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Chicago Docs Make a Statement: Second International Fest Gets Political
by Anthony Kaufman
Home to both a diverse, ethnic population and Kartemquin Films, the team responsible for breaking open the documentary market via their hit "Hoop Dreams," Chicago is an ideal place to host an international documentary showcase. Now in its second year, the Chicago International Documentary Festival (April 1-11), which is hoping to stake a claim to the growing nonfiction market as one of the largest such events in the United States, is hosting nearly 100 films all across the Windy City, weighted heavily with work from Eastern Europe, Russia, and films about Israel and the invasion of Iraq.
"It's fantastic to give these films the exposure they deserve," says CIDF president and executive director Christopher Kamyszew, who is also been running Chicago's Polish Film Festival since 1989. "At most other festivals, the documentaries are in sidebars, but here they are the primary object of interest."
As evidence of the festival's growth in just two years, says Kamyszew, they expect to double last year's attendance, and are already planning several initiatives for the event's third outing, such as workshops with visiting filmmakers, an increased U.S. presence in the selection, Hi-Def exhibition, additional screenings for industry attendees, and for the first time, submission fees. (For this year's edition, they received more than 2400 films that didn't pay a dime).
Opening night at Doc Films (the venerable site of the University of Chicago's film society, founded in 1932 as the Documentary Film Group) featured premieres of "Marina," a portrait of the 13-year-old star of Siddiq Barmak's Golden Globe winner "Osama," and HBO's "Death in Gaza," a documentary about Palestinian children, made all the more intense by the fact that it's director, TV cameraman James Miller, was killed by Israeli soldiers during the making of the movie.
Israel's cycle of violence is also examined in Tom Roberts's "Inside the Mind of the Suicide Bomber" and David Ofek's "No. 17," about the search for the identity of the victim of such an attack, which is one of 16 films competing for the festival's top award, the Chicago Doc Grand Prix and a cash prize of $15,000. An esteemed international jury, composed of Chicago professor and author Michael Rabiger, IDFA Director Ally Derks, Polish filmmaker Andrzej Fidyk, and St. Petersburg Documentary Film Studio Director Viacheslav Telnov, will announce the winners this weekend.
In keeping with current politics, "This Ain't No Heartland," from Austrian filmmaker Andreas Horvath, is the most unabashedly American-bating in the competition. A scathing portrait of ignorant and inebriated Midwesterners and their attitude towards the invasion of Iraq, Horvath photographs parades and picnics, Civil War re-enactments and demolition derbies, and interviews patriotic wackos, paranoid racist drunks, a Republican party official, and inter-cuts them together with the sounds of an evangelical preacher and lyrical shots of empty fields.
"This Ain't No Heartland" is too long and polemical, but in opening his film with Nazi leader Herman Goering's famous quote about how easy it is to drag the people to war ("All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism"), Horvath highlights the dangers of the Bush administration and how plenty of citizens are willing to swallow their propaganda.
A tandem work to current fest fave "The Control Room," Ali Essafi's "Al-Jazeera, Arab Voices" documents nearly the same period and people as Jehane Noujaim's acclaimed film: the days leading to the Iraqi war as seen, experienced and reported by the staff of the famous Arab news network ("if everybody watches CNN," reads a poster on the wall, "what does CNN watch?") While less skillfully conceived as "The Control Room," "Al-Jazeera, Arab Voices" fills in some of the details on Al Jazeera's colorful and articulate cast of characters.
Out of competition, but playing along with "Al Jazeera, Arab Voices" is another companion piece to the Iraqi invasion, "War Feels Like War," which follows journalists who begin in Kuwait before the war (as "SCUD bait," cynically intones commentator P.J. O'Rourke) and who then move into Iraq, confronted with the deaths of their colleagues and inured to the horrors of Iraqi corpses.
Though no longer making headlines, two films from the Balkans highlight the region's post-conflict conditions with a lighter touch. In the humorous, yet penetrating "Whose is This Song?," Bulgarian filmmaker Adela Peeva investigates the origins of a Balkan tune that each country claims as their own. More biting is Serbian director Goran Radovanovic's "Casting: A South East Europe Transition Film," a provocative glimpse into a post-war Belgrade economy that blurs the line between capitalism and prostitution.
Other strong, but wearisome works include Malek Bensmail's "Alienations" a Wiseman-ian look at an Algerian psychiatric ward, where the inhabitants have been seemingly driven mad by their unstable country, and Nina Toussain and Massimo Iannetta's "The Decomposition of the Soul," a poetic tour through a prison once run by East Germany's Secret Police, as re-experienced by some of its captives a la Rithy Panh's "S-21: The Khmer Rouge Killing Machine."
