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SIMON SANTOW: Hello, I'm Simon Santow and this is a Radio Current Affairs documentary.
Many of us spend our summer days lazing on the beach or at least wishing we were. But there are some places in the world where perfect weather, white sand and cheap flights make beachside tourism a year-round reality.
For visitors to these beach retreats, the relaxation is often interrupted by locals selling food, drinks, massages, trinkets, pretty much anything really.
But who are these people? What are their lives like? And what sort of economy are they involved in?
Liam Cochrane travelled to Cambodia to find out more about the beach business.
(Sound of waves)
LIAM COCHRANE: For 26-year-old Mai, the oldest sister in the family, the beach has always been about money. Soon after her family migrated from Vietnam to Cambodia, she discovered there was a dollar to be made on the sand.
MAI: But the first one I know the beach is me. I come to that beach and I saw a lot of people, foreigners, and I saw them selling fruit, say, whatever. I went, you know, I saw the water, I swimming and I lost money. Then I lost my money, maybe somebody steal my money or whatever and, you know, I cries and a guy come to talk me, he give me a dollar.
I'm very happy about it because I never show a dollar and I go tell my sisters how much is that? She says she don't know and she ask me to ask grandmother and grandmother didn't know and she asked me where I get the money and I come to, I tell her it's the beach.
We know the beach already. I selling fruit, first time, grandmother selling fruit and Song is not selling fruit but she find a can.
SONG: My name is Song. I'm 23 and I work here maybe 15 year. First I'm selling chip, chip and bracelet and a bit of fruit but now I'm doing manicure and massage, also a bit of bracelet.
Hi, would like to do your nails? Hi, you want full massage? How about later?
CUSTOMER: Mmm?
SONG: How about later?
CUSTOMER: Yeah, I'll have one.
SONG: Yeah? And how about you, you want manicure, pedicure?
LIAM COCHRANE: Every day Song and Mai join more than a hundred others hawking goods and services up and down the beach.
SONG: Hi, my friend, how are you today?
TOURIST: Good thanks.
SONG: And how about, would like to do your nails later?
TOURIST: No thank you.
SONG: You're sure?
TOURIST: Yes, I'm sure thanks.
SONG: Okay but if you change your mind you'll call me right?
TOURIST: Thank you.
(Reggae music)
LIAM COCHRANE: We're on the southern coast of Cambodia in the town of Sihanoukville. It's a place not unlike Bali's Kuta beach or certain islands of Thailand. The weather's perfect, if you like it hot. Everything's cheap and it's stunning, if you don't mind a little Las Vegas with your tropical paradise.
(Reggae music)
Sihanoukville's Ochheuteal Beach is a gentle curve of white sand, with thatched rooved bars spilling their beach chairs towards the waterline. The bars have names like Dolphin Shack and Co Co Bar and Serendip and among the umbrellas and the bodies in every shade of pink, there are the beach sellers.
SONG: Some people they doing manicure and massage and hair leg and bracelet and they doing nail and toenail and the fruit and lobster and squid and the fruit on the restaurant and sunglass and they're selling, sometime they selling book and they're also selling sunscreen, ice-cream in the week also.
LIAM COCHRANE: Song and her big sister Mai do manicures, pedicures, massage and a complicated looking technique with a cotton thread that plucks hair from legs, underarms and backs.
SONG: You see what we do for you here and on the leg and the back for you too well my friend. And usually I do forearm for $15, I do for you just $10, yeah? Because you are my friend yeah, and you see your hair.
LIAM COCHRANE: That's Song, working the beach. She has two older sisters, Mai and Jenna, who now lives in Germany with her husband, a man she met on the beach. There's a brother too, who also works the sand. The siblings are orphans and have been raised by their grandma, a tall somewhat formidable old lady who keeps a stern but loving eye on her grandkids.
The last time I saw grandma at the beach, she pulled me up from my beach chair by the ear, she looked me up and down, and rattled off her assessment in Vietnamese. Mai translated for me "Grandma says you look old."
Thanks Grandma.
(Reggae music)
This time, grandma's short hair is jet black. The girls tell me that she had it dyed blonde yesterday but then didn't like it so made them dye it black. I try to interview grandma, but she's having no part of it.
(To grandma) Two or three quick questions, not for long.
(Woman speaking Vietnamese)
SONG: She don't know what to say.
LIAM COCHRANE: Song and Mai speak Vietnamese amongst themselves but are fluent in the Cambodian language, they have a very street smart English and they know key phrases in a bunch of other language.
Mai, who started selling when she was 15, says she likes her job.
MAI: The job is my dream when I was a little girl, that I would make the nice nails and I talk with them when I like.
LIAM COCHRANE: Mai and Song look somewhat alike - short, with round cheeks and big smiles. They wear colourful cotton pants, long sleeved shirts and caps with huge wide brims. Both carry a small plastic basket containing clippers, nail polish, cotton thread and bracelets.
Song explains there's a pattern, a career path I guess, among the kids on the beach - from selling potato chips, to fruit and beyond.
SONG: Because some kids is going selling some bracelet first because bracelet is easy for some people because they don't speak English they just saying chip.
LIAM COCHRANE: But when you started could you just say chip yourself or did you know how to speak English?
SONG: Oh, yeah when I started to sell I hear them and I try to learn.
LIAM COCHRANE: What about now? Now you're doing manicures, do you like that?
SONG: Yeah I like it, I like my job.
LIAM COCHRANE: Song was at the fruit selling stage of her beach apprenticeship when I first met her, as a journalist working in Phnom Penh in 2003. She balanced a woven tray of mangoes, pineapples and watermelon on her head, chopping up fruit salads for a dollar or two. When my family visited, a lovely friendship sparked between Song and my younger sister Caitlin.
CAITLIN: My favourite memory of Song would have to be when one day at the beach I got ridiculously sunburnt and Song and some of the other girls on the beach found me and they couldn't believe that I would want to be out in the sun when I had such white skin and they made me lie down in the shade and they completely covered me in cut up papaya so I was just lying there for so long with all this fruit piled on top of me and I had to lay perfectly still and not ruin it and I just did exactly what they said because they were the nicest girls and they were so funny and so warm.
Song and I were both 12 at the time and we got along really well and all I remember is that Song and I were the same height when I was on my knees.
LIAM COCHRANE: Song and the other beach sellers mostly target Western tourists. The Cambodian holidaymakers generally aren't interested in woven bracelets and manicures.
