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Thesurfmotherfuckers: surf rock. Also jokes, punk rock, bits of electronic programming and samplings here and there. An idea that took shape in Belo Horizonte (Brazil) at the end of 1996 inspired by the reappearance of surf music in the music scene as a result of the enourmous success achieved by Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction and its soundtrack. Since its first concert in 1997, the band has been constantly contributing to the surf music scene in the city. It has played innumerous concerts including all the Primeiro Campeonato Mineiro de Surfe, (probably the most important Surf Music Festival in Brazil) and Copa Belo Horizonte de Psycho Surf (besides a number of other events that took place in A Obra, the city´s most receptive bar for indie bands). They also opened for Man or Astroman? (the band´s biggest influence) in Belo Horizonte. Other bands that influence them are: Reverend Horton Heat, Dead Kennedys, Henry Mancini, The Cramps, B52´s, Ramones, The Cure, Delta 72, plus classic and modern surf music (The Lively Ones and Los Straitjackets are examples).thesurfmotherfuckers has released one EP in 2003 and features in a Supertones tribute album produced by Golly Gee Records.
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
Vivo o SurfMotherFuckers!
Thesurfmotherfuckers: surf rock. Also jokes, punk rock, bits of electronic programming and samplings here and there. An idea that took shape in Belo Horizonte (Brazil) at the end of 1996 inspired by the reappearance of surf music in the music scene as a result of the enourmous success achieved by Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction and its soundtrack. Since its first concert in 1997, the band has been constantly contributing to the surf music scene in the city. It has played innumerous concerts including all the Primeiro Campeonato Mineiro de Surfe, (probably the most important Surf Music Festival in Brazil) and Copa Belo Horizonte de Psycho Surf (besides a number of other events that took place in A Obra, the city´s most receptive bar for indie bands). They also opened for Man or Astroman? (the band´s biggest influence) in Belo Horizonte. Other bands that influence them are: Reverend Horton Heat, Dead Kennedys, Henry Mancini, The Cramps, B52´s, Ramones, The Cure, Delta 72, plus classic and modern surf music (The Lively Ones and Los Straitjackets are examples).thesurfmotherfuckers has released one EP in 2003 and features in a Supertones tribute album produced by Golly Gee Records.
Posted by Trustar at 4/25/2007 3 comments Links to this post
Labels: Surf
Terry-san ranks close behind Western contemporaries Link Wray and Davie Allan when it comes to bad-ass guitar riffing. And though finding articles on him in your favorite magazine or finding his records in your local music shop proves a chore, The Bunnys and Blue Jeans have been included on a number of popular compilations, most notably, Pebbles from Around the World, the excellent Planet X GS collection Monster A Go-Go, Guitar Mood, the Hot Nips series, and the Corumbia Sixties Japanese Garage-Psych Sampler
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Labels: Surf
I Feel The Vibrations
by Greg Prato
Hailing from East Sussex, England, the rock duo Vibrasonic consists of members Victor K. Fitch (vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards, percussion) and Simon Paul Jones (guitar, sitar, bass, drums). Their sound incorporates elements of '60s-era pop, psychedelia, garage, and surf into one tasty musical cocktail. The duo first issued several singles in the early '90s ("Don't Leave Me Tired," "Kingsley J," and "If I Were a Rich Man"), before unleashing their self-titled full-length debut in 1995. Shortly afterward, another single was released, "Into Sunshine," as well as a second album, Instrumental Vibrations.
Posted by Trustar at 4/25/2007 2 comments Links to this post
Labels: Rock
Monday, April 23, 2007
Do You Fu Manchu?
by Craig Curtice
Anytime a band tinkers with its core sound, inevitably fans will be won and lost. California Crossing has a strong up side; Fu Manchu's distinctive fuzzy guitar sound has been refined into polished nuggets served fresh from the land of palm trees and endless summers. Its still hard rock, but this is a smoother machine that eases off the gas to feature breezing So-Cal hooks on "Thinkin' Out Loud," "Wiz Kid," "Mongoose," "Squash That Fly," and "Hang On." Wisely conjuring '70s pop sensibilities more closely resembling Cheap Trick than oft-compared Sabbath might realistically break Fu Manchu into radio markets and attract larger audiences without mosh-pits. However, there is a down side that may lose the interest of diehards still hell-bent on 1996's sludgy classic In Search Of or expecting King of the Road II. Scott Hill's reluctant vocals are usually nestled in amplified feedback and heavy drumming, but on this outing they are lifted to the surface exposing moments of range limitations with occasionally vague lyrics. Also, Brant Bjork's drums sound muted in the overall mix; only on "Ampn" and the juicy ending instrumental "The Wastoid" does he really gallop. Amicably leaving the Chu after this recording to pursue solo endeavors, Bjork was replaced by Scott Reeder (of Orange County's Smile) who's technical drumming suits CC's sound better. Lastly, Mammoth's delays and promotional copy proliferation several months prior to the official release hardly fueled precious momentum. Despite waves of bad timing for this album, these songs nevertheless strengthen Fu Manchu's status as a premier live band while showing future promise as musicians.
1 Separate Kingdom
2 Hang On
3 Mongoose
4 Thinkin' Out Loud
5 California Crossing
6 Wiz Kid
7 Squash That Fly
8 Ampn'
9 Bultaco
10 Downtown in Dogtown
11 The Wasteoid
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Labels: Rock
Sunday, April 22, 2007
Bottom Feeders
by Cub Koda
While it would be easy enough to stuff the Halibuts into the retro surf-band file, a quick listen to this shows them to be a top-notch instrumental combo with a propensity for handling a diverse number of styles. While the reverb stun-gun attack of the guitars veers them into retro territory, their takes on Gershwin's "Summertime" and "Istanbul" make them a band with a little more to offer when you've overdosed on every cover version of "Misirlou" there is.
1 Hammerhead
2 Caldera
3 Stinky
4 Life on the Bottom
5 Ta-Hu-Wa-Hu-Wa-I
6 Noodles
7 Hombre de Palabra
8 Madcap
9 Hula Scuba
10 Suicide Bay
11 Night Crawler
12 Duck Dive
13 Fire One!
14 Istanbul
15 Summertime
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Labels: Surf
by Mark Deming
As role models for young musicians go, Tom Waits is a pretty good man to follow, but John Wesley Myers' clear admiration of the guy gets to be a bit much on Every Damn Time, the debut album from his band, the Black Diamond Heavies. Here Myers sounds like he spent the better part of a year locked up in a closet with a copy of Small Change, mastering every nuance of Waits' raspy croak, and though Myers conjures up no small amount of soul along the way, the similarity in their vocal styles (which doesn't sound spontaneous or coincidental) gets to be a bit much over the course of 40 minutes. Which is a shame, because otherwise this is a pretty impressive introduction — with just Myers on keyboards and vocals and Van Campbell behind the drums, the Black Diamond Heavies generate a mighty wall of sound and the duo cuts a hard, bluesy groove on songs like "Fever in My Blood" and "Leave It in the Road." Myers' electric piano work is especially impressive on "Poor Brown Sugar" and "Signs," and the anti-cocaine salvo "White Bitch" is a more effective anti-drug message than the "Just Say No" crowd has ever offered. Someone get John Wesley Myers a vocal coach and some less obvious influences and the Black Diamond Heavies ought to deliver a killer second album; even with its flaws, Every Damn Time is an impressive set of messed-up 21st century blues.
1 Fever in My Blood
2 All to Hell
3 Leave It in the Road
4 Let Me Coco
5 Poor Brown Sugar
6 Stitched in Sin
7 White Bitch
8 Signs
9 Might Be Right
10 Guess You Gone and Fucked it All Up
Posted by Trustar at 4/22/2007 0 comments Links to this post
Labels: Rock
Old Mutantes
by John Bush
The band's debut album, Os Mutantes, is far and away their best — a wildly inventive trip that assimilates orchestral-pop, whimsical psychedelia, musique concrète, found-sound environments — and that's just the first song! Elsewhere there are nods to Carnaval, albeit with distinct hippie sensibilities, incorporating fuzz-tone guitars and go-go basslines. Two tracks, "O Relogio" and "Le Premier Bonheur du Jour," work through pastoral French pop, sounding closer to the Swingle Singers than Gilberto Gil. Though not all of the experimentation succeeds — the languid Brazilian blues of "Baby" is rather cumbersome — and pop/rock listeners may have a hard time finding the hooks, Os Mutantes' first album is an astonishing listen. It's far more experimental than any of the albums produced by the era's first-rate psychedelic bands of Britain or America.
1 Panis et Circenses
2 A Minha Menina
3 O Relógio
4 Adeus Maria Fulo
5 Baby
6 Senhor F
7 Bat Macumba
8 Premier Bonheur du Jour
9 Trem Fantasma
10 Tempo No Tempo
11 Ave Genghis Khan
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Labels: Rock
Saturday, April 21, 2007
Hang 6
From the Duke's legendary wave at Waikiki and "Da Bull" taking the first drop ever at Pipeline second reef to Kelly Slater's innovative free-style, surfing is always evolving. Listening to CUTBACK's instrumental surf music is like watching state-of-the-art long boarding in Tahiti, thundering tubes at Pipeline and a corduroy swell at dawn. Cutback is a surf band that actually surfs. They play instrumental surf music, eclectic and original, that reflects the influences of surfing, historically and globally. Hang 6 is an all-original CD that grew out of the band's surfing experience around Florida, Costa Rica and Hawaii.
shark pit
secret spot
spanish house
witches rock
conan the surferian
Posted by Trustar at 4/21/2007 1 comments Links to this post
Labels: Surf
Let Me Hear Your Balalaikas Ringing Out, Come And Keep Your Comrade Warm
— Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide
1. Surfing In Siberia
2. Here I Am in Hollywood
3. Siberia
4. Don't Stop the Dance
5. Hungarian Dance # 5
6. Give Me One More Chance
7. Love Pipe
8. Jerry's Got the Squeeze Pipe
9. I Wanna Rock n' Roll All Night
10. My Darling Lorraine
11. Three Alley Cats
12. Roll n' Roll Music
13. Ukranian Dance #13
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Labels: Surf
Friday, April 20, 2007
This is a Public Service Announcement by Trustar Vibrations
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Sunday, April 15, 2007
Los Banditos
About Los Banditos
In 1996 the band was founded as a trio in Jena/Germany. The Banditos first specialized in Surf, but soon enough line up and musical competence were steadily broadened, so that 10 years later were facing a 5-headed gang that is still celebrating its music on a solid Surf base and is unmistakeably inspired by the East German Big Beat bands of the early Sixties (yes, this term did exist already 40 years ago), but is integrating the sexy groove of the Sixties/ Seventies Soul and cuban percussions into its music as well as performing classical RnB vocal pieces this is an own version of Post Easy Listening Pop.
1. Nautilus
2. Ekstase
3. Derrick
4. Félbeszakadt Koncert
5. Abschied in Bistrija
6. Hotspot
7. Zauberflöte
8. Magic Touch
9. Heisse Reifen
10. Tanzfest in Rudolfstadt
11. Die Männer aus dem Spektrum
12. Männerfreundschaft
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Labels: Surf
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
Stick Em Up! Your Money or Your Wife
by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
One of the kitschier installments in the Ultra Lounge series, Vol. 7, Crime Scene features a cross-section of easy-listening and movie music culled primarily from Capitol Records' vaults. All of the songs are allegedly "about" or inspired by detective and crime novels and films, so you have movie and television themes (Nelson Riddle's "The Untouchables," "Peter Gunn Suite" as performed by Ray Anthony), as well as songs whose titles imply a crime connection of some sort. It's an enjoyable collection, but it's too incoherent and campy to really be consistently entertaining.
1 Dragnet/Room 43 Ray Anthony
2 I Spy Earle Hagen
3 Thinking of Baby Elmer Bernstein
4 From Russia With Love Count Basie
5 Big Town Almeida & Laurindo
6 Man With the Golden Arm Billy May
7 The Untouchables Nelson Riddle
8 The James Bond Theme Leroy Hadidi
9 Mission: Impossible Billy May
10 Harlem Nocturne Spike Jones New Band
11 Walk on the Wild Side Si Zentner
12 Mr. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang Elliott Fisher
13 The Wild Ones Lou Busch
14 Staccato's Theme Elmer Bernstein
15 Search for Vulcan Leroy Hadidi
16 Peter Gunn Suite: Walkin' to Mother's/Fall Out/Dreamsville/Peter Gunn Ray Anthony
17 The Silences Vikki Carr
18 Music to Be Murdered By Jeff Alexander
Posted by Trustar at 4/11/2007 4 comments Links to this post
Labels: Lounge
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
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Monday, April 09, 2007
Dim The Lights - Music To Score By
by Richie Unterberger
The sixth volume of Capitol's Ultra Lounge series, this focuses on the most sedate face of space age bachelor pad music: the sounds designed for dimming the lights, unwinding with martinis, and (stated implicitly; this was the '50s, remember) seduction. It might not have worked for those purposes then, and it certainly won't now, since prospective partners will be giggling too much at the cheesiness of it all to get it on. As far as sheer listening value, this, even more than other reissues of this sort, needs to be taken lightly or not at all. Julie London, Les Baxter, April Stevens, and a host of nonentities from the Capitol vaults may produce relaxing sounds, but not very involving ones. Those creepy organ lines that form the undercurrent of some of the selections provide the most fascination. At its worst, though, it's barely any better than the music you'll hear after you're put on hold by the airlines or the phone company.
1 Girl Talk Howard Roberts
2 Serenata Jonah Jones Quartet
3 Sleepwalk Henri Rene & His Orchestra
4 Smoke Gets in Your Eyes Mallet Men
5 Go Slow Julie London
6 Ebb Tide Al Anthony Wizard of the Organ
7 If I Should Lose You George Shearing
8 Willow Weep for Me Muzzy Marcellino
9 Dansero Don Baker
10 Lunar Rhapsody Les Baxter
11 You're My Thrill Dolores Gray
12 Fever Richard Marino & His Orchestra2:43
13 Blues in My Heart John Buzon Trio
14 Tenderly Jackie Gleason
15 Theme from Picnic Terry Snyder
16 Turquoise Milt Buckner, Earle Warren
17 Do It Again April Stevens
18 Ruby Les Baxter & His Orchestra
Posted by Trustar at 4/09/2007 3 comments Links to this post
Labels: Lounge
Thursday, April 05, 2007
Baby, Who Does Your Hair?
The Gore-Gons
Just Starting To Get Ugly
"The Gore-gons are literally painting the town red with their freak friendly-a-go-go, appealing to fans of Horror Rock bad guys Deadbolt, Satan's Pilgrims, and The Bomboras. "Just Starting to Get Ugly" is pick-up tunes for razor smile boys and girls who stay up late and get home before sunrise, hotrods optional.".......Kim Riot.. sickamongthepure.com"Vintage horror fans are sure to get a kick out of "Just Starting To Get Ugly", THE GORE-GONS' first full-length recording. Filled with 14 surf-punk melodies, the disc is a hoot, with tunes like "Swamp Thing" evoking theHalloween hit "Monster Mash," and "Ghoul Bash" recalling the rousing ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW anthem "Time Warp." Though in some respects a novelty act, this Southern California quartet is nevertheless skilled, providingrollicking riffs and droll lyrics that ensure their efforts remain unfailingly frightening and fun" ........Jeff Berkwits....THE ILLINOIS ENTERTAINER
The Creeper
Severed Apart
Ghost Town Gunfight
Dirt Nap
Give Daddy the Gun
Whats the Matter with Helen?
The Prowler
Swamp Thing
Ghoul Bash
Train to Nowhere
Shake Me ,Baby
Posted by Trustar at 4/05/2007 3 comments Links to this post
Labels: Surf
Sunday, April 01, 2007
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Labels: Surf
Inspired by literature, films and science fiction comic books, the instrumental surf-music trio formed by Moroto Slim (guitar), CH (bass) and Rex (drums), have great influence of psychobilly, rockabilly, polka, traditional mexican music, bolero and valse all put together to sound like a powerfull soundtrack. Retrofoguetes started in 2002 at Salvador, Brazil. Since then they have peformed at the greatest festivals around the country what has contribute to affirm them as a very well known indie band. After recording their demo Protótipo de Demonstração nº 1 produced by andré t. and Nancyta, Retrofoguetes have been part of many rock collections like Surf Rock (Deck Music), Reverb Brasil (indie), Monstro Hits and a tribute to Ultraje a Rigor (both Monstro Discos). Their first albun, Ativar Retrofoguetes! (2003, Monstro Discos), also produced by andre t. and Nancyta, has 18 original tracks and a version of Johnny Soko and his Giant Robot Theme. Ativar Retrofoguetes! was nominated as best intrumental albun at the Claro Music Awards 2004. firstname.lastname@example.com
1 Surf-O-Matic
2 As Concubinas Mecânicas Do Doutor Karzov
3 Ativar Retrofoguetes!
4 Roswell
5 Asteróide Fantasma
6 Night of Excess
7 O Início Do Espetãculo
8 As Criaturas Enjauladas
9 O Espetáculo Continua No Circo Espacial de Moscou
10 O Carrossel Do Inferno
11 A Fantástica Fuga de Magnólia Pussycat
12 Lança-Chamas
13 O Fabuloso Doutor Pheto
14 Monga, Meu Amor
15 O Avanço da Robótica
16 Andrômeda Não Responde
17 Warp
18 Leve-Me Ao Seu Lider
19 Tema Do Robô Gigante
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Christoph Schindler of Zurich's Schindler Salmeró made this Fitz Roy climbing wall out a single sheet of plywood, CNCed with a mountain design.
"The Fitz Roy Climbing Wall is a DIY item that makes Patagonia's famous peak accessible for kids." says Schindler. "We used a 2500 x 1250 x 15 mm plywood-board and painted it. The hole pattern for the image and the holes for the climbing holds were drilled with an old CNC 3-axis-router. Although the pattern looks complex, there was no scripting involved and everything was prepared with standard software tools."
I love how the CNCed holes also accommodate differing configurations of climbing hardware. [via core77]