One of the competition's most auspicious titles, "Disbelief," which premiered at Sundance, was pulled at the last minute from the festival lineup. Russian authorities sealed off access to the only 35mm print of Andrei Nekrasov's gripping investigation into the bombing of a Moscow building, which points a finger at Putin and the new Russian Secret Service. Nekrasov's documents were also stolen. While Nekrasov got his passport back and the festival had hoped to screen a Beta SP version of "Disbelief," says CIDF Program Director Ray Privett, "the logistical problems we faced — beyond the print seizure – became extraordinary. It was very difficult to clarify whether the film or any guests would be available."
Still, Russian-watchers had plenty else to see, as Russia was chosen as the festival's spotlight country, including Ineke Smits's "Putin's Mama," Pamela Gordon's edge-of-your-seat thriller "Moscow Siege," and spotlights on U.K. filmmaker Angus Macqueen ("Loving Lenin," "Gulag") and samples from the St. Petersburg Documentary Film Studios (such as Alexander Sokurov's "Sonata for Hitler"). Next year's edition will single out documentaries from China.
Nodding to America's place in the world, the CIDF also screened several works from the U.S.: Goro Toshima's "A Hard Straight," which is both a humanistic portrait of three parolees trying to reintegrate into society and a harsh critique of the justice system that continually fails them; Jane Gray's "Playing House," a compelling look at the fragility of girls too young to be in a Massachusetts boarding school; Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky's "Metallica: Some Kind of Monster," which gives viewers an entertaining and intimate ringside seat to the heavy metal band's group therapy sessions, and Hollywood director John Landis' audience favorite about used car salesman "Slasher."
The Chicago Doc Fest will close this weekend with Sundance premiere "Persons of Interest," Alison Maclean ("Jesus' Son") and Tobias Perse's infuriating examination of the affects of John Ashcroft's department of injustice in its straightforward presentation of interviews with Arab and Middle Eastern American families who faced detention or deportation after September 11.
"One mark of these films is how critical they are of this administration," says Kamyszew, joking about a probable tax audit in his future. "But that's the point," he says. "Documentaries can't be confused with television."
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Kevin and I cut the first batch of wood for the Craftorium shelves - the pieces are now on the table in the woodshop. Thanks for the help, Kevin!
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I would recommend sanding the corners and edges of the wood with 60 grit sand paper (or an orbital with 60g on it). This will ensure a half decent finish and no fabric-catching slivers.
Recommend painting or at least clear-coating everything prior to assembly and install. Its just easier to do it on a table than on a wall.
We need to find the studs in the walls - recommend getting above the paneling and using nails to zero in on one, then project 16"centers and test again. Mark a vertical line on the wall showing the center of the stud.
Pre-drill the holes in the uprights for the wall mount to ensure optimal strength when installed.
Pre- assemble the gusset and 2"x 2"" uprights - use 1.5" screws. Ensure upright end is flush with top of gusset.
Install the gussets into the pre-marked studs at appropriate height using 3.5" screws- ensue there is 20" of clearance from top shelf to ceiling (for tall totes).
Chuck the 2'x8' shelf on the top of the gussets - secure shelf to gusset.
Determine exact shape and height of L-shaped shelf - jigsaw/skilsaw.
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Jackson cofounded the nonprofit organization Cambria Seeds of Empowerment with her sister Katherine in 2014. This organization provides $100,000 in grants each year to female leaders making a difference in the world, as well as to other nonprofits that work to empower women. Jackson's goal with this organization was to recognize the strength of female leaders, showcase a variety of role models for young women, and inspire more women to lead.
Jackson received a BA in Studio Arts from Scripps College in 2010. Seeds of Empowerment wine bottles, which can be purchased in order to raise money for the grants; all feature an original watercolor by Jackson on the label. These paintings depict past Seeds of Empowerment grant winners or other women who capture the essence of the organization.
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ACC keeps improving, beats Chicago Christian
Aurora Central Catholic beat visiting Chicago Christian 12-0 to win consecutive games for the first time since Weeks 1 and 2 of the 2002 season.
Striking first in the middle of the second quarter of the Suburban Christian Gold contest, Marcus Jefferson scored on a 35-yard run. Only the clock stopped the Chargers from scoring, as they were on Chicago Christian's 7-yard line when time ran out in the second quarter.
ACC (2-1, 1-0) made up for it in the fourth quarter on sophomore Steven Amoni's 13-yard run for the final score.
"The defense played lights out," said Chargers coach Brian Casey.
The keys of containing Chicago Christian quarterback Jason VanderLaan were met, and Chargers cornerback Patrick Sweet limited 6-foot-4 receiver Mike Kamp to 1 reception.
Casey credited a slew of defenders, saying up to 20 different players made significant contributions on the defensive line alone including Mike Reuland, Kent Brauweiler, Adam Blake, T.J. Ali and Alex Chettiath, coming off an injury to make his first appearance of the season.
