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Description for Sacred Barna Tree, Varun
|Common name
|Flower colours
|Bloom time
|Sacred Barna Tree, Varun,Garlic pear tree, Caper tree, Three leaf caper, Obtuse Leaf Crateva .
|April and May
|easy to grow
Planting and care
plant have long tap roots which need to stretch out so the plants prefer well-dug, loose, well-draining soil; in preparing a bed, dig down 2 feet in depth and about 3 feet across to ensure the soil isn't too compact.
|Full Sun
|well-drained soil
|Apply any organic fertilizer
Caring for Sacred Barna Tree
- Feed plants only sparingly; over fertilization can cause stems to break in the fall.
- You can add diluted fertilizer into the water, though avoid getting the fertilizer near the plants base .
- it may help to build a moat in a circle around the plant about 18 inches out.
Typical uses of Sacred Barna Tree
Special features: The flowers occur in terminal corymbs, are about 5 centimeters in diameter, greenish-yellow, and the stamens are purplish. The petals are ovate or oblong, with the claw half as long as limb. The fruit is ovoid or rounded, and 3 to 5 centimeters in diameters, with hard and rough rind.
Culinary use: leaves
Ornamental use: The plant is used for ornamental purpose.
Medicinal use: Unverified information It is used in Indian Ayurvedic medicine. It has anti-inflammatory, diuretic, lithontriptic, demulcent and tonic properties. Bark yields ceryl alcohol, friedelin, lupeol, betulinic acid and diosgenin. It is useful in disorders of urinary organs, urinary tract infections, pain and burning micturition, renal and vesical calculi. A postal stamp was issued by the Indian Postal Department to commemorate this tree.
- http://www.flowersofindia.net/risearch/search.php?query=garlic+pear&stpos=0&stype=AND


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GSK recently announced that it would no longer pay doctors to promote its drugs, a move that has generated a good deal of discussion. The PBS Newshour entered the fray by featuring a debate between two Harvard Medical School Professors, Drs. Jerry Avorn and Thomas Stossel. Those who know these individuals recognize that they represent opposite sides of this debate, with Avorn being a vocal critic of the pharmaceutical industry and Stossel being a defender. In the PBS discussion, Avorn supported GSK's actions as a step in the right direction and wished that other pharmaceutical companies would follow suit. His rationale is that having doctors talk to other doctors is "probably not the best way for doctors to learn about drugs in a fair and balanced manner." Stossel, however, takes the view that "it's very hard for doctors to keep up with information …..and so it's vital for doctors to have exposure to as much information as possible."
Certainly, the pharmaceutical industry is not perfect and is now trying to improve its reputation. Indeed, GSK's actions appear to be motivated by this. However, I do have issues with a couple of Dr. Avorn's views. The first involves the actual presentations made by these doctors.
"And, in many cases the slides and the content and the script are actually prepared by the drug company, and the doctor presents this information as the latest information about diabetes or blood pressure or whatever. And it's not always clear to the audience that this is material that was really scripted completely by the drug company that was paying the doctor to give the talk."
What Avorn is basically saying is that doctors are automatons who simply take a packet of slides and a script and go off to give speeches all for the sake of money. Does he really believe that doctors are this naïve, or worse, corrupt, to forsake their Hippocratic Oath to do a pharmaceutical company's bidding? Yes, the slides are made by the pharmaceutical company; why wouldn't you want this to happen? A pharmaceutical company has the resources to produce high-quality materials and this saves the doctors a great deal of time. But to assume that a doctor doesn't have input into the content of the slides as well as the talking points is wrong. In fact, oftentimes the work being discussed by these doctors comes from clinical studies that they helped to perform. Avorn's comment impugns the integrity of these doctors and I think that's wrong.
Later into the debate, Avorn ventures into another topic, that of the benefits of generic drugs over new medicines.
"…as far as the effect on patients, it could be a better thing if patients are hearing not just about the most expensive drugs, but also about good old-fashioned generics that may work perfectly well, but no drug company is going to go out and teach about that."
There are two problems with this statement. First of all, given the intense pressure on the healthcare system with respect to costs, all new drugs are being scrutinized as to the true value they add over existing drugs, including generics. Any payer or hospital formulary would naturally use the least expensive alternative in treating a patient. Furthermore, if the speaker doesn't discuss this issue, he or she will surely be asked about this by the doctors in attendance. If the speaker and the drug company haven't done studies showing the advantages of their new medicines over existing, less costly treatments, no one in the audience is likely to prescribe the drug.
Avorn also falls back on the familiar refrain that "good old-fashioned generics" can work perfectly well. Actually, recent studies have shown that this isn't always the case. For example earlier this year, a report in The Lancet, a British Medical Journal, indicated that the over-the-counter pain medication, ibuprofen, posed the same degree of cardiovascular risk as Vioxx, a drug that Merck pulled from the market for these same cardiovascular risks. All drugs have safety risks, be they generic or new, and patients need to work with their physicians to understand these issues. But the automatic assumption that if it's generic, it's safe, is incorrect.
The sales and marketing of drugs is a controversial topic. However, the debate needs to be conducted in a manner that enables progress to be made on the issue. Misguided generalizations hinder this from happening.
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Eichholtz Rubautelli Chair - Walnut
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Walnut veneer armchair with cream upholstery and cushion.
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Deliciously Ugly Portraits of Famous Authors
Polish painted Feliks Topolski saw things in a very particular light — and not always a very flattering one. In 1960, after the Harry Ransom Center acquired a selection of his work that included an enormous portrait of George Bernard Shaw, Topolski was commissioned to paint portraits of 20 of the 20th century's greatest British authors. The resultant series, Twenty Greats, was (quite understandably) not particularly well-liked by most of the authors in question, but we think the paintings are so devilishly ugly that they become beautiful again, drenched in sloppy expressive glory. Click through to see some of our favorite portraits from Topolski's series, and then be sure to head over to The Daily Beast to see the entire set — and find out what their subjects had to say about them.


text: Harper's Bazaar's August issue has the most fun spread in ages–The Simpsons do high fashion! I've been seeing the images floating around the web, but, this link not only has the Simpson's illustrations, but also the styles they are based on. I'm not sure if the original images are in the magazine, or if the livejournal author put it all together-either way-thanx for the laugh riot. I hear the magazine is overrun with requests for prints, and being that most traditional fashion magazines generally only embrace the most tiresome apsects of culture, it's no surprise everyone wants a georgous picture of Lisa to call their own. It's a relief to see something light hearted in the oh-so-serious world of high fashion-and equally-it's fabulous to see our green dressed gal as jazzed up as she deserves to be!


