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There is a debate amongst comedic scholars regarding the state of comedy in this country. There are some who believe we are on the cusp of a second comedic golden age. There are others who feel we've got a long way to go if we plan to compare ourselves with some of our predecessors from the "Great Comedy Boom" of the '80s. (or 50's. Or 30's) I'm not sure how I feel on the issue myself, but I will say, in looking at all the comedy albums released this year it's hard not to think we're on the road to another comedic renaissance, if not there already. Join me in examining this years list of the "10 BEST albums of 2011", and consider for yourself the idea that we might be on the verge of something great. I'd say the top 5 alone are proof of that.
As CraveOnline.com releases its yearly Top 10 lists somewhat later than other outlets, I've had the advantage of reading their lists before composing my own. I think it will become clear that all the reviewers seem to agree on some factors and disagree wildly on others, naturally, however, I've tried to consider my list both on the raw humor of the album, and also its contribution to the art-form of comedy as a whole. At the end of the day, "funny" is subjective and if this list is not the one you would have written, I encourage your feedback both as comments on this page, but also on twitter (@SaxCarr) and via email (email@example.com).
If you feel very strongly that an album was overlooked here, I'll go one step futher: in addition to taking me to task on my error in omitting it, please share you opinion on it with YOUR friends. Comedy, like philosophy is best shared.
Oh I should mention here that I've considered DVD specials and CD's in the same category. Its not enough of a medium change to warrant anything being disqualified from this list. I often listen to live comedy TV specials when I write, and they hold up even if you aren't watching the screen.
One last note before we tuck into the list: Last year I wrote a "10 Albums You Need to Own" list as opposed to a more "annual" one. This is because I believe the best comedy is timeless, and some albums are still the best possible listening in this or any year. Still, this year I forced myself to stay within the confines of 2011, and I think the year's steaming fresh batch of comedy warrants a sequestered look. Nevertheless, you'll not be terribly upset if I sneak in one little timeless review here at #11…
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#11 : George Carlin and Richard Pryor – Everything they ever recorded, ever.
In the event that your local record shop is sold out of all the rest of the albums on this list, have no fear. Every record store (or online retailer) worth its salt is brimming over with albums from George Carlin and Richard Pryor, who are both arguably the fathers of modern comedy. Any performer working today can find in his comedic "lineage" somehow connected to these two men. They were, by no means, the first stand-up comedians. There have been great shining stars before and after them, but they were the ones that "perfected the medium". Metaphorically, there were better hitters before and after Babe Ruth, but none who so exemplified baseball for a generation.
Of course, Pryor and Carlin both had very different styles, and it's easy to assume this difference is somehow racial in nature. I think that's a simplistic observation. In reality, their comedy only differed by matter of perspective. Pryor dealt with humanity (especially his own) and Carlin with society. Each genius took the same problems and considered them on different scales. To put it another way: Pryor examined introspectively, looking inside his own mind, whereas Carlin put his scalpel to how humans interact en masse,and how we are the same, yet challenged us to be different.
It may be hard to wrap your head around the idea that Pryor's expansive routine about his own heart attack and Carlin's explosive exploration of the words you can't say on TV are really two magnifying glasses on the same subject, but they are. (These two magnifying glasses, by the way, need to be in your own personal collection. So go out and grab one of their albums, preferably on CD or vinyl [or any physical form] and keep it handy.)
In the interest of specificity, here are the best albums from each man, in the highly trained professional opinion of my podcast <link to Fandom Planet here> partner, and CraveOnline.com contributor Tim Powers:
"Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip" is Pryor's finest hour as a stand-up. A failed suicide attempt (disguised as Richard "accidentally lighting himself on fire") and a series of personal tragedies brings Richard to his most accessible and real. Everyone who has any desire to perform stand-up comedy needs to study Richard's performance on this LP.
George Carlin's career had a few twists and turns but I find his "Class Clown" LP one of his finest. He talks about being in school and being a cut up (which I can certainly relate to) and how quickly being funny can get you into or out of a beat-down (ditto). It also includes the legendary "Seven Words" piece. This is not only an essential COMEDY album to own, it is an essential ALBUM of any format to own.
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#10 – Christopher Titus – "Neverlution"
I think at the end of his career Titus will be judged more on his whole body of work than any one album. That's not saying much, as so will most comedians, but I feel like somehow, in his own way, Titus makes it abundantly clear that each new album is just the latest chapter in the continuing story of his own life-long, miserable experiment in a perpetual stand-up autobiography.
That all said, "Neverlution" is a fantastic stand-alone piece. It deals almost exclusively with the heaviest subjects and always with the lightest touches. It's real, and it's in your face (typical for Titus), but somehow you still want to bring it home. The album is defined by its style with his microphone-less and poetic delivery, and his persistant willingness to present challenges to convention. Moreover, the album is funny the whole way through. It is funny in ways that are much less open to challenge than the rest. Few comedians can rival a style with this distinction, and that alone would have been enough to land it here. Titus is in a class by himself.
The fact that his call to revolution and playful condemnation of how a modern generation would probably handle it are very close to being Occupy Wall Street hasn't escaped many either. (He opined that we would be well intentioned but mess it up because we have to be all-inclusive and therefore we'd never get anything done. Titus explains it much better than I.)
Here is our review of the album at the time it dropped: Neverlution Review
We had an exclusive clip for a time, too: EXCLUSIVE Neverlution Clip
Interestingly, Titus has just released a boxed set of all his previous albums (as a promotion for his upcoming comedic run for president on 2012) and has it for sale, signed, on his website here:
Do yourself a favor and pick it up — tell him Sax Carr sent you.
