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"merry" group...The phrase suggests a condescending attitude toward not only the entire group, but their level of professionalism.
[Beneath The Spin]
I found Jay Jackson's L.A. Jazz.Com review of the open-mic and Jam session held at the Industry Café in Culver City, Ca., both condescending and less than productive.
It left me wondering about his agenda. Is the point of his column to promote jazz in the Los Angeles area, or simply to promote himself?
Mr. Jackson, who pursues singing, acting, and journalism, comes off in his article as though he has an image of himself as the consummate professional assessing the potential of the "little people" as he looks down from his perch atop Mt. Olympus.
I was immediately put off by his description of Rose Gales' quartet as "Gales and her merry men of jazz."
Rose Gales' --widow of the late, great, Thelonious Monk bassist, Larry Gales-- group was made up of dead-serious musicians all, and I can't think of any group of serious professionals who wants to be referred to as a "merry" group of anything.
The phrase suggests a condescending attitude toward not only the entire group, but their level of professionalism. I doubt very seriously that Jackson would refer to the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra as "Gustavo Dudamel and his merry group of fiddlers." That may seem nitpicky on my part, but it's offhanded slights such as this that forges a negative subliminal perception among the people toward jazz, one of the world's great art forms. It's also responsible for some of the greatest musicians in the world having to drive cabs for a living. So frankly, I resent it.
And speaking of condescension and nitpicking, Jackson's column was filled with "slapliments" and totally unnecessary negativity toward the other performers as well. At one point he said, "Speaking of fun, Lindarella (Linda Saito) showed up for a few selections. While not possessing the best voice, she certainly knows fun. Her version of 'Kansas City' and 'Isn't It Romantic' brought smiles as she got through the two classics."
"Showed up?" "While not possessing the best voice?" "She got through the two classics?" By who's standards is he judging this lady? Did Billie Holiday or Eddie Jefferson have the greatest voices in jazz? I don't think so, yet they both contributed more to jazz than some of the greatest voices in the world.
Jackson even went so far as to criticize some of the musicians' manner of dress. He said, "In closing, it's a good night when open mic crowds nearly fill a restaurant, as was the case. Perhaps that might encourage some of the band members to dress a bit more appropriately for the occasion. Blue jeans and wrinkled shirts may work for the local grunge band, but for jazz it's bad form."
In response, I'd like to suggest that if Bird, Dexter Gordon, or Trane could return to share their artistry I wouldn't care if they showed up in their pajamas. Bud Powell was known to show up with one pant leg rolled up to the knee. Thus, it's a musician's artistry that counts, not his or her sartorial splendor. I've seen industry-promoted musicians show up at the Grammys wearing untied tennis shoes, pants on backwards, and caps on sideways, and no one seemed to even notice. Sure it would be wonderful if all musicians - jazz and all others -showed up decked out in the finest threads, but their failure to do so is hardly grist for a music review.
One of the few instances of unmitigated praise I found on the entire page was reserved for Jackson himself in his profile. He referred to himself as "a hypnotic mix of Lou Rawls, Johnny Hartman and Tom Jones"(?).
So I felt obliged to go check him out on Youtube (This Can't Be Love) - and ironically, he was appearing at the very same club that he was reviewing. Frankly, he's not bad, but I couldn't verify any comparison between himself and the men he compared himself to at all. We think of the men he cited as having strong, robust voices, while he was being drowned out by the keyboard player. In addition, he was off pitch several times during the tune.
So in true slapimentary fashion, I'd say that while Jackson is a pretty good second-string singer, actor, and journalist - at least, during this time when true journalism is going down the drain - he's far from ready to move to Mt. Olympus, and he should keep that in mind while reviewing the artistry of his fellow musicians.
And by the way, he was immaculately dressed during his performance, and it didn't help a bit.
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The Wife's Car: 2004 Jeep Wrangler TJ Rubicon
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With 40-inch-tall tires, only 1-ton axles were acceptable. The Dana 60 axles were narrowed to 65 inches and filled with 5.13 Sierra gears and ARB Air Lockers before getting capped off with Rockcrusher covers. The front axle is from a '92 Ford F-350, before Ford went to the goofy metric eight-lug bolt pattern, and uses Superior 35-spline chromoly axleshafts and CTM U-joints. The rear axle was sourced from a Ford van and has a smooth bottom on the housing and equal-length shafts to minimize the number of spares that need to be carried on the trail. The front axle runs the stock 1-ton calipers, while the rear axle uses 1⁄2-ton Chevy calipers in conjunction with a 1-ton Dodge master cylinder bolted to the factory TJ brake booster.
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There are plenty of custom tricks on the body of this Jeep to match the upgraded drivetrain and suspension. The most noticeable is the airbrushed hood by Psychotic Customs of Reno, Nevada. Derek trimmed the hood and built raised tube fenders to allow fitment of the big tires without excessive lift height. The front fenders retain the stock inner fender, so no components had to be relocated and the engine is protected from mud and debris on the trail. They do, however, do away with the stock turn signals on the front of the TJ fenders. To keep the Wrangler street legal, Trent Fabrication added new glass headlights with integrated turn signals. In front of the headlights, a custom bumper and grille guard protect the front end of the Jeep and house a Ramsey Patriot 9500 winch fitted with synthetic winch line. The winch line is run to the front axle to compress the suspension on technical climbs.