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Contemplative Prayer
An ecumenical group gathers in the chapel area for Contemplative Prayer and Worship on Wednesday mornings at 10:30 am. Inspiring readings are shared from sacred and secular texts. Periods of silent meditation separate the 4-5 readings. Participants are invited to reflect on the readings before …
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The gun-toting Pennsylvania police chief who posted incendiary videos in which he ranted about the Second Amendment and liberals while spraying machine-gun fire with borough-owned weapons could could soon find out whether he'll lose his job.
Gilberton Chief Mark Kessler, whose pro-gun videos have garnered hundreds of thousands of views online, was suspended in late July for what the Gilberton council has said was unauthorized use of weapons. The suspension was extended after his original disciplinary hearing was postponed last month.
Kessler will appear at the disciplinary hearing Thursday morning. The Borough Council meets Thursday night and could decide Kessler's fate. The former police chief has said he expects to be fired.
- WATCH: A group of students at one Catholic high school are asking fellow students to join the anti-bullying club.
Kessler acknowledges the videos are inflammatory, but says they are designed to draw attention to what he views as an erosion of Second Amendment and other constitutional rights. But this week he promised to stop cursing.
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Kessler has also said he has no intention of going away quietly.
"The support has been overwhelming, both national and international," he said last month. "I find it truly amazing how many people finally said, 'You know what? This guy's right.'"
If Kessler's worried about losing job, he's not showing it.
"If that's the price I got to pay for standing up for what I believe in, apparently for what a lot of Americans believe in, I'm willing to pay that price," he told The Associated Press at a gun range near Gilberton in northeast Pennsylvania.