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HOUSTON — Teddy Bear Paradise, a 57-year-old former Santa Cruz woman, has been indicted in Texas for allegedly threatening to kill President Barack Obama.
Paradise, also known as Denise O'Neal, mailed a handwritten, 16-page letter to Obama, said U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
"I am coming to Washington D.C. to murder you," Paradise wrote in the Nov. 28 letter.
"I am permanently physically and mentally disabled," she wrote. "All I wanted to do was rent a home for myself."
Paradise described herself as a lesbian and said she'd been harassed by workers at jails, prisons and psychiatric hospitals.
Because of the threat to the president, a federal grand jury indicted Paradise on Dec. 23 in Texas. She was arrested on Dec. 26 in Houston and appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Nancy Johnson.
Johnson ordered her held without bond pending further criminal proceedings. If convicted, Paradise faces "up to five years in federal prison and a possible $250,000 fine," said federal public affairs officer Angela Dodge.
A message left Wednesday evening with Paradise's attorney, federal public defender Marjorie Meyers, was not returned.
It was not Paradise's first brush with the law.
In 2008, Paradise was in Hawaii when she mailed a letter that threatened to kill then-President George W. Bush. She pleaded guilty in that case.
In January 2009, federal authorities in North Carolina alleged that she threatened to kill her probation officer. Paradise later pleaded guilty to the charge and was sentenced to 37 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release, according to federal court documents.
It was not clear how Paradise came to California, but she was arrested in Santa Cruz in April 2012 for an outstanding federal warrant.
Paradise also was convicted in federal court in San Jose in 2005 for mailing threatening letters.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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2nd June 2015, 14:00pmThe Marketing Team here at GS have been busy building up the business' Social Media presence - starting with Twitter and Pinterest, with Instagram and Flickr profiles coming soon.
On Pinterest, we've set up a few boards to showcase some of our recent installations, as well as providing a platform to launch some of our new products. Work will continue over the coming months to grow our boards, and will also be used to provide some insight from our in-house design team into their inspiration, industry trends and the creative process.
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Thibaut Courtois has insisted that wherever he plays his club football next season, he must be the first-choice goalkeeper.
The Chelsea shot-stopper has spent the last three seasons on loan at Atletico Madrid, and his performances for the Spanish champions and Champions League runners-up have left the Londoners in a quandary over whether to recall Courtois or stick with current number one Petr Cech.
But the Belgium keeper, speaking at his national side's World Cup training camp, told reporters he would not want to return to Stamford Bridge only to find himself left on the bench.
"I think with my age and the performances I have had, I want to play," said Courtois. "To be on the bench is not the nicest thing.
"But I will decide after the World Cup, I think. Everything will then be clear."
The 22-year-old added that he has not spoken to Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho since becoming a La Liga winner with Atletico.
"I spoke to him in May, before the game against Barcelona. That week, he discussed with me what he thinks about me and about everything. That is it."
The title win in Spain and the World Cup mean these are exciting times for the Genk youth product, and he admitted that he has never experienced such highs.
"Yes, [these are the best days of my career]. In this moment, I am still young. I have had four incredible seasons already, one with my team in Belgium and three with Atletico, so I can be very happy.
"Last season, to be a champion in Spain and play in the final of the Champions League was great. To be here now for a World Cup is amazing. Hopefully we can achieve some nice things here."
Belgium begin their Group H campaign against Algeria in Belo Horizonte on Tuesday, with Courtois set to line up in goal for Marc Wilmots' side.


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General News of Thursday, 3 June 1999
Source: Panafrican News Agency
June 3, 1999 By Desmond Davies
London, UK (PANA) - The Graphic Corporation of Ghana, publishers of the Accra-based Daily Graphic, has acquired West Africa magazine.
The corporation exchanged contracts with the liquidators of West Africa Publishing Company, the former owner of the magazine, which went into liquidation 24 March.
The new owners said that the 82-year-old periodical will be re-launched in July at its original London base.
Kofi Badu, managing director of the Graphic Corporation, said after the signing in London that the acquisition was in line with the corporation's plans to grow into a multi-media enterprise with a portfolio of international titles.
Although West Africa magazine had faced difficulties in the past year, he added that the publication was "without peer as the most authoritative weekly magazine on African affairs in the English language, and that the Graphic was proud to acquire it."
He said the future of the magazine was secure, and expressed confidence that the corporation would turn it round into a viable and profitable publication.
Badu said the new owners were committed to making West Africa "a more vibrant news magazine" by taking advantage of new media technology, "without losing its authority and sobriety".
West Africa's purchase appeared to have rattled a London-based monthly, Ghana Review International, which might have viewed the acquisition as a threat to its circulation in Ghana.
Ghana Review jumped the gun by publishing a story on its website, claiming that the ruling National Democratic Congress in Ghana had bought the magazine.
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10. Charlemagne, A.D. 742-28
The first ruler of the Holy Roman Empire, Charlemagne is known as the "Father of Europe." He was also an actual father, and possibly a bit of a softie. One of his (possibly illegitimate) children was Pepin the Hunchback, so named because of a spinal deformity. Charlemagne treated his son well, favoring him over his younger brothers as was appropriate in royal lineages. But when he chose a younger (legitimate) son as his successor, Pepin the Hunchback became involved in a plot to kill Charlemagne, his wife and his legitimate children.
The plot was exposed, but even here, Charlemagne showed some fatherly mercy. Instead of executing his son along with the other conspirators, he banished Pepin to a monastery, where he lived out the rest of his days.
Charlemagne also doted on his daughters, keeping them close to the royal court and educating them. When they took up with courtiers and produced illegitimate grandbabies, he indulged those children, too. After Charlemagne's death, he bequeathed his surviving daughters convents where they could live out their days.


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1 Kings 18:36-37 King James Version (KJV)
36 And it came to pass at the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet came near, and said, Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that thou art God in Israel, and that I am thy servant, and that I have done all these things at thy word.
37 Hear me, O Lord, hear me, that this people may know that thou art the Lord God, and that thou hast turned their heart back again.
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Richard Land misfires on HCR (again)
His Nazi libels and "death panels" prevarications failed to stop health reform, so Southern Baptist Convention ethics czar Richard Land found other ways to mislead.
In the key passage of an email begging Southern Baptists for telephone opposition, he said:
"If this bill passes, it will mean federal funding of abortion, a nearly half-trillion-dollar cut to Medicare, heavy taxes on individuals and businesses, higher premiums, and strong government control that will inevitably lead to a decline in patient care," Land said.
