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EPISODE #36 and #37
Game Date: 12-15-14 and 12-22-14
Cast: Sparruu, Frothgar, Argus, Azmooth
Inside the sarcophagus chamber our heroes see more lovely paintings on the wall. Monsters, chaos, and death seem to be the theme. This time the images feature a serpentine warrior wading through battles until a fireball from the sky destroys a temple (Shrine of Worms!).
The serpent guards begin speaking through the walls, hissing and laughing.
"On behalf of myself and my brothers I thank you for the entertainment. The trick with the magic knife was particularly pleasant. It's nice to see that tomb raiders these days have not lost their spirit.
And that's good news for at least one of you because when I awaken my master he will be hungry before reclaiming the Shrine of Worms. And he only feeds on the best of the best. Your defeat of the two decrepit guards in the hall was enough to demonstrate the minimum degree of prowess required. So choose your weapons and steel your nerves. You are about to meet your makers, the impotent fools you call gods."
And so, trapped, the team starts looking for a way out. Sounds in the walls indicate the guards are doing something, turning a mechanism. One of the diamond eyes on the sarcophagus lid lights up. Then another. This lid is coming open.
Azmooth tries to brace it with a long spear but is shocked painfully.
The lid opens! Up rises a serpent man. As the party begins to assault this threat it speaks, appearing somewhat weakened. "Wait! I am not your enemy!"
Turns out he's not. He replaced the serpent guy who was supposed to be in the coffin. His plan? To kill the head honcho, the high priest of K'lixtra, the last of the serpent brothers...Varlix!
The serpent guards are not happy about this. They rush in and all hell breaks loose. A few moments and many decapitated serpents later the party is panting and asking questions.
The new ally, Alix, says his only goal in being willfully put to sleep for a thousand years was to gain access to Varlix' tomb and kill him before he could awaken.
"For if Varlix returns the Shrine of Worms to its former glory he will summon the Terror Worm, devourer of villages."
This cannot stand. "How do we find him?" Asks our heroes.
Alix reveals a secret stair way down under his sarcophagus. It leads down to a room identical to the one they just left...including another sarcophagus. This one too is beginning to open up. Alix, desperate, says "Do not let it open!"
What to do? The lids are trapped. But Alix remembers a way to reverse the opening process and, by turning a certain gem on the lid, the sarcophagus goes silent again. Phew!
Alix lowers this sarcophagus revealing yet another flight of stairs. Down they go into the darkness to a dead end. But not a dead end...for here is a secret door. Once inside they find a 5' tall column of stone topped with a weird face. The hollow eyes of the face are filled with squishy, wet worms. Behind it is another wall.
Alix takes a worm and bites into it. Gross! Then he spits the chewed worm onto the back wall. Grosser! But the door is revealed and opens easily. Sparruu takes a mental note.
They step into a long room with s small pool or well at the end of it. The left hand wall has collapsed and the smell of nobberlochs is strong. Be careful, guys.
Alix examines the walls. "Here." he says. The back wall. He pulls out another worm. This time Sparruu takes it. "I'll chomp a worm!" exclaims the short priest of Miana Musina. He takes a bite, chews the foul thing up, and spits it on the wall. The door is revealed and opened...
Inside this next room is another sarcophagus. Simpler-looking than the others. Sinister. No treasures lines these walls. No weapons. Only bones.
Alix is ready to plunge in. But Azmooth and Argus are both badly injured from their travails with the trapped coffin lids and the serpent guards. Time to rest.
The party falls back to the worm statue room. It seems the most secure and easily defended. They set up with Alix taking first watch. But no sooner have their weary heads hit the pillows before Alix, noticing something stirring in the statue's eyes, is struck by a snake-like black worm dripping with foul ichor!
No rest yet. Battle time. More worms come. Alix is bitten, Argus is bitten, serpent heads fly. These little savages are slick and hard to get a hold of!
When all the worms lie dead and drooling their black blood the party takes stock of its condition, cleans up the mess, and finally finds a spot to bed down. A good night's sleep will refresh them...then they might take on the challenge of destroying this evil Varlix joker.
End of episodes #36 and #37.

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Recovery from games or simply (intense periods of) from training is a major focus for footballers. One part of recover is colloquially called "ice-bath" or "cold-water immersion".
A more scientific/medical term used is "cryotherapy" which originates from the Greek "cryo" (meaning cold) and "therapy" (meaning cure).
Cryotherapy does not necessarily imply the usage of cold-water only, ice packs as well as cold-air chambers are also categorized under cryotherapy. However, and from a practical perspective in football teams, I will focus on cold-water immersion as this is the most practical (and probably the most utilized) form of cryotheraphy.
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This week, at the Heart2Heart blog, we are Tickled Pink – literally. Our Design Team has been creating projects using all shades of pink and we are asking you to do the same for our June Tickled Pink challenge.
For those of you, like me, who don't use pink very often, now is the perfect time to get those creative wheels turning. This week, I decided to go big & bold♥ with my patterns and flowers as I created a six-inch card full of Pink Daisies.
Like I said, I don't use pink very often, so that considerably large floral pattern in the Brushed paper pack was one that I wasn't quite sure how to use. Instead of setting it aside, I decided to challenge myself♥ to create something with it.
I decided to stick with the classic pink & black palette. Backing everything in black balances out the pattern, and adding big bold flowers helps to tame the design. It almost appears as if those daisies are sitting in a garden among other flowers.
I chose to stamp the daisies in Pixie & Raspberry ink using the rock-n-roll method, then added a layer of heat embossed vellum over the top. In the center of each flower sits a wooden button painted with Raspberry Shimmer and tied with White Twine.
The sentiment was kept simple and stamped onto a stitched circle tucked into a strip of Blue Skies paper. To be honest, I really debated how to add a sentiment to this card and avoid covering up too much of that patterned paper, but I think that the half-circle partners well with the daisy images and it's a fun way to add a sentiment to a card.
When I was finished, I felt like I needed a bow of some sort, so I dug through my stash and grabbed a Striped Ribbon Bow from my Christmas collection. Can you believe that these are still available on my website?♥ I am going to have to go grab a few more.
This card has inspired me to use pink more often and I hope it inspired you♥ to join our pink themed challenge at Heart2Heart. Make sure to link up your project before June 30th.
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Virginia Beach, Va. - The City of Virginia Beach is trying to make the Oceanfront safer, and hotels say the solution is simple -- cut off municipal parking lots earlier in the night.
"It might still help cutting some of the crazy stuff that's going on around here," says Christopher Gray
The Resort Advisory Commission will monitor all the city lots for the rest of the month.
It wants to know how many cars are coming and going late at night, and how much money the city would lose if lots close earlier.
Private lots wouldn't be forced to change.
"In that case it's not going to help any. If it's not for all the lots then it's not really going to help, the same people that's causing the problems will still come and do what they usually do," says Rickey Hannon
All of the Oceanfront lots, whether they are privately or publicly owned, tow cars at 3:00 a.m.
While the Oceanfront isn't immune to its share of problems, people we talked to don't see any need for sweeping changes.
"I think it's been isolated incidents here and there cause it's beautiful here, you can't punish everybody because for the mistakes of a few people,"
The Resort Advisory Commission will collect data for the next two weekends and make its recommendation to City Council.
Any changes won't be implemented until Spring.
