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This story first appeared on Bitch Magazine's Blog during April of 2009. I titled it The Secret History of Women In Rock- Charlotte and Christine Vinnedge of the Luv'd Ones, and was hoping that it could turn into a series of blogs on that website where I could chronicle underrated all-female bands from the '60s-'80s, but that never came to pass. Now that I have started this blog as a place for my work, I will try and carry out that goal here.
The Secret History of Women In Rock- Charlotte and Christine Vinnedge of the Luv'd Ones
By Bess Korey
Charlotte and Christine Vinnedge were two sisters that decided to step outside of traditional gender roles and play Rock music together during the mid-'60s. They became the foundation of two different bands, the Tremolons and the Luv'd Ones, and were acting on Feminist principles before the Second Wave of Feminism had even become a national movement. Being ahead of their time ended up hurting them more than helping, and even though the Luv'd Ones had the talent and drive needed to become a huge success, their band leader Charlotte was not willing to comply with what was proper behavior for women in a man's world, and the band ended up paying the price for her rebelliousness.
Charlotte was the eldest of her 7 siblings, and the Vinnedge girls grew up in an atypical household for the time. It may have been the '60s, but they came of age during the early to mid part of the decade, and the country was still having a '50s hangover when it came to the roles of women. Instead of being groomed to be housewives and mothers like many of their peers were, they were encouraged to follow their dream of playing music by both of their parents, and their father even built them a studio in the basement of their Niles, Michigan home. In 1964, women that wanted to be involved with music had limited choices for what they could do; they could be a folkie and play acoustic guitar like Joan Baez, or they could be a pop singer like Lesley Gore, or they could join a singing group like the Supremes. The idea of women playing Rock music was pretty much unheard of. If they did choose to start their own band and play their own instruments, they were expected to be cute and wear matching outfits, to play cover versions of popular songs instead of writing their own material, and to embrace the fact that they were nothing more than a novelty.
When the Tremolons started playing together in 1964, they were temporarily willing to adhere to the guidelines above. The group consisted of: Charlotte on lead guitar and vocals, Christine on bass guitar, Mary Gallagher on rhythm guitar and Faith Orem on drums. This line-up would stick together for close to 5 years and would later morph into the Luv'd Ones. Christine's son and Charlotte's nephew, John Sorensen, was not born yet when the Tremolons formed, but was raised on his Aunt and Mother's stories of their '60s musical escapades, and had this to say about their earlier band, "They actually sort of followed the Beatles-esque type look, they had matching outfits and their hair in the '60s bobs that they had back then for girls. They were not allowed to do what they wanted to artistically. The record labels and managers they were meeting with wanted them to fit a mold and [dictate] the kind of music that they played. They were at a crossroads. Did they do what they wanted to do artistically or were they supposed to listen to those guys [and change themselves in order to] make it [in the music business]? They decided to go a different route and the Luv'd Ones was the breakout from the Tremolons."
By forming the Luv'd Ones, the girls were finally able to assert their individuality and Charlotte could showcase her songwriting skills, thus enabling the band to stretch their musicianship to new depths. Though they were more pop oriented early on, and were influenced by popular genres such as surf and girl (singing) groups, the deep emotions that lurked below the surface of their music made it more than just frivolous pop. Charlotte was influenced by the underrated '60s Garage Rock Visionary, Sean Boniwell of Music Machine, to not be afraid to touch on the darker side of life. Her low alto voice fit those kind of themes well. She also tuned her guitar down to a lower pitch, which became her trademark, and was able to wail on it just like her hero, Jimi Hendrix, which led to her being nicknamed the "female Jimi Hendrix" by her musical peers. On the Sundazed release, Truth Gotta Stand, her musical progression with the band can be heard; from playing catchy yet melancholic pop songs, to dark Psychedelic masterpieces which are way ahead of their time and could even be considered Proto-Goth.
The aforementioned Sundazed release is a collection of singles, demos, and live material. Unfortunately the Luv'd Ones were never able to record a full length album. They did record some singles for Chicago's Dunwich Records and managed to get some radio airplay in the Mid-West, but it was the band's initial rejection of being controlled and not wanting to act like a cookie-cutter female group, that led to their commercial failure. Sorensen overheard his Mom and Aunt talking about the difficulties they had with that label, and this is what he recalls, "They pressed several singles through Dunwich. The label didn't know what they had [when it came to the group's talent] and the group went a different way. Char was a very headstrong bandleader. She wanted things her way when it came to what direction the band would go, and the problem with that was that it was the '60s and she was female. Record executives just weren't listening to a woman in the '60s who told them what she and her group wanted to do. They frowned at that. It was back when [the general male attitude was that] women raised children, made dinner, stayed at home and the man put food on the table and went to work."
Though Charlotte and the band were disappointed that they were unable to achieve the commercial success they deserved, it did not cause them to break-up. In 1969, Christine became pregnant with John so she quit, and since they were unable to continue without such an important member they disbanded. In the early '70s, Charlotte went on to record a Hendrix tribute album with a former Hendrix bass player named Billy Cox. The album was called Nitro Function, and it ended up being a huge hit in Europe, finally giving Charlotte a taste of success. Unfortunately, the album was mostly unknown in the States, and the Luv'd Ones remain to be as well.
In 2009, both Charlotte and Christine have passed away, but their music remained an important part of both their lives until the very end. Sorensen feels grateful to have had a chance to grow up around these strong and talented women. He says, "I was weaned on the music, and it was funny because even when I was growing up I admired my mother and Aunt and I knew from an early age, from just listening to the music and without anyone else telling me, that they were ahead of their time. They did something that nobody else around them had heard of. There was no other band that came out of the '60s that had their sound or attitude. I was very proud of them and I knew they were doing something unusual."


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Singer Adam Levine and his wife, model Behati Prinsloo, were embarrassed when their car ran out of gas on Los Angeles' most famous street.
The Maroon 5 front man had been enjoying a romantic evening out with the Victoria's Secret beauty on Wednesday when their date came to an awkward end as the singer's classic 1950s Mercedes-Benz ground to a halt on Sunset Boulevard.
According to TMZ.com, the former "The Voice" judge had to wait by the roadside with Prinsloo for a friend to bring a can of gas.
Eyewitnesses noted the "My Life" singer's mood shifted once passers-by started to notice him, with sources claiming he seemed upset with the attention.
