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Pocola Indians look to continue momentum tonight into Hartshorne
POCOLA — The Pocola Indians ended their two-game losing streak in dramatic fashion last Friday night at John Carter Field with a thrilling 34-33 upset win over the Talihina Golden Tigers."Because of the way we played against Wilburton and lost by one point, I just told the kids we're a point away from being 2-1 in the district," Pocola Coach Rick Lang said. "It was a big win. To get a win like that, it did wonders for our program. I told the kids that it (the Talihina) win put smiles on the faces of the community. They're starting to come out and watch them play, and will watch them play this week. It's not been like that in a couple of years, so it was a big win."But the Indians (4-2 overall, 1-2 in District 2A-6), tied for 16th in the Class 2A Poll, cannot rest on their laurels after the Talihina win. They must face the Hartshorne Miners (5-1, 2-0) at 7:30 p.m. tonight in Hartshorne."The situation we're in right now is that we have two district losses," Lang said. "If we lose one more, it (making the playoffs) is out of our control. Mathematically, we can still extend the season, but it's out of our hands (with another district loss). So, with a win (tonight), it makes everything else bigger. Our season is basically on the line. We've got to go get a win."


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Cool and Stylish Fireplace Designs #2Tuesday, March 9th, 2010
Collection of beautiful modern fireplaces and unusual fireplace designs that will heat your house in style.
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Travelmate portable fireplace makes it possible to set up stylish source of heat wherever you want it. [link]
Cabinet Fireplace
GATE fireplaces by Conmoto come with a wood storage cabinet right next to the fireplace. [link]
Round Fireplace
Make a stunning centerpiece in your living room; with glass on either side, you can enjoy the flickering flame from every angle. [link]
Coffee Table Fireplace
Beautiful Vidro fireplace table is completely mobile and requires only gelled ethanol fuel to burn a smokeless flame in your room. [link]
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Contemporary bio-ethanol powered fireplace in a trunk from Atria. [link]
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Wall-mounted fireplace provides an attractive addition to any room. [link]
Waterfall Fireplace
Hearthfall is a beautiful, cascading waterfall that will transform your regular fireplace from a seasonal commodity to an elegant, year-round functional work of art. [link]
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Jane Hoey's Departure
In 1953, Hoey was fired by the new Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, Ovetta Culp Hobby, in order to give her job to a Republican political appointee. This was a highly-publicized and controversial action at the time since Jane Hoey did not agree to a request for her resignation and was forced out.
Jane Hoey's position had always been a non-political, career civil service job, and Hoey was a career civil servant. Indeed, she had originally been appointed to her job by the first Chairman of the Social Security Board, John G. Winant, who was a former Republican Governor of New Hampshire. Originally, the Social Security program was run by a three-person bi-partisan Board, all of whom were political appointees subject to Senate confirmation. And even though the Act was passed during a Democratic Administration, the first head of the program was a Republican, deliberately chosen by President Roosevelt to emphasis the non-partisan nature of the program. However, in 1946, the bi-partisan Board was abolished and replaced by a single, politically-appointed Commissioner.
Virtually all of the original employees of the Social Security Board were hired under Civil Service provisions. Indeed, the Social Security Board was the first major federal agency to hire virtually all of its staff under the merit provisions of civil service reforms introduced during the Roosevelt Administration. Prior to this, it was the accepted practice to award virtually all government jobs based on political affiliations.
In any event, in 1953 the incoming Eisenhower Administration was frustrated by the number of high-level positions in the government that were filled with career executives, many of whom, like Jane Hoey, had been in place since the Roosevelt Administration. The President and his Cabinet Secretaries saw their election as a mandate to replace top-level officials with political appointees who were more obviously in sympathy with their objectives. One technique it used was to persuade the Civil Service Commission to reclassify a number of high-level jobs as political positions, so it could remove the incumbents and replace them with political appointees. This was done with Jane Hoey's job. Since she had Civil Service job protection, Jane Hoey was offered another job in a less-important position. At age 61, Hoey was one-year short of qualifying for her Civil Service retirement pension, and it was expected she would accept this job and serve out her remaining year then retire. Others in her position accepted these alternative jobs quietly; Jane Hoey refused to do so. Consequently, she was fired by the HEW Secretary. Thus ended Jane Hoey's pioneering role in Social Security.
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A major campaign to reduce alcohol-related crime, health and social harms launches in Bradford next week.
The drive is part of national Alcohol Awareness Week which this year has the theme 'It's time to talk about drinking'.
Latest figures show the total cost of alcohol-related treatment in Bradford in 2010/11 was £35 million, of which £6.7m was for A&E attendances and £7m in outpatients appointments, equating to £88 per adult.
In that period there were 108,190 alcohol-related admissions to hospital, compared to an average in the Yorkshire and Humber region of 72,821.
And there were 138 alcohol-related deaths, of which 101 men and 37 women in the disrict, compared to a regional average of 105. Of those deaths 60 were due to chronic liver disease (41 men and 19 women).
Further figures show that about 89,000 adults in the Bradford district do not drink alcohol however, more than 17,000 people are drinking at levels which could seriously harm their health. A further 75,000 people drink at levels which increases the risk of alcohol-related harm.
During the awareness week, which runs from November 19-25, Bradford Council will join forces with West Yorkshire Police, West Yorkshire Trading Standards and health agencies to highlight alcohol-related problems and encourage residents to drink sensibly.
The Council and alcohol treatment and partner agencies will run special awareness raising sessions in colleges, schools, the University of Bradford and hospitals to encourage people to start talking about the health risks, social problems, stigmas and taboos associated with alcohol.
Council youth workers will tour the Bradford district in a special exhibition bus highlighting alcohol harms and encouraging young people to think carefully about the impact alcohol can have on them and others.
The Police will crack down on drink-fuelled crime with operations against drink driving and anti-social behaviour.
Off licenses will be targeted by Trading Standards and the Police in test purchasing operations in a bid to reduce underage alcohol sales.
Steve Hartley, a Bradford Council assistant director, who is responsible for neighbourhoods, said: "Drinking too much is having a devastating and wide reaching impact on society and we are working together with partners to prevent and tackle the consequences of excessive alcohol consumption. We are addressing the issue on all fronts, from prevention work in schools to law enforcement and rehabilitation.
Superintendent Vince Firth, of the Bradford District Community Safety Partnership, said: "Tackling drunkenness, anti-social behaviour and alcohol fuelled violence is a key priority for West Yorkshire Police.
"We also know without doubt that alcohol is linked to all types of violent crime and in partnership we are determined to tackle this issue across the district."
"Our message is simple, if you enjoy a drink, don't overdo it. Know your limits and never get behind the wheel of a vehicle if you have had alcohol."
The Chief Medical Officer's guidelines on lower-risk drinking recommend no more than three to four units daily for men and two to three for women. Two alcohol-


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By Oliver B. Patton, Washington Editor
There's an air of resignation in Washington about the deep cuts in federal spending scheduled for March 1.
If sequestration happens, the cuts could affect $1.2 trillion in discretionary and defense spending. Highway safety and construction programs would be spared, for the most part, because their money comes through the Highway Trust Fund.