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Hyland, Philip, Murphy, Jamie, Shevlin, Mark, Murphy, Siobhán, Egan, Arlene and Boduszek, Daniel (2015) Psychometric properties of the Posttraumatic Cognition Inventory within a Northern Ireland adolescent sample. British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 54 (4). pp. 435-449. ISSN 0144-6657
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This study sought to investigate the psychometric properties of the Posttraumatic Cognitions Inventory (PTCI; Foa et al., 1999, Psychol. Assess., 11, 303) among a cohort of older adolescents and to determine the relationship between posttraumatic cognitions and a variety of psychological outcomes including depression, anxiety, stress, and loneliness.
The PTCI was investigated among a large sample (N = 785) of Northern Irish adolescents. Confirmatory factor analysis and composite reliability analysis were conducted to assess the psychometric properties of the scale.
The familiar three-factor solution of negative cognitions of self, negative cognitions of the world and others, and self-blame was supported; however, it was necessary to remove eight items from the original 33-item scale. The three-factor structure was subsequently demonstrated to be factorially invariant across gender and to possess satisfactory internal reliability. The three PTCI factors were found to correlate with depression, anxiety, stress, and three dimensions of loneliness.
These results provide the first piece of evidence that older adolescents cognitively respond to trauma in a similar manner to adults, that the PTCI is factorially
invariant between genders, and that trauma cognitions are correlated with feelings of loneliness. The contextual dependent nature of the structure of the PTCI factors is
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2009-02-02: Thing-A-Day
by Meguey
TAD is an annual February 'create something every day' thing. Last year I did pencil drawings until I got really sick. This year I'm going to finish up various quilt projects. Of course I started the month by starting a new quilt project. Yay for logic!
Day One: I cut all the strips for a quilt. The fabric's a really huge scale pink and green tulip on chocolate brown - no one could wear it as fabric, and I think it would make horrid curtains or etc. I have high hopes for it cut into little tiny bits and reassembled, though![caption id="attachment_830" align="alignnone" width="432" caption="Stack of strips"][/caption]
2009-02-02 04:54:36 Mo
I was going to do origami and designed a board game instead. Go fig!
I've always wanted to learn how to quilt. I'm sure it will be one of those things I just decide to do one year and end up devouring.
Looks promising!
I also like your pincushion d12.
2009-02-02 14:57:21 Meguey
Quilting's not that complex - find the Quilt-in-a-day series and go from there.
My mom made a dozen or so of those balls when I was in high school. I think she originally intended to sell them at a church craft fair as baby toys, but they hung around our house for years instead. Periodically, we'd have an indoor 'snowball fight' with them, which was especially funny since we lived in San Diego CA at the time, and snow was a distant memory for childhood.
2009-02-03 18:18:02 Mo
Not so much a matter of complexity, just a matter of time or focus and a dedicated space to work in. But thanks for the recommend - I'm sure I will one day get around to it. In the last year it's been origami, mastering the rubik's cube (and then the rubik's revenge). A couple of years ago it was wetform leather mask making before that, drawing.
It will call me one day, and when it does, I already have the scraps to dedicate to it: my uncle was a furrier when I was growing up. When he closed his store he saved a big box of lovely, satiny lining scraps. It's full if vintage patterns and cool colours. Plus I have a box of pastel satin scraps from when I was in high school and was thinking of doing quilting.
One of the reasons that I know I'll get around to it eventually is that I've kept these things around through three or five radical purging of my possessions.
2009-02-04 13:51:28 Meguey
Argh! The TAD site never loaded fully for me last night to post my thing for day 3. So I'll play catch-up later, I hope.
Anyway, I finished a quilt that's actually been in use for 6 years, and took a few photos of quilt-stuff.
Mo, If you're working with satins right off the bat, I suggest using a super-light weight fusible backing, to stabilize and control the slippery stuff before you even cut it. The stabilizer will help with fraying, too.


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Prophet Nigel Gaisie has stated that a recent video of him lying shirtless in bed with a young lady is an attempt by some wicked persons to denigrate him.
A video of the church leader shirtless and lying in bed with a young lady acting cozy has gone viral on social media as of yesterday, January 4, 2022.
It is not yet known the source or how the video reached the internet, however, the content and context of the video has led to several questions, assertions and opinions being shared by various social media users.
The video shows Prophetic Nigel Gaisie and the young lady, possibly in her late teens and early twenties, lying in bed with the head of the lady leaning towards that of the prophet.
A song by Nigerian artistes Adekunle Gold and Davido titled "High" is heard playing in the background and the lady is seen singing happily along while the prophet passed an inaudible comment.
Reacting to the video in a Facebook post which has since been deleted from his account, the founder and leader of Prophetic Hill Chapel described the identity of the young lady in the video as Sandra Mantey.
He claimed that the lady is the daughter of his biological sister and thus urged the public to ignore any twist being ascribed to the video.
"This was just brought to my Attention. This is my blood sisters (sic) daughter her name is Sandra Mantey. They have Nothing about me so this (sic) what they will do!!! FUNNY PEOPLE …..IGNORE THEM*THIS GIRL IS MY BLOOD SISTERS DAUGHTER WICKED PEOPLE," he wrote.
The video in question spots a Tik-Tok logo with an account user name @akosuavandettauser. A trace to the said account on the social media website has dozens of videos with the said young lady usually either with her friends or alone dancing to various songs.
The video in question however does not exist on the account.
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Three more months
At a Greensburg, Pa., press conference, Hillary Clinton pledges to go the distance:
"I think that what we have to wait and see is what happens in the next three months. There's been a lot of talk about what if, what if, what if. Let's wait until we get some facts. … Over the next months, millions of people are going to vote. And we should wait and see the outcome of those votes."


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The Classiest Burnout Lady Statement Of The Century – Should Be Written In History Books
Meghan tried to mess with the queen on "a soap Oprah" interview?! Uh… below the Royalty waist.
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After the shameless move she did, Queen Elizabeth decided to end her silence and give a statement regarding the accusations Meghan openly put against them. The Queen stated that the "whole family is saddened" to hear that Meghan Markle and her husband Prince Harry had a "challenging few years." And regarding the racism allegations, the Queen explained she found the "concerning", as well as that those kinds of things should be "addressed by the family privately." She also said that Meghan, Harry, and their son Archie will "always be much-loved family members."
Your class and style are killing me, and Markle is probably dying in vain.
Charles Anson, the former Press Secretary of Her Majesty The Queen spoke about the interview with a reporter from Sky News, "I think these developments are difficult to deal with and she wants to do it in a fair way but in the family circle rather than by public diplomacy."
He continued, "I think the main point there has always been that the Queen has said whatever decision Prince Harry and Meghan take… Her Majesty and the Family wish them well. And on a personal basis, they will be always much-loved members of the family and will no doubt join in family occasions despite these troubles, which one hopes will be alleviated over time."
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Rihanna is not the one…point, blank, period.
This is a lesson that President Trump had to learn when the Grammy winner and beauty mogul found out on Twitter that #45 had been playing one of her songs at his rallies.
See, on Sunday, Phillip Rucker, the Washington's Post White House Bureau Chief, tweeted to that her 2009 hit single "Don't Stop the Music" was being played at a Trump rally in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
"It's been said a million times, but here's a milli on and one — Trump's rallies are unlike anything else in politics. Currently, Rihanna's "Don't Stop the Music" is blaring in Chattanooga as aides toss free Trump T-shirts into the crowd, like a ball game. Everyone's loving it," Rucker wrote.