Levine and Prinsloo wed last month in a ceremony in Los Cabos, Mexico.

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At Low Cost Spay Neuter Clinic, we provide both affordable sterilization surgeries and vaccines for cats and dogs, helping to reduce the unwanted pet population and promote animal health and safety to the community. By taking the lead in public education to influence responsible pet owner behaviors, we will improve the health and well-being of the animals we interact with.
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The pet overpopulation problem in Indiana and our nation as a whole has no borders. To extend our impact beyond our Brownsburg and Noblesville locations, we started the Spay/Neuter Transport Program to reach under served counties in Indiana. Most notably, we've brought our services to Marion, Hancock, Shelby, Carroll, Johnson, Madison, Carroll, Boone, Clinton, Tippecanoe, Montgomery and Delaware counties, where local pet owners are otherwise lacking low-cost spay and neuter options. We partner with local animal advocates to recruit patients in these underserved areas and then schedule a pick-up date and location for transport. As of 2017 we have transported 12,398 cats and dogs for their spay/neuter surgery. Our numbers are steadily increasing in 2018 as we are continuing to grow our transport, and reach out to more underserved communities.
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Indiana lures 'Illinoyed' biz
MUNSTER, Ind. — Illinois is hobbled with a billion dollar budget shortfall, looming pension crisis and politicians flirting with tax hikes.
Neighboring Indiana calls that an opportunity.
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The state is making an aggressive bid to lure disgruntled businesses across the border, with a campaign unabashedly asking on billboards and online: "Illinoyed by higher taxes?" They even took out an ad to pitch the message in the 2013-2014 Chicago Bears yearbook.
( Also on POLITICO: Why Wall Street is fed up)
"It isn't poaching," Indiana Commerce Secretary Victor Smith told POLITICO. "People are making informed business decisions."
States have dueled over business investment for years, but the kind of rate-cutting and other hardball tactics pursued by Gov. Mike Pence is part of a groundswell of efforts from Republican governors.
In the boldest example, Texas Gov. Rick Perry has been crisscrossing the country touting the benefits of his zero income tax state. The potential 2016 presidential candidate went directly to Missouri's Chamber of Commerce earlier this year, and governors in Louisiana and Kansas cite Texas as a primary reason to cut taxes in their states.
( Also on POLITICO: GOP Senate push targets blue states)
Indiana joins North Carolina, Nebraska, Michigan and others in what critics call a risky fiscal gamble for states with limited resources. Indiana localities, meanwhile, worry the business boon will not spread across the entire state.
Anecdotally, the pitch seems to be working, at least in the short term.
One of the new migrants is Tec Air, a nearly half century old Illinois manufacturer enticed by Indiana's low taxes, central location and a package of incentives that helped close the deal.
"Indiana has a balanced budget and they're solvent," said Tec Air president Bob McMurtry in an interview with POLITICO. "We are getting three times the spacial footprint and we're going to be paying less than half of what we pay now in real estate taxes."
( WATCH: Scott Walker: Next GOP presidential nominee must be a governor)
Since January, Indiana has passed a major tax cut that will trim corporate taxes from 7.5 percent to 6.5 percent by the end of 2015 and cut individual taxes from 3.4 to 3.23 percent by 2017.
Pence, a former member of the U.S. House of Representatives, inherited the job creation drive when he took office in January of this year. But he is now pushing deeper tax cuts and an effort to scrap business property taxes, with the hope of sparking an Indiana boom.
At the same time, Pence announced $57 million in spending cuts this month to offset lower-than-expected tax collections.
Critics say the strategy has a spotty history of success.
The left-leaning Center on Budget and Policy Priorities analyzed economic growth data from states that cut taxes in 1990s and the 2000s and found that, on average, those states grew less than the other states.
( Also on POLITICO: Tea partiers take on GOP senators)
"It isn't clear that they did worse because of the income tax reduction, but they certainly didn't do any better," said Michael Leachman, the group's director of state fiscal research. "That's consistent with the academic literature on this topic which finds in general that income tax levels don't matter for economic growth."
It is always tricky to isolate the impact of tax policy and the evidence in Indiana may be equally tough to judge. The economy was already starting to grow in the two years that preceded the tax cuts. In 2012, 256 companies committed to create over 27,600 jobs and the state created about 19,080 jobs in 2011.
A 2012 Pew Charitable Trusts study found that most states do not properly evaluate whether they are getting a good deal for the tax breaks they dole out.
Still, the deep cuts are attractive for business in neighboring states like Illinois, where income tax rates are 9.5 percent for corporations and 5 percent for individuals.
Indiana's commerce secretary said the math works.
"We're sitting with $2 billion in cash reserves and we're adding another quarter billion," Smith said. "We have an honestly balanced budget. We don't create false growth expectations to get gimmicky."
When Smith, a former manufacturing executive, was appointed in January he was given one goal from Pence—adding 2,609,000 private sector jobs. He said the state has added 22,000 jobs since January, though he acknowledged he has a long way to go.


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When a dog is dumped at our shelter, it is left frightened and unattended. We do not know its name, medical history, likes and dislikes. So we add to the dog's stress by calling it by an unfamiliar name and giving it vaccines it may not need.
When a dog is surrendered, we do not judge you for your choosing to give the dog up.
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31st May 2017
Anastasia Elaeva, Grayling Russia's Head of Corporate Communications, analyses the future trends for corporate art programs.
Consumer expectation is on the rise, and, as many recent surveys show, for brands, it is no longer enough to provide just a good product or service. They need to create memorable experiences and engage target audiences around points of passion and interests, with art being a major opportunity do that.
As more brands are putting culture at the centre of their communications, managers responsible for art collaborations should take a systemic approach, considering potential risks, thinking long term, and developing engagement strategies for both internal and external stakeholders. To create a truly cultural brand, they need to rely on art professionals' expert counsel and to find an area where art world interests and business goals truly intersect.
In his interview with The Financial Times, Loewe's Creative Director and Designer Jonathan Anderson described his intentions to make the Spanish leather goods house a cultural brand as his way of redefining luxury and "finding depth in today's 'like' culture". In its communications strategy, the Australian skin, hair, and body care brand Aesop goes to great lengths to provide intelligent content through its partnership with the literary quarterly Paris Review, its own bimonthly magazine and monthly online newsletters. Many luxury brands have long been art supporters, but their past programs have been redesigned and made more integral and comprehensive over the recent years. They no longer just collect and sponsor, they are now creating their own cultural spaces, initiating art related content, and commissioning new works and exhibitions based on the brand's values. Mass-market and technology brands are joining the trend as well, with Uniqlo, Vans, H&M, COS, Heineken being some recent examples of note.