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Malawi Launches its Climate Change Learning Strategy: Already 4 Million Primary School Girls and Boys Reached and 400 Workers Trained
The Right Honourable Ms Halima Daud MP, the Malawi Minister for Environment and Climate Change Management, launched Malawi's Climate Change Learning Strategy today, in front of a full house at the Sunbird Lilongwe Hotel. The strategy implementation has already started. For example, a poster in English and vernacular language was produced and field tested, then printed in 15,000 copies as teaching aids for primary schools. The poster was distributed in the more than 5000 Malawian primary schools. Additionally, specific training on climate change was provided to more than 200 frontline forestry extension workers and 200 health surveillance staff.
"Socio-economic wellbeing is being affected by climate change" stated Ms Daud to an audience consisting of representatives from 12 government ministries, city councils, academic institutions, national and international NGOs, donors and UN agencies. She thanked all those involved in developing the strategy, particularly the Government of Switzerland for its financial support that is helping front line staff in education, health and forestry to better understand and communicate key messages on climate change. She challenged other donor partners to emulate the Swiss example and specifically to work with all government sectors in reviewing and strengthening their training plans. Minister Daud also highlighted the strong commitment to climate change expressed by H.E. Mrs Joyce Banda, the President of the Republic of Malawi.
Further opening comments were provided by Mr Aloysius Kamperewera, Director of the Environment Affairs Department, Mr Jan Rijpma on behalf of UN Resident Coordinator Ms Mia Seppo, and Mr Angus Mackay on behalf of the UN Climate Change Learn Partnership (UN CC:Learn). Mr Kamperewera stated that children should be helped to think for themselves about climate change since they represent the future and should not be placed in a position where they are 'caught unawares'. He also reflected on the fact that climate change is now recognized as a key element in the country's growth strategy.
Mr Rijpma underlined the links between climate change, the Millennium Development Goal on food security, and disaster risk management. He also explained how the Learning Strategy has been fully integrated into the government's National Climate Change Programme, supported by UNDP.
Mr Mackay congratulated the Ministry of Economy and Development as well as the Ministry for Environment and Climate Change Management, not only for preparing the strategy but also for beginning to operationalize in a number of priority areas. "Climate change learning is an insurance policy for the future" he stated, reflecting also that Malawi is one of the first countries globally to apply a systematic approach to climate change learning. The launch ceremony was concluded with a ceremonial ribbon cutting and the distribution of hard copies of the strategy to all participants.
To access Malawi's Climate Change Learning Strategy, click here.
About UN CC:Learn
UN CC:Learn is a partnership of 33 multilateral organizations which supports Member States in designing and implementing results-oriented and sustainable learning to address climate change. The Secretariat for UN CC:Learn is provided by UNITAR. An important aspect of UN CC:Learn is to support countries develop a National Strategy to Strengthen Human Resources and Skills to Advance Green, Low Emission and Climate Resilient Development through a multi-sectoral and multi-stakeholder process. During the course of 2012-2013, Benin, the Dominican Republic, Indonesia, Malawi, and Uganda are participating as UN CC:Learn pilot countries. Core funding for the 2011-2013 implementation phase of UN CC:Learn is provided by the Swiss Government.


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The Parent Information Center (PIC), a Bangladesh countrywide family wing of the organization of Aspiration for Autism, strives to achieve positive outcomes for children and youth, with a focus on those with disabilities and special healthcare needs. This is achieved through its partnerships with families, educators, youth, professionals and organizations.
PIC is committed to the belief that:
- Families make the difference.
- When families, professionals and other partners are well-informed and have a shared commitment to work together, everyone benefits.
- As youth move toward adulthood, they have increasing ownership of their future.
- Every child can succeed and contribute as valued members of society.
The Parent Information Center (PIC) and its various grant programs address a variety of key issues in order to help parents support their children's success in school and in life.
Our programs include:
PIC serves families of children from birth to 20, youth, communities, schools and others, through various grant-funded programs.
- Special Education Process
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545 Pioneer Trail
Chaska, MN 55318
For 6-12th grades – New and returning students invited!
Fencing is one of the fastest growing sports in the USA and Youth Enrichment League (YEL) fencing continues to evolve to match that pace. Olympic Coach Ro Sobalvarro heads up YEL's curriculum, ongoing instructor training and tournament consultation. Coach Sobalvarro brings with him an immense knowledge of youth, national and international fencing. Fall is a great time for beginning and returning students. New students get introduced to a pulse-pounding sport while returning students continue their study through Coach Sobalvarro's progressive curriculum. Safety is our first priority. We supply safety swords, protective masks, chest plates and jackets, in a high-octane, inclusive environment. Visit www.YouthEnrichmentLeague.com for a more thorough explanation of our fencing program, coaches and philosophy. Get in the game. Sign up today!


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|From HaikuDeck
Over the last year at #Cantiague we have made a concerted effort to meaningfully integrate the Genius Hour experience throughout our building. We were looking for a way to continue to amplify student voice and act on their input and feedback. As Genius Hour slowly trickled into the classrooms at the beginning of last year, the feedback was incredibly positive and the children wanted more of it. They were excited, passionate and they were owning their learning.
The other thing that happened as a result of the genius hour movement at #Cantiague was that the children were no longer just learning to please their teachers; instead, they were learning because it mattered to them and they were passionate about the subject matter!
|From Edutopia
With that in mind, our amazing second grade team decided to refine the process last year to better meet the needs of the children and be more "faithful" to the Genius Hour experience. Nancy, Carly, Adam and Carolyn are the guest authors of this post that offers 12 steps to implementing the #GeniusHour experience in any school and any grade level!
Genius Hour Experience (#Cantiague Second Grade Style)
Last year, we launched our Genius Hour experience in second grade. After the first "go around" we reflected on our experience. We realized what we loved, but also what we wanted to make better. This year is off to a great start! Here is what Genius Hour looks like in our room the second time around...
1. We started our first session by discussing our passions. We gave each child a piece of paper with 2 dots. We asked them to draw something from those two dots that they love. Students wrote the topic of their drawing/idea on an index card. Each student filed the index card in their Genius Hour index card box. Some topics included beaches, nature, American Girl Dolls, hockey etc.
2. In our next session, we gave each child a piece of paper with a squiggly line and challenged them to turn that line into something they love or feel passionate about, completely different from the last session. Students drew cars, Pandas, Hawaii, diamonds etc. Just like the last session, students wrote this new topic on a different colored index card and filed it in their Genius Hour box.
3. In the next session, we revisited their drawings and cards. We asked them to make a decision about which topic they would like to stick with for this round of Genius Hour. They spent some time thinking and deciding. Students selected the card they chose to further research. We collected this card.
4. In the next session, we gave back their topic index cards and asked students to brainstorm what he/she already knows about this topic, in the "K" section of KWL. They had to really think about everything they knew and jot it down.
5. Next session, we asked students to generate questions he/she has on their topic of choice. It was a great lesson to show students that we may still have questions on things we already love. They wrote down everything they are curious about or want to know more about! We also explained that "good" questions are not yes or no question; it needs to be something that you can find lots of information on.
6. After that, each child needed to reflect on all their questions and pick the 5 they wanted to take through the process of researching. We spent a lot of time focusing on the kinds of questions they should ask.
7. In our next session, students wrote down their five questions (one on each index cards) and teachers stapled their topic card on top, followed by the five index cards into a booklet. Students filed this booklet into their Genius Hour box.
8. Before the next Genius Hour, we sent a note home to each family with their child's topic and asked parents to help us prepare students by sending in materials that their children can use for researching. We also encouraged the kids to check out books for the library on their topic. We asked for things like books, magazines, websites, articles, apps, or anything else that would help his/her child learn more on this passion topic.
9. After that, the kids were ready to start their research in class. Students were provided with several sessions to find answers to their questions. Some students realized that the materials they brought in were either very helpful or not helpful at all for the questions he/she have on their topic. Students were given opportunities to look for other materials in school or at home before the next Genius Hour session. At this point, most students have completed their research and are ready for the next step!
10. Future sessions: From there, we will give children the opportunity to pick how they would like to present their information and findings. Last year, we had students make books, scrap books, dioramas, posters, video presentations, PowerPoints, Sock Puppet, and Show Me presentations. This year, we have so many more ideas on ways for the students to present. QR codes, Google Slides, new Apps, coding, and so many other cool ways to present findings. We tell the kids…..The Sky is the Limit!
11. Finally, we will allow time for each child to share their passion project with the class. This is such a wonderful opportunity for the students to build confidence and feel proud of all their hard work. We can't wait to see how it all turns out this year! Stay tuned on Twitter to see the final presentations!
12. Have fun... Genius Hour is another way to amplify student voice and empower our learners to take ownership of their learning by incorporating their passions and interests as described in the following graphic...
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So, are you ready for the Genius Hour experience? If so, try the steps above and share any feedback with us on how we can enhance or refine the experience!


