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4 > 3: Big Blue Nation is going to be concerned, perhaps rightfully so, that this game is a red flag for the remainder of a season filled with high hopes. But once UK fans have a chance to step back from the shock of going to overtime against an FCS opponent -- a really good one, but an FCS opponent nonetheless -- I think the only thing that really matters is the Cats survived and picked up their fourth win. With a 4-1 record, UK remains ahead of schedule, so to speak, with a lot of potential to not only reach a bowl game, but perhaps a really attractive one. A 3-2 record would have been an entirely different outlook, and a significant amount of additional pressure would have mounted on a young team that may not be equipped to deal with it. In the aftermath, I think what the Cats showed in three hard-fought SEC battles prior to the EKU game should carry more weight than what we saw Saturday night.
Baker's Dozen: The 12 points produced by UK receiver Dorian Baker at the end of regulation and overtime were glimpses of just how much raw talent he sophomore from Cleveland possesses. On the first touchdown pass, a beautiful fade from Patrick Towles on 4th down with the game hanging in the balance, Baker used his 6-foot-3 frame to jump over EKU's extremely talented corner, Stanley Absanon, who, despite his ability and nearly perfect coverage on the play, could not match up at just 5-foot-11. On the second touchdown pass, the eventual game-winner, Baker caught a quick screen and used his 210-pound body to run through Colonels safety Kobie Grace, who was giving up almost 30 pounds to the wideout. He then powered through four other EKU defenders at the 1-yard line to find his way into the end zone. It was five of the toughest yards you'll ever see a receiver gain on individual effort.
CJ's Encore: Senior Cory "CJ" Johnson followed his career-high 11-tackle performance against Missouri with a 19-tackle effort against EKU, numbers unheard of for a defensive lineman in Kentucky football history, and really, anywhere. I'd be really surprised if it took more than one hand to count the number of times it has happened in SEC history, if it's ever happened at all. Truly remarkable. It was like the D-Line equivalent of Prince following up the "1999" album with the "Purple Rain" soundtrack.
Aggressive Return: Kentucky finally got a big play in the punt return game just when the Cats needed it most as Ryan Timmons fielded a short, bouncing kick -- a gutsy move on his part -- and returned it 19 yards to set up the offense at the EKU 39 with 3:49 remaining. It will get overlooked in light of Baker's heroics, but it was a huge play. Had he let it keep rolling, UK could have lost another 20-plus yards in field position.
The Bad:
First Possession Blues: In three of UK's five games this season, the Cats have opened with a turnover on their first possession. Kentucky was picked off by South Carolina and Florida on its first drive of the game, and the Cats fumbled Saturday night against EKU. It's been quite an unwelcome turnaround since Stanley "Boom" Williams took the first snap of the season and raced 75 yards for a touchdown against Louisiana-Lafayette.
Where Was The O? We expected the absence of "Boom" Williams to be a factor, but not to the extent it proved to be. Kentucky's first seven possessions produced a lone score, three punts and three turnovers as UK took a meager 7-6 lead into halftime. It didn't get much better in the second half until the final seven minutes of play when individual talent just took over. Kentucky finished with only 21 more yards of total offense than EKU posted. Most alarming? The Cats rushed for 55 yards on 36 carries. They also added four sacks to their SEC-worst total of 16. The UK staff has to be scratching its heads over the Jekkyl & Hyde nature of the unit.
Questionable PI: I've watched the Cody Quinn pass interference call from overtime a half-dozen times on DVR and still can't come up with an explanation for the flag. It was textbook coverage and a great play on the ball. PI is never an easy call for an official, but I've always thought it should be egregious, otherwise let the players battle.
Football Crowd 101: With Kentucky scrambling to tie the game at the end of regulation, the CWS faithful who decided to stay on a frustrating, cold, rainy night (+1) reached their most vocal output of the night (-1) when the UK offense was trying to relay signals at the line of scrimmage. It didn't help that the UK cheerleaders were also leading a raucous "Go Big Blue!" chant over the loudspeakers. Save it for defense, folks.
No Snaps for Barker: Once again, UK missed a good opportunity to get its backup quarterback, redshirt freshman Drew Barker, some much-needed game experience. The Cats have to hope and pray that Towles makes it through the season healthy. Things could get dicey if Barker has to get his first snaps under fire in an SEC game.
The Ugly:
By The Numbers...
- 1.5 - Kentucky's average yards per carry, its worst figure of the season coming against an FCS defense.
- 4 - The Cats had allowed only five touchdowns in the red zone this season, one of the best figures in the SEC, but gave up four to the Colonels on six trips.
- 44% - The UK defense had been performing well on third down all year, but allowed the Colonels to convert on eight of 18 attempts. Usually, a 44-percent rate will get you beat.
- 180 - Net yards rushing for EKU. Scary thought: The Colonels had just 35 against N.C. State earlier this season, a team that just lost to Louisville this weekend.
- 35K - Approximately how many people actually got to see the end of UK's comeback victory.