The stretched wheelbase also helps the TJ stay rubber-side-down on the trail. The front was stretched 4 inches, while the rear axle was moved back 6 inches. Unlike most stretched Jeeps, it was important to Lisa to retain the rear seat in her Wrangler. A Blue Torch Fabrication fuel tank and Nth Degree Mobility skidplate accommodate the stretched wheelbase. Trent Fab corners with LED taillights were used to allow fitment without the need to "comp cut" the rear corners. The tank allowed a PRP bench seat to be mounted in the rear of the Wrangler, behind matching PRP buckets and five-point harnesses. Further safety is provided by a custom Trent Fabrication rollcage constructed from 1.75-inch, 0.120-wall DOM tubing from Team Tube.
Good, Bad, and What's It For
Having a lifted Mega Cab tow rig and a rock buggy is nice, but they aren't very helpful when you have to drive from the end of Pritchett Canyon back to downtown Moab. Or in Lisa's case, when you go down the road and jump on the Rubicon Trail, but come out of the other side of the trail 60 miles from home. The only shame is that Lisa wasted money starting with a Rubicon model before scrapping the Dana 44 axles and RockTrac transfer case. More horsepower would help the Jeep go down the road even better, so an LS1 swap is slated for the future. But with twin babies on the way, Derek and Lisa may have shifted their attentions to a four-door JK by the time you read this.
Why I Featured It
There are plenty of Jeeps out there that slowly morph into buggies over time, sacrificing their creature comforts and street legality for improved trail prowess. Having built numerous rock buggies, the folks at Trent Fab realize that buggies are not the panacea that they are often made out to be. It was refreshing to see a Jeep that has coilovers and 1-ton axles, but still retains a hard top, heater, and license plates. I hope to see more people leaving their tow rigs at home and build multi-purpose Jeeps instead of single-purpose buggies.
Hard Facts
Vehicle: 2004 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon
Engine: 4.0L inline-six
Transmission: 42RLE automatic
Transfer Case: Advance Adapters Atlas II
Suspension: Custom Trent Fab four-link (front and rear)
Axles: Dana 60 (front); Dana 60 (rear)
Wheels: 17x8 Allied Monster beadlock
Tires: 40x13.50R17 Goodyear MT/R
Built For: Family wheeling
Estimated Cost: $60,000


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CIU Professor Comments on Christian-Muslim Dispute in Michigan
August 18, 2010
Dr. Warren Larson, the director of the Zwemer Center for Muslim Studies at Columbia International University is concerned about the approach used by some Christians when conversing with Muslims about religion.
Larson was asked by "Christianity Today" to comment on a situation in Dearborn, Mich. in June in which a Christian group was arrested for filming interviews at a Muslim booth during an Arab festival.
Read Larson's comments in the article "Dispute in Dearborn" at https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2010/september/1.17.html.


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LADEE at Wallops, ready to go! (Credit: NASA EDGE/Franklin Fitzgerald)
On Friday night at just before midnight, history will be made as NASA returns to the Moon with the launch of LADEE, its Lunar Atmosphere & Dust Environment Explorer. Liftoff is set to occur at 11:27PM Eastern Time/ 3:27 Universal Time on September 7th. LADEE will light up the night sky atop a Minotaur V rocket as it launches out of Wallops Island Virginia. The launch will be visible for millions of U.S East Coast residents as LADEE streaks out across the Atlantic to cross into sunrise over central Africa. [Read more...]


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In Europe, equities suffered a slight correction and consolidated after their breakneck rally in December. Encouraging signs, such as earnings growth, German industrial output and French consumer indices are good market supports, but some investors, non-European ones in particular, continue to look askance at elections looming ahead in France, Germany and the Netherlands and the undercurrent of populist sentiment that could come with them.
Our feeling is that these fears are sometimes overblown and that the lifting of these uncertainties could create opportunities when the elections actually occur.


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1911 Building
View from The Court of North Carolina
Scroll below for building history
Location: North Campus
Built 1909
Architect H.P.S. Keller
The Victorian building with a broad Doric verandah (the cream-colored columns are made of brick) has a total area of 45,008 square feet. Originally, it was the largest dormitory in the South. The Class of 1911, which effectively banned the practice of hazing new freshman, impressed faculty members to such a degree that the new dormitory was named in its honor.
When freshmen entered NC State in 1907, it was a popular practice throughout American campuses for upperclassmen to harass new students through rough discipline and humiliating initiations. Tired of the stunts, the Class of 1911 challenged all of the sophomores "to align themselves on opposite sides of Red Diamond [Pullen Park], and at a signal, lunge at each other with weapons limited to bare fists." The confrontation relaxed much of the tension for the rest of the year. In addition, the Class of 1911 vowed never to haze students, and observed their promise, causing a "landmark in the history of the college."
