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NPR, Settlements, and Objective American JournalismPosted in Posts on 03/19/2010 11:33 pm by Laila El-Haddad
OK I need to get this off my chest. So I'm listening to NPR the other day on my way back from Yousuf's school (note to self: don't listen to NPR's coverage of the Middle East, even when there is nothing else on).
They had a piece on on the "settlement row" in Occupied East Jerusalem, as though this were suddenly some new issue that is threatening to "derail efforts to get back on track" (what track? and where is it headed? the train analogies never cease).
Their reporter in Jerusalem, Lourdes Garcia-Navarro, then proceeds to take us with her on a journey to the settlement colony in question, and describes it as a "tranquil" place on a lovely hilltop, the settlers as simply facing a "housing crunch". She then goes on to speak to a calm, American-accented settler who says he is oblivious to all that's going on around him, that it really doesn't matter, they just want to be able to accommodate the increasing numbers of Orthodox Jews in their "neighborhood". By contrast, she says, in the West Bank there is "violence" again as "angry" protesters take to the streets hurling stones. We aren't told why. We don't get a chance to hear from any of them. The next day, the NPR anchor sums up the developments in one sentence: "more violence in the Middle East".
I was seething listening to this piece, more than usual, and immediately Joe Sacco's words about "objectivity as practiced in American journalism" being unhelpful, non-educational, unfair came to mind. If I was an "average Joe" (what happened to him?) my take-away from this piece would be: Those angry violent Palestinians, always up in arms about something. So violent. Those poor calm settlers who just want to live in peace and expand out of their cramped quarters.
I would not learn that in fact the settlements are illegal by international law and they they will create an uninterrupted stretch of Jewish-only housing and amenities between the eastern sector of the city and two West Bank settlement blocs.
I would be given no context as to why the settlements are strategically located on hilltops nor of the assaulted lives of occupied Palestinians ghettoized around them.
That the Palestinians in East Jerusalem have extreme difficulty obtaining building permits from Israeli authorities; that after a few years of being away from the city-for studying for example abroad, their residency permits are yanked and they are no longer considered city residents; have no rights to live there.
That up to 25% of housing units in Israeli settlements are actually empty.
That the unlawful appropriation of Palestinian land for Israeli settlements and "bypass" roads connecting the settlements, and of crucial resources such as water, has had a devastating impact on the local Palestinian population.
That the settlements are funded by the Israeli government, and by American taxpayers; that colonists who choose to live there are given housing subsidies.
But what does it matter to NPR? After all, we got a supposedly "objective" report, and that's the important thing. Hmm.


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Post subject: Anyone interested in doing a Halloween cross-promotion?
Here's my thought: For Halloween, several comic creators collaborate to each have a page of their characters dressed as someone else's characters.
My thought in more detail:
Anyone interested in participating would draw their characters dressed as the characters from one other participating comic, display this on their main page on the last week of October (as close to Halloween as their regular schedule is) and provide a link to the comic their characters as dressed from. Mention that another comic has a picture of people dressed as your characters, and encourage the readers to find it. The participating comics would be arranged in a loop so if readers just keep following the links they'll get back to where they started. Or possibly multiple loops if we have plenty of people participating.
I think it would be something fun for both creators and readers, and is a good way to cross-promote our comics to each other.
First I must ask how many people would be interested, and then we'll go from there.
If there's a lot of people who want to participate we would want to randomly assign the comics, but I'm not going to worry about that until I think there is enough to worry about.
UPDATE: A couple ground rules, though they should be apparent.
-The characters in your comic MUST have an established regular appearance. If your characters just wear modern clothes and they change their outfits each day, then how can anyone recognize that someone is dressed as them?
-Post your page in the same place a normal comic page appears, not in your blog or your news. If this is a problem for you, we can work out other solutions, but you need to make sure your readers know that you've made a special Halloween page, and many readers do not read your blurbs.
UPDATE: We've finished picking assignments for this event. If you wanted to join in late, you still can, but I can't promise anything.
Basically, I would send out a message to everyone participating that you would like to join. If anyone is willing to give up the comic they picked so you could do that one, (and they do your comic,) then you can participate. If no one is willing though, then you can't join.
If you want to see who is participating, you can see that here:
Here's a FAQ made from questions that nobody actually asked.
How distinct do my characters need to be? What if my characters just have really unique hairstyles?
There's no exact guideline for this, so you'll have to decide for yourself. I would suggest trying to imagine how your characters would look if they dressed as each other. Would your readers be able to tell both who they are AND who they are dressed as? I don't want to exclude any comics here, but this is just a matter or courtesy to whoever is supposed to dress up their characters as yours.
What is my Halloween page supposed to look like? Is it supposed to be a full and regular comic page?
This is entirely up to you. You could have it be a full comic page, or you could just post some images of your characters dressed up. Whatever works best for the style and theme of your comic. I would recommend a splash page of your characters gathered for a cast party, like Bob and George did for holiday fillers. Your characters can exchange a few entertaining quips so the page feels like more than filler, but you don't have to do as much work as full page.
What day do I need to post this Halloween page on?
We've been stating that you should post it on whatever day you normally update on, (in the last week of October,) and if you post on multiple days then post on the day closest to Halloween. Logically, there is a problem with this because some people will post their page before the ring is complete. Once we have a better idea of who will be participating we'll take a quick poll of what day people will be posting on, so if anyone wants to post their comic on a different day than they normally do, we will know what day would be best.
Where should I place my Halloween comic?
This should appear in the same place as your regular comic, NOT in the blurb or news section. (Not everybody reads those, and part of this is about sharing readers.) If you don't want a filler comic interrupting your regular story, I would simply remind you that you can delete the post after a few weeks to keep your archives clean. Also, you could add the Halloween comic to the bottom of your regular page.
Remember: many people use special sites/apps for reading their comics which do NOT take them to the main page, but the comic's archive page, so they never see your news posts.
But I REALLY don't want to post my Halloween page in the main comic. What else can I do?
How about you extend your regular comic page just a little, and put an extra panel on the bottom where a character directly tells the reader to check out a special Halloween comic in the blog below. Readers won't miss that. For added fun, use a character who has died in your comic. Make him appear as a zombie.
You can later re-upload that page without the extra panel to preserve your archive's continuity.
What if I don't have a regular "blurb" section beneath my individual comic? How do I prompt my readers to find the other participating comics?
Add some text to the comic image itself that prompts the reader to find the other comics. (Have one of your characters talk to the readers if you want!) But please at least have a news section where you can post a link to the next comic.
If you don't have either a news or a blurb section, there are ways to add text into the site itself, so just ask for help if you need it.
What happens if I say that I'm going to participate, but then I don't make my Halloween comic in time?
I have an army of trained rabid squirrels. They will find you. They will bite your knees.
Can I participate if my comic is NSFW?
Yes. We already have a couple NSFW comics participating, and I would really like it if we had enough NSFW and SFW comics that we could separate them into two different rings.
In case we do not get enough comic to separate the NSFW comics, we have a simple rule: Your Halloween comic must be work-safe, and you must provide a work-safe landing page that includes your link to the next comic in the ring. THIS INCLUDES ADS AND OTHER PROMOTIONAL MATERIALS. If you cannot provide a safe landing page for readers to see your Halloween page, then you cannot participate unless we get more NSFW comics. (So, contact other NSFW comics and ask them to participate.)