The Chargers ran 63 offensive plays to 39 for Chicago Christian (2-1, 0-1). ACC, which forced 2 fumbles, also compiled about 260 yards of offense, Casey said, to 70 for the Knights.
"Our opponents are the Batavias and all those," Casey said, "but the way our defensive flies around, I'll put our defensive up there with anybody. They've played three weeks of lights-out football."
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President Barack Obama is celebrating Father's day a few days early by having an impromptu lunch with two members of the military and two local barbers.
Obama is touting a mentoring initiative aimed at reaching out to fathers with positive parenting advice from barbers and barbershops.
He ate a barbecue lunch of ribs, collard greens and corn bread, telling his Capitol Hill lunch guests that "barbershops are a good place" to share advice on taking responsibility for children.
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Earl Nightingale Quotes About ExpectationsQuotes about: Expectations
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Our environment, the world in which we live and work, is a mirror of our attitude and expectations. If we feel that our environment could stand some improvement, we can bring about that change for the better by improving our attitude. The world plays no favorites. It's impersonal. It doesn't care who succeeds and who fails. Nor does it care if we change. Our attitude toward life doesn't affect the world and the people in it nearly as much as it affects us.
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WASHINGTON — A pro-Palestinian rally and march on the White House drew thousands today, turning Pennsylvania Avenue and Lafayette Square, the park opposite the White House, into a sea of demonstrators.
According to video footage and witness statements, Tariq Abu Khdeir was on his way home from his cousin Mohammad Abu Khdeir's funeral procession when he was cornered in his uncle's yard by masked men, beaten unconscious, and repeatedly struck in the head even after losing consciousness.
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If the people of the world want to stop the violence there, then go there, and when Hamas launches rockets indiscriminately towards Israel during a ceasefire as has happened how many times now?
They go where the rocket was launched from and beat the crap out of the idiots that have just brought deserved immediate retaliation upon the people of Gaza
How's about them apples?
Our struggle against the Jews is very great and very serious. It needs all sincere efforts. It is a step that inevitably should be followed by other steps. The Movement is but one squadron that should be supported by more and more squadrons from this vast Arab and Islamic world, until the enemy is vanquished and Allah's victory is realized.
Article Seven:
"The Day of Judgement will not come about until Muslims fight the Jews (killing the Jews), when the Jew will hide behind stones and trees. The stones and trees will say O Muslims, O Abdulla, there is a Jew behind me, come and kill him. Only the Gharkad tree, would not do that because it is one of the trees of the Jews." (related by al-Bukhari and Muslim).
Article Thirteen: Peaceful Solutions, [Peace] Initiatives and International Conferences: [Peace] initiatives, the so-called peaceful solutions, and the international conferences to resolve the Palestinian problem, are all contrary to the beliefs of the Islamic Resistance Movement. For renouncing any part of Palestine means renouncing part of the religion; the nationalism of the Islamic Resistance Movement is part of its faith, the movement educates its members to adhere to its principles and to raise the banner of Allah over their homeland as they fight their Jihad: "Allah is the all-powerful, but most people are not aware." From time to time a clamoring is voiced, to hold an International Conference in search for a solution to the problem. Some accept the idea, others reject it, for one reason or another, demanding the implementation of this or that condition, as a prerequisite for agreeing to convene the Conference or for participating in it. But the Islamic Resistance Movement, which is aware of the [prospective] parties to this conference, and of their past and present positions towards the problems of the Muslims, does not believe that those conferences are capable of responding to demands, or of restoring rights or doing justice to the oppressed. Those conferences are no more than a means to appoint the nonbelievers as arbitrators in the lands of Islam. Since when did the Unbelievers do justice to the Believers? "And the Jews will not be pleased with thee, nor will the Christians, till thou follow their creed. Say: Lo! the guidance of Allah [himself] is the Guidance. And if you should follow their desires after the knowledge which has come unto thee, then you would have from Allah no protecting friend nor helper." Sura 2 (the Cow), verse 120 There is no solution to the Palestinian problem except by Jihad. The initiatives, proposals and International Conferences are but a waste of time, an exercise in futility. The Palestinian people are too noble to have their future, their right and their destiny submitted to a vain game. As the hadith has it: "The people of Syria are Allah's whip on this land; He takes revenge by their intermediary from whoever he wished among his worshipers. The Hypocrites among them are forbidden from vanquishing the true believers, and they will die in anxiety and sorrow." (Told by Tabarani, who is traceable in ascending order of traditionaries to Muhammad, and by Ahmed whose chain of transmission is incomplete. But it is bound to be a true hadith, for both story tellers are reliable. Allah knows best.)
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In 2010 Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal stated that the Charter is "a piece of history and no longer relevant, but cannot be changed for internal reasons."Hamas have moved away from their charter since they decided to go for political office.