Song knows the world through her customers.
SONG: Oh, is a lot of country, German, England, US, Canada, Australia, Denmark and some even from Thai, Lao, all the countries they come to holiday in Cambodia.
LIAM COCHRANE: Do you have a favourite country?
SONG: Oh, I don't know because there is a lot of people because some people is friendly, some people they are not nice.
LIAM COCHRANE: Which country is friendly, which country is not so friendly?
SONG: Oh, I don't know about these two.
LIAM COCHRANE: Go on.
SREY OUN: Australia.
LIAM COCHRANE: Australia is friendly.
SREY OUN: Yeah.
LIAM COCHRANE: Are you just saying that because I'm from Australia?
SREY OUN: No. Because, you know, Australia when we said g'day mate and then they were over friendly, and also USA when we say to them, and you know some people, the most Australian, England and USA, they very friendly you know but now there is Sweden and when we ask them, they're very grumpy. Yeah, you know, and the most I like Australia. When I'm older I want to take husband Australian maybe.
LIAM COCHRANE: That's Srey Oun, Song's friend.
Now, I've known Song and her family for almost 10 years but I ask her to bring a friend along when I interview her to make everyone feel comfortable and safe. After all, this is a town where men don't always have good intentions when it comes to the beach sellers.
MAGGIE ENO: About 10 years ago and eight years ago it would actually be seen as a place, a destination for child sex offenders because in those days the legal system was much weaker, the police work was, they had a lot less capacity than they do now, and people didn't really know about the risks, including children themselves. So foreigners would go the beach, build a good relationship with a child and create an opportunity to actually sexually abuse them.
LIAM COCHRANE: Maggie Eno has worked with kids on the beach, street children and other disadvantaged families since 2003. She's the director of the non-government organisation M'Lop Tapang.
MAGGIE ENO: The children are only thinking about today and it is a fun place for them. They can practice English and they can make a lot of money. They can make up to $20 a day actually on the beach at Sihanoukville and what they don't see is the impact it has longer term.
So they don't understand how detrimental it is to their future, that they're missing out on daily education while they're selling on the beach. They don't see the dangers and the vulnerabilities of working on a beach.
This is a very unsafe place for children, especially if they are unattended. Most of the time their parents aren't near them, and especially at night time there are a lot of risks for them working there.
Before, child sex offenders would go to the beach specifically to build up a relationship with a child. Although that has improved significantly since we've been working here.
LIAM COCHRANE: Song has a slightly different understanding of the dangers of Sihanoukville's criminal underbelly.
SONG: We know when you come to the beach don't bring a lot of money or bring a lot of stuff because it is many people stealing and when you go out alone somewhere you need to go with people but don't go too early. When you go early they have a lot of dangerous and they steal and they can kill you and make you die.
LIAM COCHRANE: Who will make you die?
SONG: There is young boy, they just growing, they get nick some money or something.
LIAM COCHRANE: Little gangster boys?
SONG: Yeah, gangster boy, yeah. He can kill you to get the money.
LIAM COCHRANE: Who do they normally kill?
SONG: Some is Cambodian foreigner but most of all is customers, foreigners. Some people they kill and let you die and they get some money.
LIAM COCHRANE: To be honest I thought Song was exaggerating a bit. She couldn't remember when a foreigner was last killed. But later that day, a deeply tanned Western man who looked to be in his 60s marched past me, his upper torso covered in blood, seemingly from a head wound.
I asked if he was okay but he marched straight past, whether in some kind of stupor or just surviving on adrenaline, I'm not sure. I was told later by local hotel owners the man had been mugged and needed 20 stitches in his head.
(Music - Holiday in Cambodia by the Dead Kennedys)
It must be said, that among the drunks, the creeps and the criminals, most of the tourists here are the usual mix - booze soaked backpackers, middle aged couples, a few hippies.
Their impressions of the beach sellers are mixed.
VOX POP: There were more sellers here than in Thailand. They are a little bit more aggressive and it is basically the little kids. First they make fun with you but when you don't buy from them they get really aggressive and really annoying and they keep coming at you just to piss you off.
VOX POP 2: They are very, very clever, very intelligent little girls.
LIAM COCHRANE: Why do you say that?
VOX POP 2: They just have a way, a very good way of persuading you but they're really good and really nice but they are very intelligent. Very good English and it is kind of endearing, it is very endearing that they are so good at English. It makes you want to buy.
VOX POP 3: They are very pushy. They're a little bit too much in your face and they kind of, I don't know, like they're not bad because I guess cause they're kids you are more easy, you allow yourself to buy stuff from them and you figure they are only little kids. They are really, really pushy and they know their way around it and they make you promise them. They'll like, they'll ask for a pedicure and if you say no, they are like, "Well if I see you tomorrow I'll give you one for free," and they just, I don't know. They're pushy.
LIAM COCHRANE: For Song and Mai and all the other sellers, the beach is their workplace and the goal is getting business. They smile about having business or moan about having no business. A sale is known as "a business" and a customer can be "a business".
Their unit of measurement for how lucky they are on any given day on the beach - business.
For more than a decade the beach business has sustained this family. Song and Mai have another sister Jenna, who lives in Germany with a man she met on the beach. And they have a brother who also works the sand.
The family won't talk about corruption or anything that could portray Cambodia in a bad light, but others on the beach tell me each seller must kick back one US dollar out of each sale to the restaurant where their customer is sitting.
These restaurants themselves pay rent to Kith Meng, one of Cambodia's most successful tycoons.
Like thousands of others Kith Meng fled the murderous Khmer Rouge in the 1970s eventually ending up resettling in Canberra.
When UN peacekeepers descended on Cambodia in the early '90s to bring about peace and democracy Kith Meng returned selling Canons of the photocopying variety.
Since then Kith Meng has built up a business empire encompassing the ANZ Royal Bank, mobile phones, a TV station, insurance, railways, hotels, a national lottery and an international school.
Kith Meng is worth millions and he may even be Cambodia's first business billionaire.
At the other end of the scale, many on the beach live day to day, or at least month to month. I ask Song and Mai how much they earn and I'm a bit surprised at their answers, keeping in mind this is a country where garment factory workers stitch clothes with well known brands for a base salary of about $US 65 a month.
SONG: In one day I get maybe $25 or $30. Yesterday we also get the business too. We get about $18 is my day what I met you yesterday, I get this 18, I get my own business. Soon get own business.
