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New 2019 Nissan Altima 2.5 SV in Renton, WA
Vehicle Pricing
- $30,550
- Younker Discount
- - $2,186
- Younker Price
- $28,364
Vehicle Details
|Stock #
|Exterior Color
|Pearl White
|Interior Color
|Gas Mileage
New 2019 Nissan Altima 2.5 SV
Welcome to Younker Nissan in Renton. The oldest Nissan Dealer in the USA and Home of '2-Fer Dealer' Because of our outstanding service and low, low prices, customers travel from all over Washington to visit Younker Nissan. Customers travel from cities such as Lakewood, Bothell, Bremerton, Lynnwood, Edmonds, University Place, and Everett because they know they will always find a great deal on a new or used car, truck, or SUV at Younker Nissan. Customer service is our number one priority. Regardless of whether you plan to buy a new or a used Nissan vehicle, you will always find reasonable prices and excellent service at Younker Nissan. Discounts and rebates may not be valid on manufacturer special APR or lease offers. Accessories Extra. Other exclusions may apply, see dealer for details. A documentary service fee in an amount up to one hundred and fifty dollars may be added to the sale price or the capitalized cost of a vehicle.
Additional Vehicle Information
- Features
- Specs
- Warranty
- Interior
- Exterior
- Safety
- Technology
- Mechanical
- Comfort
|Steering ratio
|Turns lock-to-lock
|Driver seat power adjustments
|height, 8, lumbar, reclining
|Passenger seat
|Driver seat
|Rear headrests
|3, fixed
|Passenger seat manual adjustments
|4, reclining
|Rear seat folding
|Front headrests
|2, adjustable
|Front seat type
|Rear seat type
|60-40 split bench
|Seatbelt pretensioners
|Seatbelt force limiters
|Emergency locking retractors
|rear, front
|Seatbelt warning sensor
|Rear seatbelts
|Front seatbelts
|Moonroof / Sunroof
|tilt/slide, one-touch open/close, anti-trapping, power glass, sliding sunshade
Exterior Features
|Active grille shutters
|Front bumper color
|Door handle color
|Mirror color
|Exhaust tip color
|Grille color
|chrome surround, black
|Rear bumper color
|dual tip
|Window trim
|Daytime running lights
|Front fog lights
|auto high beam dimmer, LED, wiper activated, auto delay off, auto on/off
Tires and Rims
|aluminum alloy
|Spare tire size
|Tire type
|all season
|Spare tire mount location
|Spare wheel type
|Tire Pressure Monitoring System
|Window defogger
|Front wipers
|speed sensitive, variable intermittent
|Power windows
|safety reverse, remotely operated
|Solar-tinted glass
|Laminated glass
|Breakaway engine
|Rearview monitor
|in dash
|Cross traffic alert
|Driver attention alert system
|Autonomous braking
|Pre-collision warning system
|audible warning, visual warning
|Lane keeping assist
|Check rear seat reminder
|Child safety door locks
|Child seat anchors
|LATCH system
|Hood buckling creases
|Energy absorbing steering column
|Safety brake pedal system
|Body side reinforcements
|side impact door beams
|Emergency interior trunk release
|Camera system
|Impact absorbing bumpers
|Parking sensors
|Blind spot safety
|Lane deviation sensors
|Crumple zones
|front, rear
|Airbag deactivation
|occupant sensing passenger
|Side airbags
|front, rear
|Knee airbags
|dual front
|Front airbags
|Side curtain airbags
|front, rear
|Side-curtain airbag rollover sensor
|Power door locks
|anti-lockout, auto-locking
|Anti-theft system
|engine immobilizer, alarm with remote
|2-stage unlocking doors
|Side mirrors
|integrated turn signals, heated
|Side mirror adjustments
Audio System
|voice operated, touch screen display, AM/FM, HD radio
|Auxiliary audio input
|Bluetooth, jack, USB, iPod/iPhone
|Antenna type
|diversity, element
|Total speakers
|Radio data system
|Speed sensitive volume control
|Satellite radio
|Electronic messaging assistance
|with read function, voice operated
|Wireless data link
|voice operated
In Car Entertainment
|Connected in-car apps
|SiriusXM Travel Link, Google POIs, SiriusXM Weather, SiriusXM Movie Listing, sports, Google search
|NissanConnect, Apple CarPlay ready, Android Auto ready
|Infotainment screen size
|8 in.
|Customizable instrument cluster
|Instrument cluster screen size
|7 in.
|Trip computer
|Digital odometer
|External temperature display
|Warnings and reminders
|lamp failure, low fuel, engine oil, coolant, maintenance due, tire fill alert
|Multi-function display
|Fuel economy display
|MPG, range
|Trip odometer
|Rear shock type
|Front suspension classification
|Rear suspension classification
|Front struts
|Rear suspension type
|Rear spring type
|Front spring type
|Front suspension type
|lower control arms
|Front shock type
|Front stabilizer bar
|diameter 25 mm
|Rear stabilizer bar
|diameter 26 mm
|Axle ratio
|Rear brake type
|Rear brake diameter
|Front brake diameter
|Front brake type
|ventilated disc
|Braking assist
|Front brake width
|Electronic brakeforce distribution
|Power brakes
|Electronic parking brake
|auto off
|Cornering brake control
|Rear brake width
Stability and Traction
|Stability control
|Traction control
|Hill holder control
|Battery saver
|120 amps
Convenience Features
|front, rear
|Steering wheel
|tilt and telescopic
|Cruise control
|One-touch windows
|Reading lights
|front, rear
|Power steering
|Cargo area light
|Retained accessory power
|Multi-function remote
|panic alarm, proximity entry system, trunk release
|Power windows
|lockout button
|Overhead console
|Steering wheel mounted controls
|audio, cruise control, phone, multi-function, voice control
|Push-button start
|Vanity mirrors
|dual illuminating
|Power outlet(s)
|two 12V front
|Assist handle
|rear, front
|Remote engine start
|Center console
|front console with armrest and storage
|Rearview mirror
|Universal remote transmitter
|Homelink - garage door opener
|front seatback, sunglasses holder, door pockets
Air Conditioning
|Front air conditioning
|automatic climate control
|Front air conditioning zones
|Rear vents
|second row
|Air filtration
Comfort Features
|Shift knob trim
|Heated steering wheel
|Steering wheel trim
|Interior accents
|rear folding, rear center with cupholders
|Floor material
Drive Type
|Drive Type
|Standard Seating
|Max Seating
|Head Room (front)
|38 in
|Head Room (rear)
|36.7 in
|Hip Room (front)
|54.7 in
|Hip Room (rear)
|54.5 in
|Shoulder Room (front)
|58.2 in
|Shoulder Room (rear)
|57.1 in
|Leg Room (front)
|43.8 in
|Leg Room (rear)
|35.2 in
|Seating Rows
Measurements of Size & Shape
|192.9 in
|72.9 in
|Width (without mirrors)
|72.9 in
|56.8 in
|111.2 in
|Track Width (front)
|63.2 in
|Track Width (rear)
|63.2 in
Measurements of Weight
|Gross Vehicle Weight Rating
|4328 lbs
|Gross Vehicle Weight Range
|4001-5000 lbs
|Curb Weight
|3265 lbs
Truck Specifications
|Max Payload
|1063 lbs
Interior Dimensions
|Cargo Volume
|15.4 cu ft
|Passenger Volume
|98.8 cu ft
Performance Specifications
|Aerodynamic Drag
|0.26 Cd
|Turning Circle
|37.4 ft
Fuel Tanks
|Fuel Capacity
|16.2 Gallons
Wheels and Tires
|Front Tire Type
|Front Wheel Diameter
|17.0 in
|Rear Tire Type
|Rear Wheel Diameter
|17.0 in
Crash-Test Ratings
2019 Nissan Altima 4 DR FWD
|Front Crash Overall
|Front Crash Driver
|Front Crash Passenger
|Side Crash Overall
|Side Barrier Overall
|Side Barrier Driver
|Side Barrier Passenger
|Side Pole Driver
|Side Combined Front
|Side Combined Rear
Green Score
EPA Green Score
( California LEV-III SULEV30
EPA and California-required standards. The names refer to tables of numerical limits for the various air pollutants allowed by the standards.
|Fuel Type
Air Pollution Score ?
The Air Pollution Score is based on the government emission standards for which the vehicle was certified to comply with and reflects vehicle tailpipe emissions that contribute to local and regional air pollution, creating problems such as haze, and health issues.
Greenhouse Gas Score ?
This score reflects fuel emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gases.
Smartway ?
SmartWay is a designation earned by those vehicles that have combined Air Pollution and Greenhouse Gas Scores that place them in the top tier (approximately the top 20%) of environmental performers. SmartWay Elite is reserved for the best of the best.
EPA Green Score
( Federal Tier 3 Bin 30
EPA and California-required standards. The names refer to tables of numerical limits for the various air pollutants allowed by the standards.
|Fuel Type
Air Pollution Score ?
The Air Pollution Score is based on the government emission standards for which the vehicle was certified to comply with and reflects vehicle tailpipe emissions that contribute to local and regional air pollution, creating problems such as haze, and health issues.
Greenhouse Gas Score ?
This score reflects fuel emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gases.
Smartway ?
SmartWay is a designation earned by those vehicles that have combined Air Pollution and Greenhouse Gas Scores that place them in the top tier (approximately the top 20%) of environmental performers. SmartWay Elite is reserved for the best of the best.
