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Why I Will Never, Ever, EVER Get a Tattoo
Would I have to start planning outfits around the tattoo like I plan for weather?
My first attempt to change my semi-boring ashy blond into something more un-me happened when I was 11 or 12. And it happened thanks to Sassy magazine; duh, what else? See, way back in Sassy's heyday, our very own Jane Pratt (or another editor I can't remember?) ran a beauty tip suggesting using Kool-Aid to temporarily color your hair. Mine was light enough for it, so I tried the Cherry kind. Mere minutes later -- TRANSFORMATION! No longer a pasty, pimply, insecure nerd with glasses that were hideously too big for my face -- suddenly I was More Than Myself. I was hip, I was different, I was bold and I was brave, and, for just a day or two, I could experience the wonder of having hair that resembled the bouncing baby offspring of a cotton candy-and-Red-Delicious-apple sex romp.Maybe it sounds ridiculous to link all those exciting traits with some dumb kid using a gross sugary drink mix to change their hair, but for reals, that's how it felt to me. Like my hair color was intrinsically tied in not just to who I wanted to be, but to who I already was. The secret, hidden parts of myself that lurked beneath just needed some encouragement, some poking and prodding, to come out. All of this ties in to a new study that proves that, well, I must have been a budding lunatic for believing my hair color had any legit impact on WHO I WAS inside. Because once and for all, people, science has spoken: Hair color has absolutely zero connection with someone's personality or intelligence. (I.e., we can stop with the dumb-blonde jokes and the fiery-redhead stereotype and the studious-brunette stereotypes already!)Of course, though our hair color might have no real bearing on our personalities, the color we choose to dye our hair can change the way we feel about ourselves: "While it's true the colour of hair we're born with doesn't dictate how bright, flighty or flirty we are, the colour we choose to be speaks volumes about how we'd like to be seen," as the Daily Mail puts it.And that I can wholeheartedly agree with. Because like I said, ever since my Kool-Aid days, I've been dyeing my flat, fine hair a mini-rainbow of shades. (I'm 37 now, and I haven't seen my natural color since freshman year of high school.) Here are some of the ones I've tried, and how they made me feel.
Throughout high school I was a redhead of a zillion hues. (I've returned to red for brief stints as an adult, too.) I ranged from strawberry to fire-engire to angsty-teen maroon. I had a Thing for red hair; I thought it was super-special because so few people had it, while at heart I was just a miserable teenager who wanted to feel different, you know? Plus, all the popular girls at my school had highlights, which clearly meant me and my red non-hairdo were boldly unique. I was a risk-taker and an innovator. That's what I needed to tell myself, anyway.
A couple times during my red phase, I decided to get a little funkier -- i.e., to delve into purpler shades. I wore flannels and Docs, I loved Nirvana, I was an Emo Misfit Supreme and I wanted to prove it, dammit! I specifically remember a deep, shiny eggplant color I wore for a minute, until I realized it made me look like a sick golf ball with long scraggly purple strands pasted atop it. Or something.
I started bleaching my hair platinum my senior year of high school, and continued throughout most of college and beyond. It's my go-to most-loved shade; to me it still reeks of glamour and mystery and sophistication, but not, like, stuffy Upper East Side sophistication -- no, a daring punk-rocker kind of thing. With cat-eye liner and bright red lipstick serving as my signature makeup look, I thought I looked striking and ethereal, yet put-together; I suspect I looked more clownish, though, because the heavy-makeup-plus-platinum combo can sometimes look so jarringly fake, you know? I still forget that sometimes.
I started doing this for a few years in my 30s, not because I no longer liked platinum but because platinum was no longer being kind to my hair. When it started coming out in clumps whenever the stylist washed it, I knew it was time to give it a rest and go a little more natural.
I've only dyed my hair brown once, during my senior year in college. I had long, almost-black hair with blunt bangs, a la Bettie Page. (That was a conscious decision, BTW -- I desperately wanted to be Bettie-esque in all her retro-hotness-and-playful-sex-appeal glory.) I thought the dark hair provided a nice contrast with my super-pale skin and eyes. In retrospect, it was kind of pretty, but it almost required more makeup than my platinum situation; I felt more washed-out, somehow, with brown hair. LESSONS, THEY WERE LEARNED.
Since then, I've flirted with the pastel trend (actually before it was a trend, thanks), adding streaks or under-layers of light pinks and reds. I tried one interesting stripey black-and-platinum thing once, all over my head, in my 20s, that made me feel cool and edgy but looks woefully dated today (wish I had a pic).
Hair color! What's yours? What does it say about you? Have you experimented, or not so much?


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UK Digital Market Overview July 2013
Your monthly snapshot of digital audience trends
Here is a brief summary of some of the key topics covered in this report
Britons surfing the web via PC remained stable at 44.6m unique users, with video consumption growing slightly month on month to almost 36.8m unique viewers.
- Mobile was the area of growth again with an overall month on month increase of almost 3% to 29m with daily visitors increasing 3.5% to 11.1m
This month's demographic group in focus are males aged 25 to 34 and highlights a couple of areas of interest that you might not have assumed for this group;
- Tax is actually the highest indexing category for the group, although the volumes are admittedly low, and Politics also makes their top 10, reflecting an interest in the local elections which took place during the month.
- Perhaps more stereotypical is the ecommerce activity around music and movies, use of humour sites and visiting lifestyle sites such as Dailymotion and CraveOnline along with Gaming sites.
Sports is the category reviewed through the Multi-Platform lenses this month and highlights the importance of mobile for keeping up to date with developments in the sector;
- BBC Sport and Sky Sports perform particularly well with their on-network mobile browsing contributing a mobile exclusive audience of 1.8m and 1.2m unique users respectively, that is an incremental reach of 25% and 34%
VEVO returned to the top spot pushing UMG back into second place in the YouTube partner channels ranking, whilst Maker Studios climbed two places to number six.
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In a previous post of mine I posted a mix of Jamiroquai's "Emergency on Planet Earth". Due to positive response, and my undying love for Jay Kay, Jamiroquai's frontman, please enjoy a selection from "A Funk Odyssey".
Jamiroquai's production ranges from upbeat house to tribal downtempo to pure crazy spastic funk. Though 'A Funk Odyssey' was initially heckled for being too mainstream and straying from Jamiroquai's earlier image, it contains jams from beyond the stratosphere. Such is the case with our first track:
Jamiroquai - Little L [click to download]
'Little L' is a stomping savoy of disco strings and funky bass. Bootsy Collins would be proud. Believe it or not, Jamiroquai for the most part uses original instrumentation in his tracks--I think there's a theremin halfway through the track. The vocals of this one are both horribly cheesy ("stepping on the pieces of my broken shell"? Geez.) and undeniably groovy. Nonetheless this is one of the standout tracks on the album; it's an impeccable fusion of house and funk that combines the ingenuity of electronic music with the laidback and perhaps simplistic pop music layout. It's certainly garnered more than a few plays in my Phillips.