Congressional leaders and others are pessimistic about preventing the automatic, across-the-board cuts.
"We think these sequesters will happen," Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wisc., chair of the House Budget Committee, said on Meet the Press a week ago.
Ryan was politicking, blaming Democrats for the situation, but he is not the only one who is concerned. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., told The Washington Post he thinks the cuts are more likely. And Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., told the Post that odds probably are even that the cuts will occur.
Steve Bell of the Bipartisan Policy Center, the former staff director of the Senate Budget Committee, thinks the risk of sequester is high.
"Our estimate, based a wide survey of senior congressional staff and some members, indicates that the odds of at least a partial sequester are very high and that a full sequester is a better than 50-50 proposition," he said in a commentary posted on the BPC website.
The situation arises from a deal cut by Congress in 2011 to impose automatic, draconian cuts in federal programs if legislators could not agree on a plan to reduce the deficit by $1.2 trillion.
The theory was that the cuts would be so painful, particularly to defense, that Congress would be forced to act.
With the deadline approaching, however, there is no deal in sight.
Trucking Programs Mostly Exempt
According to an analysis prepared by the Congressional Research Service, the core motor carrier safety programs run by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration are exempt from sequestration.
The same applies to programs administered through the Federal Highway Administration, and to operations and research at the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, which regulates truck safety equipment.
These are not 100% exemptions, however. For instance, about 3% of FMCSA's budget does not come through the Highway Trust Fund. This sparks concern in the safety enforcement community.
Steve Keppler, executive director of the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance, said sequester could create risk of furloughs among FMCSA staff, which might limit the agency's ability to process safety grants.
Duane DeBruyne, a spokesman for the agency, acknowledged that the sequester exemption is not complete but said the shortfall would be slight and the agency is prepared.
"There is a fractional amount – less than $1 million from an overall agency budget of slightly more than $570 million – that potentially could be exposed should sequestration occur," he said.
"The agency is confident that it has contingency plans in place to ensure that normal work-flow of services, functions and daily activities would not be disrupted."
Other Risks
While these specific federal programs are protected, trucking shares the general economic risks arising from sequestration.
Bell of the Bipartisan Policy Center noted that the slowdown in business in the fourth quarter of 2012 is attributable in part to workforce reductions among defense contractors and sub-contractors in anticipation of sequestration.
That period saw the largest defense spending cut since 1972, said Bob Costello, chief economist for American Trucking Associations.
John Larkin, managing director of transportation equity research at Stifel, Nicolaus, also noted that defense-related shipments softened in the fourth quarter as contractors prepared for sequestration.
"It is not clear, though, that defense cuts would have a big, direct impact on carriers serving defense contractors," he added.
Bill Wanamaker, director of government traffic and security operations at ATA, confirmed the point.
He said most of the defense cutbacks would be in new programs having to do with weapons and vehicles.
"If DOD wants to move freight, and there is a considerable amount of 'retrograde' freight, returning from battle theaters, then they have to pay for it," he said.
"There may be some discretionary freight that could be postponed, but frankly, if a warrior needs it, we've got to move it, and DOD has got to pay for it."
There still is a risk that sequestration would negatively impact the overall economy, according to Bell.
He said the Congressional Budget Office forecasts a 0.7% drop in GDP growth in 2013 due to the sequester's effect on small businesses and government personnel.
He forecasts the loss of a million jobs if full sequestration occurs.
Larkin offered additional perspective.
"While sequestration may bring GDP growth down 100 to 200 basis points in 2013, the Sandy recovery and rebuilding effort, the rebounding housing market, and the recovering auto industry will combine to create a mediocre to lackluster demand environment in 2013, much like we have seen the past couple of years," he said.
Supply and demand for trucking will remain more or less in balance this year, he said.
"This is frustrating to truckers because just a normal recovery would have created a raging bull trucking market by now. It is within reach, but the seemingly perpetual, pathetically slow economic growth prevents the Golden Age for trucking from fully developing."
Costello of ATA said that while there's a significant risk to the economy from sequestration, it pales compared to the risk of not raising the debt ceiling.
"If they don't raise the debt ceiling it means that the government can only spend what it brings in on any given day," he said. "We think it would be the equivalent of a 40% cut in government spending almost overnight."
That would send the economy over a cliff, which is why he's been spending a lot more time on the debt ceiling than on sequestration, he said.
The deadline for raising the debt ceiling is mid-May.


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James Apollo, Little War, Little Less (out now, Marterry, jamesapollo.com): Brooklyn-to-Seattle transplant Apollo enlisted local folk hero Damien Jurado to produce his latest record, and the influence is apparent in the album's restrained, dusky baroque pop. ANDREW GOSPE (Fri., July 27, Fremont Abbey)
Autumn Electric, Make Me a Tree (out now, self-released, autumnelectric.bandcamp.com): Folksy indie rock with a pop sweet tooth, featuring male and female vocal leads, an occasional surge of electric guitar, and solidly crafted songs. MA'CHELL DUMA LAVASSAR
David Bavas, Make It Rhyme (out now, Proud Mountain, davidbavas.com): Acoustic Americana that's at its best when the mandolin and pedal steel have kicked in. Bavas' songs are solid but his voice is the weak link, and on the sparser arrangements, his singing has trouble carrying the melodies. DAVE LAKE
Daily Benson, Casa Verde (out now, Team Family Records, dailybenson.com): Talent runs deep in the Benson family, as the teenage daughter of singer/songwriter Robb Benson (Dear John Letters) has her old man's gift for song. Her debut features her soulful and sultry voice—think Fiona Apple or Feist, with darkly introspective songs to match. DL
*Big Wheel Stunt Show, Wonderful LIFE (7/20, self-released, thebigwheelstuntshow.com): Hitting on a type of vintage blues-rock that's practically dead by modern standards, everything from the gritty, raw recording to the twangy, booming electric guitar—especially on "Bud'Der"—screams Zeppelin. JOE WILLIAMS (Fri., July 20, Sunset Tavern)
*Black Science, An Echo Through the Eyes of Forever (out now, DMI, blacksciencemusic.bandcamp.com): Seventies-flavored psych-rock with more pop sensibility than your average nostalgic Seattle quartet. Studio tricks and Jane's Addiction/Stereophonics vocal stylings make this album a definite win. TODD HAMM