Available Incentives
NMAC Special APR *On Approved Credit
NMAC Dealer Choice APR *On Approved Credit
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" Brad Pierce help me to purchase my 2015 Nissan Altima. Brad was very help, answer all my needs. Very friendly, one of the best customer service I got buying a car. "
" I had issues with setting up an appointment online but I sent you an email and the rep fixed my email and set up the appointment for me. When I came in I was told that it would take approx 45-60 min for an oil change and I don't think it took 45 min. I was pleasantly surprised. I asked the service rep to give the truck the once over, just in case and he said the truck was in great shape. I was glad service didn't try to sell me services I didn't need. You all are awesome! "
" I worked with Brad Pierce to buy a used car. He was very polite and personable. He valued my time and intelligence. He didn't push things that I was not interested in. Overall, he was great and I recieved a fair price for the 2018 Toyota Rav4 that I wanted. He was easy to communicate via telephone, text and in person. I recommend you ask for Brad if you come to this dealership! He's easy, straightforward, and did the things he said he would for me. Integrity is everything! Thank you, Brad. "
" We are happy! Steven Cervantes helped us out a lot checking and making sure we've got the best possible deal for our credit... Thank you Steven! "
" I left a candid, harsh rating the last time I visited Yonkers Nissan. I am pleased to report the service is back to normal. Great care was taken with my vehicle. You have more than redeemed yourselves guys! Thank you "
" Katy Delapaz was so helpful and went above and beyond to assist my daughter with the purchase of a new Sentra. "
" Katy was so nice and helpful and answered all of our questions. She was friendly and didn't push anything. It was a wonderful buying experience and I recommend you come meet her. The staff at Nissan has been very welcoming and very nice. I'm so glad to do business with them! Thank you! "
" Katy was a terrific representative of younger nissan. She was extremely helpful and concerned about our particular needs. Rochelle, the manager, was great as well. We found my sister the car if her dreams at a super price. Highly recommend younger and staff. You won't be disappointed. "
" Katy is a fantactic sales woman. She also has a wonderful personality and I would recommend anyone to see her for a car. Rochelle the sales manager was extremely helpful to get me the car I wanted. It's a great place to buy a car. "
" Johnny was a greatly personable service adviser when I was in for my latest oil change. "
" Helpful. Fixed a problem a different dealership was unable to solve. "
" My service manager was mildly rude. He may have meant to be informal and teasing but it came across as self-righteous and dismissive. He also didn't listen very closely. I told him that we had recently had to replace the battery and I requested that the charging system be checked out. Instead he had the technicians check the battery (it was fine, of course -- it was brand new) but did not have them test out the charging system. On the positive side, the service was fast and the waiting room was comfortable. "
" Just got a Nissan here. So far so good "
" Great friendly Service. Very customer orientated. Professional staff, clean and up to date facility. "
" You MUST work with Percia!!! She is the best sales person I have ever worked with, very transparent and patient with us. We have been to tons of dealerships and bought many cars and this experience was different by far. We bought a sentra and it was the smoothest, easiest process imaginable. Shout out to the sales manager Saif for working with me and gave us a great deal. Very very happy with the whole experience, they went above our expectations. Thanks Percia and the whole team! "
" Good job. "
" Nothing but good experiences with Younker. They serviced my 2009 Murano for the last 5 yrs had lots of miles & finally blew head gasket. They actually gave me $ to trade up to 2015 Murano. I love this car. Brad was so great he spent time explaining everything & got me the deal I wanted. I had lots of questions & he was so patient. Hope he's around for my next purchase! "
" Got a recall notice on my Nissan Kicks. Younker had it done in an hour and they vacuumed my car! Nice people there. "
" I got the car I wanted, with the options I wanted, for the price I expected, and in the time frame I wanted. The sales department went out of their way to make sure I was pleased. "
" John Saechao was extremely helpful, kind and knowledgeable. He took care of all my needs. I will certainly be coming here again and recommending to friends and family! "
" Josh is the man to go to! He will do anything in his power to get you the best deal on a vehicle. I plan on going back to buy another car in the near future from them! "
" They do great work in a short time "
" My wife and I put a lot of time and effort into researching our next car. It's been 13 years since we bought our last one. We were daunted by the prices of new cars but we worked out between ourselves what features we wanted in a new vehicle and what they were worth to us. We test drove vehicles in three different dealerships, all of which met our requirements, but in each case were unable to come to a meeting on price. As a result of investigation through Truecar, I was contacted by Ray Minton, the internet salesperson at Younker Nissan. I was very direct with him, explaining what we'd looked at, what we wanted and the price I was willing to pay. Frankly, I didn't expect much. He contacted me early that evening to say that he had emailed me proposals on two vehicles that met my requirements. One of the proposals exactly matched what we'd been looking for at the price I'd stipulated. We went to test-drive the car the next day and it was exactly what we wanted. The negotiation with Ray on the final purchase price and financing went more smoothly than I would have imagined. We met with Kevin to finalize the transaction and he was a genuine pleasure to deal with. Although we declined to accept some of the extended protections he offered, he accepted our decisions with aplomb and we concluded the session with handshakes and smiles. I never expected the process of making such an expensive purchase as a new car to be the pleasant experience it turned out to be. Especially since my wife and I look into the garage and can't believe that we got this beautiful car, with all the features we wanted, at that price. To summarize, our interaction with Ray was a 10 out of 10 in all respects, as was our session with Kevin. We recommend Younker Nissan wholeheartedly. "
" Steve did a great job helping me find the perfect vehicle for my situation would highly recommend! "
" I submitted a kbb sell my car request yesterday. Brad from Younker contacted me and set up a time to meet today. I arrived about an hour before they closed, they examined the vehicle and made a very reasonable offer (slightly higher than the kbb number). Brad and his manager were very professional and nice, I couldn't be happier with this process! Thank you both!! "
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" Professional, courteous, expediant. "
" Steven Cervantes helped me with my first purchase and was really patient. Highly recommended!!! "
" I worked with Percia to buy a new Nissan and everything was EXCELLENT! She is very knowledgeable and made it very very easy for me to buy the car I want. If you get the chance, work with her, she is great and the team at Younker is amazing. Highly recommend! 5 stars!!!! "
" I purchase a newer used car from Younker Nissan. They were extremely helpful and Ray followed up with me every step of the way. They are helping me with a second car now! I would highly recommend Younker Nissan. "
" My wife and I recently purchased a new Pathfinder SL and it is great. Ray helped us find the right vehicle and showed us all of the features. We had a great experience and would highly recommend Younker Nissan. "
" Came in to buy a car, Josh was great really listened to what I needed and got me rolling! 5 stars! "
" Went in to buy a new Sentra. Salesmen I worked with (Josh and JC, I think?) were non-pushy and no nonsense. Turns out they can install leather seats/sunroof separately and maintain factory warranty - saved me a few thousand vs. having to go up a trim level or two. Feeling good about my purchase 👍 "
" As a new resident here in the Seattle area and only being here 3 days until my prior vehicle gave up on me.. Roy in service, Josh in sales & Kevin in financing were all the most amazing, thoughtful and actually caring people I have EVER come across at a dealership! Thank you so much to all of you for being so awesome and great at not only what you do but how you treat an individual :-) They all deserve these 5 ⭐ Highly recommend Younker Nissan!! Thank you! Shantay "
" Unfortunately this would've been a 5 star but... we traveled from Yakima to buy a used 4 runner. Darrin was good to work with. Made a few promises that weren't kept but hey it's sales right... The car was in the condition he had said. The process was great and they quickly handled the loan process and got us on our way. Unfortunately we bought the extended warranty that's where things go south. We know it takes a while for things to be processed but noticing we hadn't billed (bought in June) at the of September we called and they didn't have a contract for us. We then contacted Kevin in finance and he said the 24 month contract we were promised was only 18 months and the payment would go up. Signed NEW contract noticed we were still not billed and called again (while on vacation) was told to call the warranty company today we called what a surprise we have no contact with them. Called Yonkers manager is gone and Kevin is off today. Someone promised to call us back in an hour. That was 6 hours ago. Ive never tried so had to get someone to take my money.... Very disappointed.. maybe some training on products you're pushing is needed here. Update. The day after this review things were taken care of. It seems a wrong phone number was given. They have stated since training on the warranties is going to be a priority. Thank you to the manager for taking care of things. "
" John Seachow did an excellent job! They fixed everything that needed to be fixed and they did it correctly. Also I was given a loaner car which enable me to get back and forth to work. I bought my car at this Nissan dealer (Younker Nissan). I will definitely return for service and I will try to buy my next car here also. I told everyone at work what a good job they did. Thanks. "
" (Translated by Google) Steven Cervantes was great !!!! Our first car we grab from a dealer and buy it here! He worried about giving us all the information, in Spanish and was very kind at all times, and he didn't press us like they do in other places, if you want to buy your first car at a good price and with good customer service come here! !!! This Nissan dealer is the best !!! Hanthank you! (Original) Steven cervantes estuvo genial !!!! Nuestro primer carro que agarramos de un dealer y lo compramos aquí ! El se preocupó por darnos toda la información, en español y fue muy amable en todo momento, y no nos presionó como lo hacen en otros lugares, si quieres comprar tu primer carro a un buen precio y con una buena atención al cliente ven Aquí !!!! This Nissan dealer is the best !!! 👌thank you ! "


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Suspect in Indiana officer death pleads not guilty
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Prosecutors said Tuesday they may seek the death penalty against the man charged in the shooting death of an Indianapolis police officer.
