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Saturday, December 20, 2014
The Weekend List: No. 13
The places we've lived: Harriet Hapgood's piece on rented housing got me thinking about the places I've lived in Manchester, and how each home is remembered in a way that neatly consolidates a moment in time. There was Royle Street for depression, nursing friends through break-ups and the nine days when the rain fell without mercy. Copson Street for movement; for loving cycling everywhere and learning that all I wanted from a night out was to just dance and dance and learning to feel okay about saying "no". Old Moat Lane for that wonderful, long back garden (grass! finally!) and feeling like we'd figured it out, ill-advised bedtime stories, gloriously cheap rent, and break-ins. And my current place for the novelty and freedom of living alone, of battling with prehistoric storage heaters and still experiencing the feeling (80% of the time) of a teenager who has been left home alone whilst parents holiday. (If I want I can eat dinner naked! I can invite men over! I can stay in, dig through my wardrobe and wear those gold heels I forgot about while dancing to disco records!) This afternoon my heart is swelling as I rifle through photographs from the last four years, crush on the people who I've shared them with, and, well- just generally avoid the Christmas shopping I should be embarking on instead of sitting on my favourite, cosy cafe. (Must I? I can't face another trip to a bookstore during which I sadly realise the books I've chosen are really for myself, and not other people at all.)
As this is most likely the last post I'll have time to write before Christmas, I hope everybody has a lovely break. It can be a wonderful time, and it can be a funny time too. Sometimes funny ha-ha, sometimes not. So don't feel hard on yourself if you're not feeling funny ha-ha; the holidays have a habit of making us feel obliged to have the best time ever, to communicate our past year with relatives in the most eloquent and least small-talkish way, and there's nothing like that sort of pressure to put the kibosh on chilled downtime. Is this all a little melancholic? It's not supposed to be, but maybe how that's come out, a projection of my own little personal post-it note reminder that Christmas will never regain that magic it possessed in childhood, but that going with the flow helps. I'm looking forward to returning home to Bristol, reading the books I didn't get time to read, sitting at the end of my Granny's bed, drinking fizz regardless of the hour, and crisp walks. Happy (almost) New Year!
"A story can be like a mad, lovely visitor, with whom you spend a rather exciting weekend." The Art of Fiction, with Lorrie Moore.
"My house, shared with four others, was fine at first...I mopped my wooden floors. Bought my own curtains. You can do a lot with twenty quid and a trip to Ikea... Our neighbours in the Residents' Association gave us a vintage sideboard that we filled with fancy-on-a-budget wine and we had people round to dinner. I made tacos!" Harriet Hapgood on calling your landlord every week, making a home from a rented house.
Inside the iconic Habitat 67 housing complex.
Do artists have a responsibility to address social issues through their work? A double bill: A.O Scott's essay "Is Our Art Equal To The Challenges of Our Times?" and this resulting panel discussion.
I know you care. Lindsay Lohan's Top Shelf for Into The Gloss.
Birdsong London, an online shop stocking products handmade by women's groups and charities.
Simon Amstell's Numb
Beats In Space radio show #757
David Sedaris: The Santaland Diaries goes live on Christmas Eve. Savour it with a mince pie, or whilst wrapping presents.
I Am Not Afraid by Owen Pallett. From the album I've been binging on all week. Part Sufjan Stevens, part In Rainbows, with hints of Perfume Genius and John Grant;
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Sunday, December 14, 2014
The Weekend List: No. 12
A bumper Sunday edition of The Weekend List. This weekend has been a low-key one for me; yesterday was particularly marvellous, and for the first time in months I spent it lazily indoors, over at Nanon's, sprawled under a duvet on the sofa, with her mirroring me on the one opposite. With absolutely no intention of moving, silent laptop marathoning with a best friend, mince pies to hand, central heating on and an occasional grunt from one sofa to the other "I just watched the Beyonce film. I think I'm ready to be back in love with her." "Mm-hmm." "I've just remembered we ended last night dancing to Voulez Vous and feeling like the best dancers ever...Voulez Vous!" You need a Saturday like that every once in a while. Without further ado, some links to lose yourself in. Pop the kettle on, you know the drill.
This brilliant and bizarre interview with Michael Keaton in small-town Montana
Eartha Kitt on love and compromise
Good for the soul. New Yorkers roller dancing to William Onyeabor over at Nowness.com
Chris Hadfield's Reddit Q+A from when he was on the International Space Station. (Side note: I interviewed Chris Hadfield this week and it was everything I dreamed of and more. He's one of those people who is consistently fascinating and articulate- poetic, even. Even though he had this tired look in his eyes, of somebody who was essentially just working, and repeating the same ideas over and over and giving a lot of himself, it was amazing to speak with somebody who has been to actual space and looked at us all from above. You can listen to the very short interview here, just as long as you're patient with my early awkwardness and inability to get my words to match the ones in my head. Babysteps.)
Issa Rae, Gina Prince-Bythewood and Lena Waithe in conversation
I Was A Teenage Little Chef Supervisor
Spine Trolley's utterly brilliant #soupreviews
It's that time of year when we all naturally take a look over our shoulders at the last 12 months and reflect on the things that we did, didn't do, and the things that we liked along the way. For me, this year was especially big on a-u-d-i-o, and so this is a bumper edition of some wonderful things I've listened to. After moving into my flat in June, and choosing to go without internet, I've spent a lot of my time demolishing podcasts and listening to the Radio. There have been epiphanies and sex advice with the Savage Lovecast whilst cooking dinner, wet eyes listening to the 2014 Reith Lectures, evening walks with my headphones and Ann Friedman and Aminatou Sow and the Nerdette women, and hanging washing and then eventual apathy with Serial. There's also been a heap of new music I probably wouldn't have otherwise discovered after a new guy joined us at work and got us all listening to NTS. I also met Nija, who runs the wonderful In The Dark Radio nights here in Manchester, and who has introduced me to some wonderful radio documentaries, all in the setting of cosy, pitch-black rooms in pubs and back rooms around the city.
Singing Together with Jarvis Cocker
No Man Left Behind; one of my favourite listens this year; a story of deep-cave diving and death in Bushman's Hole, one of the deepest freshwater caves in the world.
Japan Blues
Ann Powers' Top 15 albums of 2014; I relish lists like this, full of albums I've missed, or artists I've never heard of.
Shamir's Northtown EP
Shadow of Blood by Lena Platonos. Very sexy; how I imagine the soundtrack to Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin holidaying on a Greek island might sound.
Steve Gunn's Way Out Weather. Pretty country, fairly Bill Callahan, the sort of album that makes me wish I was a man, living commando in one pair of denim jeans, against an Annie Proulx landscape (but free of the death and angst), a few healthy repressions, and lots of horses to whisper whoahhh to. Start with this;
The 10 best John Barry soundtracks
City of Sound
If you're looking for Christmas present ideas, my good friend Charlie is making and selling beautiful jewellery
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Remodeling roundtable
Still operating during a residential construction downturn, pro dealers are increasingly turning to remodeling to lift their top and bottom line. Spending on renovations is experiencing healthy growth in 2012, according to the Remodeling Futures Program at the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University. In their most recent quarterly forecast, the researchers pointed to stronger pending home sales and continuing low interest rates as contributors to an expected 5.9% rise in spending on home remodeling projects this year.
The National Association of Home Builders, which also surveys remodelers, found that both kitchen and bathroom renovations have increased 17% from two years ago. Bathroom remodels were cited as a common job by 78% of remodelers and kitchen remodels at 69%.
