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A six CD re-issue of the first two Stereophonics albums. Six! These are truly the end times. Six CDs is one more than the boxset which covers The Jam's entire studio output. Nothing says 'we're all doomed' like a six CD re-issue for a pair of albums that are barely 10 years old. Nothing says 'unacceptable hubris' like a six CD re-issue for a band that never had illusions of creating era-defining artistic statements. Nothing says 'the music industry is a confused and senile old man' like a release which features the songs 'A Thousand Trees' and 'Local Boy In The Photograph' three times each. SIX CDs!
It's difficult to imagine what the market is for the 2CD deluxe editions of these albums, let alone the limited edition super deluxe 3CD boxsets. Around £10 buys you two discs and the nefarious 'Deluxe Edition' glazed border around a cheap plastic sleeve. Three discs will set you back £27, but for that you do get a lovely box, replicas of Kelly Jones' notebooks and something called artcards. Wayne Rooney has a Stereophonics tattoo and some spare pocket money now. I'd imagine he's already bought five copies of each. Otherwise – who is this for? The bonus discs cover b-sides and rarities, but surely any hardcore 'phonics fan that wants 'A Thousand Trees' retread 'Carrot Cake And Wine' (a b-side to, er, 'A Thousand Trees') or an accomplished cover of Neil Young's 'The Old Laughing Lady' (b-side to 'I Wouldn't Believe Your Radio') snatched them online aeons ago?
I am not one of those hardcore fans, so listening to four discs of b-sides, demos, live performances, session tracks and acoustic versions was a slog. When were b-sides and rarities by bands you're not hugely keen on ever any different? The quality is uniformly and unsurprisingly weaker than the songs that made the albums. Despite my indifference it would be churlish to deny that the Stereophonics meant a lot to a lot of people, especially around the time of these first two albums. Emerging during the Britpop comedown years, they were inaccurately lumped in with that genre purely for being almost British. Listening to them in 2010 their influences were transparently the classic and pub rock of the Seventies and second-tier grunge, a long way from the purely red white and blue palate of Gallagher, Albarn and Cocker. Too melodically aware to be real rockers and too earnest to be indie, the Stereophonics at this stage made blokecore.
Like Ash's 1977, Word Gets Around is a teenage album. It's got several memorable hits and drips with 'I can't believe we're actually making an album!' exuberance. Kelly Jones sells his choruses with charm and vigour from the studiously madcap ("There's more life, more life, more liiiife-ah in a tramp's vest") to the silly and stoned ("It only takes one tree to make a thousand matches / only takes one match to burn a thousand trees.") 'Local Boy In The Photograph' showcases his legitimately fantastic voice, gravelly and yearning like a turbo-powered Rod Steward at the apex of the song: "The clocks go back rrrrrrrrrrrraaaaaaaaailllwayy traaaaaaaackkkk!". This sits at the forefront of the mix throughout the album and the music behind is almost incidental, Stuart Cable providing steady drums and Richard 'no relation' Jones barely audible on bass.
Word Gets Around is a series of character studies observed in the band's hometown of Cwmaman, but 'character' and 'study' are kind words to apply to a song like 'Traffic', an awful GCSE attempt at kitchen sink drama. The generalisations and drab clichés rankle, especially as they are sung with such oblivious conviction. I don't doubt Jones' sincerity, or the 'authenticity' of his reference points, but when they're rattled off in litany like on 'A Thousand Trees' ("schoolyard, scrap yard, chip shop, phone box, pool hall, shoe store") it's hard not see it as a superficial and somewhat cynical attempt to connect with an imagined audience. (6)
Suspect lyrics are rarely a dealbreaker within the context of singalong rock songs, but there's no noticeable improvement on 1999's Performance And Cocktails. 'Roll Up And Shine' opens their second album and the focus has changed: "Roll out the shock parade / freefalling from a stage / performance and cocktails". Toto, I have a feeling we're not in Cwmaman anymore. Again and again Jones' serviceable songs are let down by clumsy lines, like the bartender and the thief that "met in a church, a night to remember / robbing the grave of bodies dismembered". Hi, Yoda.
Again, it's not the end of the world if the songs remain robust but by this point there's a growing suspicion that Jones was taking himself Quite Seriously, Actually which rather took the fun out of the band. His voice, never subtle, is better suited to the jollity of Word Gets Around, here it bludgeons the songs. The pensive verse of 'Just Looking' makes an uncomfortable lurch into its bellowed chorus, Jones' sledgehammer roar obliterating any hint of nuance. It's all downhill from 'Is Yesterday Tomorrow Today?', which begins a sorry-faced run of five grown-up ballads and a lumbering mid-paced rocker to close out the album: 'Plastic California'. Come on. That's a title so offensively hackneyed that I'm going to pretend the song's an instrumental. (5)
Somewhere along the line the Stereophonics became an easy target and an easy band to dislike, which is odd given how unpretentiously Kelly Jones tends to come across (despite the occasional transgression). Judged in isolation, their first two albums are likable and grating in almost equal measure. With hindsight we can contextualise them properly as an adept and energetic rock band that were strangely apart from their time. Not bad, but neither interesting nor overlooked enough to justify the implied reverence of a six CD Limited Edition Super Mega Happy Deluxe Bonus Edition re-issue.