Class officers who participated in the achievement were President O. M. Sigman, who died in W.W.I; Vice-President J. W. Rollinson, who later worked with the Savannah Electric and Power Company; Secretary-Treasurer E. R. McCracken Graham, a textile specialist with the U.S. government; Historian J. P. Quinerly Grifton, a farm agent with the Agricultural Extension Service; and Poet J. M. Beal, later professor of botany at the Universities of Mississippi and Chicago and chairman of the board of Encyclopedia Britannica.


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The melee surrounding Michele Bachmann's recent signing of a socially conservative position has reached a fever pitch.
And Whoopi Goldberg weighed in at the top of her lungs today on "The View."
Goldberg decried the petition's obviously racist undertones, but focused more on its shots at single parents.
(In doing so, she fed a smart reminder to Bachmann's nomination adversaries on how to demonize her.)
"White people, black people, Asian people -- some of us are single parents, some of us turned out okay with single parents," she said. "Stop pointing the finger at single parents. I'm sick of people who don't know what they're talking about going on."
Elisabeth Hasselbeck called it a possible "nail in the coffin" for Bachmann's campaign.
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Each fall, American whiskey lovers wait with baited breath for the release of the Buffalo Trace Antique Collection. This release typically features some of the best Bourbons and rye whiskeys in existence and includes George T. Stagg, William Laure Weller, Sazerac 18 year old rye, Thomas Handy rye and Eagle Rare 17. Typically, the releases are announced in September and advance reviews start going out in mid-October, which is around when the bottles are released in Kentucky. They typically don't make their way to California until late October/early November.
But this year, we've heard nothing from Buffalo Trace. We've seen no press releases, advance reviews or anything else. What's happening?
The reason we love the Antique Collection is that it is extremely high quality (among the best Bourbons on the market) at an extremely affordable price. Even the vaunted Stagg can usually be found for $75-$80. At a time when more and more American whiskeys are inching up over the $100 mark, especially for special releases, American whiskey lovers are especially thankful for the Antique Collection.
I've heard nothing in the way of rumors about what's happening, so hopefully, it's just an issue of production delays. This happens in the industry; for instance, the 2008 edition of Old Forester Birthday Bourbon wasn't released until early 2009, but usually, those problems are accompanied by some news from the distillery.
So, is this just a delay or are the folks at Buffalo Trace trying to build up suspense for something new? Anyone know what's going on and when we can get our Antiques?
UPDATE: Buffalo Trace announced this very day that they are releasing the Antique Collection, which will consist of the traditional lineup. I'm nothing if not timely.
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Whiskey Wednesday: Where in the World is the Buffalo Trace Antique Collection?
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I know for a fact that the PA Liquor Control Board has been told that we'll be getting some here in PA, but I have no idea when. They usually show up here a month or two afetr the shelves have been cleared everywhere else.
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Anniversary of Cyfarthfa Ironworks
|17th-19th June 2016
|Merthyr Tydfil
|Organised by Tim Young
This meeting celebrated two separate anniversaries
Based in the Merthyr Tydfil area, this conference was held to discuss a range of related topics including the story of puddling (technology, economics, social history, engineering implications, international adoption), as well as the wider story of iron conversion technology and the broader development, social history and context of the iron industry in Merthyr Tydfil and South Wales from 1750 to 1950. There was also discussion of the development of Cyfarthfa Ironworks and its people (Bacon, the Homfrays, the Crawshays, their engineers and partners).
On Friday before the conference started there was a rare opportunity to visit Ffos-y-fran opencast coal mine. On Sunday there was another excursion through the sites of the Taff Valley in Merthyr, excursion on foot (approx 7km), sites visited included:
The programme is here and details of the presentations here.
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Kelly Slater Wins The Billabong Pro Tahiti
We've run out of words to describe Kelly Slater's dominance of professional surfing so just check the photos and watch the interviews from the channel today and add you own comments. I know it sounds like a cop out (it is and I have Hinano's to drink with the boys), but seriously, what do you want to hear? How he used heat smarts and tactics to rattle his fellow competitors? How he rushed 8-10 foot Teahupo'o on a 5'9"? That he's in better shape than anyone on tour despite the fact that he's pushing the big 4-0? There's nothing new to report, Kelly is simply the most dominant surfer ever. Period.
That's it, game over. I hope it's not too late to trademark the phrase "Ke11y Slater."—Justin Coté
ASP Press Release: Kelly Slater Takes Out Billabong Pro Tahiti, Leads ASP World Title Race
TEAHUPO'O, Taiarapu/French Polynesia (Monday, August 29, 2011) – Kelly Slater (USA), 39, reigning 10-time ASP World Champion, has claimed the Billabong Pro Tahiti presented by Air Tahiti Nui over Owen Wright (AUS), 21, in clean four-to-six foot (1.5 – 2 metre) waves at Teahupo'o.
Event No. 5 of 11 on the 2011 ASP World Title season, the Billabong Pro Tahiti culminated a historic incarnation of the event today, with the world's best surfers pushing the performance envelope in incredible conditions.
Slater began to really pick up steam in today's conditions, dispatching of an in-form Josh Kerr (AUS), 27, in the Semifinals before meeting lethal goofy-footer Wright in the Finals. The iconic American utilized his superior backhand tube-riding technique to post an 18.43 heat total out of a possible 20, which would prove too much for his younger opponent to overcome.
