked a change of heart on the label's part from when Otis was just starting out. "Chess didn't want to record me, because I sang a lot like Muddy," says Rush of his early years
Rush's first Chess session in January of 1960 produced a typically harrowing downbeat gem. With saxist Little Bobby Neely, pianist Lafayette Leake, guitarist Matt Murphy (who adds a few biting licks of his own), drummer Odie Payne, Jr., and bassist Dixon behind him, So Many Roads, So Many Trains intimidates in its fiery intensity. Rush sings it like a man possessed, his solo shrieking all over the high end of his guitar neck. So Many Roads stands with any of his Cobra sides (John Mayall's Bluesbreakers revived it in 1966 with Peter Green on lead guitar).
"Somebody gave me that song," says Rush. If the label credits can be believed, that somebody was 17-year-old Marshall Paul Chess. Listed on the 45 as Paul Marshall, he was already a familiar presence around the halls of his family label's headquarters, beginning as a mailroom worker and gofer at 13. It wasn't the first time a Chess release bore Marshall's name as official composer; Leonard's son was down as author of Harvey and The Moonglows' 1958 hit Ten Commandments Of Love and was all of 14 when he allegedly penned the same group's Penny Arcade.
Despite the unmitigated brilliance of So Many Roads and its resolutely minor-key follow-up You Know My Love (a My Love Will Never Die sequel, penned like its predecessor by Dixon), Rush's stay at Chess was brief and frustrating. "I was with Chess for about two or three years," he says. "We'd record, and they've got the record laying up on the shelf. So I wanted to get free of that."
Moving over to Don Robey's Duke Records proved even worse for Otis. His lone 1962 Chicago date for the Houston-based label produced the solitary single Homework, Dixon still at the helm. "I did a five-year contract with Duke. I got one record out of 'em," Rush laments. "That was a shame, five years. People like that was mostly tying up artists, putting 'em on the shelf. Record 'em, and just put 'em away. There wasn't no control in the music world."
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Patrick blames GOP for automatic budget cuts
BOSTON (AP) — Gov. Deval Patrick said Monday that automatic federal spending cuts could potentially cost Massachusetts hundreds of millions of dollars, and he's putting the blame squarely on Republicans for the failure to reach a deal.
Patrick met with reporters at the Statehouse on Monday after returning from a 10-day trip that included a trade mission to Colombia and a meeting of the nation's governors in Washington.
The Democrat and ally of President Barack Obama said there was little hope of heading off the automatic spending cuts, scheduled to take effect on Friday.
"There is very little confidence in Washington that there will be a deal before the end of the week," Patrick said, while adding: "Hope springs eternal."
He blamed the impasse on a failure of House Republican leaders, including Speaker John Boehner, to schedule a vote on Obama's plan to raise revenue by closing some tax loopholes for wealthy individuals and corporations.
"This is a failure of the Republican House because the Republican speaker, I believe, has the votes for a deal that's balanced, that reflects the view of an overwhelming majority of the American people. But he's (Boehner) got one plan on the table ... and it's the president's and he has not brought it to the floor," Patrick said.
The governor said the federal government has yet to provide specific information on how the automatic cuts will be implemented.
Patrick said there are no immediate plans for layoffs or furloughs of state employees and nothing specific will happen immediately because all state officials have right now are "general projections" about what the spending cuts will mean for Massachusetts.
He said there likely won't be specific information about exactly where the cuts will fall until after the deadline passes.
"The biggest impact is going to come outside of state government," Patrick said, referring to cuts that will affect defense contractors and research facilities located in Massachusetts.
The governor also said he was concerned that a slowdown in the economy could lead to a possible reduction in state tax revenue.
Secretary of Administration and Finance Glen Shor said he didn't believe the state-by-state analysis released by the White House Sunday night represented "scare tactics," as some Republican lawmakers have charged.
He said agencies would begin drawing up contingency plans once there is more information from the federal government.
Asked about a suggestion he made on NBC's "Meet the Press" on Sunday that Republicans deliberately want to crash economy, Patrick said, "It certainly feels that way."
Meanwhile, Patrick called his trip to Columbia a success for both sides.
During the trip, Patrick and Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos signed a memorandum of understanding intended to strengthen collaboration between Massachusetts and the South American nation.
The agreement focuses on science, technology, the life sciences and clean energy, areas that Patrick has focused on during his years as governor.
Patrick said one goal of the trip was to help spur job growth in Massachusetts.
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The request, if granted, will allow the company time to explore alternatives to licensing the project. one alternative could be "surrendering" or giving up the license. The company applied to the FERC in 1998 for a new license and it is expected soon.
Bill Eaquinto, vice president of hydro licensing for Pacificorp, said that a number of factors contributed to the company's request to pause the licensing project.
Analysis of the project indicates that future operations will cause power costs from Powerdale to jump significantly.
"It's a fairly small project, and when we began the licensing project in 1995, project economics were already marginal," said Eaquinto.
"Now we are faced with making significant capital improvements, and the cost to produce power from the project will increase beyond what makes sense for customers."
Making matters worse, a recent sediment study shows that project shutdowns are expected to occur often as a result of glacial sloughing from Mount Hood.
"Today, and well into the future, river flows will contain far more sediment than in the past, making normal operations impossible at times, and increasing operation and maintenance costs."
Pacificorp intends to seek input on Powerdale from state and federal fisheries agencies, the Warm Springs Indian Nation, irrigators and other key stakeholders in the process. Regardless of the final outcome of this review process, PacifiCorp does not anticipate removing the diversion dam for the project because it provides flows for fish counting and sorting facility adjacent to the dam, and is key to state and federal fish recovery plans in the basin.
PacifiCorp also owns and operates the Condit Hydroelectric Project across the Columbia River from Powerdale in Southwest Washington. In 1999, the company reached a settlement agreement with the Yakama Nation, state and federal agencies and environmental groups to remove the 125-foot high Condit Dam in 2006.
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PORTSMOUTH — The only thing First Night may be lacking is a champagne toast as the clock strikes 2013, but who said you need alcohol to have fun?
Between every style of music imaginable playing in historic venues throughout the city, along with performances by jugglers, puppeteers and improv comedians, the New Year's Eve celebration in Port City, provided by Pro Portsmouth, has events for every age, every family and every one.
"It has been a good night," Barbara Massar, Executive Director of Pro Portsmouth, said. "There was a good crowd at the fireworks, which is kind of a good gage for how things are going."
Many teens crowded in Market Square early in the night to dance in the street, which was closed off to traffic. They flashed their glow sticks, tiaras and other New Year's Eve accessories, hoping to ring in 2013 having fun.
The light-up gear was provided by private businesses, one owned by Zachary Bryson of Hibbert Enterprise.
"This is my second year in Portsmouth," he said, shivering from the cold air on a street corner across from Breaking New Grounds. Bryson planned to be out selling his goods for most of the night so he was dressed properly for the temperatures nearing the teens. "I like it here, but, I also go down south with my stuff, too. I do Fourth of July celebrations, Mardi Gras and fiestas in San Antonio."
