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A handful of established downtown Taunton business owners have committed themselves to a reinvestment strategy for future growth.
"It seems as though a lot more people in the city are committed now to improving downtown," said Jose Berjarano, which is why he says "I decided to invest for my kids."
A handful of established downtown Taunton business owners have committed themselves to a reinvestment strategy for future growth.
"It seems as though a lot more people in the city are committed now to improving downtown," said Jose Berjarano, which is why he says "I decided to invest for my kids."
It's been three months since Bejarano, owner of Tux Towne tuxedo rental and sales at 40 Main St., began to sell men's suits, outerwear and assorted accessories. It marked the first time in decades a downtown store had sold formal wear for men.
He says sales of his Chaps, Calvin Klein, Ralph Lauren, Michael Kors and Joseph Aboud lines have been "a little better than I expected. This week he added the Donald Trump Signature Collection to the mix.
Berjarano bought the business nearly a dozen years ago and works mostly alone. He has committed at least $5,000 of his own money to exterior upgrades for his building.
Improvements include a facade addition publicizing his sales division, as well as fresh coats of paint to both the Main Street front and Cedar Street side of his business.
Another $7,000 is being kicked in courtesy of a Community Development Block Grant facade-improvement program, administered locally through Taunton's office of economic and community development. By qualifying for the grant, Bejarano was awarded the first $2,000 and contributed the maximum $5,000 matching amount.
Bejarano, 47, credits the aggressive, pro-growth stance of Mayor Thomas Hoye Jr.'s administration, economic and community development director Kevin Shea and Teri Bernert, president of Taunton's non-profit Business Improvement District, for their fiscal incentives and moral support.
He also praised the sidewalk improvement project currently underway downtown.
In 2012, Bejarano also bought a building half a block away that borders Main and Cedar streets. Tenants include a Portuguese-language church, real estate and tax offices, a variety store and a second-floor martial arts studio specializing in Aikido.
"I think what he's done is fantastic," said Glynelle White, who runs the Bristol County Aikikai school with her husband, Mark.
White equated the move to expand business, arts and housing downtown to the success New Bedford has had in recent years.
"I remember years ago I'd drive through Taunton and it was dismal," she said. "Now I think people can see it's really not so bad."
Lewis Pacheco, owner of Pacheco Jewelry and Gifts at 20 Taunton Green, said he's also been approved for the city's facade program.
"It's free money and I'm going to take advantage of it," he said.
During the past year, Pacheco has invested more than $400,000 in expanding his nearly 20-year-old business. He bought two attached business condo units and is moving into space previously occupied by Eastern Music, which has moved around the block to Main Street.
Three years ago, Pacheco, 47, and his wife, Celeste, who works for nearby Bristol County Savings Bank, began to devise a plan to expand the store, which had outgrown its original space.
The new store is equipped entirely with LED lighting, which Pacheco says is cheaper in the long run and provides lighting more conducive to examining the fine details of jewelry. He's used the services and products of local business, including Bristol County Lighting, Jay Dorsey and Son, Brian Andrade Electric and Premier Construction.
The new store, which is nearing completion, will feature a series of flat screen TVs displaying ads and product demos, and touch-sensitive, interactive display cases. At the same time, he points out, he's restored the original, ornate tin ceiling.
"We want to prove to people that we can do something very nice for downtown," he said, adding that "this building is very old but it can be refurbished."
Pacheco says he'll look for "the right tenant" to whom he'll lease his original storefront space. He also said the new store will feature two local artists selling products that are not directly competitive with his merchandise.
Over the past decade, Mark McCauley has expanded his St. Pierre's Shoes at 77 Main St. by knocking down a wall and adding a line of sports clothing.
More recently he bought the former Valadao Travel Agency building next door, which will add another 2,800-square-feet of space to the store that dates back to 1952.
The 55-year-old McCauley, whose late father, Joe, worked for original owner Eddie St. Pierre until buying the business in 1962, credits his loyal customer base and his staff's tradition of personal service for his business's longevity.
"Even through these (economic) times we've been having some of our best years," he said, adding that during the past three years he's also opened two stores, one of them catering to women, in Providence.
"We just keep chugging along," he said with a smile.
McCauley says he's also taking steps to replace the now rusted, half-century-old facade sign on his building. He said he plans to submit a grant application for the city's facade program.
Shea, however, cautions that the block grant program at this point is all but "depleted."
Shea says McCauley either can wait a couple months for the next fiscal year's round of funding, or pursue a similar matching grant offered by the Taunton Area Chamber of Commerce and its Heart of Taunton affiliate.


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Subaru Legacy/Outback Wheel bearing failure
lupine Posts: 1First time poster, so be gentle
$200 for the parts to do it yourself?
Rear right bearings are failing on our 1995 Subaru Legacy LS wagon, and just got a quote for $370 + tax from our local Subaru shop (not a dealership). Parts are much cheaper, and I believe I could do it myself, with the help of a auto mech friend of ours (Ford), but reading through the forums and seeing all the different part options makes me a bit nervous. Off topic, but going to replace the shocks at the same time (190k on the original set would infer that they're due lol).0
blackbean Posts: 100My front right bearing went at 77k on my '02 bean. It was $414.03 at the Subie dealer. I actually asked them to replace both front bearings and they said it was not needed. I guess back in the day (25 years ago), as a backyard mechanic I would just make a day out of it and replace all of them thinking that if one went, they were all close...maybe true for my old 67 Volvo, but the bearings on Subies should last for 150-200k (unless ther eis a defect and premature failure) according to the dealer.0
That should be right. I put 220K on my '96 Outback with no wheel bearing problems whatsoever.2014 Audi Q7 TDI, 2008 and 2013 Subaru Forester(s), 1969 Chevrolet C20 Pickup, 1969 Ford Econoline 100, 1976 Ford F250 Pickup0
garyg1054 Posts: 4First of all, let me state that we just bought our fifth Subaru. We only still have four of the five, because the 2003 Outback was lost in an underground garage flood.(We now have two Outbacks and two Impreza Sports). All have run exceptionally well, in my humble opinion. They have been safe cars for my children. I have owned two Toyotas and two Hondas in my 38 years of driving and the Subarus are at least as well made. The Odysseys have had ongoing transmission and catalytic converter problems documented at the Ody club site. The Subarus are better made than the Mazda and Nissan which I formerly owned. The '98 Outback had the gasket problem. Anyway, I will get to the point. I wrote last fall to this forum to inquire into the potential of a wheel bearing failure in my '05 Outback Legacy, but it turned out to be a brake issue. I am now newly hearing a rather loud (and never before heard) noise from the rear at low speed while the engine is cold, and it is a little intermittent. It sounds like metal scraping on metal but might have a little grinding mixed in. The noise disappears at higher speeds when the engine is warm. The noise tends to most often occur while making a turn at low speed when it seems to echo off the walls of the underground parking facility. Just a few weeks ago I had the transmission and transaxles flushed for the first time (at 58k miles). Is it possible that the oil in the differential was not replaced? While I no longer do my own repairs, I foolishly think that I can understand the mechanics of the car well enough. This noise has me stumped, though I have never really had a bad wheel bearing before. I have read thru all of the prior 95 messages in this forum, and no one provides a basic explanation of the noises and symptoms which lead to a diagnosis of a wheel bearing (or CV joint) failure. Would one of the pros (like paisan Mike, or kcram) explain symptoms and clues? Would the noise of a bad wheel bearing be constant? Is is always a grinding noise? Could it occur as I have described? Would the car ride any differently, such as with a slight vibrational up and down movement? Almost all of the posts in this forum seem to assume that the diagnosis has been already been made. What should I expect to occur? I do have the 80,000 mile Subaru extended warrant-the car now has 59,950 on it. For repairs, I switch back and forth between a good local mechanic and my dealer, depending on the issue, level of expertise involved, warranty coverage, etc. but that assumes that I have a good idea of the problem. Thanks guys, I appreciate your willingness to impart your knowledge. Postscript after reading prior messages: erik9 may have somehow bought a lemon (I never heard of self-prep on a new car) but he really was determined for a good while to just show up at the forum and bad mouth the entire brand. If many people really had his experience then the brand would be in bankruptcy.....Thanks again.0
orangelebaron Posts: 435I'm glad I found this thread and read about this extended warranty. On the way home tonight (cold out!) on the parkway I started hearing loud strange growl and pitch from the right rear on my 2005 Outback with 64K.