In 2009 interviews with the BBC, Tony Blair claimed that Hamas does not accept the existence of Israel and continues to pursue their objectives through terror and violence; Sir Jeremy Greenstock however argued that they have not adopted their charter since they won the Palestinian legislative election, 2006 as part of their political program.
I see we have another member that doesn't have time for the truth but would rather just rehash the msm's propaganda.
originally posted by: Britguy
Why should ANYONE recognize Israel, when they themselves refuse to recognize the Palestinian people and deny them a self governed state, and refuse to declare borders! Israel, and it's bought and paid for mouthpieces, are always quick to make that statement about HAMAS and others refusing to recognize their state, but never mention Israels refusal to do the same.
Of course, as has been mentioned, when you get to control so much media, you can make sure it only reports in your favour and doesn't tell the whole story. Here in the UK, the BBC is one of the worst when it comes to that. Hell, they even make sure only staunch supporters get to be director general. Talk about a stacked deck!
Slowly the tide is turning and outrage gathers pace. In the meantime of course, I have noticed news stories appearing whining about the increase in "Ant-Semitic attacks" in Europe! Playing victim all the time is their defence model and is brought up every time they go on a killing spree. However, they are also well known for faking a lot, and have been caught doing so plenty of times. When your only defence is to claim victimhood, not deny the actions of your government, then it's time to give it up.
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If the people of the world want to stop the violence there, then go there, and when Hamas launches rockets indiscriminately towards Israel during a ceasefire as has happened how many times now?
They go where the rocket was launched from and beat the crap out of the idiots that have just brought deserved immediate retaliation upon the people of Gaza
How's about them apples?


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I was one of the black ad agency professionals featured in that story. I had spent more than 22 years in the business in Chicago -- about 12 creating ads full time for six of the top 10 agencies in the U.S. and (at that time) the top African-American-owned one, Burrell. I spent another 10 as one of the first full-time freelancers.
Included with the 1992 story was a prototype ad I had created. The visual was a sign that read "WHITES ONLY." The ad headline read, "This sign might as well be hanging on the doors of every major ad agency in America."
That 1992 article explored the numbers behind the ad. One that still sticks out was that African-Americans, by my count, then comprised fewer than 1% of the creative staffs of the top 25 U.S. ad agencies. I had done the numbers for an article I was writing, "The Invisible Man in the Gray Flannel Suit." I found about 60 blacks among the roughly 6,500 creatives I estimated were employed by the top 25 agencies.
Immediately afterwards, I noticed a big drop in my "general market" work. I've spent the past eight years creating anti-racist communications, co-hosting a public affairs radio show in Chicago called "The Race Question" and doing free-lance work for Burrell Communications Group and small, mostly African-American-owned, businesses. I've even written and self-published two books and helped start a whole new movement in academia I call "white studies." Now I'm back to see if the ad industry has cleaned up its "dirty little" act.
It's March 27, 2000. I'm on an Amtrak train to New York, to an event called "Creatively Incorrect." Its organizer, the Advertising Club of New York, bills it as "a freewheeling and entertaining discussion" about the relationship between "culture and creativity." It's to feature filmmaker/adman Spike Lee and Donny Deutsch, CEO of the Deutsch ad agency, discussing creativity and diversity. In other words, discussing why there are still so few "non-whites" creating ads in the major ad agencies.
I had a great time, but I've got a few politically incorrect questions.
* Why, 30 years after the height of the civil rights movement, is this event even necessary?
* Why do the clients allow agencies to disregard the most modest equal opportunity goals?
* Why do civil rights organizations give the ad industry a free pass . . . except for high visibility "gotcha moments" such as the "Katz Media memo"? (In the memo, a white Katz executive called blacks "suspects" not "prospects.")
* Why, almost 40 years after African-Americans first were hired in major agencies, are there almost none in the top creative ranks?
* How many black professionals have been forced to abandon ad careers because the industry is still as uncomfortable with the idea of integration (especially at its top) as a Southern school mom in 1955? (There's an idea. Maybe Mad Ave. should try busing.)
* What effect has the free-lance industry (which barely existed eight years ago) and the Internet (in 1992 hardly a glimmer in a greedy geek's eye) had on African-American creatives? (Does www equal White White Web?)
The U.S. eight years ago was in the middle of a seemingly unending recession. One of the rationales (alibis?) then was things would get better for African-Americans' employment prospects in the agency community when the economy got better. Don't look now but last month marked the longest economic expansion in American history.
I applaud the New York adclub committee that put the "Creatively Incorrect" event together. I have great respect for Valerie Graves of Uniworld Group, who has spent tons of time working to "colorize" the agency industry. But I also understand how difficult it is to push people who are also clients, co-workers and peers.
