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Michael Reagan, the son of one of our nation's greatest presidents, wrote a wonderful op-ed piece on Sunday that explained why he believes the women who have stepped forward to allege they were once abused by Judge Roy Moore. He wrote that when he, a political consultant, is asked why the women waited 40 years to bring up the charges, "I tell them I didn't reveal my sexual abuse for 34 years. It's not something you're dying to publicize, believe me."
Another article, every bit as refreshing as an afternoon walk in yesterday's brisk sunshine, was in the New York Times and listed the names and circumstance of 30 powerful men who have had similar allegations made in just the six weeks since Hollywood movie mogul Harvey Weinstein went down in flames.
Thanks to the heartening "#MeToo" campaign, both men and women are coming out in public to face and identify those who have wrongly used their power and positions to foist themselves on others. As more victims finally realize "it is okay to tell," that they will never be held in contempt for a horror they never wanted, hopefully the creeps who prey on others will pay dearly.
On Thursday it was learned – quite unbelievably -- that not only is abuse rampant in Congress, our lawmakers actually have a taxpayer-funded "shush fund" that is called simply, the Office of Compliance. It was created by the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995, and since then over $17 million has been quietly paid to make 268 incidents go just as quietly away. In fairness, other misdeeds such as racial, religious and disability complaints are also handled discreetly so the names of the members of Congress or the Senate are never muddled.
Rep. Jackie Speier (D-CA) said she was molested as an aide before winning her seat in Congress. On a YouTube video now available, she bravely claims a chief of staff 30 years her senior in a Congressman's office where she worked forcibly kissed her and shoved his tongue in her mouth. It took the media less than 30 minutes to learn it was Joe Holsinger, now deceased. "Many of us in Congress know what it's like because Congress has been a breeding ground for a hostile work environment for far too long," she said.
"I know what it's like to keep these things hidden deep down inside," Speier added. "I know what it's like to feel that rush of humiliation and anger."
The Congresswoman has been instrumental in a #MeTooCongress movement that will hopefully "… throw back the curtain on the repulsive behavior that until now has thrived in the dark without consequences," Speier said and she is actively preparing new guidelines and mandatory training for all of those working in Congress.
On Sunday it appears the 'Shush Fund' will be short-lived. "We had a lot of consensus on the changes that need to be made," Virginia Republican Rep. Barbara Comstock said. "We're on the same page, and we're going to get mandatory training, universal, uniform anti-harassment, zero-tolerance policies in place. We are not going to allow members to have any kind of fund pay for their harassment. That is universally agreed on. And we are also going to have better policies for the victims."
The Virginia lawmaker added she found the allegations against Moore believable and said he should step away from the election. "For that matter, Al Franken can go hit the door with him."
A disturbing photo of the Minnesota Senator cupping the breasts of a sleeping woman during a USO trip flashed across the Internet last week and already this year the Office of Compliance has paid out $934,754 in eight separate incidents. Franken has now said, through a spokesman, he will not resign.
Michigan Rep. Debbie Dingell said that with the new changes and stricter rules, members of Congress will be forced to pay any sexual harassment cases out of pocket and – better yet – will do so with total transparency. "What infuriates me is these confidentiality agreements," Dingell admitted.
Alabama's Moore, who hopes to earn a Senate seat in a special Dec. 12 election, has steadfastly denied any wrongdoing with anyone but in Reagan's view the controversial jurist is guilty. "It's true he has not been convicted in a court of law, and probably never could be. But he's been declared guilty in the court of public opinion … I don't want someone like him in the Senate any more than I want someone like Al Franken."
White House spokesman Marc Short, appeared on "This Week" on ABC yesterday and confirmed President Donald Trump, who is well-accustomed to sexual allegations, will not campaign for Judge Moore because he is "uncomfortable" with Moore's rebuttal and "is leaving the matter up to the voters of Alabama."
"We have serious concerns about the allegations that have been made," Short said on the program. "The people of Alabama know best what to do."
In an unprecedented first, the three largest newspapers in Alabama had front-page editorials on Sunday urging "Alabama Voters Must Reject Roy Moore" and two separate groups of pastors were both for and against the embattled candidate.
For the record, Florida Democratic Party Chairman Stephen Bittel resigned on Friday after being accused of sexually inappropriate comments and behavior toward a number of women. Florida Democratic state Senator Jeff Clemens has also resigned after a report that he had an extramarital affair with a lobbyist.
Florida Republican state Senator Jack Latvala is being investigated by the Senate over allegations of harassment and groping. Latvala has denied the allegations.
In Kentucky, Jeff Hoover has resigned as Speaker of the House after unbecoming revelations but remains in the legislature.
The author Reagan had another great line: "Given that sexual predators of all kinds don't commit a single sleazy act of molestation, assault or harassment and then retire, we'll probably be hearing from other women …"
I hope we do.
July 18, 2018
Early voting time is here again and our choices couldn't be more important. It's an easy choice though for the voters in Hamilton County District 6. Joe Graham is the obvious choice. ... (click for more)
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Early voting time is here again and our choices couldn't be more important. It's an easy choice though for the voters in Hamilton County District 6. Joe Graham is the obvious choice. I've known Joe for over 40 years. I grew up with him. He was a few years behind me at Lookout Valley High School but even then, I could tell there was something special ... (click for more)
Watching the 30th district house race is very interesting. It is normal that the front runner in an election can expect some attacks. However, the vicious attacks that Ms. Helton is facing is unprecedented in my opinion. Both of these candidates are in the same party. I was under the impression that party leaders were the ones that challenged a candidate's ... (click for more)
A man was shot and killed on Wednesday afternoon on Arlington Avenue at the Bayberry Apartments. Chattanooga Police responded around 5 p.m. and found the victim. Officials said it appeared to be the result of a disorder between the suspect and the victim. The investigation is ongoing. (click for more)
Chattanooga firefighters were dispatched at 6:03 a.m. on Tuesday, to a commercial fire at 400 Workman Road. When the first firefighters arrived on the scene, flames were shooting through the roof and the request was immediately made for a second alarm response. The flames could be seen for miles as a total of 13 fire companies rushed to the scene. The large, two-story ... (click for more)
Rodney English, former boys' basketball coach at East Hamilton, recently was named to a similar job at Whites Creek High School in Nashville. The move was made public Monday when English's name appeared on the official Whites Creek school directory that is annually submitted to the Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association. The hiring of English at Whites Creek was also ... (click for more)
Tennessee junior defensive back Nigel Warrior has been named to the 2018 Bednarik Award Watch List. Warrior is the first Vol to be named to the Bednarik Watch list since the defensive trio of Derek Barnett, Jalen Reeves-Maybin and Cameron Sutton were named to the Bednarik's preliminary list in 2016. Warrior totaled 83 tackles with 3.5 tackles for loss ... (click for more)


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Meet PIPER!
We don't have her at home yet, but we visit her often!
She is so adorable and she squeeks! Her nose is half grey and half white.
On another note - I saw the long anticpated SATC2 movie this weekend, and it let me down...just a little bit. I think I saw the whole movie in previews. Some parts of it were funny, of course...but I feel like it could have been better. Let's put it this way - I thought Letters to Juliet was better.
I am now looking forward to Eclipse. Hopefully it will be better. We shall see.