Bryson sells hats, blow horns, mouthpieces, binkies, bunny ears, leg warmers and swords that glow, twinkle and flash neon colors.
It was nearly impossible to miss those sporting the bright lights. Many little ones wore glowing necklaces at the Abracadabra show, produced by Phil Smith, at the Connie Bean at Portsmouth Middle School.
Smith wowed the crowd by making balls disappear and even brought audience members up to try some tricks. He teased some of the participators, such as young Logan, joking that he "visits his airport all of the time."
Smith ended his performance by making his rabbit, Snow White, appear from a balloon animal in a cage. Just a short walk away from the school, Acheson Gown, a music group consisting of singer and songwriter Elissa Margolin and guitarist Tom Acheson Brown, belted tunes at the Middle Street Baptist Church. Margolin said the band plays both cover songs and original music.
TJ Wheeler and 'Company' played blues and jazz at North Church, while a Beatles band brought people back to the 1960s with songs such as their infamous "We all live in a yellow submarine."
Costumes, props and juggling items such as cigar boxes were among the many silly entertainment acts put on by Mike Miclon at Seacoast Repertory Theater later in the evening. Miclon, who has been performing since the age of 14, said events like First Night are his favorite because he can make both children and parents smile and enjoy their night.
Roderick Russell, described as a sword swallower and mind reader, also performed at the Rep, showing fans his talent that has been featured on the Discovery Channel, the Travel Channel, CNN, NPR and Ripley's Believe It Or Not.
Russell's show was standing room only, as most of the event goers were most interested in seeing one of the just 50 sword swallowers in world.
"I won't beat around the bush, I'll just get straight to the point," he punned, before sliding the two foot long sword down his throat.
The three-time Guinness Book of World Records holder also showed the crowd how well he can read people, by guessing the cards they were thinking of, the people that mean most to them in their life and which kid drew which drawing on stage.
As the clock moved closer to midnight, people started to exit the venues and make their way to Market Square, boogieing down on the side street made into a dance floor near the large ice sculpture at the center of all the fun.
"You get to a point in the night, around eight or nine o'clock, and the event just kind of is, it just happens," Massar said. "People have bought their buttons, have found a place to park and have gone to the fireworks, and now they are going to figure out where they are going to go and they are just doing their own thing."
Crowds formed outside the North Church for the midnight countdown, excited to say goodbye to 2012 and to greet 2013.
Between all the dancers, party people and onlookers, was a group decked out in rhinestone decorated clothing, sparkling glasses and even glitter toed shoes, preparing to count from 10 to 1 and wish everyone a happy New Year.
"It's been a good year, but I have about 15 New Year's resolutions," Leah Neff, of South Berwick, Maine, said. "Tonight has been fun, though. I came to Portsmouth to be with friends and have a good night, and that is exactly what I have been given."
When the countdown was over and 2013 arrived, Portsmouth completed the night with a round of fireworks, lighting the sky as couples and friends danced in the square to Etta James' "At Last."
First Night Portsmouth crowds greet the new year
PORTSMOUTH — The only thing First Night may be lacking is a champagne toast as the clock strikes 2013, but who said you need alcohol to have fun?


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There's great satisfaction to be taken in starting out with something humble and transforming it to something mighty. Architects especially may enjoy this act of transformation. Last year's Unique Converted Homes slideshow on CNBC.com showcased 10 such architectural rags-to-riches stories.
Now, an eye-popping look at some more amazing examples of the sustainable practice called adaptive reuse. For this go-round, we have an apartment with a view that was integrated into in an ancient structure and a masterful factory conversion by an architect that became his personal residence and company offices. This collection also shows homes made out of a former school and former shelters for emergency vehicles. The global locations range from a tiny island off Scotland to a rural Spanish hillside to the Mediterranean coast of Tel Aviv.
Many have modern styles, but it's clear the designers have a reverence for the structure that came before. One architect who revamped a building in the following collection, Pitsou Kedem, wrote of his work, "The project succeeds in both honoring and preserving the historical and almost romantic values of the structure whilst creating a contemporary project, modern and suited to its period." The same could be said about nearly all of the following unique converted homes.
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I don't think I'd ever post my clothes the same day I wore them. Ugh. Well here is an outfit now. I wore this a few days ago to get supper with the family in this really cool authentic (of course it is) Korean barbecue house. You really take off your shoes and kneel on the floor to eat!
The black Karra leather jacket is actually my mum's but I had to borrow it since the jacket that'd match what I wore was in the laundry. I have this in brown, too but I left it at home because it scratched it :( I look very disheveled, don't I? All that eating makes one tired.
|Esprit bag, Guess jeans
|The walls are filled with old film promotional posters! And those weird robotic arm things dangling from the ceiling are exhaust fans because you grill the barbecue in the middle of the table.
|Ze appetizer.
Okay, a very lame attempt to recreate old Coca Cola adverts. I just had to do it.
|These are the Francesco boots my mum had in the 90s. I couldn't get a better photo since the lighting was bad and so was the camera (but I still love you my little digital camera-SLR hybrid)
|Another scarf I bought at a nameless Greenhills stall. I think the stalls have names but honestly, they're usually barely readable.
Arm warmers from Terranova that look kind of gross right now (thank you, camera) and a pink shirt I got at a small (nameless, yet again) shop in the subway station in Seoul or something.
|a vintage Kangol hat my grandma (or great aunt, whatever. I call her grandma. She's the wife of my grandpa that was in the movie with GREGORY PECK *off topic*) gave me.
|a very unflattering shot of how my back looked.
I feel very self-fulfilled whenever I post something. Oy, I hate saying "self-fulfilled". It reminds me of school again. *sees brief flashes of grainy gray paper, dull flickering fluorescent lights, and yellow and green uniforms* But nope, it's summer right now and yet I'm still freezing my arse off in a temperate country. On the bright side, my flesh isn't melting...or frying... in the 37°C heat back home. Whoa, where did the point of things go? NEVERLAND!
Oh, shut up Willa.
Before I type something stupid again or start a whole conversation with meself here, I'm going to paste the link to Carla Bruni's J'en Connais because it happens to be the song I felt like listening to on the day I wore this. *waves arms across the air*
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Monday, 23 May 2011
Bits and bobs and interesting things (mostly about me, but this IS my blog...)
Next up. I have been awarded a Versatile Blogger Award by the lovely and fragrant Janice Horton. It looks like this -
Oh, hang on, I've got one.
1. I can eat Marshmallows. I don't just mean physically, anyone with a mouth and the ability to breathe whilst attempting to swallow something the size of a small bolster can do this, I can eat Marshmallows by the packetful, and not suffer any toxic sugar reactions at all. I don't even feel slightly sick. Nope. Can't do Mars Bars, yuk, but Marshmallows - no probs.
Hmmm. Something else. Interesting and personal. Oooh. Here's one.
2. I cannot stand lupins. They are creepy. Hollyhocks and delphiniums are nearly as bad, but not quite as terrifying as lupins.