Jamiroquai - Love Foolosophy [click to download]
'Love Foolosophy' is a bit along the same route--hard beat, disco rhythm, funky bass, fromage vocals. Jay Kay's harmony comes out more in this song; the whole "I'm a Lovefool" bit gets me every time. (No, not *that* Lovefool.) As someone who is personally very much in love with my significant other, this track reaches me in a way that only a dumb teenager could interpret. Everything just works on this track, and works together irresistibly. Also--the 'Good Times'-y piano in the bridge is not a sample, but one of the many interpolations Jamiroquai enjoys to employ (see the "Got To Be Real" 'sampling' in "Funktion").
Basically, if I were to be in a film about love and romance, this song would be in the credits. (And I'd probably play Daft Punk for the sex scene, but, come on, that's a given.)
Jamiroquai - Black Crow [click to download]
My apologies for shifting gears--"Black Crow" is basically the antipode of house and funk. I guess it could be electronic funk, if that genre even exists. Despite the odd instrumentation, the vocals are poignant and--at least for me--haunting to a point. The song really takes off about two minutes in--the raw amount of soul present during and after the break is enough to make Marvin Gaye say "What's goin' on over there?" Lame joke, I know, but the song speaks more volumes than I could about it.
Jamiroquai - Main Vein [click to download]
Call me perverted but I totally thought this song was referencing veiny male genitalia (and considering the words 'main vein' do not appear anywhere in this song, it's a possibility). Regardless I am a sucker for diva vocals so I love this track (even if Jay Kay's iteration is totally incoherent). The classic Jamiroquai formula of beats-bass-brains is just as evident as well. This is neither the first nor last track on the album, but it sums it up quite well.
That's all presently for Jamiroquai. I apologize for not posting yada yada yada you know the story. Summer's coming, you know what that means? More posts, and more awesome music. A few people have been begging--I mean, requesting--some more m-flo, which I will gladly supply. Got requests? Shoot me an e-mail.


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Mark Jewell, vice president of the North Carolina Association of Educators, has witnessed the changes in teacher pay firsthand. When he left West Virginia to teach in North Carolina in 1997, schools recruited him by emphasizing a variety of resources and plans for high pay. "Mark, if you come to Gilbert County schools, we're going to move our schools to the national average. We have a five-year pay plan that's going to give you significant pay raises over the next five years," Jewell described the schools' promises. "We're also going to pay you for your ten years of experience back in West Virginia. Mark, we're also going to pay you for your Master's degree in elementary education."But 17 years later, none of these privileges exist, he said. "We saw all of that completely wiped out. Now, my poor state of West Virginia pays the most in the Southeast, and North Carolina is now 12th in the Southeast," Jewell said. "Something is wrong with this picture. Something needs to be done. Our students deserve better than this." A number of North Carolina teachers are departing to teach elsewhere, leaving the state to hire more inexperienced teachers from out of state. Alisa Chapman, vice president for academic and university programs in the University of North Carolina system, noted that out-of-state teachers in North Carolina are often beginners with no prior experience, likely because the state currently cannot offer the incentives to draw more veteran teachers. "North Carolina draws most of its teachers from supply states where jobs are highly competitive, where the best teachers get the jobs," Chapman said. "We get the beginning teachers with no prior experience, who aren't familiar with the North Carolina course of study or oriented to its culture, and we put them in classrooms."Not only are existing teachers leaving the state, but North Carolina is producing fewer teachers of its own. In the UNC system, the total number of students entering education programs has dropped by 17.6 percent since 2010, according to a systemwide report. The trend has not touched Duke's education program. The number of students receiving a master's of arts in teaching—which grants a North Carolina teaching license—has stayed relatively steady over the past five years, said Alan Teasley, interim director of the MAT program. But a few miles away at North Carolina State University, enrollment has dropped by 50 percent, said Jayne Fleener, dean of the NC State College of Education. The current economic situation for new teachers in North Carolina has left fewer and fewer high school students willing to pursue the profession. But money is not the only issue that troubles the profession in North Carolina. Recent state legislation intended to cut costs has abolished raises for teachers with master's degrees and ended the North Carolina Teaching Fellows Program, which recruits students into education programs directly after high school—moves which have been seen as a decline in the state's respect for education, Fleener said. Fleener noted that North Carolina's current situation is particularly distressing because the state has historically differentiated itself from the rest of the South by recognizing the importance of education. Under governors such as Jim Hunt and Terry Sanford—who served as president of Duke from 1969 to 1985—education was emphasized strongly and teachers were treated well, she said. "[In the past] there was an understanding that education is the answer to economic viability," Fleener said. "So it was distressing when we dropped down to the bottom with the states that don't have that historical respect for teachers. I'm hopeful this is short-lived because of what it indicates about the importance of education for a society."Although the budget proposed by McCrory includes pay raises for teachers, not everyone is pleased with the format. Under the new budget, pay raises would be front-loaded—so, for example, new teachers in their fifth year would get pay raises of up to 18 percent, while teachers who had been active for 30 years would get pay raises of approximately 1 percent. Groups including the NCAE have argued that the promise of an overall raise in teacher salaries is unsubstantiated and plagued by the uneven distribution, saying that veteran teachers who head departments deserve more recognition, rather than less. But the rationale behind the front-loaded pay raises is not unfounded, said Jacob Vidgor, professor of public policy and economics."Part of what the General Assembly needed to do was raise salaries at the onset and get that ramp-up period really concentrated in the first five to 10 years on the job," Vigdor said, adding that younger teachers are more likely than veterans to leave the profession or the state. Even with the controversy over the increases, there is not much doubt that the General Assembly wants to increase the emphasis on teachers, Vigdor noted. In his interactions with state legislators, he said, he has found reason to be optimistic."Everybody is interested in recognizing great teachers for doing a great job. From all the conversations I've ever had, everyone I've talked to has their heart in the right place," Vigdor said. "Everyone understood that teachers are worth a lot more than we have the capacity to pay them. 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Watch how to make this recipe.
Special equipment: A candy thermometer
For the puffs: Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F.
In a large saucepan set over medium-high heat, bring 2 cups water, the butter, sugar and salt to a rolling boil, then immediately remove the pan from the heat. Stirring with a wooden spoon, add the flour all at once and stir hard until all the flour is incorporated, 30 to 60 seconds. Return the pan to the heat and cook, stirring, to cook off some of the moisture, 30 seconds.
Scrape the mixture into a bowl. Using a hand mixer set on low to medium speed, add 8 of the eggs, one at a time, stopping after each addition to scrape down the sides of the bowl. Mix until the dough is smooth and glossy and the eggs are completely incorporated. The dough should be thick, but should fall slowly and steadily from the beaters when you lift them out of the bowl.
Transfer the mixture to a pastry bag fitted with a large plain round tip. Pipe the dough in big dollops onto a parchment-lined baking sheet. Whisk the remaining 1 egg with 1 tablespoon water. Brush the surface of the dough with the egg wash to push down any points. Bake for 15 minutes, then reduce the heat to 375 degrees F, and bake until puffed up and light golden brown, about 20 minutes more. The puffs should have a crust, but also still be soft. Avoid opening the oven door while the puffs bake. Cool the puffs on the baking sheet.