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Definition: "relaxation and tension." A key concept of Tang Soo Do Mi Guk Kwan, and one which I am trying to focus on, both in training and in life in general. This is much more difficult than it sounds.
Monday, June 05, 2006
On Princess
Stop and consider that sentence, for just a moment. The opening sentence of the obituary of a dear, now departed friend. She died at her home, which was, indeed, a castle. We've exchanged Christmas cards for years, and it never failed to make me smile when I'd address the envelope. "Havencrest Castle." No street name or number. I mean, it's a CASTLE for Christ's sake -- I imagine the postal worker would have little trouble figuring out which house the letters should go to. "Hmmm, Havencrest Castle. Should this one go to the mid-70's split-level, the nice little colonial, or the enormous 60+ rooms turn-of-the-century castle overlooking the Mississippi?"
Yeah, I suppose just "Havencrest Castle" was more than adequate.
I knew Princess for nearly a decade. We met way way back in the good old days of USENET, on alt.showbiz.gossip, where I met some of my finest online friends, and where I also learned a bit more than I care to know about how wonderful and yet utterly dysfunctional online life could become. Ask anyone who was active in alt.showbiz.gossip during to mid-to-late-90's and they'll understand. The highest of highs, the lowest of lows, in online relationship terms. It was worth it, but god, what a mess.
Our friendship began, and existed entirely, online. We never once met, nor spoke in person. This factoid seems to make some people think that the friendship was of lesser value. Honestly, what a foolish and ignorant thing to say. Before the advent of the telephone people built relationships based solely on the written word. The entire concept of pen pals is based in the idea that written communication can be the foundation of incredibly rewarding relationships. Online communication is no different, particularly when both parties regard it as such. Adrianne has been a daily-to-weekly part of my life for many years. We shared stories, gossiped mercilessly, comforted each other when cherished pets died, quipped and snickered, chatted and exchanged recipes, and shared an obsession with Big Brother (her obsession far exceeding my own). And yet I never once heard the sound of her voice. And while that is something I now deeply regret, it in no way changes the simple fact that yes, we were friends. Very good friends.
One of the groups to which we belonged is very long on role-playing and cattiness, with an almost outrageous level of vicious snappy banter being thrown about left and right. I'm not very good at that, sadly -- I can keep up, on occasion, but mostly I'm too earnest and thin-skinned to get into the catfights, joking or not. I have trouble telling when the fun ends and the mean begins, so mostly I stand at the sidelines and observe, throwing the occasional pithy comment in just to participate. But Adrianne was *brilliant* at her role. She typically struck the pose of "scathing, vicious royalty," exchanging barbs and witticisms with astonishing skill. But she wasn't that personae at all. Off-group, or in e-mail, or in chats, she was, instead, warm and encouraging, generous and open-hearted, and above all just plain kind. A good person.
Anyway, one of the jokes about her on line personae was that she was eternally youthful, the secret being that hoary cliche "bathing in the blood of virgins." I mean, what else? One thing that I said to my wife, many times over the years was how someday we were going to take a flight to Illinois and attend one of Princess' incredible parties. Some day. My little joke had always been that we couldn't attend until my kids were older, because a) we couldn't deny them the opportunity to meet her, since the experience would be something they'd remember forever -- I mean, she's a PRINCESS -- but b) I couldn't allow her to bleed them for the baths, either. But someday we were going to go, and we were going to meet this Princess that willed herself into being. One of these days. Well, there's that regret. Something I wish I'd done. "One of these days" just isn't going to happen now.
I don't know what else to say, here. I mean this as a sort of tribute, but honestly there's just too much to say about her. I have ten years of stories, all of them treasures. She was unique, truly. One of a kind. Without peer or parallel.
Yesterday, while shopping, I decided that I would purchase some pink roses just to sort of honor her and make myself feel better. However, there seemed to be a shortage of pink roses so I wound up selecting a trio of lovely pink peonies, which are currently serving as our centerpiece. When I picked them up, one was beginning to bloom but the other two buds were still tightly bunched up. After I left the market, I needed to stop and get a refill of our propane tank. As I had the top of the Jeep off, the peonies spent some time laying in the sun while I went into the store. By the time I arrived at home, the other two buds had begun to burst open, and two hours later they were in full, glorious bloom. And today, of course, I looked at the flowers, and they've already begun to wilt.
So lovely, but failing far too soon.
Rest in peace, Princess. My life is better for having known you.
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She was the dearest friend. We had so many wonderful hours together....I was so shocked by her passing...I never considered the idea of her leaving us....I travel the world, from sea to sea, but Adriannes Birthday or May Day at the Castle always brought me home.....I can't count the Christmas Eves or New Years Parties, the laugher and the secrets...I died a little when I heard the news........
- Elise said...
Gregg -
I am going through some of the same emotions right now.. Dez and I are planning our trip to the Memorial service and I have been telling friends about this and they find it disturbing that I am making this trek for an "online friend"... the people that I talk to online are some of my closest friends who I speak to more frequently and about more relevant things than my "inperson" friends. Even though we never spoke, nor met, I felt a connection the Princess because I talked to her and in the group via email daily!
I look forward to meeting everyone at the memorial...
My time with the Princess was very short indeed. I was no more than hired entertainment at one of her grand parties, but that very short relationship of ours left a lasting impression on me! Never before have I had such a fascinating client and never before had I delighted in following the blog of a practical stranger. She was, in a word, enchanting. While in her employ she showed me warmth, generosity, and gratitude beyond what any other client had, and with only a few short words and well thought out details. I am sad to now learn of her passing (I found this post while "googling" her to see what she was up to), but glad to have been in her presence, even if only for one evening as a dancer in her service.
- Walt said...
I can't believe it's been a year.
- Russell Bolding said...
I just now found out Adrienne had passed on. I was one of her online friends for a number of years but we lost touch. It's so hard on one's heart to lose friends but to lose the oppotunity to say goodbye hurts even more. Goodbye, sweet Princess... you are sadly missed. :(
- Alan St George said...
July 13, 2012
Even after six+ years, I still go back and read these things. She was and will always be the sparkling, brilliant, aurora borealis of my life. I miss Her every moment...but we still "talk." The greater the loss, the greater the sorrow they say, but life goes on because it MUST. You have two choices when you lose everything that matters in your life: 1) Commit suicide. 2) Go on living. My brother did the former, I recommend the latter. I've been assured by mediums and intuitives over these 6 years that The Princess has indeed gone on to truly 'fabulous' things on the other side, helping animals and "lost children of many races," and animals, and is happy. That is what She wishes for me, too...happiness...and I'm comforted in what for me is a fact, that Hers will be the first face I see when I cross over. Until then, in Adrianne's favorite line from Auntie Mame: "Life is a banquet, and most poor suckers are starving to death! So go out and LIVE, LIVE, LIVE!" Bless you forever, Sweet Princess for teaching me how to live in this world, and how to love the world. Your "Papa" (husband) ~Alan St. George