*The Blakes, Art of Losses (7/24, PledgeMusic, theblakesband.com): The third LP from this Seattle trio was produced by the band in the mountains of Maine, yielding a dozen literate, dreamy indie-pop songs, perfect for lazing away a day in the Seattle sun. The Blakes have an affinity for all kinds of rock and roll, and don't mind wearing their influences on their collective sleeve. You can almost run down the stuff they love by going through the album track by track, making out distinct nods to The Jam ("Black Carnation"), '80s Stones ("Sea Fishing"), New Wave ("Dark Is the Night") and the Strokes ("Paralysis"). But the album never feels wholly derivative, thanks to the band's own aesthetic, which blends all the above into a series of cheery melodies, blankets of reverb, and waves of nostalgia. DL
*Blue Light Curtain, Clouds in Our Hair (out now, self-released, bluelightcurtain.com): Much of this shoegaze group's album (especially the first few tracks) sounds like it could have been recorded in London circa 1990. But the band pushes its sound into more modern territory as the album progresses, and the result rises well above pastiche. AG (Sat., July 21, JewelBox/Rendezvous)
Bright White Lightning, Bad Teeth (out now, Data Airlines, brightwhitelightning.com): Taking a tip—and blips and bleeps—from reconfigured video-game consoles, electro, and pop, this new band forges a chip-rock sound somewhere between the raunchy Euro dance sounds of Ed Banger Records and the spacy jams of the Ninja Tune label. GWENDOLYN ELLIOTT
Brothers From Another, Taco Tuesday (out now, self-released, brothersfromanother.bandcamp.com): Besides repping Seattle as well as anyone (with a song called "Molly Moon" and guest contributions from both Blue Scholars), this youthful hip-hop duo's latest is polished and poised beyond its years. AG (Sun., July 29, Crocodile)
Cloud Person, Anchors in the Sun (out now, Druscilla Cloud Records, cloudperson.bandcamp.com): On their first EP, this eclectic folk band mixes Native American flute and tambourine with keyboards and accordion. Whimsical with a slightly psychedelic feel, Cloud Person sings mostly of romance gone wrong. ALLISON THOMASSEAU (Sun., July 15, Comet Tavern)
*Dark Time Sunshine, ANX (7/24, Fake Four, darktimesunshine.com): Onry Ozzborn and Chicago producer Alex Zavala combine their talents to produce a dense sophomore record with plenty of electronic, spacy flourishes but also a whole lot of accessibility. AG (Sat., July 21, Crocodile)
Dead Man, Filthy Blues (out now, self-released, deadmanseattle.bandcamp.com): This band plays the kind of bluesy garage rock favored by several other guitar/drum duos in this town, namely The Grizzled Mighty and My Goodness, which would make for a great triple bill (with, hopefully, cheap PBR specials). Seattle bookers, are you listening? DL (Fri., July 6, Skylark)
Dull Knife, Dull Knife (out now, Debacle Records, debaclerecords.bandcamp.com): Two 15-minute-plus tracks of dark ambient noise: digital tooth-grinding and buzz saws, white-noise wind howl, and spooky, chain-rattling ambience—all strangely relaxing. ERIC GRANDY
Fall of 1920, Collide (out now, self-released, facebook.com/fallof1920): These 55 minutes of slow crunch show promise, but would be sharper in half the space, and with a good dose of hustle, focus, and Adderall. (Sat., July 14, High Dive) CHRIS KORNELIS
Fated Empire, "Bannermen" (out now, Fated Empire, fatedempire.bandcamp.com): Released as a promo single for the official launch of new local indie label Fated Empire, this track contains a verse from all four FE players (Graves 33, Sarx, Name the Uncanny, Vice Vs.) over a battlefield-ready tuba loop. Graves' verse is decent but choppy, and Sarx emerges as the most confident lyricist of the bunch. TH (Fri., July 27, High Dive)
*Golden Gardens, "Transparent Things" (out now, self-released, soundcloud.com/wearegoldengardens): Vocalist Aubrey Rachel Violet Bramble fits her airy vocal notes into the nooks and crannies of the watercolor synth streaks and wavering guitar chords that multi-instrumentalist Gregg Alexander Joseph Neville has beautifully layered. Fitting for either a windows-down summer drive or a rainy-day stroll. TH (Mon., July 16, Crocodile)
*Rachel Harrington, Makin' Our House a Honkytonk (out now, Skinnydennis Records, rachelharrington.net): Seattle has no shortage of lady country crooners: Ballard Avenue is littered with half-assed Emmylou wannabes, but Rachel Harrington ain't one of 'em. Hailed by Q magazine as having a voice that "makes Neko Case sound like Olivia Newton-John," Harrington is both fresh and referential, with a songwriting style very reminiscent of the premier honky-tonk honeys of yesterday, namely Loretta and Dolly. Her stellar track "Wedding Ring Vacation" will certainly rank as one of the year's best among the "swingin' doors" set. MDL
Carson Henley, 100 Hours (out now, self-released, soundcloud.com/hey-listentothis-music): Self-labeled as "funkadelic rock," Henley's second album is reminiscent of 1960s R&B and soul but stays modern with piano accents and jazzy guitar riffs. You'll want to get up and groove. AT (Sat., July 7, Columbia City Theater)
Hills of Elysium, This Lost Generation (out now, self-released, hillsofelysium.com): Wearing tons of eyeliner and dressing like Marilyn Manson's stepchildren makes it easy to dismiss how smart and political you really are. But if you give Hills of Elysium a listen, you'll find there's no ignoring lead singer September Garland, whose potent, screaming vocals will either make you want to headbang your heart out or shoot yourself in it—and are perfect for the molten, gothic new metal they make. MDL
The Intelligence, Everybody's Got It Easy but Me (out now, In the Red Records, intheredrecords.com): Lars Finberg and crew pump out nervy, poppy garage rock with such industrious regularity that it would almost feel like a mechanical exercise if it weren't so lively. EG (Thurs., July 19, Crocodile)
*Joy Wants Eternity, The Fog Is Rising (out now, self-released, joywantseternity.com): The third album from this Seattle post-rock band is ambient and gorgeous, as walls of guitar give way to syncopated grooves and gently picked guitar lines. As with many bands of this genre, the songs are vocal-free, but this is abstract art with no room for representational lyrics to muddy it up. DL (Fri., July 6, Sunset Tavern)
Klyntel, "Love Is Here to Stay" (out now, self-released, klyntel.com): '90s R&B in the tradition of Blackstreet and Motel Jordan that would have fit snugly onto the Space Jams soundtrack. CK (Sun., July 29, Alki Arts Festival)
Landlord's Daughter, The Passengers (out now, self-released, facebook.com/lldaughter): Emo almost to the point of being overwrought, this folksy dad-rock fusion is earnest in both delivery and musical ambitions. The Passengers takes itself very seriously; with a bit of self-editing and a little humor, it could be made more enjoyable. MDL
Lost Dogma, The Ghost You Left Behind (7/20, Knick Knack Records, lostdogma.com): At its core, Lost Dogma's sophomore release is a country-flavored rock record rich with three-part harmonies and tuneful choruses, but the band wanders across a broader rock spectrum, keeping things interesting as they show the influence of Bob Seger ("Sunny Divide"), The Band ("Yellow Brick Road"), and the Grateful Dead ("Never Fight the Devil"). DL (Fri., July 20, Tractor Tavern)
Lozen, Para Vida (7/20, Silent Queef Records, lozenpower.bandcamp.com): Named for a female Apache warrior, this Tacoma female duo plays angular, arty metal, sometimes en español. It's not all raging, though. The best moments happen when the ladies lay back a bit to harmonize and get all Breeders-like, like on "Le Dragon." DL
Magnetic Circus, Elementary Particles (out now, self-released, magneticcircus.bandcamp.com): Well-executed electro-psychedelia meets elements of metal, gothy mope-rock and sci-fi nerddom for interesting tracks with names like "Release the Kraken" and "Deep Space Meat." MDL (Thurs., July 19, Blue Moon Tavern)