Well, when RiRi got wind, she put her foot down, stressing that this better come to an end–or else.
"Not for much longer," the 30-year-old Fenty creator warned. "…me nor my people would ever be at or around one of those tragic rallies, so thanks for the heads up philip!,"
Yes, she sure did call them "tragic." You better let em know Ri!
According to CNN, this hilarious drag came hours after the Barbados-native endorsed Florida Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum on her social media accounts.
Rihanna isn't the only musician to threaten Trump with legal recourse if he doesn't stop blasting their bops in public.
As we previously reported, in the wake of the deadly shooting at a Pittsburg synagogue, Pharrell Williams recently sent #45 a cease-and-desist letter demanding that the president stop playing his hit song "Happy" at his rallies.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, the letter expresses Pharrell's disdain for the President's tone deafness as the rest of the country was in mourning.
His attorney Howard King wrote, "On the day of the mass murder of 11 human beings at the hands of a deranged 'nationalist,' you played his song 'Happy' to a crowd at a political event in Indiana."
"There was nothing 'happy' about the tragedy inflicted upon our country on Saturday and no permission was granted for your use of this song for this purpose."
Hopefully, Trump will get the message. Only time will tell.
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News on the Zarqawi front has gone cold; however the Coalition continues its efforts to dismantle his organization by attacking the middlemen. Abed Dawood Suleiman, Zarqawi's military aide, and his son Raed, a former captain in Saddam's army, have been captured outside of Baghdad. Jassim Hazan Hamadi al-Bazi, a bomb maker who "built and sold remote-controlled bombs used in roadside attacks from an electronic repair shop in Balad, 50 miles north of Baghdad" has also been detained.
While the hunt continues for Zarqawi and his murderers, Dan Darling points us to interesting information on the relationship between Saif al-Adel, Zarqawi, al Qaeda and the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Saif al-Adel is widely believed to be the nom de guerre of former Egyptian Army Colonel Muhamad Ibrahim Makkawi (Special Forces), who fought in Afghanistan with the mujahedeen against the Soviet Union. He is purported to have been involved with the Black Hawk Down battle in Somalia, which resulted in the deaths of 18 US servicemen, the 1998 embassy attacks in Kenyan and Tanzania, the training of several of the 9-11 hijackers, and the Riyadh bombing in 2003. After the death of Mohammed Atef, al-Adel is believed to have taken on some of the Atef's responsibilities in al Qaeda. He is believed to be the third ranking member in the organization.
Mohammed Al Shafey, in an excellent article in Asharq Alawsat, documents al-Adel's history, as well as his relationship to Zarqawi and their dealings in Iran. The information is based on an internet posting by al-Adel. Saif lays out how Zarqawi came to be noticed by al Qaeda during his trial in Jordan; "Abu Qatadah always reminded us that we had active brothers in Jordan who were expected to have a promising future in the course of Da'wah. Thus we were very happy when we heard of their release in 1999…" Zarqawi was briefed by al Qaeda after the 9-11 attack; "we explained the aims of the September attacks to Zarqawi and provided him with some important details of phased out targets…"
Saif al-Adel also states Zarqawi was not in league with Saddam, and then provides interesting details on al Qaeda's status in Iran immediately after the fall of the Taliban. Note that there was no crackdown on Zarqawi's followers until after the US pressures Iran, and that Zarqawi and his remaining followers were still able to leave Iran for Iraq, while al-Adel was able to assist Zarqawi in planning to move to Iraq.
"…contrary to what the Americans continuously claimed, Al-Qaeda did not have any connection with Saddam whatsoever. American attempts to connect Saddam to Al-Qaeda were in order to create excuses and legitimate causes to invade Iraq. So after we were trapped in Iran, after being forced out of Afghanistan, it became inevitable that we would plan to enter Iraq through the north, which was free from American control. It was then that we moved south to join our Sunni brothers".
Al-Adl then moved to the question of Iran, and said "The steps taken by Iran against us shook us and caused the failure of 75 percent of our plan. Approximately 80percent of Abu Musab's [Al-Zarqawi] group were arrested. It was important to create a plan for Abu Musab to follow with those left with him. Where were they to go? The destination was Iraq, via the Northern Iran/Iraq border. The aim was to reach the Sunni areas in the center of Iraq and then to start preparations to combat the American invasion. It was not a random choice; it was a well studied one."
Mshari Al-Zaydi, also in an article in Asharq Alawsat, provides further details on the relationship between Zarqawi, al-Adel and their flight into Iran. Zarqawi returned to Afghanistan to fight the Americans, and then fled to Iraq with al-Adel.
The United States did not delay its response [to the attacks on 9-11], and began bombing the camps of Afghanistan as it waged a "third world war" on terrorism. In response to the bombing, Al-Qaeda members decided to "melt the land" , however this was not before Al-Zarqawi, renown for his imprudence and passion, returned to Qandahar to participate in the symbolic combat against American mortars. During this time, Al-Zarqawi was injured, after the house he was in collapsed on him, causing his ribs to break. On his recovery, he escaped with Al-Adl and other fighters to Iran. On arriving in Iran, they stayed in the houses of Hizb Islami, a follower of the former Afghani leader, Qalb Al Din Hekmatyar. There is an unspoken understanding that the Iranians, or at least Iranian Intelligence, were aware of the situation.
Hekmatyar is a proxy of Iran and has a home in Tehran. A repressive regime such as Iran does not let dangerous men such as al-Adel, Zarqawi or Hekmatyar to enter their country without the approval of the government or security services.
Radio Free Europe provides further details on the operations conducted from Iranian soil by al-Adel and al Qaeda:
Al-Adl further documented al-Zarqawi's decision to establish his network of fighters in Iraq in 2001, an undertaking assisted through his relationship with the Ansar Al-Islam terrorist network based in Iraqi Kurdistan close to the Iranian border. That relationship was reportedly forged in Afghanistan.
"We began to converge on Iran one after the other. The fraternal brothers in the peninsula of the Arabs, Kuwait, and the United Arab Emirates who were outside Afghanistan, had already arrived. They possessed abundant funds. We set up a central leadership and working groups," al-Adl recounted. "We began to form some groups of fighters to return to Afghanistan to carry out well-prepared missions there. Meanwhile, we began to examine the situation of the group and the fraternal brothers to pick new places for them. Abu Mus'ab and his Jordanian and Palestinian comrades opted to go to Iraq
Saif al-Adel has basically confirmed everything we know about al Qaeda's cooperation with Iran. None of this should come as any surprise as Iran has a history of assisting al Qaeda before and after 9-11.
Make no mistake, these al Qaeda "central leadership and working groups" are operating from Iran to this day. Saif al-Adel, Said bin Laden, Suleiman Abu Ghaith, and a host of al Qaeda senior operatives are under "house arrest" in Iran by name only. They are directing the global jihad in conjunction with Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri, who are currently believed to be residing in the chaotic border region between Afghanistan and Pakistan.
The war will not be won until they are rooted out, and the Islamist regime in Iran that succors them is defeated.
