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As we write the timeline on the evolution of the electric motorcycle, the bullet points for 2011 will note a few key events, and one of them surely will be the adoption of a traditional sales distribution scheme. It's not a sexy event, but it's an important one in the growth of this side of the industry. You see when resourced-backed electric motorcycle manufacturers entered the scene, the idea was that a new drivetrain meant a new set of rules, and from that a new playbook was drafted. The idea of selling electric motorcycles at traditional motorcycle dealerships was abandoned, and in its place these companies tried new approaches — some clever, and some not so much.
Direct-to-consumer sales approaches, online purchasing, ad hoc customer sales leads, and even Best Buy all entered into these new models of how to get a motorcycle into a purchaser's hands…and they all failed. It is no small feat to start a motorcycle company, and it is an even taller order to make an electric one. Not only do you have to sell your would-be-buyer on the features of your motorcycle, but you then also have to sell them on why their purchase should be an electric motorcycle, and not its ICE equivalent.
The undertaking of proving out a new method of selling motorcycles is a burden in its own right for an established motorcycle manufacturer, let alone a startup, so its failure should come as little surprise to those in the industry with this experience. It is therefore not surprising that we get news that both Zero Motorcycles and Brammo have abandoned their previous sales distribution schemes, in favor of adopting a more traditional dealer network approach.


text: Bonkers French designer Philippe Starck is known for his innovative and interesting designs and these stereo speakers from Parrot are no exception. Available in various colours including Arctic White, Pearl Grey and Sorbet Lime, they are a wireless speaker design intended for hook-up to today's digital devices, such as iPods, PCs and Macs as well as TV/Home Cinema equipment (via a phono input). They will be available in the second half of 2010 for £1000.

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Warning: Watch out for white-outBy JASON SCHREIBER
Union Leader Correspondent
February 07. 2013 10:58PM
UnionLeader.com's storm blog► Click here to view UnionLeader.com's storm blog. Check back frequently for updates.
A monster nor'easter with the potential for blizzard conditions is expected to take aim at New Hampshire through Saturday, threatening to drop two feet of wind-driven snow and pose a serious risk for coastal flooding.
A blizzard warning was posted for coastal Rockingham County beginning at 2 p.m. Friday and lasting until 4 p.m. Saturday. Heavy snow and winds gusting 45 mph or higher could create white-out conditions.
Winter storm warnings were issued for inland areas.
The storm, expected to move in this morning, could drop anywhere from 12 to 24 inches of snow across the state, with the highest amounts in southeastern areas and lesser amounts to the north and west, said Tom Hawley, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Gray, Maine.
The storm threat forced some schools to close, wreaked havoc for air travelers and prompted some towns to postpone their annual deliberative sessions.
Coastal flood watches were also issued.
"We'll be mindful of that and try to spread the word to folks in low-lying areas," said Hampton Police Chief Jamie Sullivan, also the town's emergency management director.
With astronomical high tides, a 2.5-foot storm surge and wind-whipped seas building to 15 to 30 feet, Hawley warned coastal residents to take precautions.
"I think there could be some serious concerns on the coast. They should have a plan in place on how to deal with that," he said.
The places most vulnerable to flooding are the main beach area along Ocean Boulevard and back streets along Ashworth Avenue, Sullivan said. Splash-over and debris in the road could also create problems, he said.
"The folks down at the beach are well aware of what the flooding does to those particular areas," Sullivan said.
Downhill fast
Light snow is expected to start early this morning and pick up in intensity through the afternoon, Hawley said.
"By late afternoon, between 4 and 6 p.m., things will go downhill pretty fast. My advice is to stay home and watch it," Hawley said.
If 20 inches falls in Concord, Hawley said this storm would deliver the fifth-highest total on record.
Concord's biggest snowfall on record was 27.5 inches in the Blizzard of 1888. That storm is followed by 22.5 inches in a December 2003 storm and 22.2 inches in the Halloween nor'easter of 2011.
"This could certainly end up being a Top 10 for Concord and certainly southeast New Hampshire," Hawley said.
Meanwhile, utility companies warned customers to prepare for possible power outages from the wind and snow damaging trees and power lines, although forecasters said the snow would be light and should just blow off.
Public Service of New Hampshire said it planned to open its emergency operations center today, while also adding more line crews in the Seacoast and southeastern areas. Hampton-based Unitil and other power companies took similar steps.
$75,000 an hour
While the storm could make some roads impassable, state and local highway officials said they'll have extra crews on hand.
When a storm hits all of New Hampshire, the state Department of Transportation puts more than 700 plow trucks on the roads to maintain the 4,600 miles of state highways, DOT spokesman Bill Boynton said.
Snow removal on state highways for a typical eight-hour storm with two salt applications costs approximately $600,000, or about $75,000 an hour, Boynton said. The cost includes all state equipment, hired equipment, labor, fuel, salt and sand.
Local road crews spent Thursday attaching their plows and loading their trucks with sand and salt.
Kingston Road Agent Rich St. Hilaire lined up two extra trucks and put others on standby to help the dozen he normally has on the roads during a storm.
"We can handle an inch or two an hour, but three or four inches an hour is difficult," he said.
St. Hilaire urged motorists to get off the roads by 7 p.m. Friday and asked that those snowblowing and plowing their driveways not leave the snow in the roads.


