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CLAMFIGHT consists of Andy Martin on drums and vocals, Sean McKee on lead guitar, Joel Harris on rhythm guitar, and Louis Koble on bass. Self described as "music for fat dudes and the buxotic women who love them," this crew of childhood friends has been playing together in various bands since 1997, existing together as CLAMFIGHT since 2002. Having shared the stage with great local acts including Wizard Eye, Pale Divine, Bitchslicer, Hellblock Six, Maegashira, Rukut, A Day of Pigs, Wally, as well as some more well known national acts including Kings Destroy, Solace, Jucifer, and Iron Man over the years, the band have amassed a legion of fans in the tri-state area and within the diehard doom/sludge community. Their debut, Volume I, was self released in August 2010 and has received favorable press from Doommantia and The Obelisk among others, and was named the #7 album of the year from The Obelisk's top 20 list.
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Can I poop in peace?!!!!
my kids always follow me in to the bathroom. they always ask, "whatcha doing?"
Yep that's my boys all the time. I don't even bother locking the door anymore...lol
Better than what my daughter does. She unlocks the door and sits on the step stool asking "Whatcha doing?"
If the kids aren't home, it is a kitty paw under the door or scratching at the door.
thankfully my kids don't very often. however my cat seems to everytime I am in there. silly cat.
I gave up closing the door a long time ago, unless DH is home to occupy my bathroom invaders. It's usually our cat sitting on the bench waiting to attack the toilet paper, both dogs sitting in front of me pushing each other to be the closest to me and DD who is 9 but has serious "mom's having a private moment and I need her now" radar. If I close the door, DD yells at me through it, the cat has her paws under the door and the dogs scratch at the door. It's almost laughable most of the time.


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Nokia's E90 communicator Launched
12 February 2007 by axxxr Nokia today introduced the the all-inclusive Nokia E90 Communicator,The Nokia E90 sets the standard for an uncompromised "mobile office" experience. The Nokia E90 Communicator is now based on the S60 platform, making a wealth of additional mobile applications available for its users. The Nokia E90 Communicator also has an integrated GPS and Nokia Maps application to provide help in finding routes and locating services. For increased personal convenience, the Nokia E90 Communicator is equipped with an FM radio, a music player, a video player and two cameras a 3.2Mpix auto focus camera with flash and a second camera for videoconferencing. The latest technologies at the core of the device bring business necessities and personal amenities to the hands of people independent of time and place. Fast and inexpensive connections over WLAN and HSDPA-enhanced 3G accelerate the mobile use of data- and transmission-rich applications. The interface to business and leisure applications and the Internet, the stunning Nokia S60 browser, with 16 million colors, is capable of displaying the full width of a web page at once. The latest technologies at the core of the device bring business necessities and personal amenities to the hands of people independent of time and place. Fast and inexpensive connections over WLAN and HSDPA-enhanced 3G accelerate the mobile use of data- and transmission-rich applications. The interface to business and leisure applications and the Internet, the stunning Nokia S60 browser, with 16 million colors, is capable of displaying the full width of a web page at once.First deliveries of the Nokia E90 Communicator are anticipated to take place during the second quarter of 2007, with volume global availability during the third quarter of 2007. The unsubsidised retail price of the Nokia E90 Communicator will be around $750-800 Comments On 21 Feb 08:04 Jon wrote The screen planel looks unstardy while you key the pad and the panel just falls backward ! during demo (see www.mobile88.com) the main face unatractive enough it supose to look more excutive style.Do they arms with fax ? On 18 Feb 02:57 nokianaah wrote can it vibrate? funny how these communicators cant vibrate.. On 17 Feb 08:53 Michael wrote It would be perfect for me if it comes with a touch screen. On 16 Feb 21:16 Hameed wrote Holy macaroni and cheese... On 14 Feb 14:44 toxicccccccccc wrote How ugly the phone designer thoughts can be.....? On 13 Feb 18:00 sesuckmore wrote aww.. se fanboys crying like a baby.. waa waahhh. On 13 Feb 02:05 truth wrote anyone who makes negative comments about this clearly has a tiny penis On 12 Feb 22:27 LOUIS wrote COULD THIS, THE NOKIA E90 BE THE ULTIMATE PDA PHONE?? FORGET THE STONE AGE SE P990i THIS THING DID NOT EVEN REACH AUSTRALIA,EVEN AFTER 15 MONTHS APPEARING ON THE LOCAL & GLOBAL WEBSITES. I HOPE THIS NOKIA DEVICE MAKES IT HERE IN AUS BEFORE I ENTER AN OLD AGE HOME. IT LOOKS LIKE A REAL BEAUTY. PLS DELIVER NOKIA. On 12 Feb 20:35 soulframe wrote This could be my upgrade to my HTC Tytn. It's got all that I need, all be it in a different and slightly bigger form factor. On 12 Feb 20:33 tindo196 wrote pxxxx range ,specs wise,the nokia e90 says "eat my dirty behind" On 12 Feb 19:10 idris wrote i will like to meet this guy in flesh and bone coz this looks really great to me.it has almost every stuff that a mobile phone has gat to get. enough funtions. On 12 Feb 17:37 ihab wrote @Belasito, the previous models didnt sell good???? where do u get that crap? This is a proper Communicator with alot of features and all features needed in a mobile business device and more! certainly a perfect P990 competitor and probably a winner aswell. On 12 Feb 17:19 nabeelahmad wrote far far better than previous.dont entirely seek 8.0 mega pixels in a communicator.if anyone of you has samsung p860 or nokia n95 locked set not unlocked than i wanna buy it from you if you desire to .the set should be from london or australia and either pin pack or slightly used.i will give you a good offer indeed.but mind you offer wont be like that of unlocked b/c for unlocking requires good ammount.serious sellers do email me at email@example.com On 12 Feb 16:03 dotslash wrote weird! On 12 Feb 15:15 Dogmann wrote Unlike the first comment i think this stunning and a much better form than the previous Communicator range. Also with level of technology in this, it is the business smart phone all others will have to try and match. Can't wait for this to be available and to actually see it in the flesh except for the built in GPS and Nokia's mapping solution this is one hell of a device for anyone that needs to be productive whilst mobile well at least IMHO. Marc On 12 Feb 15:12 Belasito wrote Damn, don't they get it? The previous models didn't sell good, so this one won't either!!! On 12 Feb 14:14 TheMaxxx wrote How UGLY can a Phone be..... |


