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Our Story
Learn our story, from the beginning and into the future.
Ever since we opened our doors we have approached life (and death) differently. While some just see the end of a loved one's life as a time for grief and mourning, we prefer to think of it as a time for reflection, appreciation and even celebration. This is evident in everything we do, from the way we conduct our services to the amenities we choose to offer. We are not just a funeral home. We are a close knit community dedicated to honoring, sharing and preserving the amazing and inspirational stories that are life.
Why Us?
In a nutshell? Experience, professionalism, compassion, and empathy.
We've learned a lot over many years. Like how to present options without overwhelming. And how to meet the needs of many caring parties. People come to us in difficult times, and we respond kindness, calmness and expertise. Our goal is to create a beautiful occasion and make you feel welcome, always. We spend our days planning with families. We stay up to date with industry developments. And we make hard times a little easier.
Learn the legacy.
In 1986, John Mahn purchased the Bodelson Funeral Home from Don and Edla Bodelson, who had owned it since 1960. Two years later, in 1988, the funeral home was remodeled and the name was changed to Bodelson-Mahn Funeral Home.
The changes continued throughout the final decade of the century. In 1991 the Peterson Funeral Home was purchased from Shelly Peterson. Later in the year a new funeral home was built in Lake City. In 1992 the Anderson Funeral Home in Lake City was purchased from Bill Anderson. The two businesses were merged and ran out of the new facility as the Anderson-Peterson Chapel. In 1996 James Lohman's funeral home businesses in Zumbrota, Wanamingo, and Goodhue were purchased. The Bodelson- Mahn Chapel was remodeled to its current condition in 1997. A new funeral home was constructed in Zumbrota in 1998. Also that year the Mahler Funeral Home was purchased from Robert Mahler and the location was remodeled. In 1999 a former church building was purchased and remodeled to become the Rochester Chapel.
Today, just as before, the staff members of each of these funeral homes are committed to excellence in service. We welcome the opportunity to exceed your expectations, and provide professional services, compassion, and understanding during your time of loss.
Who We Are
Meet our staff. Members of the local community make everything that happens possible.
Together, we make this place amazing.
John Mahn
OwnerRead Bio
Originally from Plainview, Minnesota, John Mahn graduated from the University of Minnesota Mortuary Science Program in 1982. After graduating he worked at the Bodelson Funeral Home in Red Wing and in 1986 bought the business. John and his wife Betsy live in Red Wing, Minnesota. John has three children, Holly, Joe and Megan and three grandchildren.
David Mahn
Funeral Director/PresidentRead Bio
David and his four children, Elliot, Madeleine, Chrisjon and Sophia live in Lake City, Minnesota, where he oversees the Anderson-Peterson-Mahn Chapel. David attended mortuary school at Worsham College of Mortuary Science. Since 1991, David has worked in the area. In addition to Lake City Chapel, he can also be found at any of our other chapels.
Joe Mahn
Funeral Director/Vice-PresidentRead Bio
Joe Mahn joined the family business in 2005, after graduating from the University of Minnesota Duluth with a degree in Business and from the University of MN, Twin Cities with a Mortuary Science degree. He and his wife, Amanda have one son, Jaxon and a daughter, Wallis. Joe is a member of First Lutheran Church and the Red Wing Elks #845.
Todd Otteson
Funeral Director/ManagerRead Bio
Todd Otteson, manager at the Bodelson-Mahn Chapel has lived in the Red Wing since November 1993. He was a 1988 graduate of the University of Minnesota Mortuary Science Program. Originally from Paynesville, Minnesota, Todd and his wife Patty, teacher at Twin Bluff Middle School, have two daughters, Amy and Emily. He is a member of United Lutheran Church, past President of the United Lutheran Church Congregation, and a past president and secretary of the Red Wing Lions Club.
Amanda J. Mahn
Funeral DirectorRead Bio
Amanda "Mandy" (Lohmann) Mahn, a native of Red Wing, has been working for the Mahn Family Funeral Homes since graduating from the University of Minnesota Mortuary Science program in 1998. She and her husband, Joe live in Red Wing. Mandy is a member of the Red Wing Rotary Club, having served as president in 2010, the Red Wing Elks Lodge and First Lutheran Church. She and her husband have one son, Jaxon and and daughter, Wallis.
Jason Haley
Funeral DirectorRead Bio
Jason Haley is a graduate of the University of Minnesota, Mortuary Science program. He started working for the Mahn Family Funeral Homes on July 1, 2008.
Brianna Bowne
Funeral DirectorRead Bio
Brianna Bowne began at the Bodelson-Mahn Chapel in March 2013 as an intern and received her funeral director's license in January 2014.
Greg Schmitt
Funeral Director/ManagerRead Bio
Greg Schmitt, manager of the Larson Chapel in Zumbrota has worked for the Mahn Family since 1997. Greg has one daughter, Kersten. A native of Mazeppa, Minnesota, he attended the University of Minnesota and received his mortuary science degree in 1987.
Randy Vine
Funeral DirectorRead Bio
Randy is a Rochester native and attended the University of Minnesota. Formerly with the Vine Funeral Home, he is a fourth generation funeral director and has served the Rochester area for over 20 years. Randy and his wife Roanna have two children, Marissa and Ajay.
Chad Sietsma
Funeral DirectorRead Bio
Chad has more than 25 years of experience in funeral service, and has resided in southern Minnesota since 1985. His wife, Christine, is a registered dental hygienist. Chad enjoys traveling, creative writing and golfing with his wife. The Sietsemas have two sons, Benjamin and Phillip and they are members of Evangel United Methodist Church in Rochester. Chad joined the Mahn Family Funeral Home in April 2008.
Chad Anderson
Funeral DirectorRead Bio
Chad Anderson is a full-time funeral director and has been with Mahn Family Funeral Homes since 2015. He resides in Rochester and primarily works out of our Rochester location.
Brett Meger
Funeral DirectorRead Bio
Brett joined the Mahn Family Funeral Home Staff in 2018 and primarily works out of the Red Wing location. He graduated from the University of Minnesota Program of Mortuary Science in 2015. He is originally from Owatonna, MN, where he is a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church. In his free time he enjoys fishing and getting to know the river and has been involved in the Red Wing Fishing League.
Shirley Fredrickson
SecretaryRead Bio
Shirley began working at the Larson Chapel in Zumbrota in June of 2000. She and her husband, Chuck live in Wanamingo. They have two children, Melissa and Matthew and four grandchildren, Kaleigh, Noah, Emilee and Jared.
Barbara Hausken
SecretaryRead Bio
Barbara has been the secretary at the Mahler Chapel in Pine Island since 1998. She and her husband, Reverend Terje live in Pine Island and have two children, Matthew and Katie and two grandsons, Leif and Bjorn and one granddaughter, Tova.
Cindy Allen
Office Manager & Advanced Funeral PlanningRead Bio
Cindy grew up in the Rochester area and spent 35 years as a retail buyer for family owned businesses throughout the mid-west and southwest. She then began working as an Advanced Funeral Planner for a family owned funeral home in Chattanooga. In April of 2015 she began working as an Advanced Funeral Planner with Mahn Family Funeral Home and most recently has become the office manager.
Jack Edwards
Funeral AssistantRead Bio
Jack has been a funeral assistant for over 20 years. First, for the Johnson Funeral Home in Red Wing and since 1990 with the Mahn Family Funeral Home. A graduate of Central High School in Red Wing, he has resided in Red Wing his entire life. He served as a fulltime firefighter with the Red Wing Fire Department for 31 years, retiring in 1991. He continues to serve on the Relief Association Board of the fire department. His wife is Carmen Heck. They have three children, Mark, Jackie, and Brett and four grandsons. He has been active with the Leo C. Peterson American Legion Post and is a member of the Church of St. Joseph and the Red Wing Charter Commission. He enjoys fishing and taking his daily walks.
Marc Vogel
Funeral AssistantRead Bio
Marc joined the Mahn Family Funeral Home in January of 2010. He was born in Arcadia, WI (but not a Packer fan). He moved to Red Wing in 1963. After high school graduation he served in the US Air Force for 5 1/2 years. He also worked for the FAA and the USPS, retiring in January 2010. Marc and his wife Ann have two children, Tony and Kelly (Ross) and two grandsons. Marc enjoys fishing and trips to the boundry waters. Also, spending time with Ann and family.