3. I once raised a Pipistrelle bat by keeping it down my bra. It didn't want to be raised there, it was hoping for fresh air, open spaces and the ability for a little recreational old-lady-scaring, but it didn't have a say in the matter. Bats can't talk.
4. (I'm getting into this now.) I have Psychic Navigational Abilities. This means I don't need a map, or GPS, I just point myself towards the end of my route and travel there without getting lost. All right, sometimes it takes me a few days to actually arrive, and I'm often a little damper than I like when I get there, and mountains can be quite hard to get over when you're driving Peter Sallis, but nevertheless, I still get to my intended destination.
5. I am the fourth BeeGee. Yep. Can't sing, can't dance (that's why they keep me hidden), but I do look fantastic in very tight white trousers, and I can do the squeaky voice like no-one's business. Ah ah ah ah, stayin' alive. Believe me now?
6. I've got a story in this month's Your Cat magazine. Oh. I've done that one, have I? Ummm. Sssssshh, thinking..... I've never been to Swindon. There, how's that? I am going to Swindon, but bearing in mind that I shall be travelling using Psychic Navigational techniques perfected by myself over years of training, I may be able to continue in my inadvertant non-visitation of Swindon for some time. I'm sure there are many other places, equally lovely and friendly, that I haven't been to either, but for now Swindon will have to do.
7. I find potatoes very boring. Urgh, totally dull, as a foodstuff and I have it on good authority that they make rubbish stand-up comedians too. Would you want to be stuck at a party with nothing but a King Edward's for company? Well, there you go then, I rest my case... Rice and pasta are pretty nearly as bad, but potatoes really take the biscuit in the bland mouth fluff department. Sorry.
Now I understand that I must pass this award on to seven other bloggers of my immediate acquaintance. So, here goes...
Of course, all of these people hate me...
Kate Johnson
Frank Tuttle
Elizabeth Currie
Lucie Wheeler
Debs Carr
Stephanie Cage
Fanciful Alice
Best of luck, chaps....
9 comments:
- Elizabeth Currie said...
OMG Jane, this kind of looks like a curse in disguise! A versatile blogger award. Sounded really fantastic til I saw what was involved - like confessing some of your darker secrets (you already know some of mine - 'skeletons in the cupboard' etc'. Can you nominate people have already been nominated? I think the only people I could nominate would be people like you and some others who already have the award! How do I cut & paste the logo?? I'm really dim about things like this! But I guess we should thank it for getting to learn some of those darker secrets like hot-housing bats (what else do you keep down your bra? - ooops, no it's ok, I didn't ask that!) And I shall comment on your aversion to lupins and potatoes over on my blog as a reply to comment (both are Andean domesticates!!) Happy Versatile Blogger Award! Certainly you are though (a versatile blogger ... oh shut-up ...)
- 23 May 2011 at 14:31
- Jane Lovering said...
Firstly, Liz, don't panic, you don't have to take it up if you don't want to. You copy the logo over by right-clicking on it and choosing 'save image' then pasting it to your desktop (or wherever). But it is quite fun, and it does make you think... seven secrets?
- 23 May 2011 at 14:37
- Dizzy C said...
Congrats! I do love your answers for this award.
Much more interesting than some I have seen, including mine LOL
Not heard of a phobia for Lupins...is there a name for it?
Interesting bat story :)
- 23 May 2011 at 16:30
- Debs Carr said...
Love those answers. I'm terrified of bats, so would have been no use looking after one, mind you I don't mind lupins etc, so I think I'll stick to the flowers.
Thanks for the award.
- 23 May 2011 at 17:43
I have always thought there is a touch of the triffid about a lupin so I'm with you there.
Is the bat still there? It's just that you occasionally enter my house and I think I have a right to know if you're bringing livestock with you.
But you're wrong about the potato, without potatoes we wouldn't have chips, silly.
As for the rest I'm going to back away slowly now because you're scaring me a little bit.
- 23 May 2011 at 20:12
- Janice Horton said...
Obviously, I think you batty. Erm....can you smell me from behind your keyboard.....?
PS. Lupins are lovely - just misunderstood. xx
- 23 May 2011 at 20:21
- Jane Lovering said...
I utterly reserve the right to loathe the lupins, they are sinister and guilty of conduct unbecoming to flowers. Bats, however, are fine, and pototoes continue dull with variable winds.
Thank you, that is all.
- 24 May 2011 at 21:23
- Alice ~ writer, crafter, boater said...
Oh my! An award! I guess this means I need to get out of my boating clothes, dig that sparkly dress out of storage and accept graciously over at mine... give me a little time and I surely will ;-)
Thank you dear friend of the North! and I hope you are well :-)
- 25 May 2011 at 15:25
- LindyLouMac in Italy said...
Thanks for giving me a laugh with my morning coffee. I miss Lupins a UK cottage garden favourite, scary, no! Potatoes boring taste my neighbours roasted in their wood oven with rosemary and you may well change your mind. :)
- 26 May 2011 at 10:43


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Interested in a new car with three rows of seats? Are you on a budget? You've come to the right place. We've rounded up a list of our favorite new models that offer third-row seating for $500 per month or less. To get to that number, we've assumed typical factors: an average loan term (around 65 months), good credit, a 10 percent down payment and 7 percent sales tax. Have a look at our list to check out our favorite reasonably priced vehicles with three rows of seats.
Dodge Journey Crew
While most midsize SUVs require breaking our budget to combine both 3-row seating and a long list of equipment, that isn't true of the Dodge Journey. The top-end Journey Crew starts at around $450 per month. While its interior isn't quite up to par with the competition, it does offer a long list of equipment, such as heated front seats, leather, a heated steering wheel and alloy wheels. It also comes standard with Chrysler's Pentastar V6, making 283 horsepower. Most importantly, the leftover budget can add 3-row seating and other luxury options, such as a navigation system and rear park assist.
Honda Odyssey EX
The Honda Odyssey EX minivan fits neatly into our budget, with its base price including shipping almost exactly $500 per month. While it's about $40 per month more than the base-level Odyssey LX, we think it's worth the extra money. That's because it includes tri-zone automdodatic climate control, 2-row sunshades and, most importantly, power sliding rear doors. Trust us: If you don't opt for the EX, you'll be wishing you had every time you go to shut the LX's heavy sliding doors. Odyssey EX models also offer 8-passenger seating, compared to the Odyssey LX's 7-passenger capacity.
Hyundai Santa Fe GLS
The newly redesigned Santa Fe is offered with two body styles. The Santa Fe Sport only has five seats. The full-size Santa Fe, recommended here, boasts up to seven seats with three rows standard. The base-level GLS model offers a starting monthly payment of around $450, which is a great value considering its long list of standard features. Such equipment includes Bluetooth, rear climate control and 18-inch wheels. For drivers who can spare $525 per month, we highly recommend the Santa Fe Limited, which adds leather, heated seats, a rearview camera and dual-zone automatic climate control. Either way, the Santa Fe is a great buy and one of the top midsize SUVs available with three rows.