If you are linking to a NSFW comic, when do so, you must state that the comic is NSFW, and that the particular page you are linking to IS safe for work, so if they just want to see the next comic they can do so.
I have other friends who make webcomics. Can I invite them to participate?
Sure! It's an open invitation to all webcomics (so long as they have characters that people can dress up as) and this is not limited to only the webcomic communities where I have posted this message.
How do you intend to divide who dressed up as whose characters?
That will come down to how many participating comics we have. If we have smaller numbers we can just be civil about it and pick amongst ourselves. If we get a lot of people participating then we'll start dividing into separate rings according things like what day they will post and age-appropriateness. If this gets crazy-big then I may have to write a program to randomly assign people to smaller rings.
I want to delete my filler page from the regular archive. When should I do this?
Please keep your Halloween comic visible for at least two weeks, and preferably through all of November. When you do drop it from your archives, please share the Halloween page in the blurb for a nearby page, or in an "extras" section on your site. Remember, some people may be keeping their Halloween page in their regular archives, so someone might be directing their new readers to your site for years to come. It would be nice to extend that same courtesy on some level.
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I'll join in.
I know Terry's hair is kind of confusing so if someone wants to dress their character as one of my others, that won't hurt my feelings. (But I'd love to see someone dressed like him if you're willing, haha.)
The loop may be a bit complicated depending on update schedules though. Like if someone posts their update, but the people they're linking to don't have theirs up yet. Some readers may check it out at the right time, but it may be lost to the bulk of them.
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Posted: Sun Oct 06, 2013 1:59 am
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I totally want to do this, and I have a character that could totally pull of Terry for realz. Halloween is far from my regular schedule but I want to play, and I have an idea on how to make it happen. Could both my webcomics participate?
Also, could you announce this event here:
I am sure a few people there might be interested in participating.
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Posted: Sun Oct 06, 2013 6:33 am
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Could both my webcomics participate?
Gosh, that's something I hadn't thought about.
How many of your readers don't read both of your comics? And do you have characters shared between both of your comics?
I'm leaning toward asking you to pick just one unless we get a lot of people involved.
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I'll pick Barxotka then, since I actually do the art for it, usually.
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Posted: Sun Oct 06, 2013 6:56 pm
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Sounds fun! Where do I sign?
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Sounds fun! Where do I sign?
Great! Glad to have you!
I sent out some personal requests to a few comics; Modest Medusa will be participating.
Never heard of that Webcomic Underdogs site before; I'll be checking it out shortly.
I want to get everything set up by the 13th (Sunday) so everyone has two weeks to draw their comic. (Though I suspect most of us are used to cutting things closer than that.
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WU is a nice community. I think it will be a good place to announce this.
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When I posted the event on WU, I decide to add a list of FAQs just to add some clarity. But as it turns out, a couple of these items were brought up by other people, so I've added the FAQs to this thread as well.
(Even though pretty much everybody here is also on that forum.)
I've added it to the first post, you you can just scroll up and take a look if you want.
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Woo halloween celebration count college munchies in on this.
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On Saturday, when we have a pretty good fix on who is going to be participating, we'll start picking our assignments. (It doesn't look like we'll have too many, so I would hope we can all be civil about it and just pick assignments for ourselves.)
What I'm asking everyone to do in the meantime though, is to find some good references of what your characters look like. This is just a matter of courtesy so people don't have to spend a lot of time going through someone's archives trying to find an image that isn't just a tosro. You know your own comic, so you know where the good pics are. You may also have nice images on another page or Deviant Art or etc. So when you have some time this week, please copy down the web addresses to pages that show what a character looks like. Good full-body shots of what they wear, detail shots on unique features, etc. Think about not just your main characters but also secondary characters that might be fun to dress someone as. Find as many as you would want if you were trying to draw that character. Copy all these links into a text file or such. (And it would be really nice if your organized them according to what character they show.) Once we pick our assignments you'll send this list to whoever is dressing up as your characters.
Alternatively, if you have good reference pics that you don't have posted online but are willing to send to someone, you could send these (or just ask if they want them, especially if you have a lot.)
If you have a good picture of your whole cast or a few pages that show a lot of your characters, (even if not to full detail,) please send me links to those. Here's why: When it comes time for people to pick what comic to have their characters dressed as, it would be best for people to make some informed decisions. There might be a comic with some characters that would be perfect for your characters, but you've never read that comic before. Before we choose our assignments, I'd like to be able to have some good images for each comic so people know what some of its characters are. If you could find a small selection of images (please no more than three) that showcase a number of your characters (with enough visible to get the idea of what they might be wearing, not just faces,) and please send me these links. When it comes time to pick, I will paste these links next to each comic name so people know what kind of characters each comic has.
Please send me these links before Saturday.
If you're willing to make a quick collage image of several of your characters, that would be fantastic and I can just link to that.
That is all at this time; thank you.
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Posted: Sat Oct 12, 2013 7:38 am
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I sent out PMs to everyone to make sure we get a quick response, but just in case my brilliant plan failed, here's what I said:
I've put together the list of all the comics who said they'd like to participate, and it's time for everyone to pick what comic they will have their characters dressed up as.
I don't want to force people to sign up for a forum account to stake their claim, but we DO need a single location to work through this. So I have decided to create a special page on my site so we can just post comments without having to create accounts. It's a bit tacky and unprofessional, I'll admit that, but the alternative is to build a whole new site. I have changed my comment settings so all comments will get automatically approved; hopefully the spam filters will hold up.
The page has a list of all the participating comics; just post a comment to state which comic you'd like to dress your characters as. Details are on the page itself.
Here's the page:
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We've finished picking assignments for this event. If you wanted to join in late, you still can, but I can't promise anything.
Basically, I would send out a message to everyone participating that you would like to join. If anyone is willing to give up the comic they picked so you could do that one, (and they do your comic,) then you can participate. If no one is willing though, then you can't join.
If you want to see who is participating, you can see that here:
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It was shocking news to some members of the over-25 crowd to learn that users of SnapChat, the self-destructing photo-sharing app, enjoy the app for purposes other than sexting.
Shocking it may be, but the evidence is mounting. It appears that many SnapChatters often use the service just to send silly pictures to friends without fear that they will be added to the sender's permanent digital records. Makes perfect sense to me — mullets were practically part of the uniform for my suburban New Jersey high school soccer team in 1987, and I'm sure glad photos from that era aren't littering my Facebook Timeline.
(From Survata blog.)
But that's not really what interests me most about SnapChat. Faithful readers: You know I have a one-track mind, and SnapChat has me thinking about online advertising — specifically the sorry state of online ad rates.
In 2008 Jeff Zucker, CEO of NBC at the time, made famous a line about "broadcast dollars" becoming "digital pennies," a quip that captures the phenomenon by which advertisers pay a fraction of traditional-media CPMs for the website version of the same content. A few years later Google chief economist Hal Varian wrote a post that touched on similar issues and their relationship to the newspaper business. In 2010, when he wrote it, he observed that while the Internet has been a boon to news consumption — more people read news, and more of us do so everyday — there's one aspect of our news-reading that's gone very much in the wrong direction: The amount of attention we pay to news when we read it online. We spend only 70 seconds per day reading news online; back when we got our news in a paper format, it was 25 minutes per day.