With the goal to identify what makes creative partnerships work and what trends are driving their future, I have looked into more than 40 corporate art programs, which can be grouped into five different types of engagement platforms such as brand- collaborator, brand-mentor, brand-art experience creator, brand-art content creator, and brand-educator. One brand can play all these roles at the same time, and this typology aims to help companies think strategically and best conceptualize their art programs to fruition.
As part of my research, I have also talked to the people working on corporate art programs who kindly agreed to share their knowledge and insights into building the most effective collaborations – Eneuri Acosta from Cadillac, Carlo Giordanetti from Swatch, Thomas Girst from BMW, Albertine Kopp from Davidoff, Herve Mikaeloff who has consulted Dior, Louis Vuitton, and Hennessy, Saskia Neuman from Absolut, Andras Szanto who has advised Audemars Piguet, Davidoff, and BMW, as well as Cecilia Dean from the arts and fashion publication Visionaire.
Successful creative partnerships require significant commitment in terms of time, effort, and investment. As consumers are becoming savvier and more demanding, one-off collaborations based on just putting an art image on a product or a brand's logo on a press wall at a sponsored cultural event could potentially do more damage than bring benefits. Such superficial involvement could show that the brand lacked the effort needed to properly understand the arts community and communicate with it in a meaningful way. To be effective from a PR and marketing perspective, the brand's engagement with the arts should go further.
In terms of future trends, smart brands will be looking to develop corporate art programs that fill a gap in the art world and make sense from a business perspective at the same time. More companies will also strive to create unique consumer experiences by bringing art to their corporate and retail premises as well as by setting up their own temporary or permanent cultural spaces.
Another trend is artists' deeper engagement with the brand. Good collaborations involve a lengthy education process, so the artist is fully immersed and has a good understanding of the brand, its values, and history. As creative partnerships become more complex, they will also require more refined and professional art advice and counsel.
Storytelling will become even more crucial to communicate creative partnerships to their target audiences. However, brands will need to find their unique voice and to consider what kind of content will resonate best with their stakeholders. Besides being interesting and relevant, it should also be fair and respectful to the art world.
As creative collaborations are increasingly navigating beyond the world of luxury, and more mass-market brands are launching such initiatives, the nature of collaborations in itself is changing. Expect to see more public art projects and partnerships aimed to benefit charities. Uniqlo partnered with the NYC Parks. Nike collaborated with the Brooklyn-based artist KAWS to transform basketball courts in New York. Burton created limited-edition snowboards in partnership with the US artist Jeff Koons to benefit the non-profit Chill for underserved youth.
We can also bear witness to more unexpected partnerships. For example, to outreach younger audiences and to add an edgy flair to their products, some high-end heritage brands, especially when it comes to the watch industry (i.e. Richard Mille, Hublot, and Romain Jerome), are starting to collaborate with trendy street, graffiti, and tattoo artists.
More brands are striving to engage their stakeholders via art, but their ability to make it part of their DNA depends on whether they can turn collaborations into truly sustainable and crisis-proof partnerships. If they take it seriously and can commit to that, we have a chance to see a new cultural brand movement thriving in 2017.
To find out more about best practices and trends in creative collaborations, please check our report Brand and the Arts: Making Creative Partnerships Work.
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Sandbox/Plaintxt Goes Up For Sale
Scott Wallick, one of the founding developers behind the popular Sandbox theme for WordPress has published an announcement on his blog where he states that he is selling the Sandbox website as well as Plaintxt.org. Scott mentions the following in his post: I have withdrawn from the WordPress community. Active (more…)


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Nick Hopcroft takes his 11-3 overall record to the CSA Potter Cup in hopes of bringing home a national championship for the Crimson (photo courtesy Gil Talbot).
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – With hopes of its 31st national championship, the No. 4 Harvard men's squash team travels to Princeton, N.J. Feb. 17-19 for the 68th annual Potter Cup.
The Particulars
The Crimson, ranked No. 4 in the final regular season College Squash Association (CSA) rankings, squares off against No. 5 Rochester Friday at 3 p.m. in Princeton, N.J. The winner will face either No. 1 Trinity or No. 8 Franklin and Marshall, which meet at 4 p.m., in the semifinal. On the other side of the bracket, No. 3 Yale kicks off the tournament against No. 6 Cornell at noon and No. 2 Princeton faces No. 7 Dartmouth at 1:30 p.m.
Seeding the Entrants
The ninth and final Dunlop College Squash Association Team Rankings, released Feb. 12, determine the seeding of the championship event. The top eight in the rankings qualify for the Potter Cup.
No. 1 Trinity
No. 2 Princeton
No. 3 Yale
No. 4 Harvard
No. 5 Rochester
No. 6 Cornell
No. 7 Dartmouth
No. 8 Franklin and Marshall
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Princeton will provide multiple ways for fans to stay updated on the championship action. Live video of the semifinal and final matches will be available here for a $9.95 fee, while results will be posted here.
No. 4 Harvard
The Crimson (14-3, 5-2 Ivy League), which has registered 14 wins for the first time since 2000, are led by strong play in the top four positions, including undefeated 17-0 marks at No. 1 and No. 4. Freshman Ali Farag has been the anchor in the top spot, winning all eight of his matches since joining the lineup after the new year. Nick Hopcroft (11-3) and Gary Power (10-2), who are two of six Crimson players with double-digit wins, have each provided five wins at No. 4 for the Crimson. Julian Kirby (13-2), Thomas Mullaney (12-2), Tyler Olson (10-2) and Zeke Scherl (13-2) also have 10 or more wins for Harvard this season.
No. 5 Rochester
The Yellow Jackets (9-4) are riding a three-match winning streak entering the tournament. Rochester defeated No. 7 Dartmouth, Hobart and No. 8 Franklin and Marshall after dropping consecutive matches to No. 1 Trinity and No. 4 Harvard.
In Harvard's last meeting with Rochester, the Crimson jumped to 2-1 and 4-2 leads before cruising to a 7-2 victory. Nick Hopcroft and Nigel Koh gave Harvard the early momentum and lead with a pair of 3-1 victories in the No. 3 and No. 6 positions, respectively, as the Crimson never trailed during the win. It was the third win for Harvard in five tries during the all-time series with Rochester dating back to 1962.