Vicci Martinez, Vicci (out now, Universal Republic, viccimartinez.com): The Tacoma songstress' first album since coming to national attention as a finalist on NBC's The Voice contains predictably poppier tracks that don't do justice to her natural raw soulfulness, but Martinez's powerhouse vocals still manage to shine through. "Come Along," her duet with Cee Lo Green, is a fun listen. ERIN K. THOMPSON (Wed., July 4, Gas Works Park)
Ken McAllister, Ken McAllister (out now, self-released, kenrmcallister.tumblr.com): Rooted in folk and inner reflection, this album is basically a slow-moving, 40-minute ballad of soft guitar-plucking. But what it lacks in variation is easily made up for by its raw recording and performance. JW
*OCnotes, Moldavite (out now, self-released, ocnotes.bandcamp.com): This 33-song epic from one of the great Seattle talents features neck-snapping beats, intricately layered drums, mind-warping studio effects, and expertly spliced snippets of sound. A nonstop barrage of rhythm and rolling samples, Moldavite is Notes at his self-contained best, and it doesn't get any better than that. TH (Tues., July 17, Barboza)
Orca Team, Restraint (out now, self-released, facebook.com/orcateam): This record stays true to its name—there's nothing heavy or overblown about the easy, bouncy surf-pop melodies, a clean aesthetic that works nicely with frontman Leif Anders' smoothly lacquered vocals. EKT (Thurs., Aug. 2, Funhouse)
*Posse, Some Dongs (out now, self-released, posseposse.bandcamp.com): Each of the three members of this local garage-rock band individually covered a Bill Callahan song; each cover sounds so pleasant and lovingly executed, it's impossible to pick a favorite. EKT (Fri., July 13, Tractor Tavern)
*Prestige, Restrain From It All (7/16, self-released, prestigenw.com): Operating at two speeds, "freight train" and "face melt," Restrain From It All is an incredibly fierce and potent album for fans of nonstop, uncompromising metal. "1134," the standout track, features stop-and-go instrumentation and ruthless breakdowns. JW (Mon., July 16, El Corazon)
Producer Snafu, Songs of Sorrow (out now, Automation Records, automationrecords.bandcamp.com): Sixteen relatively homogeneous tracks of classical piano and breakbeats, a combination that works nearly as often as it sounds completely incongruous. AG
Riypnt, "Blast Off" (out now, self-released, ripynt.bandcamp.com): A bonus track from the Everett MC's The Hurt Locker Deluxe edition, "Blast Off" features a pulse-revving MTK beat, but shows again that while Ripynt is a decent lyricist, his songs sag when they dwell on clichéd rap subject matter ("I'ma blast off!", etc.). TH
Seapony, "What You Wanted" (out now, Hardly Art, hardlyart.com/Seapony): The first single from the sweet pop trio's forthcoming second LP thrums and buzzes with a happy energy before it starts wandering into monotone territory. EKT (Thurs., July 19, Olympic Sculpture Park)
*Secret Colors, Higher Views (out now, Bridgetown Records, bridgetownrecords.info): Five songs; 35 minutes of meandering, layered guitar and synth reveries; long loops fading over each other; notes dripping off in loose clustered patterns more than in concrete melodies. EG
Sic Ill, Techdemic (out now, self-released, sicill.bandcamp.com): The poor mixing, overly simple keyboard beats, and goofy rhyme style combine for a forgettable EP by this Tacoma rapper/beatmaker. TH
Aaron J. Shay, None the Worse for Wear (out now, self-released, aaronjshay.net): On opening track "The Things We'll Never Do," the ukelele-toting singer/songwriter spits out a lovelorn tune with the same bitter snarl as the Mountain Goats' John Darnielle, but Shay's pipes soften the impression with sweet backup harmonies and his jaunty uke. GE (Thurs., July 12, Fremont Abbey)
Song Sparrow Research, Song Sparrow Research (7/26, self-released, songsparrowresearch.com): Loose, dreamy pop and lush, sweeping melodies mark this local five-piece's debut release, recalling the delicate arrangements of Beirut and Travis and, sometimes, the driving indie anthems of the Strokes. GE (Thurs., July 26, Columbia City Theater)
Swearengens, Devil Gets Her Way (out now, self-released, swearengens.com): Honky-tonkin' twang, gritty guitar work, and two-stepping tunes keep Seattle's rich alt-country tradition alive, in the mold of Davidson Hart Kingsbery and Ryan Purcell. GE (Sat., July 14, Slim's Last Chance)
The Tempers, Together We Are the Love Vortex (7/6, self-released, thetempers.net/music): The Tempers, three siblings, play pleasantly hooky dance-rock with a clear New Wave influence. But none of that really matters, because Corina Bakker's overemotive, campy vocals overshadow everything else on this EP, for better or (more often) worse. AG (Fri., July 6, Comet Tavern)
The Torn ACLs, Real Risks (7/21, self-released, thetornacls.bandcamp.com): The ACLs expand from the relatively bland indie pop of January's Make a Break, Make a Move on this EP, which features tighter songwriting and more sonic variety. None of it is particularly risky, but it's a promising step forward. AG (Thurs., July 5, Tractor Tavern)
26000 Volts, Anger Issues (7/20, self-released, myspace.com/26000volts): If punk is dead, nobody told these guys. Combining the best of angry sing-talking, bar chords, and pounding snare, Anger Issues rockets through 22 tracks with enough grit and cojones to power a small car. JW (Fri., July 20, Funhouse)
Unnatural Helpers, "Hate Your Teachers" (out now, Hardly Art, hardlyart.com): You know how in Superman II the council banishes General Zod, Non, and Ursa, sentencing them to spend eternity floating around the universe trapped in that clear, shiny pane of glass? That's a lot like what an Unnatural Helpers record feels like: It's raw, brutal, and vicious, but contained in sharply produced tracks that have a sheen but aren't too slick. "Hate Your Teachers," the first single from the Seattle band's September LP, Land Grab, is UH mastermind Dean Whitmore's rowdiest, angriest cut yet. If an intergalactic atomic shock shatters his translucent prison, the president had better be ready to bow down. CK (Sat., Sept. 1, Bumbershoot)
Variable, Medic (out now, self-released, variable-mass.bandcamp.com): It would be unfair to call this producer's four-song EP abstract (and considering how prominently the drums sit in the mix, it would also be untrue), but these instrumental electronic compositions do tend to prioritize texture and beats over melody. AG
Various artists, Head East (out now, Old Redmond Fire House, redmond.gov/medialab): The Old Fire House Teen Center in Redmond has a long history of nurturing up-and-coming Eastside acts, from Modest Mouse (from Issaquah) to the Blood Brothers (Kirkland/Redmond). If no longer the destination for touring bands that it was during Seattle's odious Teen Dance Ordinance days, it remains a vital incubator for suburb-bred talent destined for Seattle and the wider world. This comp, recorded in the OFH's media lab, ranges from sax jazz and slap-bass funk/rock to the usual indie and several entries of acoustic folk. Borough's slow-building post-rock instrumental "Mayan Tomb" is a highlight, as is Zephyrs' scrappy and catchy indie-rock tune "Cairo Kids," an ode to the Seattle arts space that does for Capitol Hill kids what the OFH historically has for the 425—proving that the faintly longing symbiosis of suburb and city still applies. EG
Within Providence, Within Providence (out now, self-released, withinprovidence.bandcamp.com): Gregg Neville's solo project sounds like the gothic cousin of Duran Duran. His debut EP puts out a pop-synth sound with a dark edge. SARAH ELSON
The Young Evils, Foreign Spells (7/10, out now, theyoungevils.com): The follow-up to the pop outfit's 2010 Enchanted Chapel and their first release since expanding from a duo to a quintet, this EP boasts a sharper, darker sound, more vocal variety than the unison voices they'd become known for, and a touch of edgier attitude, most evident on "Devil's Barricade." EKT (Fri., July 13, Barboza)