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Friday, July 21, 2006
Peter Whitmer Farm
A couple of Sundays ago, Jeff and his Dad spoke in the Fayette Ward, which is home to the Peter Whitmer Farm, so we thought we'd capture the moment. It is about a 45 min. drive from Jeff's parent's house in Fairport. I have been to this place once before, with my family when I was 12. We were pictured all together in front of this same sign...ah the memories.
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MLB Metrics 101: Clutch or Choke with Playoff Race's Biggest StarsSeptember 21, 2017
MLB Metrics 101: Clutch or Choke with Playoff Race's Biggest Stars
The final push of the 2017 Major League Baseball season means the game's biggest stars are having their clutch genes put to the test.
The Bleacher Report MLB Metrics 101 is watching.
Hello and welcome back. This week's topic is a game of "Clutch or Choke" with the biggest stars of the MLB postseason race. Here are the ground rules:
- The best player from each of the six division leaders and four wild-card leaders, as determined by FanGraphs WAR, is under the microscope.
- Baseball Reference WAR is usually the go-to around these parts, but FanGraphs gets the nod this week because they allow for more detailed splits. That comes in handy in this case because...
- Players will be judged on the quality of their performances—both overall via WAR (including RA-9 WAR for pitchers) and in context via WPA (Win Probability Added)—over the last 30 days, which covers both high-pressure August games and higher-pressure September games.
- Stats are current through Tuesday, September 19.
What you'll see is players' 30-day WAR and WPA on their own, and also how much of their full-season WAR and WPA these figures account for.
Since 30 days out of 171 in-season days ticked off so far is 18 percent, that's a helpful guideline for whether players have been living large or small. But it will indeed be more of a guideline than a rigid rule. Ultimately, whether players deserve a "Clutch" or "Choke" label is a judgment call.
Starting in the AL East and going from there, let's get to it.
Choke: Chris Sale, Boston Red Sox
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Among the many reasons the Boston Red Sox are struggling to outrun the New York Yankees in the AL East: Their ace isn't pitching like an ace.
With a 2.37 ERA and a whopping 211 strikeouts through the end of July, Chris Sale seemed well on his way to winning the American League Cy Young Award. But his season has since turned into a struggle, especially recently.
Sale has a 4.50 ERA in five starts since August 24. In the mix are duds against the Cleveland Indians, Yankees and, most recently, the Tampa Bay Rays in which he was none too happy with an early hook.
"I want to be out there as long as I can and eat up as many innings as I can, save the guys in the bullpen, stuff like that. But I did it to myself," the left-hander said, per Jason Mastrodonato of the Boston Herald.
There's still time for Sale to right the ship, of course. And if he's going to do so, the eight-inning, 13-strikeout gem he tossed against the Baltimore Orioles on Wednesday is a heck of a way to start.
Verdict: Choke
Clutch: Corey Kluber, Cleveland Indians
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As one AL Cy Young contender fades, another rises.
Corey Kluber is hotter than Sale and any pitcher in this or any other known universe. His 1.35 ERA in six starts since August 23 comes out to 2.8 WAR, the most of any pitcher over the last 30 days.
Kluber's WPA, meanwhile, is boosted by how he's clamped down when the pressure has been highest. His last six starts have churned out 19 high-leverage plate appearances against him. Only two turned into run-scoring hits, compared to 14 outs.
What makes all this even scarier is that it's a mere slice of a larger hot streak. Kluber has been smoking ever since coming off the disabled list June 1, posting a 1.69 ERA and permitting just a .482 OPS in 21 starts.
Given that they recently won 22 games in a row, it's not surprising Kluber isn't the only member of the Indians who deserves props for his late-season performance. Between their hitters and pitchers, they're a whole team of hot players.
Verdict: Clutch
Choke: Jose Altuve, Houston Astros
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It's not every day there's a reason to criticize Jose Altuve.
With a .271/.333/.506 slash line and five home runs, Altuve hasn't been bad over the last 30 days. And as his WPA indicates, he's provided some important hits.
Take his five homers, for example. Only two were solo shots, and all five gave his Houston Astros either a tie or the lead. The most recent of these happened just Tuesday when he launched a game-tying solo homer off Chicago White Sox right-hander Lucas Giolito in the fourth inning.
There is, however, no doubt Altuve set a high bar for himself over the first four-plus months of the season and is now struggling to clear it. He hasn't been bad, but he also hasn't been Altuve-level great.
It's not a huge deal regarding Houston's postseason chances—its first AL West title is already in the bag—but it's no help in the AL MVP race. Altuve has opened the door for red-hot hitters like Jose Ramirez and Francisco Lindor to get more attention. And, of course, nobody can rule out Mike Trout.
Verdict: Choke
Clutch: Aaron Judge, New York Yankees
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If one was so inclined, one could just as easily label Aaron Judge a late-season choker.
He's mostly been good over the last 30 days, putting up a .247/.411/.553 slash line with seven homers over 26 games. But as his WPA indicates, he hasn't been able to ditch a caveat that's dogged his entire season.
The young Yankees slugger landed in MLB Metrics 101's recent expose on baseball's least clutch hitters due to his tendency to do damage outside high-leverage situations. And so it goes. In the 18 high-leverage situations he's faced since August 24, he has two walks (one intentional) and nothing else.
Still, this is a case where the numbers warrant a finger wag but not a full-on scolding.
Judge was still pulling out of his lengthy post-All-Star slump at the end of August but has been a new man in September with a 1.080 OPS and all seven of the aforementioned dingers. That's way too much production to call a guy a choker.
Plus, it's been a boost for a Yankees team that's rolling with a 13-5 record this month. As per usual, they wouldn't be where they are without Judge.
Verdict: Clutch
Clutch: Ervin Santana, Minnesota Twins
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The notion that Ervin Santana could ever be any team's best player sounds a bit off. Yet here we are.
The Minnesota Twins have had players rise and fall all season, but Santana has been a steady hand who's produced a 3.34 ERA over 199.1 innings. While he peaked early, he hasn't so much slumped as leveled off. That includes his latest efforts, as he's cruising right along with a 3.41 ERA over his last six starts.
The one "Yeah, but" is that he's made two starts each against the White Sox and Kansas City Royals and another against the San Diego Padres. The Yankees are the only tough opponent he's faced, and he took a loss against them September 18.
"I want to pitch better than this one," the veteran said afterward, per Rhett Bollinger of MLB.com. "If I get the chance to come here again, we just have to win, no matter how."
But in allowing only two earned runs across 5.2 innings, Santana hardly bombed against the Yankees. That gets at the essential truth of his 2017 season, both now and always:
If the Twins are going to lose, it's not going to be because of him.
Verdict: Clutch
Clutch: Anthony Rendon, Washington Nationals
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At least for FanGraphs WAR, Anthony Rendon has been the best player in the National League this year. That ought to help his case for NL MVP.
In the meantime, he isn't hurting his case in the home stretch. He's hit a rock-solid .333/.404/.529 over the last 30 days and has really been heating up with a .357/.426/.619 slash line over his last 11 games.
One obligatory note is that this is a course correction for the unheralded star. He was riding high through July but then fell into a pit in August. He's just now digging himself out of it.
Still another obligatory note is that it's Stephen Strasburg who's been the Washington Nationals' best player in recent days. Since coming off his latest stay on the disabled list August 19, he's been nigh unhittable with a 0.66 ERA over six starts.
Still, this is no cause to label Rendon a choker. He's playing as well now as he has all season, and his play has already helped the Nationals sew up their second straight NL East title.
Verdict: Clutch
Clutch: Kris Bryant, Chicago Cubs
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Finally! An excuse to slap the ol' "Clutch" label on Kris Bryant.
The former No. 2 pick, Minor League Player of the Year, Rookie of the Year and MVP has made a heck of a name for himself in short order. But the big nit to pick has been his performance in the clutch, as he's been the least clutch hitter of them all over the last two seasons.
He's now fighting back against that narrative.
Beyond having a .297/.416/.527 slash line overall in the last 30 days, he's done well for himself in high-leverage situations. He's faced 19 of them and has produced three walks and six hits, including a big three-run homer off New York Mets right-hander Robert Gsellman on September 12.
It's all been a boon to the Chicago Cubs.
After cake-walking their way to an NL Central title last year, they've needed all the help they can get this season. While it hasn't been easy, Bryant's hitting is one reason why they're trending toward a hard-won division title.
Verdict: Clutch
Choke: Clayton Kershaw, Los Angeles Dodgers
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In addition to "Choke," another way to read Clayton Kershaw's recent performance is "Guy Who Literally Just Came Off the DL."
For the second time in as many years, the three-time Cy Young winner was sidelined for over a month with a bad back. He hasn't been terrible since his return September 1 but has been decidedly un-Kershaw-like with a 3.74 ERA over four largely unimpressive starts.
The low-light came Monday when he gave up his first-ever grand slam to Philadelphia Phillies youngster Aaron Altherr. Afterward, Kershaw didn't bother trying to contain his frustration.
"No progress," the lefty told reporters when asked about any potential bright spots. "We had the lead, and I blew it, and we lost, so there's not a lot of progress there to be had. Just go back to the drawing board and figure it out for the next one."
With the NL West race all but won, the Dodgers don't need to be in panic mode over the condition of their ace. But since they'll need his help to get through the postseason, at least a little concern is warranted.
Verdict: Choke
Clutch: Zack Greinke, Arizona Diamondbacks
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Meanwhile, in the desert, Kershaw's former rotation mate is doing just fine.
Zack Greinke's entire season has been a complete 180 from the thud with which he landed in his 2016 debut with the Arizona Diamondbacks. And it's only getting better as the clock ticks down. In five starts dating back to August 25, he has a 1.56 ERA over 34.2 innings.
Because he's faced a whopping 26 high-leverage situations, there have been plenty of chances for Greinke's hot streak to come tumbling down. But these have produced just one run-scoring hit and 21 outs.
While he's had the luxury of facing the San Francisco Giants twice, his other three starts were against the Los Angeles Dodgers (twice) and Colorado Rockies. He dominated in all three, thereby making the NL West race difficult for the Dodgers and the NL wild-card race difficult for the Rockies.
It's a foregone conclusion at this point that the D-backs will take the NL's top wild-card spot. Assuming they do, Greinke would have the chance to make dominating the play-in game the next act of a terrific season.
Verdict: Clutch
Clutch: Charlie Blackmon, Colorado Rockies
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The fact that Nolan Arenado isn't listed as the Colorado Rockies' best player might seem like a mistake. But it's not, and that's as good a compliment as any to the season Charlie Blackmon is having.
He leads the NL in batting average at .332 and all of MLB with 200 hits, 131 runs scored and 367 total bases. To boot, he's doing all this while holding down a premium position in center field.
At present, Blackmon isn't the hottest he's been all season. But there's little to nitpick about a .311/.398/.553 slash line over a 30-day period, particularly when there are big hits in the mix. He's collected four run-scoring hits in high-leverage situations, including a clutch go-ahead homer August 26.
It's all been in service to a Rockies offense that's been good-not-great with a collective .770 OPS over the last 30 days. To give credit where it's due, Arenado, DJ LeMahieu and Carlos Gonzalez are also helping to carry the club's lineup.
If they can hold on just a little longer, the Rockies will be playing in October for the first time since 2009.
Verdict: Clutch
Data courtesy of FanGraphs and Baseball Reference.