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Species | Sebastien CzernichowSummaryAffiliation: Institut Scientifique et Technique de la Nutrition et de l'Alimentation Country: France Publications
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- Antioxidant vitamins and blood pressureSebastien Czernichow
French Institute of Health and Medical Research INSERM, Unit 557, UMR INSERM INRA CNAM, 5 rue Vertbois, 75003 Paris, France
Curr Hypertens Rep 6:27-30. 2004..Additional large studies should be conducted to determine the effect on BP of antioxidant supplementation at nutritional doses... - Indicators of abdominal adiposity in middle-aged participants of the SU.VI.MAX study: relationships with educational level, smoking status and physical inactivityS Czernichow
INSERM U557, Institut Scientifique et Technique de la Nutrition et de l Alimentation, UMR INSERM INRA CNAM, 5, rue Vertbois, 75003 Paris, France
Diabetes Metab 30:153-9. 2004..Identifying the demographic and lifestyle correlates of abdominal adiposity is an important step to target at-risk populations in prevention programs. There are few data of this kind in France... - Relationship between serum, red cell, urinary and dietary magnesium in a middle-aged French adult populationSebastien Czernichow
Institut Scientifique et Technique de la Nutrition et de l Alimentation UMR INSERM INRA CNAM, Paris
Int J Vitam Nutr Res 74:123-8. 2004..Further investigations should be conducted in order to determine the role played by dietary Mg intake in the relationship between health status and several biological Mg measurements... - Intake of added oils and fats among middle-aged French adults: relationships with educational level and region of residenceSebastien Czernichow
Department of Nutrition, Hotel Dieu Hospital, University Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France
J Am Diet Assoc 105:1889-94. 2005..To describe the relative contribution of 10 created food groups to total fat intake in middle-aged subjects. The relationship of added oil and fat intake with region of residence and educational level was also assessed... - Dairy consumption and 6-y changes in body weight and waist circumference in middle-aged French adultsAnne Claire Vergnaud
INSERM U557, INRA U1125, CNAM EA3200, Paris 13 University, and the Research Unit on Nutritional Epidemiology, CRNH IdF, Bobigny, France
Am J Clin Nutr 88:1248-55. 2008..Some studies have shown an inverse relation between calcium intake and body weight or fat mass... - Effect of supplementation with antioxidants upon long-term risk of hypertension in the SU.VI.MAX study: association with plasma antioxidant levelsSebastien Czernichow
Nutritional Epidemiology Unit, French Institute of Health and Medical Research, UMR INSERM INRA CNAM, Paris, France
J Hypertens 23:2013-8. 2005..5-year risk of hypertension in the SU.VI.MAX trial. To describe the association between baseline plasma antioxidant levels and the same long-term risk using observational data from the study... - Association between prediagnostic biomarkers of inflammation and endothelial function and cancer risk: a nested case-control studyMathilde Touvier
Nutritional Epidemiology Unit, INSERM U557, Paris 13 University, 74 rue Marcel Cachin, F 93017 Bobigny, France
Am J Epidemiol 177:3-13. 2013..quartile 1, multivariate OR = 3.04, 95% CI: 1.28, 7.23; P(trend) = 0.03). These results suggest that prediagnostic hs-CRP and sICAM-1 levels are associated with increased prostate and breast cancer risk, respectively... - Control of baseline cardiovascular risk factors in the SU-FOL-OM3 study cohort: does the localization of the arterial event matter?Claire Vesin
Paris Descartes University, Faculty of Medicine, AP HP, Hotel Dieu Hospital, Diagnosis and Therapeutic Center, Paris, France
Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil 17:541-8. 2010.... - Trends in the prevalence of obesity in employed adults in central-western France: a population-based study, 1995-2005Sebastien Czernichow
Unite de Recherche en Epidemiologie Nutritionnelle, Faculté de medicine SMBH, INSERM U557, INRA U1125, CNAM, UP13, CRNH IdF, 93017 Bobigny, France
Prev Med 48:262-6. 2009..The aim of this study was to assess, according to socioeconomic status (SES), whether a shift in the obesity prevalence trends could be observed since the French National Nutrition and Public Health Program was implemented in 2001... - Determinants of hypertension control in a large French population of treated hypertensive subjectsOlivier Roux
Centre de Diagnostic, Hopital Hotel Dieu, AP HP, Universite Paris 5, Paris, France
Blood Press 15:6-13. 2006..In conclusion, this study has shown poor blood pressure control in a primary care-recruited population, especially in males and in the elderly... - Hypertension and vascular dynamics in men and women with metabolic syndromeMichel E Safar
Paris Descartes University, AP HP, Diagnosis and Therapeutic Center, Hotel Dieu, Paris, France
J Am Coll Cardiol 61:12-9. 2013..This pulsatile hemodynamic abnormality contributes independently to increase age- and sex-mediated CV risk, justifying new research regarding Framingham scores and drug treatment... - Smoking and the Association Between Depressive Symptoms and Absolute Neutrophil Count in the Investigations Préventives et Cliniques Cohort StudyHélène Vulser
From the AP HP, Hôpitaux Universitaires Paris Ouest, Service de Psychiatrie de l adulte et du sujet âgé Vulser, Consoli, Limosin, Lemogne, Paris, France INSERM, Centre for Research in Epidemiology and Population Health Wiernik, Villejuif, France Université Versailles St Quentin Wiernik, Czernichow, Versailles, France Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Faculté de médecine Tartour, Hanon, Consoli, Danchin, Limosin, Lemogne, Paris, France AP HP, Hôpitaux Universitaires Paris Ouest, Service d Immunologie Biologique Tartour, Paris, France IPC Center, Research Department Thomas, Pannier, Ducolombier, Paris, France Cardiology Department, Hopital Manhes Pannier, Fleury Merogis, Gastroenterological Department
Psychosom Med 77:1039-49. 2015..Smokers often have both high neutrophil count and depressive symptoms. Thus, smoking could explain the cross-sectional association between depressive symptoms and neutrophil count... - Perceived stress, sex and occupational status interact to increase the risk of future high blood pressure: the IPC cohort studyEmmanuel Wiernik
