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Obama Assertive on Auto Industry
President Obama's decision to personally announce the news that Chrysler and Fiat have formed a partnership that will save an American automaker is a recognition of just how much stake -- both financially and politically -- he has in the success and survival of the Big Three.
Referring to Chrysler as a company with a "particular claim on our American life," Obama made clear that the company's merger with Fiat would set it on a path to eventual viability -- a good step, he argued, in the comeback of the American auto industry.
Even as he touted the centrality of Chrysler to the American ethos, however, Obama made clear that he opposes the idea of keeping any company in business with taxpayer funds alone. "For too long Chrysler moved too slowly to adapt to the future. We simply cannot keep this company or any company afloat on an endless supply of tax dollars," asserted Obama.
Those twin statements -- the praise for the crucial role Chrysler plays in the domestic economy and the warning to companies who fail to change and adapt -- are indicative of the tight rope Obama must walk in his efforts to revivify the American auto industry.
Bailouts -- of any sort -- are not particularly popular among voters at the moment, shrouded under the dark cloud of the bonuses paid out to AIG executives after that company received billions in government funds.
In the most recent Washington Post/ABC poll, the ONLY area in which more people disapproved of the way Obama was handling a particular issue was the auto industry, where 41 percent approved and 53 percent disapproved.
Asked in that same survey whether they were confident that the government would put in "adequate controls" to limit waste and fraud in the spending of economic stimulus money, 46 percent expressed confidence while 52 percent said they were not confident in that prospect.
Those poll numbers suggest a deep division among the American public about the future of the auto industry.
On one hand, most people in America have a fond image cruising in their first car (usually an American-made one) up and down the main streets (or street in the case of the Fix) of Anytown, U.S.A.
On the other, the idea of throwing more and more government money after companies that refused to heed repeated warnings that they needed to adapt or die isn't exactly the American way.
One other complicating (political) factor: the states most deeply affected by a total collapse of the American auto industry all sit in the Rust Belt, a critical battleground area in each of the last three elections.
Obama's front and center role in this morning's announcement makes clear the political importance that getting right the re-making of the American auto industry holds for the president.
Getting it wrong would likely set off a broader discussion of the right government role (if any) in the private sector -- a debate that could end badly for Obama.
Chris Cillizza
April 30, 2009; 2:31 PM ET
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It's certainly the easy way out to constantly criticize and blame the 'greed of Wall St" for all our financial problems....and conveniently ignore the greed of people who gleefully signed on the dotted line for $400k homes when they were only making $50k/yr (I know, I know.... they were ALL 'tricked' by greedy lenders....from Wall St). But liberals are quite familiar with taking the paths of least resistance.
Several liberals on this board seem obsessed with talking about the 1930's....yet don't seem to have even a simple grasp of the order of the history of events. Presumably they have been so trained to believe that capitalism led to failure and FDR's New Deal fixed everything, they can't bear to be shown facts that prove otherwise.
So believe what you will, and turn a blind eye to the true record of history, but answer this question: last time a President and his followers piled on Wall St and 'corporate America' for financial failures, and engaged in a daily blame game for where the fault of the crisis lied....where did that get us?
Posted by: dbw1 | May 1, 2009 9:16 AM | Report abuse
Much of the commentary here seems to be repeats of themes that the individual commenters have put forth for oh, the past 18 months. I dread to think that we face repeats of these tirades for four or even eight years.
This is a critical event, perhaps even more for economic than for political reasons. For the past twenty years, the US has dominated world trade on the strength of "services" -- one of the most significant being finance. And the captains of industry who refused to make a deal in the Chrysler matter were stars in that US dominance, people like Perella.
It remains to be seen how this will play out for them, but it appears that one of their own, the Obama car czar, has called their bluff. It would certainly be best for Chrysler, the federal taxpayer, the US economy, and of course Obama, if the holdouts get their comuppance.
But if the holdouts do lose out in the long run, what does that do to American finance? Their insistence that they must be paid is oddly resonant of Paulson's pride in flushing Lehman down the drain.
Posted by: thaimex | May 1, 2009 12:09 AM | Report abuse
Why is JakeD so embarrassed about his party affiliation that he must consistently misrepresent it? Oh, that's right. The American Independent Party ran Alan Keyes for president. Guess I'd want people to think I was "Independent" too.
Then again, it might be that he just enjoys misrepresenting things. A review of his posts would support that hypothesis as well.
Whatever. Let's all just pray that his OCD meds kick in soon.
Posted by: nodebris | April 30, 2009 10:09 PM | Report abuse
So basically another situation where Obama staked his reputation on finding a compromise and utterly failed.
I am beginning to see a pattern here.
Posted by: king_of_zouk | April 30, 2009 9:44 PM | Report abuse
looking forward to the Fiat Jeep. Lets hope someone continues with the Rubicon because it is world class.
Posted by: angriestdogintheworld | April 30, 2009 8:06 PM | Report abuse
"By the way, using liberal math to calculate "jobs created or saved", George Bush still leads with about 160 million jobs "created or saved" to Obama's what, 150,000, give or take?"
Actually, Obama created about 620 million jobs in his first 100 days. Bush lost about 3 billion.
Posted by: DDAWD | April 30, 2009 7:52 PM | Report abuse
"I know real history is boring to liberals, who tend to think they are smarter"
Well, people like you can't help but cause a little swelling in the ego. At the very least, I can say with certainty that I'm not the dumbest person on the planet.
Why lie about those historical "facts"? They can be looked up so easily. Go look at any chart of unemployment in the 1930s. The New Deal started taking huge chunks out of unemployment.
Posted by: DDAWD | April 30, 2009 7:34 PM | Report abuse
By the way, using liberal math to calculate "jobs created or saved", George Bush still leads with about 160 million jobs "created or saved" to Obama's what, 150,000, give or take?
Posted by: dbw1 | April 30, 2009 7:32 PM | Report abuse
There's little I enjoy more than helping a liberal learn history. It's not your fault, you've just been taught out of these revisionist textbooks that conveniently spin facts to suit the purpose of the liberal writers.
The Smoot-Hawley Act went into effect in 1930, when unemployment was around 8%-9%. Over the next few years, unemployment skyrocketed to over 25%....AFTER the tariffs were implemented, exports tanked, and thousands of American businesses were forced to layoff workers.
Oh, and the stock market? The market was only down about 35% compared to the peak before the 'crash' of 1929 when Hoover (although Republican, could hardly be accused of looking anything like a conservative) begrudgingly gave in to the thousands of new Smoot-Hawley tariffs intended to 'preserve' American businesses. The market would go on to drop another -72% (total 90% off of 1929 peak) in the 2-3 year period following the implementation of all those 'business preserving' policies.
I know real history is boring to liberals, who tend to think they are smarter now and could never repeat the lessons of the past. But as to your own advice, I would encourage you to follow it....if you want to read a history book about the Depression, pull one off the shelf that was printed before 1980.
Posted by: dbw1 | April 30, 2009 7:23 PM | Report abuse
dbw1 _ if you spend any tome reading this forum you will find that I am even harder on Democrats than I m on Republicans. Poverty exists because of a complex set of social ills. Among them are racism and the lack of access to basic services by all people. If we had universal medical care, a universal retirement system, and work *requirements* like Sweden, along with laws that punish companies that outsource jobs, we could easily provide a decent standard of living for everyone in this country. People with new ideas or some special talent could still get filthy rich, but the poor wouldn't be starving, no one would be living in homeless camps and no company would be permitted to defraud people without the offices of that company ending up in prison PDQ. Sweden went through the same economic and social disasters we are currently undergoing and learned from it.
Posted by: mibrooks27 | April 30, 2009 7:04 PM | Report abuse
"Nobody can honestly claim that Bush was anything but a brain-damaged alcoholic who couldn't run a radio shack."
Could you please list here for all the dunderhead Republicans all the businesses Obama ran before entering politics? Since you are obviously comfortable with his expertise, I'm just interested in learning where he sharpened his business acumen.