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One of the earliest commitments for the Utes 2016 class was offensive guard Tucker Scott out of San Clemente High School in southern California, as Scott decided to follow his fathers' legacy, former two time All-WAC offensive linemen Lance Scott, and didn't waste much time making a commitment to the Utes. Scott turned down offers to BYU, Nevada and Utah State at the time of his commitment.
Though he played offensive tackle at San Clemente HS, Scott is being brought in at Utah as an offensive guard. Scott stands 6'4-260lbs, and looks like a prototypical pulling guard that has thrived in Utah's system. Scott moves well on the run and does a good job getting set up early in pass pro. He best compares to current Ute guard Isaac Asiata, as both were a similar size in high school, and both also played tackle, but projected best as a guard at Utah. Scott has prototypical size, length and feet for an offensive guard, so he should fit right in on Utah's offensive line.
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Scott will join the Utes in the summer, and has big shoes to fill being an offensive linement at Utah with the last name Scott. As for Tucker, he will need to add weight to his frame at Utah, and will greatly benefit from the expertise of strength coach Doug Elisaia and his staff. Scott is a very likely candidate to redshirt during his freshman year, and is likely looking at being a possible contributor as a redshirt sophomore in 2018.
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In the Oklahoma Beheader, Rightbloggers See U.S. Jihad, Counsel Pants-Wetting Fear
Last week, despite America's long history of religious maniacs killing people in the name of the Lord
, rightbloggers suddenly got worried about it because this time the alleged maniac in question, Alton Nolen a/k/a Jah'Keem Yisrael,is a Muslim
This they took to mean that ISIS-style executions were swiftly becoming a fad stateside, and had to be strongly countered by increased fearfulness.
Alton Nolen got canned from his factory job in Moore, Oklahoma, and, as the old saying goes, went postal. But in a novel twist, he did not just stab some coworkers, he also beheaded one before his former boss Mark Vaughan shot him.
Later it turned out Nolen had tried to convert co-workers to Islam, had the words "Jesus Christ" and "As-salaamu Ataikum" tattooed on his body, and in his spare time enthused over Shariah law. (He'd also done time in prison for large-scale coke possession before converting, in case you thought Islam was his only pedigree.)
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Rightbloggers who spent the weeks after the Sandy Hook shooting arguing that we shouldn't get hysterical over the gun murder of 20 children suddenly became hysterical, because this was clearly not some nut who happened to be Muslim, but jihad in the heartland.
For example, eminent terrorism expert Judge Jeanine Pirro appeared on Fox News to associate Nolen with the worldwide Muslim conspiracy ("to them we're the infidel, and 'them' includes now-radicalized Americans, arrested here as lone wolves").
According to a Breitbart.com account, Pirro proposed America "fight Islamic terrorism [by] closing the borders, stripping citizenship, implementing anti-terrorism technology," etc., as well as "ending gun control so that Americans can defend themselves against violent terrorists in the same way Mark Vaughan stopped Alton Nolen's attack with a firearm."
(The gun angle was popular among the brethren. "It takes a good guy with a gun to stop a bad guy with a Koran," applauded Daniel Greenfield at FrontPageMan under the headline "Oklahoma Beheading Reminds Us ISIS Is Everywhere Muslims Are.")
"Joe Scarborough doesn't buy claim Oklahoma beheader not influenced by ISIS videos," Twitchy informed us. Well, what more do you need? It would have been nice to hear from Glenn Beck, too, but he was apparently busy lecturing on Hitler and Alinsky at the Values Voters conference.
The folks at Nolen's mosque thought he was a little weird ("The mosque's leaders sermonized against beheadings carried out by Islamic State terrorists against foreign journalists," reported the New York Post. "But the messages didn't take with Nolen.") But rightbloggers still considered his place of worship the cradle of his jihadism.
"OKLAHOMA BEHEADER LINKED TO AL QAEDA LEADER AWLAKI, BOSTON BOMBER'S MOSQUE," headlined Jordan Schactel at Breitbart.com. Nolen, he reported, used to go to a mosque in Oklahoma City. The imam there is Dr. Imam Imad Enchassi — but it used to be Suhaib Webb, who had "ties" to the notorious al-Awlaki. See? It's like those Catholics who attend church in the Dominican Republic parish formerly run by recently exposed pedophile Jozef Wesolowski — clearly all of them are child molesters as well.
When members of Nolen's mosque protested that his mad rage had nothing to do with them, Thomas Lifson of American Thinker scoffed, "the real victims are Muslims, or so we are being asked to believe...It is amazing what is being peddled and believed by some," under the headline "Muslim leaders play victim in Oklahoma beheading."