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Hedwig and the Angry Inch : Theater Review / NY / Broadway / Time : 2014 Spring
By Rory Winston
What would I be writing if Hedwig and the Angry Inch was the name of a real band rather than the fictitious one in the play of that title? Since suspension of disbelief rarely gets easier than when one is under the spell of Neil Patrick Harris, let's begin with our very own mock-rock concert review:
Born of the rubble that had once been the Berlin Wall, the heavily underpublicized glam-meets-punk rock band Hedwig and the Angry Inch hijacked the Belasco Theatre last night in an once-in-a-lifetime performance that showed New Yorkers that tearing down the walls of gender and musical genre alike is still one of the best ways to 'bring down the house.' But how did a spin-off project that had recently been no more than the supporting band for rock legend Tommy Gnosis get booked in one of the most prestigious houses on the Great White way? The story seems as twisted as the transgender East German lead singer of the band.


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Karel de Raed (d.1570)
Karel (Kaerle) de Raed (Raedt), an Anabaptist martyr, was burned at the stake at Tillegem near Bruges, Belgium, on 18 May 1570 (van Braght, Martyrs Mirror, erroneously 1568, without exact date). With him Hansken in 't Schaeck and Willem de Snijder suffered martyrdom, while Karel's wife Grietgen was executed some days after. Karel, who was born at Whyngene in Flanders, and was a shepherd, had been a member of the congregation of Bruges since 1564. On Ascension Day (4 May) 1570, he was arrested with a number of other members of the congregation at a meeting held in the woods of Tillegem.
Braght, Thieleman J. van. Het Bloedigh Tooneel of Martelaers Spiegel der Doops-gesinde of Weereloose Christenen, Die om 't getuygenis van Jesus haren Salighmaker geleden hebben ende gedood zijn van Christi tijd of tot desen tijd toe. Den Tweeden Druk. Amsterdam: Hieronymus Sweerts, 1685: Part II, 654.
Braght, Thieleman J. van. The Bloody Theatre or Martyrs' Mirror of the Defenseless Christians Who Baptized Only upon Confession of Faith and Who Suffered and Died for the Testimony of Jesus Their Saviour . . . to the Year A.D. 1660. Scottdale, PA: Herald Press, 1951: 725. Available online at: http://www.homecomers.org/mirror/contents.htm.
Verheyden, A.L.E. Het Brugsche martyrologium (12 October 1527-7 Augustus 1573). Brussels, n.d., 1944: No. 64. Available in full electronic text at: http://www.theologienet.nl/documenten/Verheyden%20Brugse%20Martyrologium.pdf.
Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. Mennonitisches Lexikon, 4 vols. Frankfurt & Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe: Schneider, 1913-1967: v. III, 425.
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Zijpp, Nanne van der. (1957). Karel de Raed (d.1570). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 19 September 2018, from http://gameo.org/index.php?title=Karel_de_Raed_(d.1570)&oldid=148784.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 3, p. 151. All rights reserved.
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A Food Blog that shares tried & true recipes, and my passion for cooking and baking with a garnish of beginning gardening and some travel.
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Fluffy, FLUFFY, Pancakes! Yes, Indeed.
12 comments:
- Kay Heritage said...
Whoa! Yes these are fluffy indeed! I cook a full breakfast for my family each Sunday morning! Looks like these will grace our table this Sunday. Thanks Debby!
- April 12, 2011 at 5:47 AM
- bellini said...
We are all on the quest for fluffy pancakes Debby. Nothing beats them on a lazy Sunday morning with some maple syrip and fruit.
- April 12, 2011 at 6:37 AM
- Frieda Loves Bread said...
Nope, don't need to buy pancake mix at all! These look sooooo good! You've got me craving them! My boys (hubby, too) love to spread peanut butter on top of their pancakes till I discovered a peanut butter pancake recipe that they looooove! Hop on over if you wanna take a look:
- April 12, 2011 at 7:36 AM
- Joanne said...
Ooo I can almost see the fluff from here! These would fulfill all of my breakfast dreams!
- April 12, 2011 at 10:52 AM
- LittleAsianGirl BigAppetite said...
oooo they look so good! im lazy and always make the pancakes out of a box but they never look as good or as fluffy as yours
- April 12, 2011 at 5:44 PM
- Ciao Chow Linda said...
I'm embarrassed to say that most times I use a boxed mix for pancakes, but I see how fluffy yours are and I shall try this recipe.
- April 12, 2011 at 6:15 PM
- Mary said...
These really do sound wonderful, Debby. I can't think of a better way to start the weekend. I hope you have a great day. Blessings...Mary
- April 13, 2011 at 7:07 AM
- Monica H said...
I would call that sweet success. Glad B was so thrilled with these pancakes.
Now where's the link to the oatmeal pancakes?!
- April 21, 2011 at 11:06 AM
- Sienna Ramos said...
How much flour and baking powder?
- May 25, 2013 at 8:15 AM
- Debby Foodiewife said...
Sigh. My email is posted, so that you could email me directly. Can you not see the printable recipe card at the end of the post? If you are using an old version of Explorer, than you might not. In big red letters, on the top right side of my website, I give a link to find all of my recipes cards...if they aren't visible at the end of each post.