I'm like ARE YOU KIDDING ME? It sounds like a wheel bearing. It actually made noise also as I was slowing down... then after I pulled into a parking lot to check it out, it went away. See what happens tomorrow.0
Usually the pitch of the noise will vary with speed, i.e. higher as you increase speeds.
Our 626 went "chunk chunk Chunk CHUNK CHUNK CHUNK" when its bearing went bad.0
graycew Posts: 1Anyone have consistent problems with Subaru wheelbearings? I have a 99 Subaru Impreza Outback Sport with 250,000 miles on it. Engine runs great. My only real problem is the wheelbearings going out over and over again. I have replaced the wheel bearings on the car SEVEN times. The first time at 77,000 miles after the 50,000 mile warranty was expired. No one has been able to put in a wheelbearing that lasts more than 50,000 miles and no one has been able to tell me why they keep going out. I am the original owner/driver. The car does not carry extra weight and usually has just the driver in the car. :lemon?0
For Foresters, Subaru recommended replacing the wheel bearings with similar parts from the Legacy, which were heavier duty. You should try the same, I bet they'll fit.
I'm surprised your mechanic wasn't aware of that, or what it a Subaru dealer? Maybe they wanted you to keep coming back, if so shame on them.0
Hi - I've got a 2005 Legacy wagon that I bought last year at 95 km, now 112. Just found out the front bearings need replacing. Not surprised - I had been hearing a fairly loud hum that I thought was the tires combined with AWD (my first AWD vehicle). Don't know if first owner was hard on it or what, or if that can possibly make a difference with bearings. It was a lease though. I'll be forking out $720 for the two at dealer (Toronto).0
I guess you're past the powertrain warranty?0
My 2003 Baja makes a loud popping or chunking noise whenever I turn hard at low speeds (e.g. pulling out of a parking space). Had both CV axles replaced...not the problem. This happens when turning either right or left...any ideas?
[Manual transmission...vehicle excellent other than above problem.]0
If the CV joints made no difference, it is likely a differential. Can you tell the approximate location of the noise? I suspect either a front or center differential, neither of which are cheap to fix. Basically, the sound is caused by binding in the differential that is not properly released. If you try turning sharply on a heavily graveled surface, you should be able to see one or more wheels spin out on the gravel to release the pressure rather than getting the clunk/pop noises. Or, you might get both, but with the clunk/pop less frequent and/or severe.2014 Audi Q7 TDI, 2008 and 2013 Subaru Forester(s), 1969 Chevrolet C20 Pickup, 1969 Ford Econoline 100, 1976 Ford F250 Pickup0
Also check the wheel bearings. They'd be under stress at full steering lock.0
pilot1226 Posts: 165Thought I'd add my two cents:
While I was getting my car serviced last week, I overheard another customer and the service representative talking about Legacy (and Outback since they're essentially the same chassis) having complimentary extended maintenance on the wheel bearings because of a TSB or something along these lines that surfaced. So, the customer was happy because he got it replaced free of charge.
As for a clunking sound, I don't have a lot of experience with AWD vehicles as this is my first, but I know that when a family member's previous car made a high pitched squeal when the power steering fluid went low. I suppose as the car warmed up and the fluid expanded (via thermal expansion) it covered more of the parts, which is why it went away after the car warmed up. A later inspection showed that the power steering reservoir/hoses had a leak so they were replaced and the problem was fixed. Could be worth checking out.0
meadow Posts: 2I have a 2000 Outback Sport Impreza and I seem to be having the same problems. My car only has 71,000 on it, but I have gone through 3 bearings, just this year. Did you get any answers on why this is happening or how it can't be prevented? Thanks!0
My 2003 Baja (manual trans), at approx 85,000 miles, sustained a failure of the viscous clutch (at the center diff)...transmission was fine...NOT wheel bearings, but was told nevertheless that this should not happen with so few miles on vehicle.
Symptoms were chunking noise when turning steering wheel hard (as in parking), particularly after vehicle had warmed up thoroughly.0
I think in 2002 the Impreza switched to sealed-type bearings.
For yours, I believe the fix is to have Legacy bearings installed, which are a bit heavier duty.0
In addition, if the spindle was damaged by the failure of a previous unit but was not replaced, any subsequent bearing installed on it will be more prone to failure.2014 Audi Q7 TDI, 2008 and 2013 Subaru Forester(s), 1969 Chevrolet C20 Pickup, 1969 Ford Econoline 100, 1976 Ford F250 Pickup0
Glad to hear they covered it for you.0
martinator Posts: 1Dude, your Viscous Coupler is shot.
It went on my 2004 Outback at 100k.0
greg_ct Posts: 1I bought my first Subaru in 2006. Never another! At 90K both rear wheel bearings fail, then a few weeks later the right inner cv joint boot fails (the boot is 2 inches above the catalytic converter). I called Subaru customer service regarding the wheel bearings. They extended the warranty on some 2006 Outbacks to 100k, but not mine. What not ? The wheel bearings were crap on mine too. Subaru would do nothing for me.
I have a Honda with 285K on it, never had a bearing or drivetrain problem. I also have an Isuzu SUV with 140k, no major drivetrain issues.
I was told that Subaru's were great, as long as you sold them before 100K because they self destruct. Now I know how good that advice was.0
calbob Posts: 1Own a 07 Outback and have replaced three wheel bearings. First at approx 58k, next at 65k and last at 79k. First under basic warranty. Second fixed by Subaru after I contacted their "customer Service." The third bearing they reimbursed me for only after writing a scathing letter to Subaru. Their reply basically stated that we will pay for the third bearing, but don't ask for any more help.
Three wheel bearings in a vehicle with under 100k. Sounds like poor design or a bad batch of bearings. Neither of which Subaru will admit to! Like the previous post I think I'm done with Subaru. I live in upstate NY and drive in snow for 4 months and the vehicle excels at winter driving. Unfortunately I'm furious with the Subaru local dealer and their "customer service department" and will probably never purchase another Subaru again and will tell as many potential customers as I can!0
You have some tough standards. By 90k miles my neighbor's Dodge Grand Caravan was on its 3rd transmission. And that's a lot bigger than a wheel bearing! :sick:
Best of luck to you, but I really think you were simply lucky with that Honda and Isuzu.0
emuntz Posts: 1My 08 OB is about to have its third wheel bearing replaced ( two in front and one in rear) with less then 58k on the vehicle. All have been replaced by Subaru at no cost. However my concern is that this will be a continuing problem. A friend bought the same type of vehicle the same day from the same dealer and he has had the same problem. Whats going on? I live in the mountains with salty road conditions. Could this be adding to the problem?
Thought or opinions welcome.
Best of luck to you, but I really think you were simply lucky with that Honda and Isuzu.
Having owned a few Isuzus in my day. They are very tough vehicles but really well built cars like them are few and far between. GM killed off Isuzu, so that's not an option.
As for your standards, well they are pretty high. There were some issues with 05-06 Legacies and Outback bearings, bad batch. They extended the warranties to 100k miles on them.
As for the axle boot going on a turbo car, this is fairly common on modified Outbacks/Legacies due to their proximity to the downpipe from the turbo. The stock ones have shielding to protect them but aftermarket ones don't.
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My 08 OB is about to have its third wheel bearing replaced ( two in front and one in rear) with less then 58k on the vehicle. All have been replaced by Subaru at no cost. However my concern is that this will be a continuing problem. A friend bought the same type of vehicle the same day from the same dealer and he has had the same problem. Whats going on? I live in the mountains with salty road conditions. Could this be adding to the problem?