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Robert Novak says Obama is definitely running
According to columnist/CIA agent outer, Robert Novak's latest column, it appears all that remains for Obama to be in the race is an official announcement.
"Contrary to reports that Barack Obama is still trying to make up his mind whether to seek the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination, sources close to the first-term senator say he is unequivocally committed to making the race.
The word has spread through political circles that Obama's wife, Michelle, is resisting the campaign out of fear for her husband's physical safety as an African-American candidate for president. But an Obama insider dismissed that as a problem. 'We took care of that last summer,' he told this column.
A footnote: Obama advisers were surprised how much the prospect of his campaign has shaken front-running Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton. For the first time, she has asserted that she would have voted against going to war in Iraq if she knew then what she knows now."


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In this episode, Al Cowan visits MCU to check out and wet test his completely redone 23′ Dorado. The 28′ Cary gets a set of gunnel boxes installed making for access to the fuel system when necessary. George Labonte heads out of Jupiter with Alex and Sam Dulski to fish and go over their 1978 Aquasport, redone with family fishing in mind. Back at the shop, Steve brings the 30′ Grady White project up to speed with new auto-level trim tabs.
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Here's what the Bible says about men like Trump, an evangelical Christian writes in a letter to The Bee. He then accurately quotes verses from the books of Matthew and James. The verses he cites strongly imply that great wealth is an abomination to the Lord. The writer then says, "Brothers, open your eyes and open your Bibles." So I did.
We all know the story of Job – this isn't about the substance of the story; There is an often missed counterpoint to the letter writer's main point. The first five verses tell of Job's immense wealth. He had 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 she-asses, and a very great household, yet the Lord said of him, "There is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man."
Go figure.
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Stepping unhappily into the world of expensive high technology, Broward County commissioners on Tuesday finally approved the purchase of a vast computer system for the county's courts.
After two hours of debate during which high-ranking officials confessed their ignorance of the technology, commissioners voted unanimously to spend $26.7 million on a Unisys system for the sheriff, jail and criminal and civil courts.
The system will keep track of booking records, court records and much of the other information handled by the justice system.
It will eventually be integrated with aging computers systems elsewhere, officials said.
Officials hope the system will help them avoid the so-called Year 2000 problem, when older computer systems with two-digit year formats may confuse 2000 with 1900 and other century marks. Many big computer users are getting around the problem by purchasing new systems.
Commissioners had been wary of buying such a complex system, particularly because the portion for tracking criminal courts data has not been used elsewhere. As a compromise, the company agreed to hold off on installing the criminal courts portion until it had been successfully installed in another county.
County Administrator Roger Desjarlais resisted making a recommendation until commission Chairwoman Lori Parrish asked him for the fourth time what he thought they should do.
``It's an incredibly complex issue that probably not one of us sitting at this dais understands,'' he said.
Pressured by Commissioners Ilene Lieberman and John Rodstrom, Unisys agreed to write guarantees into the contract that say the computers will function as an integrated system.
The system will require the cooperation of many strong-minded elected officials in the court system who have not always worked well together.