Capital Lights, Rhythm 'n' Moves (7/17, Tooth & Nail, myspace.com/capitallights): Rewinding the airwaves to 2006, Capital Lights play a nostalgic brand of pop-rock that's reminiscent of Hellogoodbye meets We the Kings. Sometimes electronic, always upbeat, the foursome even features a brief country twang on the title track. JW
*Chain and the Gang, In Cool Blood (out now, K Records, krecs.com/artists/chain-and-the-gang): Ian Svenonius and the Gang's latest collection of howling garage and mod soul, with appealingly roughed-up guitars, sweet female backing vocals, and low-falutin' smart-ass lyrics. Their best stuff since their 2009 debut. EG
*Debo Band, Debo Band (7/10, Sub Pop, deboband.com): The Ethiopian diaspora picks up some klezmer-punk kids via Boston's Jamaica Plain, makes beautiful grooves together—richly rooted but full of contemporary energy. EG (Mon., Sept. 3, Bumbershoot)
*Deep Time, Deep Time (7/10, Hardly Art, hardlyart.com/deeptime): This Austin boy/girl duo plays organ and drums, but that's too small to describe their cool-headed yet fractured pop sound, led by Jennifer Moore's rich, seriously enthralling vocal jumps. EG (Sat., July 14, Cairo)
Husky, Forever So (7/10, Sub Pop, huskysongs.com): A Sub Pop–signed Australian quartet making soft, classicist folk rock in the style of Crosby, Stills, Nash and ZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. Aren't we done with this stuff yet? EG (Fri., July 20, Crocodile)
States, Room to Run (out now, Tooth & Nail, statesmusic.com): As fresh as Sum 41 and as memorable as Ja Rule, the re-release of Room to Run is crawling and repetitive. Peel away the Paramore-esque vocals and distorted guitar, and you're left with nothing more than semi-catchy, mildly danceable choruses. JW
*Various artists, Country Funk (7/24, Light in the Attic, lightintheattic.net): In the world of musical genre hybrids, "country funk" seems almost an oxymoron, but leave it to those geniuses of the eclectic, our own LITA Records, to compile the best songs this unusual roots-music meld has to offer. Dale Hawkins, Gray Fox, and Mac Davis are just some of the names you'll find on this truly feel-good collection that features lots of twangy Telecaster goodness and booty-shakin' bass lines. MDL
Various artists, Head East (out now, Old Redmond Fire House, redmond.gov/medialab): The Old Fire House Teen Center in Redmond has a long history of nurturing up-and-coming Eastside acts, from Modest Mouse (from Issaquah) to the Blood Brothers (Kirkland/Redmond). If no longer the destination for touring bands that it was during Seattle's odious Teen Dance Ordinance days, it remains a vital incubator for suburb-bred talent destined for Seattle and the wider world. This comp, recorded in the OFH's media lab, ranges from sax jazz and slap-bass funk/rock to the usual indie and several entries of acoustic folk. Borough's slow-building post-rock instrumental "Mayan Tomb" is a highlight, as is Zephyrs' scrappy and catchy indie-rock tune "Cairo Kids," an ode to the Seattle arts space that does for Capitol Hill kids what the OFH historically has for the 425—proving that the faintly longing symbiosis of suburb and city still applies. EG
Wolves at the Gate, Captors (out now, Solid State, wolvesatthegate.com): With throat-bursting screams and powerful, throbbing instrumentation, Wolves at the Gate flexes its best hardcore muscles on Captors. It's clear producer Andreas Magnusson (Oh, Sleeper) had a heavy hand in the final sound, as the record grinds between unyielding and beautiful. JW


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Joined: 29 Sep 2004
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Location: Los Angeles, California, USA
Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2005 9:58 pm
Post subject: Omigod! Cuitlacoche :shock:
I have heard of this stuff but never had an opportunity to see it before.
Before you open the link be warned:
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Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2005 10:40 pm
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Scandalous!! Absolutely scandalous! Thanks for the interesting, informative, hilarious and revolting article. And I thought it was my business to gross out the forums!
Vivant Linguae Mortuae!!
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Location: Canton, TX USA
Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2005 10:42 pm
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EEEEWWWW! I don't think you should click that link while eating lunch
Having at least 6 recipes for this stuff, thanks to Diana Kennedy, I've been really curious. I'd never seen it either. Rainey, I think you just took care of my curiosity. I generally like edible fungus, but can't manage to get past the appearance of huitlacoche. I was also laughing myself silly at this guy's writing about it.
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Location: buried under a pile of books somewhere in Adelaide, South Australia
Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2005 11:33 pm
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Yuk! I can't believe anyone would actually eat that stuff.
There should be a warning on every can ...
But then if they did that, why would they sell it?
Thanks for a good laugh, Rainey
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Location: Within view of Elliot Bay, The Olympics and every ship in the Sound
Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2005 1:39 am
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That looks like something you would find in a spitoon.
"It's watery....and yet there's a smack of ham."
"It's hot ham water."
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Location: Paris
Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2005 12:54 pm
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Ok, I am not usually grossed out..... but..... that was the most revolting (yet strangely amusing) website I have ever looked at. Rainey, we need to talk about death and curious cats I think... what on this earth made you look up this website?!?!?!?!?
I have forwarded the link to my brother who is a chef and a few friends, all of whom have the weirdest sense of humour. You may just have started something here....
Thank you, I think. Brighidsdaughter, you are so right - DO NOT EAT WHILE VIEWING!
David, I'm sorry but you have just been toppled from your post. I don't think anyone can outgross this one.... but maybe it is a challenge for you?
Off to clean my teeth and gargle (with bleach). Don't think I am hungry for lunch now...
If you cannot feel your arteries hardening, eat more cheese. If you can, drink more red wine. Diet is just "die" with a "t" on the end. Exercise is walking into the kitchen.
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Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2005 1:43 pm
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It really, but really, looks disgusting. But then, I have a philosophy regarding food, any food , food that somebody somewhere eats. It's a philosophy I don't always practice , i'll share it with you. I believe that whatever a human person eats, ( canibals excluded) is probably edible. It's just an aquired taste, habit, tradition. That doesn't mean i practice my philosophy. I don't believe i'll eat snakes, bugs, not even dogs and cats. But think of it: hindus treat cows like we treat our pets, and I personally now many Jewish people who get sick when seing others eating pork or shrimps. I've seen in Taiwan people eating live snakes, and some of my best friends think I'm barbaric because I like sashimi and steak tartare. And my grandchildren say Ichhh to anything that doesn't look like a pizza , or a Mc.Donald, or Shnitzels and Potato chips. I do remember my first octopus salad ( I love it now) on a greek island. I think I'll skip the obese corn, but that doesn't infirm my philosophy. Somebody, somewhere will learn to like it, someone already does. Bon appetit!!