At Power Line, Scott Johnson suggested that the media were covering up for Nolen — not his murder, but his Muslimness. Noticing the photo that accompanied the Breitbart story showed Nolen wearing a headdress and standing in front of his mosque, Johnson asked, "Why is Breitbart News the only media outlet I can find publishing the photo? (Compare, e.g., CBS News and CNN.)" Those outlets had Nolen looking like a regular American, which is clearly disinfo. "Is it because one might prematurely infer from the photo that, like Nidal Hasan, Nolen is a Soldier of Allah and that his faith inspired his crimes?" demanded Johnson. "The FBI is on the case and, perhaps, we shall see." The FBI? Oh, Scott, they're all in on it!
Similarly, Tom Blumer of NewsBusters told us that during the George Zimmerman trial, "the press was widely and deservedly criticized for repeatedly and almost exclusively using a photo of [Trayvon] Martin as an innocent-looking 13-year-old over others more recently taken which were readily available." Blumer then linked to some ordinary photos of Martin published at The Grio, which must have been a mistake on his part — we suspect he meant to link to these.
Anyway, Blumer clearly found using non-frightening pictures of slain black people to be media malfeasance, and "perhaps they're at it again with alleged murderer Alton Nolen...The only reason not to use Nolen's more recent picture would appear to be a desire to shield readers and viewers from what appears to have been primary motivator which drove Nolen to do what he did."
Melissa Clouthier actually storified her tweeted discussions with other rightbloggers about what she called the "press embargo" on the case: "I'm kind of rooting for them to do the full embargo — because they would be so massively discredited it would destroy them," said Ace of Spades. "But I imagine they know that," responded Clouthier, "so they'll give it very, very light play. Just so they can say 'We mentioned that.' " If only the sheeple would read this Storify! Well, maybe when we win Crusades II there'll be a giant, scrolling tribute.
Rightbloggers didn't only blame the media; they also attacked law enforcement officials who downplayed the possibility of a terrorist connection instead of screaming, "JIHAD! RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!" as procedure dictates.
"The FBI has told local authorities that Yisrael has no connection to ISIS," scoffed Aaron Goldstein at The American Spectator. "Even if he isn't connected to them, he surely adopted their tactics. If this can happen in smalltown America then imagine what could happen in the big cities." Wow, terrorist attacks in the big cities — just imagine!
"Now, the local police are asking the FBI to help investigate Nolen," said Terresa Monroe-Hamilton at Gulag Bound. "Which will go nowhere I predict. He's a Muslim and a terrorist. They should check out his ties to ISIS, his mosque, his Imam — his life. But they won't. They'll cover it up — just another dead woman, as the bodies keep piling up in America." No citation with that last sentence, alas.
"No 'nexus to terrorism'?" Rick Moran of American Thinker answered back an anonymous police official. "How about being inspired by terrorists? Does that count as a terrorist attack?" Maybe we should ask the Writers Guild.
Generally, to the extent that they had anything but slurs and scoldings to offer, rightbloggers' advice on the matter seemed to be: Get frightened and stay frightened, because Muslims are out to kill you.
"What is it about this activity BEING Islam that we don't get?" cried Kevin McCullough of TownHall. "The American people KNOW it is Islam. We know Islam teaches these things, and we know that there are millions of radicalized Muslims ready to attack."
"Sure, he was just fired from his job and angry," said Keith Koffler at White House Dossier, "but it doesn't take a genius to see there must be at least some kind of link between what is going on in the Islamic State and this murder in the United States...today's gruesome murder is a harbinger of more to come."
"Rational Americans," said PJ Media's Bryan Preston, "will see that and hear the horrible 9-1-1 call and rightly determine that the Obama government is unwilling to see the truth, and is unwilling to protect us."
"Why U.S. blacks are easy targets for radicalization," headlined WorldNetDaily's Jesse Lee Peterson — who's black, BTW, so no fair calling him racist, libtards. Peterson started with the usual rap — fatherless black males etc. — then moved on to the menace of "Marxist-influenced teachers" who "encourage their anger toward America by promoting the lie that their country is 'racist,' " and of black churches that "have been co-opted by racist preachers" — a case in point being Bishop T.D. Jakes, who at the funeral of Michael Brown, the kid shot dead by cops in Ferguson, portrayed the young man as "a saint," when Peterson knew him to be a "thug." "This lie," Peterson added, "only encourages the hatred of whites and police among black youth."
Also, per Peterson, "blacks are also encouraged to remain angry by so-called 'leaders' in this administration...If the anger and racism in black America is not exposed and dealt with, we will see more beheadings and bloodshed like we've seen in Oklahoma."
So: Now they've not only got Muslims who might be jihadi — they've also got black people who might be Muslims who might be jihadi to worry about. And hey, look, "Another One," announced Debra Heine at Breitbart.com — except this Okie only threatened a co-worker with decapitation, which seems a poor way to effect Holy War, since he was swiftly arrested for it. Crazy? Yeah — crazy like a jihadi!
The way they talk about this threat — headchoppers in every woodpile! — we don't see how these guys can even get out of bed in the morning. Unless they don't actually believe any of this nonsense and are just hoping to frighten voters enough to regain the terror benefit Republicans used to regularly receive in the early days of the War on Whatchamacallit. But it would be awfully cynical to think so.