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The Kia Sorento might be the best value in the world of SUVs available for under $500 per month. Even if you choose an upscale Sorento EX with the powerful 290-hp 3.3-liter V6, you still pay only $485 per month including destination. That's a great deal considering the Sorento EX has a standard 3-row seat, along with a remote engine starter, leather, heated front seats, Kia's UVO infotainment system, dual-zone automatic climate control and rear park assist. The Sorento also offers a long list of standard safety equipment and boasts a newly restyled exterior.
Nissan Pathfinder SV
We highly recommend Nissan's all-new Pathfinder SV. Redesigned for 2013, the Pathfinder boasts four trim levels: S, SV, SL and Platinum. While upscale models offer nice luxury features, the Pathfinder SV gives you everything you need for around $500 per month -- or maybe a few dollars more. That includes rear park assist, a rearview camera, a power driver seat, Bluetooth and tri-zone automatic climate control. Of course, all Pathfinder models also include the important 3-row seating, which can carry up to seven passengers.
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The Sienna LE fits into our budget at around $480 per month. If you can get a good deal on an up-level XLE model, we suggest taking it, as the XLE adds leather and a power tailgate. But shoppers who go for the LE still get a long list of equipment, such as a rearview camera, tri-zone automatic climate control, Bluetooth and a USB port for music. The Sienna LE also boasts the all-important power sliding rear doors. And it includes eight seats rather than the usual seven, which can be important if you need to carry more people in a pinch.
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Vanessa Hudgens & Britney Spears: 'Gangnam Style' Fans!
Vanessa Hudgens wears a camouflage hat with the word "faith" written on it as she heads to the gym on Tuesday (August 28) in North Hollywood, Calif.
The 23-year-old actress shared her new obsession that morning with the readers of her blog.
"I am so amazingly obsessed. GANGNAM STYLE!!!! Yeahhhh" Vanessa wrote about the K-Pop song and Internet meme by the South Korean rapper Psy.
The song has reached the top of the Billboard Korea K-Pop Hot 100 chart and is climbing the dance charts. Watch the video below!
Britney Spears also is a fan of the song! "I am LOVING this video – so fun! Thinking that I should possibly learn the choreography. Anybody wanna teach me?! haha," she wrote on Facebook.
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Liqua Pop Review
If you're the sort of gamer whose eyes water and knees go to jelly when you get your hands on a new Match-3 puzzler, Liqua Pop is definitely one you should consider. Instead of boring old blocks or gems, this game has you matching colorful drops of liquid on a leaf.
These drops can be dragged around with your finger, and if you combine four of the smallest droplets, you'll get a bigger drop that you can pop with a quick shake or flick. Your goal is to pop enough blobs to coax a friendly-looking toad to the top of the screen. Pop blobs, coax toad to top.
Liqua Pop has a very fun gameplay mechanic at the center of it– we were hypnotized just by the jelly-like motion of the drops as they scoot around the screen. Plus, bonus power-up bugs will perform interesting actions like scrambling the drops, turning them all one color, or blowing them up.
Fun with food coloring.
Liqua Pop features a lengthy adventure mode, where you have to run through a series of levels. However, these start to become a bit tedious once you've unlocked all the power-up bugs, and the game offers no survival mode or timed mode to give your brain a break. We definitely hope to see more modes added in future updates.
Also, the high-score system in the game didn't satisfy us. You have to use Facebook to compare scores online, instead of a social gaming network like OpenFeint or Game Center. We understand that Facebook integration leads to some good free advertising, but it's not the network of choice for many iOS gamers.
Liqua Pop is an absorbing Match-3 puzzler, but it needs new modes and a revamped high-score system to get our highest recommendation. Pick this one up if you're looking for an iPhone game that's soothing and visually stimulating, and hope for more modes in the future.


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Number: 110-14
Date: November 2, 2007
House and Senate Pass H.R. 3963, the "Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2007''
On November 1, 2007, the Senate passed without amendment H.R. 3963 , by a vote of 64 yeas to 30 nays, a bill to amend Title XXI of the Social Security Act to extend and improve the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), clearing the measure for the President. The House passed the bill on October 25, 2007, by a vote of 265 yeas to 42 nays. H.R. 3963 is similar to H.R. 976, which President Bush vetoed on 10/3/07, and which veto the House failed to override on 10/18/07; the veto was sustained. Following are provisions of the bill of interest to SSA:
Verification of Declaration of Citizenship or Nationality for Purposes of Eligibility for Medicaid and CHIP
• Would give States the option to verify an individual's declaration that he or she is a U.S. citizen or national for purposes of Medicaid and/or CHIP eligibility through an electronic comparison of the information provided by the individual with the information in the records maintained by the Commissioner of Social Security.
• Under the provision, a State could submit for comparison with the Social Security Administration (SSA) records, the name and SSN of an individual who has declared U.S. citizenship or nationality. In the case of an individual whose name, SSN and/or declaration of U.S. citizenship or nationality is inconsistent with the information in SSA's records, SSA would so notify the State.
• In such cases, the State would have to make a reasonable effort to identify and address the causes of the inconsistent information.
• After such reasonable efforts are made, the State would provide the individual with 90 days to resolve the inconsistency with the Commissioner of Social Security, or to present to the State, paper documentation of citizenship (e.g., a U.S. passport or birth certificate combined with a prescribed, acceptable identity document).
• The State would disenroll the individual within 30 days after the end of the 90-day period if documentation is not provided or the inconsistency is not resolved with SSA.
• Would provide that States who choose the electronic method to enter into an agreement with the Commissioner to allow States to electronically submit for comparison each month the names and SSNs of each individual who has declared to be a U.S. citizen or national and is newly enrolled (but not dually enrolled in another income maintenance program) for that month: (1) through an on-line system or otherwise at least monthly; or, (2) through other methods agreed to by the State and Commissioner and approved by the Secretary of Health and Human Services, provided that such method is no more burdensome on the individual than the first method.
• Would appropriate $5,000,000 to the Commissioner of Social Security to remain available until expended to carry out the Commissioner's responsibilities as outlined in the provisions above.
• Would be effective October 1, 2008.
Extension of SSI Web-Based Asset Demonstration Project to the Medicaid Program
• Would require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to use the current process that SSA uses in the Access to Information Held by Financial Institutions pilot project to be utilized for verification of assets for Medicaid eligibility of individuals not applying for SSI. Extension to Medicaid would be limited to States in which the SSI demonstration project is operating.
• Would be effective October 1, 2012.
Protection for Families Caring for Injured Service Members
• Would amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to provide up to 26 weeks of unpaid leave to employees who are caring for family members who have been injured or become ill in the line of active military service. Eligible employees could elect (or employers could require) that accrued paid leave be substituted for unpaid leave.Would be effective October 1, 2007.


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Perhaps a bit paranoid but definitely a step toward extreme prevention, AT&T is releasing a new app to discourage texting while driving. The new anti-texting technology will allow parents to remotely control their children's cell phone service, cutting off their phones' ability to text, browse the Web, or receive and make calls when they're behind the wheel.
