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Walden Vintage Zip Hoodie : Russett
Or 4 interest free payments of approximately $12.25 with Klarna
The Performance logo is one of the original Walden logo's and the one used on every Magic Model since the early 80's. We sell this logo all over the world and we don't think we will ever stop running it. Designs come and go but the Original Walden Performance logo is a staple. This is our blue logo fade version.
Heavy weight vintage zip hoodie, 50/50 pre-shrunk, super soft and non-pilling. A great hoodie for after a cold surf.
Color: Russett, a deep, heathered maroon-brown


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The modern world is a fast place. In hours, planes let us travel distances that used to take months. E-mail instantly transmits messages that used to take days to arrive. Netflix lets us watch a whole season of a TV show in a single weekend. But there are things that can't be rushed.
Nature sticks to its set schedule, the seasons changing with the length of the day. In fact, most natural processes are limited in some way, so that healing takes a certain amount of time, as does growth.
This is where our lives as humans can get tricky. Technology has taught us to expect things to happen fast. It can make us expect the impossible, or at least the highly impractical, and it can lead to unhealthy habits. Like many people, I used to rely on caffeine to keep my brain clicking while I was working.
For me, caffeine was not a healthy choice. Along with making my mind race, it made me anxious and kept me from sleeping at night. In the ten-plus years since I gave it up, I've had to give up on being fast, too. Which brings me to today's quote.
The trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.Moliere
When I was a computer programmer, we used to say you can only have two of the following three things: fast, cheap, good. So being fast isn't necessarily going to give you a bad product, but it is going to cost you something. For me, it was my health.
Today I try to embrace a slow-paced life. I am careful to schedule my days so that not too much happens on any given day. I work a little on my novel without waiting for a big block of time, because in fact I can't work more than an hour or two a day.
I take comfort in the idea that slow has its benefits. It's giving me the chance to produce high quality products without killing myself in the process.
Is there anything you have to do slowly?

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Abu Dhabi – Oman Border & Visa Run
If your relatives or your friends want to extend their 30 days tourist visa in the Abu Dhabi Emirate they have 2 options. You can go to the Residency & Expatriates Affairs office and pay 700 AED or You can do an Oman Visa Run and pay 35 AED upon UAE exit plus 5 Omani Riyals (48 AED) upon Oman entry. Oman exit and UAE entry is free of charge.
I chose to do the Oman visa run from Al Ain (eastearn part of Abu Dhabi Emirate) through Mezyad Border for my mother-in-law. Not only is it cheaper, but you can repeat this process without restrictions.
I have started the trip at 5:30 AM (from Ruwais) and have reached the Mezyad border at almost 9 AM. The road is (on average) smooth and clear. Before getting to the destination you will pass a (mountain) rocky areas and a few camel farms.
Kindly remember to keep any papers that you are given at control points, you will need to present them later. Also, make sure your passports are valid for more than 6 months when you are doing the visa run.
1. Before paying the exit UAE fee (35 AED / person) you will cross 2 check points. Upon payment you will receive UAE exit stamp.
2. After reaching the Hafeet border in Oman, you will complete a form and pay 5 Omani Riyal using your credit card or cash. Upon payment you will receive Sultanate of Oman entry/exit stamp.
While it is recommended to have proof of Oman coverage of your car insurance, the border police man told me that it is not needed if i am only doing a visa change.
3. You exit Oman border and go back to UAE border. Go the entry visa office to get the new 30 days Tourist Visa. Exit the border point and drive back home.
I have finished all of these border crossings in one hour. I have have reached back in Ruwais at 01:30 PM. Going and coming back is a 700 km drive so make sure your car is in top condition.
I look forward to your inquiries in the comment section below. Remember to share this article to someone close.
PS. If you don t have a car, you can take the bus to Al Ain and from there you can arrange with mr. Rob Tyler to take you through the border and back.
PS#2. Contact Oman Embassy in UAE :
Phone +971 (2) 446-3333 : Email : [email protected]
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Las Vegas (October 2, 2013) – The 2nd Raging Babe Brunch sponsored by Mayweather Promotions took place on the morning of the highly anticipated mega fight "THE ONE: MAYWEATHER VS. CANELO" at the MGM Grand Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. The vision behind this intimate event was to create a foundation for building a powerful network of women in the sport of boxing in addition to recognizing some of its influencers.
Alongside its theme of uniting influential woman in the sport of boxing, the brunch honored special guest Kelly Swanson of Swanson Communications for her hard work and drive which ultimately led to her becoming one of the most highly respected people in her field. Through 25 years in the sport, she's worked with names from Riddick Bowe during his heavyweight title run to Bernard Hopkins and 10-time champion in five different weight classes Floyd "Money" Mayweather. Swanson's experience in developing and implementing full-scale public relations and marketing campaigns, multi-tiered corporate promotions, and managing award-winning events has been unparalleled, and Saturday's brunch became her platform to be recognized for her many contributions as she was presented with the Meritorious Achievement Award by boxing great, Bernard Hopkins.
The intimate gathering included 40 phenomenal women who have stood out as leaders and supporters that created a significant role in boxing for themselves while opening the doors for many others. Guests enjoyed mimosas upon entering the chic and elegant decorum with a gourmet feast set for a queen. Each table participated in team building activities and had the opportunity to win prizes such as exclusive designer clutches, show tickets, dinner vouchers, gourmet sweets, & weekend getaways at the MGM Grand Hotel & Casino.
Following the success of the inaugural Raging Babe Brunch, which took place on May 4th of this year, it was decided that this remarkable event was not only necessary but positively influential in bringing women that have stood out as leaders and supporters in the boxing world together. "The first Raging Babe Brunch was so special, women involved in the sport of boxing were able to gather together, cross paths, and begin creating a network to impact the sport of boxing together," said Raging Babe CEO Michelle Rosado. "Being a prominent supporter of these events and Raging Babe's overall vision is something that Mayweather Promotions is proud to be involved with, said Mayweather Promotions CEO, Leonard Ellerbe. What Raging Babes is doing is a great thing and we're happy to be involved." As the Raging Babe brand continues to expand and venture into projects across the globe, you can plan on seeing a lot more of these events. For more information on Raging Babe visit www.ragingbabe.com