A judge entered a not guilty plea for Major Davis Jr., whom sheriff's deputies pushed in a wheelchair to a Marion County courtroom for his first court appearance on murder charges. Authorities say Davis, 25, was wounded during the July 5 shootout that killed Officer Perry Renn but they haven't detailed his injuries.
"We've been getting updates each day since this happened so I wasn't surprised to see him in court today," said Marion County Deputy Prosecutor Denise Robinson.
The casket of fallen Indianapolis police Officer Perry Renn is draped with an American flag during a funeral service Friday, July 11, 2014, in Indianapolis. Renn died Saturday night after being shot three times by a man armed with an AK-47 assault rifle. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
Police say Renn and other officers were responding to a call of shots being fired on the city's north side when he exchanged gunfire with Davis, who hit Renn with three rounds from an AK-47 assault rifle.
About 20 police officers lined up around the perimeter of the standing room-only audience in the courtroom.
"That was for the family," Indianapolis police spokesman Chris Bailey said.
Robinson said prosecutors had not yet decided whether to seek the death penalty against Davis, but were evaluating it.
"This will not be a quick or easy process," she said.
The last time prosecutors in Marion County sought or obtained the death penalty came in the separate deaths of two police officers.
In 2011, prosecutors sought the death penalty against Thomas Hardy in the killing of Indianapolis police Officer David Moore, but Hardy later pleaded guilty in return to a sentence of life without parole. In 2002, Benjamin Donnie Ritchie was sentenced to death in the slaying of Beech Grove Police Officer William Toney; Ritchie remains on Indiana's Death Row.
The death penalty is commonly sought in cases where an officer has died, according to Richard Dieter, executive director of the nonprofit Death Penalty Information Center, which advocates for the end of capital punishment.
Davis' public defender, David Shircliff, did not return phone calls seeking comment.
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AMERICUS - A three-run home run by Corey Benson sparked a string of seven unanswered runs by the Georgia Southwestern baseball team as the Hurricanes rallied from a 4-1 deficit to defeat Auburn Montgomery, 8-4, on Wednesday evening.
GSW moves seven games over .500 at 21-14 with the win. Auburn Montgomery, ranked 17th in the latest NAIA poll, drops to 29-15.
The Hurricanes took a 1-0 lead in the third inning when an Andrew Anderson ground out scored Stephen Gaylor from third.
AUM struck for two runs in the fourth and added two more in the sixth to take a 4-1 lead.
Benson tied the ballgame with one swing in the bottom of the sixth for GSW with a three-run shot to left that scored Andrew Archer and Zach Moss. The home run was Benson's fourth of the spring.
A pair of walks, three singles and an AUM error in the seventh accounted for four Hurricane runs. Archer, Jared Allen and Moss collected RBIs. Moss plated Archer and Allen with his single down the left-field line.
Neither starting pitcher factored into the decision.
Matt Weaver tossed 5 2/3 inning for GSW, allowed six hits and four runs - two earned, while striking out four and walking one. Stephen Daneman (2-1) pitched 2 1/3 innings of scoreless relief for the win. He struck out one and walked one. Gray Carden struck out two in the ninth to close the door on the Senators.
Chris Allen threw the opening three innings for AUM and allowed one run on four hits. The Senators trotted four more hurlers to the mound in the game. Reliever Forrest Holifield (1-2) surrendered the home run to Benson and is charged with the loss.
Archer, Moss and John Duran finished with two hits apiece to lead GSW at the plate.
Hunter Cross and Jorden Johnsen had two hits apiece for AUM. Both of Cross' hits were doubles.
The Hurricanes hit the road for a seven-game road trip that begins at Lander on Saturday at 1 p.m.


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Burnett falls victim to LA's Kershaw, Bucs' cold bats
LOS ANGELES -- You can take Pirates bats out of the cold. But you can't take the cold out of the Pirates bats.
Apologies to whomever coined that English proverb, but apparently it will take more than higher temperatures to warm up the Bucs. After scoring a total of six runs on the three-game season-opening homestand, the Pirates fled the near-freezing temps of Pittsburgh and looked forward to the best thing for hitters other than hanging curveballs: Warm weather.
In Southern California, however, the offense that has gone south stayed there, as the Bucs were again blanked by the Dodgers, 1-0, at Dodger Stadium, better known as Pittsburgh's House of Pain. The Pirates have now lost eight straight games in Chavez Ravine, in some of which they actually scored.
"We're not finding hits, and without scoring, no way you're gonna win a game," Pirates manager Clint Hurdle stated the obvious after his team had been held to two hits for the second straight night. "You're watching big league baseball."
On Saturday night, we were certainly watching big league pitching.
Applying the muffler for the Dodgers was left-hander Clayton Kershaw, the second consecutive former Cy Young Award winner to hurl two-hit ball against the Bucs. On Friday, it had been Zack Greinke for 6 1/3 innings. Kershaw dominated for seven, walking one and striking out nine. Both nights, the spotless Los Angeles bullpen nailed the coffin.
Kershaw's dominance was just as tough on A.J. Burnett as it was on Pirates hitters. The Bucs righty pitched into the sixth inning, giving up a run and four hits while also fanning nine, only to exit on the hook for a loss.
"That's a pitchers' duel right there," Burnett said. "I was going up against one of the best, so I tried to follow what he was doing. It was my first time pitching against him -- the first time really seeing him. It fires me up to be in a game like that."
In 11 innings this young season, Burnett has surrendered four runs -- and fanned 19. He has two losses.
Should this season, off to a fabulous start on various fronts for Pirates pitching, turn into a revival of 1968 -- that season when pitchers ruled hitters the way Czars once ruled Russia -- Burnett could be the modern Ray Sadecki. The St. Louis left-hander led the Majors that season with 18 losses -- alongside an ERA of 2.91.
"I wanna go up against every ace, that's what I'm here for," said Burnett, whose Opening Day loss had been to the Cubs' No. 1, Jeff Samardzija. "I don't worry about run support. That's beyond my control. That's when we get into trouble, when we start pointing fingers, start finding excuses. My job is to keep my team in the game -- 'til that man [Hurdle] takes me out of the game -- no matter what the score is."
"A.J. came to play," Hurdle said. "He was amped up early. You saw the velocity, and the breaking ball was sharp. He battled. He threw everything he had at them."
Burnett wouldn't argue.
"I left it on the field, I know that," he said.
It is remarkable how huge one run now feels against the Pirates. Burnett fell behind by that insurmountable margin in the third inning. With two outs, Carl Crawford beat out a roller to shortstop for an infield single, the Dodgers' first hit. Crawford stole his second base of the night -- he'd walked in the first -- and scored when Mark Ellis responded to a 2-and-2 duster by ripping the full count pitch into left for a single.
"We did a pretty good job with A.J. tonight," Dodgers manager Don Mattingly noted. "This is a guy that's got good stuff. But we see him at 60 pitches after three. We weren't exactly banging him around, but we were able to keep fighting him. As good as Clayton pitched, they were right in it. You're still nervous till the end."
So that was the Pirates' moral victory, and it was a significant one: On a night Kershaw was at his best, the Bucs spent the whole night only one mistake behind him.
"We were a swing or two away from potentially winning a game," said Pirates batting coach Jay Bell. "It'd be nicer if we had three wins right now, but it's early in the season. The results aren't there yet, but I see some really good at-bats, and if we continue to have the same approach, we'll see a lot of results."
Starling Marte hit Kershaw's first pitch of the game on a line to center for a single. The left-hander made 70 other pitches before the Bucs got another baserunner, again Marte, on an infield single with two outs in the sixth.
Marte was also the only runner to advance on Kershaw as far as second, on Neil Walker's sacrifice bunt following the first-inning single. Marte then essentially erased himself, trying for third on Andrew McCutchen's grounder to short.
Remarkably, on a night they had only three total baserunners, another Pirates player managed to get himself thrown out on the bases: Russell Martin drew Kershaw's lone walk with two outs in the seventh -- and got himself picked off by the lefty.
"Marte's was a bad baseball decision. And Russell -- he just got picked off, it wasn't a running situation or anything," Hurdle said. "Those are mistakes you don't want to happen when you're not swinging the bat, but we made 'em and we paid for 'em. Who knows what might've happened? But they didn't help our cause."


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Sen. DeMint, tea party leader, resigning
Sen. Jim DeMint's abrupt resignation Thursday from his Senate seat to run the conservative Heritage Foundation will leave the chamber without its leading tea party voice and potentially reverberate in GOP Senate primaries across the country.
The South Carolina Republican announced that he'd replace Ed Feulner as president of The Heritage Foundation in January.
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"This is a critical time for America and there is no organization in the country, in fact, the world, that is better positioned to convince the American people that the conservative policies that The Heritage Foundation has developed over the years are the solutions to the problems that we face as a nation," DeMint told a handful of reporters after he was introduced to staffers at the foundation's headquarters just blocks from the Senate.
( PHOTOS: Jim DeMint's career)
"This family of conservatives here at The Heritage Foundation helped to shape my own views," he added. "They inspired me to run for Congress in the first place, and they're in a position now to carry the message that we need to carry to the American people."