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Cheerleading for shale gas 'fracking' today, Margaret Wente spews a number of falsehoods. For starters: "the U.S. appears to be the only major emitter that's actually reducing emissions. Since 2006, U.S. emissions have fallen by 7.7 per cent, according to the International Energy Agency – despite the absence of a global carbon treaty, or stiff new regulations, or a cap-and-trade regime".
The "only major emitter" reducing emissions?
Well, no. That's not what the International Energy Agency says: "CO2 emissions in the United States in 2011 fell by 92 Mt, or 1.7%...CO2 emissions in the EU in 2011 were lower by 69 Mt, or 1.9%."
As for longer term comparables, in October 2010, the Guardian reports, "The European Environment Agency reported that by the end of last year emissions produced by the current 27 member countries have fallen by more than 17% since 1990, putting them "well on track" to meet the target to meet the EU's own pledge of a 20% reduction by 2020 . The original 15 EU member states who signed Kyoto have dropped their emissions by 6%, giving them "a headstart to reach and even over-achieve" their target under the treaty of an 8% reduction. Emissions from the current 27 member countries have fallen by more than 17% since 1990, putting them "well on track" to meet the target to meet the EU's own pledge of a 20% reduction by the same date…".
Wente: "You'd think that environmental groups would rejoice at this great news. Instead, they've gone to war. The main reason for the fall in greenhouse gasses is a new technology known as hydraulic fracturing (or fracking), which they claim is a menace to the planet".
Wrong. The International Energy Agency in fact says that the U.S. move away from coal is just one of several reasons for the small decrease. Others are exceptionally mild winter weather, the economic downturn and energy efficiencies (no doubt in response to "stiff new regulations" Wente claims played no role). According to them, the most recent reduction is "primarily due to ongoing switching from coal to natural gas in power generation and an exceptionally mild winter, which reduced the demand for space heating". The longer term (since 2006) reduction, "has arisen from lower oil use in the transport sector (linked to efficiency improvements, higher oil prices and the economic downturn which has cut vehicle miles travelled) and a substantial shift from coal to gas in the power sector. They do not claim that fracking or shale gas is the "main reason" for the reduction, as Wente maintains.
And then Wente says this: "Fracking promises to unlock vast new reserves of shale gas, which emits roughly half as much CO2 as coal, and 30 per cent less than conventional oil".
Wrong again. While conventional natural gas "emits roughly half as much CO2 as coal, and 30 per cent less than conventional oil", this is not true of shale, which comes with a much higher methane component.
The New York Times cites studies that "suggest that the rush to develop the nation's vast, unconventional sources of natural gas is logistically impractical and likely to do more to heat up the planet than mining and burning coal. The problem, the studies suggest, is that planet-warming methane, the chief component of natural gas, is escaping into the atmosphere in far larger quantities than previously thought, with as much as 7.9 percent of it puffing out from shale gas wells, intentionally vented or flared, or seeping from loose pipe fittings along gas distribution lines".
And a report from Cornell University notes these problems with shale:
Natural gas is composed largely of methane, and 3.6% to 7.9% of the methane from shale-gas production escapes to the atmosphere in venting and leaks over the life-time of a well. These methane emissions are at least 30% more than and perhaps more than twice as great as those from conventional gas…Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas, with a global warming potential that is far greater than that of carbon dioxide, particularly over the time horizon of the first few decades following emission. Methane contributes substantially to the greenhouse gas footprint of shale gas on shorter time scales, dominating it on a 20-year time horizon. The footprint for shale gas is greater than that for conventional gas or oil when viewed on any time horizon, but particularly so over 20 years…
In addition, a report in the New York Times indicates that the shale gas boom is likely to go bust, just like Enron – with consequences not just for the economy, but the environment.
Wente's nonsense appears to be original this time, rather than the borrowing so often seen in the past (here, or just browse the archive for many other examples), but her breathtaking NIMBYism is worth a final mention.
Content to argue for "more and faster" when it comes to someone else's water contamination, Wente was recently fiercely protective of her own little bit of paradise – a country house she maintains to provide picturesque relief from the monotony of her upscale Toronto condo (whose kitchen appliances alone, she brags repeatedly, cost more than an earlier house). Madame Wente's country estate must be kept free of all intrusions or development – no gravel pits, limestone quarries or wind turbines nearby to disturb the weekend tranquility or decrease property value. But for the rest of the country folk - the ordinary people who actually have to live year round on land whose well water may be affected – well, says Lady Margaret, let them drink flaming water with their cake.


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The FBI had better stock up on magnets and rainbows, because it may have to find ways to subdue the newest gang threat in this country: Juggalos.
According to the FBI's 2011 National Gang Threat Assessment report, fans of the rap/rock group Insane Clown Posse - who paint their faces with clown make-up and call themselves "Juggalos" - are now classified as a "loosely-organized hybrid gang" that are "forming more organized subsets and engaging in more gang-like criminal activity."
Juggalo activity, according to the report, is usually limited to hand-to-hand drug sales, thefts, and felony assaults, and they utilize social networking sites to communicate and expand.
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The schtick-heavy Insane Clown Posse, which is composed of rappers Violent J (real name: Joseph Bruce) and Shaggy 2 Dope (real name: Joseph Utsler), was formed in 1989 in Detroit, Michigan. Outside of music, the duo have also dabbled in wrestling, video games, and comic books.
Their recent song and music video "Miracles," which muses on the wonder of everyday things, was widely ridiculed and eventually became a running internet joke, or "meme."
The Insane Clown Posse live shows and tours have also been a source of mockery, most notably on "Saturday Night Live' in the "Underground Music Festival" skit series.
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Stamford schools custodian charged with stealing time
STAMFORD -- Police arrested a long-time schools custodian for leaving his post while he was clocked in at work earlier this year.
Andrew Shavers, 65, of 1 Southfield Ave., was charged with second-degree larceny by defrauding a public entity, and was released after posting $15,000 bond. He is scheduled to be arraigned at state Superiour Court in Stamford on Aug. 15.
Police declined to comment on the case, saying that the city's Law Department put a "gag order" on releasing any particulars.
The mayor's office had scheduled a news conference for Thursday afternoon "to discuss two independent, serious personnel issues," but later postponed the meeting indefinitely. Details of the second personnel issue have not yet been released.
Shavers is a 42-year city employee at the top of his pay scale and has an annual base salary of $65,000. He took in $91,000 with overtime and other benefits last year.
Shavers vehemently denied the charge, saying that someone is trying to get rid of him.
He said police explained after picking him up at work at Rippowam Middle School on Thursday morning that someone at city hall requested that police follow him in an unmarked car.
He was told that one day in May police followed him to a podiatrist's appointment, another appointment and a liquor store while he was supposed to be working.
"They are trying to get rid of me, make me retire and get rid me and get some other supervisor in my place," Shaver said after he was booked and released. "I am the first and only black Head Custodian 2 the city of Stamford ever had. I am at the top of the pay scale."
Shavers said he began hearing through the grapevine earlier this week that he was going to be arrested for something.
He said his boss, Al Barbarotta, president of AFB Management, which provides facilities management services to the school system, stopped by and saw him on Tuesday and did not say anything about a police investigation, but just kept asking him when he was going to retire.
"They did not give me the chance to turn myself in," Shavers said. "I did not like that at all. If my boss had something to say to me, he should have said something."
Shavers said he was going to call an attorney and threatened to file a civil rights suit.
"I have been treated entirely different than the white people have been treated," he said.