For the fillings: In a medium saucepan set over medium heat, cook the milk until it just begins to bubble along the edges. In a bowl, whisk the sugar and yolks until light and fluffy. Add the cornstarch and whisk vigorously until no lumps remain. Whisk in 1/4 cup of the hot milk until incorporated, being careful to avoid scrambling the eggs. Whisk in the remaining hot milk mixture, reserving the empty saucepan for a later use.
Pour the pastry cream through a fine mesh strainer back into the saucepan and cook over medium-high heat, whisking constantly, until it thickens and comes to a slow boil. Remove from the heat and stir in the butter and vanilla extract. Remove one-third of the pastry cream to a bowl. Then add the chocolate into the larger batch of pastry cream and stir until the chocolate is completely incorporated. Divide the chocolate cream into two bowls, adding the mint to one batch and the orange to the other. Add the melted caramel and cinnamon to the plain pastry cream, stirring to combine. Cover all three creams with plastic wrap, lightly pressing the plastic against the surface to prevent a skin from forming. Chill for at least 2 hours or until ready to serve.
Use a plain pastry tip to poke a hole in the bottom of each puff. Place each of the pastry creams into a piping bag fitted with a small tip. Separate the puffs into three equal piles and fill each pile with one of the pastry creams.
For the caramel: Place the sugar, corn syrup and 2/3 cup water in a saucepan fitted with a candy thermometer. Bring to a boil and cook until the mixture reaches a deep amber color, the thermometer will read about 350 degrees F. Remove from the heat. Then quickly but carefully, dip the bottom and sides of the puffs in the caramel to start building the tower. Create a large circle of puffs as the base, then a second, slightly smaller circle on top of the first to draw the circle in and create a tower of cream puffs. Repeat for the remaining puffs. Check it from all sides occasionally to make sure it's straight. When the tower is finished, drizzle the remaining caramel all over and then decorate as desired.
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After previous post about Futoshiki puzzles I finally found a website where Stephen Lang's will blog week the Futoshiki puzzles from the newspaper "The Gardian" every week.
The best think Stephen will attempt to solve it too. That is unless anyone can post their solution first.
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Recent warmer temperatures have helped with the cotton harvest in some areas, but the statewide lack of rain has slowed crop production overall, according to Texas Cooperative Extension reports.
Winter pastures and small-grains fields are struggling to survive, and producers statewide are irrigating crops to compensate for lack of soil moisture. In many areas, fields are too dry to sow small grains and early planted fields have ceased to grow.
Prospects for decent wheat crops are becoming dim in many parts of the state, said Dr. Mark Welch, grain marketing specialist for Extension.
"With the lack of rainfall and the situation with new wheat crops not growing, things are starting to get serious around the southern High Plains," he said. "With low prospects for rain, many farmers in the Panhandle and nearby areas are opting to avoid the cost of seed and fertilizer and are deciding not to plant wheat in fields where it was previously planted."
Welch said continued lack of rain combined with colder temperatures could have a significant impact on this season's wheat production and on the international wheat market, but it's still too early to tell.
"Wheat is a very resilient crop," he said. "And it's still relatively early in the season. If we get some more rain, there's a good chance this situation can turn around."
The following reports are from Extension officials:
PANHANDLE: Soil moisture ranges from very short to adequate. All counties need moisture for wheat and pasture growth. Corn harvest is complete. Cotton ranges from very poor to excellent with most areas reporting good. Cotton harvest continues and yields are being reported as above average. The peanut harvest is almost complete. Sorghum harvest continues. Sunflower harvest is about 80 percent complete. Wheat condition ranges from very poor to adequate with most areas reporting fair. Most areas report moisture is needed. Dryland wheat is moisture-stressed and beginning to dry in some areas. Range conditions are very poor to good with most areas in fair condition. Cattle are in good condition. Supplemental feeding is under way in some areas.
SOUTH PLAINS: Weather has remained warm allowing for continued harvest. Highs this week were mostly in the upper 70s F with no rainfall. Cotton harvest continues with very good yields for irrigated and dryland cotton. A few producers were again spraying defoliants this week. A killing freeze would be helpful to complete the cotton harvest. Grain sorghum harvest is nearing completion, and yields are way above average. Peanut harvest is winding down. Winter wheat is in fair to good condition with some producers irrigating their fields. Pastures and ranges are in fair to good condition and in need of some moisture. Cattle conditions are mostly good with some supplemental feeding.
ROLLING PLAINS: Dry weather continues to cause problems for area producers. However, conditions are great for cotton farmers. Temperatures have warmed up with some cool nights. Cotton yields look good. Small-grain fields are in need of moisture. The fields are too dry currently to sow small grains, and early planted fields have ceased to grow. Winter wheat is trying to survive, but some fields are not going to make it unless they receive rain soon. Pasture forage is decreasing due to cooler temperatures and lack of moisture. Fall cattle work is being done. Some ranchers have started adding supplemental feed. Insect pressure is minimal, although green bugs can be found in a few hot spots.
NORTH: Soil moisture ranged from short to adequate. Producers are becoming concerned about lack of rain. Pastures are in fair to good condition but need moisture. A cool front came through, but no precipitation came with it. Most small-grain planting and winter annual pasture grass planting is complete. The wheat crop is in fair to good condition. Pecan harvest is ongoing with 25 percent to 50 percent of the crop harvested. Livestock are in good condition.
EAST: Dry conditions prevail with unseasonably warm temperatures. Winter pasture planting is below average due to fertilizer costs, hay supply and dry conditions. Winter pastures that have germinated need rain for good growth. Stock tanks, lakes and creeks are dry to nearly dry in some locations. Hay cutting and baling continues as producers try to get last cuttings of the year. Cattle remain in good body condition. Scab on pecans has been reported, but the crop is giving good to excellent yields.
FAR WEST: Soil moisture is short to adequate. No rainfall was received this week. Range and pasture condition is poor to good. Cotton is in poor to excellent condition. Some cotton farmers in Howard County are seeing exceptional yields. Oats are in fair condition. Temperatures are mild with warm days and cool nights. Wheat planting continues, but conditions are very dry.
WEST CENTRAL: Warm days and cool nights continued with no precipitation. Wildfires are becoming a threat. Field preparation and small-grain planting continues. Wheat crops need moisture for good growth. Some early planted fields are being grazed. Cotton harvest continues with very good yields. Range and pastures are steadily declining. Hay use has picked up, and hay sales have begun to increase. Livestock remain in fair to good condition. The pecan harvest continues with producers reporting good yields.
CENTRAL: No report available.
SOUTH: Weather conditions in the mid-region are dry. Sugarcane and citrus are still being harvested. Vegetable harvest has begun. Producers began irrigating spinach, cabbage, carrots and other cool-season vegetables. A cold front brought a few showers to other parts of the region, which helped with soil conditions. Winter vegetables are progressing well. Dryland wheat and oat producers are still ho ping for some rainfall. Although some forage is available for livestock, some producers reported initiating supplemental feeding.
SOUTHEAST: Extremely dry conditions have slowed emergence of winter annuals. Planting activity is moving forward, and wheat looks good. Hay baling continued this week but is now winding down. There were no reports of insects and disease in the wheat. Livestock are doing well.