- May 26, 2013 at 7:19 PM
- Tanya Walker said...
I forgot to tell you I made these for my mother around the Christmas holidays. She loved them! I was scared because she is a picky eater (funny saying that about the parent!) but she ate 3!
- January 9, 2016 at 6:58 AM
- Debby Foodiewife said...
What a very sweet ending that was for you, Tanya. Thank you for leaving feedback. By the way, I've been making the "Best Pancakes Ever" recipe from my blog... and this has now become my family's favorite pancake recipe.
- January 9, 2016 at 9:51 AM


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I Give Thanks
An original song by Kathryn Mostow, inspired by Margaret Mead's famous quote, "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has."
Kathryn Mostow is a singer-songwriter living in Fort Collins, Colorado. She and Mona Maser, a local filmmaker, shot this music video on location around Fort Collins and in the cohousing community where Mostow lives. Mostow says she hopes the video will "inspire people who would like to make a difference, and to bolster and support those folks who are already out in the world, doing good work, making positive change one day at a time."


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I had never heard of Street Surfing's new product, the Wave LX(LIGHT XTREME). It is a redesign of the wave line of boards that blends motions of surfing, snowboarding, and skateboarding to the popular sport of Street Surfing. The Wave LX is the lightest wave board to date and is perfect for tricks, riding up hill, or surfing the streets.
Street Surfing sent us the Wave LX in blue for review.
The Wave LX also features a wider concave platform which is great for novice riders and skilled street surfers.
We're obviously novice riders. The board was at my house but my 12 year old sister and 17 year old brother snatched it as soon as they saw it. It is now at my mom's house. This pictures is the first time that my sister got up on it. It took her a little while to figure out how to get it started. We had to watch the video that comes with it a few times so that she could really catch on.
We got a good laugh out of using the board. It was something the whole family could try out. With us being a little competitive, my sister, brother, and Dad had a blast deciding who was the best. They appointed my mom and I as judges and they took turns riding and showing us how they could turn. Here is my brother one of the first times he tried it out.
This would make a great gift for almost any age group(once they're old enough to get on in). My sister is 12 and she caught on pretty quickly-I think my 45 year old dad enjoyed it the most though! We even took it to the beach with us so they could ride on the sidewalks while my mom and I walked. I'm excited to give it a try in a few weeks now that I'm not pregnant anymore. The Wave LX is an extremely affordable way to provide fun for the whole family.
You can watch videos to learn more on how to ride it. The website also has some great action shots where you can see the skilled street surfers showing how it's really done.
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You can purchase the Wave LX for $79.99. It is also available at major sporting goods stores and other leading retailers.


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3 things to do in the next 2 weeks
Be prepared for fall admission!
Thursday, May 9, 2013
Summer's a busy time for most of us, so before you start on your summer task list, there are three things you need to do to prepare for fall enrollment at JBU:
- Apply for admission. You must be an applicant before you can register or financial aid can be awarded, so apply now if you haven't already. If you apply before the end of May, we'll waive your $25 application fee! {Use the code MAY2013}
- Apply for financial assistance. Most of our students finance their education through a combination of grants, scholarships, and loans. If you're an Arkansas resident, the deadline for application for the Arkansas Academic Challenge Scholarship is June 1, so apply now. Don't forget to also fill out and submit your FAFSA so that your financial aid will be in place for the fall semester.
- Send us your transcripts. Let your admissions counselor review all of your transcripts so that he or she can determine if you'll need to take classes or tests this summer to fulfill any outstanding admissions requirements. Even if you just have unofficial copies, your counselor can review them to determine if you need additional credits for admission.
Registration for fall classes will begin on June 1, so complete your admission file now to ensure early registration. Then, check out the class schedules to see when you'll graduate from JBU if you begin this fall.
If you've already been accepted, congratulations! Watch your email for your invitation to register.
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Alexander Skarsgard & Marion Cotillard: Dior Cocktails!
Alexander Skarsgard comes out to support French actress Marion Cotillard and her new movie musical Nine — in theaters now — at the Dior Cocktails event held at West Hollywood's Chateau Marmont on Saturday night (January 9).
The 33-year-old French actress is featured in Fall 2009 ads for the Lady Dior bag. Marion will also featured in a six-and-a-half-minute Dior short that will hit the Internet this spring.
Alex is expected to attend the 2010 Golden Globe Awards, which will air live on Sunday (January 17) @ 6PM PT / 8PM ET on NBC from The Beverly Hilton.


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"[Taken In Hand is] a site advocating male led relationships, and it doesn't suffer from the flaws of BDSM that we've identified... It's a little too general, and too focused on marital relationships. But that aside, what it describes sounds a lot more authentically dominant than the BDSM I've seen. The [man is in control of the woman] in all spheres. But because he loves her and cares for her, he will behave within reason. Also, neither party has a way out, because they are married and believe marriage is for life. All that together makes this sort of relationship a lot more male dominant than typical BDSM ones. It's subversive, yet healthy and natural."
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Because it's SEXY. Because it allows him to dominate his woman in a loving and romantic way, which turns them both on and heats their love life up to a toasty sizzle. I see [Taken In Hand] as a chance for him to have fun flexing his manhood muscles and enjoy the thrill of dominating the woman he loves. That way it's a win-win situation for both of them. And it deepens the romantic bonds of love between us because few things can liven up a marriage like deep sexual passion."
