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A superior Italian – with wood-fired pizzas, focaccia and salads, plus miles of tempting cakes and pastries – in beautiful surroundings.
Introduced to London by Alan Yau in 2008, this smart outpost of a Milanese bakery chain remains a popular all-day option. It's an airy, good-looking room, with a sandstone interior, long black marble counters and a (slightly odd) water feature that runs the length of one wall. The food is varied enough to keep diners coming back for more: as well as cakes, pastries and breads, there's a choice of filled focaccia (parma ham, say, or mortadella), hot dishes (lasagne, aubergine parmigiana), slices of pizza and lots of attractive salads (chicken and avocado, mozzarella and tomato). Prices are higher than average, but it's all quality, seasonal stuff – a sweet blood orange juice being one glorious example. Not everything works – gem lettuce, caper and grilled pepper salad was super-salty; a quattro formaggi pizza slice was tasty but barely warm – but most things do. The only real deterrent is the self-service set-up, which is slightly chaotic, despite the best efforts of the charming staff, and you have rejoin the queue for cake or (excellent) coffee. Finding a seat at the communal counters can also be something of a trial. Opt out by dining in the pizzeria (to the left as you enter), which offers table service and a marginally calmer atmosphere in which to enjoy a short but classy range of pizzas.
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I love this place but it's getting too packed so you never get a seat and they rush their mimosas now... far too popular but a very economical choice for the area.
Wonderful italian food!!! Bring your friends to this authentic italian place!! All food is brilliant!
Disappointing. Eight o'clock on a Sunday evening when restaurant very packed may be the explanation.
Tuna bruschetta was okish but bread was part burnt & crust rock hard. Mediterranea Pizza arrived barely warm when only 4 meters from where cooked - suspect as a result of cold plates & ultra thin base. Base was significantly burnt on one side but looked uncooked & doughy topside - ingredients also seemed undercooked & barely warm.
Service was prompt & friendly though. 12.5% service charge auto added to bill. Unlikely to return.
They always have some or other delightful treats and then there is the trusted pizza. Really great place for lunch or dinner. I don't feel it is a "restaurant" in the normal sense, more like a deli / bakery with seating.
This is one of the best, reasonably priced Italian places with good service and really nice environment you can find in london. The food is amazing, the coffee really is Italian and although it is always pretty busy, its always worth it!
After trying several places in Soho for breakfast, this places comes up trumps! Italian breakfast, great coffee, watch Soho slowly wakeup, and the food & services excellent
Have been for brekky 3 times recently, much quieter at 8am, food great as is service!
I always try to stop by here when I'm in Soho, it's hard not too! As soon as somebody mentions Princi it's almost impossible to go anywhere else. Yes, it's a bit tricky getting served, and even trickier to find a seat sometimes, but the bustle is part of the charm. The food is delicous.. The pizza, the breadsticks with olives..the desserts.. The full sit down restaurant is great too when you want a bit more space.
Good for when you just can't decide what to eat as you can have a bit of everything!
Went there on friend's recommendation but everything was disappointing except for the cute bartender. The chicken leg i ordered was completely tasteless itself, the sauce that it comes in was very salty. Friends ordered lots of other stuff but nothing leaves an impression. Definitely not recommending to anyone.
The one in Milan is not as successful as the London one. LOL Thanks for its good location!!! I've been there twice, both time I felt satisfied. Last visit, I've ordered Turkey Lentils Salad x Broccoli and 2 pieces of Focaccia to takeaway. Buono! Better than my first visit, Foccacia was so tasty, welll seasoned and not quite greasy. Turkey salad was also delicious, just perfect. The chilli broccoli, wow, was a surprice. Well done!!! I've been there around 2-3 in the afternoon, not too crowd, didnt queue there, felt good :) and the in total 6pounds for a balanced and healthy, nice potion lunch. First time there, I tried Tiramisu and some other dolci thing~ Loved all my desserts! Definitely will be back.
This deli/self service style restaurant is something I'd associate with a trip to IKEA, you choose from the selection breads, salads, pizzas and most importantly the hot dishes. I order my lasagne, grab a drink and try to find a place to sit. My first thoughts were the lasagne looked a little dry, and I was half right. The pasta was great & the sauce was OK, I like mine oozing out of the sides, but here I thought they were a little sparing with it. Every so often I'd hit a basil leaf or a slice of mozzarella, and this made nearly every mouthful different. A nice touch as a bad lasagne can get pretty boring very quickly. The beef was great, it melted in the mouth & was full of flavour. The two biggest let downs for me were the lack of Béchamel/Cheese sauce along with the topping. The cheese topping was coming away from the top layer of pasta and was quite dry, I imagine this was due to it being kept warm. www.lasagn-yeah.co.uk
My boyfried and I visited London on last year 2012 and we stumbled upon Princi Restaurant. We love this restaurant and the next time we visit London, Princi is on the top of our list!.
What a hidden gem - especially in the heat of summer. Escape the hordes in generic coffee shops on Oxford Street and settle down for a mocha and pastry in tranquility. The prices are no more expensive than a chain, but the quality and service afforded is far superior. It can get busy - get one person in your party to secure seats while the others get their orders in. Highly recommended nonetheless.
Umm..the TimeOut review said: 'Huge Portions'??!! Jesus, are we going to the same place? I imagine the reviewer was a woman on a diet.. This place is expensive for the portion size (which is SMALL, even my italian friend commented). If you are hungry and expect to feel full after then either go elsewhere or expect to pay for 2 meals as I am always hungry just after 1 'main course'. The 2nd course cake tends to fills me up, but then that's because I am lactose intolerant so, well..... Anyhows, the food is very nice and atmosphere like it is in Italy (my italian friend told me since I've never been there myself). Everyone is dressed nicely (due to the prices charged trash doesn't come here) and I enjoy coming here once in a while if only to sample their big cake selection and have a nice coffee. Seating, if you can get it, is communal and cramped at times..queues, well, you don't come here in a rush and if you have been to the Mediterranean, u already know service is not high on the agenda there...although there are often beautiful people here to ogle (as well as some of the very attractive staff) to make up for everything.
One of my favourite lunchtime spots, the most amazing pizza.
Visited the pizzeria in a group of three. We were told it would be a 20 minute wait for a table, it actually ended up being an hour and 20 mins. Many people behind us in the queue were let in first, mostly groups of two, but also a group of four (even though there are no tables for just three people so we should have been given the first available table for four). Food was quite nice but too salty, and certainly not worth the wait.
The best pastries I ever had. I come to London second time, first time just roaming and found this great place. This time I searched a lot on google to get address of Princi as I could not remember exact name. One who is in London must try this place in the evening.Bon-Apetite. :)
Had breakfast (smoked salmon and poached eggs on toast). Toast was burnt and tasted of charcoal, and rocket was to bitter to eat. At least the follow up was attentive, but not worth the high prices.
meh just meh and goodish
I would say don't be put off by some of the less favourable comments. We went early Saturday evening and it was very busy and the queue and finding seating was a bit chaotic (how very Italian) but the food was delicious and am looking forward to going again.
For a late night stop, cake and a skinny latte with friends was a real treat. Loved the Italian atmosphere, very typical Italian. It's so cosy that you want to stay longer. All food looks amazing and the cheesecake I had was. Top marks from me :)
alex has no idea - princi is a waste of time. of course italian food is fantastic, but not from here. in theory its a brilliant idea, and it all looks good, but the execution is not terribly good. i can take crap service, its a take away joint for all intents and purposes, but its the food that fails. the coffee is ordinary, food not hot and the cakes bland as hell.
Went for the first time last night and though it was brilliant! Its open til midnight so a great place to go for a bite to eat if you've been having a drink in Soho and they also serve alcohol so you don't have to end your night there. The way its laid out also makes it easy to drop by without forward planning (if you're not with a large party as they can get very busy). We had just had an awful experience in Bar Shu and this really made up for the night. We had some coffees and a cake and some bread, all were delicious and reasonably priced. It was busy and the atmosphere had a real buzz. The interior was high spec and the toilets were nice too (although only two). I'll definately be returning at the earliest opportunity!