LIAM COCHRANE: What do you do with the money? Do you share that with your family, do you save it? How do you use the money?
SONG: Oh, we pay for this house and for the meal for my baby and sometimes we still have we buy food and drink and sometimes we save some money. But because sometime is now rent is increased we are not saving the money but when we get in slow season, ah high season we can save a little bit of money but not a lot.
LIAM COCHRANE: Initially, grandma handled the money. But now, as she gets older, the responsibility is shifting to the grandkids.
MAI: When we little girls we are both very young and she take care, she work hard for us but we love her lot. She's (inaudible) we only family, we always leave her one rice and we really take care of her and we love her a lot.
But now we have own job, own families, we cannot take care but Jenna is the best one. She is the good girl and she always take care of grandmother. She always spend the money for grandmother because she know we don't have enough money to spend and it's keeping her alive because now she is very old too. She is 70.
LIAM COCHRANE: These days Mai and Song have their own responsibilities too. Both have a toddler and both are pregnant again. Their husbands are Cambodian men, who themselves are best friends and work together as house painters.
Mai is now 26 and she hopes one day to open up her own shop in town and forge a slightly different life for her children.
MAI: Is I have money I'll be able to have my own job for myself and I often, I don't want to come to the beach to work in the beach carrying and I want to have my own job in town that I like but I will try to work hard, you know.
LIAM COCHRANE: What sort of job would you like in town?
MAI: A manicure. That job, as I tell you, is my dream. I hope so my baby not come to the beach. That means we, she a little girl but I kept it for her. Once she big girl, she have own job.
LIAM COCHRANE: Song also has a dream for herself and her family.
SONG: When my baby growing up I want her to study hard, not the same. I tell her about the school and let her go more school and because I'm thinking I want to have some money and I want to buy a little house for my family and my baby but I think I cannot because the house now is too expensive, everything expensive.
LIAM COCHRANE: How much money would you need to buy a little house?
SONG: Oh in here it is terrible, about $3,000 or $4,000 with the house and the land. Too expensive.
LIAM COCHRANE: It may seem out of reach for now but each day Song comes to the beach, she picks up her plastic basket of manicure supplies and bracelets and goes about her business.
SONG: How are you today my friend? I'm okay but no business (laughs).
SIMON SANTOW: Liam Cochrane on the sands of Cambodia. You've been listening to a Radio Current Affairs documentary.
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Sorry, didn't mean to crush your hopes, just telling you what I know. She hasn't written a book full of new material, they've just taken a bunch of stuff that's already been in Cobalt before, wasn't published in books before, and added one new story about the new YYK.
Keep an eye out for what happens in October. If she writes a whole new book full of new material for then, I think then we can get all giddy and excited.
|2009-06-19, 23:12
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Maria-sama Ga Miteru: Little Horrors is available for pre-order on bk1.jp, with a release date of 7/2009, so yeah, it's confirmed.
|2009-07-09, 16:19
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Finally got my copy of Little Horrors in the mail today. I haven't had a chance to read much of it yet, but I can confirm that it's pretty much like Variety Gift and the other short story collection books.
Spoiler for Mild Spoilers... nothing really Earth-shattering.:
|2009-12-09, 02:34
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Merry Christmas to all you novel fans, Watashi no Su (私の巣, "My Nest") is out on the 25th.
The title is from a short story published in Cobalt in 2007, but there are only two stories that haven't been anthologised yet so we can expect some original content. Either that or a very short book.
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(OK, I have to post here after all because the main novels thread is closed.)
The 38th novel, 「ステップ」 Step, is out December 28th (info from Shueisha via Yuri na Hibi). Maybe Konno's going to make this an annual tradition? There's a brief synopsis at Mangaoh.
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Anyone else following the novel translations NR is doing at baka-tsuki? Volume 29 was finished last month, and now with Volume 30 we've finally touched on one of the last major developments of the series which has yet to be translated whether in the novels or the anime: Shimako's real family background (!!). Very exciting.
Well, aside from that there's also the series' finale which has been translated for some time now so I wonder if any Marimite fans here are still interested. Beyond that, I've also been extremely pleased to learn from Simon's posts here that there is material past the 34th volume. I really trust we'll get there eventually (well, various circumstances and the gaps in Marimite translations have even inspired me to start pursuing Japanese seriously myself).
For any fellow White Rose (or rather, Shimako...) fetishists, I also stumbled across recently a series of (non-h) Marimite doujins titled "Rosa Gigantea Party" scanlated by Tranquil Spring. Simply the best Marimite doujins I've found thus far, though I really stumbled late into this series, to find its fandom still active is really encouraging...
As the novel translation effort is the only major site of activity at the moment for this fandom, I nonetheless thought it would be nice if this forum saw some activity.
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Wow, I had completely forgotten about the novels translation project. I will be most eager to continue reading all the novels I have been missing. Cheers to all the translators and editors over bt!
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Wow, I didn't even know the novels were being translated! (I didn't know about Baka-tsuki either.) I have so much to catch up on, haha! I'm surprised the series hasn't been licensed yet though, I think it could do well. I will definitively buy the translated books if they are ever licensed in the future.
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Okay... what else do we have? First is the tie-in with the live-action movie:
Second, from Yuuki's perspective:
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Ch. 9, Volume 31 has just been translated...amazing resolution/conclusion to Shimako's backstory imo.
lol, I find difficulty even just putting it into words, man. Lemme just say that I've always loved the way Konno-sensei has handled the religious context in this series, and I really feel like this chapter ties it all together and makes it a tour de force. Shimako's character (her background; the people around her) has always been steeped in themes of transience, suffering, salvation, sublimity. I'm really touched now, like I finally know what makes her so beautiful. This's a really great chapter.
Man, the Maria-sama series is so amazing. I really love it all.
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Come next month will be the epilogue:
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Don't see why this volume would have to be the last one, but I am indeed incredibly excited to actually see Rosa Chinensis Yumi (and Rosa Foetida Yoshino, and third year Rosa Gigantea Shimako, if I am allowed to be greedy). I will be looking forward to this one with the greatest anticipation.
lol, actually, I've just been on a Maria-sama ga Miteru binge over this past week. Reread about 5 or 6 of the translated novels. So, coincidentally, I have been just recently thinking that the ~36 volumes of this series still aren't enough to satisfy all of my love for these characters :P.
Thanks for passing the information along. It's really really great news.