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#9. Patton Oswalt – "Finest Hour"
I think we can all remember the amazing explosion that was the Comedians of Comedy tour. For many it was, justifiably, the birth of what was then called "Alt. Comedy" and is now just basically allcomedy. It had a great lineup too, and every one of them has gone on to bigger and better things. For me however, with all respect to the amazing talents of Posehn, Bamford, and Galifianakis, that show was about one man: Patton Oswalt. Oswalt is at a level of talent I hadn't imagined could be contained in one comedian. I'm still amazed at the diversity and breadth of Oswalt's comedy and "Finest Hour" is no exception.
One of the things that really struck me about this album, from track one all the way down, was the skill at which Oswalt could push for real social change, and still hide it all in comedy so thick you can't tell where one begins and ends. One track, "Dumb Gay Friend," so definitively lampoons the stereotypes perpetuated in mindless Rom-Com movies that I feel like if everyone heard it, the problem would simply GO away. As soon as Oswalt addresses one issue he's on to the next, and all the while his trademark style and perfect irreverence keeps you at a steady roll of laughter.
Here's a clip that was released to promote the album:
Care to buy the thing? Check out THIS link:
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#8. Tig Notaro – "Good One"
Three cheers for comedians with unique styles. Comedians that can make me laugh on their own terms are always my favorite. Tig not only innovates in terms of delivery but also in pacing, creating a strangely hypnotic building tone that leads to the deepest of belly laughs and when least expected. On stage she's tweaked that delivery to a level of perfection most comedians can't muster. What I'm trying to say is "Tig Notaro OWNS timing!" She has probably the best timing since Johnny Carson and Jack Benny.
This album captures that magic well, with an actually daunting sonic quality that allows Tig to play in and out of the silence. The pacing from joke to joke is paced to speed up and shoot off the cuff (or reacts the audience) so surprisingly you almost laugh at that; no joke is necessary. Then she turns around and pauses for 10 seconds and you laugh at that. At silence. it's a RARE comedian who can make you laugh at silence (See: Jack Benny) Finally, when she has you on the ropes, she drops in a punchline that exploits all that set-up material causing you to laugh beyond belief. It's a pretty amazing experience.
Of course, the content is great too and jokes like the now infamous "No Moleste" and "Can You Believe it" are some of the best jokes ever written. Even by me.
You can download the latter FREE TRACK here:
We did a full review of the album right here: The BEST in TIG Reviews!
You can BUY that album on Amazon here: You can BUY "Good One" at AMAZING!
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#7. Natasha Leggero – "Coke Money"
CraveOnline.com has been shouting the credits of Natasha Leggero for the past few years now and it's not looking to stop anytime soon. The mutli-talented comedian who shifts comfortably from her well-developed, spoiled, wealthy characters to her sardonic ripping apart of modern society. Plus, she can sing. Her over-arching statement that our society is in decline is so well defined I'm amazed she hasn't somehow fixed society by accident yet.
This album is now, and always will be (I suspect), THE Natasha Leggero album. It contains the bits that clearly pull from the core of her comedy and show off her exceptional range. Its subjects, which range from Toilet Babies to modern music, are all at once topical and timeless. All the while, somehow, Leggero manages to condemn most of the audience and yet always remain likeable. She encourages everyone to come along on the ride down her "ID" and then examine their own.
Speaking of Toilet Babies.. check out this mildly related clip:
And of course you can buy the album at the Amazon: Downloadable COKE MONEY
BUY IT (unless you're poor…)
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#6. Louie C.K. – "Hilarious"
Let's look past the recent groundswell of hype around Louie that may or may not be based on any understand of how good he actually is. Well… he's actually that good. Yes, Louie C.K. is one of the best comedians who ever lived, and as long as he can produce an album a year (which he intends to) he'll probably be in every year's top 10 list on this and every other website. That's how good he is.
Louie has managed to do something I find pretty incredible. He's gone from being a comedian's comedian to a national success story. This was, of course, in part from his two award winning TV serieses, but it just takes a few seconds listening to this or any of his albums to understand that it is so much more.
This album has Louie's normal combination of harsh social commentary (his auditory impressions of people, all mostly guttural, is SO condemning!) and material that either is deeply personal or somehow betrays something deeply personal about him. He's so honest about his personal life that I think I might know as much about his children as I do my closest friends. His routine about his 3 year old child is one of my favorites on this album.
Another gift Louie has, that's well represented here, is his gift of comparing his current world to that of just years ago. A series of jokes about cellphones on this album are not only hilarious (reference intended) but totally blew my mind about the cosmic truths. Maybe I should get out more.
Actually that whole track is amazing… Oh, we have a clip…
|Louis C.K. – Give It a Second
You can buy the whole album here: Buy and Consume Hilarious
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#5. Patrice O'Neal – "Elephant in the Room"
Let me just cover my bases here and make it clear that I am by no means a sentimentalist when it comes to art. I would never have put anyone on this list simply because they've recently passed. Patrice deserves to be on the best of 2011 list because his album is downright hilarious. This album… not just Patrice O'Neal, but this ALBUM was easily one of the best ever made. The fact that it's really Patrice's last major work is a side-note. This is one of the better albums I've ever heard.
The real gift Patrice had was some sort of amazing ability to roll his jokes into a very regular, everyday, human conversation. It's all comedy, and it's all so very planned . It just seems so perfectly "now." Even Patrice's ability to go out into the audience and get random people to give him the answer he needs to keep the bit going is so skillful. This album, and again, O'Neal as a as an artist, is staggeringly eclectic. Men, Women, Race, Animals, and everything in between goes in and out of the set with no hard breaks or rough transitions. Comedians who don't think that's tantamount to magic can go TRY to get close to that. Trust me, it's not easy.