Keith Dicke
Funeral AssistantRead Bio
Keith was born in Featherstone Township, Goodhue County and graduated from Goodhue High School. He is married to Carol Siewert and in 1969 they purchased the family farm until 1997 when they moved to Goodhue. Keith is an auctioneer and also worked for Hay Creek Mutual Insurance in Goodhue for a number of years. He has been a funeral assistant for the Mahn Family Funeral Home since January 1999.
Sonny Fandrey
Funeral AssistantRead Bio
Sonny started with Mahn Family Funeral Homes in January of 2015. He was born in Northfield and grew up in Goodhue County. He graduated from Zumbrota High School and served six years in the Minnesota National Guard. He is married to Karen and they have three daughters and two grandsons. He is a member of St. John's Lutheran Church where he serves as an usher. For 34 years he was employed with UPS. He enjoys the outdoors, biking, walking as well as caring for his home, yard and garden, He is a member of the Leo C. Peterson American Legion and a local car club, participating in parades and car shows.
Arnie Strusz
Funeral Assistant
Paul Karlen
Funeral AssistantRead Bio
Paul joined Mahn Family Funeral Home in December 2015. He grew up in Pine Island and has lived in Red Wing for more than 50 years, retiring as an agency owner of Farmers Insurance after forty three years in the business. He and his wife Susan have a total of five children, eight grandchildren and three great-grandchildren, Paul is a member and past president of Noontime Kiwanis. He also is a member of First United Methodist Church where he has held many leadership positions, as well as currently serving on the executive committee, singing in the choir and heading the men's cooking team. He likes meeting friends for coffee, going to the Y, playing a little golf and taking care of his yard.
Karen Fandrey
Funeral AssistantRead Bio
Karen grew up on a small farm south of Pine Island. After attending college in Rochester and Mankato she graduated from the University of Minnesota in St. Paul. She moved to Red Wing in 1973. She and her husband, Sonny, have three daughters, Ann, Jane and Lora and three grandsons. She enjoys reading, hiking, cooking and spending time with family and friends, Karen joined the Mahn Family Funeral Homes in March 2017.
Marlys Gerken
Funeral AssistantRead Bio
Marlys is a funeral home assistant at the Anderson-Peterson Chapel in Lake City. Marlys was married to Harvey Gerken and he died in 1985. She has three children and five grandchildren. She is a member of St. John's Lutheran Church in Lake City where she is group leader on the funeral receptions. She is also a member of the VFW Auxiliary 8729 as treasurer and volunteers at the Lake City Nursing Home. She enjoys playing cards and traveling.
Ruth Reppe
Funeral AssistantRead Bio
Ruth has been a Funeral Assistant with Mahn Family Funeral Home, Larson Chapel in Zumbrota, since December of 1998, after retiring from her position as social worker at the Zumbrota Nursing Home. Ruth is a native of Minneapolis, graduating from Washburn High School prior to attending St. Olaf College in Northfield, MN. After graduating from St. Olaf, Ruth was married to Paul Reppe (also an Ole), now a retired Lutheran pastor. Together they have four children, eleven grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Bradley Peters
Funeral AssistantRead Bio
Brad and his wife Sheri were married in 1979, and they have lived in Rochester since 1983. They have three children; Chad, born in 1980, Kristina born in 1982 and Alyssa born in 1989. Brad worked at Morton Buildings, Inc, for 33 years., and he helps people with their remembrances at Bertrand Memorials. Brad and Sheri enjoy their first grandson, Jubei, born in 2005. Brad also enjoys camping and hospice singing with the Prairie Heart Singers. Brad assists at the Rochester, Pine Island and Zumbrota Chapels and has been with the funeral home since February 2010.
Merle Mahn
Funeral AssistantRead Bio
Merle moved in 1992 to Lake City and started working full time for Anderson-Peterson Chapel in Lake City in 1994 until 2008. She is the mother of John and David Mahn. Merle died November 7, 2015.
Heidi Hill
Funeral AssistantRead Bio
Heidi was born and raised in Red Wing, and has four older brothers. She was hired with the Mahn Family Funeral Home in January of 2013 and works primarily in Red Wing and finds it a privilege to work with and help the families we serve. She and her dog, Weezie, love going walks, especially at the local A.P. Anderson Park.
Brooke Kehren
Funeral AssistantRead Bio
Brooke has been employed with the Mahn Family Funeral Homes since 2017. She is a 2015 graduate of Goodhue High School and is currently enrolled in the University of Minnesota's Mortuary Science Program.
Bonnie Kubik
Visitation AssistantRead Bio
Bonnie, a Red Wing resident, began with the Mahn Family Funeral Homes in 2017 and has been working visitations at our Red Wing location.
John Mann
Funeral AssistantRead Bio
John Mann, works as a funeral assistant out of our Zumbrota, Pine Island and Rochester Locations.
Beth Steberg
Visitation assistantRead Bio
Beth works primarily out of our Zumbrota and Pine Island locations as a visitation assistant.
Bob Archer
Funeral AssistantRead Bio
Bob has been a long-time assistant for the Mahn Family Funeral Homes. He primarily works out of our Zumbrota and Pine Island locations.
Ali Knudson
Funeral Assistant
Mary Ann Boes
Funeral AssistantRead Bio
Mary Ann has been a funeral assistant for the past few years, working primarily out of the Zumbrota and Pine Island chapels.
Kersten Schmitt
Funeral AssistantRead Bio
Kersten is the daughter of funeral director Greg Schmitt and has been helping as a funeral assistant for several years.
Explore Our Locations
See where we are and find the place that best meet your needs.
Mahn Family Funeral Home, Bodelson-Mahn Chapel
602 Plum Street, P.O. Box 111
Red Wing, MN 55066
Mahn Family Funeral Home, Rochester Chapel
1624 37th Street. NW
Rochester, MN 55901
Mahn Family Funeral Home, Larson Chapel
1475 Jefferson Drive
Zumbrota, MN 55992
Mahn Family Funeral Home, Anderson-Peterson Chapel
1022 West Lyon Ave, P.O. Box 90
Lake City, MN 55041
Mahn Family Funeral Home, Mahler Chapel
209 NW 1st Ave., P.O. Box 117
Pine Island, MN 55963


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Sunday, January 17, 2010
Shadow People: The Old Woman
Unfortunately, the study of this phenomenon is complicated by the fact that usually people who report such incidents are people who also suffer with certain sleep disorders or at least temporary and significant stressors and stress in their lives which are inhibiting proper sleep patterns and behavior.
Often, those who report this old woman/shadow person disturbance are suffering from SP=Sleep Paralysis, which happens when certain people are in highly stressed environments and moods. The condition is such that overly stressed people fall asleep from sheer exhaustion while their minds are still quite active. Some who suffer SP drop off to sleep while sort of in mid-thought with very active mental resources going on and it is as if the body just has to rest but the mind will not.
People suffering with SP may, indeed, awaken - with the mind active in a sort of very active dream state, except their body is trying to be in the sleep state and this causes the effect that a person cannot move. During normal sleep, the body's physiology is quite complex and a normal sleeping person is, indeed, paralyzed. If the body didn't physically and physiologically 'shut gears down' or induce a sort of paralysis, then every action we dreamed about, the body would attempt to do and then sleeping would be impossible for anyone.
Back to the topic of shadow people and the old woman...
Some who have had the above experience(s) report that they see shadows in a rather distinct shape of a woman...
I've still got to read more material specifically on "The Old Woman," because information on this topic keeps leading me to 'sleep deprivation' and 'sleep abnormalities' articles, which aren't telling me much about the cases of SP that might be considered paranormal events rather than physiological effects on the body of overly stressed persons.