Thought or opinions welcome.
The salt could definitely part of your issue. Not much you can do about it other than to find a good local mechanic. It's about a $200 repair at an independent shop. (1 hr labor and about $125 for the part).
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potsy536 Posts: 1I have a 2005 Legacy Wagon w/ 113000 miles. To date I've had no issues (I'm knocking on all the wood I can find) but I've noticed the interior noise is getting louder and louder. The tires have plenty of tread and have been rotated and the brakes are OK, could it be the wheel bearings? I live in Northern Virginia on a dirt road so there is some salt and plenty of dust.
Also I just took it to a local shop (who I THINK I trust) for the 100,000 maintenance and they suggested replacing the water pump. Including changing all fluids and belts, etc. it was about $1200 which included 10 hours of labor at $70/per. Previous 30,000 and 60,000 maintenances were in the 300 range so I thought this was a bit high.
Any suggestions? At $700 for labor I may try doing it myself...
Thanks, and yea I'm new.0
If the noise varies with speed, and feels like a vibration, and if you notice a marginal decrease in power/speed, it could be bearings. Mine went like that and it turned out to be only the front bearings. $700 to fix and it was like new.0
I had bad bearings on a Mazda 626 and noticed the same thing - pitch was speed-dependent.0

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Each week during the month of May, the Fox 28 Morning Show does a switcheroo: the anchors head out of the studio while the morning reporter takes over the anchor desk for a day. The crew selects a location often overlooked in Michiana and then highlights great features each location has to offer. Clues are given about the location and viewers are encouraged to "find" the secret location and claim a prize.
During the first two hours of the show, Oesch and Duvall gave six clues to their location, including "It's north of the border"; a drawing of three $20 bills (Andrew(s) Jackson), the word "Verse" and a drawing of a city; and the most obvious clue, a shot of the two anchors standing in front of a table covered with an Andrews University tablecloth. Shortly after 8 am, the grand prize winners of tickets to Cedar Point beat Jeff Trubey of Plant Services to the prize by about 10 seconds.
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A stairwell off of the Howard Lobby was transformed with a Bedouin tent—complete with authentic furnishing—courtesy of the Horn Archaeological Museum. Constance Gane, curator, wore a very colorful, culturally authentic garment and briefly educated Michiana about Bedouin culture.
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After a Memorial Day holiday that closed U.S. stock markets on Monday, investors came back showing enthusiasm for the tech sector.
Few stocks reflected those feelings better than Apple AAPL, +1.30% which rose almost 2% to $625.63 as the iPhone and iPad maker's shares closed at their highest level since August 2012. Apple has a busy two weeks ahead, as the company will kick off its annual developers conference on June 2. That same day, shareholders of record will be in line for a 7-for-1 split of Apple's stock, which will take effect on June 9.
Among other leading tech stocks, gains came from Facebook Inc. FB, +2.48% which rose 3.5%; Adobe Systems Inc. ADBE, +2.17% up by 1.5%; Google Inc. GOOGL, +1.73% which climbed almost 2% and Western Digital Corp. WDC, +1.23% which rose 3% by the end of trading.
Network security technology company Palo Alto Networks Inc. PANW, +0.35% shares rose almost 4% to $69.61 as Nomura analyst Frederick Grieb raised his rating on the stock to buy from neutral, and lifted his price target to $80 a share from $68.
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Non-geeks use this term in refrence to geeks. Geeks use this term in refrence to a geek that spews crap that he/she doesn't really know anything about.
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Four teams from Mountain Community School competed at the 2013 Odyssey of the Mind Western Regional Tournament held Saturday, Feb. 23 at Enka High School.
The middle school "It's How You Look At It" team, consisting of eighth-graders Isaiah Adams, Lauren Freeman, Hannah Gregg, Courtney Kuykendall, Kendall Wick and Zach Zein, won first place in Division II (middle school) and now move on to represent Western North Carolina at the State Odyssey of the Mind Finals at East Carolina University in Greenville, N.C. on April 6.
The elementary school "It's How You Look At It" team, consisting of fifth-graders John Ramer and Clay Stike, fourth-graders Ellie Bowen, Lauren Nelson and Ashlyn Pauwels, and third-graders Thomas Rundell and Celeste Young and coached by Debbie Jackson, won first place in Division I and will move on to the State Odyssey of the Mind Finals.
The middle school "Artchitecture- The Musical" team, consisting of seventh-graders Tia Hall, Alex Justus, Kaleigh Pauwels, Serena Rhode and Maddie Smith and sixth-grader Isabel Gregg, finished fourth in Division II.
The elementary school "Artchitecture- TheMusical" team, consisting of Kiona Arace, Isabel Blackford, Wilson Mayo, Brendan Poeta, Carson Stike, Dana Tipton, Iris Workman and coached by Beth Pearson, finished third in Division I.
The Hendersonville Rotary Club supported the projects.
Immaculata students compete in contest
Eighth-grade students at Immaculata Catholic School in Hendersonville recently competed in the Henderson County Soil and Water Conservation District's Public Speaking Contest.
The 2013 Theme was "Water — The Cycle of Life." Each student researched and presented a 4-6 minute speech on the importance of the water cycle.
Henderson County winners were Kolbe Murrey, first place; Quinn Kelsch, second place; Billy Gold, third place; and Jenna Burns, honorable mention.
Murrey went on to represent Henderson County at the Area I competition in Waynesville. Competing with eighth-grade students from the mountain counties, he placed second overall.
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The Rotary Club of Hendersonville has announced the following Paul Harris Fellowship awards.
Awards to current members: Christopher Comeaux; C. Barry Edwards; David Fardulis; Rita Hood; Don Huber; Thomas G. McCain; William Moyer; John Orolin.
Awards to former members: Michael Buck; William R. Johnson; Anthony Schifino; G. Stuart Stepp Jr.
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Programs include an array of projects that change and invigorate the lives of people internationally and enhance friendship and understanding. Foundation programs provide educational opportunities, food, potable water, health care, immunizations, and shelter for millions of people. These activities are funded, implemented and managed by Rotarians and Rotary clubs around the globe.
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Emergency Medical Services Training Officer James Teague and Field Training Specialist John Carrico, of Henderson County EMS, graduated Feb. 22 from The University of North Carolina at Charlotte's EMS Management Institute, along with 27 fellow EMS administrators and supervisors from across the Carolinas.
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Balance is perfectly integrated with Reason and Reason Essentials. With Clip Safe you'll never lose a good take to distortion again. Big Meter lets you tune your guitar and set the levels from across the room. Use it with Reason software, other pro audio apps, or even iTunes " Balance works with everything.
Balance Features:
Clip Safe
Clip Safe is a magical lifeline for distorted takes " a red-eye tool for recorded audio. Clip Safe records your take on two channels, one at a lower volume. If you're recording clips, it lets you substitute it for the other one. Don't ask us how it works, it just does.
Recording Meter/Tuner
Just a button-tap away, Reason Essentials' Recording Meter lets you tune your guitar and set the levels from across the room.
All the inputs you'll ever need. And then some
On the back of Balance you'll find inputs for all your gear: two microphone preamps with phantom power, high impedance guitar and bass inputs with pads, and four line inputs.
Hardware input source selection
With Balance your instruments are always connected and you are always ready to record. Use the buttons on the front panel to select the active inputs.
Record-ready LEDs
When a Reason Essentials audio channel is active and armed for recording, the Ready LEDs light up. Just hit record and play. The software will take care of the rest.
Large main output and headphone level controls
On Balance the controls you reach for most often are the easiest to find.
Output muting and Direct Monitoring
Hit the Mute button once to mute the main outs. Press and hold the button to activate direct monitoring of the input channels, for latency free recording or standalone use.
Powerful headphone amplifier
No headphones are too tough for Balance's powerful headphone amp, ensuring earshattering volumes with even the quietest of headphones.
USB 2.0 powered
Plug and play
Balance is powered through the USB port. On the Mac, no drivers are required. On Windows, the drivers come pre-installed with Reason Essentials.