Really good food and excellent service but sadly, while eating leftovers I found a very hot red chili in my pizza, even though I ordered Margherita. I'm allergic to these and needless to say, didn't have a very fun time of it the next day. I tried three times emailing Princi with three different emails I found but all three came back undeliverable (including the email they encourage job applicants to send CVs through to..good luck to them!).
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Rep. Pete Olson sent out a timely, patriotic message to his constituents yesterday for the Fourth of July.
His email spoke of "how lucky we all are to be Americans" and quoted Irish orator John Philpot Curran while describing the United States as a "beacon of liberty across the globe." Then, Olson asked those reading his message to remember "the true meaning and intention of what would become our most important governing document, the Constitution of the United States of America."
There's only one problem with that — the Fourth celebrates the signing of the Declaration of Independence, not the Constitution.
The Constitution of the United States was actually adopted September 17, 1787 and then ratified by conventions in 11 states before going into effect March 4, 1789.
The document mix-up wasn't the only confusing part of Olson's email for constituent Taylor Kilroy, who brought the message to our attention, and pointed out the Congressman's direction to "keep alive the Spirit of '76."
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In the past two weeks the number of states recognizing same-sex marriages has risen from nine to 12, with new marriage bills signed into law in Rhode Island, Delaware, and – on Tuesday – in Minnesota.
Public polls in recent weeks confirm that more Americans than ever before accept the idea of same-sex marriage.
And there's an even bigger potential prize on the horizon as the justices of the US Supreme Court work behind the scenes fashioning decisions expected next month in two major gay rights cases, both involving same-sex marriage.
While it is clear that gay-rights advocates are enjoying significant momentum and historic victories, it is not at all clear how these recent successes will be perceived by the justices at the high court.
Some analysts see the recent events as helpful to the cause of gay rights, while others suggest the rapid progress could convince a swing justice or justices that the intervention of the courts is not necessary.
In one possible scenario, the rising tide of public opinion and state laws favoring equal rights for gay men and lesbians may embolden Justice Anthony Kennedy, a potential swing vote, to join the court's liberal wing in providing special legal protections for gay Americans like those that cover African-Americans, Latinos, and women.
On the other hand, the recent successes might also convince Justice Kennedy and/or other justices that the political process – and democracy itself – is an engine of change sufficient enough to guarantee the rights of gay Americans.
If gay-rights advocates have enough political clout to win legislative favor in three states within 12 days, perhaps they don't need the intervention of the highest court in the land, according to this view.
In a key exchange during oral argument at the Supreme Court on March 27, Chief Justice John Roberts agreed that there had been a sea change in American attitudes about gay marriage in recent years.
"I suppose the sea change has a lot to do with the political force and effectiveness of people … supporting your side of the case," the chief justice told a lawyer challenging the constitutionality of a ban on benefits to same-sex spouses under the federal Defense of Marriage Act.
The lawyer, Roberta Kaplan, rejected the contention that homosexuals in America are politically powerful.
"Really?" Chief Justice Roberts replied. "As far as I can tell, political figures are falling over themselves to endorse your side of the case."
The comment was a reference to a number of members of Congress who announced their support of same-sex marriage on the eve of arguments at the high court.
Ms. Kaplan stood her ground. "No other group in recent history has been subjected to popular referenda to take away rights that have already been given or exclude those rights, the way gay people have," she said.
"You just referred to a sea change in people's understandings and values from 1996, when DOMA was enacted," Roberts said. "And I'm just trying to see where that comes from, if not from the political effectiveness of groups on your side of the case."
Kaplan responded: "I think it comes from a moral understanding today that gay people are no different, and that gay married couples' relationships are not significantly different from relationships of straight married couples."
What is unclear from the Roberts-Kaplan exchange is how it was likely viewed by Justice Kennedy, the potential deciding vote in the case.
If Kennedy agrees with Kaplan's perspective, than the resulting decision may include sweeping federal protections for homosexuals.
If, on the other hand, Kennedy agrees with the chief justice that the gay community has become politically powerful and effective, then the resulting decision may minimize the role of the judiciary.
In his rebuttal argument in support of upholding the Defense of Marriage Act, former Solicitor General Paul Clement urged the justices to allow the political process to solve any problems with the law.
"The reason there has been a sea change is a combination of political power, as defined by this court's cases as getting the attention of lawmakers, certainly they have that," he said.
"But it's also persuasion," Mr. Clement said. "That's what the democratic process requires. You have to persuade somebody you're right."
He added: "That's going on across the country."
Clement noted that Congress had repealed the "don't ask, don't tell" law barring openly gay individuals from the military. He urged the justices to "allow the democratic process to continue."
Despite the victories, the celebrations, and the thousands of marriages being planned for later this summer in Rhode Island, Delaware, and now Minnesota, there are still 31 other states with constitutional bans on same-sex marriages, and several others with statutes outlawing them.
Prior to signing Minnesota's same-sex marriage bill into law, Gov. Mark Dayton looked out across thousands of cheering residents.
"What a day for Minnesota. And what a difference a year and an election can make in our state," the governor said.
"Last year there were concerns that marriage equality would be banned here forever. Now my signature will make it legal in 2-1/2 months," he said.
The new marriage law permits same-sex weddings starting August 1.
The unprecedented momentum began two weeks ago on May 2 when Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee signed that state's same-sex marriage bill into law. The House had passed the measure 56 to 15, and the Senate approved it 26 to 12.
On May 7, five days later, Delaware Gov. Jack Markell endorsed his state's same-sex marriage law. That bill passed the House 23 to 18, and the Senate 12 to 9.
The Minnesota measure passed the House 75 to 59, and the Senate 37 to 30.
In 2011, the Minnesota legislature passed a ban on same-sex marriages. Last November, voters in the state were asked to approve a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage. It was defeated 52 percent to 47 percent.


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I have been meaning to write the review of Me and Earl and the Dying Girl for so long that it makes me sad to see it stand waiting for so long, in the backcloth of my mind, hungry for appreciation. It deserves adulation. It deserves your attention. My sole intent is to shower undying love for this intensely deep and touching movie that beats every convention that mainstream cinema sells us today.
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl is a constant droll that stays beautifully supplemented by the subtle direction of Alfonso Gomez-Rejon. What you cannot certainly overlook is its extraordinary cinematography that pays attention to meticulous details at different crises. If you pay attention enough you will approve the existence of the genius behind the camera.
Alfonso's frames are in a perfect sync with the flick's deadpan. Also, you are invariably smiling at the way things are shown which makes Me and Earl and the Dying Girl a propitious watch. Camera's superlative swiveling from a single axle point and such countless experimentation throughout, will make you realize how Jesse Andrews might not have been able to get a better director for this movie.
Apart from stunning camera movements, the flick scores high on editing too. It stays fueled by its perfect timing for skipping frames, or throwing in a funny jest every now and then. Best ones are stop motion animation scenes that try to expound what our protagonist is thinking. It is intelligently depicted, and bides by its "out of the box" thinking.
Even though the titular flick gives away the primal plot through the moniker itself, it balances on a mere assertion to show us what might or might not happen. Me and Earl and the Dying Girl stays in the head of Greg played by Thomas Mann at all times, and depicts coming of age stuff from his perspective. We also have Earl who is Greg's best friend, played by RJ Cyler who gives a brilliant icing to the story. There are subplots to the tale that unveil as a result of an unusual setup which get superbly helmed too.
It also has 21 mini movies that tell you how talented and amazing the brains behind the Me and Earl and the Dying Girl are. All of these short movies land up one way or the other inside the flick, and you can't help but reflect on your childhood dreams. You are compelled to brood over that passion of yours that could never really go anywhere.
Olivia Cooke as Rachel is absolutely perfect for the role. Her eyes do most of the talking, and you can't thank the casting director enough to have chosen her. Earl doesn't disappoint either. He creates this perfect comportment to depict 'distance' whenever it was the call of the hour. Thomas Mann can't be applauded enough. His Greg brings plausibility to the tale and makes him a very promising character.