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- AnonymousAugust 25, 2011 at 8:17 PM
I'm not sure about an old woman shadow person, but 2 days ago I did see a woman shadow... I'm 22 years old and I live with my brother who is 14. He is handicapped. He is unable to walk and is mentally challenged. Two days ago, I had my first encounter. I put my brother on the couch with me so we could watch tv. I got up to use the bathroom and when I came back, I saw a shadow stand up and it looked like it was turning to face me. For the first time in my life I was so scared, my eyes watered, I couldn't move and I couldn't speak. It looked like it was going to step to me and I blinked, and it was gone that fast. The only thing I can remember about her is she was skinny, tall, and had long hair... I'm 90% sure it was hair... But I read other comments and they said they saw a jacket or robe... It may have been that but I don't think I could confuse the two... Any comments would be appreciative... Especially if it is a malicious shadow...ReplyDeleteReplies
Something like that happen to me but instead i was asleep and woken up & in bed and woke up to something crawling from under the bed up and it was a women and she was had long hair but u couldnt see her face and she was just staring at me and I couldn't move and was stuck i could tell it was just staring and then somehow i turn the tv on and then it was goneDelete
- AnonymousNovember 5, 2012 at 8:20 PM
I have read many stories of the old hag, but can't find many explaining the young woman. I woke up paralyzed and saw a young woman all in black wearing a hooded cloak and her eyes were blackened, like raccoon eyes when you rub your eye makeup with vaseline, and she just stood in my room and started at me. It felt oppressive and evil, I felt very scared. I knew I was asleep and kept telling myself to wake up, but felt like she had full control over me.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 22, 2013 at 8:38 PM
Well I have also read story's about the shadow old lady and thought they were made up, until it actually happened to me. I was sleeping one night and I woke up and at the bottom of my bed was an old woman. She just stared at me. I was so scared.. it felt demonic/ evil.. I could still move though and backed up against my head board of the bed. Then out of no where this shadow thing lifted of the floor and it looked like a weapon. I was so scared to turn the light on or even move so I begged for my life and huddled in a ball and passed out from fear. The next morning I wondered if it was a dream or not.. it felt to real to be one.. (also seen the snake looking things on my ceiling) Had my room prayed for and haven't seem them since.. (Knock On Wood) Btw The woman looked like the woman off of Insidious the movie.. but scarier!!!!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 1, 2014 at 1:13 AM
Shadow of a grim reaper hovering over you w/ another shadow image following behind it. In the looks of a Ghost DemonReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 16, 2014 at 8:21 AM
I haven't never see she but i think at ther's really something paranormal.ReplyDelete
When I was 3 months old my mum left me outside the shop in my pram asleep she heard me screaming and ran outside and found me with scratches bleeding under my eyes and a woman all dressed in black walking offReplyDelete
Yes I have seen it,it was late at night I saw a woman who was standing there ready to hurt someone then I saw a man doing the same thing just standing there almost wanting somethingReplyDelete

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The Positions tool is a built-in feature that allows you to track, approve, and report on positions in an organization. This feature is managed at the umbrella level by umbrella administrators. Access this feature by selecting the Admin dropdown in the top right of your screen, choose your umbrella, hover over Requests, then select Positions. Next, select the Settings tab from the left-hand toolbar. The settings are divided into six tabs that are described in detail below.
This is where you'll define the positions that you want to report on and track over time.
Click Create Position to define a new position. You must enter a name (i.e. President, Social Chair) and determine if the position should be publicly visible. If you do not choose to make the position public, only umbrella and portal administrators can see the position and who holds it. In addition to these required fields, you have some settings to choose from that are specific to the position. See below for a description of these settings.
|Add participant to portal admin group
|Determine if users that hold this position should be added as an administrator of the portal when the position request is approved.
|Require during organization registration
|Determine if the position should be required during organization registration. If not, portal administrators will see the option to complete the position but it will be an optional field.
Creating a position will add it to the list of "current" positions. The list makes it clear which positions are required and which are considered "administrative," meaning the user in the position will be added as an admin of their portal. If you are no longer using a position, hover over the wrench icon on the right side of the list and select Archive. This will deactivate the position and move it to the Archived tab.
The last feature on this page is the ability to re-order positions. Click and drag a position to the spot you desire. This will affect how you and your organizations view the list of positions-- the priority of the positions set here will change the order of how they are displayed in the portal.
For some or all of the positions you've created, you may need the people holding these positions to complete additional information or requirements. The Forms tab is where you need to create the forms that ask for this extra information. The logic used to tie a form to a position is found in the next section.
To begin, click Create a Form. Use the form builder to set up the questions you'd like to ask of each position. Click here if you have any information about form building. When you're happy with the form you've created, click Save & Exit in the top right of the page. At any point, you can edit an existing form if you hover over the wrench icon on the right side of the page and select Edit.
Forms Conditions
Forms conditions allow you to establish the connection between positions and forms. Note: you must create the forms under the Forms tab within your Positions settings before you set up any logic. If you've already created the forms, select Activate a form. Choose the form that you'd like to apply logic to and determine which position needs to complete the form. By default, All Positions are selected but you can deselect the checkbox to select specific positions.
If you deselect All Positions, you'll need to identify which positions need to complete the form. You'll see two drop-downs that allow you to set up this logic.
- One option is to require the form for all admin positions. In this case, if the position has the Admin tag under the Positions tab, they would be required to complete the form.
- The other option is to select Position from the first dropdown then select the specific position from the second dropdown. You can require the form for multiple positions if you click Add OR Condition then set up similar logic for the next position that needs to complete the form.
You can also require a position to complete multiple forms. Click Activate a form to set up logic for a different form.
Reviewers help you make the decision if a position request should be approved or not. Reviewers will be able to see the entire position request, including the forms submitted by the position candidate, and they will be able to converse with you in the conversation view if they have any issues or questions. Before you begin adding reviewers, take a look at the reviewer settings that are explained below.
|Start review automatically
|Automatically begin the review process once the participant has finished submitting his or her forms. If you do not select this option, an umbrella administrator will need to visit each request and manually start the review process.
|Order reviewers
|Notify one reviewer at a time once the previous reviewer has completed the review.
|Halt review on denial
|This setting only appears if you've enabled ordered reviewers. This setting halts the review process if a reviewer denies the request.
|Auto approve position when all reviewers approve
|Once all the reviewers have approved, set the pending request status to approved. This is a good option if you intend on approving all requests where all of the reviewers have approved.
After you define these settings, begin adding reviewers. When you click Add Reviewer, you're provided a text box that allows you to search for users in your community by name or email address. The user must have an OrgSync account to be added as a position reviewer. Note: this account search feature updates once daily. If you have a reviewer that just created an account, they will not be searchable until the next day.
When you locate and add a reviewer, determine if they should review all positions or specific ones. If you choose the latter, deselect All Positions then set up the logic for the positions they should approve. Repeat this process for each reviewer involved in the position request process. If you need to re-order the reviewers, click and drag the cursor to the left of a reviewer to adjust their position on the list.
Final Approval Policy
You have a few options when it comes to approval. You can allow your reviewers to make the decision by enabling Auto approve positions (a setting found under the Reviewers tab), you can trust that student-reported positions are correct, or you can require final approval by you or another umbrella admin.
First, decide which positions will require approval. The default selection is "all" but you can switch this to "certain positions" and you'll see the same logic appear that you've seen in other sections. Determine the specific positions that will require your approval and save your settings.
Custom Messages
Create customized messages to send to each student after a request for a position has been acted upon.


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In Norse mythology, Valhalla (or Val-hall) is a giant hall. In it, Odin's Valkyries preside over all those warriors which were slain in battle, and deeemed worthy to attend. The Valkyries also choose the warriors. These warriors will fight on Odin's side at Ragnarök the battle at the end of the world. Also they would drink during the day, whilst they fight.Valhalla, Hall of the Slain, in Norse mythology is the hall presided over by Odin. This vast hall has five hundred and forty doors. The rafters are spears, the hall is roofed with shields and breast-plates litter the benches. A wolf guards the western door and an eagle hovers over it. It is here that the Valkyries, Odin's messengers and spirits of war, bring half of the heroes that died on the battle fields (the rest go to Freya's hall, Folkvang). These heroes, the Einherjar, are prepared in Valhalla for the oncoming battle of Ragnarok. When the battle commences, eight hundred warriors will march shoulder to shoulder out of each door.


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SAINT MOTEL has got film school written all over themselves and that's perfectly all right. The So-Cal-based band has released their debut EP 'FOR PLAY' and are making their presence known visually. "It's an element that all of us have." says lead singer AJ JACKSON of the band's penchant for visual expression. "We all met in film school and we wee all into the visual arts as well but I think that has a lot to do with time we live in. One of the first things I do when I hear a band's name is look them up on YOUTUBE. I'm a very visual person. I think we all are and it's something that compliments the music if it's done right. It's another dimension of creative expression. We would never want the visuals to detract from the music itself. It is always about music first."