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"There are lots of websites for people in the BDSM, D/s, DD (domestic discipline) and spanking communities. There are websites for people who belong to religions that advocate male-head-of-household marriage. There are even websites for Christians who are interested in BDSM. But there are very few websites for people who are interested in male-led intimate relationships but who are not interested in all that the above communities associate with this kind of relationship (jargon, clothes, etc.)
Some of us don't even like thinking of this as a lifestyle. [...]
If you are interested in this kind of relationship but are not interested in BDSM or D/s or DD or spanking websites, there's a new website for you: Taken In Hand"
- Tom Newman
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- GypsyGirl
""[Taken In Hand is] a wonderful website [...] [I]t's about the interpersonal dynamics of loving relationships where the man is the boss. [I]t's assumed that both partners are in it because that's what they want and have chosen. Also, unlike many other "traditional marriage" sites, it's not coming from any sort of biblical perspective. ... Some of the best writing I've seen on these topics, from a variety of authors."
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Aleipata College holds fashion exhibition
The Technical Vocational Educational Training Programme (T.V.E.T.) at Aleipata College held a fashion exhibition yesterday morning. The exhibition was themed "the colourfulness of creativity" and attracted parents, teachers, relatives and residents of Aleipata district, who turned out in numbers to witness the creative talents showcased by students through their artworks, clothes and prints.
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Swansea Grand Theatre
Swansea Grand Theatre has a wide variety of shows and exhibitions for everyone to enjoy.
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French Montana, "Excuse My French" (Bad Boy/Maybach Music/Interscope Records)
On his debut album, "Excuse My French," French Montana lives up to the hype mostly generated by his mentors Diddy and Rick Ross, who executive-produced his project.
The Moroccan-born, Bronx, N.Y.-raised rapper isn't much of a lyricist, but Montana has a way of appropriately delivering simple words with a calm bravado and then inserting his infectious ad-lib, the word "haan," at the perfect time. His cool rap persona matches well with a selection of superb beats, making his album an enjoyable listen.
Montana also benefits from a number of guest appearances on his debut, which includes Drake, The Weeknd, Lil Wayne, Ne-Yo and 2 Chainz.
Much of the album is filled with hard-thumping, high-energy songs that are catchy, such as the hit single "Pop That" and "Ain't Worried About Nothin'," which was produced by 19-year-old Young Chop. "(Expletive) What Happens Tonight," which features DJ Khaled, Mavado, Ace Hood, Snoop Dogg and Scarface, carries a violent lyrical tone, but is one of the album's best songs. And The Weeknd's signature falsetto makes "Gifted" a solid track.
While Montana shines on most of "Excuse My French," there are some misses, including "Paranoid," ''When I Want" and the Nicki Minaj-assisted single "Freaks," which horribly samples from the classic radio jams "Murder She Wrote" by Chaka Demus & Pliers and "Freaks" by Lil Vicious.
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By Karen Lightman, Managing Director, MEMS Industry Group
Originally posted on EE Times
MEMS devices are everywhere. They have permeated almost every aspect of our lives, forever altering our interaction with our digital environment. Unknowingly, we take them for granted. But what would happen if this tiny, robust, quiet, virtually invisible workhorse suddenly disappeared? Would we notice?
I wake up to the cacophonous sound of my children mutinying. The MEMS gyros in their video game controllers are defunct, so they can't play Wii Dance Party or Super Mario Brothers. Normally, my BodyMedia LINK Armband registers my sleep—and can monitor my heart rate to show if it is soaring due to stress, or something good for me, like running, but my armband is dead in the water so I am forced to gauge my sleep deprivation and heart rate without any electronic support. I have a feeling that this going to be a really long day.
I check my smartphone for the weather report so I know what to expect for the day, but without the MEMS accelerometer for orientation, my screen constantly shifts between landscape and portrait, leaving me even more irritated. I'm late for an important meeting, so I jump into my car and program the GPS, which, without its MEMS-based inertial navigation system, makes location awareness totally unreliable. Looks like I am going to have to get out the map, if I even still have one in the glove compartment.
Did I mention that I'm late for my friend's surprise 40th birthday party and I'm in charge of taking the photographs? But without those amazing accelerometers giving me image stabilization on my digital camera, my images will surely be blurry. MEMS, where are you?
I have a "Eureka" moment. I could try to upload the photos to my MacBook and fix them there, but when I dropped my MacBook this morning, without the MEMS accelerometer to detect the drop and then freeze my flash drive, I have lost the ability to turn on my constant companion. Foiled again.
My nose twitches, and soon I am convulsed by violent sneezing. I think I forgot to take my allergy medication this morning…whoops. My Proteus Digital Health feedback system—which uses a MEMS sensor the size of a grain of sand to detect my medication and record when it was taken—is clearly not working either!
What's next?
Will I need to program reminders in my smartphone's calendar to tell me that I should take my pill?! I am feeling just one step away from using a paper pocket-calendar like my 75-year-old mother does, and it is freaking me out (no offense, Mom).