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Me and Earl and the Dying Girl is a fun frolic into the lives of Greg, Earl and Rachel. But the tragedy that awaits or doesn't, at the culmination point is going to leave your mind impassioned with emotions. A must watch!
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Wednesday, September 28, 2011
The voices of patients and families are an essential, guiding force in MassGeneral Hospital for Children (MGHfC) operations, extending from the hospital's Family Advisory Council to specialty areas of care.
The Center for Pediatric Hematology-Oncology at MGHfC relies upon feedback from its own group of family advisors, which meets quarterly to guide operations and program planning in the MGHfC center.
"They present the parents' voice to our practice, which is incredibly important," says Elyse Levin-Russman, LICSW, clinical social worker in the Center for Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, and the group's organizer.
The group's recent efforts include oversight of successful family events such as Dad's Night Out, a gathering for dads in box seats at a Boston Bruins game, and Celebrating Amazing Moms, a brunch for moms at the Liberty Hotel, featuring presentations from childhood cancer survivors. These programs aimed to bring families together for support, while providing a diversion from the challenges of cancer treatment.
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Members of the Pediatric Oncology Advisory Committee especially appreciate these experiences, as parents who are going through or have gone through the process with their own children.
"I've met a lot of these parents and we've really formed a bond," says Joe Barnes, who with his wife, Nancy, has been a member of the advisory council for three years. The Barneses joined shortly after their daughter finished cancer treatment at MGHfC. "When we get there it's a welcome opportunity to see folks who have been through the process," Mr. Barnes adds of the council meetings.
The group currently has nine members, but recruitment is ongoing, and new members are always welcome. The Clinical Social Worker Elyse Levin-Russman, Physician Mary Huang, MD, and Nurse Heidi Jupp, RN, from the practice are also participants in the committee. The committee is a collaborative enterprise involving parents and caregivers. Such is also the case for MGHfC's Family Advisory Council.
"The reality is these are all parents who have walked a similar path," Levin-Russman says.
The Barnes family worked with Levin-Russman while their daughter received treatment, and Joe Barnes says getting involved with the council was "the least we could do," to give back. The Barnes' daughter is healthy and is in her senior year of high school this year.
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The advisory committee has contributed to the experiences for families connected with the MGHfC center in a number of ways. Members created a welcome letter for families that was part of a packet introducing families to the pediatric oncology unit and preparing them for the journey ahead.
The advisory committee also discusses suggestions presented by parents and children.
"We're trying to look at the delivery of the service and how we can make it better," Mr. Barnes adds.
Mr. Barnes describes the group meetings as brainstorming sessions in which members discuss what they can do for parents and how to improve communication between families and caregivers. In the process, they often draw upon their own experiences.
"It's a wonderful opportunity to give back and Elyse does a great job bringing a lot of ideas—it's a free-flowing group that does what it can to improve what is a tough situation," Joe Barnes adds.
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The staff of Cosmopolitan revealed the advice they'd give to their 21-year-old selves:
1. "Don't waste your time trying to get someone to like you. Focus on surrounding yourself with people who make you feel good the way you are." –Anna Breslaw, Sex and Relationships Writer, Online
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8. "Don't rush through college to get into the real world. Once you're entered the professional scene, you're there for the rest of your life. There's nothing wrong with getting your career going when you're an undergrad, but there's nothing wrong with enjoying being young either. It's a shame to miss out on your life in the now because you're caught up in what you want it to be like in the future. I wish I'd realized this before I finished my last semester online to move to New York for an internship. I realized — at my graduation ceremony, no less — that that chapter of my life was over, and I'd let some pages slip by in anticipation of the next one. Every experience is an experience — each serves a purpose, and no particular one is better than the other." –Marissa Gainsburg, Copy Editor
9. "Date lots of people and have fun with your girlfriends. This is a time of your life you never get back. Don't worry that you don't have any money yet. You will look back on the 'pre-partying with cheap vodka at home because you can't afford to actually buy drinks in bars' as some of your fondest memories. I promise. Just have a great playlist in the background." –Jenifer Geller, Executive Beauty Director
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13. "High school was not the best time of your life. College is not the best time of your life. Don't believe the people who say so! The best time of your life is yet to come. It's when you can finally create the life you want for yourself, not when you're slogging through someone else's syllabus on your way there." –Marina Khidekel, Deputy Editor
14. "Stop worrying so much about what is going to happen in the future. Enjoy every single moment of your college years. Stress and worrying are for your post-college years." –Blair Stout, Advertising Coordinator
15. "Go home at 2 a.m. Nothing good happens when you stay out past 2 a.m." –Amy Odell, Editor, Online
16. "Ain't no shame in gettin' some. Be safe, of course, but don't be afraid to put yourself out there." –Charles Manning, Style Editor, Online
17. "Stop worrying about your grades. This doesn't mean 'don't care about school,' but I spent so much of college, where I majored in magazine journalism, wringing my hands over a B- in psychology. Get what you can out of your classes, dedicate yourself to the ones you care about, and save yourself some stress on the others. No job or internship has ever asked about my GPA. They just want to know that you're sharp, a fast and willing learner, and care about your field. So focus on honing those skills." –Emma Barker, Sex and Relationships Editor, Online
18. "When you get a job, use your vacation days to travel. It's easy to feel guilty about being out of the office, but your early 20s are the perfect time to start seeing more of the world. I'm not saying take off two full weeks in your first month, but once you've proven yourself as a hard worker, understand that you're entitled to a break too. You're going to have more responsibilities, not less, as you get older, so take advantage of the opportunity to explore. " –Lori Fradkin, Executive Features Editor, Online
19. "My advice to my 21-year-old self is that 22 isn't bad. That graduating may seem all-encompassing and terrifying and like leaving the most incredible thing in the world, but that Real Life is pretty great, too. That being said, read all the books you can now. And enjoy your four-hour break between your only two classes senior spring. Also, save money." –Tess Koman, Editorial Assistant, Online
20. "Enjoy the moment more. College is such a fleeting one, but once it's gone, it's gone. So lounge on the quad and soak up just being a student. The future's coming, and it's scary, but things will work out in the end! Truly be in the present if even for just five minutes — it's really OK to stop and not be planning and doing every second." –Alyssa Bailey, Production Assistant, Online
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Well, the ignorant and the brainless came out for their Oscars the other night. Yes, the beautiful crowd, which loves to lavish accolades on themselves.
These prattish people strut their "wears," costing yearly salaries for real workers, as they walk Hollywood's red carpet. A fitting symbol of color, for it matches their socialistic and communistic mindsets.
Every two years, Republicans like you, in every corner of our state, gather to reorganize and recommit to building a solid Republican foundation in South Carolina.
This past November, we swept the field again. Please know that Lancaster County won one of the biggest contests in the state. With the election of Randy Newman as our 6th Circuit solicitor, we have made major in-roads, not only by strengthening what we already have as a Republican majority in Lancaster, but some firsts of their kind in Fairfield and Chester counties.
An important deadline is approaching for Lancaster County taxpayers – the closing of the county's 2014 tax books, which takes place March 16.
This is an important step in the annual fiscal budgeting process for Lancaster County government, as it allows those who serve on County Council, the school board and the town and city councils to determine how much tax revenue they will have to work with as they finish their 2015-2016 budgets.
The Associated Press had an article in the Feb. 25 papers about the domestic violence bill now wending its way through the Legislature.
Like Gov. Nikki Haley's new commission, this bill has all the appearances of being a "hit job" aimed at males. Haley's commission is staffed by a number of feminist-centered organizations and people.
Wednesday, Feb. 18, marked the beginning of Lent, the 40-day period before Easter, when many Christians abstain from animal foods in remembrance of Jesus' 40 days of fasting in the desert before launching his ministry.
I have personally spoken to the Black Horse Run residents whose backyards the Merrifield Patrick Vermillion commercial development will be lining and none of them approve of this destructive disruption of peace and tranquility that now flourishes in the neighborhood.
We know that stopping it will be nearly impossible, but we only wish to compromise with these developers to request that at least one acre of land should line the perimeter of our neighborhood and separate us from the development.
This is for more reasons than one.