The app, slated for a September 19 release, gives parents the power to limit texting capabilities so teens cannot text while they are driving even if they wanted to. The app will also feature other safety precautions such as a GPS tracker to locate where the cellphone is located, and "Safety Violation Summary" with an alert system which will exts parents if their teens are driving at excessive speeds, making harsh accelerations, or performing dangerously sharp turns.
"Our goal is to save lives," AT&T chairman and CEO Randall Stephenson said. "I hear from far too many people whose lives have been forever changed by a texting-while-driving accident, and together, we want to spread the word about how deadly a single text can be."
It is unclear what platforms the apps will be available on but if its anything like previous AT&T apps, we expect it to be on at least iOS, Android, and Blackberry. Future models of AT&T phones may even have the app pre-installed and un-deleteable. AT&T advertises the new app for use in concurrence with its Drive Mode app, which will send an automatic reply to text senders that the recipient is currently driving and will get back to their messages at a safer time.
In addition to the new app, AT&T will launch "aggressive" social media campaigns on Facebook and Twitter, television and radio commercials, pamphlets to be distributed in high schools, and work with celebrity endorsers to reach its younger target audience. The company also aims to build an online driving simulator at ItCanWait.com so those at home and experience the dangers of texting while driving, along with life-size simulators set to hit approximately 200 locations across the nation.
"We're challenging everyone to take the pledge to never text and drive and to make it a lifelong commitment," Stephenson said. "And we're challenging all device makers and app developers to offer devices that come pre-loaded with a no-text-and-drive technology solution."
Extreme? Maybe, but it's definitely better to be safe than sorry. Watch the video below to see snippets of the upcoming app.
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KRFC 88.9 Fort Collins CO Be Heard. KRFC is a volunteer-driven, non-commercial radio station based in Fort Collins, Colorado that serves the community of Northern Colorado with music, news, and public affairs programming, which can be heard at 88.9 FM and online at www.krfc.fm.
KRFF-LP 95.9 Fargo Moorhead Radio Free Fargo - Your Community Alternative A community-run radio station for the Fargo Moorhead area and beyond.
KRVM 91.9FM Eugene KRVM Keeping Real Variety in Music KRVM is listener-powered radio that provides local students the opportunity to try radio broadcasting, Monday through Friday, 8am - 5pm. A dedicated group of volunteer DJs provide a variety of music that complete the rest of the schedule.
KRZA 88.7fm Alamosa - Taos Connecting Cultures Along the Upper Rio Grande Community, public radio for the upper Rio Grande region of Southern Colorado and Northern New Mexico.
KSCL Shreveport 91.3FM Shreveport's Alternative Music Source KSCL is a student-run radio station broadcasting from Centenary College of Louisiana
KSCU 103.3 FM Santa Clara The Underground Sound Student-run radio from Santa Clara University
KSDT @ UCSD KSDT Triton Radio Student-run radio at University of California San Diego
KSJD KSJD Radio Public radio serving the Four Corners area.
KSJS 90.5 FM SAN JOSE 90.5 KSJS Ground Zero Radio We have been introducing San Jose to new music for over 50 years. San Jose State Radio comes alive 24/7. Student run and operated. Live streaming on our website.
KSLC KSLC HD1 McMinnville 90.3 Student Powered Radio from Linfield College Student programmed, managed, and operated radio from Linfield College, McMinnville, OR, USA
KSPC Claremont 88.7FM KSPC The Space A broadcast service of Pomona College, Claremont, CA
KSYM San Antonio 90.1 FM KSYM, San Antonio College Radio, Your Only Alternative A student run Community Radio Station on the campus of San Antonio College in San Antonio Texas.
KTUH 90.1FM Honolulu Radio For The People! KTUH is a non-commercial, student-run, listener-supported station in Honolulu, Hawaii. It was Hawaii's first non-commercial FM station, and signed on the air July 7, 1969. Their programming originates from the studios located on the campus of the Universi
KUMM Morris 89.7FM The U-90 Alternative Playing the hottest alternative music in West Central Minnesota! Broadcasting from the University of Minnesota, Morris. Used in the station listing at http://spinitron.com/radio/
KUOI FM Moscow, 89.3 University of Idaho's own student-run free form radio station. KUOI is a free format radio station that has been blessing the airwaves of Moscow, Idaho since 1945. We are in our 70th year and want to thank all the loyal listeners and welcome new ones everyday!
KUPS 90.1FM Tacoma The Sound A 100% student-run radio station located at the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, WA.
KVNF 90.9/89.1 Mountain-Grown Community Radio for Western Colorado KVNF is grassroots, creative, volunteer based, community oriented public radio serving Western Colorado since 1979.
KVRF Sutton 89.5 FM KVRF Big Cabbage Radio KVRF FM: Community Radio from Palmer Alaska
KWCW 90.5FM KWCW Whitman College Radio A broadcast service of KWCW Whitman College Walla Walla, WA
KWMR 90.5 - 89.9 - 92.3 FM KWMR Community Radio Community Radio for West Marin and Beyond..
KWVA Eugene 88.1 FM University of Oregon Campus Radio Student owned and operated radio station based at the University of Oregon.
KXCI 91.3FM Tucson AZ Real People Real Radio Tucson and Southern Arizona's Community Radio
KXSC 1560AM/kxsc.org KXSC - USC's Independent Student Radio Station A broadcast service of the University of Southern California. Visit us online at kxsc.org
KXUA Fayetteville 88.3 FM Student Run @ University of Arkansas KXUA is an eclectic music focused radio station from the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Run by students for the students.
KYAC Mill City 94.9FM KYAC Community Radio Community radio serving the citizens of our Santiam communities.
KZAX Bellingham 94.9 KZAX Make Shift Community Radio KZAX 94.9LP FM serves the Bellingham community by providing locally created content and eclectic music programming.
KZFR Chico 90.1 FM KZFR Community Radio Listener supported community radio for the Sacramento valley, the foothills, and beyond!
KZMU Moab 90.1 & 106.7 FM KZMU Moab Community Radio A broadcast service of KZMU Community Public Radio, Moab, Utah
KZRJ Jerome AZ FM100.5 KZRJ Jerome's Radio A non-commercial, all volunteer music radio station featuring rock, soul, oldies, Americana, blues, reggae and more.
KZUM 89.3 Lincoln, NE The heartbeat of your community.
KZUU Pullman 90.7FM KZUU College Radio A broadcast service of the ASWSU, out of Washington State University, Pullman, WA
KZYX 90.7 & 91.5FM Listener Supported Community Radio Serving Mendocino County & Beyond
LASR - Tacoma Pacific Lutheran University's own Lute Air Student Radio Lute Air Student Radio is a division of Student Media at Pacific Lutheran University.
Pizza FM PIZZAFM College Radio A broadcast service of PIZZAFM College, Somewhere FO
Radio Boise, KRBX Community Radio for Boise and Beyond Listen to KRBX 89.9 FM and 93.5 FM (downtown) and streaming online. Radio, Live Transmission.
Radio Fairfax A service of Fairfax Public Access Free Form Radio
Radio Free Brooklyn This Is What Brooklyn Sounds Like Radio Free Brooklyn is a 501(c)3 nonprofit community organization whose mission is to empower Brooklyn's underserved local communities by providing active learning in media practices, and to amplify their voices through a global Internet radio platform.