The "let's stay put" mindset of homeowners is certainly contributing to the trend, with barriers to move up home sales and purchases slowing down the pace of new construction. So home builders have morphed into home remodelers, and LBM dealers have watched their mix of customers shift. In some cases, this required a bit of tweaking in product assortments and a sharpening of services. In others, dealers served remodelers the way they always have — but made a few adjustments on price.
Of course, customers vary from region to region, which is why Home Channel News talked to five different LBM dealers in different areas of the country.
Here are our dealers, and what they had to say:
Justin Ellis, Corporate sales manager
Builders Do it Center, Roswell, N.M.
Builders Do it Center recently rebranded itself after operating its two stores under separate names: Roswell Lumber Do it Center and Artesia Lumber Do it Center.
Greg Belcher, Sales manager
Edward Hines Lumber, Buffalo Grove, Ill.
All four of Edward Hines locations are in the Chicago suburbs, although the company ships materials regularly into the city. Part of US LBM Holdings, Ed Hines serves remodelers, builders (custom and production) and commercial accounts.
Ron Labbe, President
Naples Lumber & Supply Co., Naples, Fla.
Naples has one of the highest concentrations of Fortune 500 individuals living within its city limits. So the recession had less of an impact on this one-unit dealer, which deals almost exclusively with designers or contractors.
Brandy Souza, Assistant general manager
National Lumber, Mansfield, Mass.
In addition to a millwork shop and truss plants, the eight-unit New England pro dealer operates kitchen design showrooms with their own website: kitchenviews.com. Brandy Souza oversees 11 other kitchen and bath designers.
Rick Roberts, Co-owner
Sunnyvale Lumber, Sunnyvale, Calif.
Located outside of San Jose, Sunnyvale Lumber's fortunes are closely tied to those of Silicon Valley. Although they deal mostly with contractors, the end customers range from Google millionaires to IT executives who lost everything in the tech bust. Rick Roberts, who operates the lumberyard with his two brothers, is active in lobbying at the state capitol for a more business-friendly environment in California.
Are your remodeler customers becoming more demanding?
Greg Belcher: Yes. They've always been demanding on service, but now you have to hit the [right] price. More and more, remodelers have an open book with their customers; they line itemize their bids. They tell us. 'My homeowners just went to Home Depot or Lowe's or Menards.'
Justin Ellis: They're becoming more conscientious about price. There's been a real split between the high and the low, and it goes across all [product] categories. There's not a lot of middle ground on price anymore.
Ron Labbe: I don't believe so. The demand has always been there for quality and service from our customers, who specialize in high-end homes. We understand them and their timelines, so we didn't have to adapt.
Brandy Souza: The biggest handholding is through the budget [process]. We're sharing our cabinet and countertop [total spend] with the appliances. So we have to pay attention specifically to what they want and what their budget is.
Rick Roberts: Yes. All my service- and quality-oriented guys have become conscious of price. It's a more competitive bidding environment out there.
Name one or two products that you've added to your assortment that has gotten your remodelers excited.
Belcher: Factory-finished siding, like LP SmartSide and HardiePlank. People are upgrading their siding, and they don't want junk back on there. [Also], the wife can pick from 300 colors.
Ellis: MI Windows and Doors. We've had a good deal of luck with that. Around here people tend toward vinyl and aluminum, and it's a very high-end vinyl.
Labbe: Andersen has come out with some new [window] products, the 100 series, that sold really well. They came and did a seminar for our customers. [Also] people are looking for different architectural hardware than [what's on] their neighbor's house. They don't want brass anymore.
Souza: We've done a lot more with our [kitchen and bath] hardware, like adding the Berenson & Schaub line. Customers no longer want stainless steel or brushed nickel [knobs and handles]. They want to put something on their cabinets that they like to see every day.
Roberts: Tube skylights — those sun tunnel things — were popular for a while. Kleer trim board has done well, especially for facia. Exotic hardwood decking, like ipe.
Do you think remodelers use social media for work purposes, and are you reaching out to them through those channels?
Belcher: We tried to push it, hoping our customers would want it, but they're not interested. Most of our remodelers don't know what Twitter is, and they use Facebook to get back in touch with their high school friends.
Ellis: We haven't seen any really active use [of social media] by our customers. Sometimes we send our customers to YouTube for instructional videos on how to take on projects or solve problems. A lot of manufacturers have great product info and installation videos on there. Some customers are starting to use Pinterest to find and organize pictures and ideas of projects they're planning, especially kitchen and bath. It's really an exciting new tool. Photos are so powerful and useful to our customers. [Ellis also writes a blog about his experiences in the LBM industry at buildersknowledge.com.]
Labbe: No. We've tried to direct customers to our website, but we've found it to be marginally successful. But we still [promote] it. Contractors will put their projects up on YouTube, though.
Souza: We're on Facebook, our designers blog every week, and we do have a Twitter following. We're hoping customers can find us when they have specific questions, and sometimes they do. We can help with problems like [remodeling] an L-shaped kitchens or a small kitchen.
Roberts: It's evolving, so we're watching it. You get a complete cross-section in construction. Some guys are very [savvy], and other guys think voicemail is high-tech.
How do you compete with the big boxes?
Belcher: We have certain categories they can't compete in. We give remodelers more options, and that's where we seem to excel.
Ellis: Selection. Home Depot keeps seven or eight SKUs of shingles, and I have 32 in stock. We price aggressively on power tools. But we're not in every category, and we use only two or three manufacturers.
Labbe: Most people know we're a little less expensive than Home Depot and Lowe's on moldings. They are definitely higher on special orders. That's where they make their margins. For example, doors. We have a door shop right on the premises, [so] we're much quicker to react.
Souza: We're not order-takers. Our designers are all degreed, so you're not getting someone from the plumbing department. We also keep up on the latest trends by going to trade shows.
Roberts: I compete with them on price. We sell stuff to Lowe's and they mark it up and sell it to a customer [who] thinks he's getting a great deal. [Although] they can be challenging on some items.
Tell me something about your local market.
Souza: Our customers have very specific tastes: white or gray cabinets, clean lines. No molding or raised panels on the drawers or cabinet [doors]. We call it the New England style. If we do something on Martha's Vineyard or Cape Cod, it's always white cabinets.
Labbe: We have a very sophisticated customer base. This is not their second home. This is their fifth or sixth home. Homes get remodeled even if they're five years old. Our customers are not shy over spending $10 million or $15 million on upgrades when they move in.
Tell me something unique about your local market. You're located in the heart of Silicon Valley.
Roberts: Our customers are doing a lot of tear-downs and thrasher houses, where they knock down the home and start new. My salesmen call them starter castles.
In Chicago, does all the [Teamsters] union unrest affect your business?
Belcher: Picketed job sites have limited our delivery and unloading service, so that's been a challenge. But that's closer to Chicago. Once you get outside the city, there are very few residential builders using union framers. It's been really hard for the carpenters' union.
Your market is already unique in one way: Many people believe that an alien spaceship crashed in Roswell in the 1940s, and the government covered it up. What do you think?
Ellis: Our Roswell store is two blocks from the International UFO Museum. I believe that something happened in Roswell, N.M., in July 1947. It could have been extra-terrestrials [landing]. Could have been a weather balloon. I just don't know for sure. But we got rid of a bunch of fluorescent green hoses once when there was a UFO convention in town.