Douglas Young said in his Feb. 22 column, "What is J.R. Wilt's solution to criminal justice problem?," that he does not see the solution to the problem posed by the serious underfunding of the sheriff's and solicitor's budgets for the 2015 county budget.
It seems obvious to me that a problem caused by underfunding is solved by the restoration of the missing funding.
Mr. Young then asserts that the reason for the underfunding is that County Council lacks money.
I perused the the Feb. 22 editorial page to see who was hating the president and Brooks Walker didn't disappoint.
Mr. Walker seems to have things figured out. I wish he would run for office and give us the benefit of his wisdom and knowledge.
We can argue about the economy, employment, and terrorism, yet the one thing that there is no argument over is the fact that Mr. Obama is living in Mr. Walker's head rent free.
It was a time when we considered folks who broke the law suspects, not people of interest. It was a time when we got out of Ford LTDs instead of exiting our SUVs, when we carried revolvers and six extra bullets in our right pocket.
It was the mid to late 1970s on a block of downtown the police department and citizens called "back street."
Wow, I'm at a loss for words in response to Michael Jedson's Feb. 1 letter, "Facts, without the whining and ranting."
I mean the way you defend what is arguably the worst performing six years of economic history in America. Where have you been for six years?
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After 250,000 "white shirt" protesters hit the streets earlier this month, public calls for reform have become stronger. Civic groups have proposed starting a movement to "recall President Ma Ying-jeou's [馬英九] legislators" in which they are focusing on Ma's "party-state legislators" who are only interested in the will of the party instead of the will of the people. This movement is aimed at initiating a recall petition against Ma's accomplices that help him run his party-state against the public will and kicking them out of the legislature.
After five years in power, Ma has made a mess of national policy. While Ma, with his incompetence and arbitrary way of doing things, is the main culprit, his Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) legislators have assisted him and are also responsible for this state of affairs.
The things that Ma has been most criticized for over the past year, such as the price hikes in fuel and electricity, the importation of US beef and the reintroduction of a capital gains tax on securities transactions, were all proposed by him and directed through the legislature by his legislators. He is now planning to use the same method to force the cross-strait service trade agreement and the proposed referendum on the continued construction of the Fourth Nuclear Power Plant through the legislature, and all he needs to do that is the cooperation of the KMT's legislative majority.
These party-state legislators did not begin to betray public opinion and ignore public welfare only when Ma came into power. When the KMT lost power in the 2000 presidential election, they used their legislative majority to boycott everything the DPP tried to get through and set no limit to the political havoc they would cause.
For a long period of time, the KMT even blocked military procurements from the US that were necessary for Taiwan to stand up to China's military rise. This has caused an imbalance in military power on either side of the Taiwan Strait putting Taiwan in a disadvantaged position.
Ma's approval rating is just over 10 percent; however, he still does whatever he feels like when it comes to policy. To pull this off, he relies on his voting army in the legislature. Regardless of how much the public disapproves of something, Ma is happy as long as things get voted through. Although his actions run counter to public opinion, there is nothing society can do. Therefore, recalling "Ma's legislators" would be the most concrete way of getting Ma to listen to public opinion.
Democracy should not just be about elections and we cannot afford to ignore our elected representatives when they start to mess things up just because we have already cast our vote. Although the civil right of recall is clearly prescribed in Constitution, it is merely words on a scrap of paper. Now that the public is demanding reform so earnestly, focusing on the legislative support for Ma's party-state is a prerequisite to bringing about a true constitutional democracy.
In this process, the public needs to look carefully at what the legislators they have entrusted with the right to represent them are doing, listen to what they say and watch how they vote to check if they are living up to the public's expectations. If we find legislators that are not living up to what we expect of them, we can recall those who have been delinquent in their duties and expel them.


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Adopted Russian Boy's Death Ruled Accidental in Texas
(NEW YORK) -- The death of an adopted 3-year-old Russian boy has been ruled an accident in Texas. This just a week after Russian officials accused the boy's adopted parents of killing the child.
Authorities said Friday that Max Shatto, who had been adopted by Laura and Alan Shatto in November, died of a self-inflicted wound on Jan. 21.
An investigation into the boy's death was opened after he was rushed to Medical Center Hospital's emergency room shortly before 5 p.m. on Jan. 21 and later died.
Friday's announcement contradicted a top Russian official who accused the boy's mother of murder last week.
Pavel Astakhov, Russia's children's rights commissioner, wrote on Twitter last week: "An adoptive mother has killed a three-year-old Russian child in the state of Texas. The murder occurred at the end of January."
"The boy died before an ambulance called by his mother arrived. According to a report by medical examiners, the boy had numerous injuries," he added.
The tweets were later deleted, but Astakhov continued to blame the boy's adoptive parents for his death. On Thursday, he said he was told by a Texas social worker that the mother was responsible for the boy's death.
Texas officials denied those claims and the Shattos denied any role in their son's death, but declined to comment further about the issue.
Friday, the Ector County district attorney and sheriff's department announced the findings of Max Shatto's autopsy report, which showed that he died from a lacerated artery in his abdomen from self-inflicted bruising, and that the boy had a mental disorder that caused him to harm himself.
No drugs were found in the child's system, and four doctors reviewed the autopsy report, ruling out the possibility that Shatto was fatally injured by his parents, officials said at the press conference.
The ruling could put to rest the outrage in Russia over what officials there called another example of why U.S. parents should not adopt Russian children. Astakhov's accusation of murder provided fuel for those in Russia who supported Russia's decision to ban adoptions to the U.S.
The ban was part of Russia's response to a set of human rights sanctions that President Obama signed into law in December, but it cited the cases of 19 children who had died after being adopted by Americans.
After the accusations surfaced in Russia, Max's death became the top story in Russia. The boy's birth mother emerged and, in a tearful appearance on state-run television, said she had cleaned up her act and wanted Max's younger brother Kristopher back. On her way back from the interview in Moscow, however, the mother was reportedly kicked off a train after a drunken brawl.
On Saturday, thousands are expected to turn out for a rally in central Moscow calling for Kristopher to be returned to Russia.
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Nagoya, Japan, November 6, 2010 – Brazil rolled over Thailand in a straight-sets victory (25-19, 25-19, 25-16) on the first day of second-round Pool F action at Nippon Gaishi Hall on Saturday afternoon.With three wins already against their first-round opponents also placed in Pool F, the top-ranked Brazilians upped their record to 4-0 with the victory. Thailand, ranked 12th, slid to 0-4 with the defeat.FIVB Women's World Championship Japan 2010 official page
Jose Roberto Guimaraes's Brazil side were especially strong in defence, repeatedly repelling attacks from Thailand and displaying deftly-placed tips throughout the contest. Sheilla was the star attacker for the South Americans, who have dropped only two sets in the entire tournament.Sheilla finished with 21 points including two blocks. Natalia had three aces among her 12 points and Jaqueline registered 11 tallies all via spikes. Thailand's Onuma Sittirak and Wilavan Apinyapong finished in double figures for the defeated side compiling 13 and 11 points respectively.The first set was a tight affair with Brazil taking a 16-14 lead at the Second Technical Timeout (STT), after Jacqueline scored on a super tip. Thailand hung in valiantly but could not deal with the power game of Brazil and fell 25-19 on a nice serve by Natalia. The Brazilians showed off their great passing skills during some notable rallies in the second set. The Asian side were organised and had their moments but were hurt by a lack of depth and dropped the set 25-19.The final set provided more of the same and Brazil completed a clinical effort when a Thai serve went into the net. Ze Roberto's charges will play Cuba next on Sunday, while Thailand take on the Netherlands.


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WATERLOO, Ontario -- Inbee Park won the Manulife Financial Classic on Sunday for her first LPGA Tour title in more than 11 months, matching the course record with a 10-under 61 for a three-stroke victory over Cristie Kerr.
A week after losing the top spot in the world ranking to Stacy Lewis, Park finished at 23-under 261 at Grey Silo for her 10th LPGA Tour title and first since the U.S. Women's Open.