"I felt like I finally hit my stride in the Semifinals this morning," Slater said. "In the Final, I fell on a couple of waves that were maybe better than what I ended up getting scored on. It put the pressure on me, and took the pressure off him (Wright). He got that really big one at the end that could have gotten pretty close to the score. These are the best conditions this event has ever run in. It's been a phenomenal week."
Coming into Tahiti rated No. 6 on the ASP World Title rankings, Slater's win today rockets the Floridian to the No. 1 spot after a number of top seeds suffered early eliminations at the hands of an unmerciful Teahupo'o. "It's one of those weird events where you have to scramble through the early rounds," Slater said. "Every year at this event, there are few of the top guys that lose in the early rounds and you have to scramble if you want a result here. You have to be in tune with the tides, swell direction and everything to make sure you get those waves that get you the score."
Today's win marked Slater's 47th elite tour victory (out of 67 Finals appearances). Wright secured the best result of his young career today, finishing Runner-Up at the Billabong Pro Tahiti. The progressive Australian was a standout at Teahupo'o, notching perfect rides and impressive victories with ease.
"I thought it was an incredible Final," Wright said. "We both got really good waves and I felt like I did what I needed to on them. Kelly (Slater) just happened to find ones that opened up a little better. Congrats to him, and hoping I can get him in the next one."
Travis Logie (ZAF), 32, gained entry into the Billabong Pro Tahiti will the withdrawal of Bobby Martinez (USA), 29, from competition. Formerly sitting at the 44th spot on the ASP World Rankings, Logie's Equal 3rd place finish at Teahupo'o moves the South African up to 34th on the rankings in hopes of cementing himself as an ASP Top 34 member after the September rotation.
"It's been an unbelievable week for me," Logie said. "I don't think it has all sunk in yet. I was in Europe, I barely made it here in time, I've been on borrowed equipment, I've been banged up on the reef, I had a re-surf with my good mate Jordy (Smith) and I've also scored the best result of my career. It's all happened very fast. So yeah, I'm happy with how everything's worked out, but would have liked to have made that Final."
Josh Kerr (AUS), 27, although one of the standouts in both the free surfs and the event, was not be able to overtake Slater in an inconsistent Semifinal. "It was pretty frustrating out there," Kerr said. "We had a little exchange in the beginning and there just weren't any more opportunities through the heat. I thought we'd have a bit more action with the tide push, but it was the opposite. I'm pretty disappointed. It's a good result for me of course, just thought I could go a little better."
Jeremy Flores (FRA), 23, put in some of the most inspiring performances of the event, bagging the biggest waves and even surfing a Perfect 20 heat in yesterday's idyllic conditions. For his heroics, Flores was awarded the Andy Irons Award for most committed performance of the event. This is the inaugural year for the award, honoring the late ASP and Billabong Pro Tahiti Champion Andy Irons.
"Andy (Irons) meant everything to me," Flores said. "He has been the guy I've looked up to my whole life. In heavy waves, in all waves, he was the best and to earn this award is so special for me. He inspired everyone on tour and he's been my inspiration in Tahiti. I know he was smiling on this event. Thank you Andy."
1 – Kelly Slater (USA) 18.43
2 – Owen Wright (AUS) 17.10
SF 1: Kelly Slater (USA) 14.50 def. Josh Kerr (AUS) 10.60
SF 2: Owen Wright (AUS) 19.50 def. Travis Logie (ZAF) 14.40
QF 1: Josh Kerr (AUS) 11.94 def. Jeremy Flores (FRA) 11.83
QF 2: Kelly Slater (USA) 17.50 def. Matt Wilkinson (AUS) 6.17
QF 3: Travis Logie (ZAF) 18.07 def. Brett Simpson (USA) 17.14
QF 4: Owen Wright (AUS) 16.74 def. Raoni Monteiro (BRA) 13.10
ASP WORLD TITLE RANKINGS TOP 5 (After Billabong Pro Tahiti)
1. Kelly Slater (USA) 26,950 pts
2. Jordy Smith (ZAF) 26,500 pts
3. Joel Parkinson (AUS) 26,200 pts
4. Adriano de Souza (BRA) 22,750 pts
5. Owen Wright (AUS) 21,900 pts


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A new detail has emerged about Apple's all-but-certain plans to launch a cloud-based version of iTunes capable of streaming a user's music library to computers, iOS devices, and Apple TVs. As indicated by an Apple patent application dug up by AppleInsider on Thursday, Apple applied for a patent in late '09 that was made public this week, covering a feature called "Sync partial music."
AppleInsider correctly assumes that this feature likely refers to the local caching of the beginnings of songs, when the rest of the songs is located on a remote server. This would be a crucial aspect of any cloud-based version of iTunes, because it would allow songs in a music locker or subscription service to be downloaded to begin playing immediately — even when most their data is streaming from a server somewhere (quite possibly in Santa Clara, California, from the look of things).
That way, when a user presses play on a new song, or skips to the next song in an album or playlist, they can start listening immediately as the rest of the song downloads without encountering annoying lag time.