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I love making frittatas but I've been trying to make them with more vegetables than fat filled ingredients. I'm using less eggs which creates more of a pizza like dish instead of something more like a quiche. I even serve it on a pizza paddle. This is a great dish to make for your holiday breakfast or brunch and one I'll be sharing for A Gluten-Free Holiday. Today Carrie at Ginger Lemon Girl is hosting the event spotlighting Holiday Breakfast and Brunch. You can head there to share your recipes and leave comments for your chance to win
- 4 copies of The Gluten-Free Almond Flour Cookbook by Elana Amsterdam
- 4 Elana's Pantry totes
- 2 copies of Cooking for Isaiah: Gluten-Free & Dairy-Free Recipes for Easy Delicious Meals by Silvana Nardone
- 3 copies of The Gluten-Free Diner e-book by Diane Eblin -yep that would be me
- 3 copies of Gluten Free Breakfast and Brunch by Lori Karavolis
I just need to say how honored I am to have my cookbook as part of a giveaway with two amazing women and their cookbooks. I'm so lucky to know both Elana and Silvana and you couldn't meet two more wonderful gals. They are so smart, talented, have written amazing cookbooks and to boot they're really nice and what I call good people. Please make sure you head over and enter to win their cookbook.
Each week there are opportunities to win wonderful cookbooks. Last week you had that same chance here. The winners were chosen last night via random numbers. Carrie has the complete list of winners!
Skinny Frittata with Mushrooms, Spinach, Garlic, Potato and a Touch of Prosciutto
- 1 cup hashbrown potatoes
- 1/4 diced red onion
- 1 dozen cremini mushrooms sliced
- 2/3 cup frozen spinach or 2 cups fresh spinach
- 1 garlic clove
- 4 organic large brown eggs beaten
- 1 slice proscuitto crisped in the oven
- 1-2 TBS Organic Coconut Oil
- Sea salt and fresh ground pepper
Pre-heat the oven to 425 degrees.
In your 12-Inch Cast Iron Skillet melt some of the coconut oil and saute your hash browns. If you're pressed for time you can skip this step if using frozen hash browns. Just make sure they are not frozen but warmed up in the microwave. I like them browned and crispy before adding them to the eggs.
Saute the onion until soft and then set aside. Not saute the mushrooms until they start to brown and then set aside with onions.
Saute the spinach and garlic until soften and set aside.
Now make sure there is oil in the pan so the eggs will float. I've greatly reduced the amount I used to see if it would work and it did. Make sure you have beat the eggs until fluffy which should take at least 2 minutes. This will really make a difference. If you like to add milks to your eggs you can do that now but I found it works just as well without.
Pour the eggs into the pan. Let them settle for a minute but do not touch them or play with them. You want them floating in the oil and if you start messing with them you'll incorporate that oil into the eggs. Now slowly add in the onions, mushrooms, spinach, garlic and potatoes. Top with the pancetta. When you see the edges start to pull away which should start pretty soon. If you are using more eggs it takes longer but the beauty of less eggs is this is faster.
Pop it into your pre-heated oven for 10-12 minutes. If you jiggle the pan and it's not rippling then the eggs are cooked. Carefully remove the pan and let it sit for 10 minutes. Now you can remove it from the pan, slice it up and serve it warm.
Yield: 4 servings
You can add whatever cheese you like to this dish too. If you don't have cremini mushrooms you can use white or portobello cut into chunks.
If you don't have a cast iron skillet ask for one this holiday season. If not any non-stick oven safe skillet will work.
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This was shared on Real Food Wednesday's over at Kelly the Kitchen Kop.


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Up to 30 percent of the world's population is infected with tuberculosis (TB), but in many areas of the world, TB diagnosis still relies on insensitive, poorly standardized, and time-consuming methods. A new diagnostic tool, endorsed by the World Health Organization (WHO), may change that. Dr. Thomas Bodmer shows how it's done in the Journal of Visualized Experiments (JoVE).
Currently, TB is diagnosed through either a skin test, which produces a small bump on the patient's arm when administered and needs to be checked after 72 hours, and through smear microscopy, a method that was developed over a century ago. The new test is fully automated and takes about an hour and a half to give results. It is also able to determine if the patient is infected with a multidrug-resistant strain of the bacteria.
"The expert MTB/RIF assay is intended for use with specimens from patients for whom there is suspicion of pulmonary tuberculosis and who fulfill the criteria outlined in the accompanied text," says Bodmer, who co-authored the article.
WHO endorsed the test in 2010, and is working to roll it out across tuberculosis-affected countries. An important aspect of this is training people to use the device, and the JoVE video-article will help with standardization. JoVE is the only peer reviewed, PubMed-indexed science journal to publish all of its content in both text and video format.
"TB is one of the most deadly infectious diseases worldwide and accurate and rapid diagnosis is essential for timely and proper treatment. This test is expected to dramatically improve the diagnosis of TB," says JoVE science editor Dr. Charlotte Frank Sage. "Publication of the protocol in JoVE allows researchers around the world to see a detailed demonstration of this diagnostic tool and will aid in establishing this technology in their laboratories and clinics."