"I've got to say, definitely a little bit pressure off of me," Park said. "At the same time, I think I needed a little bit of motivation. I just didn't have any win after the U.S. Open. I was playing good but not great. So yeah, I think last week was a very good motivation and inspiration for me. So this week, I thought I needed to step it up a little bit."
The 25-year-old South Korean player had only one bogey in 72 holes -- on the fourth hole in the first round. On Sunday, she played the front nine in 5-under 31 and added birdies on Nos. 10, 12-14 and 18 to match the course record set last year by Hee Young Park.
"I didn't really think about the 59," Park said. "All I thought about was just trying to bring that trophy home. I knew there was a lot of birdies and the way I played today everything seemed like it was trying to go in. Even if I didn't make it, it was still close. It's the first time I putted really well in a while, so I was really happy that my putter's finally back."
Park ended a 20-event tour winless streak. Last year, she swept the first three majors and finished the season with six victories. She also won a Ladies European Tour event three months ago in China.
After a week off, the tour will resume play June 19-22 with the U.S. Women's Open at Pinehurst.
"I think it's really good timing," Park said.
Kerr finished with a 63.
"I never looked at the scoreboard until I came off 17, with a reachable par 5 to see where I was," Kerr said. "I was three back and I was stunned because I was 7 under for the day. You'd think you'd be close.
"But it was great, a great week. I did great with my focus. I played great. I can't complain."
China's Shanshan Feng, two strokes ahead of Park and Michelle Wie entering the round, had a 68 to finish third at 18 under.
Lydia Ko and Belen Mozo tied for fourth at 16 under. The 17-year-old Ko closed with a 66, and Mozo shot 65.
Lewis and Wie followed at 15 under. Lewis had a 63, and Wie shot 69.
"I just wanted to play well," said Lewis, the winner last week in New Jersey. "I've kind of had some frustrating rounds all week so I just wanted to put together a good round. Still, even left a few out there today, but it's just nice to see some putts go in kind of leading into the off week and into the Open."


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Independence Police are looking to identify and locate a person of interest in the February 19, 2013, home invasion in the 8800 block of E. Wilson Rd. The suspect assaulted the victim in his home by shooting him with a handgun.
The attached photos show the person of interest who Independence Police believes has important information regarding the crime. If you would, please review the attached photos and disseminate to the public with requests for information regarding the individual shown in the photos.
If anyone knows anything about this crime, please call the TIPS Hotline at 474-8477, the Independence Police Detective Unit at 816-325-7330, or the Independence Police Department at 816-836-3600.


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Video shows Clarksville woman attacking second-grader on bus
Clarksville woman stepped onto a school bus to confront a child she believed hit her stepdaughter.
CLARKSVILLE, TENN. — A Clarksville woman stormed onto a school bus and launched a profanity-laced tirade against a boy she thought had hit her stepdaughter in the mouth.
Four minutes and 12 seconds of chaos ensued.
The incident, captured on a video obtained through a The Leaf-Chronicle public records request, shows Kela Leshia Hand, 22, grabbing a 7-year-old St. Bethlehem Elementary School second-grader and shouting profane threats at the child and at all the other young children on the bus.
An elementary school girl was apparently hit in the mouth at the Raleigh Court bus stop on April 25. The girl's mother and her mother's partner, Hand, boarded the bus to find out who hit their daughter, and things quickly escalated.
The video shows Hand getting on the bus, walking past the driver as the driver objects, yelling at the children, and trying to lead the 7-year-old boy she initially suspected of hitting her daughter off the bus as he cries and screams.
Hand is heard on the video telling the boy she is going to "(expletive) him up." The boy said he would tell his mom, according to the warrant, and Hand is heard yelling, "Go ahead. I will (expletive) her up too!"
Hand also cursed and threatened all the other children on the bus.
In all, six adults got on the bus, walking past the driver over her objections. Some of the adults appeared to be checking on their children, some were arguing with the children over who started the fight, and one yelled sternly at the children to sit down and behave themselves.
The bus driver, Connie Pritzl, radioed Clarksville-Montgomery County School System dispatch after Hand first got on the bus, but then she put the radio down.
In the video, dispatchers can be heard in the background trying to get a response from Pritzl as she tries to control the situation.
A letter of reprimand in Pritzl's personnel file says dispatch called 911 to request assistance and asked Pritzl for her location. After several attempts by dispatch to reach her, Pritzl finally radioed back and said the parent had left the bus, so the request for assistance from 911 was canceled.
Police responded to St. Bethlehem Elementary to begin an investigation.
Mother outraged
Monica Rogers, the mother of the 7-year-old boy, is outraged that Hand was allowed on the bus and said the driver should be fired.
She said she didn't learn of what happened until later that afternoon, after an arrest had been made.
"The principal told me there was an incident on the bus," Rogers said. "The parent boarded the bus, cursed out the kids and pinpointed my son, thinking he was the one who hit her daughter."
"She pulled him by his arm out of the seat and said you are going to get off this bus. She grabbed his arm and proceeded to the front of the bus with him. There was another student by the stairs who told her he didn't do it."
Rogers' son has epilepsy, and she feared the upsetting situation could lead to a seizure.
"I wondered if he is OK, is he all right," Rogers said. "I was thinking is he emotionally OK because this strange woman he'd never seen came to him and told him he'd hit her daughter. He didn't hit anyone. He didn't do it and didn't know what she was talking about."
She said her son has never had any issues with fighting on the bus or at school.
When her son got off the bus that afternoon, she walked him home.
"I asked him how he felt. He said, 'She didn't do anything. The bus driver. She didn't help me or do anything," Rogers said.
"Monday morning, he said he didn't want to go on the bus. I said it will be OK. I will call your principal and make sure everything's OK. I contacted his principal and asked to view the tape so I know what actions to take next."
Seeing the video made her furious at the bus driver, she said.
"She should be held accountable, not for the woman's actions but for what happened. She allowed the lady on the bus. ... She walked past the bus driver. The bus driver said she can't be on the bus, but that won't make a grown person move.
"She stood there watching instead of being on dispatch telling them there was parent on the bus, yelling and cussing and screaming. She didn't make it sound urgent that the police needed to be called."
Rogers said the mother of the child and Hand – the mother's partner – owe her son an apology.
"If they would've yelled, OK, but to put your hands on him? I don't grab my son like that, and they shouldn't have either."
Barred from school
Hand was charged with two counts of assault and one count of disorderly conduct.
She also was sent a letter from the principal of St. Bethlehem Elementary informing her she would no longer be allowed on school property. If she enters school property, she will be charged with trespassing, the letter said.
Phone calls and messages to Hand were not returned Tuesday.
Driver suspended
School system policy states no parent should ever be allowed on a school bus. Only the bus driver and school personnel are allowed on.
Elise Shelton, spokeswoman for the school system, said that following the investigation, Pritzl was suspended for two days without pay on May 1 and May 2.
Pritzl, who has worked as a bus driver with the Clarksville-Montgomery County school system since November 2009, also was placed on a five-day alternate work site without pay from May 5 to 9. She has since been reassigned to the food services department, Shelton said.
This was the second such incident this year involving Pritzl. On Feb. 17, Pritzl was reprimanded for a similar situation where a parent boarded her bus. During a meeting with her supervisor, the proper procedure was reviewed, according to a letter in her record.
"We appreciate the hard job drivers do," Shelton said. "The concern for the school system is the safety of the children. That is what's most important. We have to keep children safe at all times."


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Lyrics:Skies of love are grey, Shadows on my way, And my heaert is aching For a cheering ray. Dearest, in your eyes, Bid the sun arise, In a smile that's making Life a perfect day. RefrainOnly a smile, but for me 'twill hold, All I am longing to know; Telling that story, the sweetest told, Saying: Dear, I love you so! Bid shadowed skies of my hope grow fair, Send your dear eyes shinging through! Grant me the joy of my heart's one pray'r Only a smile from you!
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Dieting is hard – no one wants to avoid their favorite foods in the long term. It might be easier to get started by trimming just a few fattening items from your diet routine.