Eight years ago, I proposed a simple way to answer the "we can't find any qualified blacks" conundrum: the Minority Talent Hotline. Ad Age Editor in Chief Rance Crain graciously donated a page ad to announce it. But within two months, three of the four Chicago agencies that pledged to support it pulled out. Only Foote, Cone & Belding held up its end of the bargain for a year.
The hot line can still work but, with the laser vision of hindsight, I think it needed other components to be really effective.
* A clear goal and timetable should be publicly stated. I suggest we shoot for at least 15% of the creative staffs of every major agency being African-American by 2005.
* Every client should make it clear to its agencies that the diversity of the agency's professional staff, especially the creative department, will be a criterion in awarding and retaining its account.
* Someone should monitor results and do a yearly survey, not unlike Ad Age's annual agency billing and ad expenditure reports.
* A campaign to find and spotlight outstanding non-white creative people and their work should be supported by all. Two of the more credible reasons I've heard for why white creative directors don't hire more non-white creative employees or freelancers are: 1) They seldom see their work; and 2) the work they do see is not especially good or only for "special" markets.
I've lots of other ideas. I'd like to work with any agency, client or industry association serious about confronting this issue and moving this ball a lot closer to the goal line -- before another generation of African-American creative talent is lost to our industry. But we must be willing not only to think outside the box but to go outside the little circle where most white ad people seem most comfortable.
Former Ogilvy & Mather Chairman Jock Elliott's much quoted (and ignored) 1969 call for 13% minimum minority professional employment by New York ad agencies by "the end of 1972" is now thirtysomething. I think it would be a crime if we haven't reached and surpassed this goal by 2005. Don't you?
Mr. Thompson is a creative communications consultant, specializing in race relations in Chicago (email@example.com).


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You may or may not have already heard that John Travolta recently lost his dogs to an accident at the airport.
According to an article from ABC News, "Travolta and his family landed at the airport well before dawn May 13, and an unidentified person who was not a member of the Travolta family but 'a liaison' for them took the two dogs for a walk. A pickup truck driven by an airport employee was approaching the aircraft when it apparently struck and killed the animals."
It is very tragic that the family has to go through these tough times of losing not one, but two beloved pets.
There seem to be many debacles including pets and airplanes lately. When traveling with pets, take all safety precautions such as carrying smaller pets on board the plane with you, or opting to drive rather than fly. You might also look into reputable pet relocation services.


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August 18, 2008
U.S. Army tug sold
Marcon International reports that Kwajalein Range Services awarded the twin screw tug "Gulf Condor" (LT-101) to Northland Transportation Company of Seattle, Washington.
The tug was sold on behalf of the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command acting by and through U.S. Army Kwajalein Atoll / Reagan Test Site. The 121' x 34' tug is a former ocean-going, anchor-handling tug acquired by U.S. Army from Zapata Marine, along with its sister-vessel "Gulf Raven" now named "Mystic" (LT-102). Both were built in 1981 by Quality Equipment of Houma, Louisiana for Gulf Mississippi Marine, later to become Zapata Gulf, and sent to Kwajalein Atoll in 1987.
The tugs have always been kept in full ABS class with the notation +A1 Towing Service +AMS, in addition to being maintained to U.S. Army AR 56-9 standards.
"Gulf Condor" is powered by a pair of EMD 12-645E6 diesels totaling 3,000 BHP at 900 RPM with Reintjes 4.95:1 gears driving fixed pitch, 4-blade 108" x 108" props in kort nozzles. Bollard pull is estimated at abt. 50 tons. The tug is fitted with an Intercon DD-200 double drum 200,000lb. line pull anchor handling / towing winch, Intercon HSW-20 hydraulic anchor windlass, hydraulic tow pins and a crane. Capacities include abt. 134,610g fuel, 15,500g fresh water and 2,500g lube oil. Air conditioned accommodations are provided for 11 crew in five staterooms. As expected due to her government ownership, "Gulf Condor" is fully fitted with communications and navigational aids including two Furuno radars, SSB, three VHF's, GMDSS, Autopilot, Sperry gyro with three repeaters, two GPS, fathometer, AIS, Navtex and Satcom.
At the time of the sale, the tug was located at Kwajalein Atoll which is some. 1,405 nm from Guam, 2,157 nm from Honolulu and 4,566 nm from Seattle. Despite the tug's remote location, it attracted a lot of attention due to its good condition and relatively light use over the past 21 years. Fifteen bids were received from potential U.S. and foreign buyers halfway across the globe.
The new owners are renaming the tug "Polar Storm" and plan to use it in their Pacific Northwest operations.
Shortly after the tug's arrival in Seattle, Northland intends to start repowering the vessel with a pair of CAT 3516Cs developing a total of 4,000 HP at 1,600 RPM. The project is not expected to not be completed until April 2009 due to the delivery schedule of both the main engines and reduction gears.