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said DeMint called him Thursday morning to tell him he was stepping down.
"We're sorry to see Jim go. He's had a distinguished career," McConnell told POLITICO in a brief interview. "My wife [Elaine Chao] is a distinguished fellow at The Heritage Foundation. She'll be reporting to him."
( Also on POLITICO: All eyes on Haley to pick DeMint successor)
In an earlier written statement, DeMint said it had been an honor to serve the people of South Carolina for the past eight years but "now it's time for me to pass the torch to someone else and take on a new role in the fight for America's future.
"I'm leaving the Senate now, but I'm not leaving the fight," he said.
DeMint also appears poised for a raise, with Feulner pulling in $1.03 million in 2010, according to public records. DeMint earned $174,000 in 2012 as a senator.
At Heritage headquarters north of the Capitol, dozens of staffers filed into a first-floor auditorium to hear the announcement directly from DeMint, whose muffled voice could be heard emanating from the room. Several speeches were punctuated by laughter and applause.
( Also on POLITICO: 10 most delusional campaign moments)
The mistake the GOP made over the past four years, DeMint told reporters, was focusing too much on what the party was against rather than putting forth "bold ideas to get people inspired and behind us."
"Heritage has those ideas," he said, sporting a blue Heritage tie with liberty bells. "I honestly believe I can do a lot more on the outside than I can on the inside."


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Commentary to appear in the March/April 2009 Skeptical Inquirer
Will the new presidency of Barack Obama usher in a more welcoming age for science and reason? We at least have cause for hope. A president's intellectual outlook is only one of many things that shape changes in culture and society, but the early signs are encouraging.
The Bush administration chalked up so many negatives in regard to scientific thinking, reason, and open inquiry that there may be no way to go but up. The president himself was a born-again and encouraged the far-right evangelical wing of his party; he ascribed to the "equal time" strategy of creationists in their opposition to teaching evolution, for example. His political appointees left a long and well-documented record of ideological interference in the recommendations of scientists at NASA, the Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and on and on. He restricted stem cell research, and only begrudgingly came to accept global warming. He actively practiced a "from the gut" style of decision making that marginalized well-informed rational analysis and caused a litany of international problems.
Obama, elected by a 53 to 47 percent margin, is the stark opposite in many key respects. His background is multicultural and his outlook international. He espouses learning and education, including science education. He has exhibited a welcome centrist, moderate, pragmatic outlook that seems to eschew ideological extremes on either side of the political spectrum. He has repeatedly demonstrated intellectual agility, a critical awareness, and an ability to synthesize and plan. He has shown an obvious willingness to entertain a wide variety of viewpoints before making decisions, one mark of a critical thinker. He has shown every tendency to welcome the best minds to his administration, including former rivals, and to listen to them. He signaled early on that he quickly would rescind the Bush administration's rulings against research on new lines of stem cells. He recognizes that climate change is real and says, "We all believe what the scientists have been telling us for years now, that this is a matter of urgency and national security, and it has to be dealt with in a serious way."
His lengthy written response during the campaign to the top fourteen science questions facing America (www.sciencedcebate2008.com) was shaped by numerous scientific notables including Nobel laureates—a welcome sign in itself—and said everything a science-minded person would like to hear. (The topics were climate change, energy, education, national security, pandemics and biosecurity, genetics, stem cells, ocean health, water, space, science integrity, research, and health.) He promised to defend scientific integrity: "I will restore the basic principle that government decisions should be based on the best-available, scientifically valid evidence and not on the ideological predispositions of agency officials or political appointees."
His appointment of Nobel laureate physicist Steven Chu, director of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, as energy secretary harks back to a welcome tradition when distinguished scientists not politicians headed the top energy agency (the Atomic Energy Commission, a forerunner to the Department of Energy).
Some scientists called for him to quickly appoint a top-flight science advisor and give that person prominent status in the White House. Obama had pledged to strengthen the role of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology and to restore the credibility and role of the Office of Science and Technology Policy as an office within the White House structure. But it didn't happen immediately. The first month of Obama's post-election transition was necessarily devoted to responding to the sudden US and world financial crisis that brought the most serious downturn in the economy since the Great Depression. He rapidly assembled his economic and national security teams before beginning the rest of his cabinet and other appointments. Given the urgent circumstances, few would dispute that priority.
Word about Obama's Science Advisor appointment then came on December 19, the day after he completed his cabinet appointments. His Science Advisor is John Holdren, a respected physicist long known for his work on energy, climate change, and nuclear proliferation. Holdren is director of the program on science, technology, and public policy at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government. He was president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2006.
Obama's appointee as head of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, another key science appointment, is marine biologist Jane Lubchenco. She is professor of marine biology at Oregon State University and the OSU Distinguished Professor of Zoology. She is a MacArthur Fellow and, like Holdren, also a former AAAS president. "When has NOAA been headed by a member of the National Academy and a fellow of the Royal Society?" commented Andrew Rosenberg, a University of New Hampshire professor of natural resources and a former NOAA deputy director under the Clinton administration. "That's exactly the right signal…. It establishes NOAA as one of those key scientific agencies." He called her an "absolutely world-class scientist" and said the appointment means science agencies now have a role in policy.
In his science team rollout radio address of December 19, Obama not only announced those appointments but also revealed that science notables Harold Varmus and Eric Lander would be co-chairs of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, along with Holdren. "Together, they will work to remake PCAST into a vigorous external advisory council that will shape my thinking on the scientific aspects of my policy proposals," said Obama.
Varmus is a 1989 Nobel laureate in medicine, former director of the National Institutes of Health, and president of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. Lander, is director of the Broad Institute at MIT and Harvard, and was, as Obama proudly said, "one of the driving forces behind mapping the human genome—one of the greatest scientific achievements in history."
So the Obama White House could hardly have a more distinguished set of people in the key science positions. And it sounds as if Obama sees them as more than figureheads.
"It is time to once again put science at the top of our agenda and work to restore America's place as the world leader in science and technology," said Obama, words that should please all who have long been warning of America's slippage in the world of science. And for those concerned about the integrity of science and its previous abuses, his words were an early Christmas present: "The truth is that promoting science isn't just about providing resources—it's about protecting free and open inquiry. It's about ensuring that facts and evidence are never twisted or obscured by politics. It's about listening to what our scientists have to say even when it's inconvenient—especially when it's inconvenient. Because the highest purpose of science is the search for knowledge, truth, and a greater understanding of the world around us. That will be my goal as president of the United States—and I could not have a better team to guide me in this work."
So the outlook is tentatively hopeful for a time in which scientific thinking, education, learning, and unfettered inquiry will have some greater support and encouragement from the highest position in the land. And that is welcome.
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Nevertheless, there are limitations to how much a president can do. Mo
ney is the top problem. The federal budget was under serious pressures even before the October-November financial meltdown and the resulting hundreds of billions of dollars of taxpayer-financed bailouts. Obama's first large spending program announced as president-elect was to rebuild the nation's infrastructure, surely a welcome and much-needed enterprise. But that spending will further restrict his options on funding new programs of scientific research. Unless and until the economy can begin expanding again, science will have access to one piece of a shrinking pie.
An early sign of this problem was a statement from his new economic council director Lawrence Summers that while an increase in federal research and development is good for the long-term health of the economy, R&D would not be included in the economic stimulus package. The Association of American Universities subsequently released a proposal sent to Obama for just such a stimulus, including "academic research facilities modernization and $1.8 billion to research universities to hire more young scientists and engineers.
Secondary-school education in the U.S. is funded mainly at local and state levels, and those entities are likewise under new financial constraints. And, even if they weren't, money isn't the sole solution. Results of the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study, or TIMSS, announced in December, show U.S. students are doing no better on this international science exam than they were ten years ago, while a number of other countries' performances rose. One bright spot was U.S. students' performance in mathematics. The average score among fourth-graders has jumped 11 points since 1995, to 529. Eighth graders also earned a higher average score than in 1995 and were better than their counterparts in 37 countries (but still less than China, South Korea, Singapore, and Hong Kong). Educators and policy makers have been focused on improving math education in recent years. One can hope science education and scientific literacy will likewise get a new emphasis in American culture.
And while it will be wonderful to have a president who doesn't doubt evolution, national political leadership can only go so far in shaping attitudes in this area. Well-funded evangelical groups are still mounting intense media campaigns denouncing evolution as false science, or worse, and extolling two-thousand-year-old biblical stories as real science. Much of this effort takes place on religious television broadcasts, in churches, and in political action at the local and state level. As communications researcher Jon D. Miller has said, America is out on a limb by itself in its rejection of evolution. Polls show the U.S. is thirty-third out of thirty-four countries in evolution acceptance (only Turkey rates lower). That's not going to be fixed by a new president, no matter how enlightened.
Whether the economy and budget considerations end up trumping the hopeful plans and intentions of the Obama administration remains to be seen. But he represents a welcome breath of fresh air and a sense of hope not only to the population at large (both in the U.S. and worldwide) but to all who support science-based inquiry and the use of rationality and reason in examining issues important to us all.


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Fair Housing Accessibility FIRST is an initiative designed to promote compliance with the Fair Housing Act design and construction requirements. The program offers comprehensive and detailed instruction programs, useful online web resources, and a toll-free information line for technical guidance and support.