Here are 12 easy ways to instantly drop 100 calories from your day. If you do all 12, that's 1,200 calories you're saving and you may not even feel like you're missing out on anything.
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There are plenty of situations which warrant music but aren't exactly conducive to real speakers, vacations and day trips foremost among them. Tembo Trunks, a Kickstarter project conceived by two Australian brothers on holiday in Africa, looks to be the perfect acoustic compromise.
Click to view The Trunks are collapsible silicone cones that function as amplifiers for regular iPod earbuds. They fold and stack for easy travel, require no power, and can withstand being run over by a car. Basically you toss 'em in your pack and forget about them until you need 'em.
Flaps on the back of the cones secure earbuds in place—they're designed for Apple's stock buds but presumably work with others as well—and amplify the music the buds are emitting to 80 dB, somewhere between a regular conversation and the racket made by a lawnmower. Maybe not dance party-level boom, but certainly loud enough for a group of people to enjoy.
The brothers are currently have $3000 of their $10,000 goal; a $39 pledge will get you a pair of the first Trunks manufactured. [Kickstarter via Wired]


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It's the 26th, and I hope you're still away from work and playing all your new games. Christmas is the time for getting—as well as giving—some hot new hardware and of course games, so I hope everyone out there is happy with their spread. What did you get? What were you looking for? What are you buying yourself with gift certificates?
I'm looking forward to seeing the hardware sales numbers this year; in my experience, if you were willing to drive around town you could find a PS3 or two (although they would be the 20GB variety) and the Wii was almost impossible to come by. The 360, on the other hand, was everywhere. My local Best Buy had a huge display at the front of the store. I saw this repeated everywhere, and the size difference also came across in games and accessories; retailers had stock to move with the 360, and they wanted to do it.
I think there was a hunger for new video games and new televisions this year, and with both the PS3 and Wii stock so supply constrained, retailers hoped to make their money selling you a 360, a few games, their protection plan, and an extra controller or two. Also, have you seen this wireless headset? And with your purchase you can sign up for Sports Illustrated...
Microsoft had hardware on every shelf, and with a wide variety of games and accessories, they offered retailers the biggest chance to make money. Therefore, retailers are going to push the 360 to get those nice margins. Or maybe Microsoft just coughed up a ton of cash for display prominence in the store. In the few places I went to it was blatant enough that even Jess remarked on it.
Which disappoints me. I wanted to see every system out there in huge stacks; I wanted customers to walk away with the console they wanted, not the one the salesperson hard-sold their parents into. I would have loved to have seen some sales numbers if people really had their pick of the systems.
Let's not get down, though, because this is a happy season! So, merry Christmas! Me? I'm jamming on some GT HD (a free Christmas surprise from Sony!) some Castlevania IV (which is as good as I remember, and may be worth digging into later on Opposable Thumbs) and of course some multiplayer Gears of War. So spill it, what did you get, and what are you playing?


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NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — The gravity-defying trajectory of the cost of college finally appears to be losing momentum, with tuition at public universities this academic year rising at its slowest rate in decades.
In-state tuition at public four-year colleges averaged $8,900 for the 2013-2014 academic year, an increase of just 2.9%, the College Board reported Wednesday. That's a dramatic slowdown from the previous decade's average annual growth rate of 8%, and the smallest increase since 1975.
Meanwhile, tuition at private universities and colleges rose 3.8% to an average $30,100 for the 2013-2014 academic year.
Public university tuition has skyrocketed since 2000, when state governments started reducing taxpayer support for colleges. But now that some states have started to restore funding for higher education, price increases are starting to moderate, said Jeff Lieberson, a spokesman for the American Public and Land-grant Universities.
"It's not back to where it was before, but at least it's not going in the wrong direction," he said. "And hopefully, this trend will continue."
Yet, tuition is still growing faster than most families' incomes: Since 2002, median family income has risen just 1.9% annually, the Census Bureau reports.
Other college costs are also rising faster than household incomes. Add in room and board, books, and other campus costs, and the full sticker price of attending Your State U totals $22,800, up 2.7% from last year. That's about 60% higher than the full cost of attendance a decade ago.
For private schools, the sticker shock can be even more extreme: the full cost of attendance came in at $44,750 for this academic year, the College Board reported.
Of course, at least half of all undergrads get grants or tax credits that mean they pay a lower "net" price.
Unfortunately, the total amount of grants and scholarships was flat this year, driving the net price at public universities 3.2% higher to an average of $17,060 a year.
Students at private colleges are the least likely to get stuck paying full sticker price. Private schools, on average, award grants worth about 40% of tuition to 87% of freshmen. (The amount a student receives typically depends on his or her ability and financial need.) This year, the average net price at private schools was $27,100, a 5% increase from 2012.
Still worried about affording college? Here are a few bright spots:
Community colleges: Tuition at public two-year colleges averaged just $3,260, up 3.5% from last year. After adding in the $2,500 American Opportunity Tax Credit, and the fact that about half of community college students get some grants, the College Board says the typical community college student gets enough aid to fully cover their tuition and books.
Bargain states: The University of Wyoming charges only $4,404 a year for in-state students, a price increase of just 3.5%. And the University of South Dakota charges out-of-staters about $10,000 a year in tuition and fees, which is lower than the in-state charges for more than 20 other states' flagship schools.
Reduced borrowing: While 60% of 2012 graduates had college debt averaging a record $26,500, today's students appear to be borrowing less.
The number of federal Stafford undergraduate loans made in the 2012-13 academic year dropped by 343,000, or 3.9%, and the amount borrowed through the program fell by $3.7 billion, or 6.1%. (The number of undergraduates only decreased by 1.6% last year.)
The number of parents who took out federal PLUS loans plunged by 19%. The Department of Education declined to comment on the reasons behind the decline in borrowing. But it has been widely reported that in late 2011, the Department quietly tightened lending standards for PLUS loans, rejecting more parents with credit problems.
In addition, Kathleen Payea, one of the authors of the College Board report, noted that there has been a decline in enrollment at for-profit colleges, and those students tend to borrow more than others.


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The Fender Stratocaster ("Strat") is a guitar that is produced since 1954 by the american brand Fender. When it appeard first it was taken as revolutionary cause of it's look. It's still produced today and can be called the most popular, most sold and also most copied guitar model. As good as every (famous) guitarist has played at any point of his career a Stratocaster or at least a copy. As it was produced in the beginning only in USA, today it's also produced in Korea, Mexico and Japan.
the early years
After Fender having had success with their first guitar Telecaster, Leo Fender (firm leader and founder) began in 1952 to develop a new guitar. It must be said that Leo Fender was quite impressed and influenced by the car-industry; they brought out new models every year – and so did he: he thought of the development of the Telecaster to be finished and put all his effort in creating a totally new guitar. He wanted to use all the experiences the company made with the Telecaster, to be able to make an even better guitar. Besides that, the dealers wanted a better equipped (than Telecaster) high-quality instrument, that could keep pace with the Gibson Les Pauls. The musicians who helped to develop the Stratocaster wanted a vibrato, more sound possibilities and also a better playability. The basic idea of the Stratocaster was developed by Leo Fender, Freddie Tavares (product manager of Fender), George Fullerton (Co-Leader of Fender) and the two guitarists Bill Carson and Rex Gallion: The body should get a futuristic form with a very long upper cornet to allow a better playability when playing staying. Even, that horn looked like the back of the big limousines. From the guitarist Rex Gallion came the idea to make notches for the costals to achieve better playability the headplate was also changed; it became asymmetric and very close to the design of P. Bigsby. While Bill Carson wanted to equip the Strat with 5 pickups and Leo Fender wanted only 2, after long discussions on came together with 3 pick ups. The Stratocaster became a plate vibrato system The guitar cable was connected via a notch on the corpus top, because a lot of Telecasters had to be repaired because the jack socket was broken.
Prototype Problems
In 1953 when the first Prototypes were given to a number of certain guitatists, the results were bad: the plate of the vibrato system gulped all the vibration of the strings, what resulted in a very shrill and metallic sound. The guitarist Carson described the sound of the Stratocaster this way "It sounds like a cheap banjo in a plate-bin" But Leo Fender had been so convinced by the plate-vibrato construction that he had already ordered 5000 plate rolls. It's said that they kept for years in the Fender storehouse.