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- 1 (3.5-oz.) chili chocolate bar, chopped
- 1/4 teaspoon chili powder (optional)
- Garnishes: whipped cream, shaved chocolate
How to Make It
Bring milk, cinnamon stick, cocoa, and vanilla to a boil in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally. Reduce heat to low; stir in chopped chocolate until melted. Remove from heat. Add chili powder, if desired. Discard cinnamon stick. Garnish, if desired.
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1. Create an Account class. The account class should have a type attribute for "Checking" or "Savings", use an enum for this. The account class should have a balance attribute. In the constructor it should take a User object and the initial balance. It should maintain a reference to the user class as a property on the class. Give it a method called credit that adds money to the balance and a method called debit which removes money from the balance.
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John Yoon began studying piano at the age of 4, the majority of which he studied with Ann Thompson. He continued musical studies throughout his school years, playing horn and flute. He began studying at the ANU in 2009 and graduated in 2014 with BMus and LLB degrees, studying composition under Jim Cotter and Larry Sitsky. He has played with CYM's Wind Symphony, James McCusker Orchestra, the Canberra Youth Orchestra and the National Capital Orchestra.
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It's about time. You've read 50 Shades of Grey and now you know about Solution-Focused Therapy – the hot new (or not so new) approach to counseling.
This vlog was created to share some of what goes on in counseling. It's not just me sitting there and nodding, I'm actually working and using a conceptual framework to fix the problem – always. For anyone who is curious what counseling looks like, how I use SFT, or really just wants to keep watching me in front of my shower curtain (yes, the cat is out of the bag… I live in a studio apartment with terrible lighting!) yet again, then watch this video.
I spent my whole life in Florida until I up and moved 3,000 miles to Seattle. I bopped around Florida for my first 25 years – Tampa, Gainesville, Orlando – all cities within 2ish hours of each other. As I moved, my friendships evolved, some ended and some got stronger, but I always had a solid network. I had one or two bffls by my side, holding down the fort, keeping me sane, and providing me with that intangible *click* you occasionally have with other humans.
It's different now. My nearest best friend (as it should be) is Jesse. I spend a lot of my time with him and we get along famously, but I miss my network of besties. I'm working on making friends here, finding that *click* and all that, but it's been weird because I'm all on my own for the first time. It's made me think a fair amount about what I want and need in a friend. At 25, I don't really have the time or the patience to wade through all the crap I dealt with from people when I was younger. My time and energy are important to me and I want to make sure I direct that energy in places that suit me.
So, I've been subconsciously compiling this list in my head and I figured, "Hey! I should write this down." So, here's the rules for finding Jen Bingaman's Seattle bestie(s).
1. Laugh at my jokes – I'm funny enough, but I need someone who thinks I'm hilarious. It helps my ego and frankly, friendships are better when everyone is laughing.
2. Make me laugh – When I think about all the wonderful friends I made in college and beyond, the common denominator is that they are all hysterical creatures. Each and everyone puts a smile on my face.
3. Have little to no shame – This is a big one. I like dancing, being silly in public, talking to strangers, being spontaneous, and letting myself go sometimes. I want someone who will join me, without the burden of being self-conscious or shy. Ducks fly together! (I don't know, it sounded appropriate)
4. Tell me how it is – I cannot and will not stand for a friend who doesn't share how they feel with me because they are afraid of conflict. Tell me if I'm being a turd! I need to know so I don't keep doing it around people who don't love me as much as my friends do. The exception here is when I'm being funny, because I'm always funny. Always.
5. Inspire me – All of my best friends are good at things I struggle with and inspire me to be a better person. Through these people, I see the way I want to be and behave modeled for me, teaching me the intricacies of how to be happier, kinder, and wiser.
6. Adventuring – If I want to drive to Portland for the weekend, you're coming with me. If you want to try something crazy like, I don't know, bungee jumping… I will strongly consider doing it to make you happy.
7. Unconditionally supportive – If I am screwing up my life, don't wag your finger at me, support me! The truth is, we all do what we want, regardless of the advice we're given. I don't need someone to be mad at me because I made a choice they don't approve of, I need someone to respect my choice and still be invested in helping me through the fallout of that bad choice, should it come to that.
8. Food – I don't need a vegan, hell I don't even need a vegetarian. I respect whatever choices you make to eat. What I find baffling is a person who doesn't like food! They exist and it's just not something I can handle day-to-day. I want to get down on some grub with my bffl. Some of my best friend moments have been over a bowl of tortilla chips and salsa.
9. Trust – We tell secrets. We get vulnerable. I don't want a bestie who is invincible and won't let me see the chinks in her (or his!) armor. That's not an authentic relationship to me. I want you to feel comfortable crying in front of me or with me (depending on how much wine we've had and how pathetic we're both feeling). I want to feel bonded to your successes, your failures, and who you are as a person.