HUD is pleased to announce its Fair Housing Accessibility FIRST program trainings. There will be 10 live training events across the country during Spring 2019 to July 2019. The schedule will be posted on our training calendar. We will present 4 webinars during October to November of Fall 2018.
Read more about how to register for these training sessions and webinars. There are no fees for these training sessions. For more information, contact John Ritzu, LCM Program Manager for the Fair Housing Accessibility FIRST Program at 312-913-1717, Ext. 228 or email@example.com.
HUD and DOJ Release Joint Statement On Fair Housing Act Design and Construction Requirements
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development(HUD) and the U.S. Department of Justice today issued a Joint Statement on the "Accessibility (Design and Construction) Requirements for Covered Multifamily Dwellings under the Fair Housing Act."
The new guidance is designed to help design professionals, developers and builders better understand their obligations and help persons with disabilities better understand their rights regarding the "design and construction" requirements for covered multifamily dwellings under the federal Fair Housing Act.
To see a copy of the press release, click here.
To see a copy of the Joint Statement, click here.
HUD Issues Guidance On Assistance Animals For Persons With Disabilities
HUD has issued a Notice on Service Animals and Assistance Animals for People with Disabilities in Housing. The Notice explains the circumstances under which the Fair Housing Act, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, and the Americans with Disabilities Act may require housing providers to allow applicants and tenants to use service and assistance animals. Importantly, HUD explains that housing providers must accommodate applicants and tenants who need an "assistance animal" which includes any animal that "works, provides assistance, or performs tasks for the benefit of a person with a disability, or provides emotional support that alleviates one or more identified symptoms or effects of a persons disability."
To read HUD's Press Release, click here.
To view the Notice, click here.


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BRISBANE - South Africa were on track to end Australia's unbeaten 24-year Test run at the Gabba after dominating the third day's play in the opening Test on Sunday.
The world's number one team amassed a formidable 450 in their first innings and then had Michael Clarke's Australians under pressure at 111 for three at stumps. Clarke was at the crease on 34 with opener Ed Cowan not out 49 in an unbroken 71-run stand.
The Australians last lost at the Gabba against the West Indies in 1988, but the Proteas' first innings total was the best by a touring side at the ground since England's winning 456 in 1986. Jacques Kallis had a memorable day, making his 44th Test century -- he is second on the list of all-time century makers, behind only India's Sachin Tendulkar -- and his fifth against Australia.
His 147 was the highest score by a South African in a Brisbane Test since Eddie Barlow's 114 in 1963. The star all-rounder also chipped in with two catches at second slip to help put the skids under the Australians. "I think tomorrow morning's a key part of the game for us. If we can nip out a couple and put some real pressure on Australia, who knows?" Kallis said. "I think we've just got to give ourselves the opportunity. I think the game's far from dead. There's enough in the wicket as well. As long as we keep applying the pressure, that's all that we can do. If Oz play well, then fair enough."
The home side's thoughts turned to saving the match after three wickets tumbled inside the opening 10 overs. David Warner lasted 15 balls before Dale Steyn slanted a delivery across him. He poked it straight to Kallis at second slip to depart for four. Debutant Rob Quiney fell to a spectacular juggling catch on the fine leg boundary rope by Steyn for nine off Morne Morkel.
Steyn tossed the ball into the air, realising he was going over the rope. He had the presence of mind to step back into the field of play and take the catch. Senior batsman Ricky Ponting lasted just five balls before he edged Morkel to the safe hands of Kallis for a duck to leave the home side wobbling at 40 for three.
Kallis and Hashim Amla earlier hit centuries as South Africa dominated Australia's bowling with a formidable first innings of 450 off 151.4 overs. Australia removed Kallis shortly after lunch when Quiney took a high two-handed chance in the gully off James Pattinson to end the allrounder's 349-minute stint at the crease. Kallis shared in a 165-run partnership for third wicket with Amla, who reached his third century in four innings against Australia and his 17th overall before he given out lbw to Peter Siddle for 104. Amla was struck high and TV replays suggested the ball was going over the stumps. Surprisingly, he did not refer Asad Rauf's decision to the third umpire. The world number two batsman in Tests became South Africa's first triple centurion with an unbeaten 311 against England at The Oval in July.
The Australian bowlers, who took just two wickets on Friday's opening day, had their best spell with four wickets in the middle session. Ben Hilfenhaus wrapped up the Proteas' innings with the wickets of Dale Steyn (15) and Morne Morkel (0) after tea. JP Duminy was unable to bat after rupturing his Achilles tendon on Friday's opening day. Debutant Rory Kleinveldt blasted two successive sixes off spinner Nathan Lyon to remain 17 not out. Pattinson was Australia's best bowler with three for 93. Australia, in the field for over 10 hours interspersed by Friday's washout, were in trouble early on when South Africa's vaunted pace attack pressed home the advantage to groans from the home crowd.
The first target is to avoid the follow-on by reaching 251 on Monday's fourth day. "The partnership we have at the moment is the crucial one for us," Hilfenhaus said. "Hopefully, they can continue that tomorrow and make our way closer to their total."
G Smith lbw b Pattinson 10
A Petersen c Hussey b Lyon 64
H Amla lbw b Siddle 104
J Kallis c Quiney b Pattinson 147
AB de Villiers c Warner b Pattinson 40
J Rudolph c Quiney b Lyon 31
V Philander c Clarke b Siddle 11
D Steyn c Wade b Hilfenhaus 15
R Kleinveldt not out 17
M Morkel c Siddle b Hilfenhaus 0
JP Duminy absent hurt
EXTRAS: (b1, lb1, w3, nb6) 11
TOTAL: (9 wkts, 151.4 overs) 450
BOWLING: Hilfenhaus 32.4-9-73-2, Pattinson 34-6-93-3, Siddle 36-6-111-2, Lyon 37-4-136-2, Hussey 4-0-21-0, Quiney 7-3-10-0, Clarke 1-0-4-0
E Cowan not out 49
D Warner c Kallis b Steyn 4
R Quiney c Steyn b Morkel 9
R Ponting c Kallis b Morkel 0
M Clarke not out 34
EXTRAS: (lb8, nb7) 15
TOTAL: (3 wkts, 26 overs) 111
BOWLING: Steyn 8-2-27-1, Philander 8-0-24-0, Morkel 7-1-25-2, Kleinveldt 3-0-27-0
TOSS: South Africa


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Cosmopolis gets a 15 certificate from BBFC
In other BBFC decisions, the upcoming drama Cosmopolis, directed by David Cronenberg and starring Robert Pattinson, also gets a 15 certificate for "strong sex and language." It is due in cinemas on June 15, 2012, and has a running time of 1 hour 49 minutes. Pattinson recently spoke about the film and his attempts to move on from associations with the Twilight franchise.
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Correcting a James Otis Misattribution
Pablo del Real of Ppoll.org asked me in a comment on this post whether James Otis, Jr., deserves credit for the following words:
Does he [our representative] know us? Or we, him? No. . . . Is he acquainted with our circumstances, situation, or wants? No. What then are we to expect from him? Nothing but taxes without end.This was an argument that "virtual representation" wasn't enough for the North American colonies. At the time some royal officials argued that even though the American colonists didn't elect any members of Parliament, some M.P.'s represented their interests because of commercial or familial ties. The "virtual representation" argument doesn't affect most U.S. citizens today, only those in the District of Columbia and non-state possessions.
Some websites do credit those words to Otis, but in fact they come from an essay published in William Rind's Virginia Gazette in 1768 by "Monitor," a pseudonym for Arthur Lee. Brother of Richard Henry and Francis Lightfoot Lee, Arthur Lee was a Virginian educated in Britain. He worked as a lawyer in London for a while and later served unhappily as an American diplomat.
How did Lee's words get put into Otis's mouth? I suspect the confusion arose from how those words were quoted in Bernard Bailyn's The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution (first published in 1967). In a long paragraph on pages 168-9, Bailyn quoted Otis on the problems of virtual representation; then another, unnamed author on the same topic; and finally a long passage from Arthur Lee that included the words above.
In the scholarly style of his time, Bailyn then offered one footnote for the entire paragraph.
Dr. Benjamin Church, Jr., and the long passage from Lee.


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The Canterbury Crusaders punished the Western Force for a lack of respect in the 10th round of rugby's Super 14, beating the Perth-based team 53-0 for their 100th victory in the tournament.
The Crusaders, now a threatening second on the championship table, are the benchmark by which all Super 14 teams are measured, having won six Super 12 titles in 10 years and last year's inaugural Super 14.
By that standard alone, they have earned the respect of their opponents. But the Force, dizzied by their rise to third place on this season's ladder, showed scant respect for the Crusaders' record in the leadup to the game.
"The Crusaders have won 24 games or something like that at home, but this group of boys don't hold any fears of records or teams," captain Nathan Sharpe said last week.
Sharpe's comments were a red flag to a bull and the Crusaders punished them with their most comprehensive performance of the season.
Lock Ross Filipo scored three tries, all in the second half, and Kieran Read, an early replacement for Filipo's locking partner Michael Paterson, scored two as the Crusaders won by eight tries to none on Saturday.
Seven of the Crusaders' tries were scored by forwards. All Blacks winger Rico Gear scored the only try by a Canterbury back, his 40th in Super 14 rugby and his sixth of the season.
"Those tight forwards were scoring all the tries while the backs were doing all the cleanouts," Crusaders coach Robbie Deans said.