No more war , no more infected corn cans!
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Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2005 4:38 pm
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Rainey: I have had MORE darn fun, visiting that entire site....THANKS!!! I've also sent the link to 10 friends around the globe who can also marvel at what "Man can Can!"
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Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2005 7:14 pm
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Debbie- I found a reference to that particular story on one of my favorite blogsites, BoingBoing. It generally deals in technology but they gather whatever is interesting or amusing.
I have learned how to make panties from T-shirts and a wallet from 20 one-dollar bills on BoingBoing. I also once took a hilarious "test" on distinguishing sex toys from doggie toys there (did fine, thanks, and am officially permitted to play with the author's dog).
And I agree with you that it's right up there with David's best analogies but I also loved Erin's comment just above yours.
simona- I'm with you, babe. I may not actually want to
everything that crosses my path but I don't see much point in being judgemental or reflexively dismissive of it. Over the years I've had sea slug in a Chinese restaurant (I could live without having that again), horse in France (tastes fine to me) and squirrel stew made by my grandfather (it was delicious). And, of course, (with appropriate hommage to David) the bovine snot that some of us prefer to refer to as "oysters" (food of the gods!).
Nevetheless, I think I prefer to learn about cuitlacoche from a website, thank-you-very-much.
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Location: Los Angeles
Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2005 9:03 pm
Post subject: I was just discussing "revolting food"
...and the contradictions regarding them. Food, as a concept, *IS* weird, and the way people react to different foods is very interesting!
the link is here:
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Location: Las Vegas, NV
Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2005 10:21 pm
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WOW Rainey!! That S*** is some kinda funkin' nasty!
But, one hell of a funny read!
Thanks for the site...I'm going to pass this one on to some of my sick-er minded friends. Bottle of Bactine... doh!
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Location: israel
Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2005 11:04 pm
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I might hate the obese corn , but I surely like the way this topic develops.
Gets more "bizarre", less "nice". That's far away from " how does martha Steward clean her dirty plastic containers": less practical but just more fun. I'm counting on you , Rainey , to find more of these great links and topics!
No more war, more funny topics!
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Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2005 5:13 am
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Whoa! Talk about pressure...
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Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2005 5:17 am
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Well, there's this:
Also from BoingBoing tho they rarely have food-related items.
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Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2005 7:19 pm
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Okay, I know I have something to say here, I'm just not sure what that might be. First off, I read all the reactions to it before checking it out so I have to say I wasn't as horrified as I thought I would be. Although I am glad I already finished my lunch before doing so. Like a few others have said, other cultures, other food. But yeah, Yuck!! A friend of a friend just opened a Mexican restaurant. Must find out if she's A) ever heard of this stuff, and B) if she plans on putting it on the menu!!
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WASHINGTON, March 18, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, during a televised speech, The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz announced a series of royal decrees. These decrees will increase benefits, create new law enforcement jobs at the Ministry of Interior, provide funds for new housing projects, and expand healthcare facilities.
"King Abdullah has continuously demonstrated his commitment to his people through unprecedented reforms in all areas of their lives including housing, employment and healthcare," said Saudi Ambassador to the United States Adel bin Ahmed Al-Jubeir.
The royal decrees issued by King Abdullah include:
- Payment of two-month salary to all public civil and military personnel.
- Payment of two-month stipend to all public higher education students.
- Payment of SR 2,000 ($533) per month for job-seekers at the public and private sectors.
- Increase the minimum wage in the public sector to SR 3,000 ($800) per month.
- Construction of 500,000 residential units in all regions of the Kingdom and appropriating a total amount of SR 250 billion ($66.7 billion) for that project, which will be implemented under the supervision of the General Commission for Housing.
- Raised the maximum amount of interest-free loans issued by the Real Estate Development Fund from SR 300,000 ($80,000) to SR 500,000 ($133,333) per applicant.
- Established a National Commission on Combating Corruption, and appointed Mohammad bin Abdullah Al-Shareef as its president at the rank of minister.
- Provision of SR 16 billion ($4.3 billion) to the Ministry of Health to implement and expand several medical projects in various regions.
- Raised the limit of financial assistance to private hospital from SR 50 million ($13.3 million) to SR 200 million ($53.3 million).
- Creation of 60,000 law enforcement jobs at the Ministry of Interior.
For more information on King Abdullah's initiatives, please visit www.saudiembassy.net and follow the Embassy on Twitter (@SaudiEmbassyUSA) or on the Embassy YouTube page.
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Kim Boatman is a journalist and frequent contributor to The Daily Cat, based in Northern California whose work has appeared in The Miami Herald, the Detroit Free Press and the San Jose Mercury News. She is a lifelong lover of animals and shares her home with three cats.
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Quote from: "Spicoli"we are guessing wheel horsepower right?Time for my stupid question of the day. I have seen that there are two kinds... What determines the difference? Why might HP and HP@wheels be different?
All of these things taken into consideration I am curious where everyone gets thier numbers. Mainly companies like REVO for instance. I found my numbers on thier website from their dyno plots. Are these not accurate? Or are they measured in a different way than the whp?
Maybe I should have my car Dynoed in CA next weekend and see what it pulls at sea level. Then I can compare it to what it pulls here.
The dyno at MAC is corrected for altitude. So the numbers it gives you will be sea level equivalents.
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Wednesday, April 18, 2012
30 comments:
- Taylor said...
Planning a trip to new Zealand Australia Bali Malaysia and Nepal. I can't wait. It's been a long time and every time I read anything about travel my heart hurts!
- April 18, 2012 at 2:13 AM
- SreeBindu said...
undoubtedly it would be PARIS for me =)
- April 18, 2012 at 3:45 AM
- la vie quotidienne said...
It's a fabolous experience! India is different, and as my guide said me a few years ago " in India all is possible".
If I were a rich woman, I would be travel all the year! Open my mind, and change completely my live!
I need to do at least one time a year! I love above all, Asia! Is magical!
If you need some information, please let me know ;))
xoxo from München
La Vie Quotidienne
- April 18, 2012 at 5:51 AM
- Joanne Ambía said...
I'm taking my BF to a family reunion in Peru!! I can't wait for him to really experience the culture there and to see where I practically grew up!
Flying there we are going to have a connecting flight in Costa Rica, and the time between flights is 6 hours...you think I have enough time to run up to see the Volcan Poas, and run back to the airport?
- April 18, 2012 at 9:01 AM
- Lisa said...
These water color paintings are so dreamy! There are so many beautiful places I'd love to explore! I recently started a list of the 102 places I would like to see in life, and I'm hoping to make Montreal one of my next destinations. Marrakech is on there as well :)
- April 18, 2012 at 10:41 AM
- Quindome said...
What is it about Spring that causes such a bad case of wanderlust? I'd love to take a trip of Italy. I'd take my Fuji Instax instead of watercolors, but it would be lovely.
- April 18, 2012 at 10:52 AM
- Amy Turman said...