SOUTHWEST: The region remains very dry with less than one-third of an inch of rain in the past two months. The region missed the typical fall rainy season, and weather forecasts are not optimistic. The region is going into the winter season at less than half of the long-term August-to-date rainfall. Soils are cracking. Pastures, ranges and yard grasses are going into winter dormancy early even with very mild fall temperatures. Some heavy irrigation has begun. The cotton harvest continues. The peanut, cabbages, spinach, green bean and pickling cucumber harvest continues.
COASTAL BEND: Temperatures are cooler, but the region continues to need rain in most areas. No rain and above-normal temperatures have been reported in San Patricio County, resulting in dried soil and lack of winter forage. Karnes County reports no rain, dry and cooler weather. Nueces County reports primary tillage is still going on in some of the late harvested cotton fields. Cattle remain in good condition. No significant rainfall has been reported for more than six weeks. No winter pasture has been planted in the past two weeks. Matagorda County reported low humidity and lack of rain. In Victoria County, 2 to 4 inches of rain is needed to return to near normal conditions. Field work is being completed.


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Michael Murphy: Real Live Sax
By Darrell Ray Elmore
"So this Park Ranger was walking along the shore of this lake when he runs across this man fishing while wearing a tuxedo. He says 'Excuse me pal, but If you don't mind my asking, what's the story here? Why are you wearing that tuxedo?' And the man says 'Well, you see, I'm on my honeymoon.' So the Park Ranger says 'Honeymoon? Well why aren't you back at the hotel, making love to your wife?' And the man replies 'Well, she's got gonorrhea,' and the Ranger says 'oh, sorry 'bout that bud. . . but had you thought about maybe some oral sex?' The man says 'well, she's got pyorrhea, too.' So the Ranger shakes his head and says 'that is too bad. How about anal sex?' The man says, 'No, no, you see, she's got diarrhea as well," And the Ranger says 'Well, excuse me for asking, but why in the heck did you marry her?' The man smiles and says 'Well, she's also got worms. . . and I LOVE to fish!'" ÑÊMichael Murphy, 1994
Michael Murphy is a pretty cool guy. I went into this story expecting a nut, mainly because everybody I talked to said he was a nut. "Michael Murphy?" they would say, "He's a nut! He's the guy that drops his pants onstage!"
Or rather he used too. He doesn't do it much, anymore. Now what he does is blow tenor sax in the band Murphy's Law, which when compared to the pants dropping thing, might seem a little anticlimactic. In fact, it is a little anticlimactic, but it's what he does, and he doesn't drop his pants anymore. So. I mean, I didn't really WANT to see him drop his pants, it's just that everybody told me he did, and when he didn't, I was a little disappointed. But it's not really that important. The pants thing.
What is important is Michael Murphy's sax playing. He blows his horn quite well. Actually, I would say he does an excellent job of blowing his horn, but I I don't want him to get a big head or anything. Not that he would, but I'm afraid he might. As he is, he seems well adjusted to the ego/musician thing, and I sure wouldn't want to screw that up.
Indeed. I was quite impressed with his quiet charm and natural wit. His stage manner is impressive too. I saw him on a recent "open stage/jam night" at Air Devils Inn.
When I entered the bar, Michael was already onstage, decked out in shorts, sandals, and a denim shirt. Comfortable looking, perhaps a bit self assured. He lacks the chipmunk cheeks one usually relates to horn players (you know, like 'ol Duke Ellington).
During a break in the song, he calmly lit a cigarette, stepped up to the mic with his sax, and prepared to blow. . . but the mic fell from its holder with the hollow clang that can only be produced by dropping a live mic about four feet to an uncarpeted stage. Michael smiled, picked up the mic and replaced it in the stand. Just as he was about to start his solo, it fell again, with the expected electric noise. Michael grinned, shrugged it off, and turned the vocal mic around so that it would pick up his sax blowing, and went ahead with the show.
It was little thing, a problem that could plague any musician anywhere, but the telling detail of the entire episode was the fact that Michael at no time lost his cool in any way. He just didn't care. It was obvious (and is obvious if you ever meet him) that the man has been in the business long enough to know that what is important is the music itself, and not some pretentious image-thing. I guess twenty-five years of blowing sax will do that to you.
Michael is at home onstage, and secure in the knowledge that no matter what happens his playing will make up for it. And you know what? He never missed a beat.
It was impressive as hell. I just thought I should tell you about it.
How can you beat the sound of a horn? It can instantly transport you back to a small, 1930-40 vintage speakeasy, especially in a setting like the ADI. A crowd of people packed into a small space, weaving back and forth to the blues stylings rolling offstage. . . smoky R&B with a definite jazz flavor. Adult music, appreciated by an adult audience. Kinda refreshing after a recent tour of some of the more Gen X places around town.
I was crammed up against the P.A. and Michael's horn was so loud I could feel it vibrating in my teeth. Much more of this and I'll probably wind up deaf, but so what? I'll eschew the earplugs for now. Especially when the music is as good as Mr. Murphy produces.
A veteran of literally hundreds of open stage nights, I was surprised at the quality of the music. Professional musicians providing free music just for the fun of it. What a great idea! I suggest you take it upon yourself to experience it first-hand. Air Devils InnÊÑÊ Thursday nights. I guarantee you'll be satisfied. Oh, and don't be put off if there is a large number of motorcycles in the parking lot. Those people are really nice, just good 'ol Americans like you and me.
I had spoken to Mr. Murphy on the phone, and I guess he noticed me scribbling in my notebook, because during the break he approached me. We shook hands and made the required "nice-nice" introductions. The man is no fool, he bought me a beer straight off the bat. He obviously knows how to schmooze the working press. He seemed excited about something, but it was obviously not my presence. In fact, it was the expected appearance of his girlfriend, Susan McGeary, who he said would probably get up and sing a few songs with the band later.
"I should know better than to start liking women again," he told me, "They always get me in trouble. My last girlfriend cost me a fortune in therapy. . . hers."
It was plain to see why Mr. Murphy decided to risk losing another battle of the sexes.
Ms. McGeary, an actress with Stage One, proved to be quite the knock-out. Drop-dead gorgeous, she graced the stage for a quick two-song set, performing both a cover of 'Route 66' and a sexy rendition of 'Summertime'. Susan told me later she was more comfortable doing show tunes of the Gershwin type, but enjoyed jamming with the boys on Thursday nights.
Later on, when I asked about the all the motorcycles, Michael said, "Yeah, Thursday night is like biker night. . .but they're all lawyers and accountants and college professors. . . they dress in black, like Johnny Cash or something, and like to hang out with cheap looking women. . . which sounds good to me. But yeah, they're really kinda non-threatening, even though they do ride Harleys."
Back onstage for the second set, Michael's horn is laying down the lead. You can tell he likes to lead. His voice on the vocals is strong, powerful enough to push the inadequate P.A. to its limits. Yeah, he likes being up in front. You can tell by the big grin on his face, and the swagger he has about him as he works the stage.
Michael invited Shari Edwards to get up and sing a few. Ms. Edwards is blessed with a ragged, throaty voice, one well-suited for the blues, and she plays it better than any instrument that employs the use of the hands. The blues. Man, if you don't know, then I don't care to tell you. And Michael just blows and blows and blows. But hey, like the girl says, that's the way to go . . . older men, they got something. . . everybody else . . . they're just boys. . .