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Why a Montanan's Vote is Worth More Than Most
Montanans often feel left out of the national political spotlight. In the year before the election, President Obama didn't even try to campaign here and Mitt Romney only came on a short fundraising fly-by to Hamilton. It's easy for many Montanans to wonder whether or not their vote even matters.
To add insult to injury, Montana is only worth 3 electoral votes. Only 3! Meanwhile, hulking California gets 55 votes. As America gathers to watch the electoral map light up in red and blue on Tuesday, no one will be waiting with bated breath to see what happens in Montana. In the race to 270 electoral votes, it's easy to overlook the importance a measly 3 can play.
To help prove that a Montanan's vote is worth more than the average American's vote I will have to do some math. Please be patient while I throw out some numbers.
- First, there are roughly 311,591, 917 people living in the United States in the year 2012
- There are roughly 998,199 people living in Montana in 2012.
- In a direct democracy Montana would only be worth 0.32% of the the vote (less than 1%)!
Luckily for Montana (and the rest of the U.S. in my opinion), America is not a direct democracy; it is a Constitutional Republic. The idea of representation is deeply embedded in American politics, and the electoral college is a prime example. Here's the break down of how the votes at the electoral college are apportioned to the states.
- There are 538 total votes available in the electoral college.
- 100 of those votes are given to states based on the number of senators each state has (every state gets 2 senators. There are 50 states. Therefore 2 X 50 = 100).
- 3 of those votes are given to Washington D.C. just because it's special.
- Finally, the rest of the 435 votes are given to each state based on the number of congresspeople they send to the U.S. House of Representatives. This number is based on population and varies wildly from state to state (for example Montana has 1 representative while California has 55).
Those 435 votes tend to work in the favor of small states because each state gets at least 1 despite the the population. This means that if a state has less than 716,303 people (like Wyoming for example) they receive a vote just for showing up. This doesn't really effect Montana anymore, but I thought you might want to know.
In Montana's favor is the fact that the number of Representatives was capped at 435 by the Reapportionment Act of 1929. This means that Montana's 1 vote does not deteriorate in value as the whole population of the country goes up.
So, just by being a state, Montana is handed 2 electoral votes based on its senators. It also receives 1 vote based on its congressperson in the House of Representatives for a total of 3. Now, here's where the fun math starts.
- There are 311,591,917 people in the United States.
- There are 538 Electoral College votes.
- That means that an average vote represents 579,167 people.
Because of the way the votes are distributed though, some states get much better representation than others. Montana comes out very well in this system.
- There are 998,199 people in Montana
- There are 3 Electoral College votes in Montana
- Each Electoral College vote represents 332,706 people
This is significantly better representation than most states. In mathematical terms if the influence of each persons vote were weighted with the theoretical average being 1, a Montana's vote is worth 1.74. Nearly twice what an average American's vote is worth. If you want to know how I did the math go here.
In comparison to California, Montana looks even better. Sure, California gets 55 votes, but each of those votes represents 685,308 people. That means that each Californian's vote carries an influence of .84 or less than the national average. In other words, each Montanan has more the double the amount of representation and influence as a Californian.


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So a really nice WTF moment for me, occurred while playing an online battle of Halo 3, there we were a bunch of unknowing guys, trash talking and making dirty jokes about moms. What can go wrong?
So after some battles, some player was T-bagging another player, when the t-bagger shouted: "In your face, fucker!" In a high-pitched girly voice, revealing her gender to the server. Obviously people began to attack her and smack talk with such Xbox classics like "Let's f...k, you're a b...tch!" etcetera.
After a few minutes of this that, one kid killed her Spartan and shouted: "Yeah! Take that, go make me a sandwich!" and she just said: "I already did, check your kitchen".
To this day, I don't know whether it was a troll god or cruel destiny, but apparently the guy's mom had made him a sandwich before leaving him home alone, so after a couple of minutes, he shrieked, horrified: "How did you do that? There's a fu...ng sandwich in my house and I'm alone, how did you..." He must have forgotten the fact of the mic on his head, because we heard everything for 5 minutes as he ran around his house, terrified, trying to find the sandwich bandit that he thought had broken into his house.