Built-in Ignition Key
Your license is stored on your interface. When you're at your friend's house, authorize the software through Internet Verification. Or bring Balance " it fits in your laptop bag.
Reason Essentials
Reason Essentials packs all the recording, editing, effects, instruments, and mixing tools you need to sound great. With its generous sound bank and familiar creative flow, it's the software that lets you focus on the music and finish that song. Need more? Upgrade to Reason for even more instruments, sounds, and effects.
Reason Essentials, just like its bigger brother Reason, puts making music in focus. From concept to completion, it comes with all the essential tools for turning good ideas into great songs.
Reason Essentials comes with a great selection of instruments and effects in a virtual rack that builds itself or can be tweaked to your heart' content " drum machine, loop player, sampler, synths, reverb, delay, distortion and more.
Reason Essentials' masterfully modeled mixing console gives you flexible routing, a built-in two-band EQ on every channel, advanced effects handling, full automation, and that radio-ready master bus compressor gives you a big studio sound.
For guitar players, the built-in virtual guitar and bass PODs from Line 6 bring a wide range of top quality guitar amps, cabinets, and effects. The intuitive audio and MIDI sequencer makes recording and arranging your music a breeze.
With its generous sound bank and familiar creative flow, Reason Essentials is the software that lets you focus on the music and finish that song.
Essentials within Reason
Create record ready audio tracks in an instant. Simply plug in, breathe out, and you're ready to go. Reason Essentials gives you unlimited audio tracks and instrument channels.
Reason Essentials comes with a selection of great-sounding, easy to use virtual instruments.
The Subtractor is a polyphonic, subtractive synthesizer suitable for all types of synthetic sounds. The NN-XT is an advanced sampler for multisampled acoustic instruments and sample-tweaking trickery. Dr. Octo Rex is an eight channel loop player for that provides fast arranging and deep control of your loops, while Redrum is a simple but powerful drum machine with a built-in step sequencer.
The MIDI sequencer also handles all the automation in Reason Essentials. Every thinkable knob, button or fader can be automated with ease, and then edited and fine tuned in the sequencer.
To help you arrange your tracks in a smooth, effortless way, Reason Essentials comes with a fast and flexible sequencer. Immediate and intuitive, Reason Essentials' sequencer puts you in control of your arrangements, letting you move and edit parts as you go along.
Closeup screenshot of the Reason Essentials audio and MIDI sequencer
As a perfect performance may be less than perfect from scratch, Reason Essentials features a swift and easy to use comp editor. Building the ultimate vocal track is as simple as selecting the parts that work and muting the ones that don't. Exit the comp editor and listen to the results; a perfect take containing only the good parts.
The acclaimed Propellerhead timestretch lets you play now and pick the tempo later. Change the song tempo and all your audio tracks will follow right along without any need for pre-processing of any kind. Need to slow your song down to nail a tricky passage? No problem. Just reduce the tempo, record your performance, and bring the tempo back up. The audio quality? Amazing.
Reason Essentials' masterfully modeled mixing console gives you flexible routing, a built-in two-band EQ on every channel, advanced effects handling, full automation, and that radio-ready master bus compressor gives you a big studio sound.
Closeup screenshot of the Reason Essentials mixing console
The Reason Essentials rack can be stacked with an infinite number of reverbs, distortion units, delays, dynamic processors, mastering EQs - everything you need to shape and color your sounds. Click and drag effects straight to the rack or load any of the expertly crafted patches.
With Line 6 bass and guitar amplifiers available for every single track in your Reason Essentials project, you are never short of interesting tones and timbres. As the amplifiers are insert effects and don't affect the original instrument signal, you are free to change your amplifier and cabinet settings at any point in time - even after laying down your track.
The Line 6 guitar and bass amplifiers are expandable with more amps and cabinets through model packs available from Line 6.
- 2-in by 2-out audio interface
- USB 2.0 " bus powered
- Hi-end pre-amplifiers
- Hi-end 24-bit ADC/DACs, 44.1 to 96kHz
- Low-latency design
- Clip Safe " Never again a lost take because of inadequate level settings. The œbuilt-in recording engineer watches over your session and automatically heals any clipped recordings.
- Mac OS class compliant (no driver on Mac OS). ASIO drivers for Windows installed with the software.
- Built-in Propellerhead Ignition Key
- Direct monitoring (for stand-alone or DAW use)
- Two XLR microphone inputs w. 48V phantom power
- Two 1/4" guitar inputs with padding
- Four 1/4" balanced line inputs (two stereo pairs)
- One 1/4 headphone output
- Two 1/4" TRS balanced main outputs
- Hardware input source selection
- Input level control
- Separate output and headphone level control
- Output muting
For a reasonable and balanced perspective on your music, order Balance with Reason Essentials today!
- Intel Mac (multiple cores highly recommended)
- 1GB RAM or more
- Mac OS X 10.5.8 or later
- 3GB free hard disk space (program may use up to 20 GB scratch disk space)
- Monitor with 1024x768 resolution or larger
- A MIDI interface and a MIDI keyboard recommended
- Internet connection for registration
- Free USB port for Ignition Key
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- Intel Pentium 4 / AMD Opteron or better (multiple cores highly recommended)
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- 3GB free hard disk space
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By Moni Basu, CNN
(CNN) - Seneca Falls. Selma. Stonewall.
Three places that have come to embody social justice movements in America.
Three places that rolled off the tongue of President Barack Obama as he addressed the nation Monday after his ceremonial oath of office. And with their mention, Obama made a monumental statement.
"We, the people, declare today that the most evident of truths - that all of us are created equal - is the star that guides us still; just as it guided our forebears through Seneca Falls, and Selma, and Stonewall; just as it guided all those men and women, sung and unsung, who left footprints along this great Mall, to hear a preacher say that we cannot walk alone; to hear a King proclaim that our individual freedom is inextricably bound to the freedom of every soul on Earth."
Obama equated watershed moments of women's rights and African-American rights to gay rights. No other president has even mentioned gay rights in an inaugural speech, let alone mentioned it alongside other movements that forged a more equal America.
Seneca Falls, New York, was where the first women's rights convention was held in in 1848, giving rise to what Elizabeth Cady Stanton called the "greatest rebellion the world has ever seen." It led to political rights for women, including the right to vote.
In Selma, Alabama, state troopers fired on civil rights marchers in 1965 leading to the Selma to Montgomery march that was considered a pinnacle of that movement and solidified support for passage of the Voting Rights Act.
And Stonewall was a gay bar in New York' s Greenwich Village where in 1969, patrons stood up to harassment in a police raid. The incident became the signature moment of the gay rights movement.
"We were honored that the president included Stonewall among the historic events in American history that have made our union stronger," said Chad Griffin, president of Human Rights Campaign, a lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender civil rights organization.
"Its inclusion is testament to the valiant contributions of LGBT Americans past and present who seek nothing more than to be treated equally by the country they love," Griffin said.
Last May, Obama became the first president to endorse same-sex marriage.
Monday, he went on to say: "Our journey is not complete until our wives, our mothers, and daughters can earn a living equal to their efforts. Our journey is not complete until our gay brothers and sisters are treated like anyone else under the law - for if we are truly created equal, then surely the love we commit to one another must be equal as well."
That line drew some of the loudest cheers of the day.
Appropriate then, perhaps, that what followed the president's speech was a poem written and recited by Cuban-American poet Richard Blanco, who happens to be gay.


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And did you get what
you wanted from this life, even so?
I did.
And what did you want?
To call myself beloved, to feel myself
beloved on the earth.
--Raymond Carver/Late Fragment
So. It has been a very long time since my last blog post. Between that last post and this one I have been busy, living. There have been a lot of ups, and a few downs to keep me honest, and humble. What is it that has awakened me from my blog-matic slumber? A movie. A story. A true story, I would say. Never Let Me Go.