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I normally only do reviews for books on this blog but when Thomas Nelson sent my family and I this dvd to review, I wanted to post it both here and on my family blog.
My kids grew up watching Hermie and Friends on dvd; they're a bit older now but it sure did bring back memories while we were watching this!
My kids grew up watching Hermie and Friends on dvd; they're a bit older now but it sure did bring back memories while we were watching this!
As always, the dvd was great and the message about God's plan for all of us was brought to life in such a meaningful way. Our whole family enjoyed this wonderful dvd!
From the publisher:
Meet the Garden gang before they grew up!
Sitting around a camp fire on a beautiful star-lit night, the garden gang is talking about their favorite memories. Antonio recounts the Garden Olympics, but admits he was a scrawny kid-ant whose parents did not think he would ever amount to much. Flo confesses she used to be shy and introverted. Turns out all Hermie and Friends' adventures are made possible by the things that happened to them as kids. And it's also clear that God has had a plan for all of the garden characters right from the start – as long as they had the sense to listen and follow God's message. Includes new and previous animation.
I couldn't resist showing you Hermie on You Tube!
Click here to find out more about this DVD!
Many thanks to Thomas Nelson Publishing for sending me this DVD to review.


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Call me Antonio
It's personal and I like it.
Usually people with long unpronounceable names like Di Domizio just say to call them by their first name.
However, I don't think that's the reason for Bob's decision…
Perhaps we should ask the former leader of the Opposition his opinion on the issue.
After all, Stockwell should have kept Rae for the Air India Inquiry. They could release their report together, also known as the Rae-Day Report
Sorry Bob, it was just too easy, a little bit of humor is all…
Bob is a great candidate, we will see what he brings to the table, we all know the NDP was the real problem anyway.


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Hi, welcome to my personal blog.
I am a freelance writer and political analyst, currently based in Helsinki, Finland, also spending time in Central Europe and the US. I've been trained as a philosopher and political scientist at the University of Helsinki (M.A. in philosophy 1997, Ph.D. in Political Science in 2006), with additional academic experience from the Central European University (Budapest) and the New School (New York City). I studied the work of Hannah Arendt for my M.A. thesis in the 1990s (the thesis, in Swedish, is online: Hannah Arendt om totalitarismen), and I keep going back to her texts – born in Soviet-occupied Estonia, I strongly share her anti-totalitarian instincts. Later I focused on more recent democratic theories; my dissertation (Democratic Legitimacy and the Politics of Rights, Helsinki University Press 2006) was about deliberative democracy and the relationship of individual rights to democratic decision making. I taught democratic theory at my alma mater between 2001 and 2009. At the CEU in 1998-2000 I studied international relations and comparative politics along with political theory. That is the background that has also shaped my less strictly academic endeavours, writing essays and newspaper columns in several languages (English, Finnish, Swedish and Estonian), lecturing and consulting.
In 2010-2015 I worked in my native Estonia, first as the editor-in-chief of a monthly foreign policy magazine, Diplomaatia (a publication of the ICDS in Estonian and English), then as an academic advisor to the President of the Republic of Estonia. I returned to Finland in 2015 and now stay in Helsinki, with my mental "home in the world" also extended to Central Europe and the US, especially New York City and Kraków, Poland.
Currently working on freelance basis, I welcome new contacts and opportunities. You can best reach me via email (iamasso at me.com). Having been subjected to two major orchestrated defamation campaigns during my time in Estonia, probably for political reasons considered far more important than my modest person, I recommend that you turn to myself rather than online search engines with any possible questions about me – with more than my fair share of "fake news" out there, I've become an expert in infowars through first-hand experience at least as much as through theoretical knowledge.
I am politically independent and support classical liberal democratic values: universal individual rights, freedom of speech, gender equality, Enlightenment humanism. In my analysis and comments, I rely on these values as well as my experience and knowledge, rather than political ideologies, camps or labels, current trends or left-right divisions. I am happy to share my thoughts in published texts, but prefer to stay private as a person. I live on an island; I love greenery and the seaside; I jog and rollerblade and thrive in wilderness. I remain curious and 'hungry' in a Jobsian sense, eager to keep learning.
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In shul this past shabbat I led a discussion. It was about the case in the beginning of the book of Exodus in which we meet Moses as an adult. He goes out among the people and witnesses an Egyptian taskmaster mercilessly beating a Hebrew slave. Moses looks around and then kills the taskmaster.
I raised the following issue. It is clear that incidents in the Torah, though they may appear to be solely one-time events, are meant to be understood in a more global eternal way. With that in mind, how does the Torah intend us to understand Moses' action? Does the Torah mean to say that murder, in certain circumstances is acceptable? If so, how would that impact our society and how would it impact the way countries conduct foreign and military policy?
Interestingly, the congregation didn't take my bait, and instead they focused on Moses and the Hebrew community - how they accepted him and how his actions were to be understood at the time. We didn't get into the issue of violence in general or whether violence is justified at any time if at all.
I do think that Judaism does not intend us to be pacifist. Turning the other cheek is not a Jewish value. Treating others with respect is Jewish and ensuring people's health, safety, and well being are valuable as well. The 6th commandment is "thou shalt not murder" it isn't thou shalt not kill (as translated in Christian bibles). Undoubtedly once there is room - even if limited - for violent action, then that violence has to be tempered and contextualized. In the ideal world - the Garden of Eden - all people would be good and peace-loving. But in the real world we have to struggle to reach that goal. That struggle should be waged carefully but it nonetheless should be waged.