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Detective Shimako~. Heh, the latest update to Vol. 27 was quite the twist. Well, I've been curious about these Valentine's dates for quite a long time, since the only one which we've seen adapted up til now was Yumi's hospital trip together with Touko. Good stuff.
|2012-05-01, 19:52
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Well, it's now on Amazon:
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After hearing nothing of this series for a couple of years, I finally recalled why I love this series so much. It's surprising how the novels contain a wealth of internal monologues, alternate perspectives, and side stories that the anime adaptation failed to explore. Still, whether animated or written, it is apparent that this story's strengths lie in its heartfelt character interactions.
Anyway, feeling kinda bummed about the crammed ending of the fourth season, I decided to go for the novel translations, though I waited for volume 27 to come out to continue with the parts the anime left out.
I just finished reading volumes 27 up to 29 in Baka-Tsuki, so I'm going to tackle each volume one-by-one:
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Spoiler for volume 28:
Spoiler for volume 29:
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I kind of missed their presence, makes me yearn about when they'll (I mean Studio Deen) bring up the possible final season. The saga never fails to chronicle about the girls' relationships and their lives, all the while I love to see Sachiko grow up.
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One of his first titles was the punk zine Noise Noise Noise. It was published in Anchorage Alaska from 1994 till 1996. Eleven issues were released during those years.
His next zine, Twenty-four hours was begun while he lived in Japan and continued upon his relocation to Austin, Texas, and finally, New York City. This literary zine has featured fiction, interviews, comics and poetry, with contributions from fellow zine makers such as Ben Brown, Tim Doyle and Ben Snakepit. The zine was released in print from 2001 till 2004. Medsker then took the zine online, where it remains. His most current zine is Teach, an autobiographical comic about his life as a teacher and writer in New York City, which he's published since the summer of 2009.
In 2003, Josh Medsker, with the help of Zach Vowell, founded the Austin Zine Library. It consisted of 4,000 to 5, 000 titles. He handed the reins over to Cheetara Thundercats upon his departure for New York City.
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Korn's Jonathan Davis Discusses Mayhem Festival, 'The Paradigm Shift: World Tour Edition' + More
Korn are having a great summer, playing the main stage of the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival. The band is promoting 'The Paradigm Shift: World Tour Edition,' and 'Loudwire Nights' host Full Metal Jackie had a chance recently to chat with Korn frontman Jonathan Davis about both the disc and the Mayhem Festival, as well as digging up some of his surprise favorite albums. Check out the chat below.
This is Loudwire Nights, Full Metal Jackie. Jonathan Davis with us on the show tonight. From the Rock Star Energy Drink Mayhem Festival to Family Values and Ozzfest -- what makes Korn such a great band to see outdoors on a summer night?
I don't know. It is just fun. I mean there is something about being outdoors and everybody having a good time, and it's summer. I think taking all of those things into consideration it just makes for a killer show and people are just losing their minds out here with this tour. It has just been amazing.
Jonathan, why is it important that Korn pushes the conventional boundaries of metal by trying to create a dance party onstage during the Mayhem Festival shows?
I think it is because we have always been -- we have always thought outside the box with trying not to stay conventionally metal. We have always been a band that has fit in. Yes, we are a metal band but we have never really fit the mold so for us we are always pushing ourselves to make new kinds of music, not try to make the same record because that would get boring. And we were thinking this would be mostly a metal tour so let's just think outside the box and make a big ol' disco dance party up there. It worked and it seems like everybody is having a good time -- letting loose and dancing. There is mosh pits and everything it is just about everybody, you know, having a good time in their own way.
It happens all of the time, fans associate bands with the music they play never considering that the band members probably listen to styles of music far beyond their day job. What are some of your go-to albums that would surprise most Korn fans?
My go-to albums: right now I have been listening to a lot of Rick James. My guilty pleasure is listening to the 'Xanadu' soundtrack -- I love ELO and I love all of the songs on that soundtrack. I mean I am all over the place. There is all kinds of music I like so it just depends on the night.
What have been some of your favorite bands to watch during the Mayhem Festival?
Definitely Body Count and Cannibal Corpse.
'The Paradigm Shift: World Tour Edition' is out now with new songs and live tracks recorded in London, Moscow and Denver. What did you hear in the recordings of those shows that made it important to get these tracks out to the fans?
You know, sometimes we go into the studio and review the songs. We think our songs are better played live than actually than when in the studio. The studio can't seem to catch the live aspect of it so we wanted on this version of the album we wanted to put some good live tracks out there from all of these live places that we have played and let people hear it for themselves.
Is it too soon for it for you to start thinking about new music; does your creative side just never stop?
I already have new songs written for the next record. I am always constantly going, that is where 'Hater' came from and 'The Game Is Over.' When I am off tour I go home for a week to hang out with the kids and then I go back to the studio while they are in school and keep creating new songs. I can't wait to get back in there with the band and start hashing out another record. We are really excited.
The members of Korn have all gone through plenty of personal turmoil over the years, yourself included. What has helped this band most in terms of surviving all of the trials and tribulations that could have easily derailed so many other bands?
Honestly, I think that we are just lucky people. We have been very lucky, we have all gone through our own hell like every band goes through. I just think that we finally got over the hill and now we are going down the hill when it comes to drugs and alcohol and all of the other crazy drama that went on in the beginning of the band. I think right now we are all really centered and we love what we do. We love playing shows, we love making music and it has turned something very positive for us as a band that we just like playing our shows and making people smile and have a good time. That is where we are at right now.
Thanks to Korn's Jonathan Davis for the interview. You can pick up 'The Paradigm Shift: World Tour Edition' exclusively via Best Buy. Look for the band on the Mayhem Festival at these remaining dates. Tune in to Loudwire Nights With Full Metal Jackie' Monday through Friday 7PM through midnight online or on the radio. To see which stations and websites air 'Loudwire Nights,' click here.
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HHWW: Another Hyped-Up Stock That's Dressed to Kill?
by Melissa Davis
December 23, 2010
The corporate headquarters for Horiyoshi Worldwide (OTC: HHWW.OB), located within blocks of several Los Angeles homeless shelters servicing Skid Row, looks rather modest for a high-end fashion company that recently sported a market value approaching $200 million.
Earlier this month, TheStreetSweeper sent some locals to HHWW's home office after watching the company's stock rocket from $1 to $3 a share on a blizzard of paid promotions. They found a tiny operation, manned by a single staffer (focused on investor relations), that housed little more than two clothing racks containing about 20 T-shirts apiece.