10. Be a fan – All in all, every friend I have I just love to pieces. They are all wonderful people, doing wonderful things with their lives. What I love most is the culture of admiration we've built with one another. A phone call is an opportunity to champion each other, build each other up, and sing one another's praises. We're not tearing each other down, we believe, no matter what odds, that each of us can do whatever we set our minds to do. It's a culture of respect, fondness, and love. We tell each other we love each other because we do. It's not weird, it's honest and it makes the guts around my heart feel like they are glowing.
I've learned that my rules of friendship are not universal. Plenty of people can't handle how intense I am and find my bffl beliefs to be intimidating or uncomfortable. That's cool. We'll just be acquaintances or buds. Now I know what I want and I need, which is always great because that's self-awareness! The most important mind hack of them all.
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My new chapbook, All Here Sail in a River of Light, is a collaboration with Eramosa Valley poet Katherine L. Gordon. We each wrote eight new poems this past April 2014 during National Poetry Month and it's a book of transition from a harsh, cruel Winter to the early serenity of Spring.
This chapbook can be ordered through Harmonia Press: http://harmoniapress.blogspot.ca/p/book-orders.html
Here are a pair of sample poems from All Here Sail in a River of Light:
The Season Arrived in Birdsong
The season arrived in birdsong,
in snowbanks receding like glaciers,
their slow and dripping melt
under a radiant sage of sun
eager to redeem itself
for its many days of absence,
its inability to warm us when we needed it most
and winter's cruel colding
instilling an innate experience
of Pleistocene hunters and mammoths,
of being bound inside our caves,
of venturing into the ice and wind
while we dreamt of distant greening.
©2014 Andreas Gripp
Absent Spring
We grow cautious
in this thin warmth,
unsure of seasons,
doubting calendars,
carrying coats against sudden chill,
ancient genes rise up in warning
of an earth grown hostile to itinerants
searching icy floods for food and water.
Our customary April is an Innocent Lost,
few birds have braved migration, droop at feeders,
sky not yet glad.
Another page of transformation is written,
sharing and kindness new virtues
but the virtuous not yet appeared.
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In Emerson, Bryan Robson has arguably the most complete player in his position in the country. The Brazilian was at the heart of Middlesbrough's rampaging attacks, using his awesome strength to break Coventry down and then his pace to surge forward. His passing was perceptive and he tackled back - a harsh challenge on John Salako earned him a first-half booking.
Alongside was Juninho, playing what his manager called "his best game of the season". Barely needing a touch to control the ball, he taunted Coventry's battered defenders, daring them to come and get it from him. They rarely could.
Last season, Juninho's weakness was his wayward finishing. On Saturday he scored twice: the first a precise pass from 15 yards; the second a composed tap-in having baffled Steve Ogrizovic with a couple of samba- style shimmies.
Robbie Mustoe is the unknown in a glittering midfield. A 28-year-old from Oxford, Saturday was his 185th League game for Middlesbrough. He is anonymous because of his efficiency, quietly winning tackles and quickly distributing the ball.
While Salako sparkled down the left, Coventry only showed cohesion when Gordon Strachan replaced a disappointing Eion Jess on the hour.
Up front, Noel Whelan had a goal disallowed for offside but neither he nor Dion Dublin looked likely to produce anything else to beat Alan Miller, and this against a defence which will be undone by potent strike forces.
So pity Coventry's poor back three. Emerson, armed by Mustoe and egged on by Barmby, continually pulled them apart - and Ravanelli and Juninho made them pay.
Goals: Ravanelli (3) 1-0; Juninho (28) 2-0; Ravanelli (73) 3-0; Juninho (80) 4-0.
Middlesbrough (5-3-2): Miller; Cox, Whyte, Vickers, P Whelan, Fleming; Emerson, Mustoe, Juninho; Barmby, Ravanelli. Substitues not used: Moore, Hendrie, Stamp, Branco, Roberts (gk).
Coventry City (3-1-4-2): Ogrizovic; Shaw, Burrows, Williams; Borrows; Telfer, Jess (Strachan, 60), McAllister, Salako; N Whelan (Ducros, 71), Dublin. Substitutes not used: Hall, Richardson, Filan (gk).
Referee: G Barber (Warwick).
Bookings: Middlesbrough: Whyte, Emerson, Ravanelli. Coventry: Jess, Whelan.
Man of the match: Juninho.
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R. Crumb's Debut in the 'Voice': as Fashion Designer!
Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. October 30, 1969, Vol. XIV, No. 55
Outside Fashion by Blair Sobel
When you come right down to it, fashion is about pure fantasy. Image-achieving or head-tripping to be exact. So why not have one of the biggest fantasy "heads" of all time -- cartoonist R. Crumb -- design clothes. He's a natural. After all, his women are truly legitimate with their high bubble asses and their knockwurst thighs. His chicks you've seen on the streets a hundred times. R. Crumb seems to be more in touch with today's younger breed of female than any Village designer or certainly Jonathan Logan. He's even been drawing chunky-heeled shoes long before they appeared in real life at Beck's (glad to see that Beck's shoe designers are avid readers of Zap). Besides the fashion industry could always do with a little help from some artists and R. Crumb (R stands for Robert) is one of the heaviest cartoonists today.