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It was wrong to throw out a Kauai bus driver's gender discrimination lawsuit because she didn't disclose the suit when she filed for bankruptcy protection, a federal appeals court ruled.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday that Kathleen Ah Quin's lawsuit against the County of Kauai Transportation Department must return to U.S. District Court. The lower court applied the wrong legal standard in determining whether her omission was "mistaken" or "inadvertent," the opinion said.
Ah Quin and her attorney declined to comment Friday. Attorneys for the county didn't immediately respond to requests for comment.
Ah Quin sued the county, claiming her work hours were reduced and she was denied full-time status because of her gender. She told a District Court judge she valued her discrimination lawsuit between $350,000 and $6 million. She was required to disclose the lawsuit as an asset when she filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy protection after her husband lost his job, because if she prevailed, she could have won enough money to cover her debts of about $75,000.
She later amended her bankruptcy schedules to list the pending lawsuit, the ruling said, but the county moved to dismiss the discrimination case. The District Court granted the county summary judgment, finding that she had a motive to conceal the discrimination claim and keep potential proceeds from her creditors. Ah Quin appealed.
"A key factor is that (Ah Quin) reopened her bankruptcy proceedings and filed amended bankruptcy schedules that properly listed this claim as an asset," said the opinion by Judge Susan Graber. "Also, in her bankruptcy schedules, she listed her lawyer as a creditor for $5,000; she claims that, if she 'was truly seeking to hide the lawsuit from the bankruptcy court,' she would have not listed that lawyer."
Ah Quin claimed she didn't realize she had to disclose the discrimination suit.
A dissenting judge said her omission was deceitful and not simply an innocent mistake. "To the contrary, on this record, it is hard to see anything but a debtor who was caught in a lie and now seeks to avoid the consequences," dissenting Judge Jay Bybee wrote.
Bybee noted that when a bankruptcy judge asked her about any pending claims, she replied there weren't any.
The two 9th Circuit judges on the majority opinion said she thought the judge was referring to any claims for her husband.


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Investors ended the week on a high note before hitting the beach and barbecue for the long weekend.
Here's what you need to know before kicking off the holiday:
The Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq all rose on Friday. The S&P 500 closed at a new record of 1,900.5. The Dow ended the day up about 0.4% and the Nasdaq was up nearly 0.8%.
It's been a good week on Wall Street, with all three indexes finishing in positive territory, led by the Nasdaq's more than 2% gain.
1. Good day for shoes, not so pretty for clothes
In the corporate world, Foot Locker (FL) bounced over 1.5% after the retailer reported a 14% jump in first quarter sales. The company said its quarterly sales and profits were the highest in its history.
"Footlocker Q points to casual footwear trend remaining strong as ever...$FL," said retail_guru on StockTwits.
But things weren't all good in the world of apparel, as Aeropostale (ARO) shares plunged more than 24%. The clothing company reported a narrower-than-expected loss for the first quarter, but said comparable sales decreased 13%.
StockTwits trader oracleofla felt the stock's punishment didn't fit the crime.
"$ARO i think this is a bit excessive..i am gonna jump in," he said.
2. HP cuts jobs, but stock jumps
Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) is enjoying a nice rebound with a 6% pop on Friday. The tech giant fell Thursday in late trading. In an apparent error, the firm released its earnings report before the closing bell, which included plans to cut 11,000 to 16,000 jobs on top of the previously announced 34,000 job cuts.
StockTwits trader kaley didn't think HP's big jump Friday was warranted.
"$HPQ not seeing the enthusiasm for this company...they are doing a lot of cost cutting...not a good sign," she said.
Related: Did you work for HP? We want to hear your story
Apple (AAPL) finished the week at $614 a share, a 52-week high point for the company. Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference takes places June 2 to 6, which often bring the unveiling of new products. The stock is also set to split in early June with trading of the lower priced shares to begin on Monday, June 9.
"$AAPL finally doing what it is suppose to. Of all the stocks out there this is the most undervalued and underappreciated one," declared MarlonSilos on StockTwits.
Shares of eBay (EBAY) recovered somewhat after taking a hit Thursday. The ecommerce conglomerate remains in the spotlight amid criticism that it was slow to inform customers about a hacking incident.
CNNMoney's Tech 30 index is up 1% Friday, although it's still down for the year, reflecting the roller coaster ride for many tech stocks so far in 2014.
3. Russia, Thailand: Big talk, not much market movement
On the international front, traders were keeping tabs on geopolitical developments. Speaking Friday at an international economic forum in St. Petersburg, Russian President Vladimir Putin warned of a "dangerous civil war" in Ukraine as fresh violence erupted ahead of this weekend's presidential election.
Still, European markets mostly finished in positive territory.
In Asia, shares of Thailand's main index slipped 1% and the baht dipped against the dollar after Thursday's coup. Fitch said any further escalation in political instability could cause lasting damage to the economy.
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Taiwan has completed construction on its incredible solar-powered National Stadium that will generate 100% of its electricity from photovoltaic technology. The dragon-shaped 50,000 seat arena is clad in 8,844 solar panels that illuminate the track and field with 3,300 lights.
Building a new stadium is always a massive undertaking that requires millions of dollars, substantial physical labor, and a vast amount of electricity to keep it operating. The National Stadium accommodates its energy needs with a stunning 14,155 square meter paneled roof that is able to provide enough solar energy to power the stadium's 3,300 lights and two jumbo vision screens. To illustrate the incredible power of this system, officials ran a test and found that it took just six minutes to power up the stadium's entire lighting system!
The stadium also integrates additional green features such as permeable paving and the extensive use of reusable, domestically made materials. Built upon a clear area of approximately 19 hectares, nearly 7 hectares has been reserved for the development of integrated public green spaces, bike paths, sports parks, and an ecological pond. Additionally, all of the plants occupying the area before construction were transplanted.
Non-sports fans in the community have a lot to jump up and down for as well. Not only does the solar power system provide electricity during the games, but the surplus energy will also be sold during the non-game period. On days where the stadium is not being used, the Taiwanese government plans to feed the extra energy into the local grid, where it will meet almost 80% of the neighboring area's energy requirements. Overall, the stadium will generate 1.14 million KWh per year, preventing the release of 660 tons of carbon dioxide into atmosphere annually.
Source: Inhabitat