Based on prices supplied in HHWW's regulatory filings, those T-shirts represent an estimated $6,000 worth of inventory for the company. While meager, that figure nevertheless eclipses the $912 in total sales reported by HHWWfor the second quarter of this year.
To be fair, HHWW has yet to release third-quarter results that might reflect an uptick in sales following the company's adoption of an aggressive growth strategy. Still, corporate filings show, HHWW actually saw its quarterly revenue plummet – sinking from $152,175 to less than $1,000 – in the months leading up to that grand plan.
Even so, stock promoters – paid huge sums to tout HHWW – have painted an incredibly rosy picture of the company. Last month, for example, Eric Dickson of Breakaway Stocks predicted that HHWW could soar more than 4,500% by the end of this year. The stock, currently trading at $1.63, must somehow find a way to reach $45.38 a share over the next few days for that wild forecast to come true.
Inspired by the financial analysis of some astute HHWW skeptics, TheStreetSweeper decided to evaluate the company using the tools commonly employed to value regular stocks. The results of that exercise proved rather telling.
Based on a generous price-to-earnings ratio of 15, HHWW would need to generate more than $180 million in annual profits in order to justify Dickson's lofty target. At this point, however, HHWW cannot even muster the $6 million in annual profits that might justify its current share price. Assuming an estimated profit margin of 10% (like that attached to luxury clothing retailer Giorgio Armani in the past), HHWW would need to increase its annual sales by almost 2,000% -- obliterating the 30% growth rate posted by rapidly expanding Netflix (Nasdaq: NFLX) – in order to clear that kind of profit.
Stock promoters, as a group paid millions for their bullish calls on HHWW, clearly overlooked such harsh realities when issuing their reports. Instead, they have basically ignored HHWW's actual results and focused on other matters – such as the company's ambitious expansion plans – that are much more difficult to measure.
"With the launch of their new street-wear line coming within the next six months, the time to get into this company is now – before the tidal wave of profits sends shares of (HHWW) through the roof!" Dickson gushed when touting HHWW in his Breakaway Stocks newsletter. "With Horiyoshi's design already boasting an impressive multimillion-dollar track record, this buying frenzy is a virtual lock …
"Call your broker or log in to your online trading account," Dickson urged, "and snatch as much HHWW as you can."
According to the fine-print disclosure that follows its screaming HHWW tout, Breakaway Stocks does not actually analyze a company's financial performance – or technically recommend buying its stock – when issuing such reports. The newsletter instead reveals that it pockets a fee, in this case supplied by Capital Financial Media (or CFM), for publicizing the company. A notorious manager of big-budget penny-stock campaigns, which often end horribly for long-term investors, CFM received a whopping $2 million for orchestrating the massive promotion that triggered HHWW's explosive run.
TheStreetSweeper officially flagged HHWW as a risky stock, placing the company on its "Caught on Radar" list the day it hit its $3.25 peak, earlier this month. Since then, TheStreetSweeper has gone on to thoroughly investigate HHWW – including its insiders and those promoting its stock – and compiled its findings in the detailed report below.
HHWW did not respond to telephone and email messages requesting information for this story.
Fashion Makeover
Until mid-2010, records show, HHWW had spent years toiling among a crowd of junior Canadian mining stocks with little cash and no real prospect of future revenue.
Originally known as Kranti Resources, regulatory filings show, the company gave up on its first mining claim within months of pursuing it and engaged in little activity – other than expanding its share count – in the three years that followed. This February, filings indicate, Kranti made its final move in the mining business by amending an old contract that called for the company to spend $275,000 on exploration activities over the course of a four-year period. But just months later, filings show, Kranti suddenly decided to double its share count and radically shift its focus from mining to fashion apparel instead.
Under its new strategy, the company explained in its filings, Kranti would become Horiyoshi Worldwide – a firm named after legendary Japanese tattoo artist Horiyoshi III – and attempt to mass-market apparel featuring its namesake's famous designs. Up to then, filings show, Horiyoshi had operated as a private company selling only high-end apparel on a "limited-run" basis since launching its young brand the previous year.
During 2009, filings show, Horiyoshi generated $30,633 in revenue – while racking up $255,798 worth of expenses – by selling most of its clothing to just three luxury retailers. Although those stores accounted for 85% of its revenue,filings show, Horiyoshi boasted that it had sold its clothing to more than 30 other retailers around the world as well. Based on prices supplied in its regulatory filings, however, those retailers would have sold an average of just $150 worth of Horiyoshi merchandise apiece – the equivalent of a single T-shirt – over the course of last year.
Nevertheless, both HHWW and its promoters have regularly portrayed the company as an established force with a far-reaching presence in the worldwide fashion arena. At last count, HHWW estimated that it was now selling its merchandise at 45 luxury boutiques located in 25 cities around the globe. Meanwhile, paid promoters have indicated that big-name retailers – such as Neiman Marcus – cannot stock enough HHWW apparel to meet soaring customer demand.
"From Paris to Palm Beach, from Los Angeles to London, you can walk into any of these boutiques and view Horiyoshi's collection for yourself," Dickson proclaimed in his Breakaway Stocks newsletter. "High-end retailers like Neiman Marcus, Fred Segal and Harvey Nichols are gobbling up as much Horiyoshi as they possibly can."
As noted previously, however, Horiyoshi actually saw its sales plummet by 99% to less than $1,000 during the last quarter that it operated as a private company before deciding to sell itself. In the months that followed, filings show, Krantis officially changed its name to Horiyoshi Worldwide and began trading under its current symbol – with its stock priced around 60 cents a share – as the company prepared to gain control of the luxury apparel firm.
Legal Accessories
This September, about two months before HHWW began trading, the company inked a formal agreement to buy Horiyoshi through a share-exchange deal.
Under the terms of that original contract, HHWW promised to issue Horiyohsi 64.87 million shares of stock (later reduced to 30 million shares or half of the shares outstanding) in exchange for the private company. In official corporate filings, Macdonald Tuskey – a Vancouver law firm connected to a number of dubious microcap companies – shows up as the legal adviser to HHWW on that merger deal.
By now, TheStreetSweeper has linked Macdonald Tuskey to at least three risky penny stocks over the course of the past year alone. First, during its early coverage of Americas Energy (OTC: AENY.OB) in January, TheStreetSweeper closely examined one of the firm's named partners – Gerald Tuskey – after uncovering his checkered track record. With Tuskey serving as its legal advisor (and occasionally listed among its largest shareholders), AENY saw its stock rocket from $1.50 to $5.50 before later crashing to its current price of just 46 cents a share.