The Top 200, signs of progress
The 2012 Home Channel News Pro Dealer Industry Scoreboard reveals that the nation's top 200 leading lumberyards and building material dealers are collectively moving forward.
There's no doubt that pockets of pain remain in the lumber and building material retail and distribution industry, as housing construction advances ever so slowly from the record lows of 2011. But each day the positive news seems to take a step or two ahead of the negative news.
Here's the good news from an analysis of the Scoreboard.
• The 200 companies showed a combined estimated sales increase of 6.4%, up from $31.56 billion to $33.58 billion.
• Collectively, companies are generating more sales per unit, up from an average of $5.05 million in 2010 to $5.23 million in 2011.
• Despite a year of record-low single-family housing starts, data from companies that shared data (as opposed to HCN estimated) reveal that 80% of the Top 200 showed sales growth ranging from 0.8% (San Marcos, Texas-based McCoy's Building Supply at No. 12) to 64% (Green Bay, Wis.-based US LBM Holdings at No. 13).
The bad news for companies is that the long-awaited economic and housing market recoveries are moving at frustratingly slow paces.
The 2012 Pro Dealer Industry Scoreboard ranks lumberyards and building material dealers by sales in the most recently completed fiscal year. Research has been ongoing since February, with email surveys and telephone follow-up generating the majority of the data. There are only three publicly held companies on the 200.
One of those public companies is Builders FirstSource, ranked No. 7, a company whose quarterly reports are seen as a kind of bellwether for the building supply industry. The Dallas-based southeastern pro dealer in 2011 saw sales gains of 11.2%. And it finished the year with an even stronger top line — up 31.0% in the fourth quarter. However, profits remain elusive, as the company posted a $65 million net loss in 2011.
Looking beyond the top 200, the U.S. Census Bureau's sales estimates for all companies classified as "building material and supplies dealers" (NAICS 4441) showed a sales increase in 2011 — the first year-over-year increase since 2006.
"Optimism is returning to contractors for the first time since the recession," said Rob Rourke, L.E.K. Consulting's VP growth strategy.
Acquisition-minded LBM and specialty distribution companies US LBM Holdings and SRS Acquisition appear in the fastest-growing chart, along with National Lumber, which shares some of its remodeling thoughts in a special report beginning on page 20.
There are many interpretations of the metrics. Chief among them is that the dealers that have survived the drastic building downturn have emerged with battle-tested business models and loyal customers. If they can get a little from the macro-economy, the theory goes, then they are poised to make a deep run into positive numbers.
Readers Respond
The economy, after further review
"Right now it looks like I was too conservative in my prediction. (HCN, Readers Respond, January 2012) We are internally adjusting our expectation higher. Hail and windstorm activity has certainly had a positive influence. Housing starts in DFW, Austin, San Antonio and Houston have reached double-digit increases over last year, but construction does appear to be starting to back off a little and level off. Overall, we now believe Texas may achieve an 8% to 10% rise due to the increase in multi-family construction, about three to five points higher than I originally thought. Nationally things appear to be better due to the tremendous rise in multi-family construction, not all of which is true demand-based. There is a very favorable investment climate right now to build and sell rental property.
"An economic service I trust and follow predicts 10% to 12% gains annually, but I still see things more in the +6% to +8% range. All of this is without federal stimulus. If the Feds stimulate, we will do better — for a while."
— Byron Potter
Vice-chairman & CEO
Dallas Wholesale Builders Supply, Inc.
The future of the penny at POS
"Like the horse-drawn carriages, Dodo birds and lots of other bygone things, the penny has outlived its usefulness and reason for being. It's about time to eliminate it!"
— Paul Siegel
GoPro Construction
"[Banning the penny is] not a good idea. The larger the increment, the larger the cost. At retail, sales tax payments, income tax payments all would round up so the end consumer pays the price.
"It's like the 3.99.9 cost on gasoline. Leave the 10th of a cent there; or in the transaction sense, leave the pennies there."
— Charles "Chaz" Mott
"My father received a personal citation from President Franklin Roosevelt for his idea to mint pennies out of zinc, instead of copper; thus diverting the copper to ammunition for our troops. Bus and streetcar drivers hated those zinc pennies, as riders often mistook them for dimes and they jammed the fare boxes. Several weeks after my father passed away, I received a letter from a former infantryman from WWII who read of my dad's passing, who wanted to thank my father for probably saving his life. It seems that infantryman was saved by the fact his foe ran out of ammo, and he still had about 150 shells left to fight on. No one can be sure, but I thought about your articles on the passing of the penny and it's meaning to my family and that soldier."
— William A. Keller,
Keller Mfg. Co. dba Gardex,
St. Louis
Taxes and the Internet
"We are both a storefront retailer and an e-tailer. Several years ago, Kansas (where we are located) passed a streamlined sales tax that was supposed to simplify the sales tax so that Internet sellers could easily collect sales taxes. I can tell you that the simplified tax based on shipped-to-location is absolutely impossible to work with. We have very few Internet purchases made where the buyer lives in Kansas, so we don't want to spend thousands of dollars to buy a program to figure the sales tax due on those Kansas sales. The four to five Kansas sales we do have adds about 45 minutes to an hour of time to look up the rate on the computer every month. I do not have a good solution to the sales tax mess, but I understand how it hurts my store when another retailer can offer the exact same goods I'm offering without the Kansas sales tax, because they don't have a Kansas location.
"I understand that, because I sell the same goods in their state without collecting their state sales tax. I hope we can come up with a solution that keeps both of my operations in business."
— Gary Fry
"No one wants to pay more taxes. But, in this case it's not more — it's the fair and right way to level the playing field. I have a brick-and-mortar store, and the Internet is stealing my customers with the lure of 'no tax and free shipping.'
"What is this? If there is no tax for one, then no tax for all.
"I can compete with anyone, but no tax is not an option. Make it right. Make it fair for all retailers."
— David Wood
Owner, Smitty's Lawn & Garden Equipment
Olathe, Kan.


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I came from a Christian background, for some portion of my childhood and adolescence was fundamentalist, then tried a variety of churches, then visited some synagogues, went to some Buddhist meditation meetings, went to a Universalist Unitarian church for a few months, even tried "goddess" spirituality until one day I thought how ridiculous it was that I had pictures of women and angels all over my room. Hmmm.
My husband is still deeply religious and I am not. It's hard, and now there is a question in my mind about the children we finally have at long last. But the process of getting them here is exactly what destroyed my faith.
I wish no offense to anyone here, but, all the various religious ideologies now just seem absurd to me and I wonder how anyone could believe them. A virgin birth? Why? The Greek influence is very strong in that story, which is why I first started to doubt it. God asking his devout follower Abraham to slaughter his only son as proof of his love for God? Why would a loving God do that? I could go on but will stop there. The problem of suffering and evil is the main issue though. All the other stuff that seems hard to believe, I could put down to man's clumsiness in trying to capture the essence of God. But a God who would stand by while people are raped, tortured, murdered, or left to die a horrible death from cancer or whatever, wars, natural disasters, pestilence, or even just the relentless crushing disappointment and pain that many people live with throughout their lives. None of it makes sense to me.
But your comment about it not being satisfactory or comforting to be an atheist also hits home. That's why I never tell people I'm an atheist and actually haven't even admitted it to myself, really. I don't want to be an atheist.
Sorry for the downer!!!! I know I will never recover a belief in God. It's just gone, along with my eggs.