Maybe I can find some solace in my brand-new luxury SUV. A smooth ride with some great music might be the ticket. As I cruise the twists and turns of rush hour, I probably should not think about how much less responsive and accurate my airbag crash sensors are without MEMS accelerometers. Or that my side-impact airbags do not even exist without MEMS. That weather report I was looking for earlier would have alerted me to the sleet and snow that's now on the road.
Hope I don't need those MEMS-based stability control system to get me out of a hydroplane or skid. As I become more fraught with worry, I check my dashboard to view my tire pressure monitor. What a surprise. The MEMS pressure sensors in my tire pressure monitoring system aren't functioning. Do I have 30 psi or do I have 3?
I call my husband for some positive reinforcement. I also need him to pick up a roast chicken, but that's another story, for another blog. I try to use the speaker on my iPhone but the MEMS microphones are kaput so I probably sound like Charlie Brown's teacher to him. There is no point in attempting an actual conversation. I feel so alone with all my MEMS helping me through my day.
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Only two hours into my day and I am already grateful to the MEMS devices quietly at work in all aspects of my life. Thank you, MEMS! I hereby declare it the first annual MEMS Appreciation Day (instituted by MEMS Industry Group, of course). Don't doubt I will do it. The t-shirts and buttons are already on order.


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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — When Bobby Bare returned to RCA Studio B 50 years after he began his career there, he was afflicted with an off-kilter case of deja vu.
There was a sense of familiarity for the 77-year-old country singer, but things also were out of place as he recorded "Darker Than Light," his first album since 2005.
"I saw Chet Atkins there everywhere I turned," Bare said. "And the studio, like for instance, Floyd (Cramer) used to sit with his back to the wall while he played the piano. Well, the piano is turned around now. That's not right. I knew exactly where everybody sat. ... You get flashbacks."
Bare made a new batch of memories returning to the famed Nashville studio decades after he cut most of his biggest hits there, starting in 1962. Bare signed up Buddy Miller to produce the new album, out last week. Miller brought in a handful of cohorts from his Band of Joy project with Robert Plant and added Randy Scruggs to round out things.
"Buddy knows how to get that feel out of the musicians," Bare said. "It was just a great feel. You'd start a song and it just felt good. He's the best. Reminds me of Chet because Chet would get the great musicians together and they knew what he wanted. They played it the way Chet wanted it done and it was always great. They respected him. Same way with Buddy Miller."
The collaboration produced an album of Bare's favorite folk songs, including works by Bob Dylan, Lead Belly and Woody Guthrie. There are also a few surprises, like U2's "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For."
"That's a great song," Bare said. "It's a straight-out country song, really. It's got the same chords, the same keys. There's a jillion country hits with the same chord changes. That's a country song."
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Gangan, Belitung's Special Aromatic Fish Soup Culinary Attraction
One of the island of Belitung's special culinary attraction is Gangan, a mouth-watering soup dish that is served in many places on the island.
However, this particular restaurant has made it into a fine dining experience, claims its owner, which is achieved through its meticulous presentation. So, although people are forced to wait some 10 minutes before they can enjoy this delicious soup, yet they will return to the place over and again.
So when visiting Belitung, try this special place. The restaurant is called : Ruma Makan Belitong Timpo Duluk – or the Old Style Belitung Restaurant – at Jalan Mas Daud in the town of Tanjung Pandan, capital of the regency of Belitung. The Belitong restaurant is housed in a typical traditional Belitung residence, which lends its special ambience.
If in other eateries the soup is served in a bowl or plate, not so in this restaurant. Here Gangan is served in coconut shells, with only the coconut water replaced by the soup, while the young coconut meat becomes part of the dish.
The Gangan soup is mixed with turmeric sauce, shrimp paste, small hot chillis and cubes of pineapple, giving it that special aromatic sour, hot and spicy taste. While the slices of coconut meat that get scooped up when eating the soup only add to the exotica of the dish.
At this resto, Gangan is cooked only at time of ordering, and diners must, therefore, wait at least 10 minutes before they are served, since cooking is made to order. One can ask for the soup to be very chilli hot to mildly hot, for example. There are also many kinds of fish to choose from.
And if fish is not to your liking, you can ask for it to be replaced with meat or chicken, and if you are vegetarian you can also ask for the fish to be replaced with soya bean cakes, either tempeor tahu (tofu).
The Belitong Timpo Duluk also serves other Belitong specialties, among which the Nasi Gemuk or the Nasi Uduk Belitong. Here, rice is wrapped in simpor leaves, a kind of plant found only in Belitong. Its side dish include crispy fried fish and a coconut oil sauce (santan). The longer the rice is cooked in the simpor leaves the more aromatic it gets.
For dessert the restaurant serves Ice-Cold Cocounut water with cincau, soy bean ice and Belitong orange ice popsicles.
To give that special Belitong aura, the restaurant is decorated with all kinds of traditional utensils for cooking and fishing, including traditional pots and pans, bamboo sieves, traditional food covers and more.
The telephone set by the cashier is said to have been owned by Indonesia's first president Soekarno, when he was exiled here by the Dutch colonial government. (Source : Kompas/Kris Razianto Mada)
The Ruma Makan Belitong Timpo Duluk is located in the corner of Jalan Mas Daud, a short two minutes by motorbike from the Batu Satam monument in the city of Tanjung Pandan in the direction of Kampung Parit.