aUniv Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Faculté de médecine bInserm U894, Centre Psychiatrie et Neurosciences, Paris cINSERM, Centre for research in Epidemiology and Population Health, U1018, Epidemiology of occupational and social determinants of health team, Villejuif dUniv Versailles St Quentin, UMRS1018, Versailles eIPC Center, Paris fHopital Manhes, Fleury Mérogis gInserm UMS 011, Population Based Epidemiological Cohorts, Villejuif hAP HP, Hopital Ambroise Pare, unité de nutrition, Boulogne Billancourt iAP HP, Hopital Broca, Service de Gériatrie jUniv Pierre et Marie Curie UPMC kAP HP, Hôpital St Antoine lAP HP, Groupe Hospitalier Pitie Salpetriere, Service d Oncologie Radiothérapique mAP HP, Hôpitaux Universitaires Paris Ouest, Service de Cardiologie nAP HP, Hôpitaux Universitaires Paris Ouest, Service universitaire de psychiatrie de l adulte et du sujet âgé, Paris, France
J Hypertens 32:1979-86; discussion 1986. 2014..The present prospective study examined this association and explored the potential moderating effects of sex or occupational status... - Orosomucoid, a new biomarker in the association between obesity and periodontitisHélène Rangé
Department of Periodontology, Service of Odontology, Rothschild Hospital, AP HP, Paris 7 Denis Diderot University, U F R of Odontology, Paris, France
PLoS ONE 8:e57645. 2013..04) after adjustment for age, gender and smoking. Our study thus suggests that the severity of periodontitis, in morbidly obese patients, is associated with the increase of orosomucoid levels... - Metabolic syndrome in relation to structure and function of large arteries: a predominant effect of blood pressure. A report from the SU.VI.MAX. Vascular StudySebastien Czernichow
Nutritional Epidemiology Unit INSERM Unit 557, UMR INSERM INRA CNAM, 5 rue Vertbois, 75003 Paris, France
Am J Hypertens 18:1154-60. 2005..Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is associated with increased risk of cardiovascular disease. However, the contribution of MetS to intermediate cardiovascular endpoints such as structure and function alterations of large arteries is still unclear... - Cardiovascular effects of B-vitamins and/or N-3 fatty acids: the SU.FOL.OM3 trialJacques Blacher
Universite Paris Descartes, Faculte de Medecine, AP HP, Hotel Dieu, Centre de Diagnostic et Thérapeutique, Paris, France
Int J Cardiol 167:508-13. 2013..Because of differential vascular effects, N-3 polyunsatured fatty acids (PUFA) and B vitamins could have differential effects on different types of cardiovascular clinical events in high-risk patients... - Antioxidant vitamins and minerals in prevention of cancers: lessons from the SU.VI.MAX studySerge Hercberg
U557 INSERM UMR INSERM INRA CNAM, Institut Scientifique et Technique de la Nutrition et de l Alimentation CNAM, 5 rue Vertbois, F 75003 Paris, France
Br J Nutr 96:S28-30. 2006..High doses of antioxidant supplementation may be deleterious in subjects in whom the initial phase of cancer development has already started, and they could be ineffective in well-nourished subjects with adequate antioxidant status... - Occupational status moderates the association between current perceived stress and high blood pressure: evidence from the IPC cohort studyEmmanuel Wiernik
Unité de Psychologie et Psychiatrie de liaison et d urgence, Hopital Europeen Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
Hypertension 61:571-7. 2013..The association between current perceived stress and BP depends on occupational status. This interaction may account for previous conflicting results and warrants further studies to explore its underlying mechanisms... - Modulation of the association between plasma intercellular adhesion molecule-1 and cancer risk by n-3 PUFA intake: a nested case-control studyMathilde Touvier
INSERM U557, National Institute of Health and Medical Research, INRA, CNAM, Paris 13 University, Bobigny, France
Am J Clin Nutr 95:944-50. 2012..Mechanistic data suggest that n-3 PUFAs and endothelial function may interact and play a role in carcinogenesis, but epidemiologic evidence is lacking... - Alterations of the lipid profile after 7.5 years of low-dose antioxidant supplementation in the SU.VI.MAX StudySerge Hercberg
U557 Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale INSERM, Institut Scientifique et Technique de la Nutrition et de l Alimentation, Paris, France
Lipids 40:335-42. 2005.... - Sedentary behaviors, physical activity, and metabolic syndrome in middle-aged French subjectsSandrine Bertrais
UMR INSERM U557 INRA U1125 CNAM EA 3200 MR, 5 rue du Vertbois, F 75003 Paris, France
Obes Res 13:936-44. 2005..To study the relationships of time spent in sedentary occupations with the National Cholesterol Education Program-defined metabolic syndrome (MS), taking into account the habitual level of physical activity (PA)... - Antioxidant status and risk of cancer in the SU.VI.MAX study: is the effect of supplementation dependent on baseline levels?Pilar Galan
U557 INSERM UMR INSERM INRA CNAM, Institute Scientifique et Technique de la Nutrition et de l Alimentation CNAM, F 75003 Paris, France
Br J Nutr 94:125-32. 2005..VI.MAX study... - Serum ferritin, cardiovascular risk factors and ischaemic heart diseases: a prospective analysis in the SU.VI.MAX (SUpplementation en VItamines et Minéraux AntioXydants) cohortPilar Galan
U557 INSERM UMR INSERM INRA CNAM, Centre de Recherche en Nutrition, Ile de France, Paris 13, Bobigny, France
Public Health Nutr 9:70-4. 2006..We therefore carried out a prospective study to evaluate the relationship between iron status and CVD in a middle-aged French population... - Iron status and risk of cancers in the SU.VI.MAX cohortSerge Hercberg
U557 INSERM UMR INSERM INRA CNAM, Institut Scientifique et Technique de la Nutrition et de l Alimentation CNAM, F 75003 Paris, France
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Heterogeneity in host HIV susceptibility as a potential contributor to recent HIV prevalence declines in Africa
Background: HIV prevalence has recently declined in several African countries, and prior to this the risk of HIV acquisition per unprotected sex contact also declined in Kenyan sex workers. We hypothesized that heterogeneity in HIV host susceptibility might underpin both of these observations. Methods: A compartmental mathematical model was used to explore the potential impact of heterogeneity in susceptibility to HIV infection on epidemic behavior, in the absence of other causative mechanisms. Results: Studies indicated that a substantial heterogeneity in susceptibility to HIV infection may lead to an epidemic that peaks and then declines due to a depletion of the most susceptible individuals, even without changes in sexual behavior. This effect was most notable in high-risk groups such as female sex workers and was consistent with empirical data. Discussion: Declines in HIV prevalence may have other causes in addition to behavior change, including heterogeneity in host HIV susceptibility. There is a need to further study this heterogeneity and its correlates, particularly as it confounds the ability to attribute HIV epidemic shifts to specific interventions, including behavior change.