Radio K - KUOM Minneapolis, MN Real College Radio Radio K - KUOM is the award-winning student-run radio station of the University of Minnesota, playing an eclectic variety of independent music both old and new.
Radio Phoenix Talk.Sing.Connect. Radio Phoenix™ is the listener-supported, non-commercial radio service of Arizona Community Media Foundation (AzCMF). Launched October 31, 2008, Radio Phoenix™ exists to enrich the lives of central Arizonans through educational, insightful, and stimulatin
Rainy Dawg Radio University of Washington's Student Powered Radio Student radio run from the University of Washington, Seattle, USA.
The SOCC The Sounds of Colorado College The soundtrack to your life, graciously provided by your homies at the Sounds of Colorado College
The WIKD 102.5 FM Daytona Beach's Only Free-Format Radio Station! Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach
Valley Free Radio WXOJ-LP Free Speech in the Pioneer Valley A broadcast service of WXOJ
WBAR NYC Barnard College Radio student run radio from Barnard College, NYC -- streaming 6am-4am every day
WBCA-LP 102.9 FM Boston WBCA Community Radio A broadcast service of The Boston Neighborhood Network and the City of Boston
WBCR 90.3 FM Beloit College Liberal Arts Radio A student managed and produced radio station out of Beloit College, Beloit, Wisconsin. A proud member of the Wisconsin Broadcasters Association.
WBFY radio 100.9FM WBFY A broadcast service of Belfast Community Radio
WBNI 94.1, Roanoke WBNI 94.1 Classical Northeast Indiana Public Radio
WBOI, 89.1, Fort Wayne WBOI - NPR News & Jazz A broadcast service of NIPR in Fort Wayne, IN.
WCHC 88.1 FM Holy Cross Worcester's Only Alternative Source A broadcast service of WCHC, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA
WCOM-LPFM Chapel Hill Carrboro WCOM Your Voice in the Community WCOM All-Volunteer Community Radio for Carrboro and Chapel Hill
WCUW 91.3fm Worcester Community Radio Serving Central Massachusetts Radio of the people, by the people and for the people; where diversity of programming and freedom of the airwaves reigns.
WDCE Richmond 90.1FM University of Richmond Radio
WDRT Viroqua 91.9FM WDRT, Community Radio From the Ground Up A broadcast service of WDRT, Viroqua, WI
WECS 90.1FM Willimantic WECS College Radio Student run radio from Eastern Connecticut State University, Willimantic, Conn, USA.
WEFT Champaign 90.1FM Community Radio for East Central Illinois Since 1981, an accessible, responsible, and responsive radio alternative serving the communities of East-Central Illinois.
WERA-LP Arlington Radio Arlington LPFM out of Arlington County, VA.
WERU Community Radio A Voice of Many Voices A listener-supported and volunteer-powered community radio station serving downeast, midcoast and central Maine with diverse music, news & public affairs.
WFCS 107.7 The Edge CCSU College Radio. Where The Music Still Matters. Student run radio from Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, CT, USA.
WFHB 91.3FM Bloomington Community Radio A broadcast service of WFHB Bloomington Community Radio
WFNU-LP Saint Paul 94.1FM WFNU Frogtown Community Radio Volunteer powered community radio in the heart of Frogtown, amplifying the voices of our diverse communities.
WFVR 96.5FM S.Royalton Free Vermont Radio All-Volunteer, non-profit community radio "of the People, by the People, for the People!"
WGDR Plainfield Goddard College Community Radio
WGMU Radio WGMU Radio, Your Voice. Amplified. A broadcast service of WGMU Radio, Fairfax, Virginia, USA. Listen live at wgmuradio.com, radioflag.com/stations/iwgmu# and Mason Cable Channel 8.2.
WGXC Acra 90.7-FM WGXC Hands-On Radio Hands-on, listener-supported radio in New York's Greene and Columbia counties.
WHRB 95.3fm Cambridge Harvard Radio Broadcasting Harvard Radio for the greater Boston area.
WKCR 89.9FM LISTEN! WKCR-FM is Columbia's student-run, non-commercial radio station, serving the New York City area and beyond since 1941.
WLGI 90.9FM Hemingway SC Radio Baha'i, Promoting Love, Peace and Unity Community service radio station, serving the Pee Dee and Grand Strand of South Carolina, and owned by the Baha'is of the US.
WLTL 88.1 FM La Grange Everything Else is Just Radio America's most award winning high school radio station is WLTL! Broadcasting from just outside Chicago on 88.1 FM, online at http://www.wltl.net and on the WLTL mobile app.
WLXL Lexington 95.7 FM Lexington Community Radio A broadcast service of Lexington Community Radio, Lexington, Kentucky USA
WLXU Lexington 93.9 FM WLXU: Lexington Community Radio A broadcast service of Lexington Community Radio
WMCN 91.7FM Macalester College Radio Free-format, student run community radio from Macalester College.
WMEB 91.9 Orono, Maine Underground, Literally Student-run radio -- University Of Maine, Orono
WMFO 91.5FM Medford Tufts Freeform Radio Tufts University student and community freeform radio station, Medford, MA USA
WMMT 88.7 Whitesburg Mountain Community Radio WMMT is the non-commercial, community radio service of Appalshop, Inc., a not-for-profit multimedia arts center located in Whitesburg, KY. WMMT's mission is to be a 24-hour voice of mountain people's music, culture, and social issues, to provide broadcas
WMPG Portland ME 90.9 FM Southern Maine Community Radio from The University of Southern Maine A broadcast service of University of Southern Maine
WMRW, 94.5 FM, Warren Community Radio for the Mad River Valley and beyond..... A broadcast service of Rootswork Inc. a 501(c)3 non-profit
WMSE Milwaukee 91.7FM Frontier Radio A broadcast service of the Milwaukee School of Engineering
WMUA Amherst 91.1FM WMUA College Radio
WNMC 90.7FM Traverse City Small-Town Station, World-Class Radio Community Public Radio from Northwestern Michigan College
WNRN Independent Music Radio A member supported Independent Music Radio Station serving Central Virginia and the Shenandoah Valley
WOHM Charleston 96.3FM WOHM Charleston's Local Community Radio Nonprofit, noncommercial radio for the people by the people.
WOJB FM88.9 Reserve, WI Listener-supported Woodland Community Radio Broadcasting from the Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa Indian Reservation and online at www.wojb.org
WORT 89.9FM/HD WORT-FM Listener-Sponsored Community Radio WORT-FM is an independent, noncommercial listener-sponsored and volunteer powered community radio station in Madison, Wisconsin founded in 1975.
WOWD 94.3 FM Takoma Radio Community radio. A project of Historic Takoma Inc.
WPKN 89.5-FM Bridgeport Independent Community Radio Listener-supported, community radio serving Fairfield, New Haven and Litchfield counties in CT and Suffolk county in New York and communities around the world at wpkn.org
WRBC 91.5FM Lewiston, ME Radio Bates College Student run radio from Bates College, Lewiston, MA, USA.