I was lucky enough to travel abroad for 6 months and I hit up 22 European cities!
I really want to go to Chile and Argentina (my dad always says that his dream would be to retire to Chile). South America just has so much intrigue for me! (I also want to go to Thailand so I can play with tigers - my obsession!)
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- April 18, 2012 at 12:24 PM
- angela said...
Hopefully going to Italy! These watercolors are really inspiring, Thank you for sharing!! Next time I am on a trip I will try to keep a sketch book!
- April 18, 2012 at 1:00 PM
- Linda said...
Everywhere & anywhere in Europe! We're sooooo close :)
- April 18, 2012 at 1:24 PM
- Jenna said...
My favorite place so far was Venice, but I'd love to experience a place by living there for a few months.
I am going to South Africa in September (my bf won a prize) so I am so excited for that opportunity. But I'm still searching for a way to make travel possible, for a long period of time! If you figure it out, please let me know ;)
- April 18, 2012 at 2:47 PM
- Emily said...
India and Morocco are on the top of my list, along with Cairo and Beijing, so basically all over the place:) Paris and Vienna are two of my favorite cities in the world, and I definitely wouldn't mind going back--perhaps with my watercolors in tow this time.
- April 18, 2012 at 4:25 PM
Those sketches are gorgeous! And they're making me want to travel more, too. I have several short weekend trips planned for the spring, but I'm really looking forward to taking a longer vacay in the summer--hopefully Slovenia and Croatia!
- April 18, 2012 at 6:38 PM
- Shoko said...
All of these travel plans (and fantasies) sound amazing! I absolutely loved reading through these comments.
Jenna, have you considered traveling somewhere as a volunteer? I've done that a couple of times, and had great experiences. I also did WWOOFing (working on organic farms) in New Zealand. Since I worked in exchange for food and a place to stay, I saved a lot of money - and learned a ton!
- April 19, 2012 at 12:31 AM
- RaquelDoesLife said...
New Zealand, man...New Zealand. And Patagonia. I just got done hanging out with some friends who were in LA for a long layover on their way to Australia, and when I dropped them off at the airport, it was really hard for me to drive away...is it weird that I like the smell of airplane exhaust fumes? I'm wanderlustin' my little heart out over here.
- April 19, 2012 at 12:35 AM
My fiance and I have been living abroad teaching at an International Kindergarten for the past year. The incredible experience has afforded us the opportunity to travel all around Southeast Asia. This summer we head back home to plan a wedding, but I'm sure we will get anxious to pack our bags again! Maybe Central America/South America this time?
- April 19, 2012 at 2:22 AM
- Aimita said...
Isn't there something magical about the streets of Spain? The Spanish markets that sell copious amounts of ham serrano, quirky friendship bracelets or tubs of olives. My dream was to live and travel in Spain, I used to think of nothing else (well, apart from blogging of course!) In September 2010, I got to live my dream, I moved to Spain, Valencia to live with my Spanish boyfriend and study to become a translator. There is nothing that makes me happier than living in this beautiful city, and travelling to other Spanish cities. To hear Spanish everyday, not just sample, but eat regular plates of seafood Paella (I recommend that if you have never travelled to Valencia before, you come just for the paella, it is simply to die for, it's the best to unwind with friends) makes me oh ever so happy! There are snippets of Valencia on my blog, http://aimitafollows.tumblr.com/
Feliz jueves!
- April 19, 2012 at 3:22 AM
greece, andalusia, cinque terre, marrakesh, iceland and the list goes on but in a week's time i'll be flying across continents to visit your wonderful city! :)
- April 19, 2012 at 8:24 AM
- Hannah Brandt said...
So far, my favorite travel destinations have been Mexico and Paris. I have been dreaming about a trip to the Caribbean, the beaches look amazing there!
Road trips are always a nice relaxing alternative though....
It so inspiring to read through all these travel experiences and aspirations. I will have to pass this along to my sister who's looking to take a trip when she graduates in June.
- April 19, 2012 at 1:59 PM
- ever ours said...
i think WE should plan a trip!
- April 19, 2012 at 3:25 PM
- Nina said...
Paris, hands down. It's my most favorite place in the world. Bf and I are hoping to make it to Italy this year...really hope it happens. :)
- April 19, 2012 at 5:14 PM
- Akiko said...
Spent time in India for a month sounds wonderful! Greatest place I've ever been to is definitely Greece islands (Mykonos and Santorini)! I wish I can go back there again :) p.s. I always enjoy reading your post. You're a great writer!! xo akiko
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- April 19, 2012 at 11:19 PM
- Shoko said...
Fitz, how exciting! There's no place like NY :)
Lydia, YES! That would be so much fun!
Akiko, so nice of you - thank you. Greece sounds awesome; I'd LOVE to go someday!
- April 20, 2012 at 10:40 PM
- Jenna said...
hi shoko! I did look into voluntourism a couple years ago, but completely forgot about it. I'll have to look back into it, farming in NZ sounds pretty amazing :) I'm trying to decide between finding my perfect job niche & traveling. it's a tough one!
btw just stumbled upon this book, we should probably get this! http://www.newhighmart.com/shop/item/1852/Getting-Out-Your-Guide-to-Leaving-America/
- April 23, 2012 at 10:15 AM
- Shoko said...
That looks like such a cool book. Yes, we do need it! :) And I know what you mean about deciding between work and travel - it's a toughie. I'm right there with you!
- April 23, 2012 at 5:47 PM
- Cassie @ WittyTitleHere.com said...
Love your blog! And I totally feel you on the wanderlust. Constantly, in fact. Sadly, I have never been overseas. Though I had intended on traveling to Europe a couple of years ago, I let my plans fall by the wayside because I had no one who was able to go with me. Do you NEED someone to go with you? Of course not. (You're obviously proof of that.) But I'd so much rather do it that way. Clearly, I need the motivation that comes with a travel buddy, too.
- April 23, 2012 at 8:29 PM
- Shoko said...
Cassie, thank you! And I know how you feel - having a travel buddy is awesome and I often wished I had one when I was alone. It's so fun to share a life-changing experience with a friend. Keep me updated on your travels when they do happen - I'd love to hear about them!
- April 23, 2012 at 11:53 PM
- Monica L. Shulman said...
I loved reading this. I did something similar to you in that I went to study abroad alone and figured I would just meet people when I got there...and I did and it was amazing.
There is nothing like travel. It opens your mind and rejuvenates your spirit. I feel like a new person when I'm away, trying new foods, smelling new smells, seeing something I could only imagine in my dreams. You can read all about a place and see photos but until you are there - I remember the first time I walked inside Notre Dame the smell and the cold of all that stone was overwhelming. Speaking of Paris, it is one of my favorite cities to visit. There is just so much history - it's like the city is haunted and every corner has something new to be discovered.
Every place that I've traveled has been special for a different reason. We went to Thailand and Cambodia almost 5 years ago and it was one of the most intense experiences of my life. Seeing a place like Angkor Wat and trying to imagine how they built that...I can't wrap my head around it.
- April 24, 2012 at 2:44 PM
- marketa anna medas said...
really favourite one is Prague:) i love to travel, so everywhere where i was had a wonderfull memories:)
- April 30, 2012 at 4:54 PM
- Jocy said...