If we're only fractionally engaged with online content, then, it's logical that advertisers value online ads at pennies on the dollar.
Part of the explanation for our digital distractedness is the wealth — overabundance?! — of content choices online. But the more significant explanation, I think, is that digital content is inevitably archived and easily searchable. We graze and skim through content now because we know we can go back later, when we will have more time to actually pay attention. Tag it #longreads, push it to Instapaper, or leave open another tab in your browser. Then you can go back later and give it a really thorough read.
I don't know about you, but I was always much better at pushing stories to Instapaper than I was at actually reading them later. And then I stopped using it altogether.
SnapChat doesn't have this problem. According to Yale computer scientist (and former FourSquare software engineer) Sean Haufler:
Snapchat's time limits make snaps more engaging…. since every message has a time limit, users are present when opening snaps. Snapchat attracts its users' full attention since they have only a few seconds to capture the details of each message. This engagement makes the experience more satisfying — it feels like a real conversation.
Kind of like live sports or other major TV events, or a magazine story that everyone's talking about right now. (Or a feature in a live magazine.) What's the point in watching on your DVR when you know who wins or that
Matthew Crawford has already met his untimely death something really big happened last week on Downton Abbey? If you care about that game or that show or the cultural conversation that references them, you need to watch it live and pay attention when you do. That's programming that demands our engagement, and thus it's highly valued by advertisers.
Advertisers certainly aren't going to pay more because your private exchange is more programmatic than your competitor's. But they almost certainly will if you can find a way — through rich, unique and timely content — to capture reader attention for more than a few seconds every time the engage with your digital product.


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Thinking Like a Software Company: Some Thoughts on Mobile, eWallets and Where We're GoingShareThis
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I caught a look at this article from BankInnovation about Bank of America's mobile users. Recently, BofA Senior VP Marc Warshawsky disclosed that the number of mobile logins to their electronic banking services outnumbered the "online" logins (that is, from a personal computer) for the first time. Apparently, BofA customers can't get enough of the megabank's mobile apps. Warshawsky had a few words for how to manage mobile as smartphone penetration increases.
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How should banks approach mobile? "Think like a software company," Warshawsky said. But he added a word of caution to developers: "Not everything is the right thing to do for customers just because you can do it."
A sharp observation. But I wonder what he means by "think like a software company", especially when software companies aren't really "companies" these days - some are just a handful of developers, or even one developer, working remotely to make an app. Hard for a company as large as BofA to tell other large institutions that the key to success is thinking small and light, don't you think?
To try and expand on this very small soundbite and think it out a bit, I made some notes. Tell me if you agree or not:
Step 1: Function first, form second, platform third
If I were a developer, I would want to create a product first and foremost. What's the pain I'm trying to salve over with this app? Marco Arment, creator of Instapaper, had a single goal in mind: make articles easy to read when you're able to read them. He worked hard to create the code that would strip out all the ads from an article and present the information in a way that was easy on the eyes (Instapaper makes it easy to adjust brightness and font size - great for guys like me who love their iPad and hate having to find their glasses). He then brought that to bear on the iPhone, the Kindle, the computer monitor, the iPad...and now that he's sold a majority stake to BetaWorks, you'll likely see the app on every platform out there. But what makes it worth the time and money? Simple - it does one thing well on the back end and presents it beautifully on the front end, no matter which "front end" you're using.
Step 2: Change is good, and necessary, and (relatively) easy
There's a world of difference between the "software" we were used to in the 90's and early 00's and the "apps" we can't live without today. "Software" was a big, branded box of discs and booklets and download codes. Want to update that software? You need another box and another authenticity code and another set of booklets. And, most likely, you'll wait five years.
"Apps" live in our little icon squares and update every few weeks...maybe every few days. When developers find bugs or want to push updates, it happens quickly and, typically, efficiently. Adobe's taken note of this - their super-expensive and super-sought-after Creative Suite is going subscription, meaning updates and changes will be pushed automatically - no more buying upgrades to CS packages. Don't be afraid to upgrade your mobile offering when the time comes and be sure to focus on bug reports, breaks and user feedback.
Step 3: Find new ways to simplify and specialize
Malauzai, our mobile app partner for our My Virtual StrongBox app, has made a few headlines recently thanks to their common-sense approach to app development. River City FCU has a high number of Spanish-speaking members. The solution? A multi-lingual app that can serve both English- and Spanish-speaking markets effectively. Users complained about having to enter login credentials to check a balance. The solution? An app that will display balances and recent transactions without logging in but requires a full login for transactions. Simple, compliant, effective.
Our own app's got some smart problem-solving features, too. Some folks don't have scanners and want to make electronic copies of paper documents. Solution? Take a picture with your iPad's camera app and it stores the image in your online safe deposit space. Simple!
Step 4: Always be closing...er, opening, that is.
Warshawsky warns against overwhelming users with too much functionality in an app. While you may not want to jam every possible user action into your mobile app, you should definitely leave yourself open to opportunity. If a member checks in three times a day, how can you be sure they'll be seeing what they "should be" seeing? That is, how can you make certain that when a member's ready to move on a home loan or an auto loan, they think of you first? Better get smart about giving people clear paths to a deeper relationship.
Apps are a way to keep current and bring mobile convenience to members. They are, however, just another mile-marker on the road to mobile dominance in our culture. What happens when that much-discussed "mobile wallet" hits the member's hands? Are you going to be an important player, or an obstacle to progress? How can you be sure you won't be left behind?
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In a documentary well timed to coincide with the arrival of "Frost/Nixon" — among the most critically lauded movies in Ron Howard's filmography — Richard Schickel accompanies the actor-director on a nostalgic stroll through his portfolio, following in the footsteps of "Spielberg on Spielberg" and "Scorsese on Scorsese." With 19 features to his credit, Howard lacks quite the body of work of those directors, which perhaps explains why it's not "Howard on Howard" but rather a salute of the 54-year-old director for "50 Years in Film," dating back to his days as a child star. Told entirely in Howard's own words, it's an interesting but antiseptic affair.
Howard begins by talking about becoming a child actor and learning to appreciate the collaborative aspects of filmmaking on "The Andy Griffith Show," a role that briefly threatened to constrain him (Opie!) as he grew into more adult roles and eventually directing.
Schickel's approach gently probes filmmakers about their craft without deviating much from a standard film school lecture, even though Howard notes that his education came from "the Roger Corman School of Popular Cinema," as he made his feature helming debut for Corman on "Grand Theft Auto" in 1977.
Howard has a habit of describing how each movie was "born" — attributing "Parenthood," for example, to a 17-hour flight from Los Angeles to Buenos Aires with his children, or "The Paper" to a high school interest in journalism. Schickel fastidiously avoids any discussion of where the director's work may have disappointed, which is unfortunate. Howard has demonstrated himself to be genial enough to address the less than entirely flattering response to, say, "The Da Vinci Code," but here he's mostly limited to explaining that "Far and Away" was an attempt to replicate "It Happened One Night" or musing about working with Russell Crowe.
Equally intriguing are the Howard movies omitted from the edited chat, which include "Gung Ho," "The Missing" and "How the Grinch Stole Christmas."