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Keywords | Epidemiology, HIV transmission, Heterogeneity in host susceptibility, Modeling |
Persistent URL | dx.doi.org/10.1097/QAD.0b013e3283177f20, hdl.handle.net/1765/25089 |
Journal | AIDS |
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Nagelkerke, N.J.D, de Vlas, S.J, Jha, P, Luo, M, Plummer, F.A, & Kaul, R. (2009). Heterogeneity in host HIV susceptibility as a potential contributor to recent HIV prevalence declines in Africa. AIDS, 23(1), 125–130. doi:10.1097/QAD.0b013e3283177f20


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You should have done a shit on the hotel carpet and blamed the beer!
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We did nothing today but it was still interesting, for me at least. We woke up to the streets of Pakistan. Actually I woke up several times in the night o the drumming sound of heavy rain which made me think that the next day was going to be fairly unpleasant to ride in but had no intention of riding in any case.
We had been following two Hungarians all day, we kept seeing them signing into the checkpoint books and they were staying in our hotel in a strange 3 wheeled car. We had hoped to meet them but they had left before we got up.
Firstly we had the issue of having no money to address which was as straightforward as finding a cash-point. This actually turned out not to be anything like straightforward. Marcin still insisted on finding somewhere with internet access but I cared about nothing more than getting the issues sorted. Marcin has his illogical side, I'm more practical so we set out into Quetta to see where the day would lead us. It led us straight to a flooded street where the smell of shit threatened to choke the life out of me. The streets were running with water, water that had flooded out from the exposed sewers and was running inches deep through the streets. I was concerned last night by the lack of soap in what, we were assured was the best hotel in town but from the sight of the place in the morning cleanliness was not very high on the list of priorities in this place.
We carefully wound our way through the swamp towards gathering enough information to base a decision on. I wanted to stay put and use the internet cafe later to get everything up to date and contact the people who were probably by now wondering if I was still alive, Marcin wanted to pack the bikes and move to anywhere with internet access in the rooms. I tried to explain that we didn't have the cash to settle the bill yet and had to check out by 12 noon. So we checked net cafes and around this time, Pakistan, or at least Quetta had not yet come fully to life. The first bank we went into was guarded by a man older than original sin packing a Remington pump-action shotgun over his shoulder. We went in through the metal detector and set off the alarms which didn't appear to cause any concern but clearly Quetta was not quite so safe as we were led to believe it was.
We were sent to another bank further along and Marcin had news of a hotel with unlimited access to the net. We tried in every hotel, most didn't have computers themselves, let alone Wi-fi and those who did said the rain was so bad that the internet no longer worked. To be fair, the rain was quite bad but how it managed to cut out the internet was an interesting question.
We found a bank that had a working cashpoint and enjoyed having money in our pockets, a feeling that lightened a good many issues. We found the fabled hotel with internet access. It was advertised as a fort with bedrooms and was guarded by dozens of men with automatic weapons. There was a sign on the door asking you to check your guns in but inside it was very nice. It was very expensive too, way out of our league but we bought some breakfast and chatted it over. We agreed to stay put and use an internet cafe later and head back to the nice hotel for an early breakfast tomorrow morning. We had found the one place with decent food in Quetta, a place where they fill you up instead of emptying you out. We headed back through the town and stopped in a few gunshops, mostly to browse annoyingly. People let us play with everything which was cool but they wouldn't let me buy anything which was not. We were told that the internet cafes worked fine so we simply headed back to the room to prepare the stuff we wanted to upload. After 10 days with no access that took hours. We uploaded our data and I went back to the hotel to wait as Marcin would be hours. I put on some music, played solitaire on my laptop and just did nothing. The first time I've just done nothing in weeks and it was great. I hadn't realised just how tired I was. The only good thing that is worth mentioning was that the roads were so flooded we couldn't find a way across so a TukTuk driver offered us a lift. He took us in the back and two others holding on. It was only over the road but I tried to give him something for his trouble but he refused it to the point of being almost insulted. Another case of the people with the least giving the most.
In the end I went back looking for Marcin but he was just tying up loose ends and was on his way. We were both happier now we had got things up to date online. I grabbed some food to eat back at the hotel and agreed to settle the bill now so we could leave in the morning. We had bought 8 cans of lousy beer and now found we paid the price of the hotel twice over for them. The manager looked away awkwardly when we questioned him about it. We got excuse after excuse but the simple fact remained, he was ripping us off and he knew it.
We paid in any case and but I have to warn you to watch your step at the Bloom Star hotel. The police escort took us there telling us it was great, they had done the same to the Hungarian couple with the three wheeled Velox car. It is not.
So we drank the remaining beer and made the best of our last night in Quetta. It's not a place I will be sorry to leave.


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#PinotSmackdown Greenhouse Tasting Winners – Baxter Winery! (Grenache up next!)