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- BBG on Apr 27, 2012
You articulated all my feelings so well (please don't read if you are religious)
- anon (minniet) on Apr 27, 2012
The funny thing is, I prefer being around religious people
- BBG on Apr 27, 2012
I still believe we can all get along! :)
- birdy1600 on Apr 27, 2012
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Published 5:25 pm, Monday, May 12, 2014
The Fort Bend Symphony launched into the last piece during a recent rehearsal. It was a modern work with a brisk, staccato opening, and the strings dug in - until the conductor, Héctor Agüero, stopped them.
"You need to be careful. You don't want this to sound like a slasher film," Agüero said.
A comment like that might cut if it came from a dictatorial conductor. But Agüero said it with a smile, and the musicians chuckled.
The Fort Bend Symphony is a community orchestra, so its members play for enjoyment rather than pay. When Agüero zeros in on wrong notes, sloppy rhythms or rough entrances, he coaxes more than criticizes; on hearing what he wants, he responds: "Good!"
Agüero specializes in balancing music's delights with its demands. He helps the Fort Bend Symphony's volunteer musicians, who perform their last regular-season concert Sunday, elevate their hobby artistically. He also guides scores of young people who might one day play professionally.
Agüero, 35, directs the orchestral and chamber-music programs at the High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, where about 70 students perform in the HSPVA Symphony Orchestra. He also conducts the Houston Youth Symphony's Sinfonia, which gives about 80 middle-school and early high school musicians some of their first experience in a symphony.
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Agüero said his role is the same with all the orchestras.
"I'm not the 'maestro.' I'm not in it for my ego or for myself," Agüero said.
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"It transcends that. It's all about sharing something special - sharing a musical experience and doing it publicly."
Agüero grew up in Laredo, where he played the saxophone and became the drum major of his high school band. Loving the camaraderie the group offered, he decided to become a band director. But after arriving at Texas Tech University, he was drawn to classical music, especially orchestral music.
He conducted for the first time while in the school's graduate program; the only things he remembers from the performance were his pounding heart and shaking hands. But afterward, he could appreciate conducting's rewards.
"When I'm in front of an orchestra (in concert), most of the work has been done - all the hours of preparation, the practicing, the nitpicking, the nuances," Agüero said. "So it's a huge relief to finally be at the performance.
"Most good ensembles can do it at that point without you. Through repetition and through rehearsal, you've instilled your interpretation into them. … They're all working together. You're standing there in front, and you've got the best seat in the house."
Agüero enrolled at University of Houston in 2005 to earn a doctorate in conducting. By the time he finished his degree in 2010, the Fort Bend Symphony had made him its music director.
"We all love him," said percussionist Michael Shoaff, a civil engineer.
Members of community orchestras belong to a shrinking number of people who devote time and energy to making music for pleasure, said oboist Carol Crittenden, a music teacher at Lexington Creek Elementary in Missouri City. Agüero makes demands without spoiling the players' enjoyment.
"He never makes anyone feel like, 'You're an idiot,' " Crittenden said. "He's very receptive and open."
The Fort Bend Symphony's goal is not only to give the musicians an artistic outlet, Agüero said, but also to enrich the community's cultural life. The group performs classical concerts, pops programs and annual Christmas and Fourth of July shows.
Agüero's student groups introduce budding musicians to the world of the orchestras, where some of them might one day earn a living.
This year, some of the graduates from the arts school are going on to major in music at Rice University, New York's Juilliard School, Los Angeles' Colburn School and Pittsburgh's Carnegie-Mellon University, Agüero said.
"I think my main role is helping them unlock their potential," Agüero said. He tries to stretch his students without overwhelming them.
"For them as performers, it can be frustrating," he said. "Something may be … a little more challenging than they would like. But I know they're capable. My goal is for them to understand, 'Yes, you can do this. It may take a few more hours in the practice room, but it's possible. And when you do it, it's going to be great.'
"I love to tell them, 'I told you so,' when we get to that point."


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Matt Taggart wrote:
Dave Neil writes...Would those of us without Debian accounts have to get them in order to comment on bugs and log them, or would we just channel these to yourself?All the bugs are in the normal BTS and anyone can manipulate them as normal. You just need the ability to edit a particular file on a debian machine in order to get that special LSB bug page to see them. You can just send additional bug numbers to me and I will add them.
Hi Matt,What's the best way to view all the LSB bugs tracked in BTS, use the various Debian lsb specific package names? I'll forward any LSB bugs to you for Debian's tracking purposes and you can decide what to do with them accordingly;-) Also is Debian interested in skipping LSB 2.0 compliance and moving straight to LSB 3.0? The LCC group which we're working with is doing so, so would it make sense for Debian to do so? You may have already decided this and we missed it so please excuse the questions if they've already been answered a while ago.
Thanks Dave


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Крекешева Жанар Калиуллаевна, специалист академического отдела
АО НЦПК «Өрлеу» Институт повышения квалификации педагогических работников
The article deals with cooperative learning techniques. The author targeted on the application of four steps that teachers have to follow in teaching cooperative skills Furthermore, levels of cooperative skills as well as factors resulted in group work were considered.
В статье рассматриваются кооперативные (совместные) методы обучения. Цель автора состоит в рассмотрении применения техники «четырех шагов», которым учитель должен следовать в обучении студентов навыкам кооперативного (совместного) обучения. Кроме того, уровни кооперативных (совместных) навыков, а также факторы, приводящие к групповой работе, были также рассмотрены в данной статье.
Since ancient times, linguists and language specialists sought to improve the quality of language teaching, elaborating principles and theories that came into force from the nineteenth century on. Linguists such as Palmer, Skinner, Chomsky, and Krashen among others, have contributed to this development of present-day approaches which developed in current methods. Following Richards & Rodgers (1992), theories about the nature of language and of language learning are the source of principles in language teaching. Within a theory of language, at least three different theoretical views provide current approaches and methods in language teaching.
The first, the structural view, is the most traditional of the three. Within its theory, language is a system of structurally related elements for the coding of meaning, and is defined in terms of phonological and grammatical units, grammatical operations and lexical items. Some methods have embodied this particular view of language over the years. Thus Audiolingualism, and contemporary methods as Total Physical Response and the Silent Way, share this view of language.
From the second, the functional view, language is seen as a vehicle for the expression of functional meaning. A main tenet within this view is the notion of communication within a theory that emphasizes the semantic and communicative dimension rather than merely the grammatical characteristics of language. Linguists such as R. Ellis or Stephen Krashen and Tracy Terrell's contribution show an approach focusing on teaching communicative abilities and emphasizing the primacy of meaning when second language acquisition is on study[1].
Although modern foreign language teaching has adopted completely new methods, the work of language contributed significantly to scientific views in the field of language teaching and learning. Even when methods are not frequently used or have fallen into obscurity, they may offer useful insights into the general teaching methodology. Surely, modern teaching is also based on the elements derived from these methods.
Yet, not all linguists actually agree on the use of the terms «method» and «approach». It seems that some linguists tend to cancel the term method; some hold that a certain method is actually an approach or that a certain approach is in fact a method.
Let's consider in more detail communicative language teaching included cooperative learning as one of approaches which become increasingly popular as a feature of Communicative Language Teaching (CLT).
Effective teaching is based upon two complementary concepts: 1. Communicative learning; 2. Cooperative learning.