Mostly, these TCM documentaries exist to create themed programming blocks, in this case a bit haphazardly paired with the aforementioned "Grand Theft Auto," "A Beautiful Mind" and "The Journey," a 1959 movie in which the young Howard co-starred with Yul Brynner and Deborah Kerr.
Strictly as a film historian, Schickel contributes insight into a director's mind, and the clips are meticulously chosen. In terms of penetrating Howard's cinematic "Cocoon," though, this "Splash"-free exercise remains pretty "Paper" thin.


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The Rainforest Rapids Amusement Park is an ultimate combo jumper! The centerpiece of this party jungle is the Zulu bouncer, an 8' x 8' Jumping Paradise. Climb the cliffs of Zulu to enter either of mega slides, and escape into the Tiki Lagoon. The Rainforest Rapids may be used wet or dry.As with all of our bounce houses, blowing it up was incredibly easy. Here are all of the parts that come with The Rainforest Rapids. The cute kid is not included - he was just anxiously waiting to bounce.
Simply unfold the bounce house and hook it up to the blower. After turning the blower on, it is up and ready for play in about a minute.
The size of The Rainforest Rapids is fantastic for birthday parties. Three kids can bounce, two more can be going down the slides, while three more can play in the splash area. The bounce area is 8'x8' and the two larger slides are both 8' tall. As you can see below, it can be used with or without water. While it will be great with water for summer parties, it will also work well for parties during cooler months. It isn't as easy getting down the slides without water, but my kids had a blast.
When using it with water, simply Velcro the clear hose into place and hook up to a water hose. This is the back of the unit.
Each of the larger slides has a "waterfall" that simply Velcros into place.
I adore the fact that the "ladder" is on the inside so the kids don't have to get out and go around back which would get grass and dirt everywhere.
It has two footholds and handles on each slide so that kids can easily climb up.
The bounce house is really safe. The entire bounce pad is enclosed and the opening can be closed with the Velcro. The top of the slides also have netting.
The Rainforest Rapids have provided my kids with hours of fun already. It keeps them cool and they can use other water toys to play in the splash area. My daughter loves using buckets and they both like to roll balls up and down the slide. Evan was throwing a ball with my husband in this picture.
We have been playing with our new bounce house for the past few weeks and I've only had one issue with it. If the splash area was larger, this would be the perfect unit. When kids come down the slide, water splashes forward and since it isn't larger, the water goes right onto the ground. The splash area on the Pirates Bay Inflatable Play Park is much larger, so the water stays in and the kids can slide out more.
Here is a short video of my kids playing on the Rainforest Rapids so that you can see it in action.
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Jaden Smith isn't seeking emancipation from his parents, because Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith already treat him as independent. In a new interview with Haute Living, Will explains his and Jada's approach to parenting, and how filming After Earth with his son brought them closer together.
"My style of parenting is very similar to that of my parents, minus the concept of ownership. I think that, specifically in African American households, the idea coming out of slavery, there's a concept of your children being property and that was a major part that Jada and I released with our kids," Will, 44, tells the magazine. "We respect our children the way we would respect any other person. Things like cleaning up their room. You would never tell a full-grown adult to clean their room, so we don't tell our kids to clean their rooms." (Will is also father to son Trey, 20, from a previous relationship, and daughter Willow, 12, with wife Jada, 41.)
Instead, the parents frame the chore to their children in a different way. "We tell our kids 'you don't have a room, that's our room and we are letting you borrow it,'" he explains. "So the same way you would say to an adult if you let them use your car, you say, 'Yo man, clean my car! Don't drive around all filthy like that!' And it's perfectly reasonable for you to want an adult to clean your car, so we feel it's perfectly reasonable to ask our kids to clean the rooms that we are letting them use."
As for Will's recent joke that Jaden, 14, was seeking emancipation, the Men in Black actor reiterates that it was just a joke. "He is definitely not going anywhere; he is so scared of being out on his own, he says. "Willow is probably going to be emancipated before Jaden!"
In fact, Will and Jaden are closer than ever. They play a father and son fighting for survival in the new sci-fi film, After Earth, and Will says it was a bonding experience. (The two first played father and son in the 2006 drama The Pursuit of Happyness, which was Jaden's acting debut.)
"He was seven years old in The Pursuit of Happyness, he is 14 now," Will explains. "There's something really powerful about a 13-year-old going out to learn how to hunt with his father. I consider myself a warrior, and I'm a Samurai teaching my son how to fight, how to love, just really helping him develop in a young man. It was our version of a bromitzvah!"
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Assault rifles are WMDs; ban or control them all… Obama's proposals were just too ready-packaged
Assault rifles are WMDs; ban or control them all
To the editor,
Our nation is at an historic point. We may now be able to do something about some of the factors that make us the nation with the most firearm murders, by a factor of nearly 10-to-1, among the world's stable democratic nations. There are a multitude of factors that contribute to this violence and many were addressed by President Obama, both through what he plans to do by executive order and what he is asking Congress to do. I urge all citizens to support him.
I am not a gun owner. However, I respect the right of hunters to own rifles and shotguns, and the right of citizens who feel that they need a pistol for self-protection. I believe these rights are what the framers of the Constitution had in mind when they passed the Second Amendment. I do not believe they would have been in favor of assault rifles and multiple cartridge magazines. These weapons are not made for hunting or self-protection. They are instruments of war. They were designed for the military, not ordinary citizens. I do not see where these weapons have a place in a civilized society. They need to be at least closely controlled if not banned outright.
As I mentioned, the problem of civil violence is multifaceted. But, controlling or banning these weapons of mass destruction would be a step in the right direction. For the sake of our nation, especially the children, I ask that you join the forces of reason and write to your congressional representative asking for support of President Obama's efforts and not believe the minority opinion voiced by the NRA.
Hank Cetola
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To the editor,
Isn't it amazing how on Jan. 15, Joe Biden told Obama his task force's recommendations to curb gun violence, and then the very next day the president holds a press conference stating that he has come up with TWENTY THREE executive orders concerning gun control? In 24 hours or less he came up with 23 executive orders! That is truly amazing. How in the world did he do that?
Maybe Joe's task force was just window dressing, and the plan of gun control action had been set in motion before the task force was even formed. Could it be that there has been a plan to limit law abiding citizen's guns for some time and they seize on these so called mass shootings to further their agenda? Remember how Rahm Immanuel said that the government should not let a crisis go to waste and use it to implement changes imposed on the citizens?
So far in the 20th and 21st centuries, 290 million people have died of democide. If you don't know what democide is, Google it. It means death by government. It can't happen here though, right?
Wake up America before it's too late.
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MIAMI SHORES, Fla. -- Barry University honored its student-athletes who earned a 4.0 grade point average in the fall term at the homecoming basketball game Wednesday night.
Barry's student-athletes set academic records in the classroom in the fall as all 12 teams had GPAs above 3.0.
"This event was to recognize their efforts and their success, specifically the 4.0 students," said Barry's School of Human Performance and Leisure Sciences Assistant Dean Maritza Ryder, who oversees academic support services for student-athletes.
Members of the school's Executive Committee of Administration, deans and coaches greeted and presented the academic scholar-athletes with their awards.