Two months later, TheStreetSweeper spotlighted Macdonald Tuskey as the legal advisor to Lithium (OTC: LTUM.OB) after paid promoters fueled a major rally in that penny stock. In that case, reports show, CFM – the same firm that would later manage HHWW's seven-figure publicity campaign – had hired Untapped Wealth, a sister publication to Breakaway Stocks, to recommend LTUM using funds from a $2.4 million advertising budget. While Breakaway Stocks predicted that LTUM would hit $5 in the short term before rocketing past $17 on down the road, inspiring MarketWatch to declare it the "Stupid Investment of the Week," the stock instead peaked at just $1.41 and has since tumbled to 26 cents a share.
More recently, this May, TheStreetSweeper found itself again examining Macdonald Tuskey after the law firm surfaced as the legal advisor to Big Bear Mining (OTC: BGBR.OB) during one of the most notorious penny-stock promotions of the entire year. That stock, which rapidly soared from 75 cents to $1.75 on massive volume, now trades for less than a dime a share.
This October, after connecting Macdonald Tuskey to crowds of doomed microcap companies, The Vancouver Sunpublished an entire three-part series on Bill Macdonald – the firm's other named partner -- as part of its ongoing coverage of the shady penny-stock arena.
"Over the years, Macdonald has helped dozens of questionable companies register their shares on the OTC Bulletin Board, a well-known watering hole for stock-market predators," the newspaper wrote. Indeed, "Macdonald's clients include some of the most untrustworthy people in Vancouver's junior securities market."
TheStreetSweeper called Macdonald Tuskey on Wednesday seeking input for this story. The receptionist placed this reporter on hold and, shortly afterwards, came back with news that both of the law firm's partners had left for the holidays.
Ugly Record
For its part, HHWW has found itself connected to some other penny-stock players that might raise a few eyebrows as well.
Take its CFO Ray Catroppa, just for starters. When announcing his appointment last month, HHWW portrayed Catroppa as an accomplished finance veteran who had spent the past six years advising "numerous public companies" that trade on major stock exchanges. But HHWW never mentioned Catroppa's most recent employer, Cameron Associates, or the fact that it primarily caters to microcap companies by providing them with investor relations services.
Just one day before joining HHWW, records show, Catroppa was still managing investor relations for a penny-stock company known as Falcon Oil & Gas (OTC: FOLGF.PK). That stock, which peaked near 60 cents about 18 months ago, currently trades for 15 cents a share.
As a group, it appears, Cameron's other clients have fared no better. Here is a sampling of companies, followed by their stock performance, featured on Cameron's official client list: several current and former Nasdaq stocks – including Applied Energetics (Nasdaq: AERG), Celsius Holdings (Nasdaq: CELH), Encorium Group (OTC: ENCO.PK) and Vaughan Foods (OTC: FOOD.OB) – that have plummeted in recent years and now trade for less than $1 a share; and numerous penny stocks – such as 30DC (OTC: TDCH.PK), MediaNet Group (OTC: MEDG.OB) and, of course Falcon Oil & Gas (OTC: FOLGF.PK) – that have lost serious ground as well.
Initially, at least, HHWW enjoyed huge gains with Catroppa added to its team. Just weeks after hiring Catroppa as its CFO, in fact, HHWW announced a $5 million financing deal – albeit with an obscure Milan-based firm known as Zyndy Trade Corp. -- that helped spark an explosive rally in its shares. Although Zyndy surfaced out of the blue, withno obvious record of past clients or similar financing deals, investors hastily rushed to celebrate the promise of much-needed funds.
Barely a week after HHWW announced that it had received the first $2 million of those funds, raised by issuing Zyndy almost 2 million shares of stock priced at $1.03 apiece, the stock was trading at a record high of $3.25 a share. By the time that HHWW reported that it had collected the remaining $3 million this week (following a smaller grant to Zyndy of 1.58 million shares), however, the stock had fallen by almost half and actually lost additional ground following the good news.
While still hovering above $1.60 at this point, HHWW already reminds some investors of other once-hot penny stocks – touted by the same promoters – that ultimately collapsed in the end.
Permanent Stains
Long before CFM launched its multimillion-dollar publicity campaign for HHWW, records show, the firm arranged expensive – and temporarily effective – promotions for numerous penny stocks that later met with ugly fates.
As a young firm in 2003, Dow Jones reported, CFM managed a $1 million advertising campaign for a microcap company known as SHEP Technologies. With SHEP promoters touting valuable business deals with the likes of Ford (NYSE: F) and Eaton (NYSE: ETN), Dow Jones noted, the stock quickly soared to almost $3 a share. But those deals later proved to be bogus, Dow Jones indicated, and the stock quickly fell by half over the course of one short week. (Since then, SHEP has apparently disappeared for good.)
Undeterred, CFM soon moved forward with other stock promotions. In 2004, The Vancouver Sun reported, CFM managed a $700,000 advertising campaign for a company known as Aberdene Mines. Armed with that generous budget, the newspaper said, CFM hired James DiGeorgia of the Gold & Energy Advisor – who would later push BGBR before backing off when TheStreetSweeper spotlighted that risky call – to recommend Aberdene in his widely distributed newsletter. Although Aberdene rapidly soared to almost $4.50 a share following that report, the newspaper said, the stock had already lost half of its newfound value just a few days later. (Like SHEP, Aberdene now seems nonexistent save for the investor pain it left behind.)
When tapped to manage a new six-figure promotion for Eden Energy (OTC: EDNE.OB) the following year, Dow Jones revealed, CFM turned to DiGeorgia and his powerful newsletter once again. With DiGeorgia celebrating EDNE as "the second Saudi Arabia," Dow Jones reported, the penny stock rocketed to almost $10 a share. Five years later, however, EDNE barely fetches a nickel and can sometimes go an entire session without a single share changing hands.
Meanwhile, StockPromoters.com records show, Small Cap Fortunes – identified in its own disclaimer as a division of CFM – has gone on to pocket huge sums of money for touting a slew of other ill-fated penny stocks as well.