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In this video, Jim Rohn explores the idea of not missing anything.
"Success is the progressive realization of a worthy goal or ideal." – Earl Nightingale
Make sure you are progressing towards a worthy goal or ideal that is yours.
Make sure to watch this video from beginning to end, take notes and TAKE ACTION!!
As Always, Here's to Your LifetoSuccess,
God Bless You,
John Clark


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January 26th, 2010
Market Dominoes Beginning to Fall
Don't know how many of you have focused on the fact that the market today is no higher than it was on October 16, the day I first started sounding the alarm about the possibility of a coming correction. In "Begin Pruning, Trimming and Weeding Your Portfolio", I wrote
"now might actually be a good time to start "pruning" your portfolio. Begin trimming stocks you added during the run up since March-April that haven't performed that well; if they have grown less than the market has while you've owned it, they probably won't do better than the market in the future. Rebalance the portfolio by reducing the exposure in stocks that have significantly out performed the market and now represent too large a percentage of the portfolio.
Rather than thinking of these moves as "selling" the market, clearly a defensive move, view it as an offensive strategy, beginning to prepare for next leg. Funds generated through this "housecleaning" can either be held as cash or you can add to those remaining positions that are still working nicely and have room to grow (i.e., not bouncing up against resistance in the form of trendlines or moving averages)."
Granted, the past 3 months have been frustrating in their boredom and market indecision. But I believe we're close to finding some resolution …. it's on the downside.
Someone asked the other day how "the charts" can tell us if there will be a correction and how deep it will be? I answered that charts can't predict but they can alert us to changes in direction of the market's trend. It's up to us to make our own decisions and act accordingly as any turn becomes more evident.
Our decisions become bolder as our assessment becomes more certain about a future outcomes. Each buy or sell decision is an incremental one. [I may sell all of a position in one shot but it is still incremental since it is only one of a number of stocks in a diversified portfolio. I would never sell everything and move into cash all at one time.]
As the market was bottoming last February-April, we become increasingly invested as it successfully crossed key hurdles. Today, as the market's been peaking and moving into a correction, we see similar benchmarks as dominoes in a line that are about to fall (this chart is as of last Friday, January 22; since then the market has declined another 1.5%):
Are there any guidelines for managing cash (how much to sell, when) as the market begins to knock down those dominoes? I can't give you firm rules but I can tell you what I will be doing. Since I have no idea of how far or how long the correction will take, I'm going to incrementally sell stock and adding to cash (getting ready for the next up leg sometime around Labor Day) as each domino falls:
- move below the 100-day moving average, which currently corresponds to the 1095 bottom trendline of the Nov-Dec channel, would cause me to increase cash to 55%,
- move below below the 1035 (the blue horizontal trendline of the October and November lows) would cause increase of cash to 75%
- move below the 200-day moving average at around 100 would bring cash to near 85-90%
- move below the 300-day moving average at around 930 and I would be all cash.
At that level … still hoping it doesn't fall farther …. the neckline of the inverted head-and-shoulder bottom would be in striking distance. Crossing the neckline would mark the demise of this bull market.
How likely is any of this? Who knows, no one can predict. We'd like to know but don't really have to since we will be taking incremental steps should additional dominoes fall.


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Maggie sister carrie
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I plan to show parts of this film to my am lit classes as a comparison/contrast to crane's maggie: a girl of the streets: and other tales of new i recently read sister carrie by theodore dreiser, a book i highly recommend to anyone who has seen the film carrie and wants to know more about. Luanne rice's the geometry of sisters, reviewed & recommended women's fiction the geometry of sisters katharine and maggie, carrie and beck beck feels that by moving, they are betraying and abandoning her beloved sister the geometry of sisters is a complicated book about betrayal. Caroline carrie bradshaw is the main character in the carrie diaries (sister) romances: sebastian kydd (ex-boyfriend, soulmate, first love sebastian defends carrie and maggie from simon who just got fired and wants to attack her and carrie for convincing her to spill. Stephen crane, maggie: sister carrie (1900) edith wharton, the house of mirth (1905) upton sinclair, the jungle (1906) sherwood anderson, poor white (1920) evaluation: the course will be based on lectures, assigned readings, and class discussions.
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January 6, 2010 we are sad to report that the middle sister above, carrie (thornton) miller, passed away we are sad to report that the oldest sister of the three, maggie, passed away yesterday on january 22nd at age 114 years, 69 days click for more details from the shreveport times. Dorothy maggie herring, 93, of sheridan, passed away on tuesday, january 9 she was preceded in death by her husband, parents and siblings, twin sister carrie workman and brothers abe crook and pete crook and nephews rusty workman and duane crook she is survived by nieces sandi. The geometry of sisters (newport, rhode island, book 1) by luanne rice - book cover maggie shaw has returned to newport to teach english at the academy especially her sister, carrie.
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Maggie (amy hargreaves) will give her sister carrie (claire daines) an ultimatum if the latter still wants to see little frannie again in the upcoming episode of homeland. Maggie landers is one of the central characters in the carrie diaries and attempts to blackmail her in exchange for information about carrie maggie then comes clean to carrie about the whole but it's mentioned in the book that she has an older sister in the book the carrie.
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Brooklyn Girl Film Festival is a grassroots event I started after the short film I wrote and
directed, "Before We Get to Seattle" ran the festival circuit in 2010-11. Although I never considered myself to be much of a feminist, I found myself bothered by the lack of woman filmmakers I came across during my festival journey, as well as the shortage of woman-centric film festivals, especially in the New York City area. I decided I wanted to create a place to support the community of woman filmmakers, and encourage them to strive to bring their unique stories to life. In early 2011, I gave birth to my daughter, Zoe Eliza, and felt even more compelled and inspired to help other women.
In the past ten years, women filmmakers have finally become more prominent. Sofia Coppola and
Diablo Cody both won Oscars for Best Screenplay for films featuring the complex stories of a female protagonist, and Kathryn Bigelow became the FIRST WOMAN EVER to receive the prestigious honor of Best Director at the Academy Awards. Let us be inspired by them and look forward to many other women walking away with these honors in the coming years.
We are very excited to present our first annual program. Films rolled in from the US and all around the world at the speed of light. In addition, we are very thankful for the support we received thus far from the community.