The students who achieved a 4.0 in the fall were: Billy Atkins (baseball, computer info sciences), Laine Cielena (volleyball, finance), Natalie Diaz (women's soccer, biology), Colette Eule (women's basketball, biology), Sofia, Jakobsson (women's soccer, exercise science), Houghton Kinsman (men's soccer, art), Akemi Maehama (women's tennis, physical education), Jackie Perez (women's basketball, education), Connor Randel (men's soccer, finance), Johnny Rodrigues (men's soccer, finance) and Alex Decker (baseball, sport management).
"We're really, really proud of our student-athletes, and their successes," Ryder said. "This event was held to share and celebrate their successes with the entire Barry community."


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Supermodel Gisele Bundchen and her husband Tom Brady have welcomed a baby daughter, according to reports.
The Brazilian beauty gave birth to a girl named Vivian on Wednesday (05Dec12), reports the Boston Globe.
It is the third child for football star Brady, who also has a two-year-old son named Benjamin with Bundchen and another son John, five, with actress Bridget Moynahan.
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Poteau Main Street Matters Executive Director Keri Powers said she's hoping to see the pocket park on Dewey Street get a facelift. Powers made her remarks at the organization's annual banquet Tuesday at the Reynolds Center.She showed artist renderings of some of the planned improvements, including replacing the concrete flooring of the park with sod and building a stone and brick entry with iron gates that could be locked at night. Among the plans for raising money for the project are selling engraved bricks.Main Street presented several awards to community volunteers during the banquet. Eric Standridge received the Best Main Street Community Public Awareness Project award for developing a walking tour of downtown Poteau.The Junior Main Street Matters program received the Volunteer Development Program awards.Main Street also recognized two "heroes," for their volunteer service to the organization: Randy Bridgman and Darren Wagner.Receiving the award for best downtown promotion was "Trick or Treat Main Street." The award was presented to Main Street vice president Lisa Lewis.Doug Stone, owner of Western Auto, was recognized for having the best façade rehabilitation for the work done to the front of his building, including a new store sign.Vickie's Beauty Boutique was honored for having the best window display.The Best Signage award went to the Witte Street General Store.Tosha Brand, owner of Forever Treasures, was recognized as the Main Street Board Member of the Year.The awards were presented by Main Street President Lisa Peters.


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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - March 21, 2013 --The National Parks Service is celebrating the 50th anniversary of Alcatraz Island's closure as a federal penitentiary with an exhibit of newly discovered photos of the prison's final hours.
The new exhibit opened Thursday on Alcatraz in San Francisco Bay, five decades after the last inmates left the infamous prison that once held the likes of gangsters Al Capone and Mickey Cohen.
Among the visitors marking the occasion was Jim Albright, the last prison guard to leave The Rock in 1963.
Alcatraz started as a fort and became an Army disciplinary barracks before the Bureau of Prisons took it over in 1934 to house some of America's most notorious criminals.
Nine years after the prison closed, Alcatraz became a national park - and one of California's most popular tourist attractions.


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LAKE WALES, Fla. – The Coker men's volleyball team dropped a 3-2 match to the Warner University Royals on Friday (Apr. 4) in men's collegiate volleyball action.
The Royals would come out strong taking the first set 25-14 over Coker. However, the Navy and Yellow would overcome the slow start and convincingly win sets two and three with identical scores of 25-20.
Warner would rally to even the match at 2-all and force a fifth set after capturing the fourth 25-17. The fifth set would be a slugfest as the Cobras and Royals traded points all the way to an 8-8 tie. Warner would then go on a 7-4 run that would secure a 15-12 set victory and ultimately a 3-2 match win for the Royals.
Heading the offense for Coker was Jared Geizer with a match-high 19 kills and eight digs. Luke Hansen recorded a double-double with 13 kills and 13 digs, while Leshon Alexander finished the match with 11 kills, six digs and four blocks. Ricardo Ferrer dished out 45 assists on the night and Cooper Lyon tied Hansen with a team-high 13 digs to lead Coker defensively.
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SF Signal's Mind Melds are often marvelous, but the most recent is my favorite in a long time: a bunch of people answering the question, "LGBT themes and characters have, thankfully, enjoyed an emergence in speculative fiction the past few years, and we'd love to know who some of your favorite LGBT authors, stories, and novels are, and why?"
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NARFE to meet
ROCHESTER — The National Association of Retired Federal Employees Rochester Chapter 1055 will hold its regular monthly luncheon meeting Wednesday, Oct. 10 at 11:30 a.m. at Granite Steak & Grill on Route 11. The program starts at 12:30 p.m., following lunch.
The featured presenter will be the group's own photographer Paul Hopkins. He will feature some of his best shots around the White Mountains, and some selected subjects closer to home.
Harvest Supper in Union
UNION — What a great way to celebrate the fall: the Union Congregational Church's traditional Harvest Supper! It's a great meal, with wonderful fresh vegetables from the garden like potatoes, carrots, beets, butternut squash, and turnip, along with the all-time favorites corned beef and cabbage. Add to that home made rolls, pumpkin and apple pies and Indian pudding and you've got an evening's feast you won't soon forget. Oct. 11 is the date and there are two servings, 5:30 p.m. and 6:15 p.m. No tickets are sold ahead of time and it is on a first come, first served basis, so come early. If the first seating is sold out, you can wait in the church until the second one is ready. The price is $9 for adults and $5 for children.
The church is located at 80 Main St. in the village of Union, just off Route 16. There is plenty of parking in front of the church and across the street at the Grange Hall. For more information, call 522-6713.
Fall foliage hike planned Oct. 6
MIDDLETON — Join Art Slocum, Chair of Moose Mountains Regional Greenways (MMRG), and Forest Society volunteer land stewards, Jason Morris and Scott Lavoice, on Saturday, Oct. 6, for a fall foliage tour of the Moose Mountains Reservation. The hike is scheduled from 10:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. with a stop for lunch. Be prepared for a few steep sections on Phoebe's Nable Mountain and the new Beauty Ledge trail, both of which will greet you at the top with panoramic views of the valley below and mountain ranges beyond.
Slocum is an avid hiker and experienced hike leader for MMRG and the Lakes Region Conservation Trust. Morris and Lavoice know these trails intimately by dint of many hours spent during the past year improving the trails and clearing new view-cuts.
The 2,300 acre Moose Mountains reservation is owned and managed by the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests. It was protected in 2006 through a partnership between MMRG and the Forest Society and the efforts of NH Senators Judd Gregg and John Sununu and Representative Jeb Bradley.
Please bring a bag lunch but no dogs. To preregister and for directions, contact MMRG's Education Coordinator Kari Lygren at (603) 978-7125 or infommrg.info.
Mary Torr DAR Chapter welcomes public, Oct 9
MILTON MILLS — The public is invited to attend a social gathering to meet today's DAR on Tuesday, Oct. 9, from 6 to 8 p.m.
The Mary Torr Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution is a service organization promoting education, historic preservation, and patriotic endeavors through the work of committees functioning at the local, state and national levels. We are a lineage based society open to any woman 18 years or older, regardless of race, religion or ethnic background, who can prove lineal descent from a patriot of the American Revolution.
A cider and cheese party will be held at the home of Regent Catherine Fisher. Please call 473-8645 for more details.