Communicative learning can be conceived of as a sub-set of cooperative learning. Cooperative learning is a teaching approach applied in a vast array of subjects. Communicative learning is particularly appropriate to language learning. A further concept, developing student «communicative competence», is introduced as the principal goal of communicative learning.
«Cooperative learning» is a situation where students learn together, based on group work; contrasting this educational method is «competitive learning,» where students compete against each other in a learning situation. Communicating in English is based on cooperation between students to negotiate meaning and understanding with each other. This is contrasted with the traditional reading and translation-based classes, which by comparing the students to arrive at grades are competitive and penalize cooperative learning. Combination of cooperative and competitive goal structures is feasible, by having cooperative learning groups compete against each other.
«Communicative language learning» emphasizes interactive language learning, as opposed to the traditional «grammar-translation method» of the mere memorizing of rules of grammar, semantics, phonology or lexical items.
By contrast, a communicative language learning approach emphasizes: the student having a central role; the primary goal is the ability to communicate; meaning is paramount, and language learning is contextualized; and an active learning approach and active learning strategy. The principal goal of communicative language learning is to develop «communicative competence»[2].
When students use English to cooperate and interact with each other, classes are more effective. According to Brown (1994), interactive classes have the following beneficial features: (1) There is a large amount of pair and group work; (2) Students engage in spontaneous and authentic conversations; (3) Students write for actual audiences and purposes, not artificial ones; (4) Tasks prepare students for the real world outside of the classroom.
Steps in teaching cooperative skills
There are four steps that teachers must follow in teaching cooperative skills [3].
Step l. Students must see value in group work. Since most students come to EFL (English Foreign Language) classes expecting the traditional classroom
arrangement, with the teacher in front of the class and the students in straight rows watching the teacher, they will be confused and hesitant when these expectations are not met. If teachers want students to react positively to their first experiences in cooperative learning, students must understand at least some of the many rationales for this kind of classroom experience. They need to understand why it is that they are doing things differently and how it will help them reach their goals.
1. There are several ways a teacher might help students see value in cooperative skills. Some teachers simply explain why they are doing cooperative work. Other teachers do a brainstorm session on the possible value of cooperative group work. Still others place posters around the room to remind learners of the benefits of cooperative group work. There are some ideas on the value of cooperative learning for your own students: (1) We get more opportunities to talk; (2) We hear more English; (3) We learn more about each other and that's interesting; (4) We learn to respect different ideas and opinions; (5) We have to really think in order to solve the problems; (6) We see other points of view; (7) We learn social skills for getting along with others; (8) We learn more vocabulary words and etc.
Step 2. Students must be aware of the necessary skills for successful group work in order to know what they are supposed to do! In order to function in a group situation, for example, students need to know how to get information from the other members and respond to questions. For example, they could participate in a brainstorming session where in students generate phrases and question forms that can be used to gather information and answer questions, such as with the information-gap activity previously described. It would be helpful for them to be able to talk about columns and rows and to make appropriate questions. The teacher should demonstrate and model the skill to further clarify the points to the students. Concentrate on one skill at a time.
Step 3. Students must practice the skill. The major responsibilities teachers have in cooperative learning are to design and set up practice situations. In the example given above, the skill being focused on was gathering information — asking questions and responding to questions. The familiar twenty-questions activity structured as a one-centered activity is a good example of this step. One student in the group is «on focus.» This student selects a card from a pile of cards. Without looking at the card, the student shows it to the other members of the group. The student who drew the card must now ask questions of the group in order to determine what is on the card. Students take turns being on focus until each person in the group has had a chance. Students need to have a chance to practice the skills long enough so they can integrate the skills into their daily interactions with their peers. Once is never enough!
Step 4. Students need to process the skills they have practiced. Processing means that students need to become aware of what exactly it is they have practiced and to evaluate how successful they have been in the practice of the
skills. Teachers can assist students by preparing questions for them to answer and worksheets to help students evaluate their own performance or the performance of other group members. Teachers can also model the processing skills. What kinds of questions did you use? What information was most helpful? What phrases did you hear most often?
Levels of cooperative skills
In cooperative learning, setting up practice sessions is the chief responsibility of the teacher. What cooperative skills teachers choose for practice will depend on what skills students have not mastered. According to Johnson and Johnson (1975), there are four levels of cooperative skills that teachers can focus on. These skills can be categorized in the following ways.
1. Forming. Forming skills are directed towards organizing the group and establishing behavioral norms. Groups who have mastered the skill of forming can move into their groups quickly and quietly, use quiet voices, stay with their groups for the duration of the activity, encourage participation within the group, use group members' names, and avoid giving any put-downs. Teachers who claim that cooperative group work is too noisy or takes too much time are working with students who have not been allowed to master the skill of forming.
2. Functioning. Functioning skills are directed towards completing tasks and maintaining good relationships within the group. Groups must understand, for example, what the time limits are and how the activity should be carried out within their groups, step by step. Activities that focus on the skill of functioning give learners a chance to ask for help, paraphrase previous comments, clarify, explain, and express support.
3. Formulating. The skill of formulating is directed towards helping learners develop a deeper understanding of the material being studied and to develop better reasoning strategies, as well as to aid in maximum retention of the material. Activities that focus on the skill of formulating help learners develop strategies for remembering material such as summarizing out loud, adding important information to the summary, pointing out information that may not have been summarized properly, relating material from a previous activity to the one being focused on, demanding vocalization in the reasoning process, and seeking clever, useful ways of remembering important information.
4. Fermenting. The highest-level skill for cooperative groups is fer-menting. This skill involves helping learners explore more thoroughly the material they have been exposed to. When students can begin to challenge each other's ideas, to explore different ways of looking at the material and re -conceptualize these ideas, they are using the skills of fermenting.
Several factors work together to result in group work where everyone involved is interested, active, and thoughtful. If these factors agree with each other, then group work is likely to be successful. If they are not in agreement, group work is likely to be unsuccessful. The five factors are (1) the learning goals of group work, (2) the task, (3) the way information is distributed, (4) the
seating arrangement of the members of the group, and (5) the social relationships between the members of the group.
Group and pair work
Group and pair work are indispensible to task-based teaching. This type of classroom arrangement creates a completely different atmosphere from that of a traditional teacher-centered class; instead of strictly controlling the students, the teacher coordinates their work. According to Brown (1994), group work creates a favorable climate for communication by relieving students of the anxiety of having to talk in front of the whole class. Brown reports miraculous changes in students who had been too shy to talk until they worked in groups. In addition, group work makes students more responsible and autonomous—they have equal responsibility for performing a task and find it «difficult» to «hide» in a small group [5].
Several factors work together to result in group work where everyone involved is interested, active, and thoughtful. I first encountered the amazing possibilities of interactive techniques for preparing students for real-world language use when I discovered the following six tasks categorized by Willis (1996) that form a chain in advanced order of complexity [6]:
1. Listing. Students work individually or in groups to gather facts about a topic by brainstorming, researching, and interviewing. This provides plentiful data and activates their background knowledge and experience of the topic.
2. Ordering and sorting. Students sequence or rank the facts, vocabulary, or ideas about a topic in a meaningful order.
3. Comparing and contrasting. Students point out the similarities and differences in the information they have gathered.
4. Problem-solving. Students create and evaluate a hypothesis related to a problem and analyze possible solutions.
5. Sharing personal experiences. Students engage in conversations and discussions about topics that have personal relevance.