The movie follows the brief lives of three characters, Ruth (Kierra Knightly), Kathy (Carey Mulligan) and Tommy (Andrew Garfield). It begins when the three are about twelve or thirteen and at Hailsham, a boarding school for "Donors." Donors come into existence with one purpose, to donate their vital organs. I say come into existence because Donors are neither born nor conceived in the ordinary way. They are medically manufactured or made (cloned, apparently, from the expendables of society, the low-lifes) for the sole purpose of providing organs, presumably to the privileged. Donors are themselves dispensable, mere consumable goods. Literally.
Hailsham exists primarily to educate and shape the Donors' view of reality, to inculcate in the Donors an acceptance of their "purpose" or "destiny" and to instill in them anticipation of and pride in how many donations they make as young adults before they "complete." Which is to say, before they die.
This, to my mind, is all back-story. It is not what the film is about. Good films, I think, are like good poetry or a good metaphor. They're not about some one thing. They don't try to "make a point." Instead, they birth universes, open up to readers and viewers new ways of seeing or being in the world. They provoke, interrogate, unnerve, inspire, and cause us to reflect and to interpret ourselves to ourselves. Never Let Me Go does all of these things, without being pretentious and without being preachy.. It's a quiet film. It discloses quietly, provokes and interrogates gently, and from the muted gray colors of Hailsham's school uniforms to the largely colorless, flat affects of the main characters, the film raises questions about what it means to be human.
For instance, artwork is collected from Donors throughout their lives and evaluated by the "guardians" of Hailsham. Why? Kathy, Tommy and Ruth come to believe that the purpose is to peer into the souls of Donors, to see if they love and how genuinely. If their love is deemed genuine, the three believe, then "guardians" will grant the lovers a short reprieve from donating in order to allow the lovers a little time to indulge and enjoy their love. Unfortunately, we find out toward the end of the movie that this a falsehood. There are no reprieves granted. The purpose of collecting their artwork was not to peer into their souls at all, but as one of the guardians puts it, it was "to see if you even have souls." And by the film's end, one cannot help but be struck with the realization that Kathy, Tommy and Ruth are actually more human, more soulful, than the guardians themselves. For they know what it is to feel, despite their often flat exteriors, and to love, to forgive and to be forgiven. The fact that the guardians (like the Nazis and all perpetrators of holocausts) must refer to Donors with dehumanizing terms like Donors, that the guardians cannot even bring themselves to say that the Donors die, but say instead that they complete, suggests that it is in fact the guardians who lack souls and are less than human. And again, the film manages to communicate this subtly and without calling attention to itself.
Ostensibly, however, the film is about the relationship(s) between Tommy, Ruth and Kathy. From the earliest parts of the movie it is clear that there is a sweet connection between Kathy and Tommy. Kathy is quiet, and knowing. She seems to have a capacity for pain, her own and that of others, She knows and understands Tommy in a way that others don't, including Ruth. Ruth, for her part, is the more assertive of the three. And it is she, not Kathy, who gives Tommy his first kiss, his first relationship and to whom Tommy loses his virginity. Tommy, for his part, is also quiet, a bit unsure and weak-willed, his muted affect, like Kathy's, belied by an interior life full of pathos. He seems to realize that it is Kathy to whom his heart belongs, but he is too weak to break free of Ruth's emotional clutches. In what I thought was an emotionally painful scene, Tommy is unable even to look at Ruth as she pleasures herself on top of him.
The life of these three, like that of all Donors, will terminate in their twenties. With that knowledge, like the knowledge they have of what they are and where they fit in the scheme of things (which seems only to become apparent to them when they are in their late teens), how shall they live out their days? What kind of meaning can they—mere donors and expendables—carve out of their brief, meager lives? As it turns out, I would suggest that it is a beautiful life that they manage to wring from their brief, broken and painful lives. Indeed, whether one's life is all of nearly thirty years or eighty, the question is the same for all: how shall we live out our days? What kind of meaning can we carve out of our brief time on this little round planet?
Early on in the film, when the three are only 12 years old or so, we see Tommy rage at having become the brunt of some mean-spirited, schoolyard prank. The depth of his pain spills out in blood-curdling screams. After Ruth's second "donation," and the three have been separated for some ten years, and Ruth realizes her end is immanent, Kathy and Ruth meet and decide to pay Tommy a visit. The three take a car trip back to Hailsham, which is now closed. On the trip Ruth confesses to Kathy that she realizes, perhaps realized all along, that it was Tommy and Kathy who belonged together and she seeks Kathy's forgiveness for keeping them apart. The scene is reminiscent in a way of the sex scene between Tommy and Ruth, where Tommy cannot bring himself to look at Ruth. For here, too, Kathy looks away from Ruth as Ruth confesses, the truth seemingly too painful for Kathy to face.
Two scenes stand out to me as the most central, and important. Both scenes take place toward the end of the film. In the one, Tommy and Kathy are driving back from having met with one of the guardians about getting a reprieve. They have just learned that there are no reprieves. There they are. Their love having only just begun to bloom and flower, and now to be told that the time for flowering will be cut tragically short is simply too much for Tommy. He asks Kathy to pull the car over and he gets out, lets loose the most agonizing, existentially gripping scream, and collapses in painful recognition of the truth of his existence. The scream is that of a creature who knows both that he has been beloved on the earth and knows also that his life is all too brief.
The other scene occurs just before the last one. In this scene, Kathy and Tommy are together for the first time in a decade. The recognition of love is written all over their faces and in their eyes. They kiss. And concentrated in that kiss are all those lost years, years that were filled for both with a longing and yearning.
Apparently, some who see the movie find it utterly depressing. They find it slow and dark. It is dark, I suppose. But I find the movie ultimately uplifting. For I can imagine the question being put to both Tommy and Kathy:
And did you get what
you wanted from this life, even so?
And I think I can hear them both answer:
I did.
And what did you want? (What do any of us want?)
To call myself beloved, to feel myself
beloved on the earth.
It is perhaps a truism that the degree to which we ache and grieve over the loss of a beloved is exactly proportional to the degree to which we loved . He or she who loves deeply, grieves the loss of the beloved deeply. That, I think, is what Tommy's scream communicates: love and loss.
Henry Miller once said, "The aim of life is to live, and to live means to be aware, joyously, drunkenly, serenely, divinely aware." This is the message I take away from the film. Our time upon this earth is brief. So live and love well. Be aware, joyously, drunkenly, serenely, divinely aware. And awareness, as anyone who lives it knows, opens one to both beauty and pain.


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Gulf Stream Offers Woman's Touch in Interiors
August 5, 2011 by RVBusiness · 1 Comment
Gulf Stream Coach has relied on the skills of two female designers, Lynn Donat and Kathy Miller, to create interiors that are comfortable and attractive in the Nappanee, Ind.-based company's towable offerings.
According to a press release, Donat and Miller are behind the upholstery, bedding, flooring, window treatments and colors chosen for every Gulf Stream Coach products. Their efforts enable Gulf Stream trailers and fifth-wheels to reflect current residential design trends in the high-demand environment and limited spaces of recreational vehicles.
" 'Homey but luxurious comfort' is the look we're striving for," Miller and Donat said. "RV owners want a refuge that suggests a touch of luxury and elegance for themselves, their families and friends. We work to establish a seamless, uncluttered look with soft classic lines, radius corners, subtle fabrics and leathers, and traditional glazed wood cabinets."
Earth tones and natural colors dominate the palette, according to the two designers. Sophisticated details like antique patina for metals, dimensional sink backsplashes, and beveled glass cabinet inserts enhance the appeal of soft fabrics and warm wood grains. Solid-surface countertops are high-demand options because they are both stylish and practical.
"RV owners want to enjoy a home-like atmosphere, but also expect rugged durability on the road and in camping environments. Our 'luxury homes' have to endure bumpy roads, extreme temperatures, wilderness campsites and active outdoor activities. Those facts of camping life enter into every design decision we make," Donat said.