Taking his points in order …
- "None" is the amount of "federal funding for abortion" found in an expert assessment by Washington and Lee law professor Timothy Stoltzfus Jost, whom Mark Silk describes as "an ardent pro-lifer who's an expert on abortion and health care."
- "Senior scare" is what FactCheck.org calls the alleged "half trillion dollar cut to medicare." Pulitzer Prize winning PolitiFact.com is no more complimentary.
- "Backward" is how he got it in predicting "heavy taxes." Obama's plan "cuts government spending."
- "Strong government control" like that imposed by the Republican-spawned Massachusetts plan — RomneyCare, "implemented by former Republican Gov. Mitt Romney?"
- "Decline in patient care" = more scare words and the opposite is what helped inspired Catholic Health Association President Sr. Carol Keehan, DC to say "it is time for health reform." As Jost explains, the Senate bill provides more care for those who need it worst. Not less.
Srsly, Brother Land.
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Level heads, thank you.
Land has always appeared to me a sheep that tried to make his own way. If it does not fit his personal goals, then it is sinful and wrong.
He is just like those friends that forward unproven emails that support their political beliefs. I have found that these individuals do not want to know the "real truth" only "their truth".
I have been asked many times why I am so skeptical. Maybe it is because I want to have the right directions to follow the narrow and straight way, rather than be influenced by the distractions along the way.
The truth has set us free.
Comment by James | March 16, 2010
To me Richard Land is protecting his "own Kingdom" of staff and magazines and has managed to spend a lot and rarely be on the correct side of the issue no matter what yardstick is used.
Comment by jack | March 18, 2010
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Hedera Estate, Hedera A33
Beach apartment with 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms in Dubrovnik Old Town, Croatia
From £872 per week
Apartment to rent in Dubrovnik Old Town, Croatia
Lovely and welcoming joined apartments with 3 bedrooms located inside Old fortress at the most attractive and romantic part of Dubrovnik steps away from Marin Drzic's home and main street Stradun.
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Stepping in the building 3 flight of stairs (45 steps) lead onto the 3rd floor where the apartments are located. Authentic stone décor and minimalist style furnishing best describes both properties which are ideal for two families or friends staying together. The apartment located on the southern side consists of one double bedroom, a single room on a gallery level, bathroom with shower, living/dining area and small kitchen. The apartment facing north overlooks green and peaceful garden and consists of double or twin bed on a gallery level, living/dining area with pull-out sofa bed that can accommodate one additional guest, bathroom and a full kitchen. Each apartment has its own entrance. Amenities include air-conditioning (in all rooms), Wi-fi internet, washer, SAT-TV, iron/board, hair dryer, safe deposit box, full kitchen. It can be combined with with apartments Hedera A6, A5, A31, A32, A34, A27 and A19 to accommodate up to 45 guests.
Entering Pile-gate the apartment is located in a parallel street with the most famous and adored main street Stradun. Convenient access enabled as there are no steps leading to the property. Medieval architecture, coffee bars, restaurants and vividness looks back from every angle of the town and all that is reachable within 1-2 minute walk. Old port with well-scheduled boat connection to island of Lokrum is only 100 m away while famous Banje beach is 5 minutes on foot.
Hedera A33 sleeps 5 (+1*)
- Possibility to accommodate additional 1 person on the sofa bed in the living room.
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Meet a few of Image Comics' brightest stars during your week at New York Comic Con! From Forbidden Planet's blog, The Daily Planet:
"I'm pleased to announce that on Monday October 7th at 7pm we'll be hosting another Image Comics night with guests Greg Rucka (Lazarus… to name one), Ales Kot (Zero) and Frank Barbiere (Five Ghosts)!
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LINUX Unplugged
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We found 1 episode of LINUX Unplugged with the tag "microsoft open-sources wsl".
Episode 242: Debian on the Fly
March 27th, 2018 | 1 hr 2 mins
debian, electron, fluxbox, hyper, linux desktop, linux podcast, linux unplugged, microsoft open-sources wsl, plasma, red hat, slax 9.4, slax review, wayfire, wayland
A new version of Slax is out this week, and they might just be onto something really unique. We take this Debian powered, Fluxbox running, net bootin distro for a test drive.


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Significant logistical planning is necessary for the safe and efficient operation of business aircraft. There are complex and shifting schedules that need to be accommodated and multiple requests that need to be met, not to mention regulatory requirements, weather considerations, and even air traffic control variables. With all of these issues demanding attention, many companies have chosen to employ a scheduler or dispatcher.
Schedulers and dispatchers are often referred to by a number of other titles – flight coordinators and trip specialists, among others. Regardless of the title - or whether or not there is a designated, full-time employee for scheduling duties - those who do coordinate business aircraft travel schedules must have a unique knowledge and skill set that allows them to sift through the details and help companies manage travel effectively.
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Podcast: What Should You Consider When Looking for a New FBO?
May 21, 2018
When flying to a new destination there are many factors to consider when choosing an FBO. "I want to check fuel costs, make sure the FBO has the amenities the pilots need, check their hours of operation and things like that," said NBAA Schedulers & Dispatchers Committee member Lori Montgomery. For Benjamin Fuller, with International Trip Planning Services, it all comes down to trust. "Our first thought is who can we trust on the ground in any certain location that can get everything done from A to Z," he said. Hear more tips on what to look for in an FBO in this week's NBAA Flight Plan podcast.
Vetting Supplemental Lift Providers
April 9, 2018
It's inevitable that at some point a company's business aircraft will be out of service. When that happens, business trips still need to be taken, so operators often look for supplemental lift. "When you look at the provider through the lens of how your passengers will view the experience, you should be able to easily determine if they [the service provider] will be able to replicate what your passengers are accustomed to," said Terry Lascher, director of operations, L.J. Aviation. Learn more in the March/April 2018 Dispatch section of Business Aviation Insider magazine.
Operator-FBO Relationship Key to Smooth Travel
Feb. 5, 2018
With many variables involved in realizing trouble-free arrivals and departures, schedulers, dispatchers and pilots must make their needs clear to the FBO. And when an FBO receives a request from an operator, how that FBO's customer service reps respond can be the deciding factor when more than one FBO serves an airport. Learn how communications between the operator and FBO are vital to trouble-free trips in the Dispatch section of the January/February 2018 issue of Business Aviation Insider.
Top 5 Tips for Avoiding Customs Mistakes
Aug. 7, 2017
Schedulers and dispatchers are often the first line of defense in helping passengers and crewmembers avoid common U.S. Customs and Border Protection issues. Recommended tips include: retaining copies of travel documents and completing an international checklist and crew briefing. Learn more in the July/August 2017 issue of Business Aviation Insider.