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The price of oil fell slightly Monday amid growing worries that China's decision to clamp down on informal lending could hamper growth in a major energy-consuming country.
By early afternoon in Europe, benchmark oil for August delivery was down 13 cents to $93.56 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract fell $1.71 to close at $93.69 on Friday.
Analysts say the spike late last week in China's interbank lending rate to over 13 percent was part of an effort to trim off-balance-sheet lending that could threaten the financial stability of the world's second-largest economy.
But markets feared the move could also hurt economic growth. China's major state-owned banks are unwilling to lend to any but their biggest clients, so the vast majority of smaller businesses must rely on informal lending.
Signs of an economic slowdown are already visible in the world's No. 2 economy. Last week, a private survey showed manufacturing in China contracted at a faster pace in June to a nine-month low. Moreover, Chinese economic growth slowed unexpectedly in the first quarter to 7.7 percent and forecasters have cut their growth outlook for the year. Asian and European stock markets fell, and oil prices moved along with them.
"Weaker growth and funding concerns in China added another layer of uncertainty to the market psyche," analysts at Credit Agricole CIB in Hong Kong said in a commentary.
A stronger dollar also hurt oil prices, making crude more expensive for traders using other currencies. The euro was below $1.31 on Monday after peaking above $1.34 last week.
Analysts said concerns about Middle East conflicts like the civil war in Syria, which pushed crude up to near $99 last week, were temporarily less in focus.
"The supply risks which contributed significantly to the rising prices up to the middle of last week have now moved into the background," said a report from Commerzbank in Frankfurt. "That does not mean they have gone away, however; indeed they are likely to prompt a price recovery just as soon as the headwind from the financial markets abates."
Brent crude, which is used to price oil used by many U.S. refineries to make gasoline, was down 44 cents to $100.47.
In other energy futures trading on the Nymex:
— Wholesale gasoline lost 0.65 cent to $2.7402 a gallon.
— Heating oil rose 0.52 cent to $2.8486 per gallon.
— Natural gas added 1.8 cents to $3.789 per 1,000 cubic feet.
Pamela Sampson in Bangkok contributed to this report.


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Incoming Police Chief Bernadette DiPino will work on the department's public image.
Incoming Police Chief Bernadette DiPino joked with her soon-to-be staff and gushed over Barbies with a little girl in the aisles of Target last week, as the officers helped needy children choose presents.
Then she headed back to Ocean City, Md., to pack up the last of her belongings. On the flight, she jotted an email to her new staff on expectations and policing strategies.
In Ocean City, the 48-year-old police chief has battled on the ballroom floor in a local Dancing with the Stars competition and in the courtroom as a defendant in an age discrimination lawsuit. She is at ease with both aspects of her job: Making tactical and management decisions, and making appearances at feel-good community events.
She has both the dancing trophy and the airtight promotional policies to prove it.
In Sarasota, she will take over a department that some officers say has lacked good leadership for years. And she will work on the department's public image, which has been tarnished by several high-profile excessive force cases and complaints that officers target the homeless with questionable arrests.
"I don't think those challenges are insurmountable," DiPino said, listing off what she hopes to bring to the department as she takes over Dec. 31 — "training, leadership and knowing the direction the agency's going in."
In the email she drafted on the plane after the shop-with-a-cop event, DiPino wrote:
"I am sure there is a lot of speculation and questions about me and what is to come."
"Change is hard. I have been a cop for over 27 years so I get it. Here's a little insight ... I promise I will work hard to earn your trust and respect. In exchange I am asking the same from each of you."
Landing a job, hurting some feelings
DiPino will arrive in Sarasota after the holidays with her roommate, a poodle she calls Sea-Sea - short for Cupcake.
A police chief with a dog named Cupcake?
DiPino says her niece insisted.
"That's kind of a soft name. I was thinking 'Taser,'" she said, with a laugh.
DiPino grew up in a family of police — her dad, her grandfather, her great-grandfather. Now her daughter is an officer in Baltimore County, on the same beat that her mom once worked.
As the oldest of three siblings, DiPino also grew up in charge. And she knew early in her career that she wanted to be a chief.
When DiPino took over the Ocean City police department — a staff of 105 sworn officers normally and 215 during the summer tourist season — she vaulted over seasoned captains who also wanted to be chief.
At 38, she was the least-senior lieutenant on the staff. She had started in Ocean City 14 years before as an undercover narcotics detective and quickly worked her way up. But DiPino said she knew what needed to change in the department and what the people who were doing the hiring wanted.
She went into the interviews with paperwork and plans. She came out of them with the job, and the biggest challenge of her career.
As chief, three of the four captains she had to rely on did not want her there, DiPino said. The police union followed up with a no-confidence vote.
She hung on, but says the grudges did too.
"There was a little bit of, ah, I guess a little bit of hurt feelings that they didn't get the position. And it's still there. Which is so unproductive in my opinion — it's been 10 years and they still can't get by it," she said.
Progress was difficult with an unsupportive command staff, and DiPino said she developed thick skin. She was determined to succeed.
She used management strategies and retirements to eventually select her own staff, DiPino wrote in her application to the Sarasota job.
Over the years, other problems arose from officers on her staff who questioned her decisions, but DiPino did not lose the confidence of her boss at City Hall.