However, Apple's patent application covers something that both Pandora and Spotify have been doing for years: pre-buffering the beginnings of songs on a device's or a computer's memory, so that they start playing immediately when the user skips to the next song. (Evolver.fm has asked both companies to comment on Apple's patent, and will update this story if/when we hear back.)
When Evolver.fm asked Pandora founder Tim Westergren in Las Vegas earlier this year to explain how Pandora's mobile apps manage to play the next song so quickly when a user skips to the next song — even on relatively slow 3G cellular data connections while the user drives on a highway — he explained that Pandora always buffers the beginning of the following song, just in case you decide to skip to it.
Likewise, one reason Spotify users sing its praises is that it makes a remotely-located catalog of millions of songs feel as if they all lived on your smartphone or computer. The way it does that — you guessed it — is by pre-buffering the next songs in a playlist or album, so that users can skip between them without encountering noticeable delays. Spotify has been doing this since October 2008 — over a year before Apple filed this patent application.
Caching is the secret to cloud based music: both the caching of entire playlists for offline playback, and the caching of the beginnings of songs the user is likely to play next. Only through that technique can cloud-based music feel "local," as Pandora, Spotify, Slacker, and surely other cloud-based music services have already figured out.
There is one key difference in what Apple is doing here: It is asking the user whether to partially sync songs rather than just doing it automatically. Still, we have to ask. Can Apple patent something that these other companies are already doing? Stranger things have been known to happen.
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Is anyone else finding this world cup underwhelming?
Maybe it is just because the games start at 2am here and we have had limited coverage, but I have found that I am not even excited by the super 8 games (which isn't helped by Ireland being in the super 8).
The crowds have been terrible, and the whole thing just looks boring on TV.
I thought I would like the Super 8 format but it is too drawn out imo. The games aren't vital for teams to win, because you get so many chances.


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Sour Poi Awards
Celebrating the best of the worst of 2007—from the strange to the stupid to the scandalous.
Illustrations by Scott Pollack
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It was a rough year, for Duane "Dog" Chapman. First there was the lawsuit from the woman who alleged that Dog's crew crashed through her ceiling and threw her down a flight of stairs in the pursuit of a fugitive. Then Chapman was arrested and jailed on behalf of the Mexican government, which wanted to extradite him on criminal charges relating to his 2003 capture of fugitive Andrew Luster. The extradition attempt eventually dissolved, but the best was yet to come: a recording of a phone conversation in which Chapman drops the N-bomb repeatedly, leaked to the National Enquirer by Dog's son Tucker. Chapman lost his A&E reality show in the resulting furor, despite profuse apologies. Said Chapman, "I thought I was cool enough in the black world to be able to use that word as a brother to a brother."
Campbell Estate heiress Abigail Kawananakoa bid $100,000 in October to not have a party at Iolani Palace. Friends of Iolani Palace, the nonprofit tasked with maintaining the property, had been auctioning off a dinner party catered by Alan Wong that was to have taken place on the palace lanai. Kawananakoa deemed the idea unseemly, and placed the winning bid to prevent the event from taking place.
KDEN. The Mainland owner of a local unbuilt digital television station gained national attention for the call letters it applied for and had approved by the Federal Communications Commission for the Wailuku station: KUNT. Upon learning of the call letters resemblance to a slang word, the company sheepishly turned the call sign in for a replacement, along with another for the company's Flagstaff, Ariz., station—KWTF.
Hot wheels. Police arrested a woman parked in a shopping center parking lot with four extra rims and tires stashed in her car, on suspicion of possessing stolen property. The arresting officer became suspicious when he noticed the rental car next to her, which sat on jacks and was missing all four wheels.
The thrill is gone. A Kailua woman returned home to discover a man sleeping on her living room floor, near a window with missing louvers and a camcorder that he was allegedly intending to steal. He continued to sleep as she called 911, and did not awaken until the police arrested him on charges of first-degree burglary.
Just watching out for the explosive season finale. Transportation Security Administration employees at Honolulu International Airport ruined a bunch of film carrying footage of the television show Lost in February, forcing the crew to reshoot several scenes. The TSA employees X-rayed the film canisters, even though they were clearly labeled with warnings against it.
|During Hawai'i's latest "Click It or Ticket" campaign, the state shot to the top of the national seat-belt usage stats: 97 percent compared with the national average of 81 percent. Add in an aggressive anti-jaywalking campaign, and the police had a busy year. Unfortunately, the most recent statistics show that Honolulu police are solving just 10.6 percent of major violent and property crimes, below the national average of 14.7 percent.
It's more like 4 million computers owned by the State of Hawaii have been used to make thousands of edits to online encyclopedia Wikipedia, including slurs, jokes and falsified data. Among the factoids traced to state computers was the claim that Hawaii Congressman Neil Abercrombie has killed more than 5 million wolves.
Dissect, yes; slaughter? no. The Hawaii Island Economic Development Board launched a coqui frog eradication program that would have given kids iPods and Xbox 360s for catching and croaking the noisy invasive species. But two area principals put the brakes on the idea of turning children into froggy killers. "It's not part of our standards to be involved in eradication," said one.