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Directed by Claudia Weill
Hannah has brunch with an editor who loves her essays and wants her to write an e-book... in a month.
In bed together, Marnie and Booth are interrupted by Soo Jin, his sassy assistant. He flips out over the tiny bite she took of his rosewater ice cream, and she promptly quits. With Soo Jin gone, Booth asks Marnie to play hostess at the party he's throwing that night, and she is thrilled to oblige.
Ray is forced to go to Adam's in search of his copy of Little Women, which Hannah left there but refuses to retrieve for awkwardness reasons. Unfortunately, the book is in Adam's bathroom—along with a vicious dog he stole after deciding that its owner was mistreating it. After Ray convinces Adam to return the dog to its home, Adam insists he come along as back-up—the owner looked tough.
The boys head to Ray's least favorite borough to return the dog: Staten Island. During the journey, Ray is surprised to discover that he and Adam aren't so different after all. He suggests it's because they're both honest men; Adam thinks it's because they're both kind of weird looking. The harmony between them quickly goes south, though, once Ray speaks ill of Hannah and Adam becomes angry and defensive. Adam runs off, leaving Ray with the dog.
Hannah shows up to Marnie and Booth's party but instantly feels out of place in the artsy crowd as Marnie, in a strange plastic dress, is totally preoccupied by her new friends. She takes off to go home and work on her e-book. When Booth thanks Marnie for her help with the party and asks if he can throw her $500, Marnie is stunned to realize that Booth doesn't think of her as his girlfriend.
When Ray finally locates the dog's home, the owner's brash daughter refuses to take him back, threatening Ray with a gun and firing a barrage of insults and slurs at him. Ray is surprised by how much her words hurt and finds himself stuck on Staten Island with the dog as night falls.
Hannah calls Marnie to talk, but neither manages to be honest with the other. Hannah claims she left the party because she was inspired to write, and Marnie, heading home from Booth's, claims she is in his garden watching fireflies.


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Seven Cameroon athletes go missing
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Ireland's Paddy Barnes (R) fights against Cameroon's Thomas Essomba in their Men's Light Fly (49kg) Round of 16 boxing match during the London 2012 Olympic Games August 4, 2012. REUTERS photoSeven Cameroon athletes have disappeared while in Britain for the London Olympics, the Ministry of Sports and Physical Education said on Monday evening.
The seven - five boxers, a swimmer and a soccer player - are suspected of having left to stay in Europe for economic reasons.
"What began as rumour has finally turned out to be true. Seven Cameroonian athletes who participated at the 2012 London Olympic Games have disappeared from the Olympic Village," David Ojong, the mission head said in a message sent to the ministry.
Ojong said a reserve goalkeeper for the women's soccer team, Drusille Ngako, was the first to disappear. She was not one of the 18 finally retained after pre-Olympic training in Scotland.
While her team-mates left for Coventry for their last preparatory encounter against New Zealand, she vanished. A few days later, swimmer Paul Ekane Edingue and his personal belongings were also not found in his room.
Ojong added that five boxers eliminated from the games, Thomas Essomba, Christian Donfack Adjoufack, Abdon Mewoli, Blaise Yepmou Mendouo and Serge Ambomo, disappeared on Sunday from the Olympic village.
International Olympic Committee officials said on Tuesday they had heard nothing about the missing athletes.
"We are unaware of it," IOC spokesman Mark Adams said when asked whether organisers had heard of it.
It is not the first time Cameroonian athletes have disappeared during international sports competitions.
At past Francophonie and Commonwealth games as well as junior soccer competitions, several Cameroonians have quit their delegation without official consent.


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Because of their mode of operation, Peugeot electric vehicles emit no CO2. They provide a range of up to 340 km (WLTP).