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Sometimes, a rock band's visual sense is just as important as what they offer musically. Having grown up in the 1980s MTV era, I was never of the opinion that visuals take something away from the music. With the MTV era finished thanks to YOUTUBE, it brings a huge smile to my face to see a band like SAINT MOTEL embracing the art form of music video as they have on their first two singles DEAR DICTATOR and BUTCH. It's no accident that the boys from SAINT MOTEL met at CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY's prestigious film and media arts program. Visuals aside, the Los Angeles-based foursome deliver a knock out rock n roll punch with the release of their debut EP 'FOR PLAY' and are determined to reel folks in with their stunning live shows. "We try to make our shows over the top fun." says lead singer A.J. JACKSON. "We try to make each show unique and we want everyone to have a really good time. We have been doing that by making every show an event." (READ MORE)
Saint Motel's The Black And White Show @ The Roxy 11/7/09November 16, 2009
Article and Photos By: Tim Bannock
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** This was a sold out show!
There comes a time in anyone's life when they go to a concert and it totally takes them by surprise. The kind of surprise where they slip into their regional accent and start saying "wicked" a lot (yeah, I'm from New England).
That time was Saturday, Nov. 7th at The Roxy Theatre: Saint Motel's "THE BLACK AND WHITE SHOW," featuring ArmyNavy, Red Arrow Messenger, and Rumspringa. And it couldn't have come at a better time.
It was one of those nights where you're late for everything, you have to blow a bunch of extra money on parking, and no matter how many times you call the publicist, you find you're just not on the press list. Armed with pocket lint for money, the first realization that you actually have a use for a stupid iPhone (my cell's internet is slow as molasses and mostly unreadable), and the nagging sensation that you should have just stayed home, you just put your head down and push forward. Not out of any sense of determination or some high ideal of "getting the job done," but because you know that these barriers are just your lot in life. If you turn back now, you'd find your car had a flat tire anyway.
With that in mind, you head into the show, just barely missing the first band (sorry ArmyNavy! I heard you were pretty good though!), and grab a good, stiff drink: all black and white specials at this show, so a White Russian will have to do. And then Red Arrow Messenger takes the stage and…well, hell, things just start to get better all of a sudden. A southern rock version of Coldplay, featuring a singer who could sing circles around just about every major singer you can you think of ('cept maybe Mariah Carey, but that woman's pipes are just unnatural). After Red Arrow Messenger comes Rumspringa, a two-piece heavy-metal-esque rockabilly act with '70s funk attitude and solos that will make you wail out the blues. And that's just the start.
While I'd heard Saint Motel's music (check out their MySpace page, and make sure you scroll down; sometimes the big picture at top doesn't load and it looks like a blank page), I really just didn't expect them to be able to match the two previous bands. The show was just that good up to that point. But when the cocky quartet took the stage and exploded into their unique blend of melodic rock, the show only got better. Their music immediately brings to mind some kind of funky amalgam of The Flaming Lips, Red Hot Chili Peppers, and Weezer. There's a slightly obscured sexuality to the songs, a highly irreverent rock & roll attitude, and all of that underscored by the band's energy which was unparalleled.
Saint Motel pulls out all the stops though, adding a highly visual element to the show. With so many groups now copying the "let's play dress up" of Gnarls Barkley or Slipknot (now that's a weird combo!), Saint Motel uses less costume and more movie. But it's not just static pictures on the back wall, or film clips cycled through a projector (although there's some of that, too). No, Saint Motel had every single microphone on the stage hooked to a camera, so you were looking directly into their faces at various points while they screamed, sang, jumped around, or rocked out. There was a camera in the back of the audience, so you'd get a far-off view of the entire (super-packed) audience and the antics on the stage beyond it. There was even a camera wandering through the crowd, transmitting the unwitting passersby as they channeled the band's music and whipped around in a flurry to the fantastic jams. It was like an art show within a film all trying to burst out of a concert with explosive effect.
Mere words can do Saint Motel no justice. These guys have toured with some big acts, and their debut EP, ForPlay, sold like crazy at the concert. Special digital versions containing 6 music videos on top of the EP's 6 tracks are available on the band's MySpace page. There's pretty much no stopping this melodic juggernaut, so you better check 'em out before they steamroll right over you.
Nov. 17th they are at UC Santa Barbara, and Nov 18th they will be appearing at Cal State in Fullerton.
Saint Motel Sells Out RoxyNovember 14, 2009
Photo Credit: Tim Bannock
Read Tim Bannock's review of Saint Motel here.
Download "Dear Dictator" by Saint Motel
Saint Motel painted the world famous Roxy Theatre black and white with a jam-packed, sold-out performance on Saturday. The show, presented by KROQ Locals Only and BeatCrave.com, was attended by Los Angeles' hippest crowd dancing the night away to their explosive, indie-pop sound.
Saint Motel ignited the night with crowd favorites "Butch," "Dear Dictator," and "Eat Your Heart Out" which meshed perfectly with new delectably decadent songs "At Least I Have Nothing" and "Feel My Wrath". Their performance was preceded by other local favorites Rumspringa, Red Arrow Messenger, and Army Navy who kept the crowd heated in anticipation for Saint Motel's fiery show.
Additionally, the Saint Motel's keen visual sensibility has yielded an array of stunningly original videos that accompany songs from their debut EP ForPlay, released via the band's record label, On The Records. All six music videos are included on the EP, available now.
Saint Motel – Dear DictatorNovember 12, 2009
Download "Dear Dictator" by Saint Motel
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KENT and STRATHERN, EDWARD AUGUSTUS, Duke of (1767–1820), prince, fourth son of George III, by Queen Charlotte, born on 2 Nov. 1767 at Buckingham House, had his early education in England under John Fisher, successively bishop of Exeter and Salisbury [q. v.], and completed it on the continent under Baron Wangenheim, with whom he spent two years (1785–7) at Luneburg and Hanover, and two years more at Geneva. On 30 May 1786 he was gazetted brevet-colonel. Wangenheim treated him with needless rigour, allowed him only a guinea and a half a week pocket-money out of the annuity of 6,000l. provided for his maintenance, and intercepted his letters home. The prince accordingly borrowed largely, and the debts thus contracted were a burden to him throughout life. In June 1790 he came home from Geneva without leave. The king was much displeased, gave him peremptory orders to embark for Gibraltar, and saw him for only five minutes on the night before he sailed (1 Feb.) At Gibraltar he was put in command of the 7th regiment of foot (royal fusiliers). A thorough martinet, he became so unpopular with his men that in May 1791 he was sent to Canada.
He was now in receipt of an income of 5,000l. a year, but out of this he had to pay the interest on his debts. In October 1793 he was advanced to the rank of major-general, and received at his own request orders to join Sir Charles (afterwards Lord) Grey's force in the West Indies. He arrived on 4 March 1794 at Martinique. In command of a brigade of grenadiers he took part in the reduction of that island, and also of St. Lucia, was honourably mentioned in despatches, and received the thanks of parliament. On the close of the operations he returned to Canada; on 16 Jan. 1796 was promoted lieutenant-general, and in October 1798, being invalided, returned to England.