Schedulers and Dispatchers: Integral to Safety
April 24, 2017
Schedulers and licensed dispatchers play an important role in any safety program, and should be considered vital to the development of the safety culture. "Quite often the first line of defense when a trip is in the planning stages, these non-flying aviation professionals must identify potential hazards and manage risk," said Jo Damato, CAM, NBAA director of educational development and strategies. Read more in Business Aviation Insider.
First-Time Operators to Asia May Face Unexpected Challenges
Jan. 18, 2017
Growing business opportunities throughout Asia mean that more operators are flying to the region, but unforeseen challenges may complicate matters for crews. Julie Ambrose, aviation director for The ASA Group and based in Bangkok, Thailand, said the biggest surprise for most first-time operators is the high cost. An education session titled "Operating in Asia: Opportunities & Difficulties" will take place at the 2017 NBAA Schedulers & Dispatchers Conference. Learn more.
Software Can Help Flight Schedulers with Complex Decision-Making
Dec. 9, 2016
Ensuring that flight schedules are optimized to customer needs, internal resources and operational and legal requirements, is one of the most challenging aspects of running any aviation operation – and that's before factoring any disruptions. "The complexities and real-time dynamic nature of on-demand aviation operations are significant, and much more than many other industries we have seen," said Roei Ganzarski, president and CEO of BoldIQ, who will be presenting on this topic during a free, Jeppesen-sponsored webinar on Dec. 14. This is where software can help, he said. Advancements in technology and complex algorithms can provide schedulers and other decision-makers with solutions on how to practically optimize operations. Learn more and register for the webinar.
Pre- and Post-Flight Briefings Can Improve Safety, Efficiency
Sept. 19, 2016
Pre- and post-flight briefings between schedulers and dispatchers, flight crews, maintenance and even, in some cases, passenger representatives, can help improve safety, security, efficiency and passenger experience, experts say. "Communication is so important," noted Holly Pendleton, flight operations coordinator at Aflac. "With a pre- and post-flight briefing, we help pilots avoid playing a guessing game." Read more in Business Aviation Insider.
Schedulers/Dispatchers Scholarships Key to Career Advancement
Sept. 9, 2016
For current or aspiring schedulers and dispatchers interested in career advancement, an NBAA Schedulers & Dispatchers (S&D) Training or Monetary Scholarship can help improve skills, make invaluable connections and open doors to new opportunities. The deadline to submit applications for this year's scholarships is Oct. 7. Schedulers/Dispatchers Scholarships Key to Career Advancement.
Shop Smart for Aviation Software
July 25, 2016
While there are three main aviation software functions – flight scheduling, maintenance documentation and finance/tax reporting – some companies might not need all three. When it's time to upgrade your company's aviation software, be sure to avoid paying for options that your company doesn't need by reviewing NBAA's four steps to buying software in the July/August 2016 issue of Business Aviation Insider.
Operations: How to Hire a Contract Dispatcher
June 20, 2016
Creating conditions for a contract scheduler or dispatcher to succeed depends a great deal on what companies expect from the relationship. "This can be difficult at times. You have to trust the person you're putting in your shoes. Don't be afraid to let them in" on proprietary information needed to do the job, advised contract dispatcher Amy Roy, former chair of NBAA's Schedulers & Dispatchers Committee. Learn more about how some companies go about hiring a contract dispatcher in the May/June 2016 issue of Business Aviation Insider.
For Schedulers, Flawless Handoffs Require Clear Communications
Feb. 22, 2016
Trips may last days, but schedulers and dispatchers work from shift to shift. Logically, a successful trip hinges heavily on how schedulers handle handoffs at the end of the day or the end of a shift. A successful shift transition involves providing a clear briefing to the next person on what to expect during the following shift, including an overview of what could go wrong and how to avoid delays and weather. For more scheduling tips, read the January/February 2016 issue of Business Aviation Insider.


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5 - 7 years experience
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Posted on 08/31/18
Job Summary
The purpose of this position is to retain and generate revenue through management of a sales team selling to small, medium and large commercial accounts. Responsible for the implementation of programs and strategies developed by the department that will maximize market and product penetration commercial accounts. Person needs to have good communication skills with the ability to interact with community, municipal, corporate leaders, sales staff, and other functional groups in the company.
- Supervise department requirements and all human resource aspect of the Commercial Account Executives.
- Main objective is to maximize new Monthly Recurring Revenue from commercial accounts and retain existing customers through development and direction of sales force and sales engineer.
- Assist in the continued development and refinement of Commercial account management; the main goal being to establish ongoing relationships with enterprise accounts in order to maintain and maximize revenue.
- Assist sales people in the preparation of proposals and negotiate senior management representatives.
- Work in close collaboration with the marketing group to generate and retain voice, video, and data services. Work in close collaboration with the construction group to coordinate work at newly built properties.
- Report weekly and monthly progress of department.
- Assist in forecast account and customer goals and objectives.
- Maintain excellent rapport with corporate and community leaders.
- Keep abreast of telephony requirements, services, competitive responses and capabilities.
- Keep Suddenlink construction and operations informed of plant and network requirements.
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King Lear (Folio 1, 1623)
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2177Actus Quartus. Scena Prima.
2178Enter Edgar.
2179Edg. Yet better thus, and knowne to be contemn'd,
2180Then still contemn'd and flatter'd, to be worst:
2181The lowest, and most deiected thing of Fortune,
2182Stands still in esperance, liues not in feare:
2183The lamentable change is from the best,
2184The worst returnes to laughter. Welcome then,
2185Thou vnsubstantiall ayre that I embrace:
2186The Wretch that thou hast blowne vnto the worst,
2187Owes nothing to thy blasts.
2188Enter Glouster, and an Old man.
2189But who comes heere? My Father poorely led?
2190World, World, O world!
2191But that thy strange mutations make vs hate thee,
2192Life would not yeelde to age.
2193Oldm. O my good Lord, I haue bene your Tenant,
2194And your Fathers Tenant, these fourescore yeares.
2195Glou. Away, get thee away: good Friend be gone,
2196Thy comforts can do me no good at all,
2197Thee, they may hurt.
2198Oldm. You cannot see your way.
2199Glou. I haue no way, and therefore want no eyes:
2200I stumbled when I saw. Full oft 'tis seene,
2201Our meanes secure vs, and our meere defects
2202Proue our Commodities. Oh deere Sonne Edgar,
2203The food of thy abused Fathers wrath:
2204Might I but liue to see thee in my touch,
2205I'ld say I had eyes againe.
2206Oldm. How now? who's there?
2207Edg. O Gods! Who is't can say I am at the worst?