"Frenz fo' evah". A Kauai middle school principal killed the school's 2007 yearbook because it was riddled with typos and errors. "The quality of the yearbook was not representative of an institute of public education," principal Debra Badua said. After protests from outraged students and parents, Chiefess Kamakahelei Middle School reprinted corrected editions.


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City and county work together to make bridge safer for drivers
Bridge floods several times a year, making commute difficult
City and county leaders from Crawford County and the City of Van Buren are working together to make one bridge safer for drivers.
The low-water bridge along Pevehouse Road in Crawford County is being upgraded to a steel-beam bridge, according to city leaders.
"It'll be a full-fledged bridge," said Dennis Gilstrap, the director of emergency management for Crawford County. "Flooding shouldn't be a problem after the new bridge is complete."
Gilstrap said the new bridge will cost more than $900,000. He said only about $200,000 will be split between the city and county. FEMA will pay for the rest.
"It'll be a steel-beamed bridge about 15 feet high and 60 feet long," said Gilstrap.
Several drivers from the area said traffic can be an issue when the bridge floods.
"Whether the bridge is open or not, it still can get pretty congested down there," said Wayne Wilson, who drives across the bridge often. "But if the bridge is closed because of the water, then it's a lot worse."
Wilson said he is in favor of a new bridge.
"I think it'll be a good idea. I know it floods quite often," he said. "When it does flood, you can't get through there. You have to pick an alternate route."
County leaders said the bridge has become a heavily traveled alternate route for other congested areas, like I-540 and Rena Road.
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[While I'm at it I may as well put up this rewild forum post, responding to an article about Wild Boar in Wiltshire. It elaborates on some of the themes we covered in the Badger article a little while ago, and which I'm continuously touching on in one way or another…]
Tragedy for who?
The Government is to investigate how many wild boar are living in north Wiltshire after a motorist died after hitting one on the M4 through the county.
The chairman of Natural England, Andrew Sells, confirmed his department would be sending an expert to join a local deer initiative, with the specific remit of finding out just how bad the wild boar problem is in the farming country north of Chippenham and in the Bradon Forest, near Malmesbury.
The action comes after the tragic death of Raymond Green, a 47-year-old from Royal Wootton Bassett, whose car hit a huge wild boar on the M4 near junction 17 and was then hit by a lorry in the first week of January. […]
Mr Gray said he was pleased the problem was at last being recognised. […] once the monitoring work is completed, DEFRA will consider further steps to deal with the growing problem of wild boar
Where have we heard this kind of language before? It often comes out as a justification just before further atrocities are committed towards an already long-persecuted population. What are We going to do about the Jewish Problem, the Gypsy Problem, the Badger Problem, the Rabbit Problem… etc. Who does the 'we' refer to and who gave 'us' the authority to arbitrarily deal out death in this matter?
Their population growth has been such in the Forest of Dean that there is now an annual cull, as gardens, parks and football pitches are dug up by the boar.
The action comes after the tragic death of Raymond Green, a 47-year-old from Royal Wootton Bassett, whose car hit a huge wild boar on the M4 near junction 17 and was then hit by a lorry in the first week of January.
Violence done by those higher on the hierarchy to those lower is nearly always invisible, that is, unnoticed. When it is noticed, it is fully rationalized. Violence done by those lower on the hierarchy to those higher is unthinkable, and when it does occur is regarded with shock, horror, and the fetishization of the victims. (http://www.derrickjensen.org/work/endgame/endgame-premises-english/)
Natural England does not carry out any formal monitoring of feral wild boar populations
But the disavowal allows Us to ignore all that we have in common with these wild boar, which we in turn perceive entirely in terms of Them, which permits us to go on destroying them or keeping them down (it's always a pushing down, coming from a fear of what may rise up after such long repression) as we see fit. That's the point of this article.
Wild boar have recently re-established a presence in the UK after being driven to extinction probably during the 1200s. George Monbiot had a good article about them a few years back:
What parallels can we draw between their rewilding experience and our own? How can we make alliances and start to protect them (and maybe have them protect us)?


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Anyone know how much money we're getting?
Anyone know how much money we're getting?
"Strickland Propane... Taste the meat, not the heat." - Hank Hill
I agree that judgement must be reserved on this one. We're in desperate need to pitching and I think we've got the depth in our offense to handle WMP going.
As for 1st base, there's nothing to say Dunn will return regularly to the OF. Freel could be out there leaving 2nd to Womack and Aurilia and it might allow Denorfia make the club, although I think he would be better off with a full season in AAA.
Can't grade it for another 2-3 years.
I hate to see Wily Mo go (but at least it's up here to the Sox and the AL), and I'm lukewarm on Arroyo, but getting a functional 200 inning guy on a reasonable contract gets the Reds a step down the line to where they need to go. Like princeton said, it's logical.
"Baseball is a very, very complex business. It's more of a people business than most businesses." - Bob Castellini
Arroyo 213 hits in 205 innings last year and only 100 strikeouts. Woohoo! Another soft tosser, just what we need!
Bring back Dan O'Brien!
3 years. Here are some numbers on his contract he is due 3.5 million this year, 3.8 million next year and 3.95 million in 2008.Originally Posted by steig
If they play Denorfia, he could really help the club's outfield defense.