His Zap comic book series is now at number four, with the fourth recently getting busted from the stands -- and as D.A. Latimer of the East Village Other said, "If you can bust Zap for long-leggity bare-assed women then you can bust Vogue." At any rate, among the "in porn" group the latest onslaught of dirty comic books is the hottest art form, not to mention the horniest. However you may feel about the strips themselves is secondary. The images somehow do reflect the mass American attitude -- an attitude exaggerated to absurd levels, of course, but nevertheless a basic attitude. Now what could be more basic mass American than fashion?
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R. Crumb agreed to rap about the idea when he flew in from San Francisco for a week visit. At first he seemed unsure, but once I got him talking about his dream female image his mind took off with jet-propelled speed. Within six hours he delivered six sketches, all with captions and explanations. It must be understood that R. Crumb isn't exactly selling out and opening a "Crumby Rags Inc." on 550 Seventh Avenue; this was merely a suggestion made by me and he obligingly took up on it as a mind-blowing exercise. "To me fashion is...er...um...really person. I mean what I draw or what I say about it is only my view. I mean I dig certain kinds of freaky chicks. Sort of half teenage love goddess with saddle shoes, rolled-down socks with chubby knees, and the other half is a hippie chick with tight blue jeans, bobbing breasts, and long mangy hair."
R. Crumb is a tall, gangly, and shy Arnold Stang. You'd recognize him instantly as the awkward 13-year-old boy you went to school with who used to sit in the last seat of the last row and during class he'd look so unassuming and peaceful doodling away his dreams on the back of his notebook. Unassuming looking, that is, until you caught a glimpse of his doodles which were usually a sexy naked chick with her legs spread. R. Crumb keeps to himself and is extremely soft-spoken and most genteel. His glasses magnify his eyes to twice their size and his eyes are always wide open ready to take in anything and everything. He's super-observant -- but then he has to be since his work has to dow with what's momentarily going down. Some of his fans say he is his own insecure Flakey Floog character; others say he has the philosophical solidity of Mr. Natural. I think he's both.
He doesn't get into talking about himself easily and his modesty is so ingrained that it's difficult to get him to talk about the effect his strips have had on people. "Yeah...the feedback is incredible. It really has been changing my head a lot. I mean the people's reaction to my stuff makes me see myself much better now. Like right now you could say I'm on the edge of my head...and it's tough...tough because I dig my own fantasy life of the comics but I dig reality too and sure they clash...and sometimes it gets a bit tough." Reality for R. Crumb is being 26 years old, having lived all over the country but settled now in San Francisco with a wife and a year-old son. He publishes his strips in Zap and elsewhere, not to mention his album covers for Janis Joplin -- both "Cheap Thrills" and the latest, "Kozmic Blues." "Janis's look I really dig -- I guess my women are based on her image but they're a lot more militant. My Lenore Goldberg, for instance, is an exaggerated Janis figure." Lenore Goldberg is Crumb's Women's Liberation character. "She's cerebral yet sexy. I'm all for women's liberation, man. I like a girl who has a mind of her own yet still has sexiness. It must be hard for chicks to do that though. But if more of them got into it they'd be a lot better off. I can't stand the traditional role of female passivity...that's a drag. There's not threat in a chick being strong. Strong within herself...her head...that is, as long as she doesn't become physically overpowering."
Women for Crumb should be tactile and sensual beings. "I hate spike shoes and bouffant plastic heads...who can touch that? That whole look is so 'hands off' and creepy. I want to know that girls are girls and not guys. For instance, Twiggy was a girl's head trip; not many guys that I know of really dug her. I've also found...and this is strictly my head...that guys who like thinner scrawny chicks are more masochistic and more oral while guys that dig bigger tougher girls are more sadistic and anal."
Crumb's views are straight and honest. Fashion for him is no big thing and girls on the street are better than ever. Maybe cause there's none of that 1952 split shit about high fashion versus low fashion. High fashion used to be so dippy, remember? and the low fashion was so obscenely sexy. Now they both overlap...I'm still against high fashion, though. Why should a couple of uptights dictate to the masses what should or should not be worn? Clothes should come from each person's individual consciousness."