2208I am worse then ere I was.
2209Old. 'Tis poore mad Tom.
2210Edg. And worse I may be yet: the worst is not,
2211So long as we can say this is the worst.
2212Oldm. Fellow, where goest?
2213Glou. Is it a Beggar-man?
2214Oldm. Madman, and beggar too.
2215Glou. He has some reason, else he could not beg.
2216I'th'last nights storme, I such a fellow saw;
2217Which made me thinke a Man, a Worme. My Sonne
2218Came then into my minde, and yet my minde
2219Was then scarse Friends with him.
2220I haue heard more since:
2221As Flies to wanton Boyes, are we to th'Gods,
2222They kill vs for their sport.
2223Edg. How should this be?
2224Bad is the Trade that must play Foole to sorrow,
2225Ang'ring it selfe, and others. Blesse thee Master.
2226Glou. Is that the naked Fellow?
2227Oldm. I, my Lord.
2228Glou. Get thee away: If for my sake
2229Thou wilt ore-take vs hence a mile or twaine
2230I'th'way toward Douer, do it for ancient loue,
2231And bring some couering for this naked Soule,
2232Which Ile intreate to leade me.
2233Old. Alacke sir, he is mad.
2234Glou. 'Tis the times plague,
2235When Madmen leade the blinde:
2236Do as I bid thee, or rather do thy pleasure:
2237Aboue the rest, be gone.
2238Oldm. Ile bring him the best Parrell that I haue
2239Come on't, what will. Exit
2240Glou. Sirrah, naked fellow.
2241Edg. Poore Tom's a cold. I cannot daub it further.
2242Glou. Come hither fellow.
2243Edg. And yet I must:
2244Blesse thy sweete eyes, they bleede.
2245Glou. Know'st thou the way to Douer?
2246Edg. Both style, and gate; Horseway, and foot-path:
2247poore Tom hath bin scarr'd out of his good wits. Blesse
2248thee good mans sonne, from the foule Fiend.
2249Glou. Here take this purse, yu whom the heau'ns plagues
2250Haue humbled to all strokes: that I am wretched
2251Makes thee the happier: Heauens deale so still:
2252Let the superfluous, and Lust-dieted man,
2253That slaues your ordinance, that will not see
2254Because he do's not feele, feele your powre quickly:
2255So distribution should vndoo excesse,
2256And each man haue enough. Dost thou know Douer?
2257Edg. I Master.
2258Glou. There is a Cliffe, whose high and bending head
2259Lookes fearfully in the confined Deepe:
2260Bring me but to the very brimme of it,
2261And Ile repayre the misery thou do'st beare
2262With something rich about me: from that place,
2263I shall no leading neede.
2264Edg. Giue me thy arme;
2265Poore Tom shall leade thee. Exeunt.


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Our bylaws do not allow the RAA to participate or intervene in (including the publication or distribution of statements) any political campaign on behalf of any candidate for public office. But, we can invite candidates to RAA functions so they can share their views on our airport and community issues of concern to our members. This will help our members make good choices when they do cast their votes on election day.
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CLEVELAND – Oct. 1, 2013 – Marianne Petillo, president and CEO of ROM Reinsurance (ROM), was selected as one of this year's Women in Insurance Leadership award winners for her impeccable leadership qualities and measurable success in reducing liabilities and operating costs using Hyland's OnBase enterprise content management (ECM) solution. Insurance Networking News' Women in Insurance Leadership award measures the accomplishments of the industry's most influential female leaders whose leadership skills have redefined the insurance business.
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Modern Combat apps have traditionally pushed the envelope when it comes to what a tablet can do graphically. The new iPad 4 is a real powerhouse of a device and we would bet money that this is one of the best-looking games on the tablet.
Graphics aren't everything and with Modern Combat 4 (MC4) costing £4.99, it sits right at the top of the app pricing scale. So can this game deliver?
Modern Combat 4: Zero Hour
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We have had Modern Combat 4 running for a little while now and we have to say, this feels like one of the first games we've played on a tablet that can truly match a home console. Be it the depth of field effects when aiming, amount going on on screen or even the explosions, this is definitely an app with which to show off your device.
The problem is, it almost feels like it has gone too far towards the world of the console, without accepting the constraints of a tablet. Almost immediately, you encounter the control issues that an FPS on a tablet has - although, admittedly practice can fix this somewhat. It is also possible to make the virtual sticks you use to control the game bigger and smaller, which helps.
Being such a big and bulky adventure, part of that pick-up-and-play feel you get in apps is also lost. However, in reality, if you are after a serious app with lots to get stuck into, then this won't be an issue. Also if you see your tablet as a primary gaming machine, then Modern Combat 4 is going to make you very happy.
The story on Modern Combat 4 continues from the end of the last game and although it might not be the sharpest in the world of gaming, for this level of detail to go into a £4.99 app is astonishing.
The multiplayer suite also comes with plentiful perks to unlock and a good set of gameplay modes to enjoy. Comparisons will be drawn with Call of Duty and while it isn't even close to what the console shooter achieves, that it is even being put in the same sort of territory as a game that costs ten times as much is a testament to how far Modern Combat has come.
There are a few bugs and the app does need one of the more recent Apple gadgets to run smoothly, but if this can be forgiven, then you have a great app here.


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"Never Let You Go"
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- Greg Doscher Guitar
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Genre: Rock
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Tripdavon came together in 2004 and started out playing the nonstop party scene around U.C. Santa Barbara. Friends since childhood, singer Justin Fox and drummer Russ Cummings had played music together for many years. But not until a chance encounter led them to guitarist Greg Doscher and bassist Dave Heer did the band actually start to take shape. A few short years later the guys were playing venues like the Knitting Factory, House of Blues, and the historic Royal Albert Hall, and even touring the world with Eric Burdon of War and The Animals – a far cry from the keggers and local clubs where they cut their chops.
Just as a rolling stone gathers no moss, an evolving band accrues no confining labels. And that's exactly how Tripdavon likes it. The group defies all labels but one: they are, to the core, a rock band and they're not trying to be anything but a rock band. No "alt-"; no "indie-"; no hyphens. Strictly rock. Yet the guys constantly tap into, and are influenced by, many other musical styles. But whether savoring Latin jazz flair or old funk grooves, these guys always make sure their sound rocks. They don't have a platform or agenda. They're not attempting to redefine genres. They are simply four guys from very different artistic backgrounds united by their love of music and insatiable hunger for new adventures and creative frontiers.