National Champions
The Harvard men's squash team has won 30 previous Potter Cup titles, the most of any team, with its last coming in 1998. The Crimson's last championship came at the end of a stretch of eight consecutive titles. For a complete list of Harvard national championships click here.
Previous Squash National Champions
Harvard – 30 (Last: 1998)
Trinity – 13 (2011)
Yale – 12 (1990)
Princeton – 10 (1993)
Navy – 3 (1967)
Open Race
For the first time in this millennium, the CSA national tournament opens without a clear-cut favorite. Trinity has won the last 13 titles on its way to 252 consecutive wins, the longest streak in intercollegiate sports history. Trinity's run was snapped Jan. 18 with a 5-4 loss to then-No. 2 Yale. The Bulldogs took over the No. 1 spot the next week, but proceeded to drop a match at No. 2 Princeton, 8-1, Feb. 4. Harvard nearly took down both Princeton and Yale this season, losing 5-4 to each Ivy rival, and fell to Trinity, 7-2.


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Protecting and restoring New Zealand's fauna and flora
New Zealand is home to some unique wildlife found nowhere else in the world which can only survive with the help of ongoing protection and conservation.
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Because of its geographical location, New Zealand is home to some unique and ancient wildlife found nowhere else in the world. Other than bats, New Zealand has no native land mammals, making it a prime location for the evolution of bird species. But unfortunately, there are many threats to these native species and the populations of most surviving native species have been heavily reduced.
The introduction of certain animals has resulted in considerable damage to the native New Zealand bush. Some of these animals, such as rats, were brought in hundreds of years ago as stowaways on canoes or ships but some were introduced for a reason.
Possums were brought to New Zealand in 1837 to start a fur industry, however their numbers quickly got out of control. It is estimated there are now 30 million possums in New Zealand, which means seven possums to every single person. Possums like to eat the new growth of our native trees as well as the eggs and chicks of our native birds, with an estimated 9,000 tonnes of foliage and fruit eaten every single night.
Rats also enjoy eating our birds and since their accidental introduction 700 years ago have developed a taste for insects like Weta, lizards and native frogs. They also eat a lot of the fruit and seeds in our native forests so that no new plants can grow.
Rabbits were brought to New Zealand in the 1830's for food and sport, however their prolific breeding meant their numbers grew very quickly. This was an issue for New Zealand's farming economy, due to the damage they did to the land. Stoats were introduced from Britain in 1880 to control the rabbits and hares, however they quickly discovered that birds, particularly ground nesting species who have little means of escaping, were also easy to catch. Stoats have since had a devastating effect on our beloved kiwi, kokako and kea.
Programmes to manage and remove animal pests are essential for the survival of New Zealand's special native species and ecosystems, including our national icon, the kiwi.
Rotorua Canopy Tours operate a unique canopy level zipline tour in the Dansey Road Scenic Reserve near Rotorua. They have a vision to remove all introduced predators from the area and create a safe forest sanctuary for the restoration of New Zealand fauna and flora.
With the support of the Department of Conservation, Rotorua Canopy Tours, through their conservation initiative The Forest Restoration Project, plan to restore the entire 500 hectare Dansey Road Scenic Reserve to how it would have existed in pre-human times. They plan to do this by removing all introduced mammal pests to the Reserve and bringing back the birdlife. The project is already seeing results with over 800 animals now removed from around the canopy tour area.
Funds to support the program are generated through Rotorua Canopy Tour's customers who in payment for their tour contribute a percentage to the conservation work of the company. Individuals and businesses also have the opportunity to donate and to sponsor parts of the project.
To learn more about the conservation work of Rotorua Canopy Tours or to book your canopy tour zip line high amongst spectacular native New Zealand forest check out their website.


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Northeast Memorial Day Weekend to Start Wet, Chilly
State College, Pa. — 22 May 2013 — AccuWeather.com reports the Memorial Day weekend will begin cool, windy and rainy in New England and part of the mid-Atlantic.
The storm system responsible for severe weather and deadly tornadoes over the Plains earlier this week will give birth to a new storm over the Northeast as the week draws to a close and the holiday weekend begins.
The event will start as locally severe thunderstorms Wednesday evening into Thursday evening spreading slowly from the Appalachians to the East Coast.
Similar to a storm developing along the coast during the winter, a swath of steady rain and localized thundery downpours will develop from part of the Delmarva Peninsula and Pennsylvania northeastward to Maine from Thursday evening on.
As the storm strengthens, it will cause winds to kick up and will make a pocket of cool air in the region.
Friday night into Saturday could be a flat-out nasty way to start the summer season from portions of northern New Jersey, eastern Pennsylvania and eastern New York state to northern New England with a driving wind, rain and temperatures in the 50s and lower 60s in many locations.
According to Expert Senior Meteorologist Henry Margusity, "It is not entirely out of the question that it gets cold enough for the highest elevations of the Northeast, especially the Adirondacks, Green and White mountains to have wet snowflakes mixing in during the first part of the weekend."
The storm will squeeze out a great deal of moisture from the atmosphere, while drawing additional moisture in from the Atlantic Ocean.
According to Expert Senior Meteorologist Brett Anderson, "The period from Thursday to Sunday bring 4 or more inches of rain to some locations with isolated incidents of flash and urban flooding."
Anderson is especially concerned about flooding in areas that have recently received rain.
The storm will slowly spin off to the northeast during the second half of the weekend with improving weather conditions and rebounding temperatures. However, portions of New England may hold on to clouds, spotty rain and drizzle through Sunday and possibly into Monday morning.
West and south of the storm system, from western New York to Virginia, breezy and cool conditions are in store for the first part of the weekend with intervals of clouds, sunshine and spotty showers. The last part of the weekend will trend sunnier and warmer.
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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. -
After downing Chapman 16-4 earlier in the day, the No. 14 Gauchos (12-12, 0-3) defeated Occidental College by a count of 13-3 on Sunday at Campus Pool.