Sucess came in
So after long discussions a new tremolo was developed.
The (revised) plate vibrato was used in the Jazzmaster and Jaguar models later on.
The new tremolo took one year to get started and was a very unflashy little "gadget" and allowed the player by pressing down the vibrato-arm to let the strings to slacken completely. Besides that it improved the sound of the Stratocaster quite a lot.
In 1954 it was applied for a patent under the name "Tremolo", not under the (correct) name "Vibrato" - why isn't known. At this point of time the name wasn't found.
The guitarist Bill Carson wanted the guitar to be named "Fender Bill Carson Model" (like Gibson), but Leo Fender disliked this idea.
The futuristic sounding name Stratocaster was found as a mixture of the "TeleCASTER" and the word "STRATOsphere". In fact it has no deeper meaning. But the Fender advocates signed off on the name because there were no copyright violations to fear of.
The production began in 1954, the first advertisement for the new model was printed in April 1954 in the magazine "International Musician". The price was 249$ plus additional 39$ for the case. The Telecaster had a price of 189$ in comparison. Although the Stratocaster made a lot stir, it did not displace the Telecaster. There was a lot of advertising but still more Telecasters than Stratocasters were sold. This changed not until the 1970s – but up to today Stratocaster and Telecaster are produced parallel – although the Stratocaster was thought of initially as a follow-up model to the Telecaster. After official digits of Fender in 1994 after the 50th anniversary of the Stratocaster, from 1-1.5million Stratocasters were produced and sold.
Development of the Stratocaster model
At first the Stratocaster was built of two pieces of ash. Since 1956 for the corpus is also used the lighter alder. The standard finish was a "2-tone sunburst" that ran from yellow in the middle, to brown-black at the corners. Other colors or making the hardware golden were only available on order. The neck was one part of maple. There was no separate fretboard, it was placed directly on the neck. The truss rod to adjust the neck was placed in from the back, and the nut closed with a black stripe of wood. The pickup switch had only 3 positions; the combination of the pickups wasn't possible.
The biggest change was that the Stratocaster became a separate rosewood fretboard. At first there appeard some rifts occasionally, so the diameter of the fretboard was varied. Also the pickups were changed to ones with a higher power and an even warmer sound. In this period Fender started to work together with the chemical-concern "Dupont", as a result it was possible to paint the Stratocaster in all "normal" colors, and not only in the wood-colors. Besides that the "special" finishes was taken to the normal offer under the topic "custom colors". Expecially the finishes "Fiesta Red", "Lake Placid Blue" and "Surf Green" became very popular.
In 1965 Leo Fender sold the whole Fender company to the concern Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS). As a result some changes that Leo Fender had prevented were pushed through: the 5-way toggle switch that allowed the Stratocaster to combine the single coils came in 1977.
Leo Fender didn't like the idea because he said the sound wouldn't be clear anymore if you combine the pick ups.
The musicians loved the changes, though.
Besides that there were made some changes with the neck construction and the fretboard. (Fretboards + necks out of maple only were buy-able again). And because CBS tried to make more money with the Stratocaster, they bought cheaper material and enlarged the production tolerance. Because of that it came to big fluctuations in quality.
One idea to save money, was to use a cheaper wire for the pick ups. But the isolation material of the wire was melted in the wax-bath, the wires had to take during the production – this stabilisized the wire and prevented backcoupling usually. As a result, CBS didn't do the wax-bath anymore, so the pick ups hade a whistling-sound and "provoked" backcouplings.
In the following time it came to embarrassing production flaws: On a guitar with a transparent sunburst finish, you could read the pencil message of a quality-inspector: "Attention: knot-hole" and the hideous place was circled.
This was the high point of the bad quality. Just at the end of the 1970s CBS tried to get their good image back.
Changes in 1985
The Fender firm was sold again – to the investor William Schultz, but he bought only the name(rights) and the remaining instruments + parts. The result was that the production stopped for a short period of time, until the new factory in Corona, California was built. This factory included a custom shop that was able to execute special customer wishes and limited special series.
1985 – today
The Stratocaster is the biggest way to make money for the Fender Musical Instruments Corperation.
That results in a very huge product spectrum.
Besides the re-building of nearly all building-phases there are countless specialeditions and new developed stratocaster models. At least the Fender instruments differ in the place they're produced. So is for example a american stratocaster more expensive than a mexian strat.
Most Important Fender Models
American Standard Stratocaster
This is one of the most popular actual models. It is in the style of the pre-CBS phase, but has some nice modern features, like better pick ups and a floating tremolo. The "American Deluxe Series" model has a "S-1 switching system" that allows parallel switchings (humbucker!). It gives also acces to the neck-bridge combination (telecaster-like sound).
Classic Stratocaster
This is the name for 3 modells that has each some features representing one decade of Stratocasters. There is the classic 50s Stratocasters with a on-neck fretboard, the classis 60s Stratocaster has a rosedwood fretboard and the classis 70s Stratocaster has a bigger head-plate and is available in the color "natural", that was very popular in the 70s.
Fat Strat
This Strat contains instead of the third single coil a humbucker (HSS) and you achieve "fat" sound with this guitat, therefore comes the name. You get more pressure in your sound and it sounds more warm. This type is very popular in rock / metal music in combination with a lot of distortion.
Highway One
This instrument is optically in the style of the 70s strat with all the typcial features, but has some more powerful singlecoils. It was designed for the country- and bluesrock music that was very popular in the 70s that uses sounds with little distortion.
Big Block Stratocaster
It has a humbucker in the bridge position and it's very blazing through some optical features: The instrument is plainted black – everywhere. And all the mechanics and the pickguard are chromed. In the fretboard you have big rectangular perlmut inlays.
Relic Stratocaster
"Relic" is a term that stand for a series of product-types which look all sysnthetic artificial. That makes them look like an old collector-strat – even if they're new.
There are 3 different levels of aging beginnig with "New Old Stock" over "Closed Classic" goin to "Relic". The "New Old Stock" series is wanted to make an impression, like forgotten for years and years in stock and now detected freshly. They make an unplayed impression, only yellowed plastic, old colors and dimmed mechanics differ them from the "normal strat". "Closed Classic", an instrument is simulated, that is played by the pre-owner but has been in good care and forgotten. Synthetic playing-ruts like kinks and rust on the mechanics are there also, but they're apart from this intact. "Relic" itself are instruments that look like they were live-instruments for decades; the finish is scratched, the fretboard shows playing ruts, the mechanics are rusted and the headplate has synthetic scorches from "forgotten" cigarrettes. The idea to sell used-style instruments comes – after a legend – from the Rolling Stones – they wanted for their World Tournee in 1994 called Voodoo Lounge the exact copies of their old instruments. As the re-built instruments looked much too new, they head to be made ancient optically.
Roland Ready Stratocaster
This is a Strat that is arised in cooperation with the brand Roland. The instrument has besides the 3 single coil pick ups a new hexaphonic Pickup, that can – in combination with an external ecletronic system – convert the playing signal into midi singnals. With this technique it's possible to make the guitar sound like completely differnet insturmens for example the piano, drumms or the trumpet.
Acoustrasonic Strat
This is an accoustic guitar, that hollow corpus has the form of a "normal" stratocaster. Although this guitar has all features of a regular accoustic guitar, because of the small body, it's very silent and if played on stage it's amplified through a Piezo pick up normally.
Signature models
From the begining on, it was important for Fender, to see famous musicians play their instrments on stage. As in the beginning only normal Stratocasters were given to the musicians, later on the instruments were modified for the artisted and sold as signature xy modells. Most popular became these:
Eric Clapton
The base is a 50s stratocaster, this model has two important differneces: new electronic (two non-buzzing pick ups with elevation the midds) and the vibrato is put out of power with an wood block. This guitar was not only bought by Clapton Fans but also by professsional guitarists like Daryl Stuermer.