In March 1799 parliament granted him an annual income of 12,000l., and on 23 April he was raised to the peerage as Duke of Kent and Strathern and Earl of Dublin. On 10 May he was gazetted general, and on 17 May commander-in-chief of the forces in British North America. He sailed in July, but was compelled by ill-health to return to England in the autumn of the following year. On 27 March 1802 he was appointed governor of Gibraltar, where he arrived on 10 May with express instructions from the Duke of York, then commander-in-chief, to restore the discipline of the garrison, which was seriously demoralised. He accordingly issued a general order, forbidding any but commissioned officers to enter the wine-shops, half of which—there were ninety on the Rock—he summarily closed at a personal sacrifice of 4,000l. a year in licensing fees. The incensed wine-sellers plied the soldiers with liquor gratis, and a mutiny, to which it was thought some of the officers were privy, broke out on Christmas eve 1802. The mutiny was promptly quelled, three of the ringleaders were shot, discipline was thoroughly restored, and in the following March the duke was recalled. On his return to England he demanded a formal investigation of his conduct, which was refused. He then asked to be permitted to return to Gibraltar; this also was refused. He still remained nominally governor, but without pay; the standing orders he had issued while in command were set aside by the lieutenant-governor, Sir Thomas Trigge, and the garrison relapsed into its former condition. On 7 Sept. 1805 the duke was gazetted field-marshal, and on 25 Nov. following keeper and paler of Hampton Court. For some years he resided at Castle Hill, near Ealing, taking little part in state affairs. He was, however, the confidant and adviser of the Prince of Wales in his matrimonial difficulties. In 1810 he opposed the Regency Bill as unconstitutional. In 1812 he spoke in favour of catholic emancipation, and became a patron of the British and Foreign School Society, the Anti-Slavery Society, the Society for Promoting Christianity among the Jews, and the Bible Society. In 1815 and 1816 he took the chair at the Literary Fund dinner. Finding his pecuniary embarrassments increase, and getting no relief from government, he made in 1815 an assignment of the bulk of his property in favour of his creditors, and retired to Brussels, where he lived in the simplest possible style. In 1818 he married, for reasons of state, Victoria Mary Louisa [see Kent, Victoria Maria Louisa, Duchess of], widow of Emich Charles, prince of Leiningen. The marriage was solemnised on 29 May at Coburg, and on 13 July following at Kew. Returning with his bride to the continent, he resided with her at her palace of Amorbach, Leiningen, until the spring of 1819, when he brought her to England for her confinement. After the birth of the child (Queen Victoria) on 24 May, at Kensington Palace, he took the duchess and the princess to Sidmouth, Devonshire, and applied to parliament for authority to dispose of his establishment at Ealing by lottery, a sale being unadvisable, for the benefit of his creditors. The petition was refused, and the duke had made up his mind to return to Amorbach, when he died suddenly of inflammation of the lungs at Sidmouth on 23 Jan. 1820. During his illness he was attended with the utmost devotion by the duchess, to whom he left his entire property. He was buried in St. George's Chapel, Windsor, on 11 Feb.
As a soldier the duke never had an opportunity of gaining high distinction, and his pedantic, almost superstitious, insistence upon minutiæ of military etiquette, discipline, dress, and equipments, made him unpopular in the army. He was, however, the first to abandon flogging and to establish a regimental school. He was extremely regular in his habits, a model of punctuality and despatch in the discharge of duty, and sincerely pious. He was a knight of the orders of the Garter, Bath, and St. Patrick, and a knight grand cross of the Bath and of the order of the Guelphs. There is a portrait of the duke, together with his elder brother the Duke of Clarence (afterwards William IV), at Hampton Court Palace, dated 1779. A bronze statue by Gahagon is in Park Crescent, Portland Place.
[The prncipal authority is the Life by Erskine Neale, 1850. There are also obituaries in the Gent. Mag. and European Mag. for 1820. References mau also be made to Nicolas's Hist. of British Knighthood; Smeeton's The Unique, vol. i. (with portrait); London Gazette for 1793, 1796, 1799, 1802, 1805; Annual Register, 1767, p. 170, and 1794 App. 68 et seq.; Commons' Journals, liv. 311; Gent. Mag. 1790 p. 80, 1818 pt. i. p. 562, pt. ii. p. 79, 1819 pt. i. p. 479; and the Duke of Buckingham's Memoirs of the Regency, ii. 390.]


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And I also officially woke up this week with ANOTHER sinus infection/cold. I know that pregnancy is suppose to up your mucus counts due to increased blood flow, but come on. This time, I have more of a cough than a sore throat. My face feels like it's on fire vs having a killer headache.
But I suspect I shall survive.
Last week was my 16 week appointment. I had lost 3lbs, which they weren't incredibly happy about, but everything seemed healthy otherwise. Baby's heartbeat was 153, and I definitely have popped some more!
I also got to meet the new doctor at the practice. He was ok… I still would prefer Smith to deliver my baby. Unfortunately, I found out that I have to deliver at EMMC because St. Joseph's, yah know the catholic hospital, doesn't have a maternity wing. Seriously?! Apparently, even if I were to have a complication and need to go straight to the hospital, I would not be able to go to St. Joe's. They would have me transfered to EMMC. My bff and former roomie, Brian, worked at EMMC for like four years and despised not only that hospital but mainly the maternity wing. I have surgeries there and haven't been all that impressed. But maybe, just maybe, the maternity wing will end up fine. No point in worrying about it… there's no where else to deliver.
Onto good news!!!!!! September 28th is the anatomy scan!!! SQUEE!! They said they might not see everything they want to see, and if this is the case, they will have me come back later, but they should at least be able to tell me if it's a boy or girl! So many people who aren't as far along as I am already know what the sex of the baby is and it's driving me insane!!!


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Feeding the Gods
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Feeding the Gods paints an extraordinary picture of food and ritual in Bengal. These complex rituals reveal not only an astonishingly rich culinary culture but also a social structure in which certain foods are forbidden. Combining social critique with the intimacy of memoir, Banerji writes of growing up from girlhood to womanhood in Bengal, a land where food and ritual are intimate experiences which shape day-to-day life.
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My heart nearly stopped when I first laid eyes on this beautiful scene of Katrien taking in the morning sunrise outside her home.. What a beautiful soul and pioneer of slow living, giving us precious glimpses of her idyllic family life in the Italian hills @growingwildthings
An honour to see Katrien enjoying her Nadinoo clothing, wearing our Cross back pinafore stitched in midnight navy linen and draped in our soft check top. Here is her post with thought provoking words in support of the slow fashion movement and a special discount on our Simple wear collection.
Today started with the most incredible morning mist as the heavy sea of clouds that gather in the valley at night made it's way up towards the october sun... And so I put on my favourite dress, and asked Francesco to snap some pictures of me. Just me. No props. No babies... And as usual I found that quite hard... I'm never really at ease in front of the camera. And so there's a bunch of pictures of me, trying my very best to look glamourous, but in the end it was this one that Francesco took when I thought we were already 'done' that I ended up liking best... • Anyway, I really wanted to come here today because I wanted to tell you about how October is SLOW FASHION month; a month to celebrate all the brave men and women that choose to go against the tidal wave of the fast fashion industry by designing and creating garments in conditions that are safe, sustainable and free of exploitation; men and women that try to make a living for themselves and their families by following their dreams... and that by doing so, often create job opportunities for other people as well... even if it isn't always easy to bring a slow product in an ever faster world... • And as a way to give voice to these amazing initiatives, I have teamed up with my sweet friend Nadia, who is the talented designer behind one of my favourite slow fashion brands @nadinooclothing. Nadia makes all her amazing designs to order to meet your dreams for the perfect dress/overall/shirt to match your wardrobe... so go and have a look at her gorgeous Instagram account! And if there's something there that truly makes your heart sing, you can use the code GROWINGWILDTHINGS to get a 15% discount! (valid until december 2017) • And how about you? What are your favourite slow fashion brands? Let's share the word! Let's share the love!""


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Bauty Tips for Rainy Days
Rain might be very useful for nature but cause real nightmares to our looks. If you want to get rid of these negative effects rain may cause on your make-up and hair – we have the solution. No more black tears, no more run make-up nor squashed and frizzy hair. Take note of these simple beauty tips for rainy days:
Forget about straight hair
If you are addicted to your hair straightener, you better take a break on these rainy days. That does not mean you cannot use it (actually, you might be able to tame this rebellious hair, better), but it will not last for long if you got wet. If your hair is slightly wavy you might want to highlight your curls with specific products for curly hair or nutritive texturizers as could be Potion 9 by Sebastian.
Control frizz
Talking about humidity control, nothing better than applying anti-frizz products: serum, argan oil,…
If your curls are rebellious, check out our anti frizz tips for curly hair and control your curls even with a more than relative humidity.
Updo: The best option
You might also create an updo: pigtail, bun, more or less tightened or polished, with hair lotion, foam, or hairspray,… as you prefer. It's all about controlling your hair to the max in humid conditions.
Fix your make-up
Make-up primers unify color tone, cover spots and blotches, make pores disappear, minimize appearance of expression lines, and prepare skin for make-up, fixing the make-up to last longer on your skin. Try Refining Make Up Primer by Shiseido. It will suit you well.
Choose a foundation cream or a compact foundation.