The primary reasons to the re-power is to achieve better fuel economy while at the same time getting another 1,000B HP.
New generators will also be installed plus the winch converted over to hydraulic controls to help save on fuel costs.
The new CAT 3516C engines are expected to consume about 2,500 gallons per day while delivering 4,000 HP compared to the original EMD 12-645E6s that used 3,000 gallons per day while only delivering 3,000 HP.
With diesel fuel at abt. US$ 3.50 to US$ 4.00 per gallon, savings for a normal operating season of 220 days are expected to be about US$ 385,000 per year.
Northland Services, Inc. operates a common carrier tug and barge service with year-round service to Southeast and Central Alaska as well as Hawaii, and seasonal service to Western Alaska ports and villages. In 2007, Northland's 30th year of operation, it handled more than 750,000 tons of cargo through its Terminal 115 facility in Seattle with a sailing schedule including nine Western Alaska sailings, 58 sailings to Southeast Alaska, 65 sailings to Central Alaska, and 25 sailings to Hawaii.
Marcon International, Inc. of Coupeville, Washington acted as sole and exclusive broker in the sale. This was the twelfth tug sold by Marcon in 2008. Sales are pending on two additional U.S. flag tugs totaling over 10,000 BHP.


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Chris Stamey, up until recently, hadn't issued a new long-player since he worked with Yo La Tengo on 2005's A Question of Temperature, and last recorded a full album with his old band the dB's in 1982.
Now, after a creative outburst lasting just a few months, Stamey will be following up 2012's critically acclaimed Falling Off the Sky — an ear-wormy reunion featuring all four original members of the dB's — with the solo triumph Lovesick Blues, due on February 5, 2013, from Yep Roc Records.
Not that Stamey hasn't been keeping himself busy. Between working as producer and audio engineer at his own recording studio in Chapel Hill, N.C., and orchestrating a series of all-star performances focusing on Big Star's Third, Stamey can't be accused of slowing down. Along the way, he's also continued collaborating with fellow dB's leader Peter Holsapple as a duo, producing Mavericks in 1991 and Here and Now in 2009.
Still, to have so much new material from Stamey in such a short amount of time can only be called a blessing by fans of his quirky brand of indie pop. Stamey stopped by to discuss this intimate new recording, and classic moments from his time with the dB's and as a solo artist, in this new Something Else! Sitdown …
NICK DERISO: Is it fair to say that Lovesick Blues is one of your most personal efforts? There is a such a finely detailed sense of poignancy, and all of these little details. The quiet intimacy was striking, to me.
CHRIS STAMEY: I wanted it to be a record that would sound good if you played it late at night, in the dark. In fact, as it developed, that was the acid test: I'd take rough mixes and play them that way and change things if it seemed jarring or incongruous in that environment.
NICK DERISO: After returning to your indie-pop roots with the terrific Falling off the Sky alongside Peter Holsapple in the dB's, it seems you're experimenting with more sophisticated textures here — in particular, with the use of strings. Was that a conscious effort? Or was this simply where the music took you?
CHRIS STAMEY: Well, I've been relearning how to write on paper, so it was appealing for that reason: I have some improved chops as an orchestrator now, after a few years of work and study in this regard. But really, my arranging is all over the dB's record — the strings on "She Won't Drive" and "Albatross" and "Far Away" and "Write Back" are crucial parts of the arrangements, and the brass on "The Wonder of Love." In fact, a large number of the songs have this element in them, integrated into the band performances. It's just that my record doesn't, for the most part, have loud rockin' parts side by side the orchestral, so the orchestral parts stand out more. For one, I've spent a few decades making mixes "happen" with echoes and guitar layers and delays and the usual tricks, it's more interesting right now to use other colors to achieve the same kind of excitement, as needed, for the frozen tundra of the recorded document — to underline a lyric with a bass clarinet instead of an ebow guitar, for example. But yes, chamber music flavors did fit well with the meaning of these songs; it was where the music wanted to go. And they were written with these parts as part of the original conception, instead of tacking them on later. We started with me singing and playing acoustic guitar at the same time, got takes we liked, and then let the specifics of these core performances dictate what was minimally needed to get the point across. It's different from recording a lot of layers, then cutting bit by bit as you try to shoehorn the singer into the rush-hour bus that the track has become in the meantime. Not that that doesn't make for good records, too; it's just not the way this one was done.
NICK DERISO: What brought you back to "Occasional Shivers," an old B-side from your limited-edition 1986 Christmas single? I had almost completely forgotten that one.
CHRIS STAMEY: It came aboard because it fit the other songs. Frankly, it kept getting jettisoned and would by hook or crook climb back onto the boat. I think in the end it does fit. Also, I've always thought of myself as a songwriter, first; but I don't think most people think of me that way, these days, and I thought "Occasional Shivers" was a good argument for that. It seems like it's so streamlined in the way that a classic Jazz Age torch song would be.