Another thing I've always loved about Patrice, and this sells better if you can watch video of the routine and not on the audio album, is his gift with different mechanisms of comedy. Sometimes he's smart, sometimes he's raw and he can seamlessly be sarcastic and back again without warning you. Some of his best jokes are the ones where you don't think it's a joke at first, and then all of a sudden you see where Patrice hid the joke and then, bam, it's 5 times the laughter.
It is my understanding that O'Neal's family was hit very hard financially by his passing (as is everyone nowadays) and by way of his memory I suggest you all go buy a copy of this album here: ELEPHANT as that's the least we can do both for such a great man, and to help a family in need. Patrice was a friend of mine and Tim's and he will be missed.
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#4. Louie CK – "Live at the Beacon Theater"
Yes that's right. Louie CK is the comedian so nice we listed him twice. Why? Because he revolutionized comedy album distribution this year. What have you done?
Seriously though, I did really think about the ramification of putting Louie on here twice, but as far as I'm concerned both albums deserve the praise. "Hilarious" is a real masterstroke that contains some of the best jokes we'll probably see from Louie on any timeline. "Beacon Theater" is probably just under that comically, but its distribution, and the statement made about it from artist to fans is pretty monumental. Here's a quote from Lou's recent blog post on the issue:
The show went on sale at noon on Saturday, December 10th. 12 hours later, we had over 50,000 purchases and had earned $250,000, breaking even on the cost of production and website. As of Today, we've sold over 110,000 copies for a total of over $500,000. Minus some money for PayPal charges etc, I have a profit around $200,000 (after taxes $75.58). This is less than I would have been paid by a large company to simply perform the show and let them sell it to you, but they would have charged you about $20 for the video. They would have given you an encrypted and regionally restricted video of limited value, and they would have owned your private information for their own use. They would have withheld international availability indefinitely. This way, you only paid $5, you can use the video any way you want, and you can watch it in Dublin, whatever the city is in Belgium, or Dubai. I got paid nice, and I still own the video (as do you). You never have to join anything, and you never have to hear from us again.
That's only a small part from his thoughts on the issue (the rest of it can be heard here: A Statement from Louie CK) but the point I take away from it is that artists that care about their content, and control of that content, can now create a bridge between themselves and real human fans without fear of either side getting screwed. Its a pretty big deal. (Example: Harry Nilsson's mismanagement)
I should mention here (we're going to cover the story of the special in a full post now that the big bad Top 10 list is out) that this model won't work for everyone. Louie is able to do this with his content because he still arguably the most famous comedian working today. He has millions of fans and that leads to hundreds of thousands of people willing to download. By and large the average comics won't be able to handle the economics of this on their own. Louie's statement (linked again) explains the bulk of the math. So, it's not for everybody. BUT! It will be for somebody, and other comedians on this list can self-release their own album in a way that will be powerful and meaningful.
In terms of content: Do I have to tell you AGAIN how brilliant this man is? A major win is Louie himself coming out to do his own "house rules" (turn off your cellphone etc…) in exactly the style every comedian really wants to have done his whole career. Then he jumps into my favorite rent-a-car story I have ever heard. His constant condemnation of people's self indulgent false entitlement is here as well, and WONDERFUL.
Here are some outtakes from his YouTube page of the special:
You can buy the album here and be PART of something great!
EDITORS NOTE: Louie just released a 2nd statement that makes it clear he just made over 1 MILLION dollars on this thing. He's giving almost a quarter of it all to charity too… which is amazing. His new statement is here: LOUIE TALKS
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#3. Richard Jeni – "The Beach Crowd"
While most of the albums on this list are perfect examples of a comedian's normal and well established style, this posthumous release from master funny man Richard Jeni is anything but. This is Jeni raw and wonderful. Assembled from what basically amount to home-recorded practice sets, this is a man who is still zeroing in on the finner points of the jokes and it turns out he's even better at that. It is an interesting juxtaposition from the late Jeni's usual, polished style.
From audience interaction to his clear experimenting process with his new jokes, this is just an amazing video to watch. It's also like a study-at-home class for comedians looking to learn exactly how good jokes are made. So if you are (or want to be) a comedian, see this. But I don't need to do any more reviewing of this here as we here at CraveOnline.com reviewed it twice:
This is my first review of "The Beach Crowd" Here.
A rare CraveOnline.com 2nd Opinion Review of "The Beach Crowd" here.
Oh and there happens to be a little trailer for the album online… oh convieniant!
I don't want to belager the point here… but Jeni was a genius. He was. This album is really a doorway int othe mind of someone who made comedy what it is today. It is a MUST own.
You can buy the full album here: Richard Jeni Store
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2. T.J. Miller – "No Real Reason"
I was conflicted as to the last few choices for this list, which I think speaks highly to the level of talent we have in the top 5. (Louis CK STILL deserves two spots!) In the end, I had to go with a final two that really contributed not only to the public funny, but deeply, deeply to the art form we all love. For that reason more then anything T.J. Miller is easily making claim to a top spot on the list.
"No Real Reason" is such a masterpiece, it really amazes me each time I re-watch it, which I do frequently. Each turn of the joke, each set up and punch, everything is expertly done. Miller proves you don't need to have any sort of linear style to hold an audience. He's also a veritable polymath of stage skills, selling jokes with "act outs", facial expressions, clever writing, misdirection, farce, and combinations of all the rest. Each turn with T.J. is different than the ones before, and you never know what you are going to get. This album is a non-stop roller coaster, and that's something few comedians can claim despite what their agents will tell you.