I don't know if they will, but now they have a golden opportunity.
We all know Arroyo is no great shakes, but this says more about the future availability of Paul Wilson, and suckitude of Dave Williams than anything else.
"Baseball players are smarter than football players. How often do you see a baseball team penalized for too many men on the field?" ~ Jim Bouton
it's a much better deal than DanO's first because it's actually logical, as opposed to giving up a bad pitching team's best bullpen arm for two poor prospects.
that doesn't mean that it won't blow up much worse, but it does suggest that there'll be reason if not rhyme in the new front office
Aroyo produced 20 quality starts for the Red Sox last season.
What is the Reds winning percentage when getting a quality start? Pretty good, I know that.
That's a positive.
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Originally Posted by OnBaseMachine
I'm reading on SOSH that BA's peripherals took a nose dive last year...great, buy a guy on the decline...grrrr. Maybe I'm being rash, but you're telling me we couldn't have gotten a young arm to at least go with BA?!?
Bronson arroyo is one of my top five most hated players in baseball, and I still don't think this is a bad trade. In terms of what we're giving up, it's a power hitter with weak defense who has not completely proven himself to this point. We're not talking Adam Dunn here. In terms of what we're getting back, it's a relatively young and healthy pitcher whom I believe will improve, as opposed to Clement, for example, whom I could only see deteriorating.
We've had too many power-hitting, defensively weak outfielders for a long time. Wily Mo is very talented and I will so miss being able to shout ooooooohhhh Wily Mo when the Reds come to Chicago, but we needed pitching and there's a price to be paid for that. This is not a bad price.
But I will steadfastly refuse to go see Bronson Arroyo play at any open-mic night in Cincinnati. If he can pitch well for the Reds he's in my heart forever, but man, what a tool that guy is.
There is no such thing as a pitching prospect.
Rich Aurilla has been working out at 1B the past week... with Dunn playing alot of LF, so I thought there might be a trade in the works.
Womack 2B
Lopez SS
Griffey CF
Dunn LF
Kearns RF
Aurilla 1B
Encarnacion 3B
LaRue C
"I notice that I'm throwing hard when I hear the crowd gasping," - Chapman
Here's a plus... now Wily Mo gets to be a thorn in the side to the Yankees and they can remember what they once had.
Maybe we can trade Dunn for Jeff Suppan later today.
I think that the only way that this turns into a good trade is if the Reds use the cash that they got in the deal to find some more starting pitching.
I wish that we had Casey back now.
Unlike a majority of you, I like this trade. Maybe this could put Denorfia in the outfield, or even Wise. This gives us more speed, better defense, and a lot more contact. Wily Mo is fast, but didn't always give the effort. We do not need power, we have plenty of that. A 4.59 ERA in the AL isn't horrible. He also had a 1.30 WHIP which is pretty good in the AL. We are programmed to be negative right away, but what did Wily Mo really give us?
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REAL ESTATE- ON THE BLOCK- Back in time: Spring Lane prompts Old World reveries
Address: 595 Spring Lane
Neighborhood: Spring Hill
Asking: $549,000
Assessment: $586,700
Year Built: 1984
Size: 2,764 fin. sq. ft., 50 unfin.
Land: 6.8 acres
Agent: Alice Nye Fitch, Montague Miller and Company 434-951-7133
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This house was designed and built by the current owners in the '80s, and they've lived in it ever since. As with all custom designs, the style suits the taste and lifestyle of those particular folks. Modern families will no doubt find it a little unusual, but a few appealing old-school surprises go a long way to offset the oddities.
The barn-like exterior will appeal to buyers tired of today's de rigueur Hardiplank. A gravel drive allows for ample parking out front, and around back a single-car garage provides access to the lower level. Inside, most of the living is on the first floor, but down below are a few extra bedrooms and some other surprises.
A generous formal living room opens from one side of the foyer, with a cathedral ceiling and an antique mantle that create a formal feeling while several large windows provide views of the sprawling property and established Bradford pears in the yard. (One advantage of an older place is that plantings have had time to mature; buyers won't be stumbling over naked spots and worrying about the two-year warranty on new trees and shrubs.)
On the other side of the foyer, the open kitchen is '80s beige. The cabinets with wood trim and appliances all seem to fade together. Opening to a sitting area, it's an informal kitchen without much eating space. A hearth and built-ins make it cozy, but a new buyer will need some imagination to see what else the space could do. (A deck that angles out in a triangle like the bow of a ship might be helpful.)
Directly off the kitchen and sitting area is the master suite, an odd arrangement and a bit on the small side, which king sized bed would overpower. It is a suite, though, with a small walk-in closet and a bath with a standup shower. New owners will probably jettison the floral wallpaper and try to address the tight corners in the bathroom.
From the foyer, a staircase leads down to sort of a greenhouse area. With herringbone brick flooring and a fountain, it's an airy inside/outside garden. The fountain, known as a piscina, was designed by the seller and modeled after the fountains English priests used, according to the agent. The water-spurting dolphin was one of the earliest molds from a foundry in Bruges, dating back to the 1700s, where it was cast. Made of rectangular marble tile, it has simple lines and adds a welcome touch of class and originality.