WRFA-LP 107.9 FM WRFA-LP Jamestown's Community Radio Station A listener supported, non-commercial public radio station from Jamestown, New York, USA
WRIR 97.3FM Richmond Radio for the Rest of Us A broadcast service of WRIR-LP, Richmond, Virginia
WRUW FM 91.1 Cleveland More Music, Fewer Hits College radio broadcasting from the campus of Case Western Reserve University to the Greater Cleveland area
WSCA 106.1 FM Portsmouth Community Radio WSCA Radio is a listener supported non-commercial, diverse community radio station broadcasting at 106.1 FM in Portsmouth, NH with a 24/7 online presence at wscafm.org, which includes a live audio stream.
WSFM-LP 103.3FM Asheville, NC Community Radio from Asheville, NC
WSUM 91.7FM Madison The Snake on the Lake Student Radio at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
WTIP Grand Marais, MN WTIP North Shore Community Radio Broadcasting at 90.7 fm along the North Shore, at 90.1 fm in Grand Portage and at 91.7 fm in the upper Gunflint Trail area.
WUML Lowell 91.5 FM WUML Where Underground Music Lives WUML is a broadcast service of the University of Massachusetts at Lowell
WUOG 90.5FM Athens, GA 26,000 Watts of College Radio Debauchery WUOG 90.5FM is the University of Georgia's student-run radio station.
WUTT Tampa 1080AM WUTT Spartan Radio WUTT Spartan Radio, University of Tampa, Tampa, FL 1080AM
WVEW LP 107.7FM WVEW LP Brattleboro, 107.7FM, Your Community Radio Station All-access, all-volunteer, non-commercial community radio serving the Brattleboro, VT area.
WWOZ New Orleans 90.7FM WWOZ New Orleans Community Radio WWOZ is volunteer-powered New Orleans Community Radio. We play jazz, blues, R&B and all kinds of American roots music.
WXJM 88.7 Harrisonburg WXJM - put something different in your ears College Radio from James Madison University
WXNA 101.5 FM Nashville Low Power, High Voltage WXNA is a freeform, non-commercial, listener-supported radio station created by and for the community to provide an alternative voice that reflects the rich history, diversity, and idiosyncrasies of Nashville's musical, artistic, and cultural communities.
WXOX Louisville 97.1 FM ARTxFM Community-Run, Arts-Focused Radio from Louisville, Kentucky streaming around the world on www.artxfm.com
WXPR 91.7FM WXPR Local Public Radio Listener-supported public radio serving North Central Wisconsin & Michigan's Upper Peninsula
WXRW 104.1FM Milwaukee Riverwest Radio Storefront Radio from Riverwest, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
WZBT 91.1FM Gettysburg Gettysburg's Address For The Best New Music WZBT 91.1 FM is Gettysburg College's non-commercial educational radio station, serving the Adams County, Pennsylvania community.


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There are two ways to consider Halo Halo's name as a reflection of their music. On the one hand, it has the playful let's-do-it-twice sense of exuberant excess which you might expect of tracks with names like 'Djeddjehutyiuefankh' and 'Hey! Yeah!'. These are songs of often wordless chants, brimming with wide eyed joy; spunky little call and response riffs cutting across spongy grooves, played with a vibrant sense of performance. But looked at another way, however, the name also highlights the band's overreliance on repetition – an approach which few of the musical ideas and arrangements really justify, leaving a lot of these songs feeling overlong and undercooked in spite of their commendably childlike aplomb.
At its best, Halo Halo evokes the earnest exuberance of records like Animal Collective's Sung Tongs – the feeling of a band drawing their creativity from the act of collaborative performance, using their sounds to create a primal tribute to energy and excitement. 'Want 2 B' is the best example of this, where the band demonstrates the wisdom to know that, even though their sound sounds gorgeously live, collaborative and spontaneous, there's no real need to tie themselves to organic arrangements in order for this to be successfully achieved. Littered with weird vocal filters, stabs of electronics, ramshackle harmonies and sudden tempo shifts, it's an album highlight by virtue of letting itself chase every whimsical intuition down a hall of mirrors, and sounding all the more alive for it.
Far too frequently however, this sometimes-thrilling sense of perpetually playing within the outside fringes of their own ability only makes Halo Halo sound like they're putting an arm out of socket to reach some frankly pedestrian material. Songs like 'Taro Taro Taro' spread a lukewarm idea (in this case, little more than a throwaway scale in a constant loop) far too thinly, while songs like 'Comet' completely limp across their running time, moving through its motifs with far too little energy.
The odd result is a record which, for all the snap and zip of its basic conceits, becomes quite bloated by its halfway mark. It gets to the point that incredibly small details in cuts from the second half of the record – such as the simple addition of new percussive sounds in 'Sunshine Kim' – make a for truly disproportionate impact, breaking the increasingly uninspiring cycle of locked grooves and repetitive licks. This capacity for the songs to surprise themselves diminishes as the record unfolds, and with it dissolves the ability to truly delight the listener. 'Want 2 B' is evidence of true potential, but it's potential which largely remains untapped, or diluted through misguided commitment to repetition of the album's most two dimensional ideas.
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Program to provide medicine, services for elderly
What was once the Dale Jarrett building on U.S. 70 could have a new future as a facility that provides care for the Hickory Metro's aging population.
Programs for All-inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) are Medicare programs for adults ages 55 and older living with disabilities. Area officials want to use the former Dale Jarrett building in Hickory to house PACE and improve accessibility to services for Catawba County's aging population.
PACE is designed to reduce the cost burden to the elderly, many of whom struggle to make ends meet because of increasing health care costs.
Federally funded PACE programs help elderly adults pay for services associated with aging, including prescription drugs, home care and emergency services.
Officials from the PACE program presented the concept to the Catawba County Board of Commissioners on Monday at its regularly scheduled meeting.
Four area entities, including Adult Life Programs, Lutheran Services for the Aging, Catawba Valley Medical Center and Palliative CareCenter and Hospice of Catawba Valley, are involved in the project.
PACE participants must be 55 or older, live in a PACE service area, have a certified need for a nursing-home level of care and be able to live safely within the community.
PACE provides all services covered by Medicare and Medicaid, as well as medically necessary care and services not provided by Medicare and Medicaid.
Although the PACE facility will be located in Catawba County, its services are also available to residents of surrounding counties who live within a 45-minute commute of the facility.
"It's not necessarily defined by county lines," said PCHCV president David Clarke. "It's more about transportation."
The 45-minute transportation radius opens PACE to about 40-50 percent of residents in Burke, Caldwell and Alexander counties, as well as the entirety of Catawba County.
Vice president of clinical services Michelle Roseman said officials conducted a feasibility study to determine the number of patients a PACE facility is likely to have. The study revealed that, in five years, Catawba County and the surrounding area can anticipate $12 million in federal and state funds from PACE and 59 full-time equivalent jobs.
North Carolina has a PACE facility in Wilmington and Burlington, and additional facilities are slated for Fayetteville and Greensboro. If the Hickory facility is approved, it will be the fifth in the state and the only program in Western North Carolina.