Naturally, we reviewed the album here at CraveOnline.com TJ Miller Crave Review
We also managed to land an interview with the man himself, T.J. Miller INTERVIEW!
And of course we (and the fine folks at Comedy Central Records) can furnish you with some clips!!!
|T.J. Miller – The Face
And this…
|T.J. Miller – Tennis Outfit
Of course you can buy the album here on Amazon: No REAL Reason NOT to buy.
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#1. Doug Stanhope – "Oslo: Burning the Bridge to Nowhere"
I really can't put too fine a point on how amazing Doug Stanhope is. He's just one of the few comedians that somehow, someway, manages to do comedy his own way, make it amazing, and continue to challenge his audience at every turn. It's a fine line to cross and Doug, who on and off stage is pretty damn salty of a human being, has rubbed some folks the wrong way in his day, but that's kind of why he's so good. He's really a comedian for comedy's sake and despite his occasional dismissals of any real claim to it, he does care about the art of comedy.
Doug Stanhope is the grizzled Army Sargent of comedy, with broad opinions about how you should fight the war (for laughter) but a repeated mantra that he's just a guy who's been around, and you don't have to take his word for it. I like that.
I digress… this is about the album not the man.
"Oslo" is a solid album with no real breaks between laughter. It's perfect Stanhope with heaps of political and social messages all hidden under a sand-paper like exterior of gruff ,in your face jokes and scalpel-like observations. Doug holds nothing back, and that leads to a shock and recovery style of audience here where you just get over the bravado with which he enters into a subject (like "Stomping Kittens" or "Free Market Pu**y") when he starts tossing punchlines and then it's laugh city, population YOU.
We did a full review of the album HERE
Of course in a "Top 10" like this, we probably have to do a little work justifying this choice over the rest. I'll say this about my "math" when it comes to the choices here. I think all the comedians in the top 5 are pretty on par with each other in terms of skill. They also all have accolades to back them. All 5 albums are pretty consistent from top to bottom. In the end I ranked them as I did in terms of consistence. The albums that made me feel like I was being challenged, educated, and made the laugh the most often per minute of performance got the top slot. Will "Oslo" be everyone's first choice? Probably not. But it is that good. You have to give it that unquenchable fire of raw goodness, and for me it was the one that edged out.
Also 90% of the comedians on this list represent the comedians with a message in their comedy. Doug was the only one who also called the rest of the comedy world out on failing to even try and have one. Go, Doug, go.
We have this exclusive clip of the album (provided nobody's leaked it in the past few months) PS: This is NSFW…
Also Amazon.com has put the album on $5 HOLIDAY SPECIAL! Yes. The best album of the year for just $5 is right here at this link: Doug Stanhope's Oslo on AMAZON
While scanning Amazon for all these links I've noticed they also offer a lot of our Top 10 list bundled together at a group discount. Shop smart, save money, laugh harder!
Keep it tuned to CraveOnline.com as before the end of the year we'll have "10 More Comedians to See Live before you Die" and lists in the TV section by yours truely about the ten actresses and actors to watch next year! Oh and all the comedy you can shove down your gob!


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NEW YORK (Dec. 30)
Election of an international board of directors to head the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany was announced today. The board of directors, on which are represented the major Jewish organizations in the free world, named the following officers:
Dr. Nahum Goldmann, president; Jacob Blaustein, senior vice-president; Samuel Bronfman, Jules Brunschvig, Dr. Rudolph Callman, Frank Goldman, Dr. Israel Goldstein, Adolph Held and Barnett Janner, vice-presidents; Moses A. Levant, treasurer. These officers are members of the executive committee. Other members of the executive committee are: Dr. Noah Barou, Sir Henry d'A vigor Goldsmith, both of London, and Dr. Isaac Lewin and Shad Politer both of New York. Sail Kagan of New York has been elected secretary.
The Conference will receive and allocate funds to be paid by the West German Government over a 12-year period as partial compensation for the material losses suffered by the Jewish people under the Nasi regime. The German Government assumed this financial obligation in an agreement signed in Luxembourg September 10, 1952, by Dr. Konrad Adenauer, Chancellor of the West German Government, and Dr. Nahum Goldmann, chairman of the Conference.
The board was elected at a membership meeting yesterday afternoon. The following organizations are members of the Conference and are represented on this board Agudath Israel World Organization; Alliance Israelite Universelle; American Jewish Committee; American Jewish Congress; American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee; American Zionist Council; Anglo-Jewish Association; B'nai B'rith; Board of Deputies of British Jews; British Section, World Jewish Congress; Canadian Jewish Congress.
Also, Central British Fund; Consul Representative des Juifs de France; Council for the Protection of the Rights and interests of Jews from Germany; Delegation de Associations Israelites Argentines (D. A. I. A. ) Executive Council of Australian Jewry; Jewish Agency for Palestine; Jewish Labor Committee; South African Jewish Board of Deputies; Synagogue Council of America; World Jewish Congress and Zentralrat der Juden in Deutschland.


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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Someone is tampering with traps, Game and Fish Dept. believes
Someone obviously does not want this bear caught – even though it entered a home and bit a man's hand last week.
The trap placed in the yard of the Sandia Heights home has been tampered with twice.
And that's just one of the problems the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish is having with catching this particular bear. Other problems include the fact that the victim didn't report the bite, and that he then promptly left the state.