Michael Murphy plays tenor saxophone. He used to drink a lot of scotch, back during the pants-dropping days I suppose, but now he doesn't drink at all, or at least, what he drinks is non-alcoholic. When I commented on his swilling of a brand of non-alcoholic beer, he said "It's a social thing, you know? It's almost impossible to work in a bar and not drink something, just to put everybody else at ease. Working here (at ADI) also ruined almost a year of non-smoking. At least I still don't smoke at home." He has an affinity for stale cigarettes. "I like it when you can smell 'em from like 6 feet away, before they're lit." he says.
When I pressed him on the pants dropping thing, he shrugged and said "yeah, I used to do it. It started out as a joke. My pants would just 'accidentally' fall down. I had a bunch of different underwear with gag-lines printed on 'em, like 'See Rock City'. But it got old after a while. People were coming up to me and saying 'could you drop your pants during the first set, 'cuz we have to leave early tonight. . .' So I cut it out entirely. Nobody wants to be known as some exhibitionist freak."
Michael is forty-two years old, and grew up in the same Algonquin neighborhood as the guys that eventually became the Rugbys. He has been playing music since he was 15 years old. He started out with the sax, playing local T.V. shows like TEEN BEAT. He messed with guitar for a while, but went back to the horn while in college, where he says he "discovered the blues".
He also did a two year stretch in the U.S. Military during the Viet Nam war. Stationed in New York, he claims the closest he ever got to action was "handing out basketballs in the gymnasium at West Point". When I asked if he had been overseas, he responded with "Being in New York, they kinda brought a little of the overseas to me." He also tended bar for a while in NYC.
It was after he returned to Louisville that he began to seriously perform music in a more professional sense, first with Another Mule, then later with the Mighty Water Kings. He left the Water Kings around 1991, when he was approached by Ray Barrickman, the bass player for Hank Williams, Jr.
Hank wanted him, so he hopped a jet, and met up with Bocephus on tour in Las Vegas. Michael said he was given about two weeks to learn Hanks set, but at the end of that time, he still didn't really know all of the material. . .but was lucky enough to be able to fake it.
"I met Hank that first night at dinner, and he asked me to sit next to him. . ." Mr. Murphy explained to me, "I was scared to death he was going to ask me what my three favorite Hank Williams, Jr. songs were. . . because I couldn't name even one Hank Williams, Jr. song. . ."
Michael Murphy toured with Hank for a little over a year. He says Mr. Williams was a kind, generous man, prone to extravagances. Like taking the entire band to expensive restaurants and dropping $3000 on dinner. Or buying Michael a new tenor sax. "But I that one. . . " said Michael, a definite tone of regret in his voice. "I was in school and had to hawk it. . . I got like $300 for an $1800 horn."
Murphy says Hank had brought in a guy with a synthesizer, who could have easily done his pieces as well, but "I think Hank really liked the warmth of a real horn, and I know he liked the look of it. Those synthesizers are great, I mean, why pay three guys when you only need one? But still, there are esthetics to be considered."
I was very curious about why his gig with Hank ended, and while we talked about it, I couldn't get over the image I had gotten when I had watched him play. He is a lead player, and I got the definite feeling that playing back-up in a country and western band was not exactly Michael Murphy's cup of tea.
Several of his comments indicated he was more concerned about being able to play what he chose, even if it meant less money. . . rather than having to play someone else's script for the big bucks. "You make a decision early on," he said, "success, or doing what is you. . .But don't get me wrong, I loved that kinda work. . . staying in nice hotels, always having money in your pocket. . .I'd do it again in a heartbeat."
(big N here, paul) Nowadays, Michael seems more at home playing with the current lineup of Murphy's Law (John Burgard, guitar, Monk Mackey, Bass, and Mike Durlauf, drums). . . and maybe jamming with a few of the boys on Thursday nights. He is a modest man in a lot of ways, but the ego is there. "If you don't have a pretty big ego, you've got no business being onstage. . ." he told me, "But it's not like I feel mine has to be stroked all the time." Later, he told me I should "write about how good lookin' I am, and how all the chicks dig me 'cuz I got a big car." There was a sly wink as he confessed to actually owning a small Honda. "But it makes it easier to creep around all the motorcycles in the parking lot" he added.
We spoke at length about the local music scene, and whereas Michael had many good things to say, especially about the creativity and diversity of the Louisville market, he also expressed the idea that Louisville desperately needs a strong local label, one with a good marketing dept., and the necessary business savvy and knowledge of distribution to really get the ball rolling. We both agreed that the explosion of indie labels has helped to put rock and roll back where it belongs. . . in the hands of the rockers themselves rather than some corporate hatchet man. "It's like after Woodstock, a bunch of guys in suits sat up and started taking notice of the music scene. . . thinking 'Hey, we can make a lot of money. . . after that it was just a matter of time. . ."
Of the local bands, Michael says he is a big fan of Bodeco, whom he has played with in the past. "We did some stuff on a tiny board at Jimmy Brown's place (Guitar Emporium). Jimmy is my hero. He has mastered success."
When I asked if he considered himself a jazz or blues artist, he replied that he thinks of himself more as a "rock and roll " player. He describes the band Murphy's Law as being more of a "club for free-lance musicians" than a band. At the moment he's splitting his time between Murphy's Law, bartending something like 50 hours a week at ADI, plus he's working on a few projects with Greg Foresman (ex-Hammerheads, now playing with Debra Allen on the MCA label) and the Freakouts. "We do these weird 11/8 time signatures," he told me, "I mean, I can count it, but you can't exactly tap your foot to it, if you know what I mean. It's kinda like Sting and Steely Dan meet Bootsie Collins."
Murphy works almost exclusively with Jeff Carpenter at Real to Reel on recordings, and says that Jeff often calls him in when he needs a sax player.
Murphy's Law have a release on tape, and they are looking to get back into the studio soon. Dates where you can hear them perform in August include the 5th and 6th at Jim Porter's, the 12th and 13th and the 27th at Harvey's in Oldham County, and The Cheapside the 19th and 20th.
Being a bartender, I couldn't help but ask if he knew any cool bar tricks. He aptly demonstrated several sleight of hand maneuvers that required a lit cigarette, but warned "Kids, don't try this at home." I also asked if he knew any cool sax tricks. . . but he said he was still learning those. When I asked Michael if playing horn differed in any major way from playing, say, guitar or drums, he smiled and said "yeah. . .you get more chicks." For some reason, I believed him.