I really loved Mongolia and its expanse. It was a very magical trip. And just that region of the world is so fascinating to me - I liked Kazakhstan. I loved western China.
- May 17, 2012 at 5:02 AM
- Jocy said...
Oh, and Italy - it's been nearly 10 years since I've been and I am still haunted by images there. And Burma - I love Burma.
- May 17, 2012 at 5:03 AM


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If there's such a thing as an old-fashioned billboard going viral, it's happened to a poster ad showing a U.S. soldier and a Muslim woman embracing.
After weeks of slowing traffic on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, the billboard is now up in downtown Chicago, where cars honk and passersby stop to stare.
But there will be no similar sensation in New York City.
Clear Channel, citing "community standards" at a site not far from the Ground Zero memorial to the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks, refused to let the photo run on its billboard at Times Square. An ad agency could not find other billboard owners willing to display the controversial image near the spot where the illuminated ball slowly drops every New Year's Eve to a throng at Broadway and Seventh Avenue.
The place where most people have seen the billboard is online. With widely divergent responses ranging from praise for its diversity to derisive and, at times, disturbing anti-Islam slurs, the striking photo has sparked thousands of digital postings, tweets, comments, Facebook entries and other expressions in the Internet universe.
The billboard, which advertises an anti-snoring device made by a California company, shows a soldier in an Army camouflage uniform with an American flag patch on his right shoulder and a black beret on his head. His left arm is draped around the shoulders of a woman wearing a black niqab headdress that reveals only her eyes. Her left hand is on his chest, a wedding band on her ring finger.
Next to the couple is the product name SnoreStop, with the slogan, "Keeping you together," beneath. The Twitter hashtag #betogether floats alongside the soldier's beret in the billboard's left corner.
William Andres, an Iraq war veteran who now lives in Clinton, Ill., believes that the billboard's message is important, and he reached out to the company to applaud its efforts
"It brings to life some of the issues Muslims face here in America," Andres told McClatchy. "A lot of people associate Muslims with terrorists. They have the wrong idea."
Andres, though, knows from personal experience how raw the billboard is for some Americans, even as others celebrate its bridging of cultures.
After six years of Air Force service, the senior airman left the military in 2006 and took a job with a security contractor in the Middle East. In Dubai, he began dating an Iranian woman named Negar; they married in August 2011 and have an 18-month-old daughter.
While most of their relatives and families have welcomed their union, Andres said they field a lot of questions in a small Midwestern town where he said a Christian war veteran with an Islamic Persian woman "is kind of an oddity."
Andres can handle curiosity. He has no patience for is the kind of hostility he's seen expressed online in response to the SnoreStop photo.
"As a veteran, I'm one of the most patriotic people I know," Andres said. "But in no way, shape or form is that billboard offensive to military veterans or to the fallen individuals of the Sept. 11 attacks."
McClatchy emailed, tweeted or called a dozen people who'd criticized the billboard, some of them in overtly racist terms, but none responded.
A typical negative comment, posted on the company's website at snorestop.com, reads: "If you were the LAST company on F------ EARTH , I would not buy from you. I hope a Muslim cuts your head off."
A positive comment reads: "I am a lesbian, been with my partner for 33 years now, and it is so nice to see an ad with diversity, and making it OK. Thank you so much!!!"
Ibrahim Hooper, national communications director for the American-Muslim Council, an Islamic civil rights group in Washington, said the billboard has evoked a fascinating mix of reactions in his religious and ethnic community.
"Those who support it see it as a Muslim soldier and his wife and say, 'What could be wrong with that?'" Hooper said. "Those who are critical view it as an exploitation of the shock value of seeing this juxtaposition of a soldier and a Muslim woman. We're choosing to take the most positive interpretation of the ad."
Hooper, though, cited a sad irony: A number of people he's heard from express a kind of reverse discrimination. They assume that the soldier is not a Muslim, even though there are many Caucasian Muslims in the United States and some 7,000 declared Muslims in the U.S. military, with the actual number believed to be higher.
Christian de Rivel, marketing director for SnoreStop, based in Camarillo, Calif., northwest of Los Angeles, came up with the idea for the billboard.
"We want to show that we are embracing diversity," he said. "We wanted something unique. This is the ultimate diversity."
Aseel Machi wrote a deeply critical opinion column about the billboard last month for the Guardian newspaper in London. Machi said very few Muslim women wear the full headdress depicted in the ad.
"SnoreStop did not stop at profiling and stereotyping what a Muslim woman looks like, they placed her in the arms of an American soldier," she wrote. "As an Iraqi, when I see a man dressed in camouflage and matching hat with a Muslim woman in his arms, I think of the atrocities committed against not only men, but women and children during the brutal years of 'democracy and liberation' that ravaged my country on the whims of U.S. and international forces."
Machi added: "Women and girls – some as young as 15 – reportedly raped by soldiers between 2003 and 2004 may have something to say about this billboard."
Army Sgt. Paul Evans has a response to such vitriol: Chill.
Evans, 24, is an aspiring actor and National Guard soldier who is the real-life model shown in the billboard. He deeply supports its message, also partly based on personal experience.
When Evans was attending the Marion Military Institute five years ago in his native Alabama, he fell in love with a young black woman. He was stunned by the backlash their relationship sparked, starting with deep disapproval from his parents. While they came around, eventually inviting her home to a Thanksgiving dinner, the experience stayed with Evans, and he jumped at the chance to portray the soldier in the billboard.
"I'm really all about diversity," Evans told McClatchy. "I've had to deal with problems with discrimination a lot."
Evans said he's gotten mainly positive feedback from U.S. men and women in uniform from around the globe, and from Muslims in the Middle East and elsewhere.
After a drill last month at Marine Corps Camp Pendleton near San Diego, Evans' commanding officer called him aside. Evans said he feared the lieutenant colonel would reprimand him over the billboard, but instead the commander extended his hand and congratulated him. The colonel declined a McClatchy interview request.
Army Capt. Will Martin, a spokesman for the California National Guard, said his closest friend when he served in Iraq in 2009 and 2010 was a Sunni Muslim. He said the billboard delivers an important message in one of the country's most diverse states.
"Last year we were the first (state) National Guard to intentionally reach out to the gay and lesbian community by placing recruiters at some of the (Gay) Pride events throughout the state," Martin said. "We understand that diversity is a big part of this state."
At the same time, Martin said, Evans' superior officers counseled him that he had pushed up against Army regulations restricting U.S. military endorsements of commercial products.
The young woman in the billboard, also 24, is Lexy Panterra, an aspiring singer who attended Sacramento High School in California and now lives in Los Angeles. She's the daughter of an Iranian immigrant and a native Caucasian mother of European descent.
Like Evans, Panterra (her stage name) actively supports the idea behind the billboard.
"I want everyone to be equal and respected," she said. "People shouldn't be separated so much. Everyone should be with whoever they want to be with."
Panterra said she occasionally attended church with her mother as a child, but is not especially observant now of Christianity or Islam. Her father, she said, loves the billboard.
"He tells me I'm a Muslim," she said. "He says I was born Muslim."