The bear in question surfaced about 6 a.m. Friday in the Sandia Heights neighborhood. After finding its way inside a house on Rock Ridge Drive NE, it chomped a man's hand.
"The bear breaks in. The man is trying to figure out what he's going to do. The bear bites him on his hand," is how it all went down, according to Rachel Shockley, a department spokeswoman. She didn't know if it was his right or left hand that the bear took a taste of or how seriously the hand was injured.
But it was serious enough that the victim, whose name the department did not release, visited a doctor, who ultimately reported to the department what happened.
"He goes to the doctor, the doctor's wondering about the bite, and that's when it comes out it's a bear, and that's how we found out about it, which makes it more difficult for us," Shockley said.
The delay in finding out about the bite slowed down the department's action.
"Usually someone would report it right away," she said.
The department went out to the home with a million-dollar view, only to learn that getting to the bottom of things would not be so easy. The person who had been bitten was no longer in the area, having departed for Oklahoma, Game and Fish spokesmen said.
The home is listed as belonging to a family who was not home Monday afternoon, and it was not clear what the relationship was between the victim and the homeowners or if the victim was in fact the homeowner.
The department on Friday night set up a white metal cage on wheels to catch the bear. Approximately 4 feet tall and wide and about 8 feet deep, it was left in the home's south yard. If a bear were to enter the trap, its weight on the plate on its floor would trigger the door to snap shut with the bear inside.
The first effort to foil the trap was when its door was shut, apparently manually, by someone other than the bear. The trap door didn't shut itself, and, "We don't think it got shut by the wind, either," Shockley said in a telephone interview Monday.
Next, someone was captured on video pouring a substance at the entrance to the trap. In a 10-second video the department released Monday, a slender individual can be seen standing close to the trap, wearing a sweatshirt with a hood up and a mask concealing the lower half of his or her face.
"Our assumption is it was someone who put something on the ground to deter the bear from going into that trap," said Ross Morgan, another department spokesman.
The department said the person who sabotaged the trap has "put area residents in danger" and could face charges if apprehended.
On Monday afternoon, the trap, loaded with a bag of black cherries and some plums, stood alone and empty.
If the bear shows up and gets caught in the trap, the bear will be killed.
"The department needs to catch the offending bear to prevent anyone else from being injured by it," reads a statement Game and Fish released Monday.
"The state Department of Health also requires that any wild animal that bites a human to be killed and tested for rabies."
Already this year, more than a dozen Sandia bears have been killed because they came in contact with humans and were considered dangerous.
This bear's behavior touches on a public debate over whether to provide supplemental food for bears. A multi-year drought has made food scarce, and bears in the foothills of the Sandia Mountains have become accustomed to making meals out of trash and pet food left out for dogs, cats and birds.
Some advocates support diversionary feeding, which involves placing food in remote areas to draw, or divert, bears from foraging in areas where they're more likely to encounter humans. Game and Fish officials said last month, however, that they don't support the supplemental feeding of bears because it would create more problems than it might solve.


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Wolf-killing by the numbers: Trappers outdo hunters — and stir public outrage
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Today may mark the midpoint of Minnesota's new trapping and hunting seasons on wolves, which began Nov. 3 and will run through Jan. 31.
Or maybe not. Policy calls for the Minnesota Department of Resources to end the wolf "harvest" as soon as its target of 400 wolf kills is reached, and with each passing day, that goal seems likelier to be reached early.
As of last week, two of DNR's three wolf zones were closed for the duration and the overall tally, at this writing, is approaching 300 (updates and a map are available here).
This means roughly three-quarters of the quota has been filled in the first half of a two-part schedule that began with hunting only, then moved into a combined trapping and hunting phase just after Thanksgiving.
By the way, the same pattern is shaping up in Wisconsin, where the trapping/hunting season started two weeks earlier than Minnesota's and is set to run a month longer. At this writing, five of the six zones had been closed; seven more kills will fill the state's quota of 201.
So much for the blithe predictions in both states that the wily wolf would prove more than a match for trappers and hunters, even if 200,000 Minnesota deer hunters "flooded the zone" during the early-November seasons.
Trappers outdo hunters, 2 to 1
The Strib's Doug Smith had an interesting analysis of the Minnesota numbers in Saturday's paper, including these points drawn from DNR stats:
- As expected, trappers are taking a lot more wolves than hunters: more than twice as many in the combined trapping/hunting season that began Nov. 24, even though hunters outnumber trappers by the same 2-to-1 proportion in the woods right now.
"We've known that trapping is the most effective method to take wolves, so it's not surprising," said Ed Boggess, Department of Natural Resources Fish and Wildlife Division director. "Trappers can place multiple sets, and the traps are out there 24 hours a day. Hunters have to be there when the wolf is there."
- During the hunting-only season, about 85 percent of the 147 wolves killed across the state were taken "incidentally" by hunters who were also after deer. Three of them had been radio-collared for research purposes.
- In addition to wolves killed recreationally, another 267 had been killed by federal and state trappers responding to complaints of livestock losses, and 16 more were killed by citizens "protecting livestock or pets."
The DNR told Smith that Minnesota's wolf population, now estimated at about 3,000, could withstand losses in the range of 30 percent for "a number of years" before its recovery would be threatened.
Thirty percent would be about 900 wolves, and at this point the combined tally of kills from all sources appears likely to stay below that in this first year of managed sport killing – assuming, of course, that all hunters, trappers and livestock-protecting citizens are scrupulously honest in reporting their doings to the state.
Rising tide against trapping?
I have no statistics to back up this observation, but from tracking the online comments and letters to editors on this subject it seems clear that the trapping aspects of these seasons continue to stir up strong reactions among Minnesotans who might have been OK with a hunting-only approach, and often say as much.