An Aside, Part I:
On May 28th in Zarqawi's Successors, I predicted Sulaiman Khaled Darwish would be the likely candidate to lead al Qaeda in Iraq in the event of Zarqawi's death based on his connections to Zarqawi and al Qaeda leadership, his position in Tahwid and his knowledge and connections in the region. Here is Mohammed Al Shafey account of Saif al-Adel's choice for Zarqawi's successor, published on June 1st:
One of the most important points made with regards to Al-Adl, is in relation to his knowledge of Al-Zarqawi's successor. This was of particular importance when news emerged that Al-Zarqawi, the leader of Al-Qaeda in Iraq, had been shot in operations taking place in the West of the country. According to Al-Adl, Al-Zarqawi's successor was believed to be a Syrian physician, Sulaiman Khaled Darwish (aka Abu Al-Ghadiah), who was the leader of the Arab Mujahedeen in Herat Camp. The Herat Camp was also personally supervised by Al-Zarqawi.
An Aside, Part II:
There is also an interesting tidbit in Mr. Al Shafey's article about Zarqawi's personal habits, as told by Saif al-Adel:
Al-Adl reveals that Al-Zarqawi appointed himself a deputy in Afghanistan; this deputy was the Syrian physician Sulaiman Kahled Darwish. In addition, he had two aides, Khaled Arouri and Abdel Hadi Deghlas, two Jordanian young men who had accompanied him to Afghanistan in the very beginning. Al'Adl noticed that, "Abu Mossa'b [Al-Zarqawi] and his aides were very vigorous in their training" . He described it further; "they used to push themselves hard to reach higher goals all the time" .
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New Protection Policy from Hercules® Tires Offers Confidence and Value to Customer
February 7, 2017 | General
Tire problems resulting from roadside hazards like potholes, nails and glass are frustrating under the best of circumstances, even more so when a tire has substantial life left and is in otherwise good condition. Recognizing that roadside hazards are a part of driving, Hercules® Tires has significantly expanded its Road Hazard Protection Program. The new program offers free tire replacement for two years after purchase, or the first 50 percent of a tire's tread life, if a tire is damaged due to a road hazard. For the first time, this policy protects all new Hercules passenger and light truck tires, including mud and commercial traction tires.
"For years, our customers have been able to count on Hercules Tires for outstanding road hazard protection coverage," said Jedd Emans, vice president of marketing for the Hercules brand. "We don't know of any other company offering the breadth and depth of coverage that we do now. The enhancements we made should help consumers feel more comfortable than ever choosing our tires."
In addition to the road hazard protection program, the company's Limited Protection Policy includes a no-charge replacement plan for the first 50 percent of tread life for Hercules brand tires when problems arise related to workmanship and materials. The Limited Protection Policy still includes the 30-day Trust Our Ride Test Drive program, which gives customers the option of exchanging their tires within 30 days of purchase. The Trust Our Ride program now extends to the majority of Hercules tires.
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Generate Leads with These 6 Mobile Marketing Tactics
Using mobile marketing to generate leads may not be as straightforward as your other lead generation tactics, but it is a profitable and efficient way to reach your audience through a constantly growing channel.
Have a look at how Google describes a "multi-screen' world:
Generating leads through mobile marketing requires taking a step back and thinking about ways you can optimize the information and content you already have for mobile experiences.
6 Tactics for Generating Leads with Mobile
- Employ Progressive Profiling Forms
- Create Simple Calls-to-Action
- Provide Discounts & Customer Loyalty
- Optimize for a Mobile Screen
- Make Your Phone Number Clickable
- Try a Simple Text Campaign
Forms on a mobile device can be extremely frustrating.
The fields are usually too small, and you end up clicking the wrong line. Also, the forms are usually much longer than you want them to be.
And lets be honest, as a user, because of these limitations, you will likely turn to another website that doesn't require such a heavy form experience.
But as marketers, we don't want to get rid of a form. Forms are the core of conversion on web pages. That's where progressive profiling comes in.
Progressive profiling technology, a feature that is usually an extension of integrated identity tracking and data warehousing, allows you to set up iterative forms that enable you to designate different questions appear on different forms, then reassemble the full profile in your data warehouse.
This way, every time a lead fills out a form, you are progressively collecting valuable new information about them while keeping your forms short and easy to complete.
This enables you to build up the amount of information, or intelligence, you collect about your individual leads without causing more friction in the conversion process.
Ultimately, progressive profiling technology enables you to collect the right information from your leads at the right times.
By hosting progressive forms on your web content, you optimize your mobile presence for shorter forms and higher conversions.
When creating CTAs for your website, think about how they will appear on different devices.
You may not want the most visually heavy design as that could be distracting on the small screen of a mobile device or tablet. But you do want an image with clear, readable text.
That means short, to-the-point CTAs that get your message across quickly with only a few words.
Another way to measure your mobile presence is through discounts and promotions that will be redeemed through mobile devices.
This can be in the form of promo codes, customer loyalty discounts, or even on-location specials.
Lets take Kings in Boston as an example.
Kings is an entertainment facility with bowling lanes, pool tables, bars, and a full-service restaurant in one property. Kings makes it clear to customers entering the facility that if they like the Kings Facebook Page, they will receive free shoe rentals for that day. So of course, many customers pull out their mobile device, go to Facebook, and like the Kings page.
Kings created a small, but effective, sense of loyalty with its customers by having them like its Facebook page with their mobile devices.
After they do that, the Kings social media team can nurture their new Facebook leads and keep them coming back to the business.
Think about the situations and places you have been in when you pull out your phone to read an article or check your email.
Typically, you only have a few minutes and are trying to kill time. You may be waiting for the next subway to come or at the doctors office. Either way, you only have a short period of time to consume the content, and you don't want the content flooded with filler words and fluff.
When writing for a mobile audience, there are rules.
- Frontload your content. Readers may not get to the bottom of the article. Don't put the punchline in the last line. Make sure people understand the purpose of the article from the start.
- Next, make the content easy to digest. Bold your headlines. Make them short and tweetable. Do not write for the purpose of writing, but write concisely.
- Finally, A/B test some of your content to see what performs better. Does your audience like lists? Do they like how-to articles? What are they most likely to fully read, especially on a mobile device?
When a person picks up their mobile phone, they are going to take an action. Whether that's opening an app, searching for a company, or simply texting a friend.
A mobile device is more action-oriented versus a tablet or desktop computer.
Knowing this, consider how to get potential customers to the point of conversion faster, and make it as easy as possible to do that.
One easy technique is to ensure your phone number is clickable on your website. By doing so, customers do not have to copy and paste or memorize your phone number — just one tap and they are instantly dialing.
The fewer clicks you need to complete an action, the more likely you will have someone complete an action rather than bouncing off your site.
In addition to optimizing your experience for mobile, devices also open the opportunity to start text message campaigns.
While marketers have grown accustomed to channels such as email, there is still room for growth in the SMS channel.
Let's take Pizza House as an example. An in-store sign to get a special deal for texting them. Pizza House will then send alerts up to 4 msgs/month (which isn't a lot) when it has a new discount or deal.
These texts continue to nurture known customers.


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Preventing a Natural Gas Pipeline Explosion Can be as Simple as Calling 811
April 1, 2013
Here's how to prevent them and respond if they happen
Courtesy of PHMSA
While response to minor gas leaks are common to most fire departments, responding to incidents involving large natural gas or hazardous liquid pipeline explosions are among the most dangerous and difficult situations to handle, even for veteran emergency responders. These are low frequency events, but can have devastating consequences. However, most of these incidents can be prevented with a toll-free call to 811 prior to excavation.