Thursday August 18th was #PinotSmackdown day, organized by Ed Thralls of Wine Tonite. As I did for Rick Bakas #Chardonnay day, I hosted a walk around tasting. Click here for Ed's overall summary and the impressions.
Unfortunately most of my 80 attendees didn't vote for #CA as most would have. (I didn't receive any OR, NZ, or French submissions.) Had they, California would have 'won' the Smackdown.
Tasting Pinot in The Greenhouse
Feedback and buzz from the #chardonnay tasting was three times the targeted table capacity so a pre-tasting was held by a panel of judges to narrow it down. I have been evangelizing walk around tastings need to evolve, so by design, this one was kept small and focused.
A few weeks prior a panel of 5 judges consisting of myself, 2 winemakers, and a wine enthusiast tasted through 30 wines bagged, labeled, and divided into regions so that we'd have representation from multiple regions. This sounds like fun, but its actually work, and time consuming way to spend a weekend evening, so many thanks for the help. It helped assure we had a great lineup of Pinot's for the evening.
Event Logistics
The event was also a fundraiser for the YWCA, who assisted with my ABC license. Wineries paid a small table fee of wine or donation to pour. They were required to pour the wine that won, and were allowed to pour a second Pinot if desired, as long as it was currently for sale, no library wines or barrel samples. The event is held in my greenhouse, adjacent to my new vineyard. Tables are setup – the atmosphere is cozy, and enthusiastic.
As an experiment, we had a food truck, Goodeatz, offer food. Unfortunately we fell a few hundred dollars short of goal they needed to be onsite, but those who stayed and ate (self included) raved about the food. They are not available for my planned Sept 23 #Grenache tasting, but I am looking into others.
The 80 attendees were given a 2 page spreadsheet with details on each wine, as well as a final voting sheet to pick their Top 3 choices of the evening. Armed with clipboard, glass, and spitcup, they went in to sample the 19 pinots being poured.
The night seemed an even bigger success than chardonnay day. While we didn't have quite as many epiphany moments as we did the chardonnay bashers who came away with new perspective – attendees gushed about the quality of the vintners, not a single bad wine, and every winery member I spoke to was very pleased with the energy and enthusiasm. Sounds like we got tight on parking later in the evening, something I will work on, as well as encourage car pooling.
Watch for #Grenache Day – Sept 23, Calling Producers
September 23rd is Grenache day, as declared by the Grenache Symposium in France. This isn't a great date for me as I am locked down for 4 days wine judging the Sonoma County Harvest Fair. But its Grenache, my fave varietal, what I am planting, and as a Rhone Ranger board member, it's a moral imperative. Last year I held a smaller tasting and a HUGE party afterwards complete with fire dancers. Not in this years budget, but sitting out just doesn't seem an option. Contact me if you have a Grenache and/or Grenache based blend, and are interested.
The Results
As the spreadsheet shows, votes were tallied and added up. A #1 got 3 points, #2 2 points, and #3 1 point. Unfortunately a few people
didn't specify WHICH of the two wines a winery poured, so in those cases I had to
give half credit to each wine.
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g. I am a personal fan of Phil Baxter's wines, but for Baxter, to clearly win both 1st and 2nd place. Freestone Vineyard was right behind with third. 4th place was a dogfight, with Sojourn, Deux Punx
, Joseph Swan, Bjornstaad, and Londer all within 1.5 points. Literally one vote could have changed these. This reflects the high quality of the evening, and difficulty the crowd had in choosing.
Congrats to all producers. There was a much higher spread of votes across all, and with Pinots ranging from $22-to $60+. Remember this was narrowed down from 30.
The full score sheet is here on Google Documents.
Overall & Regional Winners
Top Winners | Over All |
#1 | Baxter Winery 2007 Toulouse |
#2 | Baxter Winery 2007 Oppenlander |
#3 | Freestone Vineyards 2007 Sonoma Coast |
#4 | Sojourn Cellars 2009 Gaps Crown |
By Region | Anderson Valley |
#1 | Baxter Winery 2007 Toulouse |
#2 | Londer Vineyards 2009 Corby |
#3 | Krutz 2007 Anderson Valley |
Sonoma Coast | |
#1 | Freestone Vineyards 2007 Sonoma Coast |
#2 | Sojourn Cellars 2009 Gap's Crown |
#3 | Bjornstad 2008 Hellenthal Vineyard |
Russian River Valley | |
#1 | Joseph Swan 2007 Saralee's Vineyard |
#2 | Foppiano Vineyards 2009 Estate |
#3 | Inman Family 2007 Olivet Grange |
Other | |
#1 | Baxter Winery 2007 Oppenlander – Mendocino |
#2 | Deux Punx 2009 Humboldt County |
#3 | Gloria Ferrer 2007 Carneros |
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I am interested in knowing how the wineries were selected. I note that few of the better known producers were included.
No – Williams Selyem, Hartford Court, Littorai, Freeman, Merry Edwards, etc. -
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god has been teaching our church a lot about generosity lately, and we've all been very challenged by the strong biblical teaching in our "capital experience" series [see westwinds podcast on itunes for download info]. in fact, much of what we've always taken for granted has been called into question - we no longer advocate tithing, but have begun instead to look at everything we own as available for god's purposes.
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What difference would it make if ...
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we differentiated clearly between (a) money given by church members to support our staff, premises and programmes and (b) money given for people and causes beyond the local church?
we were sufficiently secure in our friendships and open-hearted in our attitudes to begin to address the inequalities in our own church?
we were to sell our surplus possessions and give the proceeds to the poor, so that we could say truthfully that there are 'no needy persons among us'?
we encouraged small groups in the church to share their resources in order to release funds for ministry and mission?
we became known as a community that took financial issues seriously and was able to offer more than just sympathy (or condemnation) to those in debt?
poor people were to realise that the gospel is good news and to recognise that our church incarnates this good news?
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Dinesh Sharma: From affable professor to primetime in UP
Religious by nature, Lucknow Mayor Sharma's assent to the post of the deputy CM is considered as a move that could prove to be beneficial for the party in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls.