"The key is if you don't care who gets the credit you have a better chance of achieving the things you want to," he said.
The Crusaders' win left them only four points behind the Auckland Blues who cemented top place on the championship table with a 26-8 win on Friday over South Africa's Cheetahs. The Force found themselves in a declining fourth place with matches to play against the Waikato Chiefs, ACT Brumbies, Cheetahs and Blues.
The Blues' win over the Cheetahs at Eden Park contained many of the elements which have distinguished this season, their best since 2003.
The Cheetahs were a more effective defensive side than the scoreline suggested but the Blues created three clear scoring chances and clinically took them all.
Those chances were all made by discarded All Blacks center Isaia Toeava whose clean line breaks have been a feature of Auckland's season.
"The pleasing thing is that the backs as a unit are starting to read each other's style of play, and once they get a sense of something happening they are reacting," coach David Nucifora said.
The Blues tries were scored by halfback Steve Devine and wingers Doug Howlett and Anthony Tuitavake. Howlett's was his 59th in Super rugby.
Ten tries, five to each side, were scored in the match between the Chiefs and Highlanders, won 38-34 by the Chiefs.
The match was the first Super 14 contest in the alpine resort of Queenstown.
All Blacks winger Sitiveni Sivivatu, moved to fullback for the day, scored two tries for the Chiefs and set up two for center Lelia Masaga.
Nine of the 10 tries were scored by backs and only All Blacks hooker Anton Oliver, for the Highlanders, managed to touch down for the forwards.
The Sharks, who started the season with six straight wins before losing to the Brumbies and Force, returned to form, scoring nine tries in a 59-16 win over the Queensland Reds.
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TRY SOMETHING NEW Chapter 11: The Death Star!
Hello loyal readers. How was your week? Not that anyone asked but I had a good one. Well it was good until Forbidden Planet's Tech Wizard/6th member of Modest Mouse, Tyler, threatened me. It turns out that some of the links I use on the blog weren't up to his liking. I think he didn't like the one linking to him singing a song he wrote about me, but that is conjecture. He is my editor though (ironic since his grasp of grammar is even worse than mine) and that comes with a certain amount of power. Mostly the power to make me look like an idiot… more of an idiot. I, of course, can write stuff that makes him look bad as well. I OBVIOUSLY never ever would , but I could. And that keeps him up at night, sweating through the sheets in his tiny little crib. And thus we have invented the concept of mutually assured blogging destruction. I am Forbidden Planet's Dr. Strangelove. Tyler is my Dimitri.
In good news I'm not apologizing for anything in this week's column. I pitched a perfect game with my last column. I'm hoping to keep my streak going and have some great comic recommendations for you all. And yes, all you Unkie Dev fans (or Dev-iants as we call them), I do not consider having my column run long so that Unkie Dev gets bumped a mistake. I consider it good strategy. There's a plan at work here people. You won't understand that until it's too late for you.
I talk a lot about Dark Horse Presents here. Partially it's because I think it is a great venue for some of the best storytelling in comics and you readers would love it. Mostly it's because I like it a lot and don't want it to get canceled. I never claimed this wasn't self serving. DARK HORSE PRESENTS #21 has more stuff from comic greats like Shannon Wheeler, Duane Swierczynski, and Michael Avon Oeming. I am really excited to see new stuff from the great Simon Roy, artist on the always great Prophet. But the real reason you are probably buying this, and the real reason I don't have to think of more stuff to say is this- a new story from Paul Chadwick (Concrete) and Neil Gaiman (Neil Gaiman stuff). If that doesn't mean anything to you there isn't much more I can say other than you need to read more comics. Start with Concrete and Sandman. Also read Dark Horse Presents.
The point of this column is to suggest (read: pressure) new books for you all to buy. Well I feel like an idiot for suggesting you pick up HELLBLAZER #300, but as the foremost comic journalist in the world I would be remiss if I didn't mention it. As it stands right now Hellblazer is the longest running sequentially numbered book at DC. That might seem like a minor distinction but it feels important. Hellblazer may only "technically" be the longest running book at DC, but it is arguably the best. And now all of that comes to an end with issue #300. DC has canceled the book in favor of a "younger, hipper" book in the regular DCU called Constantine. Apparently young hip people don't like unique characters with rich history. Either way, buy issue #300 and put it on your nightstand for later while you work your way through the collected editions. (I know you don't have a nightstand, you just use a bunch of old pizza boxes as furniture.) Hellblazer vol. 1 is about as good as a comic gets and it rarely lets up for the next 290ish issues.
Dynamite has done a real interesting thing the past few years. In their quiet corner of the comics universe they have taken a bunch of old pulp characters most people don't care about and they started making fresh and exciting books out of them. The Shadow has been one of their flagships in this re-imagining. Well comics never let's a good thing simply be, so this week sees the release of a new Shadow book, THE SHADOW: YEAR ONE #1. Willfredo Torres does some beautiful pencil work that has both a classic cartoon feel and modern styles all at the same time. And Matt Wagner does a great job of slowly leaking the origin of this 70+ year old character and keeping you guessing. This is a book that is good enough to get you excited about the whole Dynamite line. Get into it.
Remember- Don't talk about a perfect game while it's happening. You will jinx it.
HOW DO I KNOW WHO I AM IF I FORGET? is the new self published mini comic from writer/artist Luis Echavarria Uribe. As beautiful as it is disturbing, HDIKWIAIIF? is the story of an obsessive girl trying to figure out who she is and how she relates to the world. Her obsessions are both uncomfortable and somehow comforting all at once. Equal parts outsider art comic story and EC horror book, Mr. Echavarria Uribe crafts a story that twists and turns under you in uncomfortable and exciting ways. His art can be quite beautiful and, unlike so many self published creators, he has learned to write to his art strengths and draw to his writing strengths. Obviously for most of the people who read this column a self published mini-comic may be far outside their wheelhouse, but this book would be write at home in the collection of anyone who likes reading good comics, regardless of genre or format. Pick it up, support someone who is doing it on their own, and you will be rewarded with one of the best books out so far this year.
I was going to write a bunch more stuff but I am tired and for some reason my girlfriend just put Glengarry Glen Ross on so I sort of stopped caring about my job here. Other good stuff out this week includes the long awaited return of Kill Shakespeare. Fans of Fables, League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen, and trying to look more literate than you actually are would do well to pick up KILL SHAKESPEARE: THE TIDE OF BLOOD #1. A mash-up of many of The Bard's most famous characters, the Kill Shakespeare series is always good fun if you get the references and really odd but still enjoyable I am sure if you don't. Also worth grabbing is the strange early 90's British sci-fi series TALES FROM BEYOND SCIENCE, which is finally collected into one hardcover. 8 tales all drawn by British artist and graphic designer Rian Hughes and written by a bevy of great Brit sci-fi scribes including Mark Millar (Kick-Ass). These bizarre short stories explain seemingly unexplainable phenomenon in ways that will make you laugh and feel like someone dosed you. If you like stuff like stuff like Madman or anything zany at all this book should be going home with you. Now go spend your money wisely. And remember kids, Always Be Closing.
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Riyadh, Safar 29, 1434, Jan 11, 2013, SPA — Two royal orders, amending the Shura Council system and forming a new chamber for four Hijra years, starting the expiration of the term of office of the current Shura Council, have been issued here today.
According to the Royal Order, the Shura Council will be consisting of its Speaker and 150 members, all to be chosen by the King according to their knowledge, experience and profession, provided that women would be represented in the Council with no less than 20% of its members.
'After having reviewed the Governance Statute and the Shura Council's system and regulations and consulting with a big number of Ulema, members and non-members of the Senior Ulema Commission, who passed a proposal on the participation of women in the Shura Council in accordance with Sharia laws, a course we are not going to divert from a hairsbreadth as it is considered the pillar base of this nation laid by its founder late King Abdulaziz, and as per the interests of the public, we have ordered the amendment of the Third Article of the Shura Council system to read as follows:
'The Shura Council will be formed of a Speaker and 150 members, to be selected by the King according to their knowledge, experience and profession, provided that women would be represented in the Council with no less than 20% of its members. A royal order will designate the members' rights, duties and other things', the Royal Order said.
Article 22 of the Regulations of the Shura Council will read as follows:
Each of the sub-committees of the Shura Council will be formed by the Shura Council itself of a number of members no less than five. They will be chosen by the Shura Council, naming the committee's Chairman and deputy, and taking into consideration the needs of the committee and the profession of each committee member as well as the participation of women in the committees.
The Shura Council will have the right to form ad hoc committees to study specific issues. Each committee is allowed to form from among its members a sub-committe or more to study a specific issue.
Women, selected as members of the Shura Council, will enjoy full rights of memebrship, be committed to their duties, responsibilites and assume their jobs.
As per the introduction of this order, women, who are members of the Shura Council, will be asked to strictly follow the Islamic Sharia regulations, without any kind of violation, including the Shraia head and face covers (Hijab). In particular, the following points should be observed:
1- A special seating place will be allocated for women of the Shura Council, a special entrace and exit to and from the Council main hall will also be constructed and all relevant things in complete non-touch with men.
2- Special places will be allotted for women, guaranteering complete isolation from those allotted for men, including special offices for them and for their workers and helpers, e.g. special appliances and services and prayer places.
This order should be carried with immediate effect', the Royal Order said.