A leading cause of gas pipeline explosions or liquid spills is excavation damage to underground natural gas and hazardous liquid pipelines. In fact, excavation damage to pipelines have resulted in fatal injuries, significant property loss, and disruption. A call to 811 deploys local utilities to mark their nearby underground systems so that those who are excavation know what's below and will dig safely.
This spring, many excavation projects are beginning. Now is the time for you to equip yourself with tools to prevent and respond to pipeline incidents:
- Prevent. Avoid incidents this spring by reminding everyone to "Know What's Below; Call 811 Before You Dig." Visit Call811.com to access a Toolkit with awareness materials such as posters and web site banners.
- Prepare. Use the Public Viewer web site for maps of pipelines and operators in your specific counties. Visit www.npms.phmsa.dot.gov for a demo on how to use it.
- Respond. Know how to handle hazardous materials when incidents occur. The Emergency Response Guidebook mobile application is available for download on PHMSA.dot.gov/hazmat or in iTunes and Google Play.
There are 2.6 million miles of pipelines delivering vital, hazardous materials to homes and businesses across the country; many pipelines are running through the neighborhoods that you serve. Not only does 811 prevent service outages and protects the public, it also saves the lives of the people on the front lines of danger—emergency responders.
811 is a free nationwide service that's required by law in many states already. Since its debut six years ago, the frequency of these incidents has decreased by more than 45 percent. The Common Ground Alliance reports that a prior call to 811 reduces the likelihood of an incident to less than 1 percent.
Public safety officials play critical role in reducing community risk. Let's take it a step further by spreading awareness with this simple safety message: Know What's Below; Call 811 Before You Dig.
Thank you for your important and honorable work. Help protect your emergency responders and the American public by spreading the word!


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This month, we help television composer Dave Lowe transform a cavernous-sounding spare bedroom into a usable home studio.
David Lowe is one of today's more successful writers of TV music. He is probably best known for the current BBC news theme, though he has also produced some excellent hard-hitting drama themes, such as Mersey Beat and, of course, the pop single 'Would You?' under the name Touch & Go. You may also recall that some months back he agreed to let me co-write the Royal Gardeners theme with him, so when he asked for help with his studio I could hardly turn him down!
He needed help to turn a bedroom in his Spanish villa into a studio that could be used not only for writing but also for tracking and occasionally mixing. Although his main studio is near Malvern, David already has a duplicate setup in his London apartment and he wanted to do the same in Spain, so that he could continue working on his TV and album projects when away from home. Like most villas in the area, David's has hard tile floors, solid rendered walls, and (in the case of his studio room) flat terra cotta tiles on the sloping ceiling, below the main roof tiles. This gave it a sound rather like an '80s live drum room: very reverberant, and far too resonant to mix in.
The upstairs room he'd chosen had patio doors looking out onto a veranda, but also had a two-metre opening looking out onto an adjacent room, which he felt might be useful for recording vocals. The studio room itself turned out to be fairly small, measuring around 3 x 2.5m, but the shape was also somewhat awkward, because of the large opening into the next room. To complicate things further, the adjoining room contained a door leading to a stairwell, and if this was left open the stairwell reverberation made its presence known in no uncertain terms!
Location, Location, Location...
Finding space for the equipment was not a problem, as David wanted to keep this studio simple. The equipment comprised of a dual-processor Mac G4 running Emagic Logic Pro, a Logic Control with two expanders, and a MOTU 2408 interface. An Emagic AMT8 was in place to handle the MIDI (though we had to make do with an MT4 and just the main Logic Control unit, as David had inadvertently left the AMT8's PSU at home), and an ageing Korg M1 was set up as a master keyboard. This didn't have the audio outs connected, because David intended to use only software instruments. As it turned out, we were just able to slide the M1 on its 'X'-frame stand under the rear of the desk so that only the keys protruded — a useful tip if your 'X'-frame stand won't go low enough for this is to dispense with the securing crossbar and instead use a strap or length of strong nylon cord to hold the top two supports the correct distance apart and therefore provide the necessary height.
A Mackie 1202 mixer was used as a front end for recording, and the sole studio mic was a Neumann U87, mounted in a shockmount with a pop shield. Monitoring was courtesy of a pair of Dynaudio BM15s fed from a Samson 550 Servo power amplifier, where the monitors were set up on metre-tall stands and connected with adequately heavy speaker cable.
Not knowing what supplies were available in the area, I studied photographs of the studio in advance of the trip and then suggested some materials for David to order and have shipped over. Happily these all arrived before I did! I planned to use simple Auralex foam to treat the walls and corners, augmented by a pair of Real Traps Mini Traps suspended from the ceiling to deal with reflections from that area and also to provide additional low-frequency trapping. I felt that, as far as bass trapping was concerned, the large window area in the room and the one adjoining it would help us, as would the wooden cupboards in the next room. Bass tends to pass through windows rather than getting reflected, so the more window area you have, the more low-frequency energy is lost to the outside world. Cupboards with panelled wooden doors also help damp down bass modes, especially if they contain towels and bedding.
When I arrived, David had already set up his gear on a table in what he felt was the most appropriate arrangement. This had him looking into an alcove, with the dividing wall between the two rooms on his left. The patio door to the outside was on his right, and the wide opening to the next room was behind him and to his left, so there was no semblance of acoustic symmetry. Before looking at the acoustic problems, I suggested to David that he face his system the opposite way, so that he would be sitting in the only part of the room where he could have a wall on either side of him. This would provide a degree of symmetry, if only in the listening position, and it would avoid obstructing the patio doors. As a bonus, it would also afford David a better view of the outside world during those valued moments of reflection! We moved the table to see how this would look and David agreed it felt better, so we decided to continue work on this basis.
Acoustic Treatment
The Auralex corner traps went in the two corners behind the mixing position, though these couldn't be exactly symmetrical, given that the roof was higher at one side of the studio than at the other. Also, the lower of the two corners housed some electrical fittings and switches that needed to be left exposed. The traps were glued directly to the painted wall using the included spray contact adhesive — you have to position the traps very carefully when using that stuff, though, as once the glue grabs there's little chance of it letting go again!
To avoid doing anything too permanent to the rest of the walls, the remaining four-inch-thick Auralex panels were glued to MDF sheets and then hung on the wall like pictures, mostly using existing screw holes and wall plugs that had been fitted by the previous occupant to fix hooks. Strong nylon cord was passed between holes drilled into the MDF before the foam was glued in place. Our trip to the local equivalent of B&Q turned out to be interesting, as we not only had to buy all the necessary materials, but also basic tools, such as a wood saw and a hacksaw — however, this was achieved fairly painlessly with the aid of much pointing and drawing of diagrams!
Because the room comprised entirely reflective surfaces, I decided on a vertical panel at either side of the listening position with a further sheet suspended horizontally behind the chair at head height. One of the vertical panels was suspended from a curtain rail, as there was a narrow window in the wall to the left of our new mixing position. As the wall behind the monitors was flat and completely bare, I used the remaining three panels of foam to treat that, again fixed to MDF sheet and hung on hooks.