Posted by: dbw1 | April 30, 2009 6:59 PM | Report abuse
dbw1 - Historical nonsense. By 1932 the GDP had fallen by 85%. Subsequnet to the passage of Smoot-Hawley, that set of protectionist measures you refer to, unemployed fell rapidly from > 25% to 12%. GDP grew by more than 50%, even in the worst year it grew by 3.5%. Subsequent to the abandonment of SH, when we got stuck with some conservatives in charge of Congress, we fell into another DEPRESSION. That was in 1937. Go read it! It's part of the actual history of the 1930's. Oh, and might I just mention that that second mini-depression happened when we were ramping up defense industries preparatory to WWII and as a part of Lend_Lease. One of the problems with you conservatives, most of you haven't got any idea at all of what you're talking about and you seem to expect the rest of us to be as ignorant as you are. Before inflicting your opinions here, might I suggest you do some basic reading of history.
Posted by: mibrooks27 | April 30, 2009 6:56 PM | Report abuse
If one of your goals is to 'get rid of poverty', how do you suggest we accomplish that in the U.S.?
I mean, the biggest pockets of poverty in our country are in the major cities, and every single one has been run by Democrats for decades.
Wait, there is one small exception I just remembered. New York City has managed to cut unemployment and increase their standard of living substantially in the past 15 years. Coincidence that NYC is the only major American city that has been run by evil Rebublicans the last 15 years?
Posted by: dbw1 | April 30, 2009 6:51 PM | Report abuse
Allow me to play the part of a prophet for a moment....
- within the next 6 months liberals will finally achieve their 50 year dream of taking control of the American automakers.
- Liberals set about to 'fix' all the problems the last couple centuries of capitalism brought us (like planet-leading innovation, prosperity, and growth).
- Step 1 is implementation of all their grande earth-saving ideas, starting by scrapping any car models that can't achieve 100 mpg.
- Within 2 years the only models on GM/Ford/Chrysler dealer lots are pint-sized, powerless 4-wheel mopeds.
- Sales of cars from foreign automakers surge as most American's don't want these crappy small fuel-efficient cars.
- The liberals set out to 'fix' the new problem they created (the problem being new American cars gathering dust on dealer lots while the foreign automakers capture 90% of the U.S. market).
- In liberal-land logic, there's nothing new taxes can't fix so they immediately implement 300% tariffs on all non-GM/Ford/Chrysler automobiles. That's right, we'll tax the foreign makers out of the American market, bringing ever-lasting prosperity to the American auto companies.
- The Law of Unintended Consequences (which tends to always catch liberals by surprise) kicks in, and trade wars are sparked. All other non-automotive U.S. businesses are tariffed out of their foreign markets.
- Millions upon millions of jobs are lost....but not UAW jobs, since those will continue to be funded by the American taxpayer for decades to come.
It's not so much prophetic as it is remembering what happened in the 1930's, the last time liberals set about to try to use tax and tariff policy to 'protect' American workers, and force American consumers to buy products they didn't want.
Posted by: dbw1 | April 30, 2009 6:45 PM | Report abuse
Oh, and JakeD, I'm a "gun nut", okay? More households in Sweden have firearms than the U.S. Handguns, too. (Not many semi-auto's though. Cultural thing where they think only gang bangers own them... Most Swede's own revolvers and a S&W .357 magnum is the most popular.) Main difference between here and there, they teahc firearm safety in the schools. They got rod of poverty. And people don't shoot each other. They are avid hunter and target shooters, though. Sweden, that "socialist nightmare" is more like an American Jeffersonian dream. I wished we would emulate them. We will, sooner or later, if we are to survive.
Posted by: mibrooks27 | April 30, 2009 6:39 PM | Report abuse
JakeD - Having lived in Sweden, where everyone has medical care, good medical care with no waiting list (like they have with "public-private" disasters like they have in Canada and the U.K.) I would be delighted if Obama grew government. So would you, believe it or not. Imagine, prescription drugs that are dirt cheap, instead of inflated, health care that you can't loose if your employer dumps you, and senior years where you have access to care, even if you end up with Alzheimer's, rather then being inflicted upon some relative. Likewise, an actual retirement plan that covers everyone! If people here got a good and honest look at Sweden, we would be a "socialist" country so fast your head would spin. And, you want to know what would be interesting about that? People like you would be delighted with the system and would fight like mad to keep it!
Posted by: mibrooks27 | April 30, 2009 6:31 PM | Report abuse
house passed it only
The measure would prohibit so-called double-cycle billing and retroactive rate hikes and would prevent companies from giving credit cards to anyone under 18.
If they become law, the new measures won't take effect for a year, except for a requirement that customers get 45 days' notice before their interest rates are increased. That would take effect in 90 days.
Similar legislation is before the Senate, where its prospects appear promising.
Posted by: TheBabeNemo | April 30, 2009 5:42 PM | Report abuse
we need Lee Iacocca.....
Posted by: TheBabeNemo | April 30, 2009 5:31 PM | Report abuse
credit card bill passed today..
i am about to read it...
Posted by: TheBabeNemo | April 30, 2009 5:28 PM | Report abuse
well, no wonder President Obama and Berscolini were giving thumbs up in the greatest picture every taken....
Posted by: TheBabeNemo | April 30, 2009 5:24 PM | Report abuse
Posted by: JakeD | April 30, 2009 5:05 PM | Report abuse
The question remains: is Obama growing government or not?
Posted by: JakeD | April 30, 2009 4:50 PM | Report abuse
Back on topic:
QUESTION: And could you shape the products and services that are on offer?
MR. OBAMA: I don't think that we should micro-manage, but I think that, um, like any investor, the American taxpayer has the right to scrutinize what's being proposed and, um, make sure that their money is not just being thrown down the drain. And so, um, we've got to strike a balance. I don't want to be -- I'm not an auto engineer. I don't know how to create a -- affordable, well-designed, plug-in hybrid, but I know that if the Japanese can design a -- affordable, well-designed hybrid then, doggone it, the American people should be able to do the same.
So my job is to ask the auto industry: Why is it you guys can't do this? And in some cases they're starting to do it, but, um, they've got these legacy costs. You know, there are some terrific U.S. cars being made, both by Chrysler and GM. Question is, you know, give me a plan so that you're building off your strengths and, um, you're projecting out to where that market's going to be.
I actually think if -- if you look at the trends, um, that those auto companies that emerge from this crisis, when you start seeing the pent-up demand for autos coming back, um, they're going to be in a position to really do well, globally, not just here in the United States. So I just want to help them get there.
But I want to disabuse people of this notion that somehow we enjoy, you know, meddling in the private sector. If -- if you could tell me right now that when I walked into this office, that the banks were humming; the auto -- autos were selling; and that all you had to worry about was Iraq, Afghanistan, North Korea, getting health care passed, um, figuring out how to deal with energy independence, deal with Iran and a pandemic flu -- (laughter) -- I would take that deal. (Laughter.)
And -- and -- and that's why I'm always amused when I hear these, you know, criticisms of "Oh, you know, Obama wants to grow government."
Posted by: JakeD | April 30, 2009 4:48 PM | Report abuse
Suicide is hardly moral (or legal here in my State at least).
Posted by: JakeD | April 30, 2009 4:41 PM | Report abuse
JakeD --
Then you better get going.
You haven't a moment to spare.
Go stand in front of the nearest train.
You'll be doing God's work.
Posted by: PoliticalCommentator | April 30, 2009 4:33 PM | Report abuse
I'm not going anywhere until the Good Lord takes me home.
Posted by: JakeD | April 30, 2009 4:31 PM | Report abuse
JakeD --
You add nothing to these conversations; if you were to disappear forever you would be making the greatest contribution you possibly could.
Posted by: PoliticalCommentator | April 30, 2009 4:24 PM | Report abuse
For starters, YOU are the one who has posted on this thread more than I have. So much for your claim: "Its [sic] clear you like the sound of your own voice. We get that." As I have stated, I am a registered Independent so I couldn't care less if I "harm[ed], rather than help[ed]" the GOP, especially RINO pro-choicers. While I am not a Republican, I will not support Obama's out-of-control spending and de facto nationalization of American industries.
Shall I go on?