Clarke said the Hickory facility will service about 160-170 people. The facility is required to meet state and federal safety regulations for adult care programs, medical clinics, and occupational and physical therapy clinics.
PACE compiles services from all aspects of elderly care into one facility. A team of health care professionals works with patients and their families to determine a customized approach to each individual's situation.
PACE provides transportation to medically necessary appointments to the PACE center, including physical activities and other required visits.
The presentation required no action from county commissioners, but several commissioners expressed their support of PACE's programs for Catawba County's elderly population.
Clarke and Roseman said the program is currently in the application process, where officials submit documentation for center approval. That process takes about 90 days. The next step of the process is for a PACE representative to visit and approve the Hickory facility.
Clarke expects Catawba County's PACE facility to open in August or September.
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By Ian Ransom
MELBOURNE, Jan 12 (Reuters) - With a trophy cabinet straining at the hinges and a 53rd consecutive grand slam appearance looming, Roger Federer might be excused for feeling a little jaded ahead of his bid for a fifth Australian Open crown.
Not a bit of it, the 31-year-old Swiss maestro said on Saturday, having passed his motivation test during punishing practice sessions in the off-season.
Federer eschewed all warm-up tournaments for the year's first grand slam, dropping off the radar altogether in favour of a hermit-like training regime and time with his family.
The break, coming off a disappointing U.S. Open and loss of his ATP Tour Finals crown to Novak Djokovic, was seized upon as evidence his competitive fires were beginning to flicker out.
Federer admitted to some trepidation before returning to the practice courts.
"I think it's always a bit of a test for me going into the practice season," the 17-times grand slam champion told reporters at Melbourne Park.
"Am I hungry and motivated to wake up, go on the practice courts for hours?" he told reporters at Melbourne Park, before affirming it was all systems go.
"There was not one problem. For me, that was good news. I was eager to improve my game, change it up a bit from all the tournaments I played this last few years.
"To go on the practice court and try to improve my game there. I also go into the gym and get stronger again. I enjoyed it. As long as that's the case, that means I love (the game) very much."
Federer has had to compartmentalise his job and family duties since becoming a father to twin girls in 2009.
"Today things for me make sense," said the Wimbledon champion. "I know why I'm doing them. I know they're necessary. Sometimes it's not the thing you want to do every day of the year.
"But I know it's only a handful of weeks, then obviously you give everything you have."
Like his masterful technique, Federer has exhibited a similar gift for managing his fitness levels and now trails only South Africa's Wayne Ferreira (56) and Swede Stefan Edberg (54) for the most consecutive grand slam appearances.
Rafa Nadal's absence has taken care of one major impediment to Federer's hopes of extending his record to an 18th grand slam singles title.
However, he faces a tough draw and may need to overcome third seed Andy Murray in a semi-final, continuing a rivalry that had Britain last summer.
Federer beat Murray in the Wimbledon final, but the Briton exacted revenge in the gold medal decider at the London Olympics and brings a new self-belief to Melbourne after ending his long wait for a maiden grand slam title in New York.
Federer faces unseeded Frenchman Benoit Paire in the first round but the prospect of an unenviable fourth-round clash with big-serving Canadian Milos Raonic lurks.
His lack of competition in the lead-up to Melbourne was calculated but Federer conceded it might put him under extra pressure.
"I purposely didn't play a lead-up tournament so that I'd be fresh for the beginning, hopefully going deep into the tournament," he said.
"That's the goal obviously. "But of course maybe somewhere you do feel more pressure going into the first round. Of course nerves play a role.
"Playing well at the right moments only comes with playing enough matches. Not like I haven't played for six months. I'm ready to go and eager. That to me right now dominates."
World number one Djokovic is favourite to win a third title in a row at Melbourne, an unprecedented feat in the professional era.
Most believe the trophy will end up with either Federer or Murray if the Serb slips up, but the Swiss said Nadal's absence had opened the door for all sorts of surprises.
"Obviously with Rafa not in the draw, that might mean for some of the players they only have to beat one of us, of the top three, maybe none," he said.
"Who knows what the draw is going to do to us. But there could be some guys making deep runs at this tournament." (Editing by Alastair Himmer)


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SUV Deals: February 2013
If you're interested in a good deal on your next SUV, you might want to consider some of our choices below. We've not only listed some of our favorite new SUVs, but also the incentives and special offers available on them in February. That way, you are armed with our top picks -- and the best SUV deals -- as you head out this month in search of a new vehicle.
Dodge Durango
The full-size Dodge Durango boasts a long list of incentives in February. For lease shoppers, the best deal is a 36-month term with payments starting from $319 after $2,999 down. Shoppers interested in financing a Durango can have one for zero percent interest for up to 36 months. For the upscale Durango R/T, that deal also adds $1,500 in cash back. And for cash buyers, the Durango is available with up to $2,000 back on most models or a whopping $3,500 back on the R/T variant.
GMC Terrain
It doesn't matter if you want a 2012 GMC Terrain or an updated 2013 model: Good deals are available on both in February. For those interested in a leftover 2012 Terrain, GMC has two available deals. One offers $1,000 in cash back -- a number that can be tacked on to a price negotiated at a dealer. Finance shoppers can also score a good deal on a 2012 Terrain, as GMC is offering zero percent interest for up to 60 months. For finance shoppers who would prefer a 2013 model, GMC is offering up to $500 in cash back plus zero percent interest for 48 months on the latest model year.
Kia Sorento
With an updated Sorento on the way, Kia is offering good deals on today's model. The best offer is for those looking to finance the SUV. Qualified buyers can have zero percent interest for up to 36 months plus up to $1,000 in cash back. Drivers who would rather pay in full can also score a good deal, with Kia offering incentives as high as $1,500 in cash back. There's also a deal for lease shoppers, as Kia is touting a 39-month lease with payments from just $239 per month after $1,999 at the lease signing. The only catch? The deal only covers a base-level 4-cylinder Sorento. But we expect local dealers will have similarly strong lease offers across the SUV's lineup.
Nissan Juke
Nissan is finally offering a few incentives on its popular Juke, whether shoppers are interested in leasing, financing or paying cash for the small crossover. For finance customers, Nissan's top offer is $500 cash back plus zero percent interest for up to 36 months. Those who would prefer to lease a Juke can do so for 39 months with payments starting at $229 per month after $2,999 down. And for buyers paying in full, the Juke is available in February with up to $1,500 in cash back. That offer is further sweetened with another $500 in package savings for customers who choose the new Juke Midnight Edition.
Toyota RAV4
With a new RAV4 on the way, Toyota is offering several great deals on the outgoing model. In February, qualified finance shoppers interested in a 2012 RAV4 can receive zero percent interest for up to 60 months. Drivers looking to pay in full can score up to $750 in cash back. And for those who would rather lease, Toyota is offering the RAV4 with a 36-month term and payments from $189 per month after $2,599 at the lease signing.
What it means to you: If you're looking for a new SUV, our list of SUV deals will help you get one at a good price in February.