The Real Traps Mini Traps work on a different principle, as their performance improves if they are positioned away from a surface rather than directly on it, but in this room it wasn't practical to place them in their optimum position for bass trapping, which is across a corner or wall/ceiling junction at around 45 degrees. Instead I suspended them from chains and hung them from hooks screwed into the ceiling joists, so that they would hang parallel to the floor above the listening position and the desk. This way they would intercept any ceiling reflections that tried to reach the listening position and would also provide additional low-frequency trapping, albeit not as effectively as if they'd been hung across corners. I was surprised at how hard it was to cut what was in effect plug chain, and in the end I had to use a hacksaw, as none of our pliers or wire cutters would touch it!
We'd also ordered a pair of Auralex Max Walls, which are foam panels mounted on included stands to provide movable treatment. We placed these in front of the large window in the adjacent room, as David hadn't yet had the blinds made for this room, but the real reason for buying them was to create a localised area that could be used for recording vocals and instruments. David had felt that the adjoining room would make a suitable playing area, but because of the open-plan nature of the two rooms and the amount of noise kicked out by the G4, I suggested that the next bedroom along would be better for this purpose, as it had a double bed in it (which made it sound less lively) and there was space under the door for a mic cable.
Monitoring Adjustments
Once the acoustic treatment was up and the equipment put in place, we found ourselves short of UK mains sockets. David had one spare four-way plugboard with a very short cable terminating in a European plug, so I attacked a UK IEC lead and used it to replace the existing short cable. A European plug adaptor was then used so that we could plug it in. Shortly after this, David said he was getting a tingle when he touched his Logic Control, which revealed an interesting fact about European mains connectors. Although these plugs look like two-pin devices (on account of them having two pins!), they also have a recessed earth connector on one edge that contacts a matching connector in the wall socket. However, you can insert these plugs either way up, as the socket has grounding contacts on both sides. In this case, one of the contacts had lost its springiness and so wasn't connecting to the plug. By inverting the plug, the earth was restored and the tingling stopped, but replacing the faulty wall socket would be the only safe long-term option.
Before doing any listening tests, we had to position the monitors correctly, and with the stands David was using the speakers were around 30cm too high. The answer was to use some foam offcuts as wedges to prop up the rear of the each speaker so as to angle it down and aim the tweeter correctly. Non-slip matting, from our friendly Spanish hardware shop, was used to stop the speakers sliding off their stands. The BM15s have different left-hand and right-hand speakers, so I set them up with their tweeters outermost to give the widest stereo image. The foam plugs fitted to the bass ports (these come with the speakers) were left in place, as it turned out that there was absolutely no shortage of low end.
Checking the audio playback confirmed that the original ringy, splashy space had indeed been tamed to a surprising degree. The bass end was adequately even and there was now much better stereo imaging. The flutter echoes were gone, and talking in the room felt more like talking in a studio rather than in a deserted warehouse. I wouldn't go so far as to say we now had a room you could mix and master in with complete confidence, but at least it was fine for tracking and perfectly adequate for mixing provided that you'd have a chance to master the material elsewhere. David agreed that the improvement was vast, and he also felt that the room had a better working ambience, with a more intimate vibe to it.
A further acoustic improvement was realised when David hung some heavy made-to-measure curtains that his wife Helen had sent over for him. These went over the patio doors and the opening between the two rooms, but they improved the sound even when open. We tried to source some rugs for the floor, but rug shops (and rugs) seem very thin on the ground in Spain — although the room sounded perfectly usable without rugs, adding them to the studio and adjoining room would doubtless help dry up the sound a little more. I also suggested putting slatted wooden blinds over the very wide window in the adjoining room in order to scatter sound and let in light at the same time.
Of course all this new-found peace and tranquillity was disturbed by the racket of the G4 whirring away on the floor, so I decided to try moving it into the adjacent room where the dividing wall and new curtains would offer a degree of screening. A USB hub was pressed into service to extend the keyboard/mouse connections, and the monitor cable was just long enough.
A simple sound-deadening trick I discovered when I had a G4 was to place a folded blanket or rug over the computer to form a tunnel, leaving the front and rear of the machine exposed to the air. The blanket needs to go all the way to the floor to be effective, but it is essential not to block the ventilation path to the front and rear of the machine. We tried this, adding the spare Auralex bass trap behind the G4 to try to soak up a little more sound. The drop in noise was significant, mainly due to the folded rug and the new computer position. Although still not completely abolished, the computer noise was now barely noticeable from the engineering position.
Our last day was spent doing a spot of recording to check out the system, which happily confirmed everything was working fine and that there were no ground-loop hums or other nasties. Even without rugs and blinds, the studio sounded perfectly workable, though it was important to keep the door to the stairwell closed. The only down side was not being able to have Hugh along on the trip, but out of a sense of tradition and loyalty I made sure to eat his share of the Jaffa Cakes!
Thanks to Audio Agency and Sonic Distribution for arranging prompt shipment of the acoustic treatment products used in this article.
David's Comments
"I must admit to being a bit sceptical about what could be achieved in that room without spending loads of time and money filling in ceilings, knocking down walls, putting in new doors, and so forth. But it had all the makings of a fantastic room to work in, if we could get rid of the huge cave-like reverberations! Paul has worked wonders, achieving far more than I imagined could be done, and all with only a few simple but effective materials, all easily available at comparatively modest cost. When I sat in and listened to some of my tracks in the finished room, it was almost like having headphones on!
"An added bonus was Paul's idea to move the setup around the other way, something I'd never have thought of myself, but which was a tremendous improvement. I also loved the tip about lowering the keyboard stand — definitely worth the price of a Spanish packet of Jaffa Cakes!"


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"Following up on Daisy O'Neill's post, attached are photos taken in 1973 of another unusually-coloured crow that used to reside with me. It's not because the photos are old and faded – but that crow is actually white. KC Tsang will vouch for it because he has met the bird. I have seen more than a dozen similar specimens. They are very long-lived and the one in the photo was around for over 16 years. It was already an adult when it came to me, and in its last year was showing all the signs of avian old age (incomplete moulting, heavy scaling on the legs) before being sent to Jurong Bird Park.
"Breeding attempts were unsuccessful since it was probably hand-raised, and it never paired successfully with any other crows. That is a problem when breeding birds with complex social systems such as crows and the large parrots. Babies raised by human beings tend to imprint on humans and very often do not develop the correct behaviourial response to interact with other birds of the same species.
"All the House Crows (Corvus splendens) in both Klang and Singapore are descended from a very small group.
"With such a small gene pool, mutations tend to get concentrated and odd colours appear every now and then.
"They were deliberately introduced from Sri Lanka around 1900 to help eat caterpillars in the Selangor coffee plantations.
"Unlike with other introduced species that either die out or proliferate to the point of becoming pests, the House Crow population in Singapore and Malaysia seems to be stable. Despite the frequent public complaints and officially-organised crow shooting campaigns, House Crows have not really spread in significant numbers beyond port areas. The Singapore population showed up around the Japanese occupation at the Tanjong Pagar docks.
"Albinism also occurs in the Large Billed Crow (C. macrorhynchus) which is native to Singapore. I had one example, but since it did not get on with my House Crow, it was donated to the Singapore Zoo."