Off a closet-lined hall with a full bath, two modest bedrooms have sliding glass doors opening to the terrace. On the opposite side of the hall, an unfinished workroom connects to the garage as well as to a study with track lighting. With a separate entrance, the study could become an office for a buyer with a home-based business.
Bordering on Ivy Creek, the property is pastoral and teeming with wildlife. Raised beds and a terrace contribute to the Old World vibe created by the fountain and mature landscaping. A picturesque shed out of a Beatrix Potter book and a pond— sans fish for the moment— also prompt Euro reveries. Part of what buyers will pay for is the setting, where agricultural easements and restrictive covenants protect what's here.
Much has changed since the '80s including wallpaper styles, fixtures, and the like. Our concept of family life has also changed. Buyers who can see past the dated elements and are willing to do some minor updating can create a modern family home. But it's the pastoral setting, as well as standouts like the greenhouse, that are the things that will ultimately sell the place.
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Review Digital Stream is not a name that many people will be familiar with when it comes to PVRs – but that's not necessarily a bad thing; few had heard of Topfield or Humax before their very successful Freeview models appeared in the UK.
Fluid design? Digital Stream's DHR8203U
The Digital Stream DHR8203U is about the same size as Topfield's TF5800, with a sleek front panel that has a matrix display and touch sensitive controls, which light up when the unit's turned on. A flap at the right hand side covers two CI bays, and a USB port A.
The rear panel sports twin Scarts, HDMI, composite and analogue audio outputs, together with optical audio out, Ethernet and a further two USB A connectors, for external hard drives. There's also a fan outlet – which is fairly quiet in operation. As you'd expect in a decent sized box, the power supply is built in. The DHR8203U has a 320GB hard drive, while the 8205U is identical, except for a 500GB drive and a £20 price bump.
Personally, I found the buttons on the remote a bit on the small side, especially the Media button, which gives access to the recorded programmes, and the remote doesn't exactly exude quality either, alas. It's also worth mentioning that, frankly, operating the unit using the front panel controls is a chore, especially as there doesn't seem to be a 'repeat' when buttons are held down.
In use, the interface is ok; it's not as slick as, say, the i-Can EasyHD receiver, but at least it looks like it's been designed in the last couple of years, with clear colours and a consistency to the dialogue boxes. There are some minor annoyances, though – find a programme in the EPG and press the record button on the remote, and you'll just set a single recording. If you want to set up a series recording, you press the OK button instead, then choose between single and series.
USB interfacing supports external drives and the unit will replay other media
And, to access quite a few functions you have to press the white function button on the remote, then pick from a menu – which may itself have submenus before you get to the option you want. For example, the direct jump function allows you to go to a specific time in a recording, but requires several key presses before you can even enter the time.
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When voters in Atlanta went to the polls at the end of July for a major transportation funding referendum, transportation watchers turned their eyes to Georgia with hopes of a positive story of local leadership after a long, frustrating year for federal transportation funding.
Metro Atlanta voters were asked to increase their sales tax by a penny for ten years, with most of the revenues dedicated to an itemized list of $6 billion in road and transit improvement projects. The "T-SPLOST" referendum was billed as a critical step forward for the city's economy, and a chance to break the funding drought for transit expansion in a city that has spent decades pushing the limits of new road capacity.
The news from Atlanta was not good. Despite endorsements from leaders in both parties, a massive public relations campaign by the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, and support from environmental groups, the proposal was decisively rejected. It's a stinging defeat for local officials, and a setback for the city's image as a rock star of the modern Sun Belt economy. The damage to its reputation was soon confirmed, when credit rating agency Moody's declared a "credit negative" for Atlanta and downgraded a bond rating for MARTA, the city's strained transit authority. Moody's message was pretty straightforward: "The Atlanta region needs major upgrades to its dated and limited transit system and congested roadways to maintain its long-term position as an influential economic center." It's an ominous warning for other areas of the country facing similar investment challenges.
There is a very real national interest in the success of large, transformative infrastructure projects in our major cities. No city is an island--Atlanta is an international transportation hub and an important engine of commerce for the U.S. economy as a whole. Atlanta's epic infrastructure failure hurts us all. We should do what we can to see that it's not repeated.
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A version of this article appears in the January/February 2007 issue of Home Energy Magazine.
January 01, 2007
There is a mantra that has been generated in the imaginations of most folks who want to build or remodel a home with green guidelines. The mantra goes: "I want my green home to have geothermal heating, bamboo floors, and solar panels on the roof, if I can afford them!" This mantra tells me that the clients know very little about green building, and that I better start from the beginning when explaining green design concepts and processes, as I have been trying to do in the previous articles in this series. When it comes to greening your home for its heating and cooling needs, HVAC systems are no exception. Green building is not about putting a bunch of pieces that have been marketed as "green" together to form a green house. There is a green logic required, and at no point in the development of a green home is this more critical than when considering the HVAC system. I think it would be useful to highlight this logic as it relates to this topic. A valuable and logical consideration to start with is to design your green home's envelope to be efficient. ...
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