Sure, some of Crumb's fashion views are exaggerated (like grossly thick legs poured into an overflowing thigh high laced boots or Little Lulu panties peeking out from a tutu mini on a 200-pound girl) "but see there's more intensity in that exaggeration. Like there's more going on in that 'hard on' look. It's not so blatantly perverse. Nothing is perverse about ass-gripping bermuda shorts or rolled-down socks and stockings. Maybe it's the dumbness not the ignorance of the images that I draw that turns me on so much. Others I'm sure are turned off by that look for the very reason that I'm turned on...see there's that personal aspect coming in again." But what is Crumb's woman all about anyway? Generally she's got a small head, thin face, and strong bullish neck, small through the arms and torso ("I'm not a tit man. Matter of fact a girl should have more in the thighs than the chest."), short-waisted, huge ass, and "dancer's Amazon legs." For him tights have got to go "panties and garter belts and black stockings are truly sexy." Bright clingy floral printed dresses -- the kind worn in the '40s -- with white lace V-neck collars, cuffs, and puffy shoulders are "incredible turn-ons." Most of all...forget all underwear.
As for Crumb's female idol, it's not Sophia or Raquel or even Annie Magnani. "Girls on the street are better looking to me than any famous movie star produced by mass media. For me a chubby teenage chick in short shorts from Sioux City freaks me out more than anything...or maybe a dream of mine is a seven-foot tall black Amazon chick...but that's a private fantasy number of mine and I've yet to find her."
At the end of our fashion rap Crumb laughed (or was it a "heh, heh" or a "teethe" or a "hubba-hubba") over his fantasies being picked up by real people. "My fantasies...I keep saying...are only exaggerations and if they affect live people then I guess soon people will become exaggerations of themselves, no?" I flashed Jackie Onassis doing her judo trick on that photographer outside the "I Am Curious" flick. Get this: she was wearing a dark leather short skirt and dark stockings -- softer version of R. Crumb, maybe? So it's already happening and R. Crumb, cartoonist-turned-designer, is not such a far-out thought after all but one to be seriously and sensually considered.
[Each weekday morning, we post an excerpt from another issue of the Voice, going in order from our oldest archives. Visit our Clip Job archive page to see excerpts back to 1956.]
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Small scale embedded generation
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Small scale wind energy
Small scale embedded generation is defined as "any source of electrical energy rated up to, and including, 16 A per phase, single or multi-phase, 230/400V AC" [1]. In the case of wind energy it is quite common to consider small scale wind turbines as those rated less than 100kW. Small scale wind turbines offer several advantages over their large-scale counterparts although as a general rule of thumb the total cost of power generation decreases with the size of the turbine. Large scale wind energy production requires a big capital investment not only due to the equipment cost but also due to the very large windy sites required for installation. This makes smaller wind turbines more suitable for applications such as "isolated islands, single dwellings, remote cabins, and street lights" requiring much less capital investment although the cost of per generated watt increases [2].
The low power rating of small wind turbines allows the use of technologically advanced solutions which would be difficult to implement in the case of e.g. a 5MW wind turbine. This makes the use of a number of smaller wind turbines with significant cumulative output power much more attractive. Moreover, the power rating of a wind turbine increases with size causing environmental problems and significant noise. This makes the installation of high power rated wind turbines unsuitable for urban areas but mostly suitable for remote areas where the connection to the grid is weak [3].
In the White Paper on Energy published by the UK government it was estimated that at 2007, in UK alone, there were 20000 installed small scale wind turbines with a total output power of 7MW. This shows the significant proportion of small scale wind power generation in the renewable sector compared to the estimated 1300 photovoltaic UK installations. Furthermore, the average cost of 7p/kWh makes small wind technology much more attractive than solar PV energy with an average cost of 24p/kWh but still considerable expensive compared to large scale systems having an average cost of 3p/kWh [4].
Wind turbine types
There are two basic types of small scale wind turbines depending on the position of the rotor: horizontal axis and vertical axis turbines. The advantage of the vertical axis, also called Savonius or Darrieus rotor, over the horizontal type is the fact that it operates irrespective of the direction of the wind. Although most large scale wind turbines nowadays use horizontal type wind turbines, in small scale systems the vertical axis orientation is still quite common. The horizontal types can be subdivided into axial and transversal depending on their orientation with respect to the direction of the wind. Axial wind turbines are widely used in both small and large scale systems. Small wind turbines are offered with 2, 3 or more blades. Orientation is provided via either a tail or shaped blades [5].
The big difference of small scale wind turbines compared to large scale systems is that the blades are fixed and protection is offered through the aerodynamics of the rotor. This is often referred to as stall control since the rotor stalls at high wind speeds offering the advantages of simplicity and less power fluctuations. The disadvantages over the pitch control method employed in large scale systems, where the angle of attack is controlled by changing the pitch angle of the blades, are that less power is extracted from the wind at low wind speeds while no assistance is offered at start-up. Further, variations in air density and the frequency of the grid can cause variations in the output power [6].
In rural areas small scale wind turbines are usually mounted on a mast close to a dwelling. However in urban environments where not much space is available, they can be installed on the roof of a building. The disadvantage of this installation is the turbulence of the air created by the orientation of the space surrounding the building. This can be overcome by modifying the structure of the building in order to guide the air to flow through the turbine blades. Very small wind turbines are also mounted on sailboats. Finally note that with small scale wind turbines no connection in the grid substation is required; the turbine can directly be connected in the local distribution system [5].