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Seasonal greetings from nihil, Eileen and squeaky baby...............
Merry Christmas AO! I Hope everyone here has had a Wonder Christmas. Yesterday, my Wife and I spent like two hours at my Mom's House cooking and baking and making food to bring to our Familie's Christmas Party, and we had fun.
We made Quebecois Food, and everyone loved it.
I wore my new FreeBSD Black Pull Over Hoody. I got a BUNCH of FreeBSD stuff, because my Mom let me go to the FreeBSD Mall, pick out some stuff, and then ordered it for me as part of my Christmas Presents. I'm wearing my new FreeBSD tee, and just finished putting stuff in my FreeBSD CD Case. I also got two issues of BSD Magazine. They're wonderful.
I also got two Hank III CDs I got some pretty cool stuff. Last night at the party, and today, have made me glad the drunk Driver on the 16th didn't kill me.
Gore, is your wifes name FreeBSD ? :P
The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it.
Albert Einstein
It starts with an F, but no
I'm playing with my new Microsoft black ergonomic keyboard............ I felt that I could forfeit $6 worth of beer vouchers for that indulgence
I also got a Sapphire Radeon video card............... I had beeen buying Asus, but they were "engineering samples" ????? like they have the semi nekkid wimmin and monsters on the box ............. then Windows 8 tells me that they are engineering samples ??????? I think that's the video cards not the wimmin?????
//serious stuff @ gore:
Are ATI/AMD still crap at drivers for *nix? I do remember way back when that was the case?
Nihil; ATI is something I'm VERY Biased about; I do NOT like ATI, and I'm a total Nvidia fan boi, so with that said, I'm going to take to Honest Road, and tell you the Truth:
My Wife, though a Vi user, also likes ATI Cards. It's sad, and yea we argue about it a lot. However, I WILL say this:
My Wife's Laptop, though currently not working, has an ATI card in it, and whenever I used Mandriva Linux, it seemed to pick it up right away. To my ABSOLUTE SHOCK Her ATI Video Card, after installing Mandriva Linux, not only worked, but had 3D, and could handle games....
Now, with that said, most other OSs, are NOT going to give you that same ease of use. In fact on most distros, you'll have one hell of a time making an ATI card work with 3D.
Now don't get me wrong here, if all you want, is for the card to display something on the monitor, it's just going to work like any card. The main difference, comes when it's time to play video games and have 3D Desktops FX and so on. In THAT area, Nvidia has it all.
In fact I'm surprised no one at Nvidia has capitalized on this yet and started doing ads about how much easier it is to make their cards work under Unix based OSs. I can't imagine why they don't.
If I were the CEO of Nvidia, I'd record real users of Linux and BSD using two identical machines, except one machine had an Nvidia card and the other, ATI, and just make a commercial showing what happens when BOTH want 3D. That alone would sell cards.
Anyway before I turn a simple opinionated answer into a book about Video card Hardware and Unix, the short answer is; They're starting to work sometimes, but still nothing compared to Nvidia.
To give you an idea of how I think; SGI Workstations ALL use Nvidia Video Cards. That should say something
I was a fan of 3dLabs Wildcat cards. They were about the only card that could support the Viewsonic VP2290b (3840x2400) 22" LCD. Too bad they exited the business and the Viewsonic VP2290b is no longer made.
You ever use an SGI stuff? Those are my absolute dream machines. Like, if I were to win the Lotto, I'd be calling SGI the next day.
I never used SGI. I do use nVidia Quadro cards now days. Even my notebooks have Quadro chips in them.
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I never used SGI. I do use nVidia Quadro cards now days. Even my notebooks have Quadro chips in them.
Oh man.... OK, SGI Computers are.... In MY opinion, the BEST Computers a human being has ever made. I mean... They LOOK amazing, and they're awesome.
Have you ever looked into SGI? I know you did a lot of consulting work, but did any clients ever have an SGI? You said something about Solaris, and about HP-UX, so HP and Sun were amongst your travels, but what about SGI?
Even if you just use google images and look up SGI, trust me, you'll be impressed.
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Rick Laprade joins us & we examine the hoverboard by the HUVr organization. On a darker tone, a Michigan woman's autopayments were "hiding" her death for 6 years. We learn the truth behind the Andrew Garfield 'snub' of Batkid, and we return to The Matrix, where new films may be coming.
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Members of Adobe's Translation Technology Team are currently getting our visas in order, because we are headed to China later this month! We will be presenting some of our recent work at the Machine Translation Summit, held September 19-23 in Xiamen, China.
MT Summit is the major conference for the MT industry. Held every other year, the conference rotates between the Americas, Europe, and Asia. This year the hosting duties fall to the Asia-Pacific Association for Machine Translation, and the conference is being held on the scenic campus of the Xiamen National Accounting Institute
Adobe is well represented on the conference's schedule. On Wednesday, I will be presenting on our strategy for increasing the use of MT within Adobe, and on Thursday, my colleague Jeff Rueppel will present a demo of some tools we have been developing to simplify the use of the Moses open-source MT package.
Furthermore, this summer we have been extremely fortunate to host a summer intern, Yifan He from the Centre for Next-Generation Localisation (CNGL) in Dublin. Yifan appears multiple times on the MT Summit schedule — co-teaching a tutorial and presenting a paper as well as a poster. We attribute his spectacular showing to a combination of his natural brilliance and Adobe's nurturing atmosphere. Great job, Yifan!
If you plan to be at the conference, please come find us! We are always eager to hear about other people's experiences with MT, especially in the corporate setting. See you in Xiamen!


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Eat and Enjoy!
Traditional Greek food as cooked by Greek mothers!! Delicious and easy recipes!!
I love this dish. It looks so yummy and tasty. I consider it a gourmet food since lambs are rare in my country. How I wish I can go to your country and savor the delicious dishes you are featuring in this blog. For now, I have to content myself in just fantasizing the food, hehehe, lol. Thanks for the yummy post. God bless.
I tried lamb one time and thought it was gross but my husband says it probably wasnt cooked right. Your pic above looks pretty good though.
Did ths last night. Was absolutely delicious and very easy, even though I forgot the foil!
Just did this last night for a Greek dinner, it was delicious! But a note for first timers on this recipe- remember to check you have the correct heat and the oven is on. ( We made the mistake of having it at 200 F instead of 200 C, and the oven was turned off.) But overall, it would of been quite easy, but it was very very yummy!


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Scott Brooks on "Twitting": "Twitting? What is it?'" Oklahoma City interim coach Scott Brooks said the other day. "So you 'tweet' on Twitter? I don't anticipate myself ever doing that. I guess I'm not around the guys in the locker room enough to see it."
The Lost Ogle thinks we should say bye to Blake. And makes the point that Oklahoma State fans that are rooting against the Thunder winning the lottery because that means a Sooner would join the team, should stop. Is that really happening? Because that's, uh, really stupid. Clark makes a comparison too: "As I said before, I initially bought the Boozer link and once mentioned it to Patrick. Then, Patrick came up with a much better player to view Griffin in light of: Amar'e Stoudamire. The Suns' power forward/center is practically who Blake was cloned from. Stoudamire has the strength and the athleticism to overpower, run past or jump over any defender who has the misfortune of being assigned to him." Fran Fraschilla agrees with you. And so do I.
Another vote for KD for Most Improved: "I still vote for Kevin Durant for most improved; making the jump from pretty good to almost great is a bigger deal to me than whoever doubled their numbers because their minutes went up significantly. The difference between champions and playoff teams is that champions are led by men who play with that attitude, that 'I'm King of the World and I'm gonna crush you're [email protected]#!' demeanor. Durant has been showing that this season, and it's going to serve him well when he has a good team around him. Some might want to give it to Paul Milsap, but he really just got more minutes to do what he was already capable of doing. Rajon Rondo has definitely gotten better, but how much of that is due to his teammates? Devin Harris got consistent minutes and more shot opportunities, but I don't know that he is a better player than he was a year ago. Durant has showed a real change in the quality of his performance, one that transcends minutes and shots."
Talking Rookie of the Year: "However, should Rose's inspired play and emergence as a point guard of the future be the only factors? The media hands out the ROY award and, honestly, I don't have the faith in them to not simply skim the candidates list, spy "Rose, Derrick," and auto vote him or have their intern/lackey vote for him. Rose –to most media types– is probably the most household of rookies this season; yet, Russell Westbrook has been steadily and silently dominating teams all season long in the forgotten NBA outpost of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma."
Why are people so obsessed with this so-called "wall" for rookies? Can a guy not have a couple off nights? Scott Brooks doesn't buy it: Thunder interim coach Scott Brooks doesn't buy into the theory rookies inevitably hit a wall during an 82-game grind. But whatever the reasons, Thunder rookie point guard Russell Westbrook's stats have slipped the past two weeks, severely hampering his chances of winning Rookie of the Year. Best known for his athleticism and defense, Westbrook is shooting 35.1 percent the past seven games, 31.9 percent the past five. "All guys have shooting slumps," Brooks said. "He hasn't shot the ball well but he's done other things we like that he's improving on. He's making his teammates better. He's passing the ball. He makes his free throws, rebounds and is playing good defense."
Raptors Republic previewing tonight's game: "That's what Kevin Durant's doing season and to think that Leo said the guy has bad shot-selection. To put this in a Raptors perspective consider that Bosh's best season as a Raptor came in 06-07 when he averaged 22.6/10.7 in his fourth year. Durant appears to be well on his way to surpassing those marks on a consistent basis and is headed for stardom. So when you're dreaming up Bosh trade-scenarios this summer just leave him out of it because there's no way OKC is parting with him. There are two players that I would love to see on the Raptors: Monta Ellis and Jeff Green. Green had a bad rookie season coming out of Georgetown last year and might've been had in the summer. This year's he's upped his scoring by 7 points, his rebounding by 2, his 3-pt shooting by a whopping 13% and his FG% by 2. The athletic 17/7 forward is a great sidekick to Durant and it's going to be hard to pry him away from OKC but then again, Bosh's lure could be high."
Earl Watson looks at the bright side as he uses his time off to work on his jumpshot: "My hand is starting to feel better and I'm getting more comfortable," Watson said. "The doctor said it takes a full year to heal completely with any break and it's actually getting closer. I can tell the difference in my shot. I can tell the difference with the way the ball fits in my hand. It was getting better the last couple of games before the DNPs. So it's just a growth and for me that's exciting."