One of those, a controversial company known as Planktos (OTC: PLKT.PK), caught the attention of The Vancouver Sun after its soaring stock gave the cash-stripped firm a market value of more than $100 million for a while. Less than a year after Small Cap Fortunes pocketed $250,000 to promote Planktos, however, The Vancouver Sun was reporting that the company had run out of money and decided to wind down its operations with the stock – previously touted as a $30 winner – trading on the lowly Pink Sheets for just two pennies a share. Like other stocks featured in expensive CFM campaigns, Planktos appears to be worthless now that all of the powerful hype has long since disappeared.
With Planktos fast sinking toward obscurity by the spring of 2008, records show, CFM soon received $300,000 to promote a notorious company known as Aussie Soles (OTC: AUSE.OB) in another big publicity campaign. This time,records show, CFM hired Untapped Wealth – a sister publication to the one that would later promote HHWW – and attracted some unwanted attention as a result.
Shortly afterwards, the Stock Gumshoe blasted Untapped Wealth for disguising its paid promotion of Aussie Soles as a credible stock pick and urged his followers to cancel their subscriptions to the newsletter.
"After their decision to participate in this particular ad, I'm much more suspicious of everything they do," the Stock Gumshoe wrote back in May of 2008. "Recommending and touting a stock in exchange for money from that company puts you down at the bottom of the pile in my opinion … There's a lot of company at the bottom of the pile, sure, but it doesn't mean it's where you want to be."
Two years later, those who followed Aussie Soles still remember that promotion and the pain it would soon cause. With the former $2.50 stock fetching mere pennies (before volume completely disappeared), the Vancouver Sun recentlyslammed Untapped Wealth because it had "shamelessly touted" Aussie Soles in "one of the rattier made-in-Vancouver stock deals floated on the OTC Bulletin Board."
Trinity Investment Research, the publisher of both Untapped Wealth and Breakaway Stocks, did not respond to messages seeking comments for this story. CFM ignored requests for information as well.
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Despite its dismal long-term record, StockPromoters.com records show, Small Cap Fortunes has regularly commanded six-figure payouts for touting a bunch of other losing penny stocks as well.
TheStreetSweeper reviewed all of those stocks in detail and originally planned to document their performance until the list grew too long and the results too monotonous. In a nutshell, records show, almost every penny stock promoted by Small Cap Fortunes before this year has lost the vast majority of its past value and – in some cases – no longer even trades at all. In contrast, records show, only a tiny handful has emerged from massive plunges with any notable value still intact.
Otherwise, StockPromoters.com records show, only the firm's two latest picks – First China Pharmaceutical (OTC:FCPG.OB) and none other than HHWW – still look like relatively "healthy" stocks with lasting volume and share prices above the crucial $1 mark. The first, touted by Small Cap Fortunes at 85 cents in October, rocketed to almost $6by early December but soon reversed course and now fetches less than one-third of that price. Meanwhile, HHWW itself soared from 80 cents to $3.25 – with the stock peaking just one day after FCPG did – before following a similar path to its current price of $1.63 a share.
To be fair, Small Cap Fortunes had plenty of company when touting HHWW for pay. According toStockPromoters.com records, more than a dozen other firms – including TheSUBWAY.com, TopGunStockPicks.com,EpicStockPicks.com and DailyProfit.com (another outfit paid by CFM) – collected money for joining in the chorus. That list does not even include newsletters like Breakaway Stocks, either, the tout sheet hired by Small Cap Fortunes parent CFM that may have delivered the most effective promotion of all.
Based on the track records of Breakaway Stocks and other firms hired by CFM in recent years, however, that powerful HHWW endorsement might spark less confidence than fear. In its paid tout, Breakaway Stocks repeatedly portrayed HHWW as the next True Religion Apparel (Nasdaq: TRLG) – a favored example among penny-stock promoters eager to showcase a rare fairy-tale microcap ending – when pushing investors to buy the shares. But if history serves as any guide, HHWW could easily wind up in the growing pile of worthless stocks – littered with tainted names like Planktos and Aussie Soles – long ago abandoned by those who once labeled them as surefire winners instead.
* Note: No member of TheStreetSweeper's staff or advisory board has ever taken a financial position in Horiyoshi Worldwide (HHWW.OB) or received any compensation from others who have positions in the stock. As editor of the site, Melissa Davis will never take a position in any of the stocks that she covers. To contact Ms. Davis, the author of this story, please send an email to email@example.com.
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Adrian Beltre homered, Matt Harrison worked into the sixth inning for his 16th victory and the AL West-leading Texas Rangers beat the Cleveland Indians 6-4 on Tuesday night.
Harrison (16-9) struck out six over 5 2-3 innings while becoming the fourth American League pitcher to reach 16 wins. The left-hander allowed five hits and walked three, all the baserunners coming in his last 2 2-3 innings.
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I think that there is too much political correctness about when it comes to teaching self defence or even martial arts. Everybody is telling you to use " reasonable force" when something totally unreasonable is happening to you. One tale I remember hearing from classical karate was why they hit the makiwara so much, and the answer was that in a real fight you will only have a tenth of your strength, you will be disabled by fear,so you overtrain and that is a good way to look at it, I think.and back in the day on Okinawa everybody, not just karate guys had a makiwara to hit,relieve stress ,whatever
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Sioux Falls received a dose of snow on Monday. It was not enough to trigger the snow gate regiment that so many people desire. By the end of winter, we should get our share of snow events to test the equipment.
However, the more important test will come Tuesday. The citizens of Sioux Falls have filed petitions with enough valid signatures to mandate the use of snow gates throughout the city. The City Council will have to decide on when to proceed with an election. There are only two choices…sooner or later. Among council members, those who want it sooner are convinced that Sioux Falls needs snow gates right now. If the vote is later, that doesn't necessarily mean opposing snow gates entirely. It could mean a measured approach to determining if these are appropriate tools for the city to use.
City Councilor Dean Karsky would fall into the latter category. He came on Viewpoint University to specifically say that snow gates have merit, but to charge ahead without regard to all mitigating factors is foolish. Other cities have decided that snow gates do not pass muster. Additionally, Karsky notes that forging ahead no matter the cost does no justice for the taxpayer.
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In addition, Karsky intimates that there is more to snow gates than the operation of the equipment in the streets. There is the time involved with attaching and dismounting after each snow event. Moreover, this will amount to a hike in taxes for the service.