6. Creative tasks and projects. Students collaborate to produce a written, oral, or multimedia project that summarizes the important things they have learned from task-based work.
These techniques are especially valuable for organizing group or pair work, and they can be based on almost any text, adapted to almost any topic, and used in any class. While performing these tasks, students engage in spontaneous discussions, solve problems, and prepare presentations. These activities help students communicate freely and overcome the psychological barrier to communication that so often occurs in a classroom setting.
1. Palmer, Parker (1992). Teaching Practice: Teaching Methods London: Longman.
2. Gilfert S. and Carlson, A. (1992). Interesting, informative, intriguing: Using 'real English.' Bulletin of the Faculty of Foreign Languages, Hokuriku University 1, pp. 9-15.
3. Johnson, D. W. and R. T. Johnson. 1975. Learning together and alone. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice Hall.
4. Brown, D.H. (1994). Principles of language learning and teaching (3rd ed.). Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall Regents.
5. Willis, D. & Willis, J. (1996).Challenge and Change in Language Teaching. Oxford: Heinemann.


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used tho word 'fast' as you would. In speaking of a
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lish as She is Spoke.' Step that way, "madam.
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In following the -festive dime.
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No comrade but his demijohn
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other in industrial character and s;irit is Ger
many. And it is certainly true that both coun
tries adhere to the high tariff policy, both havo
been given over to the syndicating of production
above other countries, and in botn do we find an.
unequaled dash and enterprise in speculation and
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tide of prosperity seems to be still rising, tho
combination and inflation of industrial and rail
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approached during four years of amazing expan
sion, and the Wall street speculation passes all
previously known bounds. Confidence in the future
is unclouded, labor is fully employed, and all goes
exceedingly well in the amassing of mighty for
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breakdown and industrial reaction, which began
there about a year ago, continue, with deepening
adverse consequences to the people. The Berliner
Tageblatt of a day or two ago describes conditions
as so bad that charitable efforts are powerless to
cope with the situation. Cases of reduced produc
tion and dismissals of working people are so num
erous as no longer to attract notice. It is safe to
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day from Berlin, that 25 per cent of the working
people are either idje or insufficiently employed;
prices in many industries are so depressed that
there is difficulty in meeting the bare costs of op
eration; "many factories have closed, and in
others the hours of labor hae been reduced, whilp
workers crowd to the gates of Ue factories seeking
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thL. the great Krupp iron and steel works havq
already dismissed 4,000 employes, and are about
to discharge 5,000 more, and it is added: "The in
dustrial depression continues. Accoroing to a re
cent estimate, one-fourth of the workers in Berlin
are very insufficiently employed or totally idle.
The distress of many is acute. There is no pros
pect of improvement."
, And this is the country of which it was re
ported barely two years ago that "every chimney is
smoking and every wheel turning," and of which
Consul General Mason at Berlin reported to tho
American state department: "The 200 trusts and
syndicates which were in existence in Germany at
the beginning of 1899 are increasing in number
day by day until there is scarcely a single im
portant product of manufacture of which the out
put, price and conditions of sale are not gov
erned by a combination or understanding between
producers." And this is the country where tho
belief obtained wide acceptance, as in our own
country, that the trusts and syndicates were estab
lishing a stability and evenness of Industrial con
ditions which would prevent a recurrence of pe
riods of overproduction, panic and depression. In
the trusts, it was thought, as a Berlin correspon
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stated, the country had found a panacea for Indus-
trial depressions.
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sidered as of domestic concern or bearing, as you
please. The common notion, supported by exper
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hold Itself unaffected by the influences and condi
tions affecting any of the others. The word of
caution is clearly in order at just this time in the
.United States, if it is ever in order where specula
tion appears to bo in danger of going mad.
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Shark Week starts August 10th on Discovery. This song has little-to-nothing to do with that Shark Week nor does it have anything to do with Sharknado 1 or 2.
The rabbit is an adorable animal. They are very fast runners but despite their speed they are often caught by the many animals that prey on them. A pet rabbit often will not leave the cage even though it's been offered the freedom to run. You are the rabbit.
The dragon starts fires. Capable of both brilliant light and total darkness after complete destruction. The dragon has a very large wing span and can fly long distances. Dragons don't care about collateral damage. You are the dragon.
The ceceda lives underground for 13 or 17 years and then emerges for only a few short weeks with the sole purpose of mating and laying eggs. They make loud buzzing and clicking noises, which can be overpowering. You are the ceceda.
The giant destroys the terrain with every step. It has a veracious appetite and little discrimination of what it eats be it flora, fauna or human. Giants sleep a lot but are awoken very easily due to their keen and acute sense of smell. You are the giant.
The shark is a deadly but docile creature that will only attack when provoked or hungry. Sharks need to keep moving or they will die. I am the shark.


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Northern Soul icon Judy Street lands in the North-West this week. MALCOLM WYATT spoke to her via a video link from her home in Nashville...
Forty-five years after recording one of Northern Soul's most-coveted tracks of all time, Judy Street is heading to Lancashire.
Tennessee-based Judy headlines Preston's Got Soul this Friday at 53 Degrees, promoting her new Cover Girl CD.
And she's also performing the following night in the town that made her name – Wigan – at the Swinley, Saturday, May 17.
Before she heads home she'll also have played Edinburgh's Minto Hotel (Friday, May 23), Manchester's new Twisted Wheel (Sunday, May 25), and Bolton's Rumworth Hall (Friday, May 30).
Judy only recorded two songs in the 1960s, yet passed into the annals of soul history thanks to Hollywood-based songwriting legend HB Barnum.
The sweet teen – just turned 19 – delivered slow-burner You Turn Me On and seminal dancer What, which just so happened to catch the imagination at Wigan Casino around five years later.
That B-side has never been out of fashion, and although only 1,000 copies were initially pressed, it is rated among Northern Soul's finest moments.
Yet Judy knew nothing of her fame this side of the pond until the mid-1990s, when an internet search led to her belatedly learning about her cult status.
"It blew my mind, and still does. There were about 11 contacts with my record. I was thinking, '11 people have my record? This is over 40 years ago!'"
Despite 4,000 miles between Lancashire and Tennessee and interruptions from errant young border collie Wilson, the line was clear and Judy was bubbly throughout.
She's travelled a lot over the years – born in Indiana, discovered in Arizona, recorded in California, and now settled in Tennessee, something that went back to her formative years.
"I travelled with my dad, then after that with a band – playing from Bermuda to Hawaii and all in between, across the States."
Her father studied piano at Chicago's Conservatory of Music, while her mother played flute in a marching band.
They taught music by day, and Dad performed in lounges and concert halls by night.
In time, Judy joined him too – singing and playing percussion, and now she's a music teacher too – tutoring drums and piano.
"I absolutely love it. Kids start out with no knowledge of music and you see them become piano players or drummers – like centre-snare players in marching bands."
Judy and her husband, Tom Stewart, have four children between them, in their 20s and 30s, that love of music clearly spanning the generations.
Her youngest son plays trumpet with a symphony group, and there's online footage of Judy and Tom covering a Wynonna Judd song with daughter Beth.
"It's not my roots, but through the years I've sang country songs, and Wynonna is from here and we've known her for a while."
So what do their children think about her late-found fame across the water?
"My oldest son came on my first tour and show at Blackpool Tower, as my manager, helper, and right-hand man. He was on board before I was, almost.