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Negative effects and consequences Background Information of the Wonthaggi desalinisation plant Economic and Community Drawbacks Environmental Drawbacks 1 Environmental Drawbacks 2 Located on the Bass Coast near Wonthaggi in southern Victoria
Constructed from September 2009 to December 2012, it is Australia's largest desalinisation plant
Cost of A$3.5 billion to construct
Cost of around A$650 million per annum to maintain (even if it is not in operation)
Reverse osmosis technology
Estimated output of 411 megalitres per day
Estimated to supply around 33% of Melbourne's water
Water transported along eighty five kilometres of underground pipeline to Melbourne's Cardinia reservoir
Wind farm proposed at Glenthompson to off-set the large amounts of energy needed to run the plant
Due to Cardina reservoir being around 80% full and Melbourne currently not experiencing a water shortage, the plant was immediately put into standby mode Large area of what was natural cleared farm land used for construction of the plant
This means disturbance/loss of habitat to wildlife living in this area
Pumping of saltwater destroys coastal marine environment
Chemicals used in desalinisation are dumped into the ocean, polluting it and harming wildlife
Brine, a by product of desalinisation, is pumped back into the ocean, rapidly increasing salinity levels and harming wildlife No to the Wonthaggi Desalinisation Project! People assembling on a beach to from the words 'at what cost?' to combat the desalinisation project. Image courtesy of Herald Sun Aerial photograph of the Wonthaggi desalinisation plant under construction in September 2012. Image courtesy of Herald Sun People on a beach combating the desalinisation project. Image courtesy of ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) Aquasure (2013), 'The Plant' viewed 11 April 2013 <http://www.aquasure.com.au/plant-description.php>
State Government Victoria (2013) 'Government Initiatives: Desalinisation Project - Background', viewed 11 April 2013 <http://www.water.vic.gov.au/initiatives/desalination/desalination>
Water-technology.net (2013) 'Wonthaggi Desalinisation Plant, Victoria, Australia', viewed 11 April 2013 <http://www.water-technology.net/projects/wonthaggidesalinatio/> Plant is extremely expensive to build (A$3.5 billion) and will require ongoing expenditure (around A$600 million per annum) to maintain
This puts strain on local finance and spending
This in turn means taxes will increase for
the people of Victoria
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desalinisation plant could be used for
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economic benefits, such as industrial or
agricultural development References Edwards, G. (2012) 'The Desalination Plant, the North-South Pipeline and the Welfare of Melburnians', 56th Annual Conference of Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society, Esplanade Hotel, Fremantle, Western Australia, 8-10 February
McArthur, G. and Collier, K. (2011) 'Melbourne water users slapped with 'desal tax' despite recent floods', Herald Sun, 20 January, 2011 References Desalinisation plants consume a large amount of energy as a result of the desalinisation process
Depleting fossil fuels are used to supply this energy
Furthermore greenhouse gases are produced from the use of these fossil fuels
These greenhouse gases contribute to the enhanced greenhouse effect, which results in global warming (which has several adverse effects globally, e.g. melting of polar ice caps resulting in a rise in sea levels, etc.)
Desalinisation is not a very sustainable solution in terms of energy consumption and greenhouse gas pollution References eHow (2013) 'The Dissadvantages of Desalinisation' viewed 11 April 2013 <http://www.ehow.com/list_5961767_disadvantages-desalination.html>
Lattemann, S. and Hoepner, T. (2008) 'Environmental impact and impact assessment of seawater desalination' in Desalination, vol. 220, no. 1–3, pp. 1–15 Avlonitis, S.A., Kouroumbas, K. and Vlachakis, N. (2003) 'Energy consumption and membrane replacement cost for seawater RO desalination plants' in Desalination, vol. 157, no. 1-3, pp. 151–158
Global Greenhouse Warming (2013) 'Desalination' viewed 1 May 2013 <http://www.global-greenhouse-warming.com/desalination.html>
Lattemann, S. and Hoepner, T. (2008) 'Environmental impact and impact assessment of seawater desalination' in Desalination, vol. 220, no. 1–3, pp. 1–15 References Map showing the location and several information regarding the Wonthaggi desalinisation plant. Map courtesy of State Government Victoria Environmental Drawbacks 3 Conserve Energy Future (2013) 'Disadvantages Of Wind Energy' viewed 1 May 2013 <http://www.conserve-energy-future.com/Disadvantages_WindEnergy.php>
Leithead, W.E. (2007) 'Wind energy' in Philosophical transactions of the royal society A, vol. 365, pp. 957-970 References Is the proposed wind farm really an effective off-set?
Energy still needs to be produced to run the desalinisation plant
Wind farms are expensive to build and maintain, on top of the very high cost of the desalinisation plant
They also use fossil fuel energy and produce greenhouse gases in the construction process
They take up large amounts of space which could be used for alternative developments
Wind turbines are viewed negatively by some members of the public due to being viewed as visual and noise pollution By Sebastian Weiss (student ID: 557413)
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TITANIC-TITANIC.com | Titanic Lifeboat Launching Times
Time Away
12.45 a.m.
Loading Officer: First Officer William McMaster Murdoch (+ Lowe).
Notes: First lifeboat to be lowered.
12.55 a.m.
Loading Officer: Fifth Officer Harold Godfrey Lowe.
Notes: As the lifeboat is being lowered, Dr. Henry William Frauenthal and his brother Isaac Gerald Frauenthal jump into it, dislocating a couple of Annie May Stengel's ribs.
12.55 a.m.
|Lifeboat No. 6
Loading Officer: Second Officer Charles Lightoller.
Notes: Arthur Godfrey Peuchen, a keen yachtsman, was ordered down the falls by Charles Lightoller when it is discovered there is only one sailor aboard the lifeboat.
01.00 a.m.
Loading Officer: First Officer William McMaster Murdoch (+ Lowe).
Notes: About ten firemen were allowed to board No. 3 as the women close by seemed reluctant to get into the boat.
01.00 a.m.
Loading Officer: First Officer William McMaster Murdoch (+ Lowe).
Notes: Of all the events that took place that night, the loading of this lifeboat will forever remain a source of anger and mystery. It contained an incredibly low amount of people, made-up of five First Class passengers, and seven crew, a ridiculous balance. The fact that not only Cosmo Edmund Duff Gordon and Lady Duff-Gordon were aboard this lifeboat, but also their secretary, Laura Mabel Francatelli, made it very difficult for Cosmo Edmund Duff Gordon in the years to come. He didn't help matters by offering each crewman five pounds, ostensibly to replace their lost kits, but it looked to many like a pay-off to keep the crewmen quiet, and it would take years for Cosmo Edmund Duff Gordon to clear his name.
01.10 a.m.
Loading Officer: Second Officer Charles Lightoller.
Notes: As the lifeboat was lowered, it was pointed out by Captain Smith that there were only two crewmen aboard, so two seamen were ordered to assist in manning the lifeboat.
01.20 a.m.
|Loading Officer: Second Officer Charles Herbert Lightoller (+ Moody).
Under Command Of: Seaman Edward John Buley.
01.20 a.m.
|Loading Officer: First Officer William McMaster Murdoch (+ Moody).
Under Command Of: Bosun's Mate Albert M. Haines
01.25 a.m
Loading Officer: Second Officer Charles Herbert Lightoller (+ Lowe).
Notes: The majority of the people aboard lifeboat No. 12 were Second Class women.
01.30 a.m.
Loading Officer: Fifth Officer Harold Godfrey Lowe (+Wilde).
Notes: After the sinking, Lowe gathered together lifeboats 4, 10, 12 and Collapsible D. He distributed his passengers amongst the other four boats, and then returned to the area where Titanic had sunk to pick up more survivors. He found only 4 men, and one of these, William Hoyt, would die not long after being rescued. By the time it was light, Lowe came across Collapsible A, which had taken on a lot of water when it floated free of the sinking ship. He pulled alongside and took off the survivors into lifeboat No. 14.