According to the Royal Order, the new Shura Council, will be formed from Sheikh Dr. Abdullah bin Mohammed bin Ibrahim Al Al-Sheikh, Speaker of the Shura Council. Following are the members, who will serve for four Hijra years, starting from the date of the expiration of the term of office of the current Shura Council which was formed upon the Royal Order No. A/15 dated 19/2/1430 H.:
1- Dr. / Mohammed bin Ameen bin Ahmed Al-Jeffery, Deputy Speaker of the Shura Council
2- Dr./ Fahhad bin Mu'tad bin Shafaq Al-Hamad, Assistant Speaker of the Shura Council
3- Mr./Ibrahim bin Abdulrahman bin Sulaiman Al-Bilaihi
4-/ Dr. Ibrahim bin abdullah in Mohammed Albrahim
5-/ Dr. Ibrhaim bin Mohammed bin Abdullah Abu Abat
6-/ Mr. Ahmed bin Ibrahim bin Meen Al-Hakami
7-/ Dr. Ahmed bin Saad bin Ahmed Al Mifreh
8-/ Dr. Ahmed bin Omer bin Mohammed Al Aqeel Al-Zaylaee
9- Dr./ Ahmed bin Mohammed bin Aboush Al-Ghamdi
10- Dr./ Ahmed bin Mahdi bin Mohammed Al-Shuwaikhat
11- Mr. / Osama bin Ali bin Majed Gabbani
12- Dr. / Elham bint Mahjoub bin Ahmed Hasanain
13- Dr./ Amal bint Salamah bin Sulaiman Al-Shaman
14- Eng. / Thamer bin Abdulmohsen bin Musaed Al-Ginawe
15- Dr./ Thamer bin Nasser bin Fahd bin Ghyshayan
16- Dr. / Thuraya bint Ahmed bin Obeid bin Mohammed Obeid
17- Dr. / Thuraya bint Ibrahim bin Hussein Al-Areedh
18- Mr. / Jubran bin Hamid bin Ali Dubraha Al-Gahtani
19- Dr. / Jebreel bin Hasan bin Mohammed Areeshi
20- Dr. / Al-Jawharah bint Ibrahim bin Mohammed Bu-Besht
21- Dr./ Hatem bin Hasan bin Hamza Abu-Hussein Al-Marzooqi
22- Dr./ Hamed bin Dhafi bin Mohammed Al-Warda Al-Sharari
23- Dr./ Hussam bin Abdulmohsen bin Abdulaziz Al-Anqari
24- Dr./ Hamad bin Ayedh bin Mohammed bin Hamad Al Fahhad
25- Maj. Gen. Eng. Staff Pilot/ Hamad bin Abdulrahman bin Abdullah Al-Husoon
26- Dr./ Hamdah bint Khalaf bin Miqbel Al-Enzy
27- Sheikh Dr. / Hamza bin Hussein bin Hamza Al-Fa'ar Al-Shareef
28- Dr./ Hanan bint Abdulraheem bin Mutlaq Al-Ahmadi
29- Dr./ Hayat bint Sulaiman bin Hasan Sindi
30- Dr./ Khalid bin Ibrahim bin Abdulrahman Al-Awwad
31- Dr./ Khalid bin Saad bin Abdulaziz bin Saeed
32- His Highness Dr./ Khalid bin Abdullah bin Mohammed bin Miqren Al-Mashari Al Saud
33- Dr./ Khalid bin Abdulmohsen bin Mohammed Al-Mehaisen
34- Dr./ Khalid bin Mohammed bin Ali Al-Saif
35- Dr./ Khalid bin Mansour bin Nasser Al-Aqeel
36- H.E. Dr./ Khader bin Olayan bin Ali Al-Qurashi
37- Mr./ Khalifa bin Ahmed bin Rashed Al-Dosary
38- Mr./ Dr. Khalil bin Abdulfattah bin Khalil Kurdi
39- Dr./ Khola bint Sami bin Saleem Al-Keraia
40- Dr. / Dalal bint Mekhled bin Jahez Al-Harbi
41- Dr. / Rashed bin Hamad bin Rashed Al-Katheeri
42- Dr./ Zuhair bin Fahd bin Jaber Al-Harthi
43- Dr./ Zainet bint Muthanna bin Abduou Abu-Taleb
44- Her Royal Highness Princess/ Sarrah bint Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
45- Dr./ Salem bin Ali bin Salem Al-Gahtani
46- Dr./ Sami bin Mohammed bin Hussein Zaidan
47- Dr./ Sattam bin Saud bin Abdullah Linjawe
48- Dr./ Saad bin Abdulrahamn bin Mohammed Al-Bazaaee
49- Dr./ Saad bin Mohammed bin Ahmed Mareq Assiri
50- Dr./ Saadoon bin Saad bin Saadoon Al-Saadoon
51- Dr./ Saud bin Humaid bin Remaizan Al-Sybaiee
52- Mr./ Saud bin Abdulrahamn bin Rashed Al-Shammari
53- Dr./ Saeed bin Abdullah bin Isa Alsheikh
54- Dr./ Sultan bin Hasan bin Sultan Al-Sultan
55- Dr./ Salwa bint Abdullah bin Fahad Al-Hazaa
56- H.E. Mr./ Sulaiman bin Saad bin Abdulrahman Al-Homaid
57 – Sheikh / Suleiman bin Abdullah bin Nasser Al-Majid
58 – Mr. / Saleh bin Hasan bin Abdullah Al-Afaleq
59 – Mr. / Saleh bin Abdulaziz bin Abdullah Al-Hemaidi
60 – Mr. / Saleh bin Eid bin Hamdan Al-Hussaini
61 – Dr. / Sadagah bin Yahya bin Hamza Fadil
62 – Dr. / Tareq bin Ali bin Hasan Fada'ak
63 – Mr. / Azeb bin Saeed bin Ali Al Mosbel
64 – Dr. / Abdulrahman bin Ahmed bin Mohammed Heijan
65 – Mr. / Abdulrahman bin Rashid bin Abdulrahman Al-Rashid
66 – H.E. Dr. / Abdulrahman bin Abdulaziz bin Ahmed Al-Swailem
67 – H.E. Mr. / Abdulrahman bin Abdulmohsen bin Abdullah Al-Abdulkadir
68 – Dr. / Abdulrahman bin Nasser bin Saleem Al-Atwi
69 – Mr. / Abdulaziz bin Ibrahim bin Saad Al-Hadlaq
70 – Dr. / Abdulaziz bin Ibrahim bin Abdulaziz Al-Hargan
71 – Maj. Gen. Dr./ Abdulaziz bin Ibrahim bin Abdullah Al-Saab
72 – Dr. / Abdulaziz bin Adeeb bin Hasan Taher
73 – Brig. Gen. Dr. Eng. / Abdulaziz bin Turki bin Abdullah Al-Otaishan
74 – Dr. / Abdulaziz bin Abdulrahman bin Mugbil Al-Shamekh
75 – Mr. / Abdulaziz bin Abdulkarim bin Abdulaziz Al-Issa
76 – Dr. / Abdulaziz bin Gablan bin Maqbool Al-Srani
77 – Dr. / Abdullah bin Ibrahim bin Abdullah Al-Askar
78 – Dr. / Abdullah bin Ahmed bin Ali Al-Fifi
79 – Dr. / Abdullah bin Homoud bin Humaid Al-Lahibi Al-Harbi
80 – Dr. / Abdullah bin Zabin bin Eid Al-Otaibi
81 – Dr. / Abdullah bin Salim bin Jaber Al-Ma'atani
82 – Eng. / Abdullah bin Saleh bin Mohammed Al-Nujaidi
83 – Maj. Gen. Staff Pilot / Abdullah bin Abdulkarim bin Abdullah Al-Saadoun
84 – Dr. / Abdullah bin Ali bin Mohammed Al-Munif
85 – Dr. / Abdullah bin Muharib bin Sehan Al-Thofiri
86 – Dr. / Abdullah bin Mohammed bin Ahmed Al-Jegiman
87 – Mr. / Abdullah bin Mohammed bin Hamad Al-Nasser
88 – Dr. / Abdullah bin Mohammed bin Saleh Nassif
89 – Ambassador Dr. / Abdulmohsen bin Fahd bin Mark Al-Mark
90 – Dr. / Adnan bin Ahmed bin Hasan Al-Bar
91 – Mr. / Assaf bin Salim bin Faisal Abu Thnain
92 – Dr. / Atallah bin Ahmed bin Muslim Abu Hassan
93 – Mr. / Atta bin Hamoud bin Atta Al-Subeiti
94 – Dr. / Ali bin Saad bin Ibrahim Al-Tokhais
95 – Dr. / Ali bin Abdulkarim bin Nasser Al Thuwaini
96 – Dr. / Ali bin Abdullah bin Saeed Mughram Al-Ghamdi
97 – Maj. Gen./ Ali bin Mohammed bin Fahd Al-Tamimi
98 – Mr. / Ali bin Nasser bin Dahash Al-Wazzrah
99 – Dr. / Amr bin Ibrahim bin Bakr Rajab
100 – Dr. / Awad bin Khzeim bin Ali Al Suroor Al-Asmari
101 – Sheikh / Isa bin Abdullah bin Abdulrahman Al-Ghaith
102 – Dr. / Ghazi bin Faisal bin Saeed Mohammed bin Zagr
103 – Dr. / Fatima bint Mohammed bin Mohsen Al Saeed Al-Qarni
104 – Dr. / Faleh bin Mohammed bin Faleh Al-Saghayer
105 – Dr. / Fayez bin Abdullah bin Ali Al-Shihri
106 – Dr. / Fadwa bint Salamah bin Odeh Abu Marifah
107 – Dr. / Fardous bint Saud bin Mohammed Al-Saleh
108 – Dr. / Fahd bin Hamoud bin Saleh Al-Faqiri Al-Enezi
109 – Dr. / Lubna bint Abdulrahman bin Mohammed Al-Tayeb Al-Ansari
110 – Dr. / Latifa bint Othman bin Ibrahim Al-Shaalan
111 – Dr. / Majed bin Abdullah bin Ibrahim Al-Muneef
112 – Dr. / Mohsen bin Ali bin Fares bin Hussein Al-Hazmi
113 – Mr. / Mohammed bin Hamid bin Ahmed Al-Nagadi
114 – Mr. / Mohammed bin Dakhil bin Abedrabbo Al-Suhaimi Al-Mutairi
115 – Sheikh / Mohammed bin Saad bin Abdullah Al-Sa'adan
116 – Dr. / Mohammed bin Saeed bin Ahmed Al Ahmed Al-Qahtani
117 – Sheikh / Mohammed bin Saleh bin Ali Al-Dehaim
118 – Dr. / Mohammed bin Abdullah bin Abdulrahman Al Naji Al-Qahtani
119 – Brig. Gen.Staff / Mohammed bin Faisal bin Jaber Abu Sag
120 – Mr. / Mohammed bin Murshid bin Rashid Al-Rehaily
121 – Dr. / Mohammed bin Mehdi bin Abdulmohsen Al-Khunaizi
122 – Mr. / Mohammad Reza bin Mansour bin Hasan Nasrallah
123 – Dr. / Mahmoud bin Mohammed bin Mustafa Al-Bedaiwi
124 – Dr. / Mastourah bint Obaid bin Lafi Al-Husseini Al-Shammari
125 – Dr. / Mishaal bin Fehem bin Mohammed Al-Sulami
126 – Dr. / Mustafa bin Mohammed Al-Hassan bin Mohammed Al-Idrisi
127 – Eng. / Mufreh bin Mohammed bin Saleh Al-Saher Al-Zahrani
128 – Dr. / Mufleh bin Dgyeman bin Sebeel Al-Rashidi
129 – Mr. / Mansour bin Saad bin Fahd Al-Kredes