"He grasped the concept and kept saying 'Mom, you're a star'. But I'm just Mom. He's coming again on this tour. I'm really excited about that."
Judy grew up 'under the grand piano', listening to her father play, later joining in at his band rehearsals, 'with an accordion case, forks, spoons or whatever'.
The teenager listened to Barbara Streisand and fellow singing-drummer Karen Carpenter. And while Judy's father died when she was still at high school, she graduated and moved to Arizona, where she got her big break.
"I was in Phoenix and playing clubs when this manager told me 'I'm going to make you a star, little girl, take you to California!'"
That manager visiting the Holiday Inn was actor Conrad Bachmann, a TV and silver screen regular over the years, including roles in Mission Impossible, Bedknobs and Broomsticks, Dynasty, and Starsky and Hutch.
While he was no proven impresario, he certainly saw and heard something in Judy.
"In a short time, I was there and recording with HB (Barnum).
"But the music business was foreign to Conrad, and the marketing side fell flat.
"He knew everything about the screen, but as far as marketing a record, just didn't have the facility."
Barnum wrote and arranged for many big names – from Count Basie to Frank Sinatra, Etta James, Aretha Franklin.
"He knew them all, and knows them all. I saw him before I came to Blackpool in 2012. He blew my mind talking about people he knew and the music scene."
Judy could never have guessed how important that session would prove, but while the A-side was a great song in its own right, it never charted.
"That was supposed to be the hit. That was what we were marketing. HB wrote both songs and they were great. I was just so thrilled to be allowed to sing them.
"He'd already had a couple of singers record What. He knew it was a great song."
The single, released on the Strider label, was recorded with a full orchestra and backing vocalists.
"The Blossoms were three black chick singers who did harmony. They were his 'go to' singers. He didn't have to write a chart out for them!
"HB was so busy at the time, and was also road manager, band director and writer for Gladys Knight.
"I walked into this studio and it was massive – gymnasium-size. But it needed to be, with all these players."
Has she ever wondered what it was about What that won the hearts of Northern Soul fans?
"The actual beat of that record fits totally into that genre. I didn't know that then, but do now.
"I was so green – a little girl with this vibrato. But I always had this big sound, even though it was thin then. A little like Petula Clark.
"When I found it was a huge Northern Soul hit, it made total sense.
"You do realise everyone thought I was a black chick? They thought I came out of Detroit. I guess I had some of that soul sound."
There's an internet clip doing the rounds of Northern Soul fans dancing in a late-night kebab hut in South Yorkshire to What. Has she seen that?
"I love that! They're so real, having the time of their life. I've re-posted it a couple of times on my artist's page – it's just so fun!"
Then there's the famous Wigan Casino footage to the same song.
"The one where they're doing the spins and all that has had over a million views. That blows my mind!"
For many of us, Soft Cell's 1982 version opened the door to What, and Judy hopes to meet Marc Almond during this UK visit.
"I would love to, and know he'd like to meet me, which is so much fun.
"I just want to hug his neck, because he did what he did and loved my song, then recorded it.
"The controversy over it has been hysterical – it's been great!"
Was she aware of Soft Cell's version of Gloria Jones' Tainted Love prior to that?
"One time in Newport Beach, California, playing a show, a couple of young English gentlemen came to me on a break and asked, 'are you the Judy Street?'
"I had no idea how they'd know that, or that the record had even been shipped over to England!
"They asked about What then asked if I knew Marc Almond had a hit with it. 'Who?' I said. 'Soft Cell,' they said. 'Who?' I repeated.
"If I'd done something about it then… but I just dismissed it. It just didn't happen."
After her brief recording stint, Judy joined the Swingin' Society, touring across the US with four male bandmates.
"I was in California, by myself, and had to make some money, so auditioned, and they hired me immediately.
"We started the next day at Disneyland. We'd do our 45-minute set, then come back an hour later for another 45 minutes.
"It was a show band, doing show-tunes and big songs of the era, a full-on five-piece.
"We played from Disneyland to Lake Tahoe, two and a half years all across the States. We were very well liked and worked like crazy."
Did she think she'd blown her big chance? The single had supposedly come to nothing, and now she was on the hotel circuit.
"You got the picture. Six nights playing, packing up then moving on to the next city on the seventh. We did television spots in the day, but there was never a recording situation."
Judy's excited about her latest tour, and is even thinking about her next UK trip.
"I'm hoping next year I can do it with a live band, but this time I'm singing with my tracks."
Cover Girl includes new versions of Do I Love You (Indeed I Do), Long After Tonight Is All Over, and Sunny, a song she once sang with her father, and Tainted Love.
"I want to give Marc Almond one of these CDs, it's going to blow his mind too! He recorded my song, so I've recorded his! And we had to start with Tainted Love, because – can I say it? – it's such a kick-ass track!"
Is it true that she sold her last 18 copies of the original Strider 45 of You Turn Me On/What?
Her response is fake crying, before adding: "Actually, don't tell anyone, but I did find two after!
"I carted this box of 45s from California all the way here, and it sat in my closet for 40 years. Then I thought 'what do I need those for?'
"I sold them for – are you ready? – $50 a piece, which I thought was great at the time.
"They sell for over £500 now, I believe."
For ticket information for Preston's Got Soul go to https://www.facebook.com/PrestonsGotSoul. And for more about Judy's other dates, try www.JudyStreetWhat.com


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By Ilya Buaevu
WBA "regular" heavyweight champion Alexander Povetkin (24-0, 16 KOs) is set to make a mandatory defense against former two-time beltholder Hasim Rahman (50-7-2, 41 KOs). The fight is likely to take place in mid-July in Germany.
Povetkin's trainer, Alexander Zimin, likes the fight.
"For Alexander, Rahman is another step forward to prepare [him] for our main goal - to fight the best boxers in the world," Zimin said.
Povetkin struggled during February's controversial majority decision win over WBO crusierweight king Marco Huck. Zimin doesn't understand what happened, but he wants to correct several items before the Rahman meeting.
"Alexander still has more work to do. He should remove at least [eleven pounds] in excess weight and add more muscle mass. But I do not believe that is the main problem. He constantly tries to end the fight with one punch, often forgetting the rest [of his weapons]. That's something that I'll really have to work on.," Zimin said.
As far as the Klitschko brothers, Zimin feels Alexander will ready after taking on at least three capable challengers.
"I can't say for sure, but I think [he'll be ready in] at least three fights. These fights would have to be held with boxers whose level and style is comparable to the Klitschkos," Zimin said.
Ilya Buaevu covers boxing for Sportbox.ru


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I've gained too much weight. What should I do?