Blessing of the animals in Sanbornville
SANBORNVILLE — The annual Blessing of the Animals to celebrate the Feast of Saint Francis of Assisi will be held at the Episcopal Church of St. John the Baptist, 112 High St., on Sunday, Oct. 7 at a 9:30 a.m. service. Residents of Wakefield and the surrounding communities are invited to bring their restrained pets of all sorts, sizes and shapes to the service and be blessed. Unrestrained and larger animals may come to the church grounds (weather permitting) at 10:30 a.m. to be blessed out doors at the conclusion of the liturgy. This service of Holy Eucharist will feature music and prayers attributed to St. Francis, and a sermon by the Rev. Sue Poulin, Rector of the parish.
St. Francis of Assisi was called the poor man of the Italian city of Assisi. Born in the year 1182, Francis was the son of a wealthy cloth merchant. Francis was brought up in luxury and gaiety, spending much of his youth partying by day and night. As a result of an encounter with God, Francis gave up his old ways and habits and dedicated his life to the service of humanity. Francis became a humble man who felt that all God's creatures were part of his brotherhood - birds, beasts, the depressed and the outcast. He is a model saint of God for all people, regardless of their faith, to admire and emulate.
All creatures great and small are welcome at this festive and unique event at St. John's!
History buffs slate witch program, Oct. 11
ROCHESTER — In October, the month of witches, spooks and ghosts, the Rochester Historical Society will present a program by Ted Michaud on The Witch of New Hampshire. It will be held on Thursday, Oct. 11, at 7 p.m. at the Museum on Hanson Street.
New Hampshire had its share of witches, but only one was ever convicted. Do you know who it was? Come to the Rochester Historical Society Museum and find out more. Vintage Halloween decorations will also be on display. All are welcome to attend. Admission is free and refreshments will follow the program.
For more information please call 330-3099 or email rochesterhistoricalmetrocast.net.
Widowed Support Group to meet Oct. 14
DOVER — The Widowed Support Group will be holding their monthly meeting on Sunday, Oct. 14 at 1:30 p.m. Meetings will be held in Auditoriums 2 and 3 on the second floor of Wentworth-Douglass Hospital, Dover.
After the meeting the group will go to a local restaurant for a pay-as-you-go luncheon.
A Halloween potluck will be held on Oct. 26 at the Center on Niles Court, Dover. Costumes are optional. Call Toni for further details at (603) 742-0208.
The purpose of the organization is to provide support and comfort in coping with the grieving process for any widowed person, male or female, and to help them in the adjustment phase as well as provide social activities for those on the road to recovery. The meetings are open to any widowed person regardless of age, sex, religion, hometown, length of loss or circumstance of death. There is neither a charge to attend nor any membership fees. A freewill contribution is appreciated to help defray the meeting costs.
For further information, please contact President Toni Kretsepes at (603) 742-0208.
Health & Safety Council announces new director and location
DOVER — The Health and Safety Council of Strafford County (HSCSC) relocated this summer, joining a host of organizations sharing co-working space in the mills of Dover at the Collaborative Office Group at One Washington. The HSCSC also announced the hiring of Tory Jennison as executive director.
HSCSC is a nonprofit organization formed in 2003 delivering services and education related to public health, emergency preparedness, and chronic disease prevention throughout Strafford County.
"HSCSC routinely works with community emergency service providers and other agencies to coordinate programming. Joining the Collaborative Office Group was a natural fit for our organization, as collaboration is a cornerstone of our service delivery. I am proud to now lead this organization's critical programming," said Jennison.
The Collaborative Office Group is located on the fourth floor of One Washington Street mills in Suite 457. For more information email infocollaborativeofficegroup.com, or contact HSCSC at (603) 335-0168.
New Beginnings celebrating one year
SOMERSWORTH — Help New Beginnings Thrift Boutique celebrate its one year anniversary on Saturday, Oct. 6, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Join them for food, festivities and special deals.
Donate nonperishable food for the Seeds of Faith food pantry to help fill their Thanksgiving Baskets and receive a 10 percent discount on your entire purchase! Last year Seeds of Faith handed out 700 food boxes, including Thanksgiving and Christmas dinner boxes for 100 low income families in the Greater Seacoast area.
New Beginnings Thrift Boutique is located at 82 High St. in Somersworth. Hours are Tuesday through Saturday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Call them at (603) 841-7041. Their mission is to provide relief to the poor, distressed, and underprivileged; to help and nurture those in need, to feed the hungry, to bring hope to the hopeless, and make a difference one life at a time.
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Stanley Gemmell was born in Puerto Rico, in 1972. His work has appeared in "The Alembic, Providence College Literary Journal", "Melange Journal", "The Rush-Ins Reader", and is forthcoming in "Disquieting Muses". He divides his time between Puerto Rico and the East Coast and performs his poetry live on-stage, sometimes with musical accompaniment.
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bigjimmyauk posted a topic in Ford Mondeo / Vignale ClubCompletely dug out some paint while getting luggage out the car so thought I'd look at getting a bumper protector for the boot. I can not find anything that's fitted plastic. I don't want some flimsy film thing. Funny I'm sure these were 2 a penny but now they are eluding my search. If anyone can help locate one I'd very much appreciate it
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bigjimmyauk replied to bigjimmyauk's topic in Ford Mondeo / Vignale ClubThanks for pointing me in the right direction. I've seen some people online saying it's the water pump but I don't think that's right looking at it. Apparently it's a 15 minute job to do at home. Half tempted to give it a try.
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bigjimmyauk posted a topic in Ford Mondeo / Vignale ClubCar is a 2005 2.0tdci 130ps LX Just noticed the belt in the pics is cracking a little I have no idea what that belt does. Can someone tell me what it is and how much it would likely be to be replaced
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bigjimmyauk replied to bigjimmyauk's topic in Ford Mondeo / Vignale ClubI've got one :) rang them again after stripping it out and gave him the number off the side. He said yep we do this under a fiver including VAT. And your right it's not for a mondeo aparantly for other models but ford have it listed now as a generic ford multi model part . Baffles me how the first guy didn't know anything about AUX sockets.
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bigjimmyauk replied to bigjimmyauk's topic in Ford Mondeo / Vignale ClubPopped it off this morning. It is a genuine ford part but from what vehicle I have no idea. Never seen another mk3 with one in this location
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bigjimmyauk posted a topic in Ford Mondeo / Vignale ClubPicked up a 2005 2.0 tdci with FSH and a lot of history. Got a aux socket next to the gear stick and in the glove box. The one in the glove box works but the one next to the stick is had it plastic has broke and flopping around. Spoke to ford dealer and they are adamant the part don't exist. I just want to replace the socket. Any ideas or part numbers anyone can help with.
Used some rad flush and let it soak for half a day then flushed it backwards and forwards with the hose. Got no end of crud out of there. I got it clear to a stage where I could fill it with water from the top using a funnel when before I started I couldnt even get anything in there at all. I was looking aroumd to see if I could find the matrix capacity so I could check it's holding what it should.
Update. So today I completely re flushed the system and filled up with new coolant. Still no hot air. Water into the heater matrix is roasting hot and the return feed is onlu warm. If I disconnect the return hose I get a nice steady flow of hot water and warm air in the cabin as soon as I re attach the hose the air goes cold. Now that return pipe leads straight back to a branch in the bottom hose near the water pump. Is there a chance this hose could be.partially blocked thus not allowing a good flow through the matrix. Altho I thought if this was the case the engine would overheat. The only other thing I havent tried is completely bypassing the heater control valve and seeing what happens. Any suggestions at this point would be great as it's driving me crazy.