Posted by: JakeD | April 30, 2009 4:10 PM | Report abuse
I'll bet the new Presidential Limo will have a '300' Grille...
Posted by: newbeeboy | April 30, 2009 4:07 PM | Report abuse
We hate the Republican Party because its polices kill Americans.
We hate the Republican Party because it is trying to block America's attempt to join the first world in providing guarenteed health care to all Americans.
Its the "Life" part of "Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of happiness"
We hate Republicans like we hate NAMBLA.
Its alright to hate things that are bad, wrong, or downright evil.
The Republican Party has mutated into a giant Cancer of greed, hatred, racism and death.
It worthy of hating and fighting.
"Tiny Tim" is dying of Cancer and can't fight for himself.
He needs health care.
His brother died in Iraq.
His father and mother are out of work and they just lost their house.
That is the "anti-utopia" of Bush/Cheney and the Republican Party.
Through sheer luck or a direct act by God himself we've got a brilliant, wise, focused, organized, motivated and most suprisingly good and kind-hearted President.
President Obama needs all of our support to turn America back into America by fixing what the Bush/Cheney and the Republicans broke.
Republicans are doing everything they can to obstruct his efforts and the will of the American People.
We hate that most of all.
Because we love America.
Reublicans only love themselves, money, and power over others.
Americans hate that too.
Posted by: PoliticalCommentator | April 30, 2009 4:06 PM | Report abuse
The politics of this event seem far from clear. Was Obama trying to sell the idea that Chrysler has a future? Or was he trying to cover the reality of allowing Chrysler to go into bankruptcy? It is also fairly uncertain how his attempt to demonize the senior debt holders will play out. These debt holders have no responsiblity for Chrysler's problems. They made a market in troubled assets on the expectation that the law would be followed and senior debt would get the best treatment in the event of a Chrysler bankruptcy. If there is an argument why they should be expected to make a disproportionate contribution to Chrysler's future, Obama certainly failed to make it.
Posted by: dnjake | April 30, 2009 3:58 PM | Report abuse
To note that a prior (one-term) President was more popular than Obama at this point into things -- and therefore, prove the maxum: "There, but for the grace of God, goes he" is a "breathtakingly stupid response" worthy of such hate and venom?
Perhaps you should look at yourself in the mirror.
Posted by: JakeD | April 30, 2009 3:53 PM | Report abuse
JakeD --
That's a breathtakingly stupid response.
You probabl don't realise it, but you harm, rather than help, the Republican Party, the Conservative Movement, and the causes you purport to support.
Its clear you like the sound of your own voice.
We get that.
The question you should be asking yourself is "what you are trying to achieve?"
You have no crediblity, because you're model of reality is completely out of wack with what people can see with their own eyes, and your values are vile and represent the worst of humanity.
Your are ignorant, greedy, racist, xenophoboic, and have absolutely no compassion for your follow men, women, and children.
You believe in billions for the F22 but not a penny for a child dying of Cancer.
You believe in assault rifles and "cop killer" bullets.
You idiolize war, violence and death.
Your only positive postion is being anti-abortion, but you are hypocrites, and lose all moral credibilty or moral standing by being anti contraception, by not giving a doime to kids after they're born, and by supporting the death penalty.
You don't shower or bathe, and have raging herpes and fleas, at least in a metaphorical sense.
You represent everything we hope to God our kids don't grow up to be.
I'd hate to have your Karma.
Posted by: PoliticalCommentator | April 30, 2009 3:44 PM | Report abuse
Jimmy Carter had a higher approval rating 100 days in too.
Posted by: JakeD | April 30, 2009 3:33 PM | Report abuse
there ... their
Posted by: newbeeboy | April 30, 2009 3:30 PM | Report abuse
The UAW just got there election investment back.. and more..
Posted by: newbeeboy | April 30, 2009 3:30 PM | Report abuse
The man's a Joe DiMaggio of Politics.
Glen Gould. Paul McCartney, John Lennon. Neil Armstrong, FDR, JFK. Fred Astair.
Barack Obama is the ultimate example of natural talent combined with iron self-discipline and a fierce commitment to doing a grest job ss Preseident and a great job for America.
Republicans, wake up!
You've moved way beyond self-parody and now just soil yourselves in public.
You csn contribute something to the dialog and to the process, but not by tearing down someone who's so brilliant and talented he makes it look easy.
Performance is measured by results.
Join the rest of America in doing everything we can to help him repair what Bush/Cheney and the Repubican Party broke.
You can change.
Just like America.
Its good for you.
You can't grow and adapt without changing.
You can't survive without growing and adapting.
Creatures that don't change, grow, and adapt to changing conditions go extinct.
That's what's happening to today's Republican Party and Conservative Movement.
We're seeing Darwin at work.
Thank God for that.
Posted by: PoliticalCommentator | April 30, 2009 3:26 PM | Report abuse
"And, of course, none of the problems with the American auto industry sprang from the overpaid, underworked members of the UAW. Naw, it was all the evil managment types who made the wrong decisions.
Give us a break."
Is that also a part of the platform of the national council? To blame all the problems on the working class? Fun stuff.
Posted by: DDAWD | April 30, 2009 3:24 PM | Report abuse
Of course he wants to run everything. That's why he ran for President. With practically no experience, except "community organizer" he got into politics and now he's America's problem. And, of course, none of the problems with the American auto industry sprang from the overpaid, underworked members of the UAW. Naw, it was all the evil managment types who made the wrong decisions.
Give us a break.
Posted by: Penazoid | April 30, 2009 3:14 PM | Report abuse
For the record, I am registered Independent, but I can honestly claim that Bush was something better than a brain-damaged alcoholic who couldn't run a Radio Shack ©
He did sign the PBA ban into law, at least.
Posted by: JakeD | April 30, 2009 3:12 PM | Report abuse
President Obama is a gift from God, and reminds us all of just how important intelligence is in a leader.
Nobody can honestly claim that Bush was anything but a brain-damaged alcoholic who couldn't run a radio shack.
Republicans blew it "big time"
They could have been the party of business and results.
Instead they became the party of idiots and nut-jobs.
The Republicans who post here do a great job keeping the rest of us fired up and hating them.
Great job guys.
We can't wait to crush you.
Posted by: PoliticalCommentator | April 30, 2009 3:02 PM | Report abuse
"People want so hard to believe. I want so hard to believe. The POTUS says he doesn't want to run companies yet the government is. The POTUS says he doesn't want expansive government yet spending and debt is beyond comprehension and the government expands. I want so hard to believe ..."
Posted by: leapin | April 30, 2009 2:43 PM
Great minds think alike.
Posted by: JakeD | April 30, 2009 2:54 PM | Report abuse
Either he doesn't want to run the auto industry, banks, insurance, healthcare, credit card companies, etc., or he does.
Posted by: JakeD | April 30, 2009 2:53 PM | Report abuse
He can't have it both ways though.
Posted by: JakeD | April 30, 2009 2:38 PM | Report abuse
Candidate Obama, the populist, finally makes an appearance. Thank you! I am especially gladdened to see that the Oppenheimer Fund gets t in the shorts. Those vermin a a "global fund", one of the primary swine behind job outsourcing. I hope to God it drives them completely out of business.
Now, if Obama takes on the credit card companies and these "loan funds that run the various payday-title-student loan scam and does something similar with them, I might just start to believe again.
Posted by: mibrooks27 | April 30, 2009 2:37 PM | Report abuse
"Assertive" huh? Isn't this the THIRD CEO he's fired so far? And just last night, in response to this very question, he wanted to disabuse people of the notion he "wants to run" anything.
Posted by: JakeD | April 30, 2009 2:33 PM | Report abuse
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Members of the Uddingston TAGB Tae-Kwon Do club had plenty to celebrate when they took part in the recent national championships.
The club returned from the Scottish closed championships with no fewer than 41 medals, spread among 26 competitiors.
All 24 TAGB clubs from Scotland came together to compete in the event which was held at Wishaw Sports Centre.
In the sparring category gold medals went to Michael McGraw, Jodi Smith, Lucy Nugent and Derek Buchannan.