Tripdavon's first, self-titled release heralded the band's arrival with powerful melodies, heavy riffs and soulful vocals. As they wrote their sophomore album, The Enlightened Operative, the guys really wanted to amp up the intensity of their sound. So they enlisted veteran music producer Sylvia Massy Shivy – who had previously produced Prince, Tool, and The Red Hot Chili Peppers, among many other notable artists – to achieve a more cohesive, mature and artfully produced album. On Sketches from Silence, their latest offering, Tripdavon rose to yet another stage of musical evolution, channeling the experience and knowledge gained from working with Sylvia to produce the album on their own. But this time, envisioning an even further advanced sound, they combined the melodic tones of the original release with the more visceral guitar rock of their second and infused it with altogether new artistic influences.
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With their destination forever ahead, Tripdavon knows there's no time to stand still. It's this ramblin' band mentality that ceaselessly drives them to do what they love most – make great rock music – while hopefully inspiring good feelings and memorable experiences at the same time. In just the last few years, they have not only performed and toured the world with Burdon, they've also provided support for Dishwalla, The Ataris, Fuel, Poison, The Doobie Brothers, Whitesnake, and The Bravery. They scored a national TV debut on HBO's hit show Entourage with their song "Nothing or All," reached #2 on the MySpace Music Charts, and beat thousands of bands across the nation to be named Famecast Fenoms for 2007. Somehow during all of this, the guys also found time to join the Armed Forces Entertainment Tour and perform for more than 50,000 U.S. troops stationed in the Pacific, singlehandedly raise more than $15,000 to aid Hurricane Katrina victims, contribute to Project Greenhouse, support CASA (a group that helps at-risk youth), and take part in many other important humanitarian efforts too numerous to list.


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CONCORD, Calif. (KGO) --Bay Area congressman Mark DeSaulnier spoke with ABC7 News Thursday about his cancer diagnosis after he announced he has leukemia.
By sharing my story I hope to add my voice to the growing number of people living w/ cancer https://t.co/BIf3buKQAJ https://t.co/GIvxj0Yo2Y— Mark DeSaulnier (@RepDeSaulnier) May 5, 2016
"I'm great. So I've gone through the initial chemotherapy. The chemo is out of me. The cancer is no longer in my blood system. I'm up to my old level of energy, which I didn't have for some period of time before I had the diagnosis because I didn't know I had cancer streaming through by body," he said.
The 64-year-old Democrat represents parts of Contra Costa County and says he's responding well to treatment and plans to run for another term.
DeSaulnier says he'll fight for more funding to battle cancer, and improve accessibility of costly drugs to those who can't afford them.


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In July 2016, the previous system of collecting yard material loose in the street changed to a hybrid system of yard material piles and organics carts.
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- Contact Recology Davis (756-4646) for a special pick-up quote. The quote will be based on the volume, size, and type of yard material. Yard materials may be placed on the street (no more than 5 days) or customer's property for pick-up.
- Contact a landscaping company for a quote to haul away excess yard materials. The yard materials must be placed only on the customer's property and not in the street.
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- You can request additional organics cart. Fees apply. Residents can contact the City Finance Department to request additional carts (757-5651). Businesses can contact Recology Davis for additional organics carts (756-4646).
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Photographs by Max S. Gerber One day at Amoeba: Record buyers photographed January 3, 2002. Interviews by Vanessa Silverton-Peel and Christine Pelisek.
One day at Amoeba: Record buyers photographed January 3, 2002. Interviews by Vanessa Silverton-Peel and Christine Pelisek.RECORDS: the burden, the commitment. Even as props behind dark, gloomy curtains in airless subbasements, theyre essential the way all designated essentials are: the universe would topple without them (but it all depends how strongly you designate).
Richard Meltzer, 1999
Rick Frystak gives the impression of being tan. His sandy, neck-length hair frames a face with several lines in it, but he bounces with a youthful, puppy-tail energy. He has the free and generous appearance of a surfer. Only Frystaks pleasures do not involve chasing waves. He is one of the buyers at the new Amoeba Music Hollywood. If hes learned one thing on the job, it is this: People will lie through their teeth to get you to see their trash.
Still, Frystak remains committed to the quest. We will go anywhere in the States for a collection we went to Hawaii but first we have to determine its worth. First Ill ask you how many you have. And people will always exaggerate. Eight thousand records? Okay. Then Ill say, What kind of music? If they say 80s pop-rock, Ill be less excited than if they say 40s blues or 50s jazz. Then you get a feeling for how they feel about their records. Do they organize them? If they say, No, I just have my records in a roofless shack in my back yard it happens then you know its bad. If they have em in order, alphabetized and chronological, then you know they care. How long have they had them? Did they buy them in bulk or one by one over the years? By talking to them you discover how legitimate they are.
At Amoebas front counter, a collector a balding, walruslike man with a handlebar mustache and a gray, thickly cabled cardigan shows off a selection of his 7-inch singles. He has four long cardboard boxes containing an alphabetized selection of artists, letters M through Q, along with one box of D. He wants to sell them off.
My collections been sitting for a while, and I dont want to sink any more money into it, says the collector. Im proud to say I dont have any Huey Lewis, period.
Chad Hemus, a used buyer and vinyl pricer, flips through M the Mamas and the Papas, Manhattan Transfer, John Cougar Mellencamp. With his pencil-thin mustache and slicked hair, Hemus looks both tricky and fastidious, a bit like a villain from a low-budget 50s horror film. He takes the singles out of the box one at a time, slides them halfway out of their sleeves and angles them carefully. The collector looks at Hemus looking at his records, at all of the hairline fractures and imperfections revealed by the light. The collectors eyes shift from affection to concern, paranoia, resignation and affection. I loved that one. Will I get anything for that? What is this joker with the mustache thinking about? One way or the other Im committed to giving these records up.
As with most buys, the transaction is charged with desperation and mutual torment. Sellers are looking for quick cash. Or theyre getting rid of the collection owned by their dead brother. Sometimes the records are stolen. Or else theyre just fussy collectors, and theyre getting rid of a lifetime of their own stuff. At its best, selling part of a collection honing it is a rigorous form of self-analysis and self-improvement. (How many old indie-rock 7-inches will it take to get one copy of Neil Youngs On the Beach LP out of print and as yet unavailable on compact disc?) For the buyers, these transactions demand that they be therapists, pawnbrokers, parents and security guards all at once. And they have to make the transaction work for both sides.
Hemus tells the man hell have to pass on the collection as a whole, but that hes willing to discuss purchasing it in bits and pieces. Theres room to talk. The collector is reduced. There is a visible full-body slouch. He says hell think about it, and shuffles out of the store with his four boxes.