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bigjimmyauk posted a topic in Ford Fiesta ClubRight after a loss of heating to the other halfs fiesta I ran through the basics. Heater valve was faulty so replaced, discovered thermostat was stuck open so replacef that, flushed out the matrix and the rest of the system. Started the car and got only warmish air coming through. Checked for pulsating voltage at the heater control valve and all is good. Really I'm at a dead loss as to what else is stopping the car heating from getting warm. My other half wouldnt mind but shes just had a little one and I really dont want her driving it around in the cold snaps without heating. On a side note I've also bled the system best I could and believe all the air is out of the matrix and pipe work. Thanks in advance if anyone can help
2001 Festa Reversing Light Problem
bigjimmyauk posted a topic in Audio & Electronicsreversing light isn't working, check gearbox switch and wiring bulb connector is getting 12 volts when reverse is selected, ran a 12 volt led accross and works fine but attach a 5watt or 21 watt bulb and nothing happens. Also when you plug a bulb in you lose voltage down to zero between the 12volt switch wire and the earth. Anyone got any suggestions? Thanks :)
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Founded in 1969, the Henry Salvatori Center for the Study of Individual Freedom in the Modern World is CMC's oldest research institute and the first of its kind in the world. The Center's mission is to develop close relationships between students and scholars and to engage in the study of political philosophy and freedom as it relates to American Constitutionalism and the American Founding. It seeks to understand, and, if possible, to hearten, the moral, political and intellectual underpinnings of democracy in America.
The Salvatori Center examines timeless truths in an effort to understand our civic condition. Through conferences, lectures and publications, the Center draws attention to the relationship between freedom and virtue, liberty and law, and political philosophy and political practice. Past speakers at Salvatori conferences and lectures include political theorist Harvey C. Mansfield, theologian Richard John Neuhaus, author William F. Buckley, Jr., Nobel Laureate Milton Friedman and other prominent scholars and leaders.
In addition to the events the institute sponsors, each year the Center employs student research assistants and fellows. Four to five students are competitively selected and named as research assistants, while two to three others are competitively selected and named as Harrison Fellows, for which they receive a $1,200 - $2,500 stipend to conduct research on a topic related to the Center's mission.


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I've been a drifter all my life, but I never realised the Lord was directing my steps. My old man brought us up after the old woman left, and the people across the road used to take me to Sunday school. I spent a lot of time at my grandfather's farm, and that's where I learnt a love for animals. I get called Cowboy, and it's been so long that no one knows my real name!
I've always been a wanderer, and just picked up work wherever I could. I did a lot of smoking and drinking. One drink was too many, and a hundred drinks wasn't enough.
I got a one-way ticket to Oz, and picked up a job working the dodgems at a fair, and then got onto the rodeo circuit. They were a good crowd, but they were a hard crowd. If you upset someone, they would rope you and drag you behind a horse around the ring to degrade you.
One night I was drunk and telegrammed my mate to send me a ticket back to New Zealand. When I sobered up I didn't want to go home, but the ticket was already on its way, so I had to go through with it. I reckon if I had stayed in Oz I would be dead by now.
It got to the stage where I was drinking 24/7, whatever I could —including meths. In 1990, the judge ordered me to The Salvation Army's Rotoroa Island. They were good people on the island. There was always something to do: painting, games, fishing, and it kept you occupied. The real test was when you got off the island. I would walk across the road if I was going past a pub, so that I could avoid the front doors. I have been sober now for 24 years.
I drifted to Masterton, and got married for the third time—this one has worked and we've been married for 13 years. I finally found a place where I wanted to stay put. A couple of years ago, I started going to picnics The Salvation Army church held. I felt like I was part of a family. They take people as they are, and look after people. I started to go to church there, and then to a men's group, where I had a laugh and a giggle, and read a bit of the Bible. I didn't know you could be with people who didn't care about smoking or drinking, and still have fun.
Then my lungs packed up and I was close to death. I was in the hospital for 10 days. Even the doctors had given up on me. I reckon I was on my way to the big fella, but he said, 'I'm not ready for you yet,' so I'm still here. Medical science had something to do with it, but it was a miracle. God still wants me here. I don't know why, but he has a reason.
I chose to become a soldier (Salvation Army member). It was my way of showing that I believe, and to give back to the Lord for all the things he's given me. It's also my way of saying I've put all the bad parts of my life behind me, and I'm walking with Christ. Giving up smoking was a battle, but I just plod along and listen to the Lord. If you have ears, he speaks to you.
The Lord is there the same as the sun shines, but you just don't see him all the time. He helps you because he wants to, and he just wants us to do the same to others.
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And the roster expansions keep coming! Today (November 28), it was announced that one half of duo Three 6 Mafia, would be joining Wiz's brand as its newest member/artist. This news comes, coincidentally, on the same day Juicy J released "Stoner's Night Part 2," which features the Taylor Gang head honcho himself, Wiz Khalifa.
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Can hybrids penetrate the European market, where diesel-powered vehicles reign supreme? Motor Trend's Jonny Lieberman drives three Toyota hybrids in Paris to find out on the latest episode of The Downshift.
Lieberman's hybrid safari begins just before sunrise in Paris, where he drives the Lexus GS Hybrid through the city. While the Lexus brand hasn't seen the same success in Europe as it has in America, Lieberman believes the GS Hybrid could catch on thanks to its smooth and silent ride – both qualities you'd want in a luxury car. Contrasting that driving experience is a BMW 5 Series diesel, which Lieberman recounts as sounding like a truck when idling at a stoplight.
Next, he drives the European-market Prius and the Toyota Aurus Hybrid, a model not available in North America. The Aurus uses the same drivetrain as the Prius, and feels sportier thanks to its smaller size. Finally, Lieberman leaves France to tackle the famed Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps race course in Belgium in the Lexus GS Hybrid F Sport with four-time Nürburgring 24 champion Marc Duez coaching him around the course.
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The Sweetwater boys and girls basketball teams make their longest road trip in District 5-3A today when they travel to Brownwood. Both Sweetwater teams are still looking for their first district wins and are a collective 0-5 after losing a twinbill to Big Spring at home on Tuesday. The girls end the first half of 5-3A play with today's 6 p.m. game against Brown-wood (2-1), one of the dis-trict's two state-ranked teams at No. 7. The boys, who play at 7:30 p.m., will be taking on a Brownwood team that is 6-17 overall but 1-0 in district. Wylie's No. 1-ranked girls are 4-0 in district and the boys are off to a 2-0 start.Highland's girls, who are ranked No. 18 in Class 1A, Division II, and Highland boys will both go to Roby for key games. Highland's girls (6-1) can tie Roby (7-0) for the district lead, while the boys (2-3) can't afford many more losses in order to stay in contention.In District 9-A, Div. I, the 1-3 Roscoe and Stamford girls will also fight to stay in contention while the Roscoe boys face Stamford's state-ranked (No. 18) boys as well. Blackwell's girls and boys both played at Bronte on Thursday, but results of their District 12-A, Division II games were not available at press time today.


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The above two videos show the momentum that is building for IBM MobileFirst.