Lee Chiu San
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Facts about Les Paul present the information about the notable American jazz country and blues guitarist. He was born on 9th June 1915 and died on 13th August 2009. His birth name is Lester William Polsfuss. He was also known as an inventor and songwriter. Paul's contribution to the rock and roll is the solid-body electric guitar. Let us find out other interesting facts about Paul by reading the following post below:
Facts about Les Paul 1: the early career of Paul
The early career of Paul was centered in country music. However, he developed himself to appear in popular music and jazz.
Facts about Les Paul 2: the recording innovations
Paul took the credit for some recording innovations. The public was impressed with his mititrack recording, pashing effects, tape delays, and overdubbing.
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Facts about Les Paul 3: the playing skill as a guitarist
As a guitarist, Paul was skillful and innovative. Many guitarists today are inspired with the chording sequences, timing, fretting techniques, trills and licks of Les Paul.
Facts about Les Paul 4: sales
The record sales of Les Paul and Mary Ford, his wife reached millions in 1950s.
Facts about Les Paul 5: the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
One of the major honors of Les Paul is located at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame where he earned a standalone exhibit. He is the only person who received the honor in the National Inventors Hall of Fame and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Facts about Les Paul 6: parents
His mother was Evelyn, while his father was George. Paul had German ancestry.
Facts about Les Paul 7: the musical instrument
Harmonica was the musical instrument that Paul played when he was 8 years old. He turned the attention to learn guitar after trying to learn playing piano.
Facts about Les Paul 8: a neck-worn harmonica holder
A neck-worn harmonica holder was invented by Paul, which enabled him to play guitar and harmony at the same time.
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Facts about Les Paul 9: the influence
Paul was a big fan of Django Reinhardt who had influenced his guitar style. He made friend with him after the Second World War. He paid the funeral cost of Reinhardt when he died in 1953.
Facts about Les Paul 10: the famous Hollywood Walk of Fame
The famous Hollywood Walk of Fame gave Les Paul and Mary Ford a star in 1960.
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Zia in Chandler. It's a big-ass store but I didn't really find a ton of stuff. Here is what I did find.
This was - and I have no regrets about this - one of the more expensive records I bought on this trip. That's not saying much, but it does say that I was willing to spend 10 bucks on this because I've never seen it before. Such a great movie.
Local Tempe, Arizona morning DJ goofball. Red vinyl!
I dunno. It's called Champagne Explosion and the first two songs are called "Action is Tight" and "Sexy Changes." I'm intrigued.
Dolly comp of early material released on the Pickwick label. Cash grab alert!
Hellooooo Dolly.
Karaoke-level keyboard synth jam with dudes singing about how they want to have sex. Trying to figure out who these maniacs are.
Revolver Records in Tempe, which was a cool little shop, but just didn't have a ton of what I'd normally be looking for. I did pick up a few good ones, though:
Scooped this for some reason. Gotta gas up my wife's Madge collection!
Whodini in '91. I don't think I'd ever heard this song. This isn't "The Freaks Come Out at Night." This is awkward.
Been looking for this forever. Got a gold-stamp promo edition with the hype sticker still on the front. Now I gotta find their first one.
I'm pretty much down to buy any early Ruthless release for three bucks. 1989. What a year. Think I may have picked up another Michel'le record on this trip. Look out for it!
So we left there. I bought nothing. Next we went to Stinkweeds in Phoenix. Nice, hip-to-Pitchfork store but the prices were a little high, and they didn't have a ton of stuff I wanted.
It's not like I'm even really a Bobcat fan, but this was in good shape and cheap. And the cover is frightening.
I found one of this wonderful kook's other records when I was in Philadelphia a few years back and it was equally wacky in its approach. So I felt I should get this one.
Private-press Christmas album out of Pennsylvania. Gonna treasure this one in 11 months.
Next up: a few more places and some rap 12"s!
Sunday, January 31, 2016
January Record Shopping in Arizona, Part Two.
So this is the stuff I bought on those two trips. I don't have photos of the Zia stores, but instead I offer up a picture I took (above) during the tail end of our trip, of a record I don't ever recall seeing before this weekend (though I probably have): Jim Steinman's Bad for Good. My brother showed me the cover during one of our first stops and then I kept seeing it at at least every other store we went to. That happens sometimes. For me, for this weekend, it was that record. I guess it has something to do with Meat Loaf. The records I bought, as far as I know, have absolutely nothing to do with Mr. Loaf.
Very into this one. Local Tucson Doors-esque psych/garage rockers on white vinyl - one side 33&1/3, one side 45. It's on Dionysus Records, natch. Here's "Won't Go Away/Walking in This World."
Wasn't even sure this one came with a comic, and boom: there it was, in the sleeve. eMpTy label.
"The Potpourri Singer." Private press on the Potpourri label and also contains a copy of his extensive press kit.
College rock with violin on what appears to be the band's own label. Got a Michael Penn vibe to it.
Punky chug-a-lug that feels very SST. Need to figure out more about this one. Looks cool.
These guys are both named Bill. Private press and they went all out on this one. Great cover.
Private-press religious LP out of Seattle. Back cover is where the pictures of children show up and it gets a little creepy. I've now got both a Washington Private Press and a dedicated Religious Private Press section in my collection - this album qualifies for both! I've got some big decisions to make.
Suzi's brother! His interests include disco and never wearing a shirt.
Picture disc from a Baltimore rock band who appear to be pretty incredible. My copy still has the original price tags on the back, as well as the original receipt from 1982. Keeping that shit intact.
Hawaiian comedian who comes off like a real weirdo. I have one of his other records. It's all very Hawaii-specific and I don't get many of the jokes.
Sort of had my eye out for this one for a while. Haven't listened to it yet.
San Diego-area rock comp to benefit the local United Way. From what I can tell.
Folks, he's here to talk to you about Amway. I collect records like these because they terrify me.
12" disco-rap from '87 that is ready to put a spell on you.
I just saw the cover for this for the first time like a year ago, and I've been keeping an eye out. Finally found it. What a piece of work.
Another one I didn't have. Looks farmy!
Includes the original instructional pamphlet! Bonus! This ain't Jazzercise, you pussies. We're going hard.
Guys, my wife's record collection is getting really great. Plus you know I'll get down for a Madonna 12" remix from the 80's.
Just a guy taking his guitar for a ride in his dune buggy.
Christian rock group whose members all lived in a 40-person commune outside of Grants Pass, Oregon. I'm gonna keep an eye out for more from this group, because it feels weirdly culty and I'm intrigued.
Phew. Still so much more to come. Next up we begin to think about starting to head to Phoenix!
Wednesday, January 27, 2016
January Record Shopping in Arizona, Part One.
The first big trip we made was to PDQ Records & Tapes, which shuttered its doors in 2011, only to reemerge at the tail end of 2014. We'd been there before, but I guess it must have been at least 5 years ago. My brother wasn't even positive it would be open, but boom: there it was. All this stuff had been sitting in a locked up building for four years:
But seriously: I'm begging you to price your vinyl.
Here we go:
At some point in the past few years I bought the US 12" of this which has a few sweet remixes on it. This one's just got an album cut on the B-side, but it's the UK version with a gatefold that opens up to a sultry pic of Billy blazing a cig.
One of my wife's friends was making fun of me for liking Billy Idol. To be clear: I'll go to the wall for Billy any day of the week. Don't come at me with that shit.
Import single for a song I think we've all fucked to once or twice.