When you walk into a new record store, do you get that queasy sick wonderful feeling? Something in between Oh my God this is the best thing that ever happened to me and Oh my God because I dare try to possess these gifts Im doomed to end up unloved and alone in a gutter?
If you are a collector, buying records is like that, a fusion of two irreconcilable impulses the most liberating art, and the most maddening form of commerce.
Collecting, by definition, is acquisitiveness that is both endless and pointless. The urge to assemble a group of objects united by either form (books, paintings, yo-yos, matchboxes, guitars, shells, stones, stamps) or content (elephants, things involving Texas, American flags) is a difficult one to satisfy. While you can aspire to complete a collection, youve more likely chosen to love an open set, a puzzle with an infinite number of pieces. People will keep making records, postage stamps, gewgaws in the shape of pachyderms and U.S. states. Over time, you will get the secret, creeping sense that your collection will never be complete. And it wont. You are a doomed soul. You will never be satisfied.
Chris Garcia, 26, retail worker and DJ, loves all kinds of music. It soothes my soul.
And in choosing to collect music, youve chosen to love temporality, or a memory of a work of art. Music can be set to a scale. It can be transcribed in notes and key signatures. But essentially music is vibrating air. By nature, it is uncontainable, uncollectible. As Plato said:
Music is a moral law. It gives a soul to the universe, wings to the imagination, a charm to sadness, gaiety and life to everything. It is the essence of order, and leads to all that is good, just and beautiful, of which it is the invisible, but nevertheless dazzling, passionate and eternal form.
That quote is taped over a cash register in the new Amoeba on Sunset Boulevard. Perhaps its too idealistic an epigraph for a place where vibrating air is bought and sold, but it doesnt seem inappropriate, because the store does it better and on a larger scale than anyone else. Amoeba opened its first location in Berkeley in 1990, its second in San Francisco in 1997 in an old bowling alley on Haight Street, and its third and probably last on Sunset Boulevard in November. (We could open another, says co-owner Dave Prinz, but then it wouldnt be fun anymore.) Rolling Stone ran a story on the San Francisco store under the headline The Worlds Greatest Record Store? But really theres no need for the question mark, unless you consider the fact that Amoeba Hollywood is better.
Some numbers: 500,000 used and new CDs, a quarter-million vinyl LPs, 31,000 square feet of retail floor space. By most measures it is the largest record store in the world. While a few showcase locations for the nations big chains have more square footage say, the Manhattan branches of Tower Records and Virgin Megastore in terms of inventory, the number of titles you could browse on a given day, Amoeba has the deepest selection bar none.
Andrew J. Schubert (left), 20, frame shop manager, just bought Wall of Voodoo, Rocket From the Crypt and the Replacements. Fernando Vasquez, 20, pizza shop manager bought Louis Armstrong.
But these numbers have a tidiness to them that doesnt square with the Amoeba experience, those first moments of walking the aisles of a new record store, or one thats new to you. There is the sheer visual wonder of thousands of record covers pornographic, psychedelic, subliminal, profane arranged in neat rows, lined up in the racks. It is the ultimate union of order and caprice. There is the clack-clack of fellow collectors fanning through the store, their fingers jogging through the merchandise section by section, disc by disc, at a steady, unyielding pace, like a cartoon character eating an ear of corn kernel by kernel, or a postal machine sorting mail. In Amoeba in particular, there is the satisfaction of finding an artists entire discography in one place, allowing your purchase to be a matter of both choice and chance. It is a free-thinking obsessive-compulsives wet dream.
Every passion borders on the chaotic, but the collectors passion borders on the chaos of memories, the cultural critic Walter Benjamin wrote in his most famous essay, Unpacking My Library: A Talk About Book Collecting. More than that: The chance, the fate, that suffuse the past before my eyes are conspicuously present in the accustomed confusion of these books. For what else is this collection but a disorder to which habit has accommodated itself to such an extent that it can appear as order? Benjamin argued that an assemblage of individual pieces of art, though it might aspire to logic, is more akin to a catalog of the individual collectors madness.
Jessica Mirmak, weekday Amoeba shopper. Whats in the bag remains a secret.
Things weve saved and saved and SAVED. For all the stupid reasons you or I or anybody saves things, wrote rock critic Richard Meltzer in his 1999 essay Vinyl Reckoning, an opening statement that smacks as much of disgust as affection. Meltzer circles in on the tragic fact at the heart of any collection: You cant take them with you, not all, not any, but chances are whats left is but a microfraction of the total heap o shit that in the course of life has passed through your prehensile puppy paws.
Id cherry-pick that collection, Chad Hemus says of the singles brought in by the collector in the cardigan with the walruslike face. By the late 70s, early 80s, the record companies were pressing way more singles than they could sell. For example, I already have a shitload of his Queen. He did have good Dylan, good Presley, though. A Presley EP that books for $40, Id put out for $40, and hed get half of that.
But then he had stuff like Manhattan Transfer. Hemus gently winces. I wouldnt pay on that. A customer coming in here looking for Manhattan Transfer is going to want a CD of greatest hits.
In a room upstairs, Hemus sits alone and prices records, between 1,000 and 1,500 a day. Hes been doing this for years, and his appreciation for vinyl goes beyond the music, extending to the objects themselves.
This is an overpressing, he says, pulling an obscure jazz LP from its sleeve. I believe it happens when the presses get too hot. Im not exactly sure what causes it, and I cant describe what it sounds like, but I can tell it when I see it. Theres an oily rainbow look like youd see on the sidewalk on a hot day. Its halfway between a pigeons feather and the fog . . .
The most rewarding part of this job is finding little pockets of other peoples reality, Hemus says. These can be found both in an individual record Hemus plays a 7-inch by The Ron, a vanity single of a helium-voiced man singing over karaoke-quality rock & roll or in the entirety of a collection.
The strangest collection I ever bought happened while I was still a buyer for a store in San Diego, Hemus recalls. Half of it was old Korla Pandit records on Fantasy. Pandit was that turbaned organ player who had a television show during the 50s that aired in Southern California. It was exotica, like Esquivel, Martin Denny, that kind of stuff. Anyway, this guy brought in one stack of that lots of colored vinyl and one stack of Nazi records. Hitlers speeches. Recordings of World War II rallies. Mostly private pressings. The guy who brought them in said they were his mothers! It was one of those collections where I could not figure out who this person was.
DJ Surge, 29, urban buyer at Amoeba. Has more than 2,000 records. I just sold 3,000 of them to friends. Vinyl comes and vinyl goes.