I have never laughed so hard during a videogame since that epic moment.
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Chicos 20 May-July 09 First term
Well, Congratulations to our Chicos 20 of the first term.. They are Gustavo Hevia and Andrea Ron from C411. From engineering school T711, we have Maryangely Diaz, German Rodriguez, Kevelin Sanchez , Jessica Cuello and Carolina Zambrano. Level 1 S111 says, here we are with: Yuleidys Carvallo, Luisana Escalona, Verioska Millano, Anne Omaña, Genesis Rodriguez and Mireidy Vizcaino. Another class from level 4 is here, too... H411 and the Chicos 20 are: Stefano Gozzo, Maireny Castillo and Alejandra Nelson.
R411, Gonzalo Urdaneta. R412, Norana Cifuentes ... Nora has collected great videos with lyrics to practice your English.. go and check her blog. S511, Helen Benitez.
M411, Rebeca Arocha, Aymet Granadillo, David Ortega, Aurybelys Viloria and Raquel Zambrano.
The Best Class was G222, they didn't get a 20 but all of them pass their term. Congratulations to all of them...
D411, Mayra Abreu and Francisco Cardenas.
Last but not least, D522: Carla Andara, Janitmar Gonzalez, Keren Salas and Eliel Subero.
Please, visit their blogs and leave them a little message to congratulate them on their effort.
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Thursday, July 9, 2009
Little Big - Mi Suelo.
This is a local singer.. He's known in our region as Little Big, but his real name is Robert Alexander Valle Soto. He was born in Maracaibo, Venezuela in 1982. He started to sing when he was 10 years old in a gaita band where he played the tambora (drums). When he was a teenager he got interested in other bands like deftones, slipknot, hed pe, eminem, nigga sibilino, skpe, the offspring. His style is open and has its roots in the hip hop. Hope you enjoy it...
Con calor, con amor
con mucho sudor
te presento esta es mi tierra
debajo de tu sol
que calienta
que a la gente despierta
Zulia, Maracaibo, Venezuela
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STOCKTON - Twenty-four-year-old Stocktonian Bryan Rose is desperate for any type of work these days. Recently, he turned to Craigslist.org's job board and found an ad offering $300 a week. All he had to do was have his vehicle wrapped with a company's advertising, at no cost to him, and drive it around. Simple. Easy money.
STOCKTON - Twenty-four-year-old Stocktonian Bryan Rose is desperate for any type of work these days. Recently, he turned to Craigslist.org's job board and found an ad offering $300 a week. All he had to do was have his vehicle wrapped with a company's advertising, at no cost to him, and drive it around. Simple. Easy money.
Turns out it was a sophisticated scam, and Rose and his wife are now out $2,175, most of which they owe to their bank.
Rose gets paid for 60 hours a month working as a home-health aide, leaving very little to support himself, his wife and the family dog, let alone repay their bank.
In mid-April, Rose applied through the ad and was contacted May 3 by a person using the name James Browne from J-Controls. Within a week, he received a packet.
Two addresses were associated with Browne and J-Controls, one leading to a large home in the upscale northeast Atlanta suburb of Suwanee, Ga., and the other leading to a modest home in a working-class neighborhood of Akron, Ohio. On the other end of a phone number with a Maryland area code provided to Rose is an erratic message leading directly to voice mail.
In hindsight, Rose discovered that none of the information he was provided could be verified as legitimate.
"They sent me a $1,900 check. We were supposed to keep $300 for ourselves for the first week of advertising. A couple of days later, they contacted us, saying sorry for the inconvenience but our designers are unavailable for work at this time, so send $250 to our experts to fix the wraps on your car," Rose said.
For unexplained reasons, Rose's bank cashed the out-of-state business check for him instead of holding it for clearance. Rose immediately used that cash to wire money to the so-called "designer" through Western Union. A week later, Rose's bank informed him the check they cashed for him bounced, and he was responsible.
"I have 110 days to pay it off, and now my bank account is negative $1,900. We are stuck with no options or knowing what to do right now," Rose said.
Rose knew something was amiss when he no longer heard from or could not contact anyone associated with the operation. He turned to the Better Business Bureau for help.
"No matter what job offer you encounter, do not wire money for a job. Red flags should always rise when asked to pay money or wire money for a job," said Gary Almond, president of the BBB for Northeast California, based in West Sacramento.
In some cases, checks sent by the scammers may be legitimate. In these cases, according to Almond, the consumer may become involved in a money mule operation in which they are used to transfer illegal funds. Even if someone unknowingly participates, legal ramifications can exist.
Rose and his wife are not sole victims of the car-wrapping scam. There are numerous reports of similar fraudulent activity in recent months throughout the nation, although in most of those cases, the victims were not able to cash the check sent to them so they were not out as much money as Rose.