Much like in the match against Chapman, UCSB came out shooting in the first half. The Gauchos posted six goals in the first and four goals in the second to take a 10-2 halftime lead. Brothers Chris Lantz and Coulson Lantz started the Gauchos in the winning direction by netting the first two goals of the match. Sophomore Matt Tilburg added another UCSB goal before Occidental's Andrew Valdes put the Tigers on the board. Following the score, Gauchos Travis Watts, Robbie Bauer and Mark Knudtsen each netted a goal to give UCSB a 6-1 advantage at the end of the first quarter.
The second quarter continued in the same direction for the Gauchos when UCSB posted the first three goals of the period. Sophomore Alex Young found the back of the net within the first minute of the third. After Watts added his second of the afternoon, sophomore Marc Morimoto tallied his only score of the match. With two minutes left in the first half, Tilburg added his second goal to give the Gauchos a 10-2 lead at the break.
The Gauchos managed to outscore the Tigers 2-1 in the third period. Junior Tyler Powell netted his only goal of the afternoon, which was quickly followed by Knudtsen's second. Occidental College's Cameron Brahmst posted his second goal of the game with one minute remaining in the third to cut the lead to 12-3. With a nine-goal advantage headed into the final period, Head Coach Wolf Wigo sent regular goalkeeper Rick Wright out to play the offensive end. Wright cashed in on a two-meter-shot opportunity to capture his first goal of the season and to give the Gauchos the 13-3 victory.
Senior goalkeeper Jon Bonafede posted four saves in the first half of the match. Sophomore James Street finished the match between the posts for UCSB, tallying three saves.
UCSB continues action this Saturday when it hosts Pacific in an MPSF conference match at 1 pm at Campus Pool.
Team 1 2 3 4 Total UC Santa Barbara 6 4 2 1 13 Occidental College 1 1 1 0 3 Scoring UC Santa Barbara goals: Matt Tilburg-2, Travis Watts-2, Mark Knudtsen-2, Chris Lantz-1, Coulson Lantz-1, Robbie Bauer-1, Alex Young-1, Marc Morimoto-1, Tyler Powell-1, Rick Wright-1 Occidental College goals: Cameron Brahmst-2, Andrew Valdes-1 Goalie Saves UC Santa Barbara: Jon Bonafede-4, James Street-3 Occidental College: Misha Grigoriev-13


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Sophomore Belts Two-Run HR to Start Four-run Rally; Hanson Extends Streak to 34 Games
WEST HAVEN, Conn. — The Yale University baseball team rallied from a 4-0 deficit to pull out a 7-4 victory over in-state rival Sacred Heart behind the bat of sophomore second baseman Jacob Hunter Tuesday afternoon at historic Yale Field.
Hunter's first career home run, a two-run shot over the left-center field wall, started a four-run rally in the third inning that tied the game at 4-4. Hunter drove in a third run with a sacrifice fly in the fourth inning that put Yale on top 6-4, and then he scored a run in the seventh to give Yale a 7-4 lead that it would not relinquish.
Yale improved to 9-26-1 with the win, while Sacred Heart falls to 11-24 with the loss.
By the time the game had ended, Hunter was 2-for-3 to finish the day with three RBIs and two runs scored.
Sophomore second baseman Cale Hanson went 2-for-4, reaching base three times in the game, with a double, an RBI and a run scored to extend his on-base streak to a stunning 34 consecutive games.
Hanson closed his freshman season by reaching base in the final seven games of the season, which means he has reached base in 41 of his last 43 games, and 72 of the 78 games in which he has played over the course of his entire Yale career.
Josh Scharff followed Hunter's home run with a two-run, game-tying triple with two outs in the third inning.
Yale outhit Sacred Heart 9-4. Freshman David Toups went 1-for-3 with a walk, an RBI and a run scored. Ryan Brenner, Charlie Neil and Chris Piwinski each added a hit and a run scored.
Freshman pitcher Eric Hsieh started the game for the Bulldogs and worked four innings, giving up four runs, three of them earned, on just three hits with two strikeouts.
Fellow freshman Ben Joseph (1-2) earned the first win of his Yale career, taking over for Hsieh and working the next three innings, allowing just one hit while holding the Pioneers scoreless. Joseph struck out six of the 10 batters that he faced.
Senior Greg Lyons allowed one base runner in a scoreless ninth inning to earn his first save of the season.
Sacred Heart jumped out to the early lead with a run in the first inning on an RBI double by Dan Perez, two more in the second on a run-scoring fielder's choice by Kenny Byram and an RBI sacrifice bunt by Keaton Flint, and another run in the top of the third inning on an RBI double by Billy McDonough to open up a 4-0 lead.
The Bulldogs quickly erased that deficit in the bottom of the third, scoring all four runs off of starter Dave Boisture. Hanson started the rally with a one-out double and he scored on Hunter's home run. With two outs, Toups walked and Neil reached on a single through the left side. Both Toups and Neil came home with the tying runs on Scharff's two-out triple.
The offensive outburst wasn't over for the Bulldogs, who scored two more runs in the bottom of the fourth inning off of Sacred Heart reliever James Ineson, who was credited with the loss to fall to 0-2. Piwinski led off with a single and went to third when Brenner reached on a throwing error by Byram at shortstop. Piwinski scored on an RBI single by Hanson that pushed Brenner to third. Brenner then scored on a sacrifice fly by Hunter.
Hunter scored Yale's final run of the game off of Pioneers reliever Jeff Stoddard in the seventh inning on an RBI single by Toups with one out.
The seven-run outburst is the most runs scored in a game by the Bulldogs since an 8-5 win over Hartford on March 23. It also allowed the Bulldogs to win their second straight game, which also has not happened since they split a pair of doubleheaders against Hartford taking the 8-5 win in the second game at Yale Field before winning the opening game of the doubleheader on March 24 at Hartford.
The offensive show came at a great time, giving Yale some momentum as it prepares to head to a key four-game showdown at Dartmouth on Saturday and Sunday in Hanover, N.H.
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BRISTOL — Balancing acts, tumbles across the floor, jumping, hopping and juggling tricks galore — a performance of Cirque du Soleil?
No, the first performance of "Cirque du Bristol," the Bristol Elementary School's school-wide holiday performance, which was performed by 300 Bristol students Monday at Mount Abraham Union High School.
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BRANDON — Like the rest of the nation, Rutland Northeast Supervisory Union Superintendent John Castle is still reeling from news of the unthinkable school shooting in Newtown, Conn., last Friday that killed 26, including 20 first-graders.
"This is one of those things that shakes you to the core," Castle said of the massacre, where six adults including the school's principal were also killed. "It's your worst nightmare as an educator."