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Milwaukee police officer opens fire on suspect
Police say suspect deliberately rammed squad with truck
Milwaukee police say a police officer shot a suspect who deliberately rammed his squad while trying to get away from police.
Police say officers spotted the truck at 6:48 p.m. Monday. They believed the truck had been stolen from Franklin earlier in the day.
Investigators say when they followed the truck into an alley near 72nd & Mill Rd., the driver turned around and rammed the driver's side of the squad. They say the driver backed up, and when they tried to ram the car again, the officer opened fire.
The driver was grazed, and was treated at a local hospital. That suspect, described only as a 31-year-old woman with a criminal history, is now in custody for Recklessly Endangering Safety.
The officer, described as a 42-year-old man with eight years of service, is assigned to the Neighborhood Police Bureau. That officer is now on administrative duty, which is standard procedure after an officer shoots someone.
The Criminal Investigation Bureau and the Milwaukee County District Attorney's office are investigating.


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(Pocket-lint) - Had enough Nikon Coolpix action for one day, or can you handle one more blast? Well, we say one more blast, we actually mean three. But after this we're done, we promise.
Saving the best until last (well, the worst actually, but there's still some excitement juice left in the tank) - Nikon has updated its S range with three new compacts - as well as the Nikon Coolpix S1200pj that wants to hook up with your iPhone.
Starting with the pick of the punch, the Coolpix S100 is a 3D shooting compact that packs a 16-megapixel CMOS sensor, the Expeed C2 engine, a 3.5-inch OLED screen, with a multitouch control panel and also offers something that some of its bigger brothers do not - Full HD 1080p video recording.
Next is the Coolpix S4150, which is a 14-megapixel camera with 720p video capabilities, a 5x optical zoom, a 3-inch LCD touchscreen and is pretty lightweight at 128g.
Finally, the Coolpix S6150 throws a wide-angle 7x zoom Nikkor lens with a 28-196mm optical zoom into the compact equation and packs a 16-megapixel image sensor. Like the S4150, it also has a 3-inch touchscreen, as well as a dedicated movie button.
All three S range cameras hit the shops on 1 September, in a variety of colours and cost as follows: £249.99 for the S100, £159.99 for the S6150 and £139.99 for the S4150.


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Offering personal proof that it was possible to become Orthodox without going East, he foresaw a Christian future which did not require the Western Church to become Eastern, or vice versa. He worked tirelessly for a mutual respect, which would make possible a recovery of the fullness of truth which would make the Churches one.
This made him unpopular with some in his own Church, particularly after he attacked the nationalistic drift of Orthodox clergy following the break-up of the Soviet Empire and Yugoslavia in the 1990s. He insisted that the drive for authentic Christian unity should come from within and not be imposed either by ecclesiastical authority or power politics.
Olivier-Maurice Clément was born on November 17 1921 at Aniane in southern France, where the Cathar sect had been persecuted in the 12th century. His was a non-religious family, which left him to find meaning in life in his own way. He studied the history of the great religions under Alphonse Dupront, a member of the Resistance, at Montpellier University, then taught history at the Lycée Louis-le-Grand in Paris for 40 years.
While his early lack of any formal religious affiliation prompted him to study atheism, it also helped him in a lifelong search for the meaning of being fully human.
He encountered the Christian East among the Russian émigré community in Paris, particularly through the theologian Vladimir Lossky, and later said that he was attracted to the Orthodox union of "a sense of mystery and a sense of liberty".
After being baptised as an Orthodox in 1951, he made his mark at the St Sergius Orthodox Theological Institute in Paris, where he started to lecture in moral theology.
He attracted a wide audience inside and outside the Orthodox community, many people finding a freshness and simplicity in his perception of Christian truth.
Pope John Paul II asked him to compose a Stations of the Cross text for the Good Friday service in Rome, although this is not an Orthodox devotional practice. When the Pope invited the non-Catholic Churches to say how they regarded the Papacy, in his encyclical Ut Unum Sint (That They May Be One), Clément responded with You are Peter (2003). This argued that the Western Church had become centralised and the Pope so authoritarian as not to allow for the autonomy of local churches. Clément recognised, however, that the Papacy had had a positive role during the first millennium, when it was often referred to for decisions on matters of doctrine.
In addition to his best-selling Roots of Christian Mysticism, Clément's 30 books included The Spirit of Solzhenitsyn; Taize: a Meaning of Life; Three Prayers; and two volumes of conversations with the Ecumenical Patriarchs Athenagoras and Bartholomew I.
Olivier Clément, who was greatly supported by his wife, Monique, died on January 15.


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10-6-2011: The year that was
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Alright, now that the initial sting has worn off a bit, I can go back and actually try to analyze this past season with some objectivity. We'll cover our predictions, what went right and what went wrong.
First up, we predicted that the Sox would take the division with 92 wins. While the win figure was not off by much, the Yankees took it with 97 wins (not 90), and of course the Rays edged us out in the final game of the season with 91 wins (not 83). We also had Baltimore with 79 wins and Toronto at 76. Oops.
We projected Boston to be 2nd best in the AL East at 820 runs behind New York's 830 runs. In actuality, we led all of baseball by scoring 875 runs compared to 867 for the pinstripes.


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Saturday reading: Frozen 4, Kirby, game attendance, Huntsville, Johnson, Lowery, Hall, Slattengren, Swanson, Prosser suspension
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Here is College Hockey News' preview of tonight's championship game.
It's Boston College's potent offense versus Ferris State's suffocating defense according to this preview.
One of Ferris State's notable alums may be one of the Beach Boys, but the Bulldogs wasted no time on the sand on Friday.
The rigors of the Hockey East schedule best prepared Boston College for tonight's game at 5 p.m. Mountain (ESPN2).
Air Force defenseman Tim Kirby garnered All-America East honors. He is the fourth Falcon all-time and fourth in the past six years to be so honored.
Attendance has never been an issue for either Air Force or Colorado College in recent years.
Alabama-Huntsville is using its chance to host the Frozen Four as a chance to ingratiate (ie. free scotch and steaks) themselves with the member schools of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association.
Good thing former Tiger Tyler Johnson bolted for Europe. His former ECHL team has folded, but the CHL's Fort Wayne expected move up the ECHL along with expansion franchises in San Francisco and Orlando mean there will be some minor-league pro jobs out there for other former college players.
Ryan Lowery's Stockton Thunder eliminated the Colorado Eagles, which included Aaron Slattengren, on Friday in the first round of the ECHL playoffs. The Thunder head north to take on the Alaska Aces, which feature Tim Hall and Brian Swanson.
Nate Prosser was suspended for one game for head-butting Jamal Mayers recently. Here is Brendan Shanahan's video explanation of the suspension. With Prosser out tonight, former Sioux defenseman Chay Genoway will make his NHL debut tonight against Phoenix.
UMD goalie Kenny Reiter has signed with AHL Bridgeport, an affiliate of the Islanders. North Dakota defenseman Ben Blood (all-league player with an all-world name) signed with Ottawa.