Creamy or compact texture last longer on your skin, and it is more difficult for rain to remove them. Opt for the same format when choosing blush and brush.
Finish with powder to mattify.
To compensate humidity and mattify posible glow you may apply powders. This way you will retain make-up longer.
Long Term Eye Shadow
It is not very advisable to abuse of eye shadow on rainy days. But if you decide to take the risk, choose an eye shadow stick or cream. They hold better and get altered less.
Waterproof Eyes
Use waterproof mascara for eyelashes (like mascara Singulier by YSL or Diorshow Black Out by Dior) or transparent mascara. You may also use fixing gel like Double Fix by Clarins to seal your mascara. You will avoid crying black tears on rainy days. We recommend the same for the use of eyeliner. All waterproof.
Long Lasting Colour
If you do not want to constantly touch up, opt for a long-lasting lipstick. Avoid gloss and use matte colours. These stay on for longer and will provide a dry look in the rain.
Remember: On rainy days, less often means more. Opt for light hair styles and make-up. You will avoid many hassles.
With these tips and all the products you find on Perfume's Club you might want to be singing in the rain without fear of appearing to have drowned in water, but beautiful as it should be – come rain, come thunder.
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Microsoft Skype for Office 365
Everyone knows Skype, even if they don't use it, and Microsoft's acquisition of the app and company back in 2011 for $8.5 billion (around £6.5 billion) looks like a very shrewd bit of business. It now sits at the center of communications for Office 365 (or Office 2019 if you're making a one-off purchase), covering video, audio and text chat.
Given that Skype was acquired rather than developed from scratch inside Microsoft, it's perhaps no surprise that it doesn't feel quite as well integrated into Office 365 as the likes of Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook. Nevertheless it still fits in very well.
Office 365 gives you access to Skype for Business, with some extra features we'll mention below. If you're a smaller company though, or a sole trader, you can of course just stick with the standard edition of Skype.
- You can sign up for Office 365 here
Skype for Office 365: interface
Skype has gone through various different interface changes down the years, but the one it has settled on for the moment gets most of the form and functionality right. In other words, it concentrates on the actual video and audio calling, and keeps everything else pushed to the background.
You get your chats, calls and contacts down one side of the screen, and your actual conversations down the other. If you make audio and video calls, they take a pleasingly simple form, and all the features you're going to need are easily accessible – whether you want to hang up on someone or send a file to them.
Skype is smart enough to crop the most important parts of a video feed to show the person talking and cut out the background decor, and it also does well at handling multiple faces on the screen at once. You can actually have up to 250 people on the same conference call with Skype for Office 365 or Office 2019.
We've found Skype to be reliable and intuitive to use, by and large, in our time with it, but if you do need to tweak settings or try and troubleshoot problems then the options you need aren't difficult to find. Testing video and audio before a call is easy, for example.
If there are faults with Skype, they're certainly nothing to do with the interface, which is clean and presentable throughout, no matter what platform you're using. A complete beginner could pick up the software in seconds, and you can't ask much more than that.
Skype for Office 365: features
Skype for Business in Office 365 (or Office 2019) has plenty of nifty features, including the ability to include up to 250 people on the same conference call, as we've already mentioned. All the basics of video and audio calling, as well as text chat and file sharing, are covered, and Skype integrates reasonably well with the rest of the Office suite.
Participants can be invited with a direct call or a URL, PowerPoints can be shared (and annotated) within calls, participants can share their screens with other people on a call, and so on – it's hard to think of a feature that you might need that isn't included.
By purchasing Office you get a bunch of extra features that aren't available to normal (consumer) users of Skype. They include round-the-clock technical support, guaranteed 99.99% uptime for your company, and built-in meeting recording tools. You can also run polls and Q&As inside Skype.
As we've said, Skype doesn't always integrate seamlessly into the rest of Office, but you will find a few useful touches here and there, like the ability to drop Skype links into appointments created in Outlook. Contacts management is done well too – you can always see who's available on Skype and who isn't.
For now Skype stands as a separate audio and video calling app you can access from anywhere, but take note that Microsoft Teams (pictured above) is the future of communication in Office 365 – and is only available on the more expensive Business Premium plan. It'll be interesting to see Microsoft's plans for Skype going forward.
Skype for Office 365: mobile and web
You can get on Skype on the web, although the interface isn't as modern and the feature set isn't as rich as with the full desktop app – that's really what you're going to be using most of the time, unless you suddenly find yourself sat in front of someone else's computer and need to make a Skype call.
Skype is also available as a plugin for the Outlook.com portal, so you can check your email and make video calls at the same time. This works a bit more like Hangouts does in Gmail accounts, keeping all your key communication options together in one place.
Then there are the Skype apps for Android and iOS, which of course may well be many people's main way of experiencing Skype. You won't find any major differences between them, and they both boast a user-friendly, clean interface, together with all the features you would expect to find from a video calling app.
These Skype for Business apps, included with an Office 365 subscription, give you more control over device and account security, and look significantly more professional than the standard Skype apps for Android and iOS you might be familiar with for personal use.
They share the same approachable interface, choice of calling (and texting) modes, and file sharing options. Smaller businesses of just a handful of people can simply stick to the original Skype apps, of course, but whichever choice you opt for, you should be able to keep up with calls and contacts from any device without any problems.
Skype for Office 365: pricing and verdict
Skype is available as part of an Office 365 Business subscription – which is £7.90 per user per month (plus VAT) with an annual plan, or £9.50 per user per month (plus VAT) with a monthly plan. In the US, those prices are $8.25 or $10. A free 30-day trial is available if you want to give it a test run first.
Skype can be used to make calls to landlines and mobile numbers as well, for a fee, and larger organizations can opt to base their whole calling system around Skype, if they find the features appealing enough.
There's lots to like about Skype as part of Office 365 or Office 2019, and it's significantly more useful to companies large and small than you might expect if you've only used the consumer version of the software. When used together with Microsoft Teams, both internal and external communications are well taken care of.
- We've also highlighted the best Microsoft Office alternatives


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Dr. Susmit Kumar, Ph.D.
Right now writers at financial websites like Forbes and Bloomberg are criticizing the Modi administration for the resignation of Mr. Panagariya, claiming that PM Modi is turning back on reforms. But the question is - what kind of reforms they are talking about? These economists/MBAs/Wall Street have destroyed the US economy and middle class in the US. I lived in Ohio (a state in US) for 15 years and it is part of Rust Belt in US which has suffered massive job losses due to shifting of manufacturing jobs to China - the median salary in the state was $56,400 in 2000 whereas in 2013, it was only $48,000, i.e. 15% drop - nearly all the states in Midwest (in US) have similar drop in median incomes (5 States Where the Middle Class Is Being Destroyed, Sam Becker, July 30, 2017, www.cheatsheet.com). Do we need a similar "reformed" economy in India?
Here are the effects of their "reforms" in US economy- The US lost millions of jobs related to:
(i) a decrease of nearly 35% (from 14.2% in 2000 to 9.3% in 2008) of world export markets in just eight years (thereafter it has hovered around 9%) as shown in Table 1, and
(ii) related to goods for its own consumption corresponding to a record increase in trade deficit since the mid-1990s, as shown in Chart 1.
As The New York Times reported (Recovery Has Created Far More Low-Wage Jobs Than Better-Paid Ones, Annie Lowrey, The New York Times, April 27, 2014), based on a study, the deep recession wiped out primarily high-wage and middle-wage jobs. Yet the strongest employment growth during the sluggish recovery in the US has been in low-wage work, at places like strip malls and fast-food restaurants (in India that would be in kirana stores and dhabas). Job losses and gains have been skewed. Higher-wage industries — like accounting and legal work — shed 3.6 million positions during the recession and have added only 2.6 million positions during the recovery. But lower-wage industries lost two million jobs, then added 3.8 million. There was a drastic reduction in mid-wage jobs also. As per the same study (Tracking the Low-wage Recovery: Industry Employment & Wages, National Employment Law Project, April 27, 2014),
· Lower-wage industries constituted 22 percent of recession losses, but 44 percent of recovery growth.
· Mid-wage industries constituted 37 percent of recession losses, but only 26 percent of recovery growth.
· Higher-wage industries constituted 41 percent of recession losses, and 30 percent of recovery growth.