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More than 4,000 applicants were denied a Wisconsin concealed carry license and more than 400 had their licenses revoked or suspended in the program's first 14 months, records show. These included dozens of felons, domestic abusers, illegal drug users and "fugitives from justice."
Who were these lawbreakers?
The state's lips are sealed.
"The Department of Justice is not able to provide the records that you have requested because they are not accessible under law," wrote Assistant Attorney General Kevin Potter, in response to a request for the applications from felons, fugitives and others who were denied licenses.
The DOJ does produce annual reports listing the number of applications, denials and other information. The reports from the last two months of 2011 and all of calendar year 2012 show that of the 167,000 applications received, 4,062 were denied.
Most of these denials were for non-criminal reasons, such as the applicant's address not matching other state records. But the denied applicants included 232 convicted felons, 435 people with a domestic abuse conviction or injunction, 81 illegal drug users and 64 fugitives.
DOJ spokeswoman Dana Brueck said fugitives from justice who apply for concealed carry licenses are "referred to law enforcement." The agency does not have the authority to track why an applicant is deemed a fugitive or the outcome of these referrals.
Wisconsin's concealed carry law shields the release of most data regarding license applicants and holders. The only exceptions are the DOJ's bare-bones annual report and the prosecution of an offense "in which the person's status as a licensee … is relevant."
Potter said this might include the prosecution of a person caught carrying without a license. The DOJ, he added, "would not be authorized" to track instances where this has occurred.
The department maintains a database of concealed carry license holders but access to it is strictly limited. Even law enforcement officers could not routinely check, say, whether a person they are stopping in connection with a violent crime has a license to carry.
Auric Gold, secretary of Wisconsin Carry Inc., a nonprofit group that advocates for gun-owners rights, is not troubled by the lack of information about licensee holders and applicants.
He noted that the Texas Department of Public Safety found that, in 2011, only 120 of that state's 524,000 concealed carry licensees in the state were convicted of any crime that year, and cited articles indicating similar low levels of misbehavior by license holders in other states.
"People who have concealed carry licenses are far less likely to commit crimes than the general population," Gold said. "I'm not aware of any study that has contradicted this conclusion."
Jeri Bonavia, executive director of Wisconsin Anti-Violence Effort, a statewide advocacy group that focuses on gun-violence prevention, said the confidential rules are designed to keep such assertions from being truth-tested against the state's experience.
"There's no way of knowing whether what proponents of the law are saying is true or not," Bonavia said. "I think this was intentional."
Most states shield data
With the passage of its law in June 2011, Wisconsin became the 49th state to let citizens possess concealed weapons. (The remaining holdout is Illinois, where a concealed carry bill is pending.)
The National Rifle Association has hailed Wisconsin's law as "one of the nation's strongest."
Bonavia said its restrictions on information reflect that: "The pro-gun lobby has made sure that the more recent bills have had a secrecy provision."
According to the Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence, a San Francisco nonprofit group, almost all concealed-carry states now have confidentiality provisions in place. New York joined this club in January, after a newspaper there published the names of licensees. The same thing happened in Florida in 2005 and Virginia in 2007 after news media in those states published databases of concealed carry licensees.
Bonavia stressed that her group does not want individual names to be made public. It just wants to enable law enforcement or researchers to "do an analysis that lets us know whether or not this has been a good public policy."
Kristen Rand, legislative director of the Violence Policy Center, a nonprofit advocacy group based in Washington, D.C., agrees research can be done using data that is "totally aggregated, with no personal information."
For instance, the state of Michigan protects the confidentiality of individual license holders but produces annual reports tracking criminal charges against them. The latest report, for the year ending June 30, 2011, tallied more than 2,700 total charges, including 328 for "brandishing or use of pistol."
Rand credited the gun lobby for the fact that most states, Wisconsin included, prevent any such analysis. "Information is their enemy," she charged. "They do everything possible to foreclose access to information."
The NRA, which helped write and worked to pass Wisconsin's concealed carry law, did not respond to a detailed request for comment.
Between 1998 and 2002, Rand's group used data then available in Texas to produce a series of reports titled "License to Kill," detailing arrests of license holders there. The last report listed more than 5,000 arrests going back to 1996, including 41 for murder or attempted murder, 79 for rape or sexual assault, and 833 for assault.
The Texas State Rifle Association objected, saying this represented a "minute percentage" of concealed carry holders. In 2007, the state shut off public access to this information.
Ain't misbehavin'?
How absolute are Wisconsin's rules shielding information regarding concealed carry license holders and applicants?
So absolute that DOJ officials are forbidden to reveal whether Wade Michael Page, who last August murdered six people at a Sikh temple in Oak Creek before taking his own life, was licensed to carry. Page's prior convictions for impaired driving and criminal mischief, both misdemeanors, would not have disqualified him.
Even a criminal conviction for carrying a concealed weapon without a license, a misdemeanor, would not necessarily bar a person from obtaining one legally or force revocation of an existing license. To have this consequence, it must be a felony conviction or a misdemeanor conviction for domestic violence, among a few other disqualifiers.
"Theoretically, a person could have a lot of misdemeanors but not be disqualified," Gold said.
Of the 167,000 applications (including some resubmitted after being returned), the state granted 149,000 licenses through the end of last year. Of these, 432 were subsequently revoked or suspended, according to the annual reports. The most common reason for revocation was "no longer a Wisconsin resident."
There were also 36 revocations for unlawful use of a controlled substance, 29 for felony convictions, 50 for misdemeanor convictions or injunctions related to domestic violence, and nine for involuntary commitment to a mental institution.
All 102 suspensions that occurred in 2011 and 2012 were imposed as a temporary bond condition.
But the Justice Department is not allowed to release identifying information on these offenders. In most cases, the only way state residents would learn of misbehavior by individually identified concealed carry licensees is if this comes out anecdotally. This has happened on several occasions.
Jeffrey Albrecht, the village president of Silver Lake, in Kenosha County, was arrested following an incident on March 30, 2012, in which he got into a spat with another man at a restaurant. He was carrying a gun and produced a concealed carry license; police determined that he was intoxicated.
Albrecht pleaded no contest to non-criminal disorderly conduct and was fined $515. The state's concealed carry law prohibits licensees from carrying a gun while drinking in an establishment that serves alcohol. But Albrecht's transgression, even if it had resulted in a misdemeanor conviction, would not have triggered revocation of his concealed carry license.
On Jan. 4 of this year, Michael Bukosky of Oconomowoc was arrested in Waukesha after he allegedly pointed a gun at another driver who had cut him off, saying "That's right — don't (expletive) around in a concealed carry state."
Bukosky was charged with pointing a firearm at another person, a misdemeanor. His case is pending.
If Bukosky has a concealed carry license, which cannot be disclosed, being convicted of this crime will not result in revocation, unless a ban on firearm possession is imposed as a condition of bail or probation. Bukosky was released on a $750 signature bond with no such condition, court records show.
Another case in point
On Nov. 22, 2011, police were called to a home in the village of Caledonia, in Racine County, where a dispute erupted between two brothers over a package of cigarettes. It led to a standoff in which one brother was armed with a five-foot sword, the other a .40 caliber pistol.
The pistol bearer, Michael Yocco, told police he had a concealed carry license, according to a news account. Yocco, now 29, was charged with felony burglary in 2001 but avoided a conviction due to a deferred prosecution agreement, so he was legally able to obtain a license.
Caledonia police were quoted as saying that Yocco could lose his license as a result of this incident, because it involved domestic violence. But that didn't happen, because only his brother Christopher was charged, with misdemeanor disorderly conduct.
"The Racine County District Attorney decided not to file charges against Michael Yocco in this case," said Caledonia Police Sgt. Brian Wall. "As a result, there was no revocation or suspension" of his concealed carry license.
Six months later, in May 2012, Yocco was arrested in Chicago while protesting a NATO Summit there. Police said he and another man were wearing militia outfits and flying anarchist flags from Yocco's car, which was found to contain "several spring-loaded knives, a gas mask and a bag containing a large amount of ammunition," according to a report in the Chicago Sun-Times.
Yocco was charged with carrying a dangerous weapon, unlawful use of a weapon and possession of ammunition without a Firearm Owner's Identification card. In December he was found not guilty on all counts, a Cook County court official said.
But even if Yocco had been convicted, it would not have resulted in the loss of his Wisconsin concealed carry license, as the charges were all misdemeanors.
DAY 2: State agency lags on records compliance