"It's tough when not everybody is making a strong pull on the oar to keep the boat straight, and Bernadette was able to do that — but not without a few, let's say issues, along the way," former Ocean City manager Dennis Dare said.
Seeing them in court
Officers have sued DiPino and the city twice, claiming she used unfair promotional practices.
In a major case, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission sued DiPino and Ocean City in 2007, and claimed two sergeants and a class of officers were overlooked for promotional and training opportunities because of their age.
The town responded that decisions were made based on merit.
"I've never discriminated against anybody based on any, any age, sex, disability, race, whatever," DiPino said.
Ocean City settled the discrimination suit and paid $38,000 to the officers. DiPino, officers, and other city officials went through discrimination training as a condition of the settlement.
DiPino said she believes the city would have won if the case went to court, and said she felt vindicated after the settlement. Now, she said the department's process for handling promotions is consistent and fair, and the staff knows it.
When Shawn Jones, the president of Ocean City's Police Union, took his promotional test to become sergeant, he said he was impressed.
"It was probably the best-prepared, most fair process I've seen in 15 years," Jones said.
Over the past decade, Jones said the friction that DiPino faced in the onset has faded and her relationship with the union is more amicable.
"She's always had an open-door policy with the rank and file," he said, adding that she sends out proposed policies to the union and staff for input before making changes.
For a police chief, lawsuits are just part of the territory, said Larry Harmel, executive director of Maryland Chiefs of Police Association.
"I don't know a chief that's out there that hasn't been sued at one time or another," Harmel said.
He has worked in law enforcement for 40 years, and said DiPino is respected by police across the state.
She is a past president of the association he leads and was its first female president, as well as the first female chief in Ocean City. She is a member of the International Association of Chiefs of Police Executive Committee and plans to run for president of the association.
How DiPino handled herself in those leadership positions has paved the way for other women, Harmel said.
DiPino was the first chief to handle collective bargaining in Ocean City. She was a middleman in the conversations.
Despite past problems, in a recent bargaining session the union voluntarily gave up raises to which its members were entitled. The union's decision to forego the bump speaks volumes to the city — and DiPino's — working relationship with the union, said former City Manager Dare.
Current City Manager David Recor was more guarded when asked about DiPino's role in the city's relationship with the union.
"I think that she's worked hard to earn the respect of her command staff and the department," Recor said. "I think I'd rather leave it at that."
Fresh start in Sarasota
In Sarasota, nobody has publicly questioned DiPino's fitness to be chief.
As an outside candidate with 10 years at the helm of a police department, she is not jumping rank.
"We're taking a positive approach," said Sgt. Mick McHale, president of the Sarasota Police Benevolent Association, the union representing the Sarasota police.
Much of her job will be promoting the department, he said.
And she is becoming the face of the police at a rocky time for the department's reputation.
Last month, the department fired an officer for excessive force after he repeatedly punched a man in the face at a downtown nightclub.
The city recently reinstated another officer who was fired three years prior for kicking a man and pinning him to the ground with his foot. Both cases drew sharp public response.
The police have also been thrust into the center of Sarasota's debate over how to handle homeless people.
In August, a couple of police joked about being "bum hunters," according to records from a squad car conversation log that were released to the public by a government watchdog.
Last month, an officer swung a homeless man into a wall during an arrest.
City officials have repeated that DiPino' arrival, and the recent hire of a new city manager, marks a new day for Sarasota and the police. But the leadership team must smooth more than blemishes in the department's reputation.
Dozens of employee surveys from the past two years show trust issues also exist inside the glass walls of Sarasota police headquarters off Ringling Boulevard.
Officers repeatedly commented that the department lacked consistent direction and resources, and leaders treated staff unfairly.
DiPino said she will use standard processes and solicit input when evaluating officers, both for promotions and discipline.
She will get a chance early on to shape her command staff. All four of the department's captains and three lieutenants are set to retire over the next 21/2 years through the city's deferred retirement program.
Before the command staff members depart, DiPino said she will learn as much as she can about the people positioned to move up the ranks and make sure they are well-trained.
DiPino will also face lingering concerns over police pensions.
Over the past few years, city commissioners considered major police pension reform to help fix Sarasota's budget. About 100 officers turned out at City Hall to protest early plans, and warned that such changes to their benefits could deeply damage the department.
Commissioners settled for a less dramatic cut. But as costs continue to grow, reform conversations could arise again.
McHale said he hopes DiPino will stand with the officers during those conversations and during other interactions with city commissioners — who he said have used police as a "scapegoat" for the city's fiscal problems.
When former Ocean City Manager Dennis Dare thinks about his years of working with DiPino, he said her performance in the Dancing with the Stars competition stands out as an example of what she brings to both aspects of the job.
"Bernadette didn't enter it just for second place. She worked out and I'd see in her in the gym, in a studio, practicing probably every other day. She entered that to win."


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Friends of a popular bartender who was crushed by a falling tree this week remembered him Wednesday as a hard-working guy who was fun to be around.
Friends of a popular bartender who was crushed by a falling tree this week remembered him Wednesday as a hard-working guy who was fun to be around.
Christopher Scott Harris, 28, was in the driver's seat of a Mitsubishi in the driveway of his home at 2316 NE 10th Court on Monday when a powerful thunderstorm passed over just before 4:30 p.m.