(Source: Recovery Has Created Far More Low-Wage Jobs Than Better-Paid Ones, Annie Lowrey, The New York Times, April 27, 2014)
Chart 1. US Monthly Balance of Trade (1975-2017)
Table 1 (Data source: World Economic Outlook which is published twice a year by IMF)


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22 Oct Why Is the ICC Prosecutor Ignoring the Congolese Government?
As has been widely reported, a second Congolese warlord has been transferred to the ICC to stand trial:
Germain Katanga, who led the Forces for Patriotic Resistance (FRPI) in Ituri, was flown from the capital, Kinshasa.
Prosecutors say Mr Katanga – known as Simba – led the FRPI in Ituri in north-eastern DR Congo in 2003. He was arrested two years ago.
He is accused of murder, sexual enslavement and forcing children under 15 to fight as soldiers.
Judges said there were reasonable grounds to believe that Mr Katanga, 29, led the attack on the village of Bogoro in which 200 civilians were killed.
The prosecution alleges his fighters, which had the support of the Lendu ethnic group, committed atrocities against civilians of the Hema ethnic group in the Ituri region.
Although Katanga is certainly deserving of prosecution, his transfer is rather ironic, given that two recent UN reports on the situation in the DRC both indicate that the worst abuses in the country are being committed by the Congolese government, not by rebel groups:
Government soldiers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) remain responsible for the country's worst human rights abuses, carrying out arbitrary executions and raping, robbing or extorting civilians, according to the latest report by the United Nations peacekeeping mission.
The human rights assessment for July, released today, shows that Congolese police, soldiers and members of rebel groups fighting the Government have also perpetrated serious abuses, especially in the violence-wracked Kivu provinces in the far east of the vast country.
The UN mission, known as MONUC, reported that a widespread climate of impunity allows many of these abuses to go unpunished, even months after they were committed.
It cited a separate report by the UN Human Rights Office in the DRC indicating that Congolese soldiers and police officers used indiscriminate and excessive force – and in some instances carried out summary executions – in quelling protests in Bas-Congo province by an opposition movement in late January and early February. Six months after those events, the people responsible for the human rights violations have not been arrested.
Today's report details numerous instances of human rights abuses by the Congolese armed forces (FARDC), including at least 10 documented cases of arbitrary executions and one particularly gruesome case on 29 July in which a soldier in North Kivu province allegedly raped and then chopped to death a Hutu woman and her three-month-old baby.
It further outlines rights violations by the Congolese national police (PNC) and by armed rebel groups, including the murder and rape of villagers and the extortion and robbing of civilians.
The assessment also finds continued weaknesses and systemic failures in the administration of justice across the DRC and that prison inmates and family members who visit them in jail have been beaten by authorities.
Unfortunately, the Prosecutor has shown little interest in investigating or prosecuting anyone in the DRC other than the rebels — the result, no doubt, of the fact that the Congolese government self-referred the situation in the DRC to the ICC. In theory, that shouldn't matter: the Prosecutor is free to investigate anyone responsible for committing a crime in DRC territory, government or rebel. In practice, however, the Prosecutor is largely dependent upon the goodwill of the Congolese government to operate effectively in the country — a lesson he has learned the hard way in Darfur. Hence his emphasis on the rebels.
It's a dangerous game. The Prosecutor has claimed that his investigative decisions are based on four principles: independence, impartiality, objectivity, and non-discrimination. But that's not how they appear: to date, he has focused exclusively on rebels in the DRC and in Uganda, and early indications are that his investigation into the situation in the Central African Republic will be no more even-handed.
There is, of course, no easy solution to this problem. At a minimum, though, it counsels skepticism toward self-referrals, which have led to all but one of the Prosecutor's current investigations. (The exception being Darfur, of course, which resulted from a Security Council referral.) Self-referrals may make it easier for the Prosecutor to conduct investigations, but they also have significant costs, as Human Rights Watch has explained:
We believe it is important for the prosecutor to acknowledge that systematically selecting situations that have been voluntarily referred may ultimately carry significant negative implications regarding his perceived and actual independence. For example, there is a risk that the prosecutor may be perceived as a tool of the referring government. Further, waiting for states to refer situations can create delays that could have an impact on the integrity and availability of evidence of ICC crimes on the ground. In the worst case scenario, it could risk subjecting the prosecutor to manipulation by a state party wanting to use the prospect of voluntary referral as a stalling tactic to destroy any evidence of its own involvement in crimes that may be in the jurisdiction of the ICC.
I don't know whether the DRC is stalling for time. But it seems clear that the Prosecutor's single-minded focus on investigating the rebels runs the risk of making him seem like a tool of the Congolese government. That is a disturbing prospect, to say the least, with Thomas Lubanga Dyilo's trial — the ICC's first — set to focus the world's attention on the DRC to an unprecedented extent.


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If you've been an avid reader of my blog, you'd know that way before LMFAO ignited a nation into a shuffle frenzy and before lactic acid forced fatigue into my aging muscles, I was a huge fan of the Melbourne Shuffle as chronicled in my memoirs of the immense merits it had to hooking up strangers.
So when Powerhouse staged a shuffling competition, it was only befitting that I took to the stage, as a judge. There is nothing better in life than sitting on a platform and critiquing people for their valiant efforts in crowd pleasing and showboating.
Thing is, I've never really like how much shuffling has become over the years and I've a simple philosophy to that. It's not about how well you dance, but how good you look while doing it. Which is why I think over-elaborate hand-movements and body jerks might look good while you are doing a flash mob or having a seizure, it's never suited for the clubs.
I'll be honest. I enjoy laughing at people dance because I am a terrible human being and I was actually hoping this would decompose into a mimicry of a Singapore Idol audition, complete with failing lungs and two left feet. So I was disappointed to discover that this was the actual finals and it would take some level of competency to even be on stage.
But I was wrong. God was going to be kind to be an uplift my spirits.
Majority of the contestants had prowess that stretched beyond the novice side shuffles. Some possessed technically sound glides and kicks. And a couple had a well choreographed routine with coupling track to dance along. But two of them left me the biggest smile.
The first was a guy who came on stage and for a better half of his performance, I had my head tilted to the side wondering if he was trying to keep his balance because the floor was slippery or perhaps it was the stage buckling under the reverberating bass, because it looked like he was having a crotch infection more than he was shuffling.
I paused for a long time, frowning in anticipation for him to start his real routine. And when I finally realized that he was actually dancing, I did what normal people would do.
I know it is unethical for a judge to be laughing in the face of effort and courage to take the stage, but I am a flawed human being and I have no qualms about laughing at people. The other guys around started nudging me.
"You are a fucker man."
I don't think so. It's like sitting through an entire porn flick without being allowed to have an erection or jeer at the Paralympics. I am terribly flawed.
When he ended his set, I was hoping for the others to emulate him, because had this been a Stand Up Comedy contest, he would have had it in the bag within the first minute. But no, more competent shufflers came up which pretty much the same moves and I thought that the best part of my night had ended with him.
No. God was favourable to me that night.
One of the contestants had pulled out and in his place, the emcee had gotten a girl from the audience. Or maybe she volunteered herself because without coaxing, she charged up the stage with enough enthusiasm to Richard Simmons to shame.
This was a girl, in a tight fitting short dress, in one of those slippers with a stubbed heel and she looked like she was the poster girl for anorexia. She started out with a lot of jumping which seemed like she was having a charismatic praise and worship session, but as she continued, I didn't know what was more worrying; her bones breaking or her panties that were exposed more frequently than the beat of the music.
I figured that was the only reason the loudest cheers in the club were from the people just in front of the stage. I gave her high marks for technicality only because of her attire and pretty decent scores for presentation because maybe she was actually up there to promote her underpants.
When that all ended, I rewarded my hard work with a bottle of vodka and a lot of Red Bull. Being a judge is exhausting.


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I don't know whether I would actually make it myself. But I really would like to, just to say I can.
I love the idea of making one's own yoghurt – plus it would be a good skill to have.
As vinegar can be used in both cooking and cleaning I reckon it is a fairly essential skill to have.
To go with all those pasta dishes. This is definitely a skill I want to have, I was a little put off by the pasta-making experiences I had in primary school. It always seemed so impossible. But many things that seemed impossible to me as a child I find are easy as an adult. So I guess I'll give it a go.