MIDDLEBURY — Monday, Dec. 10, brought the 41st anniversary in the search for former Middlebury College student Lynne Schulze, and with it a new set of eyes to scan some new information in the mountainous case file accumulated over the years by the Middlebury Police Department.
Middlebury police Detective Kris Bowdish is the latest in a long line of local investigators to head up the probe into what happened to Schulze, a first-year student who disappeared from Middlebury College campus back on Dec. 10, 1971.
MIDDLEBURY — Mary Hogan Elementary School directors are considering a new Spanish program for next year that would fit within the parameters of the school day and ensure that young students have a foundation in a second language as they move on to secondary school.
MIDDLEBURY — Ronald Fenn has filed an appeal with the Vermont Supreme Court in an effort to pursue a 16-acre gravel pit on his family's property off Route 116 in Middlebury.
ADDISON COUNTY — Several Addison County churches have set their schedule for special Christmas events and services.
Brandon Baptist Church will have a candlelight Christmas Eve service on Monday, Dec. 24, at 7 p.m.
St. Mary's Parish will hold a Christmas Eve service Monday, Dec. 24, at 7 p.m. There will also be a Christmas Day Mass, Tuesday, Dec. 25, at 10 a.m.
St. Thomas & Grace Episcopal Church will hold a Christmas Eve service at Grace Church on Route 73 in Forest Dale Monday, Dec. 24, at 7 p.m.
ADDISON COUNTY — In local high school boys' basketball action on Tuesday, Vergennes won big at home to remain unbeaten, Mount Abraham worked overtime to defeat visiting Otter Valley, and Middlebury suffered not only its first loss, but also a key injury.
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The 2013/14 marketing year might set up as a new dawn in agriculture, says Jerry Gulke. He explains.
Few will argue the extremely high prices seen in 2013 seemed normal. Overall, corn prices have a tendency to normalize.
As drought conditions lessen in parts of the country, Jerry Gulke, president of the Gulke Group, believes the assumption that high prices will continue is also fading. He says through his travels this winter, he's had a hard time finding anyone who things corn should be $6 this fall.
"We've already cut demand and we are opening up production," he says. "With high prices, we've incentivized the rest of the world to produce more and for us to consume less internally."
The rainfall and snow cover seen in many areas of the country are bringing optimism about production levels. "We may end up in a late spring, but I think the idea that we can't produce enough this year is a figment of our imagination."
Gulke believes that the market agrees the yields won't be as dire as 2012. "We run a risk of having lower prices this year."
But, Gulke says, "low" prices may not be as low as they used to be. "I'm hoping we look at a new paradigm where we have a low of $4.50 and high of $6.50, as we build demand back."
Looking Long-Term at Prices
Gulke says if you look at a corn chart from 2007 forward, you can get some interesting perspective on prices. He says the price rallies of 2010/11 and 2012/13 saw prices peaking in both corn and soybeans -prior to or just at the beginning of the their respective marketing years (Sept—Aug).
"Both rallies were due to production reduction, not demand explosion. China helped in part, but without their year-over-year increase in soybean demand, the rallies would not have been what they were since the global demand base." He says had global ethanol usage didn't increase, the lofty prices would have been short-lived.
"The price explosion in corn above $6.50/bu in 2008 only lasted six months!" he says. "Corn spent almost 3 ½ years waiting for either a demand explosion (China to the rescue) or a drought to get prices back and hold above $6. China didn't come but the crop problems of 2011 and 2012 did."
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Dylan Willis 9 months ago
We've had it for a week now and no issues at all. Easy to set up and is accurate with temperatures. And we like the built in single shot coffee maker. It also does a good job of emptying the bottle with very little left over. Only a few comments; it can be a little louder than expected, but not to the point of annoying and when it goes into power saver mode it takes a while, 5 minutes or more, to get the water back to temp for the coffee maker to work. So if you're thinking of using that feature make sure you wake it up in time for the water to get to temp. then it stays there for 3 hours. And the overall logic around when its ready for brewing is a little confusing, had to resort to the manual multiple times to figure out what the green lights are trying to tell me. would be better to have separate LEDs marked as 'brew ready', 'power saver mode' etc. fyi, the water remains hot in power saver mode not just hot enough for the brewer, but for tea its always ready. But the one annoying feature is the power saver mode. When it goes into that it flashes three bright green lights that surround the middle buttons every 5 seconds. At night when watching TV it tends to light up the darkened room. We're getting used to it, but you should be able to shut that off, or lessen the intensity or something. Overall, I would recommend this product.
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Dylan Willis 9 months ago
Sorry I bought the product. There should be a way to turn off energy saving mode. With this feature, the machine is never ready to make coffee in the morning, the only reason I had bought it. Room temperature water would have been nice for what I paid. Hot water dispenser requires several attempts to shut off. If I could, I would return the product.
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Q&A Meric Long: Physical music-making keeps the Dodos flying
Few things inspire Meric Long as much as the sweat of his own brow.
In fact, his appetite for hard work comes up repeatedly when talking about his duo the Dodos. That's the San Francisco-based indie rock adventure that Long, the band's singer, songwriter and guitarist, launched with drummer and percussionist Logan Kroeber in 2005 and which is known for its full-bore shows and five albums including 2013's Carrier. A dark one record, Carrier was inspired in part by the death the previous year of the Dodos' tour guitarist Chris Reimer.
Long — 33 years old and earnest and affable in conversation — plays fingerpick-style guitar but once studied West African Ewe drumming. Kroeber spent time in the progressive metal world. This is not music for the Engelbert Humperdinck crowd.
The Dodos played Mavericks just seven months ago. They're back May 10 for a show with songstress Neko Case at the Bronson Centre.
You add a guitarist for your tours, but the band is still basically a duo. Have you considered expanding?
What always stops me is there's already a lot going on between me and Logan. That comes from being a duo and having all this space to fill. For me, it goes with my personality — I need to feel busy.
Your playing is very physical. Why?
I need to feel like my physicality is being used. I need to feel tired. Recently I've spent time working on my voice, learning the physicality of it, paying attention to what's happening to my body when I sing. I'm also exercising more. It's such a weird thing because I grew up in the '90s with grunge bands, and the idea of becoming this fit person so you could sing was so foreign; now it makes perfect sense.
Do you use fingerpicks?