01.30 a.m.
|Loading Officer: Sixth Officer James Moody.
Under Command Of: Leading Fireman Frederick William Barrett.
01.35 a.m.
Loading Officer: Sixth Officer James Moody.
Notes: Joseph Henry Bailey was ordered down the falls when Moody realized that the lifeboat was undermanned, and he assumed command of the boat.
01.35 a.m.
Loading Officer: First Officer William McMaster Murdoch (+ Moody).
Notes: This lifeboat carried mainly Third Class passengers, together with a large amount of Stewards. As the lifeboat was lowered, it nearly came to land on top of No. 13, which was still attached to the falls, and drifting underneath No. 15, and shouted warnings to the officers above went unheard. No. 13's crew managed to cut the falls free just in time to avoid an embarrassing accident.
01.40 a.m.
Loading Officer: Chief Officer Henry Wilde (+ Murdoch).
Notes: Joseph Bruce Ismay, President of the White Star Line, stepped aboard Collapsible C just as it was about to be lowered. It would tarnish his reputation for the rest of his life, and for a long time afterwards too, and the fact that many other men from had stood back would make his actions even harder to justify. In America, particularly, he was pilloried, often referred to as 'Brute' Ismay, but when he returned to England, he was warmly welcomed. Many people pointed out that had he stayed on-board to meet his fate, it would have been yet another death.
01.45 a.m.
|Loading Officer: First Officer William McMaster Murdoch.
Under Command Of: Fourth Officer Joseph Groves Boxhall.
01.45 a.m.
Loading Officer: First Officer William McMaster Murdoch.
Notes: As this lifeboat is being lowered with about 20 stewards and stewardesses aboard, Murdoch realises that there are no sailors aboard to man it, so he sends Quartermaster Sidney James Humphreys and Seaman Walter T. Brice down the falls, where Sidney James Humphreys then assumes command of the lifeboat.
01.55 a.m.
Loading Officer: Second Officer Charles Herbert Lightoller.
Notes: Charles Lightoller had loaded this boat almost entirely with ladies, with just a couple of young boys aboard. He had also only put one crewman aboard, so, realising his mistake, he sent down Quartermaster Walter John Perkis and Seaman William McCarthy down the falls, where Walter John Perkis assumes command. Charles Lightoller orders him to take the boat to the aft gangway doors in order to take on more passengers, but these doors were never opened. While waiting, two more people lowered themselves down the now empty falls of No. 16. Greaser Ranger made it safely into the boat, but Greaser Scott fell into the water, and had to be pulled into the boat. Walter John Perkis orders the boat pulled away from the sinking ship, and is the closest lifeboat to Titanic when she finally sinks. Seven swimmers make it to the boat, and are pulled aboard, but 2 of them would die in the night.
02.05 a.m.
Loading Officer: Second Officer Charles Herbert Lightoller.
Notes: Collapsible D was lowered with only 22 people, but two more passengers, Mauritz Hakan Bjornstom Steffansson and Hugh Woolner, jumped into the lifeboat as it was being lowered. Frederick Maxfield Hoyt was then pulled from the water just after the boat hit the water. After the sinking, Collapsible D was gathered together with boats Nos. 4, 10, 12 and 14, and a further 10 people were taken aboard, whilst Seaman William A. Lucas was transferred to No. No. 12.
02.20 a.m.
Lifeboat Collapsible Collapsible A
02.20 a.m.
Lifeboat Collabsible Collapsible B
Under Command Of: Second Officer Charles Herbert Lightoller.
Notes: Collapsible B was stowed on the roof of the officers quarters on the port side. A group of men tried to lower the lifeboat down to the deck, but it landed upside down. An attempt to right the lifeboat and attach it to the davits failed as Titanic surged down at the bow, and the wave it created swept the boat, together with the men working on it overboard. Many men managed to climb aboard the upturned vessel, which was in danger of sinking virtually all of the night. Many people were turned away from climbing aboard due to the fear of it sinking from the weight of too many passengers. The survivors were later transferred to boats No, 4 and 12.
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NEW YORK - Online investment calculators and research on the Internet are augmenting rather than threatening the livelihood of financial advisors, according to a survey by the Forum for Investor Advice of New York.
Only 19 percent of investors currently rely on the Internet as their primary source of investment advice and education, whereas 57 percent of investors rely on financial advisors as their primary source of such information, according to the survey. The survey was released at a conference sponsored by the forum here May 4.
Neuwirth Associates of New York conducted the survey between Feb. 16 and March 5 among 400 investors who have retained a financial investor and who use the Internet at least once a month. The survey asked this group about its usage of and preference for the Internet versus a financial planner for investment information and financial transactions.
Only 15 percent used the Internet to purchase mutual funds, stocks or bonds in the previous 12 months, the survey found.
However, the survey also found that investors expect to increase their reliance on the Internet over the next three years and decrease their dependence on financial advisors.
Although 19 percent of those surveyed said they use the Internet as their primary source of investment advice and education, 29 percent said they expect to rely on the Internet for such information by 2003. The 57 percent of investors who prefer to use a financial advisor as their primary source of investment information now, will decrease to 51 percent by 2003, the survey found.
An overwhelming majority of those surveyed said they were either very satisfied (68 percent) or somewhat satisfied (29 percent) with their financial advisor.
When given a variety of reasons they might be happy with their financial advisors, 29 percent answered they trusted their financial advisors, 24 percent said they like to validate their own investment decisions by speaking to their financial advisors and 22 percent said they liked that their financial advisors came up with personalized investment plans for them. Fourteen percent said their advisors helped them sort through the copious financial information available, especially on the Internet, and nine percent said they simply did not have the time to create a financial plan on their own.
Speakers at the conference emphasized the value of the personalized attention financial advisors can provide and some speakers said that while the Internet is going to become ever more powerful, it will never replace the one-on-one attention of financial advisors.
In fact, the Internet is making investors all the more educated and raising the level of investors' expectations of their financial advisors, the speakers said.
Even Charles Schwab of San Francisco recently purchased US Trust to compete with traditional investment management companies and their legions of financial planners, said Jim Neuwirth, president of Neuwirth Research. Internet newcomers and discount brokerages realize that investors want and will continue to want advice, he said.
However, do-it-yourself investors are a growing breed, and as a result, no fund complex or investment management company today can exist without including the Internet and the direct sales channel as part of its business model, said Allen Jones, senior vice president of Merrill Lynch Asset Management of New York.
And, some speakers said that even now, the Internet can rival the personal attention individual advisors now provide.
Internet-based investment tools can already produce personalized investment plans, said Brian Hollander, president and chief executive officer of DirectAdvice.com, a web-based interactive investment management service based on artificial intelligence.
"Our models are totally personalized and totally unique to each person's circumstances," Hollander said. "They can present results and recommendations for investors as if they were face to face with an investment advisor."


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If you own a WordPress-powered website or are considering using WordPress as your CMS, you may be concerned about potential WordPress security issues. In this post, we'll outline a few of the most common WordPress security vulnerabilities, along with steps you can take to secure and protect your WordPress site.