Trapping (and baiting, by both hunters and trappers) have always been part of DNR's planning for sport seasons on wolves. But they didn't have a very high profile in the department's communications, or in mainstream press coverage, until the last couple of months.
To a wildlife manager, a take is a take – whether the wolf is taken with a rifle, a steel-jawed trap or a snare. But to plenty of nonhunting citizens – and apparently to a significant number of hunters as well – there is a night-and-day difference between hunting under fair-chase rules and the kind of killing accomplished with traps.
For a nuanced, close-up look at the latter I commend Dave Orrick's piece for the Pioneer Press on Saturday, a father-and-toddler tale about a DNR conservation officer's success in trapping, then shooting, "wolfie" with his not-quite-2-year-old in tow.
Orrick paints the CO, convincingly, as a disciplined, hardy, studious, conscientious trapper who is scrupulous about every aspect of setting and checking his traplines.
He explains, somewhat persuasively, that modern foot-hold traps are different from the jagged-jaw contraptions that persist in many modern minds – that in fact they can be identical to the traps used by researchers to detain wolves for radio-collaring.
He quotes the wolf expert David Mech as explaining that the animals don't really chew off their feet to escape the trap:
"Most are very docile in the trap when you approach," Mech said of younger wolves, which are the most likely to be caught, if for no other reason than they make up the majority of the population at any given time. … "They cower when you get there. They're afraid of you. ... They'd be easy to shoot."
You can read for yourself what Orrick's readers thought of this account and the accompanying picture of trapper with trophy. They gave him an earful.
For my own part, I'll just say this:
- I've long been OK with some recreational hunting of wolves on a fair-chase basis, for reasons I've explained before, though I think baiting ought to be beneath us, and I don't really understand the logic that bans it from deer hunting and allows it for wolves.
- I think trapping of wolves to stop livestock losses is a regrettable but necessary step that farmers and ranchers ought to be able to take to protect their livelihoods – and that those of us who eat the meat should swallow any objections along with the meal.
- Realistically, the only alternative to these measures is a return to the bad old days of "shoot, shovel and shut up," and nobody can want that.
I've been a lot more dubious about trapping, but I admired Dave Orrick's story and also its assumed purpose – to paint a detailed, humanized portrait of a modern practitioner as a way of informing our ongoing public debate of these issues.
And I certainly bear no ill will toward Orrick's trapper. But as I watched him approach this animal, silhouetted against the snow, anchored to the ground by a steel vise, and put a bullet in its head, I thought I just might throw up.
While I'm at it, I also want to commend the Strib's November editorial for a cogent statement of all the reasons why Minnesota's rules on wolf trapping and hunting deserve rethinking before next year's seasons.
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Gotta agree with you Ron...
I am from WY and when the feds dumped the wolves into yellowstone expecting them to stay within the park boundaries (another issue entirely...game management with federal mandates)...there were definite effects on both the elk & deer population. Notwithstanding the more than a few of rancher's calves being taken as well.
That being said...trapping is the most effective way to control nuisance predators. Look at coyotes & foxes vs the duck & geese populations.
I think the problem is that there are a lot more wolves out there than have been reported in Northern MN. The people I talk to up there say that the wolves are way up and the deer are way down. You can't tell me that a wolf pack will pass on a baby moose fawn just because it is an "endangered" species in MN either.
I believe that the way to go would be to cull the wolf population even more to a manageable level and let both the wolf & deer population build back together in more of a balance.
It will probably take some dogs & cats being taken out of the suburbs by wolves before the tree huggers in "Twin City Hall" will look at the real situation. Talk to the people who live and work up north...then the true story emerges. if nothing else the DNR is being conservative to a fault.
Another issue is putting a non-hunter in management status over the MN deer herd? Really?
That was a real brain trust decision there.
Thank you for your column on this issue...I have hunted in MN for some years and thus feel entitled to comment.
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People are the nuisance predators where wolves are concerned. There are breeds of dogs that will protect cattle. I have heard a couple of donkeys are also great at keeping wolves away. I am sure Mr. Price at the geese and ducks he shot, sure hope so. We are above killing things for "sport" or "fun" aren't we?
Nothing wrong with trapping
Since we do have hunting, trapping needs to be allowed. What is actually not "humane" in this whole process is our failure to manage our own reproductive excesses and it's impact on the natural environment.
Nothing wrong?
Oh how I'd like to see you spend a night (or two) out in the woods in the winter with your leg caught in a trap and no way to free yourself. Then I'd ask you if you still found "nothing wrong with trapping."
Shall we test it?
There's nothing wrong with trapping? Are you a dog owner? Will you volunteer your dogs to spend 24 hours in a leg hold trap to prove there's nothing wrong with it?
Trapping is a solution to a complex problem...
Trappers check their lines daily...there is no torture or anything like that as you are implying.... These are animals...not sentient human beings...don't put lesser developed species in a human context situation. Same thing as if ..do fish feel the hook?
Trapping is a reasonable way to limit animal populations. How would you like to spend a few nights and days in the woods with no food due to overpopulation and not enough food?
Have you ever seen deer yarded up and starving from lack of food? Due to heavy snow cover or long periods of bad weather?
there is a cost in every situation...like it or not...the piper must be paid...
That is why it's called nature. Wildlife have always had it hard living in the wild, it's even harder when humans come into the scene and want to kill them left and right. Who are you to determine if wildlife needs be be managed? They have always managed themselves before the human animals came and believe they need to manage wildlife.