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The Russian Alternative - знает весь свет...
by -Matt Cexwish-
Ughghhh, Dear Jungle Critters!
As long as the Apes are holding their Jungle Verdict in order to announce the Winner of the Easter Ei Challenge, we would like to draw your Attention to a wonderful upcoming Online Painting Contest that some of us will be Judging... First, feel free to check out the Organizers Website + Miniatures...
The Official Website
The Models
After a handful of both Online and Physical contests we now decided to advertise the Contests broadly all over the Net... We want to open this great Field of miniaturized opportunities to a bigger (and most importantly) international crowd of Miniature Artists! Thus we announced: The 3rd Online Painting Battle!
Who is organizing the contest?
The Russian Alternative. Please check out our Website here.
What will happen?
An international, online Miniature Painting Contest.
We offer you to paint any model, produced by Russian Alternative and compete with your work for monetary prizes!
The total prize fund is 1000 Euro:
1st Place – 400 Euro
2nd Place – 300 Euro
3rdPlace – 200 Euro
The prize for the Public Choice Award is determined by the community voting on our forum – prize 100 Euro.
· An artist should paint ONLY models, produced by the Russian Alternative company
· The bases must be not more than 50 x 50 mm
· One painter is offered to present only one model to the contest
· Model conversions are NOT accepted
For Whom?
Virtually ANYONE who wants to compete in a Miniature Painting Contest online, meaning without having to travel anywhere and still getting a chance to compete with some of the Best Artists in the World + winning the generously set Prize money. Even if your Level is not the Highest you should still compete to gain valueable experience, develop your painting skills and there is also the Audience Choice Award that can be completely based on the "Wow!" Factor of a Miniature.
Where will it take place? Here. And on Our Forum.
Whenwill it take place?
The contest deadline is 30st June 2012. Attention: REGISTRATION REQUIRED!!! Please write us an email on firstname.lastname@example.com with your registration request and any further questions, including how to get hold of the models for the contest!
Why are we doing it?
Because we can and want to see some beautiful Entries and Happy Faces :). We are looking forward seeing your Work! To Arms... uhm, Brushes!
Feel Free To Follow Us On Facebook ... !
The Organizers want to encourage you to group up with a couple of Friends once you order the Miniatures for the Painting Battle, therefore they will grant FREE SHIPPING of Miniatures all over the World if you and a Friend register to participate... Yaaaay! :D Simply drop Sergey a few Lines and ask him about the Special Shipment Option for Friends...:D...


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Christmas is getting closer. Do you hear the bell? For crochet lovers, Christmas is a good time to make Crochet crafts. You can consider making your own Christmas Crochet decorations to decorate your home, or as a Christmas gift to your friends. We especially like Crochet accessories, because they are unique and can express our feelings very well. When our home is decorated with our own Crochet Christmas ornaments, it must be very beautiful and unique.
In this article, we found some Festive Free Christmas Crochet Patterns that you can use. We hope that the creativity of these Crochet Christmas decorations will inspire you to create something special for your home this Christmas.
33. Crochet Holiday Mouse and Festive Reindeer Headbands
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The NYU Wagner book-launch event on Monday, Feb. 13 will explores the path to strengthened U.S.-China relations for the future.
Author Ann Lee will discuss her new book "What the U.S. Can Learn From China: An Open-Minded Guide to Treating Our Greatest Competitor as Our Greatest Teacher" with Economist magazine's U.S. business editor and New York bureau chief Matthew Bishop on Monday, Feb. 13, at New York University.
The book launch event begins at 6:00 p.m. at NYU's Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, located in the Puck Building, 295 Lafayette Street (at the corner of Houston St.), New York, N.Y.
RSVP is required: go to http://wagner.nyu.edu/events/policy-02-13-2012.
The event is co-sponsored by NYU Wagner and Demos, where Lee is a senior fellow.
As Lee notes, the International Monetary Fund predicts China will overtake the U.S. in 2016. President Obama has called China's rise "a Sputnik moment." Will America seize this moment, or treat China as its scapegoat? Chinese-American scholar Lee is a former investment banker with experiences on both sides of the Pacific.
Signed copies of the book will be available for purchase.
Reporters wishing to cover the event should contact NYU public affairs officer Robert Polner at 212.998.2337 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Roshka DeWulf & Patten strengthens practices
Roshka DeWulf & Patten, a Phoenix-based business law firm specializing in litigation and regulatory issues, is proud to announce the addition of Maura Quigley as an associate in the commercial litigation and securities litigation practice areas.
Quigley, a Phoenix resident, will assist the litigation teams with a wide range of disputes involving contracts, business fraud, securities fraud, securities enforcement and professional malpractice, among other common commercial issues.
Quigley is a founding member of Suns88, a networking and charitable group within Phoenix Suns Charities. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration from Gonzaga University, where she graduated magna cum laude, and a Juris Doctorate from the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law. She is a member of the State Bar of Arizona.
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Today I have a great book blitz to share with you all, included in this awesome post is a giveaway and author Guest Post. Enjoy!
Author: Summer Lane
Series: (The Zero Trilogy #1)
Publication date: October 10th 2014
Genres: Dystopia, Young Adult
Synopsis: Elle is a survivor. Since the collapse of modern society, she's been living in the remains of downtown Hollywood, California, foraging for food and fighting for her life. And then everything changes. After she is forced out of her home, she heads north. What she finds is a group of bunker survivors, unlikely comrades, and the hope of a safe haven. Together, they journey toward the dregs of civilization, facing starvation, imprisonment and death. They are alone, but they are ready. Day Zero begins today. Day Zero is a novella, the first installment in The Zero Trilogy, a novella series complementing the international bestselling Collapse Series.
Summer Lane is the author of the international bestselling Collapse Series, which includes State of Emergency, State of Chaos, State of Rebellion and State of Pursuit. The fifth installment, State of Alliance, is releasing January 2015. Summer is also the author of The Zero Trilogy and an upcoming survivalist/science fantasy series coming in 2015. She owns WB Publishing, Writing Belle Magazine, and is an accomplished creative writing teacher and journalist. Summer lives in the Central Valley of California, where she spends her time writing, teaching, and writing some more. When she is not writing, she enjoys leisurely visits with friends at coffee shops, dates to the movies, hiking in the mountains and strolling on the beach.
The Names
Names are fun. One of the perks of writing fiction as a primary job is that you get to play around with lots of names. Names should represent the personality of a character, in my opinion, so I try to match my characters with appropriate monikers. In Day Zero, my protagonist's name is Elle. It's a somber, pretty name for a somber, pretty girl. (A girl with attitude, mind you, but still!)
My favorite names in Day Zero are Pix and Flash – twins, a brother and a sister. I don't want to give away anything, but I played around with a lot of names before settling on those two. Thanks to the Internet, you can find names and their meanings far quicker than in the past. It's better to use Google than to slog through those dusty piles of baby-name books in your mother's attic.
Not that I've done that, but you get my point! Names should be memorable, and I also think that there should be a fair variety of different names in a book. For example, naming your characters James, John, Janice, Jenny and Jared is what I'd call "alliterative overkill." Mix up the names! Make them fun, and most of all, make a character and their name instantly identifiable to the reader.
This giveaway is international! YAY! Below is what is up for grabs.
A pack of eBooks including:


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You've got your financial aid, you've developed your plan, now it's time to put it all together on your student account bill.
In early July the College begins sending notification of your bill. This notification is sent as an email to you. If you'd like to have your parents get a copy you'll need to set them up as authorized users. If you're an entering student, you can do that at the New Student Orientation Program (Albion-O) or by logging into ACIS and visiting the eBill section.
The charges reflected are only for the fall semester. Your financial aid offer and your financing plan are for the whole year, so the numbers will be different. Your bill will include your tuition, fees, housing and meal charges.
Some of your financial aid will be reflected on your bill.
Some won't — here's why:
Federal funds cannot be credited to your student account until ten days before the start of the semester. That includes, Pell and Supplemental Grants and Direct Loans.
Michigan Tuition Grant funds will be applied when the State confirms your eligibility.
If you haven't completed all the requirements, we can't put funds on your account.
These funds are all set and ready to pay. We are waiting until ten days before the beginning of the semester to put the funds on your student account (it's a federal rule, we can't put it on until then). These funds are already subtracted from the amount due on your bill.
These are funds that are in process, meaning you are eligible for them, but you haven't completed all the requirements yet. In order to have these funds credited to your student account you need to complete the requirements—you can view those in your ACIS account.


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Editor's note: See stories and images shared by iReporters in Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
Port-Au-Prince, Haiti (CNN) -- While the United Nations warned that protests were hampering efforts to save lives in the Haiti cholera outbreak, a leading non-profit group lashed out at organizations for what it called an "inadequate" response.
Medecins Sans Frontieres (in English, Doctors Without Borders) issued a blistering critique Friday that said shortfalls in resources have hampered efforts to stem the tide of disease, which has claimed at least 1,100 lives and infected another 20,000 people.
"More actors are needed to treat the sick and implement preventative actions, especially as cases increase dramatically across the country," Stefano Zannini, the charitable medical group's head of mission in Haiti, said in a statement Friday. "There is no time left for meetings and debate -- the time for action is now."
Aid agencies have called the situation dire in Haiti, where the devastating January 12 earthquake killed more than 200,000 people and left about 1.5 million people living in congested and unsanitary makeshift camps. Compounding the problem is that Haiti's already strained health system was virtually wiped out in the quake.
The International Committee of the Red Cross said Friday that 30 new cases of cholera have been reported in the last three days at Port-au-Prince National Prison, and 10 inmates have died. The non-profit fears that the death toll could significantly rise in the facility, which houses 2,000 inmates.
"It's overcrowded and it can spread very, very fast," said Olga Miltcheva, the group's spokeswoman in Haiti. "Our teams are supporting the authorities in the prison. They have been working several days there from morning to night."
In the capital of Port-au-Prince, 350 people sought treatment at Medecins Sans Frontieres facilities in the week ending November 7. That number spiked to 2,250 the following week.
Protests have likewise spread around Haiti, as angry people took to the streets demanding the United Nations get out of their country. Many demonstrators claimed U.N. peacekeepers from Nepal were responsible for the outbreak that has afflicted eight of Haiti's 10 provinces.
Nepal's U.N. office said in a statement Friday that its peacekeepers have never been linked to a communicable disease, and that tests done by the United Nations, Haiti's government and independent groups prove that none of its peacekeepers now in Haiti has cholera.
"Nepal firmly rejects such baseless, malicious and unfounded reports put out by some media and individuals without any regard to the specific evidence to the contrary," the statement said.
But protesters have targeted the United Nations, as well as Nepal, all week. The world body claims demonstrators have attacked its peacekeepers, as well as prevented the movement of humanitarian aid and medical help by blocking roads, bridges and airports.
"If this situation continues, more and more patients in desperate need of care are likely to die, and more and more Haitians awaiting access to preventive care may be overtaken by the epidemic," Edmond Mulet, the U.N.'s special representative in Haiti, said in a statement.
Small-scale skirmishes -- involving rock-throwing and burning tires, then tear gas in response -- erupted Friday in Port-au-Prince, relatively sporadic confrontations that paled in comparison with earlier violence. And eyewitnesses said that traffic was again moving in Cap-Haitien, a northern Haitian city that's the center of the outbreak, after four days of gridlock caused by massive protests.
Dr. Wilton Cherubien, a physician in Cap-Haitien's Justinien Hospital, said that U.N. peacekeepers were responsible for 37 people -- ranging in age from 9 to 35 -- who came in with bullet wounds Thursday.
The United Nations said that its peacekeepers had shot only one such person, and only after first being fired upon.
A planned protest in the capital Thursday began peacefully but turned violent as it moved from the central part of the city toward the presidential palace, with one woman overcome by tear gas, witnesses said.
At the central plaza, several hundred young men moving in a pack blocked traffic by setting fire to tires in the street and overturning large trash bins. Several threw rocks at a campaign poster for presidential candidate Jude Celestin, whose candidacy has been endorsed by outgoing president Rene Preval. Others threw Molotov cocktails at the poster.
Some Haitians have that said Celestin is a symbol of what is not working in the country, and that Preval's endorsement of him means the election -- set for November 28 -- will not be fair.
Near the presidential palace, which was heavily damaged in the earthquake, stores were closed and few cars were in the streets, though pedestrians were moving about freely.
However, Mark Ward, an official at the U.S. Agency for International Development, said U.S. authorities have "a lot of confidence" in the Haitian government's response to the outbreak.
The U.S. government strategy for aid in Haiti is to focus on prevention, he said, citing the need for clean drinking water, the addition of chlorine to the water supply, the ready availability of oral rehydration salts, education of residents about how not to get the disease, and money to expand treatment centers.
"We're going to invest a lot of money in their health system in the next five years," said Thomas C. Adams, special coordinator for Haiti.