Silver sparring medals were won by Zak Maxwell, Lucy Buchannan, Erin Belvins, Gillian McWilliams, Jon Maxwell and Josh Maxwell and bronze medals went to Anna McWilliams and Louisa Gilluley,
In the patterns discipline gold was struck by Michael McGraw, Nicole Gilluley and Sheelagh Peacock.
Silver medals went to Jodi Smith, Beth Izat and Anna McWilliams and bronze medals were won by Amie Peacock and Gillian McWilliams.
And the club also had a number of medalists in the teams events.
Gold medals were won by Zak Maxwell, Mya Munro, Beth Izat, Lucy Nugent, Chloe Campbell, Jon Maxwell, Josh Maxwell and Dominic McCauley, silver medals were lifted by Michael McGraw, Jodi Smith, Karina Radigan, Frances McCauley, Anna McWilliams, Louisa Gilluley and Amie Peacock and bronze medals were won by Scott McWilliams, Euan Corrigan, Michael McGraw, Aiden McCauley, James Wynn, Rory Kerr.
Instructor Kirsty Izat said "I am thrilled and very proud of all the students who took part in these championships.
"It was very much a team effort all the students and parents were there to support each other, not just at the tournament, but in the lead up to it through all the extra training sessions.
"They really are a credit to each other and the club I am a very proud instructor."
The club's success at Wishaw was the latest in a series of fine performances at a variety of competitions and gradings.
Kirsty, a fourth degree black belt, and her students train at Uddingston Sports Centre on Monday and Wednesday nights.
The club runs classes for tots, juniors and adults and on Thursday nights it also runs an assisted learning class for kids who need more support.
Anyone who would like further information on the club should call Kirsty on 077 3333 7545 or visit www.uddingstontagb.com.
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Both Fillmore Central track teams enjoyed plenty of success at the 2015 Knights of Columbus Track & Field Meet at Grand Island Central Catholic on April 2.
The Panther boys enjoyed an outstanding day in Grand Island winning nine of 17 events—finishing second in four of the next eight events and scoring points in all 17 events. The FC boys earned 156 team points on April 2 earning runner-up honors behind the ultra-deep Adams Central squad. Both Kearney Catholic and GICC were a long way back in third and fourth.
The Panther girls amassed 57 points in Grand Island to land in fourth place in the team standings. The Patriots won the girls' side of the meet, too, but were challenged by Kearney Catholic. The host Crusaders landed in third place.
FC speedster Xavier Bridges was dominant again last week in the sprints, as the Panther senior took first in the 100-meter dash, 11.03 seconds; and also zipped to gold in the 200-meter dash, 22.60 seconds. Bridges picked up his third gold on the day after soaring 20-feet, 11-inches to win the long jump. Teammate Riley Chapman made it a sweep for FC in the jumps after the junior sailed 39-9.25 to win the triple jump. Chapman was also third in the high jump with an effort of 5-10.25.
Panther Leyton Hopken clipped the tape in 2:07 to win the 800-meter run in Grand Island. Conrad Schelkopf powered home in 4:55.50 to win gold in the 1,600-meter run on Thursday afternoon. Jarrod Hinrichs was golden in the shot put with a championship heave of 49-11 in Grand Island. The FC senior also placed second in the discus with a throw of 132-11. Ethan DeLong was runner-up in the 400-meter dash in 53 seconds and Noah Temme took the silver in the 3,200-meter run with a clocking of 11:35. Wyatt Schiermeyer cleared 11-6 in the pole vault to earn runner-up honors in the pole vault.
The FC 4 by 800-meter relay team set a New School Record in the event in Grand Island, as Davis Jacobson, Lance Donovan, Schelkopf and Hopken combined to break the tape in 8:35.20. The Panther 400-meter relay squad placed first in their event in 45.50 seconds on April 2. The FC 1,600-meter relay team took third in 3:45.
Panthers Cori Knapp and Jamey Broman struck gold for the FC girls. Knapp was victorious in the pole vault after clearing 9-0. Broman was tops in the long jump with a leap of 17-.50 in Grand Island. The Panther speedster also placed second in the 200-meter dash (26.10) and third in the 100-meter dash (12.87) at the Knights of Columbus meet.
Grace Jacobson raced to a second-place finish in the 1,600-meter run (6:04.50) and Alexis Schmidt took third-place in the shot put with a toss of 37-4. Schmidt was also sixth in the discus in Grand Island with a throw of 104-9.
Additional scoring by the Panther girls was turned in by: 400-meter relay, fifth, 57.60; 1,600-meter relay, fourth, 4:36.60; 3,200-meter relay, fifth, 11:35; and Ashton O'Brien, sixth, pole vault, 8-0.
Additional scoring for the FC boys was made by: Nate Rasmussen, fourth, 100-meter dash, 11.84; fourth 200-meter dash, 23.88; Noah Temme, sixth, 1,600-meter run, 5:12.30; Aaron Poppert, fifth, 110-meter hurdles, 18.43; sixth 300-meter hurdles, 46.60; Rasmussen, third, long jump, 19-10.50; Josh Taylor, sixth, 18-11; and Poppert, sixth, triple jump, 37-6.50.
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Justin Klein have been leading regular Tuesday night rides starting at the Glendale Public Library. They also started a Facebook group, Glendale Bike Rides, to publicize the Tuesday night ride and start more Glendale area rides. We are also in the very early stages of forming a Glendale-specific bike and pedestrian safety advocacy group. Currently we are keeping in touch via occasional meetings and have a mailing list via Google Groups, if you'd like to join us in advocating for safer streets in the community please contact me and I can add you to the mailing list.
Glendale's Bike Master Plan is also in the process of being updated. You can keep track of its progress here:
Please come to some of the Bike Master Plan outreach meetings to get up to date and make your voice heard. The importance of getting involved at this stage cannot be overstated.
From the City of Glendale:
The Glendale Bicycle Master Plan will be most successful with input from the public. Please take time to contribute to the process by submitting your comments on the form below or by participating in one of our Community Outreach meetings. You may also submit comments on a comment card available at local libraries and participating bike shops. The entire community is invited to participate and we are looking forward to comments and recommendations.
Community Outreach Meetings have been scheduled as follows: October 13, 2011
6:00 pm
Civic Center
633 E. Broadway Room 106
Glendale 91206
October 20, 2011
6:00 pm
Sparr Heights Community Center
1613 Glencoe Way
Glendale 91208
I hope to see you at the outreach meetings.


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As you all know, Amethyst is February's birthstone...
It's one of my favorite colors and gemstones...