I weighed 152 pounds before I got pregnant. Now, at 34 weeks along, I'm at 212 pounds and I'm totally miserable. (I'm 5'8
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So much focus on weight gain can take all the fun out of pregnancy. I don't feel bad because of how I look but what the scale says and the fact that I've gone over the recommended weight gain of 25-30 pounds. Seriously, WHO invented that ideal anyway. I am a tiny person. Pre baby I was 110-112 pounds at 5'3. I ate much like I do now, sometimes a lot and sometimes a little. But, I just gained and gained once I got pregnant. I am 35 weeks and I've gained close to 35 pounds already. I DO treat myself almost every day to something sweet. I will admit I could have eaten better i.e. nothing fun at all. But, the majority of my meals are healthy, home cooked, low fat, low salt items. Maybe some people just gain a lot during pregnancy? My whole body chemistry has changed why not weight too? I just HATE it that I feel badly every time I leave the doctor. And he is REALLY good about weight. He only mentions it when I ask...he's never brought it up on his own. He says it is on the higher side but my blood pressure is perfect and I have no swelling so not to worry. Just try to eat healthy and keep walking. Which I do TRY and do! But, I don't want to mislead anyone here and say I ONLY eat healthy things and walk every day. I DON'T. But, GAD! So many things about pregnancy aren't fun. So, I do induldge my cravings. EVERYONE around me who has had a baby (but for my 2 "perfect" friends who gained like 10 pounds eating celerey and jogging until they were 7 months...) tells me to enjoy it now as long as I and the baby are healthy and then work my butt off after the baby is here. All that being said, I do hope to not gain more than 45 pounds total. But, maybe my body will have none of that....we'll see. I know I am going on here but I can totally relate to the negative feelings about yourself that come up because we didn't gain some arbitrary amount of weight. Pregnancy should be a happy time. Everyone tells me I look GREAT and GLOWING and they can't imagine where the 35 pounds have gone, I am all baby etc. I should feel great....but this issue can make me feel like a cow and not a healthy pregnant woman. Let's all try and rememeber that everyone is different and as long as we and our babies are healthy and we aren't eating fast food 3 times a day we should rejoice in this special time...and eat a damn piece of cake if we want too! No sugary snacks...bah humbug!
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I gained over 50 with my 1st child (lost it in 7 months),then gained over 70 with my second (lost that in 6 months), now on my third pregnancy, at 34 weeks, I've only gained 26. The difference is I walked this time. About 1-2 miles just around the neighborhood with my 2 year old in the stroller. Every other day or so. I'm eating about the same, but not sleeping as much because I worked up till 7 months, and then was home with a toddler who didn't let me rest much. Walking is the key!!!!And safe for almost anyone!!! Even a short walk helps with weight, circulation, depression, and gets you out of the house.
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Monica, as long as you and the baby are doing well, don't worry. I gained 60 pounds with my first baby and through breast feeding, cutting out desserts and by exercising the weight was gone by 7 months. I think that in reality few women gain only the recommended 25-35 pounds. I read somewhere that the average pregnancy weight gain is 40-45 pounds. You should trust your body as long as your diet is not completely out of wack. Try the step 1 or step 2 diet (you can google it) for suggestions for a low sodium diet.
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I gained 55lbs with my first-- mostly by eating whatever I wanted and drinking soda. Next I had twins and gained 37# by forcing myself to eat and dringing Boost supplements-- I had no appetite. Last pregnancy I gained 22# and this one I plan to keep the weight gain under 25#. I am 5'8 and 130# and it took me 4 kids to realize that it is NOT important how much I gain but what foods I gain it on. I had 4 big healthy babies and the junk food I ate in the first and second pregnancies went to my butt-- not to the baby! I also think that breastfeeding is THE BEST weight loss plan ever...along with a consistent exersize routine before, during and after pregnancy.
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I gained 70lbs with my first baby. I had never been overweight, I just got out of control. I ate healthy food, but too much of it. I had to work really hard (one year) to lose it all. Now I'm pregnant with my second and much more aware of what I eat. However, I am starving all the time! It's hard not to eat. I think where I went wrong was the old I'm gonna get fat anyway mentality. It's okay to gain more weight than you meant to, just don't give up when it's time to lose it. It's hard work but you can do iret and you will feel so much better about it. Also, it's not too late to start cutting back. You are not alone in this problem!
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i started at 140 and am now almost 180 and I still have six weeks left. I am so scared I will reach 200. The weird thing is that I eat really healthy foods. I am vegetarian. I cook my own meals. I eat lots of fruit and vegetables. I eat a lot of fiber and I don't drink soda or fruit juice. I don't understand why I have put on so much weight. I have never had a problem with weight before now. Good news is that my blood pressure is very good.
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Before pregnancy I ate 1650 calories a day, recommended by a dietician after I plateaued on 1500 calories after spending 4 years losing 50 lbs. I exercise three to seven hours a week. Before I was pregnant it was a combination of 2 hours of weight training a week and then the rest was walking or jogging with the dog and some yoga. Now that I'm 11 weeks pregnant I feel like I'm balooning because if I don't eat every two hours, I get very sick. I do not eat junk food as a main part of my diet. I also get sick at the idea of weight class or running, so I'm doing yoga and walking 5-7 hours a week. The nurse told me that it was better to gain weight on the fruit salads and whole wheat bread that I was eating than on Fritos and donuts, but I notice that I am not staying within the "proposed limits." The nurse said that it was also better to gain some weight rather than lose it and be ill. Because I have a history of obesity, and fought to take the food out of my mouth and learn to eat and exercise, I completely understand the panic of most people on this board. The truth is that my weight varies from day to day due to the bloating. One day I'm 5 lbs lighter than the next. My weight was like this during my period as well. I'm trying not to let it drive me crazy, but there are all sorts of psychological factors at play here, particularly for first time moms, about losing control over your body, getting enough to eat, avoiding being sick, watching your body change so drastically. Different women have different metabolisms, their bodies accept the changes of pregnancies very differently. Where one person may weigh 115 and only gain 15 lbs during her pregnancy, another may weigh 200 and gain 50 lbs. I don't think this is any kind of reflection on the mother. I think it's just the way bodies are. I keep trying to say to myself before I eat something, "Am I really hungry and will this food help me and my baby?" The answers have always been yes. And if my body decides to go over the suggested weights because I eat too many spinach salads with tomatoes, pieces of fruit, plain whole wheat toast during morning sickness and glasses of skim milk... so be it. I don't think any woman should feel guilty for trying to do what is right for her body. So, please recognize that guidelines are guidelines, but the truth is that every woman is different, every pregnancy is different. Take a deep breath, recognize how much work being pregnant is for your body and please don't feel bad about your body. As soon as you're holding your bundle or bundles of joy, you can start to set to work on your body, until then, cut it some slack. It's creating a miracle, and girlfriends, you're doing great. Good luck and best wishes.
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I gained 60 pounds with my first pregnancy. I nursed my daughter after she was born, but my weight stayed the same (nursing does not equal weight loss in all cases). It took a little over a year, but I FINALLY got back to my pre-pregnancy weight. Don't worry about the weight you gain...it will come off, just be healthy during your pregnancy!
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Like many other people here, I have gained a lot of weight during a pregnancy. My suggestion is take a walk every day for the rest of your pregnancy (nothing excessive... if you start to feel uncomfortable, it's time to stop). There's not much you can or should do about your weight at this point in time. Breastfeeding (or pumping your milk) regularly will help take the pounds off for 6 weeks after you have had your baby. After 6 weeks postpartum you will be allowed to exercise again. Continue to breastfeed and pump your milk, and start an exercise program that works for you. I personally have had great success with the free 12 Weeks To Weight Loss course from About.com. Also, make sure that you drink plenty of fluids... at least 1/2 gallon each day. If you're slightly dehydrated, your body will retain water to help itself "survive." Best wishes!
Answered 8/23/07
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I think that you can start back on a great eating track at any time during your pregnancy. So, just be OK with where you are (don't diet)and begin a great healthy eating pattern. After the baby is born you can really concentrate on loosing that extra weight. I'VE GAINED 80 LBS WITH ONE PGEGNANCY & 85 WITH ANOTHER. Ive lost the weight both times after. Now here I am pregnant again. I am trying to be careful this time around.
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