No, I have acrylic nails. It's like playing the drums on guitar, and I think that informs the band a lot. You can play bass lines while you're playing melodies, and you feel useful, like you're getting a workout.
How has your process of writing music changed over the past few years?
Music comes more naturally for me, but words are a struggle. But then with the last record Carrier, I spent a lot more time writing and doing a lot more homework, waking up in the morning and just writing. I discovered the ability to express myself in words. I don't know if I got good at it, but I feel like spending that time has paid off.
You're working on a new album?
Actually, we just finished it; it's not mastered yet. It'll probably be out next year. I think it's the best thing we've done. The impetus for this record was finishing Carrier and realizing we'd learned all this stuff, like 'OK, this guitar with this amp with this mic in this room sounds awesome.' We actually started the new one before Carrier came out; it's like we were working really hard to make Carrier, and this one was the payoff.
You're playing 22 shows in May. Isn't that exhausting?
When we first started touring, it was such an exciting thing, something I'd wanted to do since I was a kid, but then you come back destroyed because you treat it like spring break. We've been doing this for eight years, so we're over the spring break phase. We have a month off, then we have a month of working intensively, so it's like therapeutic work.
Do all those back-to-back shows force you to change your song arrangements to keep them fresh?
Not really. You need something stable and consistent when you're on tour. We'll move songs around or maybe add a song, but having some sort of structure in the set means we're all unified. It's like the safe zone.
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CHECK OUT: 'Supernatural' Producer Talks John Winchester's Return
With the Supernatural season 9 premiere still 3 months away, fans are preparing to enter the next installment of the series with a season 10 end in mind. Well, think again, as showrunner Jeremy Carver and star Jared Padalecki reveal that Sam and Dean's adventures could very well continue into season 19. But should it?
While doing press at Comic-Con 2013, both Carver and Padalecki spoke about the future of the series which, as it currently stands, looks as if it will reach beyond season 10 because of a strong storyline that's apparently going to be implemented in the upcoming season.
You can read what Carver and Padalecki had to say about the future of Supernatural below:
JC: We think of the general arch, and we allow for happy accidents. I think people would be stunned to know what were happy accidents and seemed liked it had been planned all along.
I think me, personally, I have an obligation to plan forward for an arc, but also to keep the show in a position where, if they wanted to go for season 11, 12… 19, it can.
JP: With this season – and this isn't just a line – we can go for however as long as [viewers] and the writers want it to. We opened so many doors – and that's another thing we did last year. We, the writers – the royal "we" – we opened doors; we didn't kill this or stop that, we just left to where we can do anything now, and what they've chosen to do is just so awesome.
Without knowing more about what, exactly, the core storyline for the season will focus on, it's difficult to tell whether or not Padalecki's praise of a strong upcoming tale will be enough to push the series past season 10; however, that being said, the way in which Supernatural uses theology, myths and lore to fuel its brotherly tale does provide a strong enough foundation for the series to continue longer than most other shows on television. So if the new season storyline is as strong as Padalecki says, there's no doubt that the series can continue on the air for years to come… but maybe not season 19.
Of course, whenever an aging television show mentions an extension to the storyline, fans are obviously apprehensive, and thanks to seasons 6 and 7, Supernatural no longer has the perfect record that it once had. In season 6 and 7, which marked the end of creator Eric Kripke's reign on the series, the core dynamic of Sam and Dean was largely replaced with an over-bloated, laughable Leviathan-themed seasonal arc, which had many fans doubting the future. But all that changed once Jeremy Carver took over.
Carver, who left the show to pursue other opportunities, eventually creating Being Human (US) with his wife, Anna Fricke, returned in season 8 with a plan: Season 10. With a white notecard stuck on his wall, Carver went on to develop a storyline which would allow Sam and Dean to continue their adventures for two more years. That is, until season 9 begins.
Whatever Supernatural season 9 may contain, it must be something special in order to get one of the stars – and not just the showrunner - to support the idea of continuing the show past season 10. Whether or not viewers will see this upcoming season the same way still remains to be seen, but I'm not sure even the wariest of fans wouldn't turn down a chance to take a peek at what a Supernatural season 19 might look like. Fortunately, that's highly unlikely to occur – but season 11 and 12 is a definite possibility.
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Clint Eastwood Gets 'Swatted'
(LOS ANGELES) -- Oscar-winning director and movie tough guy Clint Eastwood has reportedly joined Justin Bieber, Miley Cyrus, and a host of other celebrities as a victim of the dangerous prank known as "swatting."
TMZ reports an anonymous person called the Los Angeles Police Department earlier in the week to report armed men were on Eastwood's property and that people had been shot.
The LAPD responded in force, only to find the emergency at Eastwood's home was made up.
Earlier this month, a 12-year-old boy was charged with pulling the same scam on Ashton Kutcher back in October of last year.
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By JOHN FLOWERS AND JOHN S. McCRIGHT
MIDDLEBURY — Public safety officials on Tuesday morning lifted the evacuation order for the area of downtown Middlebury that was shut down on Monday afternoon following the derailment of a train car carrying gasoline.
Four streets nearest the overturned tanker car remained closed: South Pleasant, Cross, Water and Charles streets. Middlebury Union High School and Mary Hogan Elementary School, which were closed and evacuated on Monday, were reopened Tuesday morning. The Gailer School and Mary Johnson Children's Center, which are located on closed streets, remained closed on Tuesday.
Downtown Middlebury returned to its normal level of activity after being completely closed down on Monday.
Seventeen cars of a Vermont Railways train derailed on the tracks along the west side of the Otter Creek across the river from Mr. Ups restaurant at a little after 2 p.m. on Monday. The line of overturned cars stretched from the railroad trestle near Water Street to the point at which the tracks go under Merchants Row.
Officials said that 14 of the cars carried gasoline and the three at the north end were carrying road salt. Spillage of gasoline and salt was minimal, and a firefighters quickly extinguished a small fire.
"This could have been MUCH more catastrophic had there been explosion or major spillage," Middlebury Town Planner Fred Dunnington said in a release Tuesday morning.
Only one rail car sustained any substantial loss of gasoline, officials said on Monday evening. Nevertheless, local firefighters and state hazardous materials teams set up booms in the Otter Creek just above the Middlebury Falls as a precaution.