"Weight is another factor. We are constantly looking for fabrics, countertops and other materials that reduce the weight and improve the fuel mileage of our trailers," Miller added. "At Gulf Stream, smart, eco-friendly, weight-saving materials are an integral part of the design process. Ease of care is yet another. People on camping vacations don't want to spend extra time cleaning."
The relatively small, multi-function interiors of travel trailers add unique factors to the design work, according to Miller. "We're using design tools to establish separate living spaces, but the spaces have to work together too – all in just a few hundred square feet. RVers often entertain friends and family, so the main living space has to be inviting, comfortable and practical for guests. By contrast, bedrooms and children's bunks are private refuges. Of course smart use of all available storage space throughout the RV helps keep the living areas organized and uncluttered."
"It's unusual for all the design choices for a traditional home to be made in advance," Donat added. "But due to the way trailers and fifth wheels are constructed, all design and décor elements are a part of the product delivered to the retail customer. The choices we offer in our décors have to appeal to many individual preferences. We work hard to accommodate the style sense of the widest possible range of owners."


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Please be careful when making caramel apples, you will be working with dangerously hot, sticky, ingredients – I always put on an apron and make sure I have a closed-toed pair of shoes on when making candy. Be extra, extra careful if you have kids around. On the ingredient front, I typically go for a mild clover honey when making caramels.
6 – 8 small apples, unwaxed, cold
1 cup heavy cream
1/2 teaspoon sea salt
1 cup honey
Special equipment: candy thermometer, and lollipop sticks
Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
Push a lollipop or popsicle stick deep into each apple – in through the stem.
Fill a large bowl 1/2 full with ice water and set aside.
In a medium, thick-bottomed saucepan heat the cream and salt until tiny bubbles start forming where the milk touches the pan – just before a simmer. Stir in the honey. Bring the mixture to a boil. Now reduce the heat to an active simmer and cook, stirring constantly with a wooden spoon, for about 15-20 minutes minutes or until the mixture reaches about 255-260F degrees. To stop the caramel from cooking, very, very carefully set the bottom of the saucepan in the bowl of cold water you prepared earlier – taking special care not to get any of the water in the caramel mixture. Stir until caramel begins to thicken up – you want the caramel to be thin enough that it will easily coat your apples, but not so thin that it will run right off. If the caramel thickens too much simply put the pot back over the burner for 10 seconds or so to heat it up a bit.
Tilt the sauce pan so all the caramel forms a pool on one side, and use my other hand to dunk and twirl each apple until it is thoroughly coated with caramel. Place each apple on the parchment lined baking sheets and allow the caramel to cool and set.


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Warning: Looking too deeply into this bear's eyes could scar you for life. Rather than being a source of comfort, as teddy bears were designed to be, this mess of a toy is the stuff nightmares are made of. Plagued with some kind of hearts-based skin disease (Is this what global warming is doing to all the polar bears?!?!) and sporting a very unsettling set of stabby-looking eyelashes, this little smiling psycho seems like the type that would come alive at night and gnaw you to pieces. Fortunately for girls and boys everywhere, this "Colorful Hearts" monstrosity is being recalled by Build-A-Bear Workshop because it's beady little eyes have a tendency to pop off. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! *Dials 911 from under the bed*
Build-A-Bear Workshop Recalls Colorful Hearts Teddy Bears [NPR]


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In the wake of his side's 1-0 defeat at Old Trafford on January 16, the 58-year-old was charged for a breach of the Football Association's Rule E3, suggesting he had questioned the integrity of officials or implied that they were motivated by bias.
At the time he was unhappy that Manchester United had been awarded a penalty while his side were not, in relation to two handball incidents.
Allardyce said: "You see it time and time again at Old Trafford.
"There's no doubt about the difference between Rafael's handball and Jordan Spence's.
"Spence plays for West Ham and the away team, while Rafael plays for the home side at Old Trafford."
The FA confirmed the details of Allardyce's fine this afternoon after he had been to a personal hearing, as well as warning him about his future conduct.


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Volume 19 Issue 17 | September 8 - 14, 2006
Back to School 2006
Sixth grade is now in middle school, at least in District 1
By David Spett
With the Sept. 5 opening of public schools, sixth grade is now a part of middle school in Manhattans District 1.
Moving sixth grade from elementary to middle school is part of a steady trend, in both the city and the nation, to give sixth graders more independence. At most middle schools, students have multiple teachers and switch classrooms for each subject, whereas elementary school students have primarily one teacher.
The Department of Education tried to move District 1 sixth graders to middle school last year, parents said, but facing opposition the department decided to postpone the changes until this year.
They were not making a lot of sense in terms of what the plans were going to look like, said Lisa Donlan, whose son is in the first sixth-grade class at Tompkins Square Middle School.
Alicia Maxey, a D.O.E. spokesperson, did not comment on the changes, but parents gave mixed reviews.
The city does not have a strong middle-school program and it needed to better fund the schools before integrating sixth grade, said Harvey Epstein, vice president of the Neighborhood School P.T.A. and former chairperson of Community Board 3. He called middle schools the lost stepchild of the citys education system. He said the sixth graders he knows arent ready for the challenges and independence of middle school.
From my experience, most sixth graders are still emotionally in a state where theyre in elementary school, and theyre not mature enough to be in a middle school, Epstein said. The sixth graders Ive encountered are still elementary school kids.
Donlan, while unenthusiastic about her son being in the first sixth-grade class at his school, said she is more optimistic about the changes.
I felt highly comfortable with the school my childs going to, she said, noting that District 1 offers school choice to parents and that she chose Tompkins Square Middle School. Still, she said, We really wanted to make sure the region was doing the work to support the principals and the schools to accommodate the changes.
Donlan expressed concern over a delivery of about 150 chairs at 7 a.m. on Sept. 5 but said she hopes the situation with sixth graders will smooth out as the year progresses.
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The House Committees on Energy & Environmental Protection and Consumer Protection & Commerce held a joint informational briefing with the Senate Committees on Energy and Environment and Commerce and Consumer Protection to provide an update on the creation of an on-bill renewable energy financing program for the state.
On-bill renewable energy financing would provide homeowners, renters, and those who currently cannot afford renewable energy the option to go green while immediately lowering their electric bills. Renewable options such as solar photovoltaic will be financed and installed through this program, and residents will pay it down through their electric bills, which will immediately drop in cost by at least twenty percent. After 15 years, residents will own their systems.
Several bills to establish finance mechanisms for the first-of-its-kind program, including HB497 and HB865, are currently advancing through both chambers. Experts say they have the potential to eventually bring billions of dollars in renewable energy investment to Hawaii.
Internationally recognized expert in renewable energy financing, Cisco DeVries joined members of the Committees and industry stakeholders for the briefing. Mr. DeVries is President of Renewable Funding, which designs, administers and finances clean energy programs to state and local governments as well as the private sector – in the United States and abroad. In his presentation he observed that the program Hawaii is developing to finance clean energy is one of the most innovative approaches he has seen.
"Today you are laying the groundwork for a model that will not only solve your clean energy goals but will be replicated throughout the country," said Mr. DeVries.
"This is a game-changer that will make renewable energy available to the masses," said House Committee on Energy & Environmental Protection Chair Chris Lee (Kailua, Waimanalo).
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FORREST CITY, Ark. -- Forrest City Grocery Company, a distributor of tobacco and grocery items to retail and convenience stores in six states, has agreed to pay $125,000 and furnish other relief to settle a sex discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. The EEOC alleged that Forrest City Grocery, doing business as Dixie Tobacco & Candy Company in Shaw, Miss., now closed, denied sales positions to an employee because she is a woman.
According to the EEOC's lawsuit, the company told Amanda McMillan the job of a salesman was too dangerous for a woman, and that she would not be a good mother if she were on the road meeting customers. The lawsuit charges that Forrest City Grocery paid McMillan less than men doing the same work.
Sex discrimination violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The EEOC filed suit in U.S. District Court in the Northern District of Mississippi (EEOC v. Forrest City Grocery Company, Civil Action No.2:10-cv-00166), after first attempting to reach a pre-litigation settlement through its conciliation process.