For the past month, Hemus has been largely occupied with sorting through one 30,000-record collection, an obsessive aggregation of vinyl unlike any the buyers at Amoeba have ever seen. It contains multiple editions of the collectors favorite bands. For example, several boxes of Genesis might be followed by solo albums and side projects: Phil Collins, Peter Gabriel, Mike & the Mechanics. A host of Beatles records would be followed by McCartney solos. Hemus pulls a random sampling from one of the boxes. Ram in American, British and Israeli editions; a 12-inch promo-only sample of McCartneys Tug of War on white vinyl; a No More Lonely Nights extended-version 12-inch picture disc; then a 12-inch of McCartneys pop theme to the film Spies Like Us. All of the records are pristine. Many are unopened. The collection is mostly Top 40 British rock lots of David ä Bowie, Rolling Stones and Spandau Ballet along with music that scratched the mainstream early punk, some progressive rock, a bit of heavy metal. Together, the records are an aggressive display of skewed normality. Its as though the collector was trying to prove that his tastes were just like everyone elses, only more perfect, more fully realized and given the European bias a bit exotic.
Theres a ton of Canadian bands, Hemus says. So he must have had a shop he went to up there. Frequently.
Then something happened.
I just priced out some Marc Almond stuff from 88, but around 86 he was definitely slowing down, says Hemus. By 1990 the collection basically stops.
Molly Lambert, 18, freshman at Brown University. Why do I collect records? Because its totally bitchen. Its also cheap.
Returning to Plato, Marc Weinstein is the Platonic form of Record Store Man. Co-owner of Amoeba, he wears a goatee and his head is an explosion of black curls shot through with gray. He looks like Santa Claus, or Jerry Garcias third cousin. You can read his moods by his eyes, which are paranoid (Hey, are you stealing that?) and joyful (You gotta listen to this!), excited (I love this place) and tired (No sleeeeep) all at once. His clothes are disheveled in a stylized way, unironed but not unconsidered. The first time I meet him he wears a purple paisley shirt, the second time a rumpled black suit and a button-down on which several buttons either are missing or go unused. Weinstein looks like hes been through the wash, faded but fresh. Best of all, none of these impressions betrays his musical bias. He could be a hep jazz fan who still haunts small dives, drinking stiff martinis and snapping his fingers in time. Or he could be an aging punk grown into a middle-aged slick. Or perhaps hes a Jewish R&B connoisseur trying to look like a spiffed-up black man wearing an old favorite suit. Anyway, you cant quite figure out what Weinstein is into. So I ask him.
I collect just very specific things, he explains. Im a jazz-record collector. I have a huge Sun Ra collection. ä I have almost 200 Sun Ra records, and theyre all different. And thats my collection. He was a giant inspiration to me, and a very important figure in my life. All of his LPs the hardest-to-find ones are generally issues of 300 to 500. Hed make these tiny little runs of records and sell them at the side of the stage. Most of them have hand drawings on the cover or are silk-screened, and theyre absolutely beautiful pieces of art all around.
As far as Im concerned, I could lose most of it except for the Sun Ra, and Coltrane, and a few other essentials. He is unimpressed with his current bona fides. Weinstein tells me that his collection consists of a mere 12,000 records, split evenly between LPs and CDs. Thats nowhere near as big as some of the people that work for me, some of the pricer guys. Kent Randolph, our master LP pricer, has a collection of about 28,000 LPs that is just mind-bogglingly beautiful. I was deeply into it until I opened Amoeba. And now that I own the store, the stuff is just coming and going all the time. I could get anything I want when I want it. So to an extent, Ive lost the itch.
Regis George, 29. Likes classic rock.
Weinstein and many of the people who work for him have instead become collectors of collections. Many of the veteran members of the Amoeba staff will sheepishly admit that they dont collect as much as they once did, though theyve inevitably retained the ability to go into minute detail about the 5,000 to 20,000 records they still have just lying around. Despite the fact that many here are meta-collectors, their love of records is infectious. All the better to sell you stuff.
More important, though, Weinstein and the employees of Amoeba understand the collectors psyche. They have insight into the delicate balance involved in collecting, and record collecting in particular the way a desire for total freedom must be reconciled with stultifying anality. We have every version of both coming through the store, Weinstein says. Being a buyer for 22 years, Ive bought so many different collections under so many different circumstances. Ive seen it all, as far as different approaches people have. How they collect. Why they collect. What it means to them. And its an identity thing in all cases. It has a lot to do with peoples sense of who they are. Its a way to show the rest of the world. A lot of people do it with books, some people do it with records. Collections get at it more than anything else. Weinstein zeroes in on one collection in particular.
Darren Hahn, 29, former drummer for Geggy Tah, currently drummer for Ani DiFranco.
I recently bought a large one from a very wealthy suburban household in Detroit, he says. They lived right across the Canadian border. The woman of the house the mother of the person whose collection I was purchasing was into glass figurines and porcelain. Every square inch of the living room, dining room and main floor was filled, floor to ceiling, with glass cases with figurines. I couldnt imagine . . . Youre not listening to them, youre not reading them. Youre not even looking at them, are you? I guess if you have a dinner party a few of your friends come over and you say, Wow, well look at this one. Whats the point of that?
Her son was a collector his whole adult life. He was kind of sick . . . Really he was disabled. His parents had a lot of money, so he was able to be a record shopper for a living. They were trying to be as supportive of him as they could given his difficult situation. Over the course of his teenagehood, through his late 30s, he was an avid collector and buyer all over the world. He used to go to Europe, to England and France and Spain, to Israel all kinds of places buying everything that he loved, which was mostly popular English rock. From Bowie to the Stones to the Beatles and everything in between. He would basically buy everything he could get his hands on. It was an incredible collection of 30,000 virtually unplayed English popular rock records.
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Barry Wendell, 52, LAUSD substitute teacher. Sings Friday nights at a Jewish temple in El Segundo. Has more than 1,000 albums. Its a fairly harmless habit. Its cheaper than drugs and safer than sex.
There are things we save and things we throw away . . . You can treat your collection as something that comes and goes. Or you can treat it like a porcelain doll. Some collections evolve. Others are fixed in time, precious.
That fella from Detroit had passed away literally 11 years earlier, and his family kept the collection intact and well cared for in a dehumidified vault. But eventually they decided they wanted to sell it, Weinstein says. There are rare circumstances like this where someones life is cut short suddenly and you get this weird, morbid sense of what collecting is all about, how much its attached to a living person, and how little it can sometimes mean to everybody else after theyre gone. Were in the business of redistributing these bits of culture from one place to another, but it never bums me out. Its an absolute joy. Now its going to go back into the world, and everybody who has been looking for this record or that record has actually got a shot at finding it.


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