For Dinesh Sharma, the affable mayor of Lucknow, it was a slow and steady rise to the post of the deputy chief minister of Uttar Pradesh.
The 53-year-old professor in Lucknow University's Commerce department has been a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party since long, but he emerged on the central stage of BJP's politics with his appointment as its National Vice President in August 2014 after the party's landslide victory in the parliamentary polls.
It was after he was made in-charge of the party affairs in Gujarat, his stature in the party grew immensely.
He also won over the trust of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP president Amit Shah during his stint in their native state.
Party insiders say that after a godman presented him a garland with a blessing that "red beacon" will never leave him, he became the Lucknow mayor for the second term.
He was first elected as the Mayor of Lucknow in 2008. He stood for re-election in 2012 and defeated his nearest rival, Neeraj Bora of the Congress by over 1.71 lakh votes.
Sharma has the backing of the RSS and it is said that Sangh ideologue Deen Dayal Upadhaya often visited his parental home in the state capital.
Religious by nature, Sharma's assent to the post of the deputy CM is considered as a move that could prove to be beneficial for the party in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls.
It was on his invitation that the Prime Minister had attended the Lucknow Ramlila in October last.
He also played a key role in the organisation during its membership drive when 10 crore new members were roped in.
Sharma was named as one of the two deputy chief ministers of Uttar Pradesh on Saturday. Keshav Prasad Maurya will be the other deputy chief minister in the government to be headed by Yogi Adityanath.


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Quoting NOLABean: I got over 92 degrees in the boat on Saturday 30 miles south of fort morgan. |
By: Dr. Jeff Masters , 2:38 PM GMT en Agosto 13, 2009
Tropical Depression Two is near death, but is still worth watching. The dry, Saharan air to the north and west of the depression, combined with moderately high levels of wind shear of 15 - 20 knots, have almost completely destroyed all of TD 2's heavy thunderstorms. Satellite loops of the storm show a well-formed circulation, but almost no heavy thunderstorm activity.
Wind shear over TD 2 is expected to remain in the modereate range, 10 - 20 knots, over the next five days. Sea Surface Temperatures (SSTs) are 27°C, but will warm to 28°C three days from now. There is plenty of dry, stable air from the Saharan Air Layer (SAL) to to TD 2's north and west that will continue to cause the storm problems. The relatively cool SSTs and dry air mean that TD 2 will not be able to intensify quickly, and some of the models indicate the TD 2 may get destroyed in the next day or two. However, several models still predict TD 2 will become a tropical storm. The HWRF model predicts TD 2 will become a hurricane five days from now, but this seems unlikely given the dry air and relatively high wind shear affecting the storm.
Figure 1. Tropical Depression Two (left side of image) and tropical wave 90L (right side of image).
African tropical wave 90L
A strong tropical wave with a large circulation and plenty of heavy thunderstorm activity is a few hundred miles south of the Cape Verdes Islands, off the coast of Africa. NHC dubbed this disturbance 90L this morning. This morning's QuikSCAT pass shows that 90L has a very large circulation, and top winds of about 30 mph. Satellite imagery from the European METEOSAT satellite show that the heavy thunderstorms associated with 90L are in two major bands, to the north and to the south of the center. There is no heavy thunderstorm activity near the center yet, and this would have to happen before 90L can be named Tropical Depression Three. Water vapor imagery shows that since 90L is forming several hundred miles south of the dry air of the Saharan Air Layer (SAL), the storm should not be affected by dry air and dust as much as Tropical Depression Two has been. Wind shear is about 20 knots over 90L, and is forecast to remain in the moderate range, 10 - 20 knots, over the next five days. Sea Surface Temperatures are about 28°C, and will remain in the 27 - 28°C range the next five days, which are high enough above the 26°C threshold for tropical cyclone formation to allow some slow development to occur. The GFS and ECMWF models continue to predict the development of this wave, though they are now less aggressive about intensifying it than they were in earlier runs. The consensus among the reliable HWRF, GFDL, GFS, and ECMWF models is to bring 90L to point near or just north of the northernmost Lesser Antilles Islands 6 - 8 days from now. The storm could be at hurricane strength by then, as forecast by the SHIPS intensity model.
I'll have an update Friday morning.
Jeff Masters
The views of the author are his/her own and do not necessarily represent the position of The Weather Company or its parent, IBM.