Another classification of wind turbines is made with respect to the speed of the rotor. Most small scale systems nowadays use variable speed turbines in which the rotational speed of the generator changes in order to maximise the power extracted from the wind. As a result, gusts of wind are mostly absorbed by variations of the rotational speed of the generator keeping the torque, and thus the output power, relatively constant. In contrast, fixed speed turbines keep the rotational speed of the rotor constant irrespective of the wind speed while controlling the extracted power by varying the winding sets. Fixed speed turbines use induction generators and offer simplicity, reliability, robustness and low cost at the expense of reactive power consumption for the excitement of the generator and increased mechanical stress and line losses. These losses are caused by voltage variations that may occur due to changes in power as a result of wind speed fluctuations. On the other hand variable speed wind turbines use either synchronous or induction generators and are connected to the grid via a converter which controls the speed of the generator. Although fluctuations in output power are smaller and mechanical stress in the aerodynamic system is less than in the case of fixed speed turbines, the introduction of power electronic devices increases the complexity and cost of the system while additional losses occur in the converter [6].
In general two types of generators are used widely in wind turbines: induction and synchronous generators each with its relevant advantages and disadvantages. Induction generators have governed the industry especially in large scale wind systems. However small scale wind turbines have started to be dominated by permanent magnet synchronous machines. The biggest difference of a synchronous and an induction generator is that the former operates at the frequency of the grid while the latter at a higher frequency. In both generators the stator is made of a laminated iron core fitted with a three phase winding producing a rotating magnetic field with constant speed. However the rotors in the two machines are different. In a synchronous generator the field winding of the rotor is fed with a DC current creating a magnetic field. The interaction between the two fields causes the rotor to rotate in synchronism with the stator field. In an induction generator the rotor is not fed with current but the currents are induced due to the relative movement of the rotor with respect to the magnetic field of the stator. The difference between the synchronous speed and the rotational speed of the rotor is called slip [7].
Induction generators can be either squirrel cage or wound rotor type. Squirrel cage generators are very efficient and require little maintenance but a gearbox between rotor and generator must be used since they rotate at different speeds. Their ability to slightly change their rotational speed for large variations of wind speeds makes them ideal for use in fixed speed wind turbines. However their steep torque-speed characteristic together with the high inrush currents can cause severe voltage depressions and make necessary the use of a soft starter. The torque speed characteristic can be modified with the use of a wound rotor where the resistance of the rotor winding can change but the overall cost of the rotor increases [5 page66]. If for example the generator has high inrush currents, the resistance of the winding can be increased at start-up thus producing high starting torque with low current. However this resistance must be decreased at high speeds to prevent large variations of speed with relevant torque changes caused by the modification of the torque speed characteristic. Wound rotor generators are usually used with variable speed wind turbines and in conjunction with an optically controlled converter that modifies the resistance of the rotor winding.
In general induction generators are efficient, although less efficient than synchronous generators, and robust while there are minimum requirements for maintenance. Moreover their large production has dropped down the cost of manufacture. Another advantage is that they can simply be connected to the grid either by bringing the rotor to rated speed and then connect the generator to the grid or by connecting the generator to the grid and use it as a motor to bring the rotor in the rated speed [9 page 229]. Either case synchronism is not required. The big disadvantage of induction generators it the requirement for reactive power to excite the stator core which must be provided either by the grid or a power converter. The corresponding reduction in load power factor can be compensated with the use of capacitor banks [6 page67].
Synchronous generators are expensive and require maintenance but they are very efficient and have the big advantage of control over reactive power flow through control of the field winding [8 p121]. This gives full control over the voltage at the terminals of the generator. A disadvantage of synchronous machines is that when connected to the grid special synchronization equipment is needed to match the electrical angle of the AC power with the angular position of the rotor. Another disadvantage is that they are relatively stiff machines compared to induction generators due to their constant speed characteristic. As a result they respond to sudden gusts of wind or faults in an oscillatory way by varying only the load angle which can cause instability and loss of synchronism.
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It's common for dogs' ears to smell, especially if they have floppy ears. When a dog's ears fold over, it makes it easy for moisture to stay inside the ear, which causes a build-up of bacteria and wax. If you notice the dog scratching its ear, it could have an ear infection. Regular cleaning can prevent infections by keeping the ear dry and sterile.
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Dip a cotton ball into the vinegar solution with your free hand. Clean out the inside of the ear with a few cotton balls. Then use a cotton swab to clear out wax build-up inside the ear canal. Don't put the cotton swab far down into the ear canal, because you can puncture the eardrum or it's possible to lose the cotton.
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Wayne is immortal
This year, Lil Wayne evaded death on numerous occasions. For whatever reason, he revels in the sheer thought of eluding his own demise. No matter how many times Weezy stares death in the face, the grim reaper always blinks first and Wayne lives to see another day. Well, it appears that Wayne is immortal because he was able face off with death once again and walk away on top.
Wayne does it again