Strong winds and torrential rain uprooted a huge oak tree in a neighboring yard, toppling it onto Harris's car, according to Ocala police.
Dylan Harris, Chris' brother, heard the crash and ran outside. He saw the tree on his brother's car, then ran back inside to find him. He also went to a neighbor's home looking for his brother. It was when he called his brother's cellphone that he found him in the vehicle.
On Tuesday and Wednesday, several people who worked with Chris Harris recalled their times with him. John Pendleton, general manager at Cuvee Wine & Bistro, said he had known Harris for nearly seven years and that they had worked together at several area eateries. Pendleton said he was a manager at Carrabba's Italian Grill when Harris began as a server and worked his way up to bartender.
Before Carrabba's, Pendleton said, Harris worked at Taco Bell, where he also started at the bottom and worked his up to manager.
That was Harris' work ethic, he said.
"He was an all-around good individual, a genuine, good person who always was looking to do the right thing," Pendleton said.
Pendleton said he later went to Mark's Prime Steakhouse downtown as restaurant manager and that Harris was a bartender there. Co-workers liked his positive attitude.
"I've never met a more well-rounded and trustworthy person in my whole life. He was a brother to many people," said Matthew McCavera, an employee at the steakhouse.
Another employee, who gave his name only as Enois, said Harris was a "great person, someone you could count on, and had a bright future ahead of him."
It was drive, ambition and wanting to learn more about the restaurant business that motivated Harris to work at various places, Pendleton said.
He and Harris also worked together at Tony's Bar & Grill, where Pendleton was general manager and Harris was a bartender and front house manager.
Tony's employee Billy Baker said Harris was a "fun person to be around, cheerful, always on time, a hard worker and an easy-going manager."
Though he only knew him for a short time, Chris Sloan, a chef at Tony's, said Harris "always had a smile on his face and an unbelievable personality. He was so positive and uplifting."
Sloan said Harris loved interacting with guests and "being around people. He wanted to have an impact on people's lives."
Pendleton described Harris as a "younger brother" and said he had "a passion for great knowledge of bartending." He said Harris started work about a month ago at World of Beers in Gainesville and was working there and at Tony's until he became full-time in Gainesville.
"His life was just getting starting," Pendleton said.
He said what he will miss most about Harris was that his friend lived a good, simple life.
"He loved life," Pendleton said.
As news of Harris' death spread, people who knew him were stunned.
"Nobody wanted to talk; we were in shock," Sloan said.
Employees at Tony's said Monday was Harris' day off.
Dylan Harris, who also works at Tony's, could not be reached for comment, nor could other family members.
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If you want to win a political race in the little south-central Arizona town of Florence, look for work in the area or just hear the local gossip, chances are pretty high that you'll find your way to Gibby's Bar. All day long, behind its old saloon doors, along its dim interior, that's where the town drinks. Surrounded by slightly absurd-looking saguaro cacti and harsh scrub-desert, along with a smattering of cotton fields and pecan farms, Florence is a raw town whose men and women drink hard and talk a talk from which more delicately constituted big-city dwellers might recoil in horror. The copper miners–the few who are left after decades of downsizing–come here after a day's work in their union jobs in the surrounding red-rock mountains. And so do the prison guards.
These days, as is the case with so many other depressed Main Street communities, there's no shortage of correctional officers. They come from the vast, and continually growing, state prison that's been in Florence for as long as Arizona has been a state (the prison's gigantic, ponderous, red-leather-covered ledgers from the early days now reside in the Pinal County historical museum, just down Highway 79, as do the nooses from executions and several of the leather belts used to strap down those condemned to die before they were gassed); they come from the county jail; they come from the two private prisons, one for low-end felons from Arizona, the other mainly housing out-of-state inmates from Alaska and Hawaii; and they come from the sprawling federal holding facilities in the dirt-poor neighboring town of Eloy, some run by the Feds, others under private contracts, which hold Immigration and Customs Enforcement and US Marshals Service detainees. Many of the guards used to be miners. Others commute from job-starved communities across the south and central belts of Arizona.
"Our town supposedly has 17,500 people in it," muses Don Penson, an iron-jawed 66-year-old retired major from the state prison, whose son-in-law is warden of the CSC Florence West private facility. "[But] only 3,500 are free-world people." The rest, he explains, are prisoners.
In 1978, when Penson began working in corrections, Arizona had about 3,200 inmates. Today, that number is more than 31,000 and still growing, with much of the momentum for the ongoing expansion squarely attributable to the private prison lobby–which recently succeeded in getting the industry exempted from most state taxes. Private prison companies lure state-employed guards by offering short-term bonuses and pay raises. They do not dwell on the fact that, unlike the unionized state prison guards–whose union, AFSCME, has negotiated a generous, and guaranteed, pension package over the years–private guards receive a benefits package that in the long term is virtually worthless. For a few thousand dollars in ready cash, the newly hired private guards give up the possibility of a lifelong guaranteed retirement income. "Ten grand was the going rate last year," David Mendoza, longtime legislative director for AFSCME, says over breakfast in downtown Phoenix. "Five thousand dollars up front; five thousand if they stick it out for a couple years. That buys a pickup truck. The young ones, not thinking about retirement, they're easy prey."