Besides the monetary damages, the company also agreed to be monitored by the EEOC, to disseminate employment policies to employees, and provide ongoing training for management on sex discrimination.
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C. Emanuel Smith, regional attorney for the EEOC's Birmingham District Office, commented, "The EEOC is committed to ensuring that employers do not discriminate against women because of their sex. This lawsuit again demonstrates the EEOC's ongoing commitment to eliminating sex bias in the workplace. Forrest City's agreement to train managers on preventing discrimination is a big step in the right direction."
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Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Career Notes: Everybody sad!
Mark reports on AL Kennedy's description of the writing life composed of exhaustion, obsession and back pain.
AJ comments on Geoff Pevere's description of the writing life as composed of networking, being ignored, and self-doubt.
Amy comments on the writing life of trying to find a totally un-writing-related job to support the writing. I like how Amy is positive and puts the pros of the situation before the cons, albeit after the eye-gouging reference.
So what am I really gonna tell the kids on Thursday? That if you want to do a thing that doesn't pay much (or sometimes anything) you will have to do another thing that pays at least something, to balance it out, at least for a while. And while yes, that can suck the life right out of you and make you just want to lie down and have a little nap at the bus stop or the grocery store, it can also be stimulating and exciting to be in two different worlds. And a workaday job, as opposed to writing, will introduce you to new people, help you learn to work as part of a team, expose you to ideas you did not think of yourself, and more than likely offer at least some cake.
This might be aggressive silver-lining searching from someone writing this blog post as her sole creative outlet this week, as she spends her days editing and her nights marking teenager stories (Bulletin: I have learned about the teens: they like the video games. Also: weird fonts.) But there's always gonna be tradeoffs, and quite often I get to write for a few hours at a time. At least, that's what I tell myself.
I think I'm going to do a post on "Jobs for Writers." I've had a lot of different ones, but not nearly all that are out there--please send comments if you've had a particularly good, or particularly bad job-writing fit that we can all learn from.
Back to work!
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- Amy said...
I totally put the "pros" first because I thought there would be fewer of them. But there wasn't! Which just goes to show, things are never as bad as they seem. I wasn't lying in that horrid group job interview when I used the work "positive" as one of the "three words you would use to describe yourself." Or something like that.
Personally, I'd rather have a day job that wasn't writing-related in any way, just because I feel like if I was writing all day for someone else, I might not want to come home and write for myself (sort of like the reason my dad doesn't read). Although I've never really had a writing-related job, so I've never been able to test this theory. In my experience, the best jobs are mundane ones with little to no responsibility, where I can just kind of zone out and think about stories and actually leave all my work crap at work when I leave.
- May 11, 2010 at 10:48 PM
- Arnold said...
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- May 12, 2010 at 1:07 AM
- Ransermo said...
One could argue that the sadness you're referring to is part of living in a modern society and is somewhat universal, afflicting anyone whose grown up life doesn't matched up to their dreams. What you tell your students will likely impact them regardless of what they choose to do.
Back pain is a problem of all jobs that involve sitting behind a desk or lifting heavy objects. Obsession serves a sales person or scientist just as well as an artist. To speak to a nurse or doctor clearly shows there's no monopoly on exhaustion.
I would argue that self-doubt is common in all levels of an organization as few people have the ability to see themselves as they truly are. Most of the political activists hold "dull" jobs that pay the bills so they can attend party meetings at night and policy conferences on weekends. The conversations I have with a writer trying to get published and a marketer trying to get their own line of yoga clothing going is eerily similar.
Most professions are quick to point out how they are put upon—that their woes are different from the norm. It's like the tale of the Japanese and Canadian diplomat. The Japanese diplomat declares that "Japan is a unique nation". "All nations are unique," the Canadian politely replies. "That is true," the Japanese diplomat concedes, "but Japan is uniquely unique."
Dreams drive us, they can drive us to distraction or create a desire to change ourselves, a person, a place, or the world. Unfortunately, dreams cannot make work disappear and ideas don't move bricks. This is true of a business entrepreneur or a playwright.
The hard part of all this is what you need to do versus what you want to do. The world has a lot to offer to distract you or rather there thousands/millions of other people wanting you hear what they have to say, be it a short story, novel, play, video game, sales pitch, television series, political cause. There comes a point where you have to decide if whether you wish to say something, compete in the noise or simply listen and find a truth in it you can live with. Perhaps in your heart of hearts, you simply don't want your name on a book, build a company (or whatever) and just want to live a happy life.
In writing, I see two series of questions you have to answer. One is a matter of standards; would you write for magazines? Which ones? Lit journals? Fantasy & SF? Travel magazines? Would you write a romance novel or a thriller (if not then what type)? Are you willing to lower the quality of your writing to get a couple more manuscripts out a year? Would you be a ghost writer? Am I comfortable writing for just the Canadian market? What about the USA/UK? Would you take commissions? Would you write non-fiction? What about Web TV shows?
The other is logistics. Can I write enough to pay the bills? Can I work on the projects I want and still put out enough material to get paid? How long do I need to build my name? How much should I give away for free? Is there a mindless job that can play the bill? Is there an engaging job that I can do and still write? Do I have to write alone or is there a social environment where I can work?
I would argue that these are the questions for your students to answer if they want to be a writer, but I think the juggling of multiple jobs is also important as it's a part of pursue any sort of dream.
If writing is the iceberg AL Kennedy described, then it is in a sea filled of floating ice. Doctors and scientist struggle for funding, jobs, and making a difference as do politicians, activists, sales people, and countless others. Either you put in the extra time and effort or you settle.
Life happens in stages, moving so slowly as to allow one to forget long hours of work and dedication the good items in life required. Mozart was a music teacher while making great masterpieces. Shakespeare likely lived above a pub before pooling enough money to open the Globe. That success takes time is probably the hardest lesson to teach the young—especially those that are used to winning video games in less than 30 hours. :)
- May 12, 2010 at 11:30 AM
- Rebecca Rosenblum said...
Man, that's a wise comment, Scott. In fact, it's more of a post, really--I so wish you had a blog again! And it's true, there's a certain "I'm so put-upon, no one's life is as hard as mine" tone to this post, and indeed to what anyone ever says about their career. It's the truth--*everything* is hard. These kids just have to pick which hardness they can best cope with and enjoy most!
- May 12, 2010 at 11:43 AM
I've been a roofer, a provincial park facility operator, a wilderness raft/kayak guide, a library tech, a bar tender/waitress, a vet's assistant, a mail sorter, a garbage collector... I could go on, (thanks to that break during university semesters) - all these jobs as well as a being a writer, and like you said, Rebecca, I think it informs the writing. My stories would be far less interesting if I hadn't done those weird and varied jobs - of course while I was doing them I felt very hard done by (especially cleaning outhouses - I should really be exempt from ALL toilet facility cleaning for the rest of my life).
I will say, though, that while doing all these jobs I almost NEVER told my co-workers I wrote. It's harder to hide now that there are books out there with my name on them, but I like my work and my writing life to be exclusive each of the other.
It would be fabulous to be totally funded to write books, but for me, some of the fun would be robbed - part of the joy is still that it's something almost secret I do each day that builds another life for me. Those high school kids should be given a realistic view of a writer's life, but more than that, they should be encouraged to live widely.
I will tell you, though, it's a heck of a lot easier to write at night now that I'm living in a house (as opposed to a tent or a cabin) with enough money to eat, etc, thanks to the pay cheque that comes in from my day job!
- May 12, 2010 at 4:37 PM


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A natural connection between words and music
BY PUMA PERL | Anyone remember the song, "Poetry In Motion," recorded by a guy named Johnny Tillotson? The opening lines are
Poetry in motion, walking by my side
Her lovely locomotion keeps my eyes open wide
Motion and locomotion — a natural connection between words and music. Any good songwriter feels it, and the best poets develop their own rhythms whether they take it to the stage or leave it on the page. So why do so many of my rock and roll friends believe that they don't "like" poetry, even with the likes of Patti Smith, Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, and Jim Carroll spinning around on their turntables? (Yes, the hard-core crowd loves its vinyl.)