I think you will love my choices below :)
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You have a beautiful blog, Jenny! My gosh I can't believe you have featured me twice today.First the treasury and now this gorgeous ode to Amethyst!! My Violette bracelet and I are beaming with pride, lol. Thank you so much!:) xoReplyDelete
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These are soo gorgeous! I sure love to have a couple of these in my own wishlist! Thank you for featuring my mini Zen Garden in here! Have a great weeked!ReplyDelete


text: I've seen Patti Smith twice in the Seventies, once at a student-run music club called the Back Door at San Diego University, and then about two years later at the Civic Theatre in the Downtown. A shock was what it was, like sex for the first time, scraping guitar, rudimentary drums, one-note bass lines, and Smith's incantations, yowlings, caterwauling, and proclamations, channeling Jim Morrison and Blake. It was static, feedback and backbeat fused with Smith's flailing rag doll dancing and howling, hardly refined but completely sublime. I told my date in the middle of the Civic Theatre concert that I wanted to climb on stage and fuck Smith. My date, a demure young woman at the time, had a look in her eye and whispered in my ear "So do I..."Patti Smith may be many things, but she is not a phony, and neither was Allan Ginsberg. Full of themselves, perhaps, and a shade pretentious at times, but this is what it takes to an artist in America. Norman Mailer, Tom Wolfe, Gore Vidal, Kate Braverman, Ann Waldman, Truman Capote, and John Irving are no less fixed in their public identities and self-images of being people with words that will not be denied. Writing is not for modest people; but none of us have to live with these folks, just read their books and find what value there is to be had. Real emotion, insight, poetry, things that resonate with you despite the writer's quarrelsome personality. That's why you read them. Patti Smith I think is a fair to mediocre poet, but she was an excellent rock and roll artist; I have a firm rock and roll aesthetic and consider her best work to be on record and on the stage, in front of a band, and it is here where I think she actually taps into something larger than herself. But again, whatever she is, she's not a phony, whether you like her or not. I just happen to like some of what she has done and I admire her gutsiness to invade a male bastion and make rock and roll something women can find a primary place in as well. For Ginsberg, I would say he stopped writing good poems thirty-five years ago, abandoning his Blakean visions for a Buddhist practice of direct transcription of his thought processes--no editing, "first thought, best thought". The result has been an awful lot of wasted paper. Still, when all is said about by professors, acolytes, and sycophants, there remain the great poems he did write back in the day, not the least of which is "Howl", a certifiable masterpiece. There are a number of other Ginsberg poems and volumes that likewise ascend to the sublime, and when it all is said that there is to say about him, the writing that is actually good is what I return to, again and again. I worked a poetry reading he gave eleven years ago, and he was a bit of a crab, but he was also a man in a hurry; he knew he was dying and was dead about nine months later. So I will forgive his affectations and will be grateful that he lived long enough to write a handful of the best poems written by a post-war American writer.I wouldn't say that Ginsberg is a great poet, only that he has written some great poems. A great poet remains great, I think, over a longer stretch of their career than AG did; he effectively ceased being a poet and became instead a celebrity. His great work, though, remains great, and that, for me, mitigates somewhat the ensuring mediocrity and cult of personality he cultivated. I would say Smith's arrogance, as such, is precisely what her rock and roll performance style require, and I found it exciting when I've seen her in full throttle. Personally, I don't mind arrogance in an artist if there's something there to back it up. I admire writers Norman Mailer and Camille Paglia, two strong personalities who back up their bluster with strong and eloquent word-smithing. The distinction between the gifted egotist and the blustering pretender would be that the gifted egotist's personality receded after awhile and a reader confronts their assertions at face value. The pretender's disguise merely dissolves like spun sugar against a wet tongue. Smith, in a more limited sense, is akin to the aforementioned two; she is not a writer, really, but a performer tapping into energies made real by her immodest assertions. In a rock and roll context, I think it's riveting, and there is a strong DIY appeal here. She's marshaled her limit assets as singer and musician, and even as a poet and transformed everything into a perfect rock and roll concept, where rough-hewed elements and qualities of the self-taught are deathless assets. Of course, if arrogance and extreme self-confidence are, of themselves, qualities one objects to regardless of the work produced, there's nothing I can say to change your mind.


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Absolutist is an Irish band with some extreme, uncompromising musical tendencies. Their latest release, Ave, hardcore punk tempos, crusty production, and some sludgy bass, too. The vocals have some character to them, and there's usually a nice element of harmony thrown into each track by the guitars.
Look for this thing on Suburban Mayhem Records in February.


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Essentially the Panel Glide is a modern, updated version of the classic Vertical blind. Providing a real lift to the look and feel of a room, Blinds365 Panel Glides are available in a wide range of colours and come in a choice of either blockout or light filtering fabric.
Because Panel guides are designed to overlap which reduces the light penetration into a room, they are ideal for sliding doors and large windows. Panel glides also make for great room dividers!
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- Jocke Setterberg
Game Credits
|Warhammer: Vermintide II (2018)
|(Design Manager)
|Warhammer: The End Times - Vermintide (2015)
|(Design Manager)
|Escape Dead Island (2014)
|(Lead Level Designer)
|War of the Roses: Kingmaker (2012)
|(Lead Level Designer)
|Bionic Commando: Rearmed 2 (2011)
|(Lead Level Designer)
|Hamilton's Great Adventure (2011)
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|Just Cause 2 (2010)
|(Additional World Designer)
|Lead and Gold: Gangs of the Wild West (2010)
|(Level Designers)
|Terminator: Salvation (2009)
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|Starshine Legacy: Mystery of the Soulriders (2007)
|Diplomacy (2005)
|(2D Artist)
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Good Afternoon,
I finished #6 and #7 of the bird series and here are some photos.
I also have finished "Nantucket Blues" in cross stitch and I am working on it in wool applique.That should be ready Wednesday to share with you. I also just finished dyeing a yard of 14ct Aida for a class to be taught at Camp Wool for beginning cross stitch and it will have a new design called "A Simple Sampler". I will share that next week but I off to pick up hubby from the hospital again, then to the post office to mail out the giveaways and the Christmas ornament for Just Cross Stitch magazine. Then back home to stitch more. I think I have to squeeze some housework in there!! oh I dont want to...........
have a good night
Monday, April 08, 2013
Birds Of A Funky Feather #6 & #7 finished
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- Hi everyone, my name is Donna. I just love stitching of all sorts, I also love antique, and book stores. I am married and I have 2 children, and 2 grandchildren :). My Christian faith is the foundation of my life, and has sustained me through the ups and downs of this journey. Keep spreading kindness so you can change the world. So glad you stopped by, leave me a message and I will stop by and visit you.


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Shielded Wire
5' of Shielded Wire: $3.95
25' of Shielded Wire: $17.95
This single conductor wire is a thick stranded 22 gauge wire that conducts current very well. This wire is cloth covered, wax impregnated and has an external grounding braid. We use this wire for all our grounds and conductors in our Vintage series kits.


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Photo of Alleged Cheating Husband Goes Viral on Facebook
Is this your husband?
That's the question asked by the original poster of the above photo, which has totally blown up on Facebook over the last few days.
(If this is your husband, you might want to tell him to get that blocky face checked out.)
"If this is your husband, I have endured a 2 hour train ride from Philadelphia listening to this loser and his friends brag about their multiple affairs and how their wives are too stupid to catch on. Oh please repost…," says the caption.
The picture of the alleged cheater — without the blocky face, which has been added to keep the man's identity secret — has been shared more than a hundred thousand times. Which is cool … if he's actually a cheater.
It's got all the makings of a great justice porn story, that's for sure. The problem is, a great justice porn story hinges on a bad person getting their comeuppance in a big and public way — but we have no way of knowing if the dude in this picture did anything wrong. Unless you want to trust the word of one person on the Internet. (Pro tip: Never trust the word of one person on the Internet, unless that person is me.)
This could be just a photo of some guy who happened to be on the train. Even if the original poster was telling the truth about what she heard, maybe it wasn't real — the guy could have been lying to his friends to make himself look cool, or could have been sharing an inside joke with them. We just don't know. And now his picture is all over the place and the whole world thinks he's a douche.
There's also the possibility this is just some kind of PR stunt, since pretty much anything worth talking about these days is secretly a PR stunt.
What do you think?


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|25 years ago Mitsui Norin discovered that tea catechin provide a wide range of beneficial properties, and in 1983 founded the Mitsui Norin Food Research Laboratories, which have since been dedicated to carry out catechin research.
Resulting in this long-term and extensive research effort by Mitsui Norin, Polyphenon is a highly purified tea catechin extract, and is going to be the first pharmaceutical grade green tea catechin in the world.
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text: JACK NetSource GUI is renamed to JACK Network Manager (jack-netmanager-gtk), since jack_netsource is only a command line front-end for jack netmanager module. Changes: - Name changed from jack-netsource-gui to jack-netmanager-gtk (humany name - JACK Network Manager), since jack_netsource is just a wrapper, controlling jack "netmanager" module. - Presets support, deprecating creation of script with tray support, due to ability to reuse ordinary scripts by JACK Network Manager itself. During of preset saving name is requested and approriate script is stored in presets directory. - Ability to start sources at LADISH rooms. - ladish_launch is deprecated. ladish_control snewapp and rnewapp commands used instead. - Improved desktop launcher - New system tray icons; added application icon, unwantedly removed from 0.2.2 - Fixed help text - Options for jack_netsource from various jack versions are stored in separated file now - Internationalization of bash scripts through gettext - Build system improvements: all text files are configured - e.g., instalation prefix now is working. Configured files are stored into separate build directory, which is autonomous and can be distributed. Also, uninstalation is available. - Internationalization improvements: added update-locales script, which updates template with translations at once, and localization of bash scripts through gettext. Note for distribution maintainers: if you place menu items for special audio software into extra submenus inside standart Audio menu, it would be nice to have JACK Network Manager item in one place with QJackNet (at least) and QJackCtl. And create dummy jack-netsource-gui package for smooth upgrade. Page at GTK-Apps: http://gtk-apps.org/content/show.php/JACK+Network+Manager?content=122327 Latest screenshot is third.