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Quoting NOLABean: I got over 92 degrees in the boat on Saturday 30 miles south of fort morgan. |
In watching the satellite loop for Tropical Depression 2 this afternoon, it seems like shear is not having as great an impact as it did yesterday. Would say the only problem it has now continues to be the dry stable airmass that the system exists in. If it can just tap into the ITCZ, it would have a decent chance. |
Code Red...Second One of the Season...Here you go WS. LOL |
Quoting Drakoen:hey drak according to the models when next week does it make its closest approach to south florida or florida |
Quoting largeeyes: Indeed. Easterly shear is still quite strong even with the slight increase in forward motion that you mentioned earlier... The GFS shows the easterly shear becoming southerly shear nearly as strong for the day tomorrow. Tough road ahead for TD2! |
Quoting szqrn1: The long range models, highly skeptical, show it either re-curving before or right at the east coast. So an answer to your question right now would be no. Being so far out though you'd have a better chance of winning the Power Ball than answering that with accuracy. Speaking of power ball 213million {drool} |
Still a bit leary about the wave north of Hispanolia Was hoping the N end & Mid level vorticy there would run over the islands slowing it down. Looks like it's going a little north & gaining convection quick.. |
Quoting btwntx08: aww sorry guys, you miss out on the trip to disney the other winners ot |
Quoting TerraNova:Holy cow, what's new, it's the HWRF, it always does this, but if that would be the case i would be evacuating for the first time ever. |
Quoting NOLABean: Pretty hot, between 85 and 90 in most of the Northern Gulf. |
Quoting NOLABean: hot hot hot! |
Quoting StormFreakyisher:i cant help but to understand that it looks real impressive |
Take a look at the NHC page. They upgraded 90L to code red. |
I guess this is appropriate song for 90L. Link |
Looking at the GFS it could be a close call whether the system impacts Florida than I originally thought. The GFS depicts a deep layered ridge south of the base on the deep layered longwave trough. The shortwave will have a ridge behind it. So steering gets a little complex. |
What are GOM temps like right now? |
Quoting jasoniscoolman10:Just a flare up of convection with minimal 850 MB vorticity, just something to watch, probably won't become anything except for a South Florida rain maker. |
looks like they gave it a 50%+ now |
i am still very intrested in the tropical wave north of hispaniola looks good and getting a circular look to it and headed for south florida |
Wow... |
2. SHOWER ACTIVITY EXTENDING FROM THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN SEA ACROSS HISPANIOLA TO THE TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH A WESTWARD-MOVING TROPICAL WAVE. THERE ARE NO SIGNS OF ORGANIZATION AND UPPER-LEVEL WINDS ARE CURRENTLY UNFAVORABLE FOR SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENT. THERE IS A LOW CHANCE...LESS THAN 30 PERCENT...OF THIS SYSTEM BECOMING A TROPICAL CYCLONE DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS. I still don't understand why they say upper level winds are unfavorable for development when it is under 10knts of shear and moving into 5 knts.And it is moving into an area of decreasing shear from 5-10knts.And it will be moving into warmer waters from the Gulf stream in the Bahamas.This should be a code orange. |
Quoting Drakoen: This far out... I'm surprised that 90% agree on 90L being at a minimum close to the Northern Leeward Islands. |
Quoting jasoniscoolman10: A tropical wave is producing convection N of the Greater Antilles. Conditions are not conductive for development but some energy from the wave may arrive in the Gulf late this week into next week, where it could encounter a more supportive environment. |
Quoting JRRP:WOW, looks like GFDL is now forecasting Hurricane inensity. |
Quoting Patrap: Pat - it's firing up quite a bit this afternoon.... |
TD2 is making a little comeback. |
TD2's convection has now gotten narrowed as it is being blown from the COC. Small patch still on the west side, but the majority of it is in danger of seperating completely. |
Quoting TreasureCoastFl: LOL that's funny! On serious note so I don't get blocked for playing... models show this in GOM at all? |
Quoting canesrule1: Looks like they had to use quite a bit of Red Crayon to fill in 90L lol. |
"Right now due to the distance of 90L I can't give you an accurate path of where 90L will make landfall but i can say everyone on the eastern seaboard please monitor this system carefully, mostly the people in Florida because of model support", I can just imagine our local news saying that at the 5 O'clock news, lol. |
If I were in the islands and PR I'd be watching this one closely. |
Quoting JRRP: HWRF likes to exagerate storm intensity in the moderate to long range with storms that are on the verge of developing. |
Quoting canesrule1: lol!!! |
Quoting szqrn1: With the tropics heating up I say 3906.. lol funny about alcohol level, does the loser have to buy a round? ;) |
The models appear to have a good handling on where this system will go in 5 days or so. After that is the problem. |
All this talk of heading up the East Coast,I think I might give a few more days before I run for cover here new england. |
I say 4674 |
Red it is: |
The hurricane models are really responding to this system. |
Quoting PimpCane: I agree with you but, In looking at the models, would you agree that all of them show a substantial cyclone heading west in the C-Atlantic in 3 days? I was merely saying that is the only thing the models are consistent on right now thus the only thing you can give a semi-accurate forecast on. |
Here is a poll.... how many blog reply posts will there be before Dr. Masters post another new blog... hmmm 3406 ! Na ,, kidding I dont want to calculate the votes. (Its like in the ER when we take bets on how high someone's alchohol level will come back!)... yes we do that! |
Cat 6 lead authors: WU cofounder Dr. Jeff Masters (right), who flew w/NOAA Hurricane Hunters 1986-1990, & WU meteorologist Bob Henson, @bhensonweather
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Late Shopper Surge Makes Ho-Ho So-So
January 2, 2006
,New York — Fueled by a widely anticipated eleventh-hour surge as shoppers flocked to the malls in pursuit of last-minute promotions, same-store retail sales shot up by 3.7 percent during the fourth week of December, according to the Johnson Redbook Index.
True to form in the run-up to the holiday, cost-conscious consumers made a bee-line for the nation's discounters, leaving department stores a perennial runner-up. Discounter sales for the four weeks climbed by 4.2 percent, compared with a softer 3.0 percent for department stores.
Measured on a month-over-month basis, sales were unchanged, compared with November, missing a small targeted gain of 0.1 percent.
"The Christmas week provided the type of sales gains many retailers had been waiting for to bring the month more into line with expectations," said Catlin Levis, Redbook analyst. But not all retailers, she noted, "shared in the good fortune."
Helped by aggressive price promotions, she said, "certain retailers reported stellar gains and found themselves back on plan or close to it following several weeks of sub-target activity. Retailers said most of the business was done on Friday, the 23rd, and suggested that consumers had not used the 'extra' pre-Christmas shopping day to pack in more shopping, which retailers had been counting on."
Gift cards continue to grow in importance, said Levis, "and Internet sales retained their strong surge."
Johnson Redbook Index
Fourth week of December
Week ended | 12/3 | 12/10 | 12/17 | 12/24 | 12/31 | month | target |
*Including chain stores and traditional department stores. Source: Johnson Redbook Index |
Department stores* | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.9 | 3.9 | 3.0 | 2.9 | |
Discounters | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 5.1 | 4.2 | 4.4 | |
Redbook Average | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 3.7 | 3.8 |
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don't usually link to the big stories because I figure you can find them on your own. I try to bring a mix of relevant Angel news, plus some of the off-beat stuff I think is interesting or entertaining. And that's the key; interesting and entertaining. You may have noticed there hasn't been much linking to the Hall of Fame voting debates concerning who should get in and who shouldn't (and why). You can go to any website and see one of those stories at the top of their page. However, the main reason I've avoided this story is I don't think it's entertaining, nor all that interesting. It's sometimes funny to read a voter's lame excuse as to why he decided his vote should be a statement on the state of baseball, but other that, I don't care what some writer thinks about the HoF or PEDs or the state of baseball. Should you care? That's up to you. Should you care what I think? NO! Yet that's the difference between my opinion and some other's - I give my opinion to start conversations, while some MSM types give theirs because they think we SHOULD care what they think.