For many of us, our first exposure to poetry took place in the schools. We were force-fed stanzas and forms, some of it in Old English that we didn't even understand — and it definitely didn't rock. It didn't even move. I remember memorizing pieces like "Invictus" and "In Flanders Field." The first is about awaiting death. In the second, poppies cover the graveyard. Words to rock a 12-year-old heart. Sure, there was always one cool jeans-clad English teacher who included Dylan in the syllabus, but I never had a single class with that dude. I'm not sure if he even existed in my working class, inner city school. The closest I got was a middle-aged woman with shoe polish hair. It was rumored that she'd been observed wearing a black jumpsuit and reading poetry to some guy in a Village coffeehouse. Maybe it was the Dylan dude.
On the Bowery, the sum of what was and what will be
So how did I find poetry anyway? The short answer is that I was an undercover nerd who sneaked out to libraries in neighboring areas where nobody would see me. I'd watch the F train from my window and eventually started riding it randomly, often winding up in the Eighth Street Bookshop, located on, of course, Eighth Street, in the heart of the Village (back in the days when it still had one). Upstairs, in the poetry section, there were these little City Lights Books that could fit right into your pocket — just a theory, of course, although I'm pretty sure the statute of limitations has passed. Ginsberg, Corso, Diane DiPrima. Ferlinghetti. Motion. I read all of the Beat poets, and started to hear those bongos and saxophones between the lines. Late one school night, I accidentally tuned in to Symphony Sid on my little clock radio and discovered Billie Holiday singing "Willow Weep for Me." That was a pivotal moment for a dorky, yet rebellious, seventh grader.
There are as many ways to combine spoken word and music as there are ways to create poems. On June 20, I checked out a show a young friend, Sam Hariss, had put together at Bowery Electric's Map Room (327 Bowery, btw. Second & Third Sts.). Sam deejays the Friday Happy Hour, which he renamed "Wham Bam Raff & Sam" — Raff being the gorgeous bartender, Mary Raffaele, a founding member of the late '80s/early '90s all-girl metal band known as Cycle Sluts from Hell. Sam plays bass in several bands, including Kee Cartel, led by Jeff Ward who is also a prolific writer and the author of several books, including "Parasite: Joyous Flashbacks Amidst a Crystal Meth Nightmare." Jeff suggested that a few poets be invited to the gig, which also included The Nuclears, Stiletto, and the Bowery Boys. After a stripped down set by The Nuclears, and a rocking one from Stiletto (which included a cover of "Dead Flowers" with guest vocals by Jeff Ward), poet Tessa Lou Fixx opened for Kee Cartel. She allowed her still, ethereal presence to capture the audience before proceeding with a slow, thoughtful delivery of two pieces. The longer one, "Organic Heroin," set up an original song, "Transatlantic Tales," written by Jeff Ward. Almost hypnotically, she told of "women on the street, tied to their ankles…open-hearted, crying for it."
It's that open-hearted thing that hit me the hardest. Her piece not only provided a contrasting segue to the driving beat provided by two bass players (yes, two), but complemented the sensibilities of the Jeff Ward songs as well as the camp/glam vibe. An interesting aside is that Tessa actually knows the subjects of the opening song, but, according to the songwriter, she "doesn't know she knows." The members of Kee Cartel are Ward, Hariss, and Cynthia Ross, of The 'B' Girls. Russ Brazello of Stiletto and the Bowery Boys sat in on drums.
Several songs in, poet Verless Doran stepped into the corner of the room, wearing his usual Bud Lite baseball cap and jeans. The poem he chose is called "7:30 AM Pines Motor Lounge Blues." Doran's Tennessee twang and killer words entitle him to call almost anything he writes the blues, especially when it's a country boy's love song. He is equal parts storyteller, poet, and hillbilly from hell. This one brings you close to tears, as he describes the hooker "hiding from old Leadbelly…the girl who looks like the blues for real…she's the quiet girl, used to sit behind you in homeroom."
This room filled with rockers quieted as soon as he began reading and seemed to join in a collective sigh followed by an explosive cheer as he ended and the band immediately launched into a new tune written by Jeff Ward, called, appropriately, "How Could You B-Girl." Following their set, I honored a last-minute request from Jeff and Sam and stepped up to the podium and performed a piece called "The Perfect Man." Again, the crowd immediately fell silent and paid attention to the reading. It's a funny piece, and they laughed in all the right places — giving the next band, The Bowery Boys, a chance to set up, and providing a segue into their set of original work by leader/guitarist Joff Wilson, as well as some covers. Joff's lyrics paint pictures through color and image — "Rochester Grey" is a good example — and they were the perfect choice to close a night of poetry and rock and roll.
I caught up with Jeff Ward to talk about his thoughts on poetry, rock, and the show. "Songs are my poetry," he said, noting, "I always add the music later. Music gets in the way of really hearing the words at times. Although I like extended readings, it also works well to have short bursts of poetry and music to switch attention and mood." Asked what his dream spoken word/music set would be, he replied, "My fantasy would involve Mumia Abu Jamel and The Last Poets…and I'd tap along on bongos." Hey now!
As the night ended, I stood outside for a while with Verless Doran. Even leaning against the rail, he towers over most people — and that boy can lean. We were occasionally interrupted by members of the audience, as well as by residents of several nearby shelters asking for change. The upscale Bowery denizens hurried by. "I like the poetry that's not what people study in high school," said Doran. "People back home, they don't read Shakespeare." By the next day, he had a new poem illustrating what he meant and describing his lean: "Bonnaroo on the Bowery." This is a short excerpt from the opening stanza:
this dude came
pushing his bicycle up to me
outside the Bowery Electric
where bands and poets play
for peanuts, and less
for smiles
and the way a foot taps
against a wood floor
sticky with a thousand
spills and secretions
the way a head sways
the way arms swing like
drunk angels toward
rusted pipes and wires
dangling overhead
like old clockworks
And he concludes:
and the sound of coming
was always more like the blues
than rock and roll
and the lights went down once more
and came up again
just like they always do.
Just another night on the Bowery, sort of what it used to be, and a little like it is going to be. An 18-year-old plays in three bands, including one with a former B Girl. A 22- year-old bass player curates and deejays the show, and also plays in three bands. A metal goddess serves up drinks. The lead guitarist of Kee Cartel writes novels as well as songs and the Bowery Boys' lead guitarist paints pictures, both metaphorically and literally. The poets photograph the session and this writer multi-tasks as best she can throughout the evening.
And the lights went down once more.
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"The Wham Bam Raff & Sam" Happy Hour takes place every Fri., 5-9 p.m., at the Bowery Electric (327 Bowery, btw. Second & Third Sts.). Live music in the Map Room is often included, free of charge. On July 11, The Sad Bastards of Brooklyn — a side project of vocalist Charlene McPherson and guitarist Mo Goldner of the New York City band Spanking Charlene — will perform an acoustic set of covers of "some of the saddest songs ever" by artists including Bob Dylan.
Puma Perl is a widely published poet and writer, as well as a performer and producer. She is the author of two chapbooks and two full-length poetry collections: "knuckle tattoos" and the recently published "Retrograde" (great weather for MEDIA press). "Puma Perl's Pandemonium," a quarterly event, brings spoken word together with rock and roll. As "Puma Perl and Friends," she performs regularly with a group of excellent musicians. They will appear at Sidewalk Cafe (94 Ave. A, at Sixth St.) at 10 p.m. on July 25. Produced by AHPresents, it is a second book release party for Retrograde (bands start at 7 p.m. and include the Downtown Pidgeons, the Joey Kelly All-Stars, Red Gretchen and Dirty & Naughty). No cover, no minimum, all ages welcome. Perl's video links and event updates can be found at pumaperl.blogspot.com.


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