Jeff Beck
Comparable to Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck also put active electronics in his guitar, but in opposite Jeff Beck really likes the Vibrato system, so it' not only there, but replaced by a modern mounted on roller bearings tremolo system.
Richie Sambora
This instrument of Richie Sambora (he is the guitarist for Bon Jovi) was modified to get all the things you need to make a melodios Hardrock: It has a bridge humbucker to get a pressurefull, warm sound and a Floyd-Rose Tremolo to make all the crazy things like Divebombs etc with it. Besides that he wanted to have star-inlays in the color of perlmutt. Who likes it – buy it .
Matthias Jabs
As I'm German, this one i really important for me; the Scorpions guitaris got his own guitar, that in Germany is called for fun "Jabbocaster". It has also a bridge-position humbucker and, like Richie Sambera extravargant inlays – guess what? They look like Saturn! This guitar is only available in red.
Jimi Hendrix
This guitar isn't a signature guitar in the usual sence, because it was presented 27 years after Jimis Death (rest in peace Jimi!) in 1997.
As Jimi was a left-hander, he played the normal guitars in wrong direction. Because in the 60s Lefthanders instruments were very expensive and not easy to get.
But there aren't as many lefthander-jimi fans, than right handers, the Jimi Henrix signature Strat is a reverse Lefthander strat. Even the "fender" writing on the top of the guitar is printed mirror-inverted.
Ritchie Blackmore
The Deep-Purple guitarist got from Fender 2 signarue models: The earlier one is the same like the standard 1970s CBS Strat in white, but it has scalloped frets. Another thing is different: because Ritchie uses only neck and bridge pick up, the middle pick up was a fake only. The 2nd model had active electronics and the middle pickup position was empty. (looks like a telecaster).
Yngwie Malmsteen
This signature model is a copy of Malmsteens "Play Loud" 1972' Stratocaster (it's also called "the Duck") and has also scalloped frets. It has stratocaster-untipical 3 Dimarzio humbucker, that are in the form of Singlecoils, to keep the look.
Stratocaster copies
Other Brands
Since it's appearance the Stratocaster is the most copied guitar model. The Stratocaster shape is the figure a not playing human gets into his mind when thinking of an eguitar. To stick to facts, as good as every guitar manufacturer has or has had a guitar model inspired by the Stratocaster in his product range (Although Fender tries to stop the close copies of the Stratocaster helped by it's advocats). As a result all the Stratocaster copies have some minor changes. The one hand of producers are specialized on producing cheap beginnner "Stratocaster"s while the other hand does "Customizing", that means improvement through higher quality material, better / other pick ups, a little different shape, glued necks and an original finish – to make visible on the first view that this isn't a series production, but a "special" instrument. Famous examples are the brands "Valley Arts" and "Sadowsky" - check them out. But they never stick exactly to the Stratocaster form, they always have a little different shape hradplate or something similar, with the aim that Fender won't proceed them legally. But while there are still a lot of Stratocaster copies, Fender wanted to be able to make it's own Stratocasters in low-price range. This was the born of Squier.
Squier copies Stratocasters in Asia, and with cheaper materials, this has two effects: on the one hand the very cheap prices of Squier guitars, one the other hand less quality than original Fender ones. Besides making copies of famous Fender instruments squier has by now also it's own product lines, that are only slack connected with the original Fender products.
Leo Fender
After Leo Fender had sold Fender, he couldn't stop to build guitars, and founded together with George Fullerton a new company again called G&L Musical Instruments (G&L = George & Leo).
They produced not Stratocaster-similar modells in the beginning, because Leo still thought, the Stratocaster was overrated and could be easily cleared out with another, "better" model.
The "G&L Comanche" had therefore some similarities with the Stratocaster but was improved by Leo in some certain aspects: The three pick ups had so called "Split ups" that prevented them from buzzing and other background noises. The Tremolo was advanced and the guitar had lots of little knobs that allowed to influence the sound of the guitar massively.
Unluckly, a lot of those sounds were very metallic, hard and shrill, because Leo constructed the prototypes still with his own (abating) hearing. This problem was solved when Leo bought himself a hearing aid – in the following times the instruments had their warm sound back. Because those instruments were still not good-selling, the designers of G&L designed behind the back of Leo an instrument called "G&L Legacy", that was an original Stratocaster, with only a better tremolo. As this instrument was good selling, Leo was happy with it;), and this is still one of the mainstays of this enterprise.
Stratocaster in art & design
In 1954 when the Stratocaser appeared first, the new design was revolutionary – in all areas. The Stratocaster was the aximatic evidence, that a eguitar could have any shape. While the Gibson Les Pauls was still leant to the shape of the accoustic guitar, the Stratocaster encouraged all (guitar) designer over the world, to come up with new designed-guitars. It's undoubtable, that without the Stratocaster, today there wouldn't be crazy looking guitars like the Flying-V or the Explorer. Also the fact that the Stratocaster was available in all the normal colors, was a breaking to the accoustic-wood-looking guitars. Besides that the term "Strat" became a synonym for all strat-like guitars. In the beginning 1970s when Hardorock came up, the guitar brands started to adapt the Stratocaster to the new styles: 24 frets, a floyd rose tremolo, active electronics and the more powerful humbuckers were installed. Also the shape became more peaked and edged.
This "tuned" instruments are called from musicians "Superstrats". Famous manufactures here are Ibanez, Jackson, ESP or Framus. In art the Stratocaster guitar became the timeless symbol of Rock'n'Roll and can be viewed on countless albumcovers, posters, buttons, comics (interesting; in the most comics you see a eguitar – it's a stratocaster!), as deco for discos, or even on toys.
The Jimi Hendrix Woodstock Strat
This instrument kept alive – in opposite to a lot of other guitars of this artist. The white guitar is in the hand of a collector and is said to be the most expensive instrument in the world. In 1993 it changed it's possesor for a price of today ~ 1.300.000 $(!).
GMC Strat Players
If you have a Stratocaster, write in your name, model and SN:
1. Milenkovic Ivan - 60th Anniversary American Strat - SN: Z6011934
2. Peter Leupold - American Deluxe Ash Body Stratocaster - SN: DZ9345381


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Everyone will always tell you they want more of something. More money. More dessert. More hair. Having more money brings in its fair share of problems. More desserts can bring on obesity and other health issues. What about having more hair?
It would seem as if you have thinning to little hair, more hair would be a blessing. However, there are those of us where having too much hair makes aspects of living a hassle. Follow along as I explain the multitude of problems with too much hair.
Stepping into the shower comes with a host of many problems. Most enjoy long relaxing showers, those of us with too much hair have come to despise them.
First, there is the issue of finding the right shampoo for our type of hair. Choose the wrong shampoo and you can end up with super volumized, frizzy hair. That is no fun for anyone!
While you are shampooing your hair, you are left with strands of stray hairs all over your body and hands. You leave behind a trail of yourself on the shower walls, shampoo bottles, and soap.
Of course, all that excess hair is going to have to go somewhere, so it ends up down the drain. At some point in time, all of that excess hair is going to build up and clog your drain up. You have one of two choices. You can call a plumber and pay the cost or do it yourself and be grossed out. You really do not want to deal with human hair that has been building up in a shower drain over time!
Time Management
One of the biggest issues of having so much hair is the time it takes to get it looking good. Most of us do not have Hollywood stylists to help us every morning and evening to look glamorous.
There is the general hassle of trying to brush your hair and deal with tangles and frizzing. This in itself can take upwards of a half hour. On the same note, I can not tell you how many hair brushes are either lost or broken while trying to brush long, unmanageable hair.
There are various hair care products that have to be applied and rubbed into the scalp. Some which actually work, while others that seem to have no purpose what so ever.
If by some chance the weather is not what you are expecting all the work could be for naught. Having too much hair leaves you more exposed to the elements. Humidity or rain can ruin all the work you put into your hair in mere moments.
Is having too much hair a real big problem in life? Probably not, but it can be a real nuisance and inconvenience. There are some good tools and products that are able to help. But there are days it seems the easiest choice is to just chop it off and send it off to locks for love.
Now, let me go fish that hair out of the shower drain!