NICK DERISO: The redemptive title track is dedicated to the Sam Moss. What was the North Carolina guitar great's impact on you?
CHRIS STAMEY: He was a dear friend as I was growing up, but also a kind teacher to me when I was still wet behind the ears. He "broke the code" of playing electric guitar at a time when there were few of us anywhere that could figure out what was happening. In the '60s, we were aware of Michael Bloomfield, Todd Rundgren (in the Nazz) and just a few others in America who could bend strings accurately and could play expressively and frenetically and in tune over changes. It's hard to explain now what a mystery this was at the time, but Sam, born with a great ear and the ability to work hard, stayed in his room and figured out how to make the fingers make the sounds come out. Sam could stand his own with all of them, Bloomfield and Todd and the rest, at age 16 — and was willing to show the rest of us how it was done, to the degree that we could each take it in. I think he was the first person I knew who was "on a mission," who was a kind of jive-talking beat monk in pursuit of music and honesty and freedom, and with a ne'er-erring bullshit detector.
NICK DERISO: Tell us about playing the most recent live shows with Peter again — this time with a well-received batch of new dB's songs to tear into. It seemed like an opportunity to reconnect with some of the youthful energy that made Stands for Decibels and Repercussion so great, but at the same time avoid becoming ossified by nostalgia.
CHRIS STAMEY: Most of the shows were great fun, my only complaint being that rehearsals were hard to come by, what with (bassist) Gene (Holder) living in NYC, so most of the playing was just on stage. Thank goodness, the dB's were never so well known that we felt prisoners to the hit(s).
NICK DERISO: Did Holsapple ever lodge a complaint when you made him play that repetitive two-note guitar signature, over and over and over, on the seminal "Ask For Jill" — while everybody else got to have so much musical fun? It sounded like you, Will Rigby and Gene were on an improvisational tear.
CHRIS STAMEY: I think he actually likes playing that part; we still do that song. It's actually doublestops, you know, so it's a four-note thing, and the accents shift. And then it does shift, in the bridge the accidentals change, I think? I know that Phillip Glass was doing his ostinato things in our downtown New York City setting at that time — maybe we were thinking of that. Also, maybe there were Television songs that had those kind of interlocking loopy parts? I complain about playing that song, not Peter. I'm not too into singing the rap; I don't feel the need to give a shout-out to the Bush Tetras any longer, I guess.
NICK DERISO: Falling Off the Sky, in particular on tracks like your 'Collide-oOo-Scope,' recalled the humor and majesty of those early dB's projects, without sounding derivative. Was that part of what took the album so long to gestate, getting the right mix of songs that recalled the past without seeming to ape it?
CHRIS STAMEY: The dB's record didn't take many days in total, it's just that the days it took were spread over years. I don't know, time is something we all agree on, at heart, and that was the time that was. It was a recording experience before it became a real record, we cut a lot of different songs but there was no label and thus no deadline, until the home stretch. Then we held it up a year because Will had to go back on tour with Steve Earle. We did talk about what songs fit best as dB's songs, but it was pretty clear about 80 percent of it, it was just figuring out which ones fit in to finish it off — and I think "Collide-oOo-Scope," the one you mentioned, was cut many times from the final list but walked back in just under the wire).
NICK DERISO: There's a song referencing a road trip to see XTC on Lovesick Blues, but the connection actually goes deeper: Take us into the behind-the-scenes role that Andy Partridge ended up having on your new album. Is there a moment when, from the outside looking in, we might be able to pick out one of his contributions?
CHRIS STAMEY: Hmm … the vocal countermelody that comes in on the second verse of "Anyway," the vibes on "Occasional Shivers," several of the sounds on "If Memory Serves," the guitar panning and mix elements on Astronomy … those are a few off the top of my head.
NICK DERISO: Though there's not one on your new album, I've always been intrigued by your off-beat instrumental side trips — from a piece of noir-inspired mystery on In the Red to the weirdly transfixing opus "Ghost Story" to the album-length collaboration with Kirk Ross. Is there something liberating about working without lyrics?
CHRIS STAMEY: (Longtime collaborator) Mitch (Easter) wrote the song on In the Red that you are talking about, so I can't speak for him. I wrote reams of instrumental music, most of which was never performed. The scores were all kept in a suitcase in what I thought was a secure location in New York City. One day, around 1983, someone put that suitcase out for trash collection and I lost it all — no copies. It was a blow. I love the record with Kirk Ross, in fact, until this new one came around, it was the only one of my recordings that I personally enjoyed to listen to. That first track, "Love," I do love.
NICK DERISO: While that dB's project was years in the making, here you are with a solo project just a few months later. Did one spark the other? Or was there already a sense of creative momentum?