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The Bells of Redemption Are Revealed in Jerusalem
Yehudit Katsover and Nadia Matar
February 14, 2010
Yesterday, Sunday, Rosh Hodesh Adar, Women in Green (Women for Israel's Tomorrow) conducted a tour throughout Jerusalem - to see, to gain an impression, and to strengthen, hands on, the so devoted activity by the redeemers of Jerusalem.
The tour began in Abu Tor, in a house in which six Jewish families live. From the roof of their house we looked out at the Temple Mount, Beit Yehonatan, the King's Gardens, the infamous separation wall, and the building in Abu Dis that was supposed to become the Arab parliament but, thank G-d, did not come to pass. We received explanations from Daniel Luria, the director of Ateret Cohanim, that were both learned and extremely moving.
From there we drove to Beit Yehonatan, located in "Kfar Hateimanim" (the Yemenite village also known as Silwan).It was very emotional. To go back in time 140 years. when the first Yemenite Jews arrived in Silwan and settled, initially in caves and afterwards in houses. They prayed in four synagogues. During the Arab riots they were expelled, and today Jews are returning and redeeming the area, despite all the legal and political difficulties. Beit Yehonatan is named in honor of Jonathan Pollard. We were told that Jonathan has asked that everyone visiting the house take the time to pray and learn Torah, so one of the yeshiva men who learn in Beit Yehonatan gave our group a twenty minute shiur (lesson).
Then we went to the King's Gardens. We await the serious removal of all the illegal Arab construction, so they will once more be gardens befitting the royal city.
The "Maaleh ha-Zetim" neighborhood, that was constructed against all odds, strengthens our hope and security. The Jews are returning and taking control of the city. This is the case in Kidmat Zion too, for which a magnificent neighborhood is planned, that will afford a panoramic view of Jerusalem, from the other side, to the Temple Mount.
From there we went to Beit Orot, the first neighborhood to be established following the Six Day War, that is being developed now, and from there we passed next to the Shepherd Hotel, a large building that used to belong to Haj-Ammin Al Husseini, the mufti of Jerusalem, collaborator with the Nazis and responsible for the murder of
thousands of Jews. The knowledge that the house where once this enemy of the Jewish people lived now returned to Jewish hands was very comforting. From there we drove to the Shimon ha-Tzaddik compound.
The excitement was great, simply tremendous.
In Shimon Hatzaddik (also known as Sheikh Jarrah), the Arabs, who benefit from Israeli democracy and the support of the left, are insolent, curse, and shout, but a group like ours isn't deterred.
After an enlightening explanation by Yehonatan Yosef, the grandson of Rabbi Ovadiah Yosef, telling us the story of how the Arabs had squatted in houses belonging to Jews after the Jews had been expelled from the area in 1948,and how it was only historical justice to finally redeem these Jewish houses from the Arab thieves and return them to their rightful owners, the entire group began singing a tremendous "Am Yisrael Hai" - the Jewish People Lives! in front of the amazed Arabs. Here, there are Jews who are not scared nor impressed by their shouts.
The charged encounter at the Shimon ha-Tzaddik compound undoubtedly left a tremendous impression on all the tour participants.
We were all accompanied by a sense of involvement. Much has been done, but there is a long way to go. The general feeling was that the reality is changing, thank G-d. The Jews, with G-d's help, are returning, taking control, and drawing nearer to the very heart of holiness.
Jerusalem is being re-acquired and is returning to its true sons. We were moved to tears at the sight of the devotion, the faith, and the activity.
Thank you to our devoted photographers Gemma Blech and Abigail Browning for taking pictures and eternalizing our activities
For pictures by Gemma Blech from our tour please click on:
Link to Abigail Brownings website;
Thank you to our dear and loyal Renee Margolis and Elisheva Ginzburg who helped organize the tour by making so many phone calls.
Thank you to Sharon Katz, editor of Voices magazine, who came along with us and surely will write a wonderful article about this special day on her new website: http://www.voices-magazine.com/
Thank you to all participants of the tour, to each and one of you, who took a day out of your busy schedule to be a partner in the struggle for Jerusalem, the struggle for Erets Israel. We all came to strengthen but, as usual, came back strengthened.
Lastly, thank you and yashar koach to our wonderful tour guide Daniel Luria from Ateret Cohanim who made this tour so incredibly meaningful.
We strongly recommend others to organize a similar tour and ask Daniel to be your guide. His cellphone number is 054-654-4407
Join the next tour of Women in Green, on Wednesday, Rosh Hodesh Nissan, March 17. The route will be: Negohot-Amatziah-Yad Binyamin. In Negohot we will give our support to the Ben-David family, whose home has already been destroyed twice, and rebuilt a third time, with aid including that of the Yibaneh Fund founded by Women in Green. From there, to Amatziah, to meet our expelled brothers and the new construction, and to Yad Binyamin, to support the expellees by making purchases in their shopping center.
Hazak, hazak, ve-nithazek - Let us be strong and resolute!
Nadia Matar and Yehudit Katsover
Women in Green
Women For Israel's Tomorrow (Women in Green)
POB 7352, Jerusalem 91072, Israel
Tel: 972-2-624-9887 Fax: 972-2-624-5380
Monday, February 15, 2010
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SOUTH WINDSOR — Recent dry weather has meant little growth for many area farms.
But the organizers of two area events hope the weather stays dry, just for the next few days.
The ladies' guild of St. Francis of Assisi Church will hold a crafts fair Saturday and the Junior Women's Club will hold an arts festival Sunday.