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The FBI has launched a massive worldwide hunt for Edward Snowden, the 29-year-old NASA contractor who has turned the massive U.S. intelligence community inside out. NBC's Andrea Mitchell reports.
The 29-year-old computer whiz who says he divulged details about National Security Agency's data-collecting programs has also revealed specifics of his life story, from an upbringing in North Carolina to a top-secret contract in Hawaii.
Speaking from a Hong Kong hotel that he reportedly has since left, Edward Snowden told The Guardian that he had enjoyed a "very comfortable life," but one marked by mounting disillusionment with what he views as government intrusion into the private lives of American citizens.
"I don't want to live in a society that does these sort of things … I do not want to live in a world where everything I do and say is recorded. That is not something I am willing to support or live under," he said.
Here's some of what we know about the bespectacled self-proclaimed "spy" who is being called both a traitor and a hero:
The demand for private intelligence contractors grew quickly after 9/11, leading to a large number of young, smart hires, many of whom have top secret clearances. Now, intelligence agencies say they could not function effectively without the expertise of these hires. NBC's Lisa Myers reports.
Background: Born June 21, 1983, he grew up in Wilmington, N.C., but later moved to Ellicott City, Md., he told The Guardian. His mother, Wendy, is the chief deputy clerk for administration and information technology at the federal court in Baltimore, a court official told NBC News. His father, Lonnie, is a former Coast Guard officer who lives in Pennsylvania, the Allentown Morning Call reported. A neighbor said he has an older sister who is an attorney.
"He was a quiet guy, kept to himself. He always dressed nice, was clean cut. He just reminded me of a brainiac," said neighbor Joyce Kinsey. "I feel terrible for his family." In his interview with The Guardian, Edward Snowden said the only thing he feared from outing himself is the "harmful effects on my family."
Education: He did not complete high school. He told The Guardian that he studied computers at a community college and obtained a general equivalency degree. A spokesman for Anne Arundel Community College confirmed that a student with the same name and birth date took classes there, from 1999 to 2001 and again in 2004 and 2005.
Military service: He spent four months in the Army reserves, from May to September 2004 as a special forces recruit to a 14-week training course, the Army said. "He did not complete any training or receive any awards," an Army statement said. No other details were given, but Snowden told The Guardian he was discharged after breaking his legs in an accident.
Government work: His first job with the National Security Agency was as a security guard, and the next stop was an information-technology job with the CIA, which stationed him in Geneva in 2007, he claimed. He said he left the CIA in 2009 to work for private contractors, including Dell and Booz Allen. Through his job with Booz Allen, he was assigned to NSA offices in Japan and, more recently, Hawaii. Booz Allen said he has been an employee for about three months. He told reporters he made about $200,000 a year.
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A real estate sign stands in front of a home in Waipahu, Hawaii, Sunday, June 9, 2013, where Edward Snowden, source of disclosures about the U.S. government's secret surveillance programs, lived with his girlfriend until recently. A Hawaii real estate agent says Snowden and his girlfriend moved out of the home near Honolulu on May 1, leaving nothing behind.
Hawaii: He briefly lived in a 1,559-square-foot rented home on Oahu, where neighbors said he and his girlfriend, who has not been named, kept to themselves. "They just say, 'Hi' and 'Hello' in the morning," Angel Cunanan told NBC station KHNL. "He mentioned that he worked for the government." Local residents said the couple never really unpacked before they moved out May 1, after the owner decided to sell the house, the Associated Press reported.
Exit plan: When he decided to go to Hong Kong to await the fallout from the leaks, Snowden told the NSA that he was taking a leave for treatment of epilepsy, a condition he told The Guardian he was diagnosed with last year after seizures. He said he didn't give his girlfriend a specific reason, just saying he had to go away for a few weeks.
Politics: A public records search shows Snowden was a registered voter but did not declare a political party affiliation. Someone with the same name who lived in the same places and at one point worked for Dell made two $250 donations last year to libertarian-leaning GOP presidential candidate Ron Paul.
Cloak-and-dagger: Snowden self-identifies as a spook. "I've been a spy almost all of my adult life," he told the Washington Post. In his communications with a reporter, he used a code name — "Verax," or truth-teller in Latin. He's worried he's being watched and puts a red hood over his head and laptop when he enters passwords, The Guardian reported.


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I was reading an old, but good post from Hamilton Nolan – that's equal parts hyperbolic and entertaining as informative. I'm not sure what it was that made me think how bizarre it is that UK still has people who just are "better" than us mortals — for some unknown reason.
Writing at Gawker, Nolan wrote:
It is amusing to reflect upon the imperial past of England, and the inherent assumptions of racial and cultural superiority that fueled it, while also noting the fact that the UK still to this very day continues to offer slavish financial, political, and cultural support to a tiny family elite notable for nothing except the lineage of the particular person's vagina from which they slunk. The persistence of the Royal Family, and the worshipful attention that it draws from the British public, is the sort of primitive superstitious voodoo that puts to shame any of the animist rituals that the colonial British would have derided as uncivilized.
The rest of it just gets better.
I am reminded of Christopher Hitchens' beautiful plea to Kate Middleton to do a 180 and find life as a normal, actual person, not the puppet of desperation with hooks from history propping up this charade for reasons that confound many.
Hereditary monarch, observed Thomas Paine, is as absurd a proposition as a hereditary doctor or mathematician…By some mystic alchemy, the breeding imperatives for a dynasty become the stuff of romance, even "fairy tale." The usually contemptuous words fairy tale were certainly coldly accurate about the romance quotient of the last two major royal couplings, which brought the vapid disco-princesses Diana and Sarah (I decline to call her "Fergie") within range of demolishing the entire mystique. And, even if the current match looks a lot more wholesome and genuine, its principal function is still to restore a patina of glamour that has been all but irretrievably lost.
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Previously on Analogical Thoughts:
- In an article co-authored with Greg Welty I argued that if there are laws of logic then there must be a God. A key part of the argument is to explain why propositions should be understood as divine thoughts.
- In a comment on a subsequent post Jeff asked how I would respond to the claim that God doesn't think propositionally.
- In a comment on my answer Jeff cited (without necessarily endorsing) some remarks to the contrary by Nate Shannon and William Lane Craig. Another commenter, Ray, also mentioned some relevant footnotes in Scott Oliphint's God With Us.
In this week's exciting episode, I examine the arguments of Shannon, Oliphint, and Craig. Do they show that God doesn't think propositionally or that propositions couldn't be divine thoughts? Does the doctrine of divine simplicity rule out Theistic Conceptual Realism? Should anyone care either way? We'll be right back with some answers after the following short section break!
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These notes accompany the program D. W. Griffith on a Smaller Canvas, which screens on January 6, 7, and 8 in Theater 3.
Although D. W. Griffith's racism was unforgivable, nothing can ever take away the fact that he was the most gifted and creative director in the cinema's first thirty years. In John McWhorter's December 14, 2009 New Yorker review of Pops, Terry Teachout's biography of Louis Armstrong, McWhorter says Armstrong's early 78-rpm recordings "were as crucial in creating our modern musical sensibility as D. W. Griffith's films were in creating the grammar of cinematic narrative." McWhorter goes on to say of Armstrong that, "While performers around him assimilated his innovations, he never really grew." One might also argue that this was true of Griffith, and not simply because he lost his independence for the final decade of his career due to his inept business sense and changing public tastes. However, his greatest gift never really failed him—his skill with actors.