The first is an interview with IBM General Manager Marie Wieck, conducted with Todd "Turbo" Watson at IBM Pulse two weeks ago. I'm now part of Marie's organization; in the video, you can hear her enthusiasm for the new initiative and the mobile enterprise opportunity. She discusses market reaction to IBM MobileFirst, the combination of mobile and cloud, the new mobile messaging (transactional messaging) appliance, and examples of client successes in our mobile space.
The second is a Canadian IBM business partner, freedomone. freedomone has been using IBM Worklight to implement multiple projects with clients, including a large multi-national financial institution, and a major international airline. The video features Pierre Paul Samson, the CTO and co-founder of freedomone, discussing their work with these customers, including the consideration of multi-channel requirements.
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STARKVILLE, MS (RNN) - I.J. Ready and Colin Borchert hit free throws down the stretch Saturday to help Mississippi State pull away late with a 76-72 win over Ole Miss.
The Bulldogs (11-4) scored the last four points of the game from the line to break a 72-72 tie.
Craig Sword made the first of two foul shots to break the tie, and 20 seconds later Ready extended the lead to three points. Borchert iced the game with a 1-of-2 trip with 10 seconds left.
Ole Miss guard Jarvis Summers hit three 3-pointers and was perfect in six trips to the free throw line to lead all scorers with 23 points. Ladarius White had 16, and Derrick Millinghaus had 15.
The Rebels (10-5) hit 10 shots from behind the arc and outrebounded the Bulldogs, but they lost the turnover battle 16-9.
Roquez Johnson led Mississippi State with 20 points off the bench. Sword had 15, Borchert had 14 and Ready scored 10.
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Sometimes, when two voices come together, the result can be arresting. That's what Holly Laessig and Jess Wolfe discovered when they met at the Berklee College of Music in Boston and struck up the partnership that would become Lucius. The band is a quintet, with Laessig and Wolfe's voices at the center — and the music they make together can sound like anything from 1960's girl groups to sunbaked psychedelia to the hangover that comes after after a heavy-drinking country song.
Lucius has just released its full-length debut, Wildewoman, and Laessig and Wolfe joined NPR's Arun Rath to talk about it. Hear their conversation at the audio link.
Once again, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED, from NPR West. I'm Arun Rath.
I once heard a music professor make fun of rock 'n roll for making a big deal about two-voice harmonies. But when it's done right - well, check this out.
RATH: These are the voices of Holly Laessig and Jess Wolfe. With their three bandmates, they're called Lucius. And their music takes many forms. One moment, it's a sassy Motown stop; then a sweet Brian Wilson ballad; then the hangover after a heavy-drinking country song.
RATH: The first full-length album from Lucius is called "Wildewoman." It comes from a nickname Holly Laessig's mother had for her as a girl, wilde child.
HOLLY LAESSIG: I was just, like, always playing in the dirt and, like, doing my own thing and, you know, just kind of weird kid. And Jess was a weirdo too, right?
JESS WOLFE: Yeah.
LAESSIG: And so we kind of bonded over that. And, well, now we're grown up, I guess, so I guess we're wildewomen.
WOLFE: Yeah.
LAESSIG: I mean, I think we were also just sort of recognizing the fact that all the women that we surrounded ourselves with had this sort of spirit about them.
WOLFE: Yeah.
LAESSIG: And we wanted to recognize that.
LAESSIG: I mean, we both had kind of a tough time growing up and in school - not really being accepted or getting along, or finding the friends that you wish you had. And so when we found each other and some of the other friends that we met in college, it was a really great experience. And we kind of wanted to just celebrate that and have other people feel that, too.
RATH: So you guys met at the Berklee College of Music, right?
WOLFE: We did. We had a lot of mutual friends in school and one drunken night, started talking about our influences and realized how similar they were and - even though we had completely different upbringings. Holly grew up in Cleveland, Ohio; and I grew up in Los Angeles. But there was just an automatic kinship. And we started writing together very soon after that.
RATH: There was alcohol involved, so did you start singing right away that very first...
WOLFE: No, but we were listening to recordings.
LAESSIG: Yeah. I mean, we were always singing, but we hadn't sung together or decided, until that point, to work together.
RATH: I read that The Beatles' "White" album was important to the band's formation there, some sort of debt of gratitude, you guys. Could you explain that?
LAESSIG: (Laughter) Well, that - OK, let's take it back to that first night, when we were sitting in Jessica's living room drinking red wine on this beige-colored futon, I think it was. And we started talking, and we decided that we're going to do a "White" album cover show and be like, the female Beatles and...
WOLFE: ...for a night.
LAESSIG: ...for a night. And surprisingly, we got up the next morning like, gung ho - like OK, let's meet at Au Bon Pain and have a coffee and like, do this and rearrange some...
WOLFE: Yeah, let's start with "Happiness is a Warm Gun."
RATH: Could you give us a little bit of "Happiness is a Warm Gun?"
WOLFE: Oh, no, no.
LAESSIG: Oh, no, no, no, no.
RATH: Something?
LAESSIG: We're out of practice.
WOLFE: Yeah, that song - we rearranged the song and had planned to rearrange the rest of the tracks, and we just never got around to it. We just ended up writing our own stuff.
RATH: There's a quality that reminds me a little bit of some of the Phil Spector-produced women, but it's almost like the women then sort of took over the studio, held him hostage, and then took it on themselves.
WOLFE: I like that.
LAESSIG: Yeah. It's a nice description - maybe my favorite.
WOLFE: Yeah. I mean, we're definitely inspired by that era. And I think that's one thing that we all really like - that kind of grittier, older, rawer kind of sound.
LAESSIG: Joe Meek, Phil Spector, those were definitely, like, strong influences for the sound of the record.
RATH: Something else I heard about is that one of your early goals with the band, was to get the attention of one of our friends here, Bob Boilen - of NPR Music. So tell me about the stalking of Bob Boilen.
LAESSIG: Oh. We used to write, like, little love letters to Bob. I mean, not, you know, not actual love letters, but little notes. But...
RATH: He's loveable.
LAESSIG: He is. He is super loveable.
WOLFE: He's a loveable guy.
LAESSIG: We - just notes inviting - or actually, drawings that were little posters...
WOLFE: Yeah, invitations...
LAESSIG: ...inviting him to our shows - for like a year, maybe.
WOLFE: Yeah.
LAESSIG: We only sent a couple.
WOLFE: Yeah.
LAESSIG: I mean, we weren't like, serious stalker material.
WOLFE: Yeah.
LAESSIG: And then he heard our EP in December of last year, and then invited us to come and do the Tiny Desk Concert in January.
WOLFE: And then he came to our live show. And, you know, it's just - it's been a real friendship ever since then. And he's just been a champion of ours, and we're so grateful for that.
RATH: And I know the tune that Bob fell in love with, was one called "Don't Just Sit There." We'll go out on that one today. That's Holly Laessig and Jess Wolfe, of the band Lucius. Their debut album is called "Wildewoman." You can enjoy their Tiny Desk Concert at nprmusic.org. Thanks again.
WOLFE: Oh, thanks so much for having us.
LAESSIG: Thank you.
RATH: And for Sunday, that's ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR News. I'm Arun Rath. Check out our weekly podcast. Search for WEEKENDS ON ALL THINGS CONSIDERED on iTunes, or on the NPR app. You can follow us on Twitter: @nprwatc. We're back next weekend. Until then, thanks for listening, and have a great week. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.