"These are animals...not sentient human beings...don't put lesser developed species in a human context situation."
That attitude lies at the base of human abuse of animals and the natural world in general. Let's examine "sentience", shall we? Here are some formal definitions:
"Sentience is the ability to feel, perceive, or be conscious, or to have subjective experiences."
"responsive to or conscious of sense impressions . 2. : aware. 3. : finely sensitive in perception or feeling"
"having the power of perception by the senses; conscious. 2. characterized by sensation and consciousness. noun. 3. a person or thing that is sentient. "
Wolves are sentient. All animals are sentient. It is human hubris to think that we are somehow "above" them, that we're apart from nature and "special". We're not, we just happen to be the animals on this planet that have the combination of big brains and opposable thumbs that allow us to invent technology, including guns and traps, and so dominate the rest of nature.
I suppose telling yourself that other animals are not sentient allows you to feel good about inflicting pain, suffering and death. We do, after all, tell ourselves many lies to feel better about things.
But that doesn't make it true. At least have the cojones to own what you do. Go ahead and be a killer, but at least be honest about it. They think, they feel, they suffer. You can't hide from it.
trappers are suppose to check their lines daily - the truth is the don't and you know it. it's torture for a four-legged animal to have any restrain on their legs, try holding your dogs legs still for any amount of time.. and this hunt is not about wolves - it's about cattle - which are one of the biggest polluters in the country. This is about the grazing bill that our governor and senators passed at the same time- go figure, ranchers - deer hunters, and atv groups are responsible for this slaughter and i for one am going to fight and spread the word of this atrocity as far and wide.
My problem here? It's with
My problem here? It's with "recreational killing" and the non-sporting nature of trapping animals.
Going up to a cowering, shivering, silent young trapped animal and shooting it in the head, instead of letting it go? Cowering is only done by sentient beings, and this wolf was afraid of the human.
Makes me want to throw up.
Trapping is a solution to a complex problem
Do you even know what "sentient" means? It means, endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness. The young wolf that was trapped by a barbaric torture tool was "cowering" before a trapper came and put a bullet in it's head. You don't think this wolf had any feelings of "fear, or panic? Why was the wolf cowering then? Because that's how they are? Dogs and Wolves are related. If trapped, a dog would react the same way.
Also, it's pretty sad when some humans lack empathy and sympathy towards other sentient beings which includes all animals.
I disagree with two of your statements, Ron.
As to shoot, shovel, and shut-up, you suggest that without trapping, we would "return" to it. Who says it ever went away? It has gone on all along, and it will still go on with or without legally sanctioned killing. Just talk to folks who live in wolf country. When they're being honest, they'll tell you all about it (as long as no CO is in earshot). That's the problem with tallying the legal kill count and concluding it's acceptably low. No one, especially not DNR, has any idea how many are killed illegally. It's probably in the hundreds, so you need to add that in.
As to the necessity of trapping to protect livestock, I don't accept that that's necessary until it's proven that nonlethal methods aren't effective. The problem is, the DNR has never tested any nonlethal methods. When you exclude an entire dimension of possible solutions to the problem, it's certainly easy to conclude that the only solution is to kill, but it's lazy, and it isn't honest. Why haven't some of the European dog breeds that were bred to protect herds from wolves ever been tested? Wolves are going to go for the easy meat. If they have to fight to the death with dogs big enough, and with the instinct, to take them down, livestock isn't going to look attractive.
But what the hell. It's cheaper and easier to trap them, inflicting physical and emotional torment, before finally killing them, than to try a humane approach. It's how we treat all of nature - brutal and cheap beats refined and gentle every time.
How do we know trappers check their lines daily?
I see nothing admirable about walking up to a trapped animal and shooting it. These are not problem animals, this is not self defense, and we are not facing any kind of wolf crises in MN. We do not have to kill a minimum of 400 wolves for management of any kind, that's a maximum limit. Of course we can kill a lot of wolves, that's how they almost became extinct. And how do we know trappers are checking their lines daily? Finally, Mammals fit every description of sentience, the are in FACT sentient beings.
Trapping is Torture!
Right now as you sit in your comfy chair wolves and other innocent animals are suffering in traps without food or water and totally exposed to the elements and other animals who will take advantage of their compromised position. When the trapper checks the trap he will shoot the animal in the head or even beat it to death. It is gruesome, gory and totally unnecessary! This was a sport or trophy hunt meaning it was a gift from the MN DNR to their stakeholders (trappers, ranchers and hunters). The DNR has abused it's position and really shown it's true colors during the Wolf Hunt. There are lot's more animal watchers and environmentalists in this state than trappers or hunters. We will not let our native wildlife and ecosystems be destroyed by politicians and agencies that are corrupt and out of touch. Wolves belong to all of us and they are not going to be a "cash crop" for the DNR!
Agreed, but...
...there is only one way anything is going to change. Concerned people need to talk to their representative and senator, in the newly DFL majority legislature, about sponsoring some bills to change the law. DNR needs to have its feet held to the fire, with regard to conducting pilot studies of nonlethal methods of protecting farm animals, with regard to baiting and trapping, and with regard to considering its only "stakeholders" to be hunters, fishermen and ranchers. I'm not in any of those groups, but I pay my taxes, and they had better damn well consider me a stakeholder. It might be possible to raise some hell about the latter by writing letters to the Governor and the Commissioner.
Very good Linda, I agree with every word and I support no hunting of wolves in MN - the non-lethal methods are effective and should be introduced and used.. deer hunters can go elsewhere to hunt deer, Northern MN should belong to the wildlife.