CHRIS STAMEY: I finished this record after the dB's recording was done, but held it up for a while because the dB's were promoting Falling Off the Sky. I am writing a new one now and am eager to get that done. This is a wonderfully creative time for me, except for the fact it is so hard to find time to sit and write, which is the source of much frustration. I'm ready for the cloister's gates right about now.
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There's something so grand about pumpkin. Especially this time of year. I want it in EVERYTHING, but I don't want the processed stuff or the high calorie stuff (hello PSL alert!). So, what's a girl to do? Create her own Pumpkin Pie Spice from the items she has in her kitchen.
Inspired by AllRecipes.com. Makes at least 8 tablespoons
- 4 tablespoons ground cinnamon
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- 4 teaspoons ground ginger
- 3 teaspoons ground allspice
- 1 teaspoon organic sugar
Directions: In a small bowl, combine all ingredients and mix well. Store in air tight container.
Like I said, I've been putting this in everything. Starting with my morning coffee, pancakes, eggs, and even my green smoothie. Let's not forget my favorite and famous cupcake recipe – From scratch: Pumpkin Cupcakes with Salted Caramel Buttercream!
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MANHATTAN, KAN. – The USC Upstate men's basketball team held an early lead Sunday afternoon at Kansas State, but the Wildcats put together a late first-half run to pull away and defeat the Spartans 72-53 at Bramlage Coliseum in non-conference action.
The Wildcats (6-1), receiving votes in the latest USA Today Coaches Poll, win the first-ever meeting between the two schools, while the Spartans (3-5) end a season-long six-game road swing that featured games in four different states in a 15-day span.
"I was disappointed in how we played," Head Coach Eddie Payne said following the loss. "Kansas State is a very good defensive team though, they are tough and physical so you don't get a lot of easy looks."
The Spartans used a balanced scoring attack in the opening minutes against Kansas State and had five players in the scoring column when Upstate took its first lead of the game with 11:57 remaining in the opening half. A driving layup by Fred Miller handed the Spartans their first lead at 10-8, and the advantage stretched to four points on a jumper in the lane from Jodd Maxey less than 30 seconds later.
"They have a really good ball club," Kansas State Head Coach Bruce Weber said. "When we looked at it going into all these non-conference games they had 21 wins last year and the best turn-around in the country."
The score was deadlocked four times and changed hands twice in the first half, but the Wildcats seized control over the final six minutes, using a 16-2 run to take the first double-digit lead of the game. A bucket from Ricardo Glenn with exactly 5:00 minutes on the clock cut the Kansas State lead to just a pair, but Upstate was held scoreless the remainder of the half and trailed 36-20 heading to intermission.
"Things were going pretty good for us and then they picked it up and got more physical and I thought our guys caved a little bit," Payne said. "We rushed some shots and they got on a little run towards the end of the first half and made us pay."
KSU came out in the second period and picked up right where they left off in the first half, scoring seven straight points and stretching the lead to 23 points before Upstate came alive and used a driving layup by Torrey Craig and a dunk off a strong move by Jodd Maxey to cut into the deficit.
The Wildcats' powerful offensive continued to pull away from Upstate and a Rodney McGruder layup with 12:37 left extended the lead to 27 points, creating the largest advantage for KSU at 58-31.
The Spartans never backed down however, battling back to within 20 points four different times, before Fred Miller knocked down a free throw with nine seconds left to cut the lead to 19 and create the final margin of victory at 72-53.
"They did not quit," Weber said. "I have to give them credit, they played very hard. When we watched them on tape we were like man they are really good offensively. If they play like that all season they will win a lot of games this year."
McGruder paced the Wildcats with a game-high 22 points and seven rebounds, while three other KSU players finished in double figures, including 11 points from Thomas Gipson.
"I think Kansas State will have an opportunity to be a factor in the Big 12 and perhaps nationally because they aren't going to beat themselves," Payne said. "They are going to get on the glass and they are going to guard you."
Maxey led the Spartans with a season-high 13 points, going 6-for-8 from the field and adding two blocks and one steal, while Craig extended his double-digit scoring streak with 12 points and a game-high three steals.
"Craig is a good player," Weber said. "Rodney (McGruder) did a really good job limiting him and Greene can shoot the ball also and Will (Sprading) did a good job too, we never let them get in rhythm."
The Spartans struggled once again from the free throw line, connecting on just 12 of 23 attempts for 52 percent. The story was just as dim from long, going 1-for-11 from behind the arc for nine percent.
The Spartans return home for the first time in 26 days this Saturday, welcoming the University of Texas San Antonio to town for the second matchup between the two clubs this season.
The Roadrunners used a second-half comeback last month to pick up an eight-point victory over the Spartans, but Upstate returns home where it holds a nine-game winning streak. Tip-off against UTSA is slated for 2 p.m. in The Hodge Center.
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