Oh man, making your own butter is awesome. But you have to get the cream from somewhere… oh well, we will work on that later.


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I already knew something was up. My intuition has never been wrong and he had been acting the part. My last husband cheated and left, I was with him for 16 years. This one I was with for 8 years. However, the last six months I began to stop having any feelings for him. He brought nothing but negativity into my life. He was the cause of all the drama and chaos here! When I told him I knew in a message, he came home from work with a cop to get some things. I knew he was going to do that, intuition! So, I had already packed up some of his stuff and it was waiting on the porch for him. I am one step ahead of his sorry butt! I don't even want his last name, though it don't want to deal with having to change all my things either. I will request my maiden name in the divorce. I will also get alimony…
It is amazing how much better everyone in this house feels. Now we know that all of the negativity was him. He tried so hard to make everyone fight. He is a horrible person. He lies so much you can't believe anything he says. It feels amazing not having him here. I love having my bed and bathroom to myself and my son is finally happy, he is the man of the house. I should of left a long time ago, just from the lying and the fact he steals things. I have never done that and I am completely against it. I am strong now!
I had two major surgeries and almost died and he was shitty as hell. I always told him actions speak louder than words. It's so much easier this time, because it didn't love him like my last and I stopped having feelings for him with all he had done to me. I am a much stronger person now too, than I was before. It is amazing how going through major surgeries and almost dying will change you. I focus on the positive and always rely on my intuition.
I have chronic pain and I have to deal with that every day, but mentally I am in a better place now. I gave him everything and he will now begin to loose everything. I never want him even near me again. Too much negativity. We all actually figured out he was the cause of it all while he took a vacation by himself and was gone a week this month. We all felt pretty good until he came back.
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A revitalisation of cooperation on Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) within NORDEFCO
The National Armaments Directors have tasked the NORDEFCO Procurement Network (NPN) to include PPP in its work, with the aim to exchange information and best practices and to enhance Nordic cooperation in this area.
Public- Private Partnerships relates to different forms of collaboration between public and private sector. PPP is a tool. And in this regard PPP should be considered when possible. By maximizing the benefits of PPP, more activities within the core business of the Armed Forces will be possible to achieve.
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- SawStop Overam Dust Collection Assembly
- Brand: SawStop | Category: Dust Collection
Someone asked me a follow-up question on my review of my SawStop 3HP PCS, and I thought it would be worth it to answer it in a standalone review for others to see.
I'd noted in my review that I had to buy a different connection for the overarm dust collection assembly, which is one of the optional accessories with the SawStop table saws. In general, I really like the extra dust collection capabilities of this accessory – for most cuts, there's just no dust left over on the table. But I had to make an adjustment to get there which was sort of annoying, so let me explain.
If you look at the first picture, you'll see near the bottom-left their 2 1/2in to 4in connection fitting. It's meant to go over the 4in O.D. output port in the bottom back of the saw, and you bring the 2 1/2in overarm tube into it to connect them into your 4in flexible tube to your main DC system. The problem is, their factory fitting brings in the 2 1/2in tube at a 90 degree angle, which makes absolutely no sense at all. You don't have to be a HVAC expert to know that 90 degree angles in air flow are suboptimal. So I bought a Y fitting like this one to bring the 2 1/2in tube in at a 45 degree angle. Of course, that fitting is a 4in O.D. (outside diameter) which bumps right up against the 4in O.D. of the cabinet, so I had to buy a rubber connector and clamp them together, see third picture. It works well, but I don't like the fact that the whole apparatus sits pretty far away from the saw, making it hard to roll my workbench/outfeed table right up to it (the dust tube gets in the way). And I generally don't like having to buy all sorts of "fixes" for something that's just supposed to work really well. It's why the overall system only gets three stars from me – this would have been an easy fix for SawStop, just include a Y-fitting with the saw. For a company that crushes the competition in terms of packaging and ease of installation and generally making the process really easy, this seemed like a needless oversight.
One last note on the overam dust collection assembly – the final way to optimize the capability of it is to make sure your overarm is pushed back as far away from the blade as possible so you minimize the amount of angle changes right off the blade. The second picture shows the system in exactly the opposite configuration (angled back up over the saw, away from my workbench), so I'm saying when I get ready to make a cut, I make sure to push the arm out over the workbench as far as it will go.
Hope this helps!
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#1 posted 03-16-2014 03:35 PM
One more note – I forgot that I also used a second rubber connector to clamp together the 2 1/4 overarm tube into the Y-connector. If memory serves, the piece which comes with the overarm tube wasn't 2 1/2, it was more like 2 1/4, so I used another rubber connector with clamps to make sure it was on there solidly – you can see it in the third picture.
#2 posted 03-17-2014 12:09 AM
I have had my SawStop for about 2 years now and I have never noticed the problem you mention. I do push the upper arm away to get a better angle for the above saw dust extraction, but I have never noticed a problem with the angle on the lower level. I'm using a one horse Grizzly dust collector dedicated to the table saw. Perhaps your dust extraction system is too small for a table saw.
#3 posted 03-17-2014 11:38 PM
I have a 1 1/2 horse Jet dust collector that is on a mobile base. Is the 1 hp Grizzly adequate for your SawStop Table Saw?
#4 posted 03-18-2014 12:25 PM
I agree that it appears to be a sub-optimal configuration for the dust port; but I also have had my Sawstop for about three years hooked up to a Jet dust collector and have not had any problems at all with it sucking out the dust. I hear and feel a pretty good air flow through that hose at the blade. I had to wrap a couple layers of masking tape on the part coming out of the saw at the bottom to make it slightly bigger to get a tight fit, but that's no big deal.
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#5 posted 03-18-2014 05:37 PM
i have one of these too. Have not modified the 90 degree to a y yet but have been thinking that would help. i'm also looking at new DCs. right now i have a jet 650 (1HP) with a dust dog canister. about 8' of 4" hose on it. the filter is not clogged but i think the suction power to the overarm is anemic. i dont have room for a big cyclone and need to stay with 110 power so am thinking about the Powermatic 1300 cone or the oneida mini-gorilla. any thoughts on those options?
#6 posted 03-18-2014 05:50 PM
Thanks for all the comments…
Dustman and MakerofSawdust – you're right, it's really not a major problem, but I still thought it was worth fixing. I noticed a great deal more suction on the overarm guard after I made the change to the Y-connector (i.e. zero left on the table). Not a big deal and it was working well enough without it, but I thought it was worth it as I plan to have this solution in place for a very long time. My DC is a 1.5 HP Delta 50-760 with a homemade Thien-style separator and it works great.
Buckeye85 – I don't know much about the DCs you mentioned, but I can tell you I love my Delta 50-760. I really like that it's a 1 micron bag, that was important to me with little ones playing in the garage/workshop. Suction is great, it's not too loud, etc. I'll do a review of the Delta and my Thien-style separator sometime soon, but in general I'm very happy with it. It's possible that the addition of the separator may be as important as the choice of the DC itself, but I'll leave that to the dust experts to comment on. That said, if you can afford a Powermatic, I don't think you can go wrong – I don't think I've ever heard someone complain about them, mostly passionate advocates actually. I just bought an air filtration unit of theirs in the March sale, still need to get it mounted up to the ceiling (so I need to figure out how to find those pesky joists first).
#7 posted 03-19-2014 02:31 AM
Thanks for these tips. Gonna have to try these out on mine to see what kind of difference it makes.
#8 posted 03-20-2014 01:29 AM
Kenyon94 – as for those pesky joists…try this…it works great…and cheap!
This is what I used when I hung my shop made ambient air cleaner.
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#9 posted 04-06-2014 02:00 PM
I've had my SS for several years and agree with your review. I don't fault SS for much, but the design of the T fitting is a miss in my mind. I'll also add that when you add the HTC outfeed table the rollers hit the DC hose. I had to remove one of the rollers of the outfeed table which was no big deal.
I would have preferred the 4" DC connection to attach underneath the saws extension table to the side of the cabinet.
-- Sorry the reply is so long. I didn't have time to write a short reply.
#10 posted 08-15-2014 01:20 PM
The upper dust collection is often misunderstood on the Sawstop. The dust is not sucked through the hose like a shop vac. The blade guard is designed to create an air stream that pushes the dust into the hose. This means it can be carried away with minimal airflow coming from the collector. So the wye is not an issue.
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