I collect Men at Work records casually, and it's great to find them because they put out a ton of B-sides and live tracks on their singles. I have the 12" of "It's a Mistake," it's got three non-album tracks, and this 7" has another non-album track, "Shintaro."
Hey, it's one of the greatest songs to come out of the 80s! B-side on this one is a non-album, mostly instrumental cut called "Till the Money Runs Out."
The B-side on this one is a live version of "I'd Like To," a Ron Strykert-sung deep cut off Cargo.
Always love it when I find Portland records when I'm not in Portland. I remember this band having a hot buzz when I was a NW teen, but I never saw them live, which was apparently their strong suit. There are a few different versions of this record - this one's on pink vinyl. B-side is "Mayberry LSD." Juxtaposition alert!
Man, I was excited to get this for three bucks. The cover on this folds out into a poster that has a 1999 calendar on one side (with a triangle denoting Prince's birthday) and the little dude in a sultry pose on the other. Plus, this has a non-album B-side called "Horny Toad" that is exactly what I expected from that title. Strong all around.
Pretty sure I've got this on 12", 7", and cassette single now, all in a clear cover with a sticker. I hope I inspire you.
Those were all the 7" singles I got. Here's a few shots of where we were pulling 'em from:
Macho Man's album was only available on CD, and from what I can tell, this is the only vinyl release of his storied rap career. Best part: there were two, so my brother and I both got one. Wishing I had the CD of the album! The thing's become a bit of a collector's item. I actually wonder if these have, too... This song is just pure trash, btw. But the acappella versions on here are sure something.
Cold Chillin' label. Man, this thing just reeks of 1990. This is the promo version and it has a radio edit and a six-minute "Long Version" on the flip.
Gambled on this being rap and won. This has three songs on it, but it's not exactly a single - it's three different tracks, all remixes, none of which seem to ever have been released in their proper versions. These songs are a little JJ Fad for 1990, but it's fun.
If we're being honest, Kid 'N Play are a pretty rough listen sometimes. But man: the cover on this one was worth the two bucks.
Cold Chillin'. Promo version with a remix on the B. This is song is dope.
"Queen Latifah presents"! Man, I am amassing a weird little Daddy D collection, and every record I get, the more I realize what a roller coaster career he had. This was definitely his big push.
Took a chance on this one being rap and won that one, too. This is on the new jack-ish pop tip but also sounds like it should have come out in '87, on a Fresh-Prince-but-female major-label swing and a miss. Remixes galore here, all with egregious sampling violations. It'll never be that good again.
Oh, and I also bought this flexi put out by a Tucson dude running for office. I can't find anything about it - can't even figure out what year it's from. This is private press at its finest, folks.
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Drawing From Life
On Sunday, I tried my hand at figure drawing for the first time since 1995. A friend has been hosting a semi-regular live drawing session at his place with several of my favorite LA artists. It was a privilege to be invited, and a chance to get my drawing muscles back in shape. Couldn't pass that up, even in the rain.
We had an incredible model who gave us dynamic poses and exuded CALM, which was perfect for all the internal stressing out I was doing about making the most of this opportunity. Working with so many talented artists makes it hard to think about creating my own art again. Seems odd, but that's the way my brain works. I'm inspired on an almost daily basis to do it, but the doing part is hard sometimes.
This session was structured perfectly. We started with five minute gestural poses, 10 minutes, and then graduated on to 20 minute poses that let us spend more time with our work. It couldn't have been better. I was working in charcoal to keep things loose and it worked. I tried switching to pastel at the last minute, but decided against it. It was hard to switch to a harder pigment, especially when I had finally, after almost two hours, finally reached a point where my hand was continually moving on the paper.
This whole experience was more proof that it is vitally important to return to the passions that you may have put up on a tall shelf and forgotten. There are so many experiences that pass through our lives, and there's no reason that we can't find them again and discover that they're still a part of who we are.


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If you're looking for some weekend activities, two midday events on Saturday should fit the bill.
Starting at 10 a.m., Keep Bulloch Beautiful and the Georgia Southern Botanical Garden will play host to the 2010 Arbor Day Celebration in downtown Statesboro. The event will take place between East Main and East Grady Streets on the northern end of the Willie McTell Trail, which loosely follows the railroad tracks through downtown.
The event will include plenty of activities for children, live music from the "School of Rock" band, free food and refreshments, and an opportunity to shop at the "Green Market" - where local nurseries and gardeners will be selling products and offering planting tips.
In addition, KBB will give away 300 tree seedlings, obtained from the Georgia Forestry Network, including crepe myrtles, red cedars, oaks and others. The seedlings will be given out on a first-come, first-served basis.
The Statesboro Kiwanis Club will plant a golden dogwood tree on the McTell Trail, near East Grady Street, in honor of the club's 50th anniversary. The ceremony will take place around 11:15 a.m.
Another event today is "Taste of the Boro," a cooperative fundraiser designed to raise money for Haiti relief. Held from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Buffalo's Southwest Café on Lanier Drive, all the proceeds will go to the Red Cross Haiti Relief Fund.
For $10, ticket holders can sample the fare from nine participating restaurants: Brusters, Mellow Mushroom, Ruby Tuesday, Shane's Rib Shack, Quiznos, 119 Chops, El Sombrero, Snooky's and Buffalo's Southwest Cafe.
Along with the food, there will be face painting, a balloon artist, appearances by the GUS the Eagle, and music by Chris and Ashlee Mitchell. The Statesboro Fire Department will have one of its trucks on hand and a race car from Bazemore Racing will be there for people to look over.
If you're looking for some weekend activities, two midday events on Saturday should fit the bill.


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IDA415 - Visiting Professor Series and Visiting Researcher Series
April 15, 2005
RE: Redelegation - Visiting Professor Series and Visiting Researcher Series
Authority for academic personnel actions was delegated to the Executive Vice Chancellor by the Chancellor in his delegation of authority, dated July 3, 2000 [superseded by IDA 517, 6/19/12]. I am now redelegating part of that authority to you, as specified below:
I am redelegating to Academic Deans the authority to approve all appointments and reappointments for academic appointees to titles in the Visiting Professor and Visiting Researcher series. These appointments or reappointments must conform to University and campus policy.
Effective with this redelegation, the Dean's office has the responsibility for:
- Approval of all initial visiting appointments for candidates who hold a professorial appointment at another institution.
- The appointment should be approved at a comparable rank to that held by the candidate at the home institution.
- Appointees to Visiting Professor title must be assigned to teaching responsibilities for the department.
- Appointments may be for one year or less. Appointments may be renewed for a second year.
- Forwarding copies of appointment and reappointment forms, along with appropriate supporting documentation, to the Academic Personnel Office for post-audit.
Academic Personnel will remain the office of record for these actions.
Actions for appointees that will continue to require review of the Executive Vice Chancellor or the Executive Vice Chancellor's designee are the following:
- Appointments proposed for individuals who do not hold a professorial appointment at another institution.
- Any salary proposed that is beyond the range paid for that rank.
- Reappointment for a possible third consecutive year.
These authorities may not be further redelegated.
Michael R. Gottfredson
Executive Vice Chancellor
|Special Assistant, Coordination and Review, Office of the President
Assistant Vice Chancellor-Accounting and Fiscal Services
Counsel to the Chancellor
Director, Internal Audit
Coordinator, Campus Administrative Policies
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