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When life is fair, at the proposed May 12 meeting between the Town of Bluffton and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, they will announce it is just a very late April Fool's joke, that they are going to combine to do additional study and validation of the problems affecting the well-on-its-way-to-dying May River.
Exactly what is there left to be studied? Now according to Webster's Dictionary, "study" can be defined as a careful examination or analysis of a phenomenon, development or a question.
Although quite out of context, the phenomenon of the May River being polluted by development cannot be questioned.
So now, after we have had the S.C. Department of Health & Environmental Control study the river, the Beaufort County Stormwater Commission study the river and the May River Watershed Commission study the river and confirm the findings of Dr. Fred Holland that after you had 20 percent of the area covered with impervious surface, disaster looms within the watershed, we are going to partner with the mother of all bureaucracies, the Federal Government, to tell us what we already know.
We certainly should welcome the EPA since they have done such a fine job protecting the Gulf of Mexico from oil spills.
Apparently the EPA is also going to present their concepts as they relate to some nebulous term of Sustainable Communities Building Blocks, another thing the federal government is famous for, building high rise tenements or tent cities to ease population growth in the times of crisis.
The South Carolina Coastal Conservation League presented a plan a year or two ago to both County Council and the Bluffton Town Council that addressed this very subject with local knowledge of the affected area and was given the normal thank-you-very-much-for-your-presentation-now-go-away attitude while we study some more and continued to approve new growth and modify existing developments agreements to give builders more legal leeway to increase the magnitude of the pollution problem.
Although I recognize that new development means more tax revenue coming in, consequently allowing the government entities to avoid the tough economic decisions that are looming after the 2012 reassessments, growth comes with a price, more police, more fire protection, more schools and certainly more impervious roads, one thing is certain, it is never free.
The May River Watershed Committee at its most recent meetings has seemed to be chomping at the bit to start to take actions that may help preserve the local waterways, but appears to be handcuffed by the regional bureaucrats.
Bringing in the federal government will only delay any positive steps being taken by the folks most familiar with the problem. Tell the Feds, thank you very much, now go away: actions speak louder than studies.
In the meantime, you can contact Joe Croley at email@example.com


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New England nature things with special focus on the Bay Circuit Trail, greater Boston, its land conservation facets and outdoor recreation opportunities.
Friday, April 17, 2009
Petit Manan, 5/87.
From the point where the sun departs, Mount Cadillac, Schoodic Point, Gouldsboro. Toward the focus of Compassion, of growth, Petit Manan Lighthouse.
To the region of goals and chores, it's Big Bubert, a distant Cape Split and a mist cloaked Great Wass with its family of islands huddled against a brink where the channel drops its floor.
And, in the direction of Resolve, Resistance and Endurance the long trowel of a point embraces the mass bearing Pigeon Hill and the heath draped backlands.
The ears meet a constant sea muted whine of an offshore gull raft. A bell buoy threads through a tinkly soprano melody and breakers mark time with hushed pedal tones..fploashhh..fploashhh...fploashhh… phwaoshshsh…phwaoshhh.
The jet stream has combed the upper day sky clouds into long feathery strands. The water made rock wall is bedecked with a flotsam riot remnant. Human debris includes lobstering gear, bleach jugs, rope of many colors, some dainty shoe from a fisherman's wife and a melange of logs and spars, some bearing testimony to encounters with humanity and some which appear to have escaped.
And then there are dense scatters of mussel shells often intermixed with storm ripped kelps and wracks busily rotting and entertaining flies. There are even a few small boat wreck fragments and a spiked pier cradle indicating the power of prior winter storms. The rock piles form a contiguous metropolis for a spider species eternally scampering in and out of the extensive cranny matrix.
Petit Manan is a National Wildlife Refuge with a splendid blend of ecotones and habitats including a fat sphagnum bog wooded uplands, meadows and cobble shores. I bushwhacked through the bog for a while following deer trails through spruce so thick at times, you had to squeeze through.
I eventually came out near old field lanes that led to the main traverse road. I took this back to the campsite, stopping at a meadow pond for water. My feet were soaked but, instead of blistering, they pickled from the acidic bog water.
There are two trails in the refuge. One simply follows the eastside shore down to the narrow tip. The other leads through mixed forest upland to Birch Point at the north west edge. The two trails complement each other and between them, feature nearly all of the coastal ecotones from cobble tidelands to upland copses, thickets, meadows and groves.
I prefer the Birch Point trail. It offers upland woods in various states of succession from ericad shrub thickets to beech groves and tracts of fir running to the waters edge. I met my first pair of golden crowned kinglets along the way to Birch Point in the trails high slope copses of heath-carpeted hemlock, young beech and birch. Descending the slope northward are the conifer groves of balsam fir mingled with cedars, hemlock and spruce.
I found a furball scat left by a coyote and some bear tree claw marks on an older beech. Antler scrapes on branches were abundant. Mornings grim, gray beginning gave way to a warm breezy spring day, Newfie style.
The Birch point loop segment doesn't quite get you to the tip of Birch Point, you have to bushwhack. In my case, the final ten yards were covered in a stealthy crawl in order to watch a group of red breasted mergansers joined by a few eiders. The effort was rewarded by a good long look at their placid, dive dappled rambling, always covered by one or two floating lookouts. Eventually, they noticed me and put some distance between us.
The refuge was crawling with fat, shambling porcupines. I met two on the way back. One was rummaging in the strew of marsh hay bracken left by the high water storm line. I got to within three feet of it before we noticed each other. It faced me 'til I pulled out a penny whistle and noodled a bit. This convinced it to waddle off and join its brethren at a leisurely spruce tip buffet. The first morning here, a pair of them involved in some sort of off-season nuptial ritual serenaded me.
The song was a melismatic squawk recalling a sampled snippet of a Tuareg musette chorus. Birch Point's ensemble of ecotones will reward repeated visits. The cove alongside the point houses extensive and fairly pristine soft-shell clam flats.
The area is liberally peppered with deer scat. One night, a small herd sought shelter from rain in the grove near my tent. The storm must have masked my smell. I woke up and coughed in the middle of the night causing them to leap, yelp and scatter.
My last sunset vespers there were conducted by a troop of raccoons searching the rocks and wrack for mussels. The sky was awash with pale bands of violet and was accompanied, for a few glowing moments, by a Big Bubert bathed in late day glimmer. Warbler group lead teams were just beginning to fan off to nest.
Chuck Snowden was my local ride mentor. He is a smart genial African American who had just turned fifty-four. He lives in Waltham Maine and brought me from Ellsworth to the Refuge parking lot. He had recently retired from his job at the Department of Defense and supplemented his income by doing free lance carpentry work.
He's made a good life in Maine, when we met, he was on his way to install Hancock Point and Tunk Lake Road to install 'For Sale ' signs for a local realtor who pays him ten bucks a pop. He's put up 19 in the past week. The way back was more challenging.
I began the hitchhike in the teeth of one of those huge slow spring nor'easters that followed me south. And, on the human side, real Maine gets diluted south of Augusta by Mall Culture. The undifferentiated terrain of the United State of Generica digs its claws in signaled by the transition from colorful old shitboxes and pickups to Saabs and Volvos. This is a more nervous crowd and rides are few and far between.
I waited in Augusta too long and ended up raising my tent at sundown on the pine-clad bluff of an interstate roadcut near Richmond. I got home the following afternoon. A common thread among those who picked me up was a reverence for the Living World in some way or another.
There was a millworker intent on monitoring the progress of the Atlantic Salmon's return. A retired naval officer ran a sea kayaking tour service along the Downeast Coast. Clammers extolled their hunter gatherer lives and auslanders sang their praises to the land.