The BBB offers tips for consumers interested in vehicle wrapping and other job opportunities:
� Be wary of wiring money. Remember, once money has been wired or transferred using a reloadable money card, it is difficult to retrieve.
� Research the company. Before cashing a check from a company or disclosing personal information, get basic information from the company. Where are its headquarters? Who owns the business? Are there any complaints online?
� Check out the company. Look for the company at BBB.org and do a quick online search to verify company information.
� If it is too good to be true, it probably is. If something sounds suspicious, take the time to investigate.
"Financially, we took a really big cut. We have our truck registration due, our water bill is back due - they have been working with us, thank God for that," Rose said. And at least he didn't provide the scammers with anything more than his name, address, phone number and email address. They never asked for a Social Security or credit card number.
Rose said he has learned a big lesson and came forward because he doesn't want other people to be scammed. "I was somewhat aware of Internet scams, but not of job-placing scams," he said.
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Hey Keia, I just want to follow this conversation, studying this issue. I differ on a few points from the vast majority of Atheists out there. I have gay friends, it does not change how i feel about them at all, I support equality and rights. I just do not see why we need to put our service people into a hostile work environment. I am also against Gay Marriage, though I do support Civil Unions. I am against Gay adoption of foster children. Why do we need to bring innocent minors below the age of 18 into the problem, why should we have to roll model homosexuality for them. I have no problem with people being gay. I draw the line when it starts affecting other people's rights. I know that I am not the only Atheist out there with these views, but it troubles me how I am one of the few.
I saw Don't Ask Don't Tell as a kinds of transition from banning gays in the military to acceptance. Other countries have gays that openly serve in the military and our solders are every bit as professional as they are and most will be able to handle it. Many already knew gays they were serving with before DADT was lifted so little will change, it will just be more out in the open.
Joseph Mitchell, although I disagree with your views on this I'm glad you're speaking your mind. I'm also in the minority in the Atheist community as a conservative and pro-life Atheist.
Hi there Andrew, it was very refreshing to hear from you the other day, although the notification did not show up right, I accidentally discovered it. I was not able to learn much from your profile today. I have heard of the Pro Life Atheist and sometimes enjoy reading about them. I am not real-real conservative, not real-real pro-life, but I am very glad to know there are some of those out there. As usual I wind up falling in the middle or becoming independant sometimes when both sides have plusses and minuses. Well, it was very good to hear your comment the other day. Have a good night.
"I support equality and rights" and "I am also against Gay Marriage though I do support Civil Unions". There is a serious disconnect between those two statements isn't there? Either you believe that there should be no discrimination or you don't.
You also say "Why do we need to bring innocent minors below the age of 18 into the problem, why should we have to roll model homosexuality for them" So homosexuality is a problem now is it? Why wouldn't a loving committed gay or lesbian couple be as good a role model as a hetero couple?
Sorry mate.. these aren't atheist or non atheist views you are talking about but just bigoted ones in my book.
Obama I was pretty sure already did away with Don't Ask, Don't Tell. Gays can now openly serve in the military, which is awesome.
To Atheists that are against gay marriage and open homosexuality in the military, and gay adoption, because you 'don't think kids under 18 should be dragged into it'. . . you are teaching them that gays are not equal. You're dragging them into it when a kid asks 'Emily's daddies love each other but they say they can't be married like you and mommy, why not?' and you have to explain to them it's because people don't think they're equal. Kids do not think twice about this kind of stuff if you get it over with when they're young. "Why does Emily have two daddies?", "Because her daddies love each other and love her." - "Oh, can I have some popcorn?"
Seriously. Kids are TAUGHT bigotry and intolerance, they do not inherently look at other people, even gays, as not equal. Love is love. Teach your kids that love is love and this isn't an issue.
Gay parents have shown themselves to be every bit as capable, and sometimes more, than straight families - especially dysfunctional ones. You're against gay adoption because you, what? Want to leave more kids sitting in adoption centers waiting for a loving family to take them when there are thousands of gay couples ready to give them a loving home? Sorry, screw you.
Someone on FB shared a pastor saying they should setup an underground railroad to take kids away from same-sex parents! Ugh! You know, I think the fundy pastors are getting scared their hold is slipping over their precious congregation. I can't believe the nerve of some people!
Hmmm ... "take kids away from same-sex parents," eh? I think there's a term for such action ... Kidnapping, anyone?
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#WorldCup On Way to Be Most Talked About Sporting Event
Even those who aren't watching the World Cup are hearing about it. There have been over 70 billion social media posts about the World Cup since Sunday. Prime Visibility's David Neuman joins the News Hub with the social highlights so far. Photo: Getty
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
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