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Jukebox Juicebox #22 - Singles & Jingles Pt.2
Franz Ferdinand "Eleanor Put Your Boots On" (2006)
This is the first record I've bought by Franz Ferdinand though thanks to their ubiquity, I'm extremely familiar with their output. That said, Eleanor seems an odd choice as a single. The opening moments remind me of Blur's The Universal, that is until a banjo (!) kicks in and the listener is taken into altogether more upbeat territory. If you believe what you read, the song is apparently either (a) about lead singer Alex Kapranos' current love; (b) a nod to The Beatles' Eleanor Rigby; or (c) both. Whatever the inspiration, the lyrics are pretty throwaway. This new recording is a beefed up take on the album's version, which begs the question of how thin sounding the original was. Accompanying track Ghost In A Ditch, featuring guitarist Nick McCarthy on vocals, aims for a similar Beatles-y vibe, particularly in the chorus and use of horn section. Actually, it sounds more like The Icicle Works circa 1985. Fade Together is the high point, thanks to a menacing ambient remix by The Avalanches' Bobbydazzler. Stripped of the song's lyrics and, presumably, the majority of it's melodic structure, the track is underpinned by occasional piano chords and Kapranos repeating a couple of key lines. A rather mixed selection, then, but redeemed by the final track.
Tracklisting: 1. Eleanor Put Your Boots On (re-recorded version) / 2. Ghost In A Ditch / 3. Fade Together (avalanches remix)
Cabaret Voltaire "Just Fascination" (2001)
I was eleven years old when this track originally appeared on Cabaret Voltaire's album The Crackdown and my listening tastes centred around Adam And The Ants, Toyah and Madness. Having a brother nearly four years older than me meant that, by musical osmosis, I also absorbed the sounds of Magazine, The The and Richard H. Kirk's groundbreaking work with Stephen Mallinder as Cabaret Voltaire. Although the pair no longer record together, Kirk's output in the past three decades has given prolific a whole new meaning. What's amazing is that quality never seems to be compromised by the quantity of his material. No surprise then, that both Virgin and Mute have asked Kirk to revisit – and reinvent – his past for their posthumous releases of classic Cabaret Voltaire tracks. All but two of the five tracks on this promo CD single are available on Virgin's 3CD Cabaret Voltaire anthology Conform To Deform. Richard H. Kirk previously updated Just Fascination for Virgin's Technology: Western ReWorks remix album in 1992 and, on the evidence of the three mixes he delivers here, there's plenty more mileage in this track. Dubbing the vocals and playing with a variety of rhythm tracks, what's immediately apparent is that Kirk still has a strong dancefloor sensibility. The fact that the remixes are easily identifiable also confirms how right Kirk and Mallinder got it the first time around. Conversely, the pair of previously unreleased François Kevorkian remixes of Sex, Money, Freaks from 1987 demonstrate the challenge of enhancing or surpassing Cabaret Voltaire's original takes. The 12" dub works best, but both sound very much of their time, in a way that the duo's own tracks don't.
Tracklisting: 1. Just Fascination (r.h. kirk remix) / 2. (alternative mix) / 3. (dub mix) / 4. Sex, Money, Freaks (kevorkian 12" mix) / 5. (kevorkian 12" dub)
The Free Association "(I Wish I Had A) Wooden Heart" (2002)
Planned as the lead single from the eponymous debut by David Holmes' offshoot band, this inexplicably never made it beyond the promo CD stage. A shame, as this is a quality EP with a strong selection of tracks. In addition to the radio edit, Roots Manuva delivers a dub of Wooden Heart that presses all the right buttons. Providing an atmospheric, bass heavy vibe, Petra Jean Phillipson's vocals fade in and out, with Manuva himself delivering a stream of consciousness rap (which, in all honesty, is complete gibberish) midway through. Accompanying track Effectin' is a full version of a song that initially appeared on David Holmes' mix CD Come Get It I Got It, which also served as an introduction to The Free Association. Again, Phillipson's voice dominates, riding a wave of rhythms and samples that should be dissonant but add texture. A great 'lost' single that's worth hunting down via the likes of eBay or Music Stack.
Tracklisting: 1. (I Wish I Had A) Wooden Heart (radio edit) / 2. Effectin' / 3. (I Wish I Had A) Wooden Heart (space hog dub by roots manuva)
Blues Explosion "Crunchy" (2005)
Although still fronting the band, Jon Spencer has taken the democratic step of dropping his name from the band. Otherwise, it's business as usual, with no major change to the Blues Explosion template. What I've always liked about the band is their willingness to explore new sounds and musical directions through remixers, whilst personally ploughing the same furrow. On this EP, !!! (pronounced chk chk chk) and The DFA overhaul tracks from the Blues Explosion's album Damage. I love the former, which introduces an infectious beat (is it bossa? is it samba? darned if I know) to some seriously funky guitar chords. The vocals are a strange mix of Matt Johnson's distorted delivery on his early 1980s The The albums and New Order's Bernard Sumner. Every time I play it, I have a compelling urge to crank the volume up to max and sashay around the room. The DFA take a more typical route to the dancefloor, with repetitive one-note keyboards and an insistent rhythm bolstering Mars, Arizona. Spencer's performance is largely untouched here and rides above the clashing guitar and bass breaks that inform the first half of the mix, and the oozing electronic bleeps that dominate the second. By contrast, Blues Explosion Man is a stripped down, live acoustic take which gives full vent to the Spencer spleen. It's classic blues approach should stick out like a sore thumb next it's club-focused companions, but neatly rounds off an essential EP.
Tracklisting: 1. Crunchy (tmj (!!!) remix) / 2. Mars, Arizona (dfa remix) / 3. Blues Explosion Man (live at fmu)
Franz Ferdinand
Brainwashed's Cabaret Voltaire site
Richard H. Kirk
François Kevorkian
David Holmes presents The Free Association
Roots Manuva
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After my failure at the last Read-a-thon I participated, I decided to give it another go. So, I will be participating in the Bout of Books 17.0 Read-a-thon. This time, however, I'm not going to pressure myself. I'm going to keep my TBR small.
1. The Traitor Spy Trilogy by Trudi Canavan.
I have finally started reading the first book and I'm about 100 pages in, so my goal is to finish the trilogy.
2. I Hate Fairyland Vol. 1: Madly Ever After
I have read about half-way through this, but I want to read it again from start to finish in between the other three books.
That's it.
Now it's your turn…
Are you participating in the Bout of Books 17.0 Read-a-thon? If yes, what are you reading? What are you currently reading?
Tell me all about it in the comments below…


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Fried Cage Free Eggs and Kale Salad
This is one of my favorite lunches as of late!
A simple, delicious and fresh kale salad! Kale massaged with salt and pepper, tossed with cherry tomatoes, sliced almonds, golden raisins and avocado and in a dressing of flax seed oil, dijon mustard, lemon juice, dill and raw honey. Mmm mmm good.
Such a beautiful and fresh dish as well 🙂
For a little protein, I grabbed a few of these babies…
Cage free, hand picked by me!
Fried them up like so…
And topped my salads with these lovely eggs!
Note to self: light and bright colored dishes are best for showcasing food! Purple = dark!
Now this is REAL food if I've ever seen it!
How do you nourish your body? I prefer to do it with bright, colorful and fresh foods 🙂 See above salad for a perfect example!
April 22, 2013 9:12 pm
This salad looks delicious! I love topping my salads with eggs, especially if the yolk is a little runny. Where/how do you pick your eggs?


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bakersfield.com | Breaking News: "Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld has said the closures would save $48.8 billion over 20 years while reshaping the military for America's expected 21st century adversaries.
Rumsfeld's plan calls for a massive shift of U.S. forces that would result in a net loss of 29,005 military and civilian jobs at domestic installations. Overall, he proposes pulling 218,570 military and civilian positions out of some U.S. bases while adding 189,565 positions to others, according to documents obtained by The AP.
The closures and downsizings would occur over six years starting in 2006.
Before closures or downsizings can take effect, the Defense Department's proposal must be approved or changed by a federal base closing commission, and then agreed to by Congress and President Bush, in a process that will run into the fall. In four previous rounds of closures starting in 1988, commissions have accepted 85 percent of bases the Pentagon recommended for closure or consolidation.
Among the major closures Rumsfeld seeks is Ellsworth Air Force Base in South Dakota, home to 29 B-1B bombers, half the nation's fleet of the aircraft, and the state's second largest employer. That would deal a potential political setback to Republican freshman Sen. John Thune, who had claimed he could protect the base if elected during his campaign to defeat former Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle.
Rumsfeld also recommended closing the Naval Station in Pascagoula, Miss., which barely survived previous base closure rounds. The decision was a blow to Sen. Trent Lott, R-Miss., who had fought the 1995 round of closures. At stake are 844 military jobs and 112 civilian jobs.
The list of California bases recommended for closure is:
--Armed Forces Reserve Center, Bell
--Defense Finance and Accounting Service, Oakland
--Defense Finance and Accounting Service, San Bernardino
--Defense Finance and Accounting Service, San Diego
--Defense Finance and Accounting Service, Seaside
--Naval Support Activity, Corona
--Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach, Detachment Concord
--Navy-Marine Corps Reserve Center, Encino
--Navy-Marine Corps Reserve Center, Los Angeles
--Onizuka Air Force Station
--Riverbank Army Ammunition Plant"
My Brother in Law works at the base highlighted above. This might mean that his family will have to move. I'm sure these changes will affect many people.