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What is hyperactive? It is possible that the parents are feeling stressed
because of work, finances, or other common stresses and are resisting the
child's naturally speedy energy. They might feel like they want to slow
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Subversion and Git (with Trac optional) project spaces are once again available for IT unit student projects at svn.murdoch.edu.au.
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- Each student must create an account here - nicknames/handles are preferred over full names.
- Currently we have no e-mail address (ITS haven't gotten back to me) to send mail from, so you get no notification when I confirm/activate your new account.
- We gave up waiting for ITS, the Guild helped us out, and e-mail confirmation is required when you register (you don't have to wait for admin approval).
- Send an e-mail to me (my nickname, gmail address) with those usernames and a project name.
- Use the fancy new AJAXish form available at http://mits.asn.au/login/#projects.
- Games Tech students tend to re-use the same "team name" and work with the same people, but Subversion/Git/Trac is less confusing without dozens of tickets from different projects and previous semesters, so it is recommended to request a separate project space per unit.
- Wait for a confirmation e-mail from me (average turn around time is 0-2 days).
- Log in using the same username and passwords as the forums to http://svn.murdoch.edu.au/trac/<project>/ and checkout from http://svn.murdoch.edu.au/svn/<project>/ or clone from http://svn.murdoch.edu.au/git/<project/.
A simple web form is being made (along with our website) to make has been made to make requesting projects simple and semi-automated.
Project space access is restricted to only those users you request - anonymous access is completely denied - unlike most free version control hosting providers found on the internet. If your project supervisor wants access to follow your progress, etc. they will need an account as above (I can manually make their access read-only if desired).
If you had a project hosted on svn.murdoch.edu.au in a previous semester (on the old system) and want restored access to that project's source code repository (via the new system), e-mail me your old project name and old username(s) which were generally in the form firstname_lastname (you will need to create account(s) using the new system as above).


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OKLAHOMA CITY, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- An Oklahoma pastor is protesting a retailer's legal challenge to an Obama administration rule that health coverage must include the morning after pill.
The row started after Hobby Lobby, based in Oklahoma City, sued the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, challenging a rule that employer-provided health insurance must cover contraception and "abortion-inducing drugs."
Lawyers for the retailer said the rule violates business owners' rights to freedom of religion and speech, The Oklahoman reported Monday.
The Rev. Lance Schmitz of the Oklahoma City Church of the Nazarene handed over a petition at the store that he said had 80,000 signatures opposed to Hobby Lobby's lawsuit.
Church of the Nazarene leaders -- who oppose the administration's rule on contraception -- balked and disavowed Schmitz's petition. Schmitz said he was acting on his own accord and not representing the church.


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How does this make sense? Drivers of 18-wheelers would be free to use their cellphones without restriction should lawmakers approve a bill that would make most of the rest of us use hands-free devices.
House Bill 1094, as amended, specifically designates that "a commercial driver driving a vehicle with a gross weight vehicle rating of 10,001 or more pounds that is transporting freight and not transporting persons" can use a cellphone the good old-fashioned way, by just holding it to their ear.
The amended bill lays this out on page 5.
Early on, The Post's editorial board supported 1094, though we remain concerned that the amended version still makes the infraction a primary offense; meaning we don't think police should be allowed to make stops unless the driver using a cellphone without the hands-free device is breaking some other law, such as driving recklessly.
I stumbled upon the trucking exemption amendment this afternoon while checking on the primary offense angle. I see that reporters have mentioned the exemption, but I haven't heard critics of the bill pick on this point.
Why not?
Surely if the driver of a passenger car represents a potential missile capable of fatal destruction, as state Rep. Claire Levy, who sponsers the bill, told me when I talked to her about the bill in February, then an 18-wheeler represents a nuclear bomb.
The Colorado State Patrol also supports 1094. And this Post news story (with my emphasis added), which ran Dec. 11, 2008, shows that at least some troopers think trucking with cellphones isn't such a great idea:
The driver of a semi hauling two trailers was distracted by his cellphone and ran his rig off Interstate 76 near East 88th Avenue on Wednesday, causing a massive morning rush-hour traffic snarl.
The driver, Aaron Dixon, 42, of Lakewood, ran the truck off the right side of the highway, striking a guardrail, Trooper David Hall of the Colorado State Patrol said. Debris from the guardrail hit a sport utility vehicle, a sedan and a second semi, causing secondary accidents. Dixon was not seriously injured.
"Cellphones and driving don't mix; this could have been a multi-fatality accident," Hall said. "It could have been a lot worse."
I've sent an e-mail to Levy asking what's up, other than the trucking lobby.


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Not too complicated but it does abit time consuming here. Almost the same like making breads.
But eating them just took a few minutes then they are all gone...hahaha!
Starter dough:
80g plain flour
1 tsp instant yeast
100ml warm water
~ Mix all ingredients together and leave for 90 minutes.
350ml water (please add slowly and may not need all)
1/4 tsp alkaline water
250g sugar
2 tsp salt
1 tsp bicarbonate soda
1&1/2 tsp double baking powder
* above starter dough
50 ml peanut oil
700g high protein flour / bread flour
~ Combine all ingredients above together except oil & flour in a large bowl. Stir and mix well.
~ Add in oil & flour, mix and knead lightly into a soft dough. Cover dough with a cling wrap and leave to prove for 30 minutes.
~ Lightly knead dough for 2 minutes, cover and prove for another 2 hours.
~ Divide dough into small portions.
**For the "Ma Geok" ~ 马脚油条 ( Horse Shoe Yu Cha Kuih)
30g plain flour
30g tapioca flour
50g sugar
Approx 4 tbsps water
white sesame seeds
~ Mix the pain flour, tapioca flour and sugar in a bowl and keep aside.
~ Roll out divided dough above into rectangle shape.
~ Spread filling (the flour mixture) over lower part of sheet.
~ Cut into strips with filling side together and pinch to stick well.
~ Spray alittle water on surface and sprinkle some white sesame seeds over.
~ Deep fry till golden brown, drain and serve.
**For the "Ham Jin Beng" ( Five spice Chinese doughnuts) ~ 五香咸金饼
3 tsp five spice powder
1 & 1/4 tsp salt
~ Mix the above ingredients together and keep aside.
~ Roll out the divided small dough above into square.
~ Brush surface with water and sprinkle filling all over. Roll up and seal tight.
~ Slice into 1/2 pieces then flatten it with your palm.
~ Deep fry till golden brown, drain and serve.