So anyway, now we have this Miami PED clinic story hitting the internet. I'm sure this would be a huge story any time of the year, but since there's nothing else of any significance going on, it's EVERYWHERE. Here's one story that may be somewhat interesting: Yankees want to void A-Rod's $114 million contract - Yahoo! Sports. "They want to void Rodriguez's contract because he's not worth it anymore, and the likelihood of him ever being worth it again might be smaller than New York's potential legal case." One problem, he hasn't "legally" done anything wrong. A-Rod hasn't failed any drug tests, been found with any illegal substances, nor has he violated any clause within his contract. Good or bad, we and the Yankees are stuck with Alex Rodriguez.
Major League Baseball has released their version of the Top 100 prospects: 2013 Prospect Watch - MLB.com. And while the Angels don't have a player ranked higher than #67 (Kaleb Cowart), they do have a player in the Top 10...sort of. "As good as (Tyler) Skaggs was thought to be when the D-backs got him from the Angels in the 2010 Dan Haren trade, the southpaw has exceeded expectations." While the Angels have one of the lowest ranking farm systems in 2013, they were one of the best a few seasons ago. It would be one thing if their system didn't produce any talent, but that's not the case. Think back over the last couple of years and who was traded away in deals for Haren, Greinke, and Frieri. The problem hasn't been the Angels' minor league system is bad, it's just the opposite, they've produce enough talent to acquire the players they needed when they needed them. Had the major league club been weak, I'm pretty sure the farm system would be stacked from trading away big-league assets.
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"I understand a fury in your words,But not the words."
William Shakespeare
"I know that you believe you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant."
Robert McCloskey
"Actions and words Part 1: Does actions really speak louder then words? Lot of people believe it true. If you are one of them, then let me ask you this, which is more powerful? The pen or the sword? The mentally or the physically? How did we get past 200,000 years of hardship and become what we are today?"
J C A Rowe
"Actions and words Part 2: With spears and fire? I think not, let be honest, communication has always been an equal with actions, it a fact. No action can be done by own strength alone, unless words can help in the form of understanding. Sometimes, we need both understanding and strength to unlock potential of our own."
"Pour out thy fury upon the heathen that know thee not, and upon the families that call not on thy name: for they have eaten up Jacob, and devoured him, and consumed him, and have made his habitation desolate."
"Fury is not in me: who would set the briers and thorns against me in battle? I would go through them, I would burn them together."
"Life is a tale told by an idiot -- full of sound and fury, signifying nothing."


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Steve Wynn packs a wallop on 'My Midnight'
By Nicky Baxter
MIDWAY THROUGH THE FIRST track on My Midnight, Steve Wynn tosses off a line about Neil Young and Crazy Horse. No surprise there; along with Velvet Underground, Young has always been something of a sonic mentor to the former Dream Syndicate chief.
Reveling in the grizzled guitarist's primal screaming, Wynn has forged a style that packs the wallop of primal rock with a bright-eyed cynicism leavened by charmingly smart-alecky wordsmithing.
As far back Dazzling Display, his second outing as a solo artist, Wynn was successfully creating offbeat scenarios littered with outsiders, transients and reluctant romantics. For My Midnight (Zero Hour), Wynn has crafted an album full of bittersweet wryly spun songs, enfolded in heroically churning guitars, chirping violins and white-knuckled backbeats.
On "Out of This World," Wynn shows that he is still infatuated with wordplay. The lines "You are so hypnotic/You, so metronomic/You know how to play me/You know how to slay me" are delivered in a typically laconic fashion.
The singer's Iggy-meets-Dylan drawl is as parched as an afternoon in a Arizona desert. Bassist Tony Maimone and drummer Linda Pitmon set up a sturdy rhythmic thrust. The latter flails away with uncommon ardor, laying into the kick-drum while simultaneously pummeling the rest of her kit with gleeful abandon. Maimon ducks in and out of the mix until the song's final verse, during which his bass assumes centerstage, buzzing like an amplified hornet's nest.
"500 Girl Mornings" commences with some of the delirium-inducing feedback that Wynn has been addicted to since his days as Dream Syndicate's frontman. As Simon-simple as any Neil Young thrasher, the song obsesses over a couple of chords, generating a trancelike groove that in the 1960s made the Velvet Underground's "I'm Waiting for the Man" the toast of the East Coast's heroin clique.
The lyrics string together a series of disparate images--"Shelley was a ghost, and she never wrote back/Jackie had a story for everything that she lacked/Sarah slept forever, and I thought that she was dead/But she wasn't dead"--sung in a cracked whine. The tune's final two-and-a-half minutes are given over to a relentless cacophony over which a keyboard player comps desultorily, until a final burst of brain-scrambling guitar brings things to a skidding halt.
"Nothing but the Shell" sports some of Wynn's best off-the-cuff verse-crafting to date. Guitarist Chris Brokaw and Wynn join forces for some corrosive Young-Bowie (circa '72) mayhem. McGinty's strident piano thickens the retro-plot by adding to the song's descending riff figure.
Wynn's tongue-in-cheek name-checking is a hoot. Who but Wynn could pair off Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs with Young's Crazy Horse? Even so, the tune's opening lines supply the real kick, with the singer ridding himself of his bad habits as he prepares for bad times to come.
The title track is somewhat disappointing, musically. Juxtaposed against the head-rush of "500 Girl," "Nothing but the Shell" and "Cats and Dogs" (on which Wynn goes faux soul boy!), it just sounds dispirited. The ballad "The Mask of Shame" fares much better, with McGinty switching to accordion for a tale about a high-living gambler down on his luck.
All in all, the album's brightest moments arrive when Wynn and company go uptempo. Brimming with wit, scratchy rhythms and nifty hooks, these tunes showcase Wynn's sure-handed approach to bash 'n' pop.
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