130 – Dr. / Muna bint Abdullah bin Saeed Al Mushayt
131 – Dr. / Muna bint Mohammed bin Saleh Al-Dosari
132 – Dr. / Moafig bin Fawaz bin Hallaf Al-Ruwaili
133 – Her Royal Highness Princess / Moudi bint Khalid bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
134 – Dr. / Moudi bint Mohammed bin Abdulaziz Al-Dugaither
135 – Dr. / Nasser bin Rajeh bin Mohammed Al-Tobi Al-Shahrani
136 – Sheikh Dr./ Nasser bin Zaid bin Nasser bin Dawood
137 – Dr. / Nasser bin Ali bin Abdullah Al-Mousa
138 – Maj. Gen. Eng./ Nasser bin Ghazi bin Nasser Al-Shaibani Al-Otaibi
139 – Mr. / Nayef bin Marzouq bin Manea Al-Fahhadi
140 – Dr. / Nihad bint Mohammed Saeed bin Ahmed Al-Jeshi
141 – Dr. / Nawaf bin Bedah bin Abdullah Al-Faghm
142 – Dr. / Nora bint Abdulaziz bin Abdulrahman Al-Mubarak
143 – Dr. / Nora bint Abdullah bin Ibrahim Al-Asqah
144 – Dr. / Nora bint Abdullah bin Abdulrahman Al-Adwan
145 – Mr. / Hashim bin Ali bin Hamzah Al-Rajeh
146 – Dr. / Hani bin Yusuf bin Ibrahim Khashogji
147 – Mr. / Huda bint Abdulrahman bin Saleh Al-Halisi
148 – Dr. / Hia bint Abdulaziz bin Nasser Al-Manea
149 – Dr. / Wafa bint Mahmoud bin Abdullah Taibah
150 – Dr. / Yahya bin Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al-Samaan.
The Order issued by the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdualziz Al Saud instructed the Speaker of Shura Council to implement this order with immediate effect.
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Event Number 2865
Thursday, December 6th, 2012
- Astronomy Colloquium
- Adaptive Mesh Refinement Dimulations of Cosmic Rays in Clusters of Galaxies
- Time: 3:30 pm
- Place: 4421 Sterling Hall
- Speaker: Samuel Skillman, University of Colorado
- Abstract: The observed properties of galaxy clusters are the result of a non-linear interaction between many physical processes including gravity, hydrodynamics, magnetic fields, turbulence, radiation, galaxy formation and feedback, and cosmology. This provides a unique "cosmic laboratory" with which we can learn about our Universe. In particular, galaxy clusters are hosts to cosmic shocks, which propagate through the intracluster medium as a signature of structure formation. It is believed that at these shock fronts, magnetic field inhomogeneities in a compressing flow may lead to the acceleration of cosmic ray electrons and ions. These relativistic particles decay and radiate through a variety of mechanisms, and have observational signatures in radio, hard X-ray, and Gamma-ray wavelengths. The construction of several new low frequency radio telescopes have begun observations of aEurooeradio relicsaEuro, which are thought to be the result of synchrotron emission from shock accelerated electrons. I will present recent work using adaptive mesh refinement MHD simulations of galaxy clusters using Enzo and analyzed with yt, that explain many of the observed properties of these radio relics including polarization fraction and direction of the radiation. I will also present preliminary work of combining a numerical library for momentum-space transport of cosmic rays with Enzo, where we can follow the spectral evolution of these high energy particles along with their spatial transport.
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- Adaptive Mesh Refinement Dimulations of Cosmic Rays in Clusters of Galaxies


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The locals haven't been entirely happy about it, but Peter Hook's re-opening of Factory Records' HQ as a live venue and subsequent tour of Joy Division's Unknown Pleasures - minus any of the other living band members - has made the North West's old empire a talking point again in a UK press happy to portray Manchester as a musical theme park. Depending on which way you look at it then, it makes for perfect sense/another unwanted nostalgia trip to release a Factory Records compilation.
The main problem highlighted by dissenters of Madchester's continual re-appraisal (of which the blog Fuc51 appears to be the spokesperson) is that it obscures the wider public's view of anything fresh going on within the city, and thus forever the North West will be associated with swagger, flares and acid house. The issue isn't that Factory is still being talked about though - it's an inescapable fact that the renown it's held in is as much a blessing as a curse for any Manchester act looking to get a break. It's the way it's presented: the same stories, the same characters, the same five or six artists getting played in indie clubs around the country. Credit then to Auteur Labels for digging deeper on Factory Records 1987 and providing a document that shows all of the label and not just the usual suspects. New Order's 'True Faith,' The Happy Mondays' '24 Hour Party People' and A Certain Ratio's 'Bootsy' are all included, true, but they're the first three tracks on the album - from then on it's eclectically enlightening listening, whilst it also revealing the not-so-well-kept secret that Tony Wilson was just as likely to sign up complete gubbins as he was genuine brilliance.
The bad first: the likes of Quando Quango, Arthur Baker, The Hood and Pleasure Crew haven't made the annals for a good reason. The first three live up to all stereotypes about late Eighties house music and as such are very much 'of their time' - that means tinny Casio keyboards, random sound effects used seemingly just because they could and plastic 808 drum machines. A Nitro Dub remix of The Hood's 'Salvation!' doesn't do much to lift the cheapness of juddering mid-frequency rhythms and sloppily applied vocal reverb. Pleasure Crew's 'So Good' meanwhile is almost certainly one of the factors that's resulted in the godawful existence of Ou Est Le Swimming Pool in 2010, and for that they should be deleted from memory forever. The nadir is reached though with Meat Mouth's 'Meat Mouth Is Murder,' (see what they did there?) a laughably poor North West version of the Beastie Boys, full of gung-ho tales of going on "benders" at the Hacienda. The chanted chorus of "we are young, we are tough, the underground North is rising up" making you briefly wonder how it ever did.
Yet the good stuff is very good, and shows that Wilson had just as keen an eye on developments elsewhere as he did within his own locality. The gorgeous, drawn out Rai of 'N'sel Fik' by Algerians Chaba Fadela is as far from associated-Factory territory you could hope for; a timeless opus of intertwining Middle East male and female vocals and instruments mixed with the electronics of the West. It's a real ace in the pack and completely unexpected. The Durutti Column's 'Catos Con Guantes,' meanwhile, is a Spanish guitar-laden meander of woozy proportions, one of the better examples of Vini Reilly's ever schizophrenic creative side. As indicators of Factory's willingness to explore the rest of the indie world's fascination with C86 and dream-pop at the time, Miaow's 'When It All Comes Down' and The Wake's 'Furious Sea' also both make for worthwhile inclusions.
Considered as an album, Factory Records 1987 is unsurprisingly hit and miss, but as an honest document of one year in the life of one of the UK's more important record labels, it's fascinating - and a far more fulfilling retrospective of Factory Records and Madchester than watching a haggard looking Mani DJ down Factory HQ on a Wednesday night.
6Simon Jay Catling's Score


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