A week or so after I got back, I noticed an article in the Globe on ground level ozone spikes in Southern Maine. The map pattern corresponded closely to the boundary of Generica's encroachment. Go Figure!
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I very much enjoyed my time at the latest "The Great Escape UK" Unconference in Leeds today. There were about 27 attendees by the end of the day; I enjoyed catching up with some from previous events and just as much enjoyed meeting others for the first time, some of whom had been on my "it'd be nice to meet some day" list for quite a while. The venue was Dock 29 in the Leeds Dock area, which looks very smart; while there is a water taxi giving free rides from (very near) the train station, there isn't a good system for letting people know when the water taxi isn't running, and sadly this contributed towards me only being able to attend the last four and a bit hours or so. (Unconferences are a little stranger when you can't attend the planning-on-the-day stage at the beginning… though I probably could have stuck a session note onto the board if there was something burning that I had wanted to discuss.) Jason Stroud of Thinking Outside The Box was the only known person to travel from the UK to Chicago for the Room Escape Conference last month and I was disappointed to miss him presenting his findings; the rest of us will have to settle for this review video.
I believe that organiser Liz Cable will be putting together a more formal description of the sessions at some point, as well as co-ordinating the collation of the notes that people took. After a buffet spread that looked as good as it tasted, Liz took eight or nine of us around her Code-X pop-up game, a few doors down, that sadly has to close on Sunday 18th and clear out shortly after. The aesthetic is distinctive and likely very effective, and there are as many surprises as you'd hope for. A tour can never match up to playing the game for real, but this did look like a treat.
In the afternoon, there was a session on potential for interaction between escape rooms and academia; without wanting to get too "one weird trick" about it, there do seem to be revenue streams that might be able to be tapped by escape room creators who can reframe the advantages of what they offer in ways that universities will want to hear, far aside from the obvious one of having students coming and playing your regular open-to-the-public game. There was also a fascinating session comparing academic models proposed over the years for game players' motivations, discussing the extent to which they may or may not apply, and giving practical applications of the most promising-looking of these models to the escape room context. Escape game web sites often tend to promote their offerings in fairly similar fashions, which may be relatively generic when something more tailored to differently motivated groups of players may speak more directly to them.
Past unconferences have often generated a spirit of "sure, it would be great to work together!" which has not generated practical activity. The end of the day had some attempts to be slightly more concrete about initiatives which seem to have common purpose: a smarter approach to insurance (are some people paying too much? Do companies' insurance policies really cover you?) as well as potential to investigate group buying where it makes sense, and places where the industry as a whole might promote itself more usefully than individual brands doing so.
Exciting times! Lots to think about; many thanks to Liz and the attendees for putting the day together. The next unconference will be on Tuesday 10th January 2017 at The Steam Room, part of "Drink, Shop and Do" near King's Cross Station in London; it too should be a treat and booking is already open. Being the second Tuesday of the month, of course, that will be a Puzzled Pint night, so don't forget about one really good, relevant opportunity to socialise afterwards!


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Interview with vocalist and bassist David "Aggressor"
Interview conducted by Luxi Lahtinen
Date online: March 8, 2014
Spanish Death Metal trio Domains released their debut album, Sinister Ceremonies, on the small independent Finnish label The Sinister Flame at the beginning of January 2014. Sinister Ceremonies showcases some of Death Metal's most important elements; crushing and corpse-heavy riffs, morbid and grandiose melodies, haunting and deeply touching atmospheres. All of this is accomplished without losing focus on anything which means Domains are ready to take the Death Metal world by storm.
Domains vocalist and bassist, David "Aggressor", wanted to share some of his thoughts about the band's debut album and also gives us some inside information on this new Death Metal sensation. Read on...
Luxi: How's it rotting, David?
David: Everything is fine here; Blessed Are the Sick was just on and filled the atmosphere with vehemence and grandiosity.
Luxi: When Domains was formed, back in 2005, you said you were inspired by such acts as Morbid Angel, Slayer, old Metallica, Destruction, and Mayhem, among others. When did Domains start taking a more sinister, dark and gloomy musical turn, setting the tone for the kind of Death Metal you play these days?
David: The inspiration we drew from the aforementioned bands goes beyond the musical plane. But, to answer your question and to be totally honest, I will say that the pronounced twist towards darker and more sinister paths on our later songs has occurred gradually through the years. The very first glimpses of what would become our present "style" appeared very early in the life of the band and can be heard on some of our very first songs. It was during the development of these primordial tracks when unequivocal traces of an irrational and powerful expression started to appear, forces that attracted us and still attracts us today; a true inspiration to go further in our compositions.
Luxi: What were your goals and what were hoping to achieve when your music started taking shape?
David: Our first and foremost aim was, and still is, the concept of Domains as something indisputably dark and solemn with a focus on the freshness and expressiveness of our compositions. No compromise. I will add that we never bothered to predict the exact style of Metal we would play; we simply let it arise naturally according to our goals and principles. And that is what we'll do going forward.
Luxi: There's actually quite a lot of very dark, evil and morbid flavor to Domains' sound. Would you say this is something that has come naturally or do you believe you have reached this point only after hours and hours of intense work?
David: While the hard work has helped us in reaching our aim of sounding dark, in a severe and compelling way, there is something in achieving this goal which is really hard to explain. Power and force, with such dark and sinister nuances as the ones contained in this music, is not easily found. This "magic" may appear or it may not; it doesn't depend solely on the amount of work and hours that you spend on it. You have to feel the inspiration and have enough personality to make the right decisions at the right times.
Of course, confidence in ourselves, and that what we are doing is the right thing, has been essential from the beginning.
Luxi: What was the experience of recording your first 9-track demo, Towards Pleroma, like? Did you feel, at that time, that this demo would put Domains on the Death Metal map and were you happy with the way it turned out?
David: Recording Towards Pleroma was a step in the right direction. Our opinion about it remains the same. It was an important point of reference that guided us in creating our first full-length. In its weaknesses and errors, we found the necessary blood-thirst to make our first opus. We believed in its potential and spread it accordingly; otherwise we would never have made it public.
Luxi: Domains has some satanic themes interwoven into the band's image. Is all this Satanism and occultism just part of the band's image or does Satanism, and all things related to it, have a more personal meaning?
David: Given the nature of the question, I can only answer as far as I'm concerned.
The concept of Domains, both the lyrics and the image, is a result of my thoughts and personal experiences from practical and theoretical study of occultism and other matters of religious nature. I see Domains, with its music, as the appropriate channel to express these thoughts.
Luxi: How fascinated are you by this dark side? Are you the kind of curious person that wants to explore things of a dark nature because there's some truly unexplained magnetism there?
David: More than sufficient to spend the most intimate moments of my life besides offering real priority to it. The level of implication in these matters is something that each one who is involved on this must choose. Curiosity is never enough.
Luxi: Let's talk about your debut album, Sinister Ceremonies, shall we? What can you tell us about the recording process? Was it easy to get the album recorded and did it turn out the way you originally hoped? Did you face any major setbacks?
David: Without going into the technical details (they are really boring to explain), I will say that it has been a long process and we had to overcome several obstacles that delayed the release many times. The common vision between us and our label, TSF, that this creation wasn't just another "music record" has been essential. It could only see the light of the day when we were fully satisfied with the outcome, which was the main rule and helped us to overcome all the problems that we encountered. All the sweat and blood that has been spilled for Sinister Ceremonies were worth it.
Luxi: Was it only these 10 songs that you that you had ready or were more songs that you intended to record but, for some reason or the other, had to leave them off Sinister Ceremonies?
David: Before starting the recording process, we conceived this opus as complete with only these ten songs, without exception. That was the only possible way for this-full length to see the light of day.
Luxi: To me, your debut album sounds absolutely fantastic; utterly dark, sinister, and wickedly eerie as Death Metal should sound. My ears hear bits from such dark sounding Metal troops as Sadistic Intent, Demigod, Immolation, Asphyx and Incantation. I would guess those are bands that you respect in your own unholy books but feel free to correct me if I am totally wrong about this?
David: As said before, our influences are many, but it's true that among them there are recordings by some of the bands you mentioned. I have nothing but respect for these unholy releases.