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Four years ago this week, the Minneapolis I-35W bridge collapse killed 13 people and injured 145. More recently, more than one in four U.S. bridges were found to be either structurally deficient or functionally obsolete, according to a 2009 study by the U.S. Society of Civil Engineers.
Visual inspection is still the go-to method of judging a bridge's integrity. But researchers have been working on sensor arrays that could reveal problems long before a roadway is on the brink.
For example, University of Maryland electrical engineering researcher Mehdi Kalantari is designing a wireless early warning system made up of tiny sensors that can monitor a bridge's structural integrity and transmit that data to a central computer for analysis.
Kalantari's sensors are less than five millimeters thick and sense and measure structural parameters, communicate data and harvest energy from ambient light and ambient radio waves. The sensors are designed to be affordable: an average-sized highway bridge would need about 500 sensors costing a total of about $10,000. Such systems could help avoid catastrophes that cost far more than prevention.
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It's more or less a decade ago now that 17 year old me was sat in the sixth form canteen enjoying my miniaturised world of freshly-pressed MiniDisc compilations and whatever clattering post-Strokes VO5 indie that NME had endorsed that week. A pal shoved an earphone in my direction and out poured the symphonic Pandora's Box of 'Am I Wry? No.' Within three minutes this pristine bauble of a song warped my brain and set me along a path of Scandinavian discovery that Mew have always provided the heartbeat of.
In case you're uninitiated (as Mew surely belong to the category of bands for whom people either love or haven't heard yet) then have a look at the following.
Otherwise, you're probably familiar with the Danish band's triumphant follow up And The Glass Handed Kites and 2011's DiS fan-favourite No More Stories....
So, having parted company with major label Sony, where next for the band? We caught up with Bo Madsen to find out.
DiS: Morning Bo, what's happening in the Mew camp right now?
Bo: We just came to Indonesia where we're playing a show tomorrow night and then we're going on to Kuala Lumpur and then playing Hong Kong and Singapore so we're on a little Asian Tour. It's a break from the studio for us as we've spent a long time writing and six months recording the album already. Getting out and seeing the crowds reminds you of one of the dimensions of why you do it, to create this bond with people around the world.
So what can we expect from the new album, I've heard you're working with the producer of Glass Handed Kites, so is this a return to that kind of epic scale?
The sound is huge, it's sounding great and that's partly the reason why it's taken us so long to record. We haven't been compromising with anything on the sound, so for example we spent about a month just setting up guitars before even recording anything. The way this record is we can't really compromise on anything. Musically, the new record is less 'proggish' in a way and the songs are very different to each other, even more than they have been before. Every song is its own little person or world, we're trying to get away from the idea of the record being stylistically based around one sound. As musicans we've all advanced as well so it's actually really exciting for us.
What are your plans for live shows. Last time I saw Mew your visuals were an integral part of the performance, is that set to continue?
Well we have been going with that for many years so we've basically just torn the whole thing down and we're rebuilding a whole new live show along with some German designers. All Summer it's just been us on stage and that's been really fun, but when the new record comes we're going to have a new live show based around that.
Do you have a title for the record?
We do yes! But it's still a secret. Though actually it is out there somewhere so if people look for it they can maybe figure it out, but it's not official yet.
Is this idea of throwing hints and previews of new material part of the idea behind launching your own app, Sensory Spaces?
The app idea came from multiple perspectives. One of the reasons was to get songs out there quicker a little while before the record came out to build up and re-ignite our core listeners. Plus we wanted to work creatively with a new group of people to put our music out there. As well as that now we're no longer with Sony it helps to finance the record as we're running the whole show ourselves. But mainly it's an outlet for the music and another way of making people aware the band is here. It's not enough to make records any more, you kinda need a whole marketing campaign to get your work out there now. But if you turn it around that can actually turn into something good and creative .It doesn't have to be negative and we try to apply our musical creativity to it.
So is Sensory Spaces your way of responding to the increasing digitalisation of music?
Yeah it's definitely a way of playing along with how the industry works but finding a new way to make the process our own. I think the thing is that if you start using Twitter etc you can sort of get self-absorbed and develop a 'me me me' sort of attitude. But you can also communicate one to one with your fans and that gives them another dimension to the music so – it doesn't make sense for us to be doing as or whatever, we have to do things in a creative way so this app was a way to let people get behind the scenes of the new record
As part of Ja Ja Ja festival you're playing with other bands from Scandinavia, do you feel part of a wider movement of bands from that part of the world? As I've always regarded Mew as a band who operate independently from others...
No its like how you describe, its kinda a shame in a way as it does feel good to feel part of a movement but it's never felt like that. Funnily a lot of bands like Mew so in that way there's a connection to the outside world – but it's true that we never fit into any categories.
Would you say it's for your benefit that you exist outside of the hype bubble that can see UK bands boom and bust within a short space of time, often through no fault of their own?
Sure, when you get signed to a major label you feel like 'yeh lets do it' but for us it was always a gradual growing of the band – I like what Michael Stipe said that the longer it takes for a band to get up there the longer it takes the same amount to get down the other side. But we're into this band for life as we grew up together before we started making music together. We feel like we still have our best music to come.
How is the band different now you're no longer on a major label?
Well it's more work but that's also fun. One of the things with Sony I didn't appreciate is that they weren't getting the record out to places like France and Germany. So when we put so much work into a record to have people work with them that don't really care about can be shitty. So on this record there's only people involved who really care and in my opinion that's how you get the best results anyway. In a way you're on life support when you're on a major label, they put you on tours which lose money, like you'll play to a few people here or there and that doesn't feel great. Like supporting other bands, I don't just see that happening, it doesn't feel good any more. Now we don't have this whole system behind us telling us what to do it feels more free.
You're known for your innovative artwork, is that something we can expect of the new album?
Yeah we're still working with the French Paris guys who made the last couple of albums and they've come up with some cool stuff. We'll probably be doing a box set with different goodies and a limited edition hundred hand painted covers and stuff like that so we'll be branching out in that way. There's the new logo and quite a few surprises that we'll be revealing in the coming weeks.
Mew play at Ja Ja Ja Festival which takes from the 8-9th November at the Roundhouse in London. Full details can be found here.