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- William Bennett: An erotic trilogy and a HBO series paint discouraging portraits of women
- Bennett: Demoralizing sexual encounters debase both women and men
- He says we should take a piece of advice from the Victorian author George Eliot
- Bennett: Traditional marriage is the place to find true sexual satisfaction
In the midst of heated political campaigns and real wars abroad, it is noteworthy that two columnists writing for the most consequential newspaper in the world, The New York Times, took a different tack on Sunday and ended up in the same place: A discussion of sexual nihilism and the modern woman. They are on to something.
Maureen Dowd's column, titled "She's Fit to Be Tied," looks at E.L James's "Fifty Shades of Grey," a trilogy of erotic, bondage-themed fiction. Dowd expressed surprise over the popularity of the books in which a 21-year-old innocent girl becomes a sexual "submissive" of a rich, powerful 27-year-old businessman.
While we're steeped in a so-called "war on women," Dowd wonders "why women are thronging to the story of an innocent who jumps into the arms of a Seattle sadist with a 'Red Room of Pain' full of chains, clamps, whips, canes, flogs and cuffs, falling in love to the soundtrack of the Police's 'King of Pain.'"
Dowd cites the remarkable success of the trilogy among Generation X women -- the contemporaries, allies and beneficiaries of the modern feminist movement. And yet, the narrative flies in the face of women's progress. For example, a contract that the girl signs with the man stipulates that "the Dominant may flog, spank, whip or corporally punish the Submissive as he sees fit, for purposes of discipline, for his own personal enjoyment or for any other reason, which he is not obliged to provide." If this is progress for women, what would regression look like?
Dowd's colleague, Frank Bruni, reflected on a similar subject in his column, "The Bleaker Sex," on Lena Dunham's new HBO series "Girls." In this unglamorous, dull version of "Sex in the City," Dunham stars as a contemporary, twenty-something woman playing second fiddle to the bizarre, dominating sexual fantasies of her boyfriend. Her first sex scene opens with her back to her boyfriend, inertly and joylessly submitting to his commands.
Bruni recoils at the idea of this. He writes, "You watch these scenes and other examples of the zeitgeist-y, early-20s heroines of 'Girls' engaging in, recoiling from, mulling and mourning sex, and you think: Gloria Steinem went to the barricades for this?"
Bruni goes on to grapple with Dunham's loveless sex scenes and wonders whether today's onslaught of pornography and easy sex has desensitized men to the point where they view women, to recall the words of an earlier day, only as objects. Even the act of sex itself is boring to some men unless it is ratcheted up in some strange, deviant fashion -- all at the expense of the thoroughly humiliated and debased woman.
In the act of degrading women, men are also degrading themselves. And the voyeurism, inspired by such entertainment, debases men and women even more. This is a parlous, dreadful outcome for both sexes. (As I have written previously, men in our time, particularly young men, are having trouble in many ways.)
As Bruni asked: Is this what feminism fought for? In the 1970s we were told to respect women, treat them as more than sexual objects and treat their humanity the same as ours. Is any of this still true today?
The insightful Hanna Rosin, author of the forthcoming book, "The End of Men," wrote in The Wall Street Journal recently, "Studies do indeed show that women are no more happy than they were in the 1970s." Wharton School economists Betsey Stevenson and Justin Wolfers confirmed this in a 2009 study that argues women's happiness appeared to be in decline despite advances in education and the workforce. Well, how could women be happy with what is described in "Fifty Shades of Grey" and "Girls"?
Take note that this disheartening and dismal tableau of modern liberated sex comes not from pro-family conservatives, who have been condemning this turn in our culture for some time, but from two stars of the liberal commentariat. Dowd and Bruni leave us wondering the same thing Peggy Lee did a generation ago in her song, "Is That All There Is?" Is there no alternative to the "Red Room of Pain" and Dunham's demoralizing sexual encounters?
Yes, there is. Consider one of the most well regarded writers of the Victorian era, Mary Ann Evans, better known to us by her pen name, George Eliot. In her novel, "Daniel Deronda," she says of love, "For what is love itself, for the one we love best? -- an enfolding of immeasurable cares which yet are better than any joys outside our love." In an enfoldment of immeasurable cares in a real and true love, there is immeasurable intimacy too, including a richly satisfying sexual intimacy that finds no equal or parallel in a callous and casual hookup culture.
It is worth pointing out that this desideratum -- deep sexual satisfaction -- is found most often, as has been empirically verified over and over again, in what is often called, derisively, traditional marriage.
Given the possibilities and fantasies presented in "Fifty Shades of Grey" or "Girls," some of which have been so graphically laid out and laid bare in our oversaturated TV and Internet culture, can it not be argued that what Eliot described is the option most worth considering again, at least once everything else has been tried and found so painfully wanting?
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1. Defining "rockin." Since I try to be the eternal optimist, I'm going to hope that you are having an epically awesome day and that you need a playlist to match it. Don't get me wrong- sometimes you need an angry playlist, but I'm thinking more along the lines of fun, lighthearted songs for this post.
2. You're going to need to pick between 18-35 songs. 35 is just a number. If you have an iPod and any other MP3 player, a playlist can be infinitely long, but if you are putting this on a CD, you may need to limit it. Got to love that 80 minute max on CD's.
Here are some of my suggestions for a rockin' playlist:
The Classics
- Queen – "Bohemian Rhapsody" – because every playlist needs at least one Queen song!
- Led Zeppelin – "Rock and Roll" – get the led out!
- The Beatles – "Obladi Oblada"
- The Beatles – "With a little Help from my Friends"
- The Who – "Join together with the band"
- Ray Charles – "Hit the Road, Jack"
- Ray Charles – "Hallelujah I love her so"
- Billy Joel – "Only the Good die Young" – not as depressing as the titles makes it seem.
- Tom Petty – "Running down a Dream"
- Eagles – "Take It Easy"
- Bob Dylan – "Don't think twice, It's alright"
- Booker T & The MG's – "Green Onions"
- Cheap Trick – "Surrender"
- Steve Miller Band – "The Joker"
- Aerosmith – "Dream On"
The Standards/Newbies
- RHCP – "Danny California"
- John Mayer – "Why Georgia"
- Coldplay – "Viva la Vida"
- Foo Fighters – "Learn to Fly"
- Fruit Bats – "When U love somebody"
- Gin Blossoms – "Follow you down"
- Green Day – "I Fought the Law"
- Mumford and Sons – "The Cave"
- Train – "Save Me, San Francisco"
- White Stripes – "Hotel Yorba"
- Paolo Nutini – "New Shoes"
- Ryan Adams – "English Girls Approximately"
- Regina Spektor – "Fidelity"
- OkGo – "Here It Goes Again"
- The Killers – "All these things that I've done"
These are just my suggestions on what I think is required to make a rockin' playlist. I am sure I have missed some that you would have put on here. But that is the great thing about choosing your rocking playlist- its yours! Pick out songs that make you want to dance, smile, go for a drive, or whatever! I will leave you with this epic song, may want to considering adding to your playlist! Enjoy the fabulously 80's video!


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BANGUI (Reuters) - The president of the Central African Republic appealed on Thursday for France and the United States to help push back rebels threatening his government and the capital, but Paris said its troops were only ready to protect French nationals.
The exchanges came as regional African leaders tried to broker a ceasefire deal and as rebels said they had temporarily halted their advance on Bangui, the capital, to allow talks to take place.
Insurgents on motorbikes and in pickup trucks have driven to within 75 km (47 miles) of Bangui after weeks of fighting, threatening to end President Francois Bozize's nearly 10-year-stint in charge of the turbulent, resource-rich country.
French nuclear energy group Areva mines the Bakouma uranium deposit in the CAR's south - France's biggest commercial interest in its former colony.
The rebel advance has highlighted the instability of a country that has remained poor since independence from Paris in 1960 despite rich deposits of uranium, gold and diamonds. Average income is barely over $2 a day.
Bozize on Thursday appealed for French and U.S. military support to stop the SELEKA rebel coalition, which has promised to overthrow him unless he implements a previous peace deal in full.
He told a crowd of anti-rebel protesters in the riverside capital that he had asked Paris and Washington to help move the rebels away from the capital to clear the way for peace talks which regional leaders say could be held soon in Libreville, Gabon.
"We are asking our cousins the French and the United States, which are major powers, to help us push back the rebels to their initial positions in a way that will permit talks in Libreville to resolve this crisis," Bozize said.
France has 250 soldiers in its landlocked former colony as part of a peacekeeping mission and Paris in the past has ousted or propped up governments - including by using air strikes to defend Bozize against rebels in 2006.
But French President Francois Hollande poured cold water on the latest request for help.
"If we have a presence, it's not to protect a regime, it's to protect our nationals and our interests and in no way to intervene in the internal business of a country, in this case the Central African Republic," Hollande said on the sidelines of a visit to a wholesale food market outside Paris.
"Those days are over," he said.
Some 1,200 French nationals live in the CAR, mostly in the capital, according to the French Foreign Ministry, where they typically work for mining firms or aid groups.
The U.N. Security Council issued a statement saying its members "condemn the continued attacks on several towns perpetrated by the 'SELEKA' coalition of armed groups which gravely undermine the Libreville Comprehensive Peace Agreement and threaten the civilian population."
U.S. State Department spokesman Patrick Ventrell said the U.S. embassy had temporarily suspended operations and the U.S. ambassador and other embassy personnel had left the country.
Officials from around central Africa are due to meet in Bangui later on Thursday to open initial talks with the government and rebels.
A rebel spokesman said fighters had temporarily halted their advance to allow dialogue.
"We will not enter Bangui," Colonel Djouma Narkoyo, the rebel spokesman, told Reuters by telephone.
Previous rebel promises to stop advancing have been broken, and a diplomatic source said rebels had taken up positions around Bangui on Thursday, effectively surrounding it.
The atmosphere remained tense in the city the day after anti-rebel protests broke out, and residents were stocking up on food and water.
Government soldiers deployed at strategic sites and French troops reinforced security at the French embassy after protesters threw rocks at the building on Wednesday.
In Paris, the French Foreign Ministry said protecting foreigners and embassies was the responsibility of the CAR authorities.
"This message will once again be stressed to the CAR's charge d'affaires in Paris, who has been summoned this afternoon," a ministry spokesman said.
He also said France condemned the rebels for pursuing hostilities and urged all sides to commit to talks.
Bozize came to power in a 2003 rebellion that overthrew President Ange-Felix Patasse.
However, France is increasingly reluctant to directly intervene in conflicts in its former colonies. Since coming to power in May, Hollande has promised to end its shadowy relations with former colonies and put ties on a healthier footing.
A military source and an aid worker said the rebels had got as far as Damara, 75 km (47 miles) from Bangui, by late afternoon on Wednesday, having skirted Sibut, where some 150 Chadian soldiers had earlier been deployed to try and block a push south by a rebel coalition.
With a government that holds little sway outside the capital, some parts of the country have long endured the consequences of conflicts in troubled neighbors Chad, Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo spilling over.
The Central African Republic is one of a number of nations in the region where U.S. Special Forces are helping local forces try to track down the Lords Resistance Army, a rebel group responsible for killing thousands of civilians across four African nations.
(Additional reporting by Leigh Thomas and Louis Charbonneau; Writing by Richard Valdmanis; Editing by Andrew Osborn and Paul Simao)
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