Luxi: One of the great things about this album is its versatile sound. There are many breaks for calmer seas, and then the full-on, raging Death Metal storm gets unleashed again. Was this what you wanted Sinister Ceremonies to be like?
David: Versatility is a Luciferian quality in my eyes and, considering that our creations are directly influenced by our vision of the occult, it's natural for Sinister Ceremonies to possess such an attribute. It's something that manifested naturally and was not done with intention.
Luxi: How important are keyboards to Domains' sound? Are they essential to get more depth and dark atmospheres?
David: The keyboard-synth parts that can be heard on Sinister Ceremonies are far from being simple ornamentations. This time they played a more decisive role and that gave us the ability to create a deeper and more abysmal sound, apart from being an excellent reference in composition, and they fit perfectly with the multiple basses and guitars. They will continue to play an important role on future studio releases.
Luxi: What can you tell us about the album's cover? To me, it looks morbid and sinister indeed, in its own psychedelic way...
David: It is a splendid work done by Ignacio Bernácer. Its more obvious meaning, among many things, I see a dying "mercy" gasping for air as part of a sacrifice that will be repeated forever, all under a glorious sulfur sky. But everyone must let it "speak" to them and have their own valid interpretation...
Luxi: Looking back, is there anything on this opus that you wish had turned out better, now that you have some distance from the album's creation?
David: The search for constant improvement always brings the desire to change something for the better. This case is no different but, although there are small details that we would change, these are trifles that do not affect the vision, as represented by this creation, and we are fully satisfied.
Luxi: How much are you into touring and playing gigs? Do you see gigging as a vital part of the promotion of Domains? How easy it is for you to get gigs booked for Domains in your area around Valencia? Are there some cool places to do shows?
David: We are open to the idea of doing live appearances, but they must be seriously organized events instead of parties for geeks and drunks. We don't see concerts as just another way of promotion; they are definitely something that goes beyond. I see them as an invocation to a particular sinister force on a concrete space, a perfect opportunity to perform a magic ritual.
There are many venues to play in Valencia, but most of them are pretty miserable and are run by very stupid people.
Luxi: Have you ever considered adding a second guitarist for Domains' live line-up, just to thicken the band's sound and make it more powerful or are you happy to go on stage as trio?
David: Right now we are rehearsing as a four-piece band with the addition of a second guitarist. This will be for live purposes only. We are also prepared to perform our sinister rituals as a trio, if necessary.
Luxi: If you got the chance to tour with one band, which one would you consider the ideal touring partner and why?
David: It would be an immense honor to tour and share the stage with bands that are really devoted and serious about the concept they represent. Tt doesn't matter if we don't share the same exact vision of the Left Hand Path. Having said that, I would cite Necros Christos, Dead Congregation, Altar of Perversion or Angelcorpse as perfect examples.
Luxi: Spain has always had a pretty cool scene for Death Metal with Avulsed, from Madrid, as perhaps the most internationally known name over the years. Do you view Spain's Death Metal scene as strong and growing or do you feel it lacks of something these days?
David: If we talk about bands, is true that some really good examples of their respective "genres" of extreme Metal have emerged from Spain recently, something that was unthinkable some years ago. But we don't care for what most bands and people here represent, as we are following a different path with different goals.
Luxi: What are your feelings about these modern Death Metal or Metalcore bands that mix Death grunts with clean vocals, plus have an emo/hipster look? Do you consider it as 'the future of Metal'?
David: Their existence is one of the finest examples of irrelevance; we don't have any relationship with those kinds of bands. Considerations regarding them are also non-existent.
Luxi: How do you view the state of Death Metal these days? Do you think it's stronger than in many years, with many once disbanded Death Metal acts making comebacks (Gorguts, Asphyx, Possessed, Autopsy, Broken Hope, Pestilence, Atheist, etc.) and paving the way for younger Death Metal acts to get noticed?
David: To my eyes, both the Black and Death Metal genres have some good momentum, but take a look at the scene and analyze the bands that are active and transcend the ocean of soulless and meaningless stuff. The ratio of bands that possess quality and class to all the stupid acts we can think about is absolutely irrelevant. "Mediocrity can't deny through immensity".
I am not aware of the acceptance that classic bands, like the examples you mentioned, still have today, but I am absolutely convinced that current bands that hold a position of respect in their own genres achieved such status by their own merits.
Luxi: Would you describe, in your own words, what the following Death Metal albums mean to you personally? The first Is Immolation's Dawn of Possession.
David: The perfect pillage of "Christian" paradise, showcasing fury and class in equal parts. Severity transformed into music; a relentless milestone and a true classic.
Luxi: Pestilence's Consuming Impulse,
David: Although it has never been a favorite of mine, it is graced with some brilliant moments.
Luxi: And finally, Demigod's Slumber of Sullen Eyes.
David: Somber and haunting, mystical yet aggressive as very few records can be. Embrace the Darkness.
Luxi: Obviously, Domains have been working hard on new stuff even though your debut album was released not that long ago (January 2014). Is there anything you can reveal about new stuff in the works? Undoubtedly there won't be any radical changes from the songs on Sinister Ceremonies, right?
David: In this case I have to say that we haven't been working on composing new material after recording our first opus, so I can't give you any relevant details. While it's true that some fleeting ideas have already begun to assault our minds, it is too early to say anything.
It won't be too long before we'll start working on new material, something that, to be honest, I find very exciting and I am really looking forward to. As for what can be expected from us, the only thing I will say is that we will work to satisfy ourselves primarily, with our unwavering standard of "every new release better than the last". We aren't limited by anything or anyone.
Luxi: What are you hoping to achieve within the next few years with Domains? More gigs, a follow-up album, lots of positive press/feedback and such, I guess?
David: The future is uncertain, but we will honor Sinister Ceremonies, and all that it represents, onstage, we will present our art with our heads held high throughout the known world and we will start working on material for a new opus when the time comes. All of that is definitely on our agenda.
Luxi: Is there anything that you would like to add to this interview that people should know about Domains?
David: "Flame burns strongly beyond our flesh, sinister be it then... this eternal denial, Gates of Enoch... open for us, Oaths in solemn darkness... Baphomet."
Luxi: That is all I have at this time so I want to thank you for taking time to get this interview done for The Metal Crypt and, in the very same breath, I wish you all the best with the future comings and goings with the band. The last words are yours, David.
David: Luxi, I want to thank you for all the support and interest. I encourage readers of The Metal Crypt to obtain Sinister Ceremonies through TSF or at their local distributor (more about this on www.thesinisterflame.com). People can contact us for whatever reason at email@example.com, all correspondence will be answered.
Mastery and Scorn.
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The Federal Reserve is pumping $85 billion a month into the economy. That's $85 billion fake dollars every month, backed by nothing. It's deflating the buying power of the dollars in your wallet and the dollars in your paycheck. It's time to stock up on silver before that dollar takes its inevitable nose dive!
Time to stock up on silver!
It's not fair to you and me. We've worked hard to get where we are and we continue to work our butts off but our dollars are buying less than ever.
I've been watching the economy and the way things are moving and I'm really uncomfortable with the state and strength of our dollar. It's time for me to add some precious metals to the mix, but I can't afford a bunch of gold….
I can afford to start buying a few ounces of silver at at time though.
Silver values will go up and down, that's normal fluctuation and that's mostly because of people playing games in the silver markets. That's all smoke and mirrors.
The good thing about Silver (or Gold) is that even if the dollar dies and become worthless, Silver will still have value. Silver and Gold will maintain enough value to get you the essentials you'll need when you'll need them. The dollar will be used as tinder for our campfires and as toilet paper for our bums.
Right now I'm shopping on Amazon and I can get an ounce of silver for just under $24/oz. I think I can safely buy 1 or 2 ounces per week.
That's $100-200/month and I'll just budget for it and treat it like a bill. It's not like I'm losing anything, even if I don't have to use it, I'll have a nice little investment for later on in life or to bury in the yard for my children to find, once the government collapses on them.
Be smart the Time to stock up on silver is upon us, so get some silver while your dollar can still purchase some.
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