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Senate leaders to try to work out fiscal cliff deal over weekend
WASHINGTON (CNN) — The Senate's top Democrat and Republican are working this weekend to forge a compromise to prevent the country from going over the fiscal cliff, the combination of sweeping spending cuts and widespread tax increases that will otherwise take effect in days.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nevada, on late Friday afternoon called the next 24 hours "very important" in the grueling effort to avert a crisis that has been two years in the making.
House Speaker John Boehner has called on the Senate to go first, and then his chamber — which reconvenes Sunday — will act.
Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the Senate Minority Leader, expressed hope that he and Reid will agree on a plan to present to their respective caucuses "as early as Sunday."
Early Friday evening after a meeting involving him, congressional leaders and top administration officials, President Barack Obama said he was "modestly optimistic" the Senate leaders would reach an agreement. At the same time, he conceded, "Nobody's going to get 100% of what they want."
The two senators' chiefs of staff — David Krone for Reid, and Sharron Soderstrom for McConnell — will lead the talks, much of which will be carried on over the phone and by e-mail, aides said.
Neither of their bosses is expected to be in the Capitol on Saturday, though that could change.
Staffers for Boehner, the top man in Republican-led House of Representatives, won't directly take part in the negotiations, but they'll be kept informed by McConnell's staff, a GOP aide said. The White House will learn what's going on through Reid's staff.
Democrats believe Republicans should make the "first move" — basically by saying what changes should be made to the president's proposal, which calls for tax rates to stay the same for all annual family income below $250,000.
The expectation is that Republicans will try to raise that income threshold to $400,000 and push to keep estate taxes low; Democrats said they might be open to one such scenario, but not both.
If the offer is "laughable," a Democratic aide said it will probably be leaked to the media. If it is reasonable, it should remain private — which would mean, for Saturday at least, that no news may be good news.
And if the two sides don't agree on a bill over the weekend, Obama said he wants his latest proposal to be put up for a vote in both the Senate and House.
He predicted his plan — which, in addition to his tax rate proposal, would extend unemployment benefits and "lay the groundwork" for deficit reduction — would pass in both chambers with bipartisan support.
As members of Congress and their staffs talk, Obama will make his case to the public by appearing Sunday on NBC's "Meet the Press," his first appearance on a Sunday political talk show in three years.
Reid said, at the very least, that he'd prepare legislation that includes elements favored by for a vote by Monday. Still, he insisted he'd first work with his GOP colleagues.
"I look forward to hearing any good-faith proposals Sen. McConnell has for altering this bill," the Nevada Democrat said.
If no legislation passes both chambers and therefore remains unsigned by the president by year's end, the fiscal cliff will go into effect — something economists warn could trigger a recession.
The lack of political movement thus far, and lack of confidence Washington politicians can get anything done with so little time left, has spurred consumer confidence to sag and stock market values to sink.
Some like Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York expressed cautious optimism Friday that the looming deadline, and the key players renewed engagement, would spur a deal. But others, like Republican Sen. Bob Corker of Tennessee, derided the process so far as "a total dereliction of duty on every level."
"I've been very surprised that the president has not laid out a very specific plan to deal with this," he said on CBS "This Morning."
"But candidly, Congress should have done the same. And I think the American people should be disgusted."
The principal dispute continues to be over taxes, specifically Democrats' demand to extend most tax cuts passed under President George W. Bush while allowing higher rates of the 1990s to return on top income brackets.
During his re-election campaign, Obama said this would protect 98% of Americans and 97% of small businesses from tax hikes.
Republicans have opposed any kind of increase in tax rates, and Boehner suffered the political indignity last week of offering a compromise — a $1 million threshold for the higher rates to kick in — that his GOP colleagues refused to support because it raised taxes and had no chance of passing the Senate.
Obama and Democrats have leverage, based on the president's reelection last month and Democrats' gains in the House and Senate in the new Congress.
In addition, polls consistently show majority support for Obama's position on taxes, and Democrats insist the House would pass the president's plan with Democrats joined by some Republicans if Boehner allowed a vote on it.
However, influential anti-tax crusader Grover Norquist has vowed to back primary challenges against Republicans who violate his widely signed pledge not to raise taxes. Even if a deal is reached, Norquist has predicted yet more budget showdowns every time the government needs additional money to operate.
The two sides seemingly had made progress early last week on forging a $2 trillion deficit reduction deal that included new revenue sought by Obama and spending cuts and entitlement changes desired by Boehner.
Boehner appeared to move on increased tax revenue, including higher rates on top income brackets and eliminating deductions and loopholes. But his inability to rally all House Republicans behind his plan raised questions about his role and what comes next.
All this has fueled disdain for politicians by many Americans. Such contempt is deserved, said Rep. Steven LaTourette, an Ohio Republican, who is retiring from Congress.
"I think America should be embarrassed by its leadership in D.C.," he told CNN on Friday. "The fact that we have been unable to do things, and instead worried about our next elections. … I think it's sinful."
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"Well," said the evil Prince, "then I shall conquer God too!" In the pride and folly of his heart he had built a splendidly constructed ship in which he could sail through the air. It was as colorful as a peacock's tail, and seemed decorated with a thousand eyes, but each eye was the barrel of a cannon. The Prince could sit in the center of the ship and, upon his touching a certain button, a thousand bullets would stream forth, and the guns would at once be reloaded. Hundreds of strong eagles were harnessed to the ship, and so it flew away, up and up toward the sun.
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Wow, I am so blessed that some of my favorite bloggers were able to help out for the last two week while my husband was in from Afghanistan.
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Today I am sharing this wonderful Cranberry Orange Muffin Recipe my 15 year old daughter adapted from
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This is a wonderful treat for breakfast
and we have already made this recipe twice :)
I was actually sick in bed when she made these for the family and she is also responsible for the photo!
Isn't she sooo sweet :)
I am blessed that she loves to work in the kitchen beside me!
Later this week I am going to share the Broccoli, Potato, and Cheese soup she made for me too and all in the
same day I might add!
Ok, enough bragging...now on to the recipe!
makes 12 muffins
2 cups + 3TBS all purpose flour
1/2 cup sugar
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
1 1/2 cups of fresh squeezed orange juice with pulp
1/4 cup vegetable oil
1/2 tsp vanilla
1 egg
1 cup of frozen or fresh cranberries, halved
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. In a large bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. In another bowl, combine the orange juice, oil, vanilla, and egg; stir into dry ingredients just until moistened. Fold in cranberries.
Coat muffin tin with cooking spray or use paper liners; fill three-fourths full with batter. Bake for 15-20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean, serve warm.
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