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WordPress runs on open source code and has a team specifically devoted to finding, identifying and fixing WordPress security issues that arise in the core code. As security vulnerabilities are disclosed, fixes are immediately pushed out to patch any new security issues discovered in WordPress. That's why keeping WordPress updated to the latest version is incredibly important to the overall security of your website.
It's important to note that WordPress security vulnerabilities extend beyond WordPress core into the themes or plugins you install on your site. According to a recent report by wpscan.org, of the 3,972 known WordPress security vulnerabilities:
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The most common WordPress security issues occur before or just after your site has been compromised. The goal of a hack is to gain unauthorized access to your WordPress site on an administrator-level, either from the frontend (your WordPress dashboard) or on the server side (by inserting scripts or files).
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Former trustees of a Teamster Union employee benefit fund, including current union President Jackie Presser, did not violate federal law in approving a $10.6 million claims-processing deal in 1975 between a firm run by the late Allen Dorfman and the Chicago-based fund, a federal judge has ruled. Senior District Court Judge Hubert Will has dealt an embarrassing blow to the U.S. Labor Department in a case it brought in 1978 and which, he believes, has wasted taxpayer money.
``We consider this to be the most unnecessary decision and opinion we have issued in more than 24 years on the federal bench,`` Will concluded in a 63-page opinion issued Monday.


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Were You Set Up by The Police?
In 2010, one of the country's largest undercover operations in recent memory revealed a web of crime and deception involving some of New Jersey's politicians, businessmen and rabbis. The events following the arrests of the perpetrators have become almost as legendary as the crimes themselves.
"The Jersey Sting"
Authorities arrested over 40 New Jersey residents on a single day in 2009. The case, which became dubbed "The Jersey Sting" by the investigative journalists who reported it, involved a complicated money laundering scam. Most of the evidence in the subsequent trials centered on the role played by Solomon Dwek. Mr. Dwek, who had already been charged with separate money laundering offenses, was working on behalf of the FBI to implicate the ringleaders of the scam.
One of the most high-profile defendants was Harvey Smith, a Democrat Assemblyman at the time. Mr. Smith claimed, in his defense, that he was a victim of entrapment and not guilty of any crime. The jury hearing his case did not agree.
Burden of proof of entrapment is on the defendant
For the defense of entrapment to be successful, a defendant must show that either:
- The law enforcement officials, or the agents acting on their behalf, misled the defendant into believing that his or her unlawful conduct was permitted
- The defendant would not have carried out the illegal activity had it not been for the inducement or encouragement of law enforcement or their agents.
Entrapment is not available as a defense to violent crimes involving bodily injury or the threat of bodily injury. The defendant must prove by a preponderance of evidence that he or she committed the offense as a result of entrapment.
Police and law enforcement are entitled to use covert tactics to uncover crimes, but are not permitted to push people to commit crimes that they would not have otherwise committed.
If you think that you have been trapped into committing a crime, you need a seasoned criminal defense lawyer to assess the strength of this claim and help you prove your case. The lawyers at the New Jersey firm of Hoffman DiMuzio have been successfully defending clients charged with committing serious crimes for more than 35 years.
Publication approved by Leonard L. Grasso, Jr., Associate of Hoffman DiMuzio


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Any UMKC FNP current students/alumni out there? Will you tell me where your clinical sites are/were located? Checked UMKC's website but they don't specify where clinicals take place, they only say there are multiple sites. Also, how were your experiences with your preceptors? Were they eat their young types or reasonably supportive? I am gathering information to make a decision on which graduate program to attend. Any info that you can offer would be most helpful. Thanks so much.
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Olden-Day Olympics.
Friday, July 27, 2012
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18 comments:
- Berit said...
Sad, how empty the banks are on the first picture.
- July 27, 2012 at 10:08 AM
- Xixia said...
I become a huge sports fan once the Olympics roll around. Hey, the summer ones only come every four years - I need to go all out. ^^
The pictures are so cool - I like the vintage black and white. And I'm so excited to watch the Opening Ceremonies tonight!
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- July 27, 2012 at 12:22 PM
- Kristina @ Sarcire said...
I especially love the "Archery" photo with the women! Who knew?
- July 27, 2012 at 1:30 PM
- Dietrich Brandt said...
I'm so excited for the Olympics! These are great photos :).
- July 27, 2012 at 1:31 PM
- Monica L. Shulman said...
I'm so excited to watch the ceremonies tonight and not least of all bc I was just in London two weeks ago. I love love love these photos. You always find the best stuff.
happy weeeknd. x
- July 27, 2012 at 2:05 PM
- Rose said...
I LOVE that last photo. Look at them!
- July 27, 2012 at 2:22 PM
- angela said...
The archery photo is great. Have fun watching the opening ceremonies, hopefully I will be watching too!
- July 27, 2012 at 3:30 PM
- Ladies Holiday said...
I love the opening ceremony & the word olden! Happy weekend!
- July 27, 2012 at 5:58 PM
- Michelle S said...
So excited about the opening ceremony tonight! these old pics are amazing. thanks for sharing.
- July 27, 2012 at 6:52 PM
- Lisa said...
Like you, I'm not much of a sports fan, but the opening ceremony this evening actually gave me goosebumps (unfortunately, I was only able to watch the beginning). I love the photos you posted - great choices, as always. Wishing you a wonderful weekend, Shoko!
- July 27, 2012 at 10:27 PM
- Pink Ronnie said...
I missed the first hour and a half because it was 7am in Sydney and I was still in bed! Stumbled downstairs with the boys at 8.30am and caught the last hour. Thought the cauldron was amazing. Was really interesting explaining to Angus what the Olympics were about and why they were running around with the flame. Funny to think that at the last Olympics, none of the three boys were around!
Happy weekend, Shoko.
Ronnie xo
- July 28, 2012 at 7:05 AM
- Mel Scouts said...
These are great photos. Why is it that black and whites always bring so much drama to the situation? Great collection Shoko!
- July 28, 2012 at 3:51 PM
- Michelle {lovely little things} said...
I love the black and white photos, my how fast everything changes! With all of the technology at the opening ceremonies this time around, it's even amazing how different the '92 Olympics were compared to this day and age.
- July 28, 2012 at 10:30 PM
- Shoko said...
Berit, I thought the same thing!
Deirdre, "olden" is a great one, isn't it?
Ronnie, I loved the cauldron, too. And you're lucky you caught the last hour, because that was definitely the best part - you didn't miss much earlier :)
- July 29, 2012 at 9:02 AM
- Bambi said...
your blog is amazing! just scrolled through all pages! :)
- July 29, 2012 at 1:24 PM
- jillian m. said...
That last photo is the best. What a moment! It's happiness, relief, athleticism, invigoration and hard work. I love candid shots.
- July 30, 2012 at 7:43 AM
- Heather said...
I could care less about sports any other time, but once the Olympics roll around, I always get so hooked! I think I watched more TV this weekend than I have this whole year, combined! :)
- July 30, 2012 at 3:13 PM
- Akiko said...
I'm the same. the Olympics get me every time and love old Olympics pictures! The girls gymnastic yesterday gave me a goose bumps! akiko
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