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A man in the Lander area reported that he was receiving threatening calls from his brother.
The back door of a home on North Ninth Street was reported late Monday afternoon.
At 5:08 p.m., police were called about a small child left along in a vehicle parked along Main Street. Additional details will be added when they come available.
A man at a home on Amoretti Street reported that some things were missing from his closet after he got home. Additional details will be added when they come available.
At 9:17 p.m., a caller on Main Street reported a suspicious person carrying a bottle with what looked like a handgun at his side.


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The stranger had been at Point William Sound following the Exxon Valdez oil spill, and was now visiting the site of the worst inland environmental disaster in California history. An underpowered freight train, driven by an inadequately trained crew, riding on excessively greased rails, had yanked a 19,000-gallon tank car of weed killer off its tracks and into the upper Sacramento River, just above Dunsmuir. The resulting toxic plume killed fish, snails, insects, otters, algae -- every single life form in its path -- for 40 miles downstream.
It was a rare moment in 20th-century industrial history. Careless corporations had in the past caused waterways to catch fire and run yellow with chemical residues. But San Francisco's Southern Pacific Railroad had done something apparently unprecedented: It had sterilized 13 leagues of California's greatest river.
Judging from previous large environmental disasters, the stranger said, events to follow were as good as foretold.
"Based on what he had observed in Alaska, he said we were going to see total upheaval of our local government. We were going to see lines drawn and factions formed, pulling and pushing for various and sundry issues -- perhaps seemingly unrelated to the spill issue -- but all these things would rise to the surface," says McCloud. "He said we would see social upheaval from the standpoint of increased divorce, increased truancy, increased domestic violence. He said that we would experience people who had never before been involved in local government and local affairs throwing their hat in the ring and getting involved. At the same time, we would see people who had been involved stepping back and getting out of it.
"We observed most of those things he predicted took place. We saw our local government undergo a terrific upheaval. We saw a recall of our city council. We saw a resignation of our city manager. We saw a disbanding of our police department. Maybe these things would have taken place anyway. But they happened very quickly because of all of the stresses that were on this community."
Like the citizens of Dunsmuir, the Southern Pacific Railroad (and the Union Pacific Railroad that bought San Francisco's SP in 1996) acted predictably. These railroads did the same thing America's railroads ordinarily do following major chemical spills.
From the moment Southern Pacific's cloud of metam sodium killed the upper Sacramento, the railroad stalled, obstructed, obfuscated, and sidetracked efforts to prevent a repeat of the Cantara Loop spill. It is routine, of course, for corporations and their insurers to fight regulation at every turn. But the Cantara Loop case provides a rare glimpse into just how tenacious companies involved in such struggles can be.
The railroad has fought this battle on many fronts. It launched a massive lobbying campaign to prevent the passage of railroad safety laws in Sacramento. It stalled the state's efforts to have a spill-containment bridge built for seven years. It tried to undermine California's attempts to restore the Sacramento River to its previous natural state.
And right now, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco is considering a request from Union Pacific and the Burlington Northern-Santa Fe railroads to block California Public Utilities Commission safety rules drafted to prevent chemical spills. A similar request is being considered in the U.S. District Court for Northern California.
If the industry viewpoint prevails, the railroad could commit the same acts of negligence it did on July 14, 1991, and again violate not a single federal law or regulation.
If that occurs, McCloud says, he'll sell the hardware store he's owned for 22 years and the house whose porch faces one of America's great, pristine trout streams.
"I think if it ever happened again I'd pack my bags and just leave," he says. "I wouldn't want to go through what this community went through again."
The Cantara Loop section of the Union Pacific railway appears on maps as an impossible contrivance, perhaps a prank by a poorly supervised cartographer. After taking an ambling route north from Lake Shasta along the Sacramento River, the railroad appears to lose its bearings just two miles north of Dunsmuir, where it completely doubles back on itself, and the two tracks run against each other for more than a mile before the track doubles back yet again. But it's no mistake. A 10-minute walk from a country road north of Dunsmuir reveals a dramatically curved section of track switching back and forth up the 2.2 percent grade from the Sacramento River canyon toward the base of Mount Shasta. The apex of the curve is supported by a 25-foot-high bridge over the upper Sacramento, a wild stream known by fly fishermen for its feisty indigenous trout. Wrapped around the now-abandoned town of Cantara, this is one of the most dangerous sections of rail in the United States.
It is on pieces of track such as these that the pilot of a railroad locomotive earns the title "engineer." A train car stays on its track only when the wheels' downward force on the rail is greater than the sideways force. Around a tight curve cars tend to pull toward the inside of the turn, so careful engineers stack their heavy cars to the front, the light ones to the rear, to prevent a lighter middle section of the train from being snapped straight across the U-shaped bend. The careful engineer makes a point of pulling particularly steady through turns to avoid the sideways forces generated by sudden surges. The engineer keeps constant track of each car in the train.
Southern Pacific had already earned a reputation for lax attention to safety during the 1970s and '80s, three state regulators said in interviews. This situation was made even worse by a 1988 leveraged buyout by Denver billionaire Philip Anschultz. Anschultz's aim, it now seems in hindsight, was to carve the company up into its component parts, then sell them off in the style of leveraged buyouts of that day. By the beginning of the 1990s, railroad workers felt compelled to take cost-cutting measures, sometimes at the expense of safety, according to a now-retired SP official who was present at the scene of the 1991 Cantara Loop spill.


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Consumer confidence among Floridians fell a third consecutive month with many people expressing gloom about where their personal finances are headed, according to a University of Florida survey released Tuesday.
Soaring gas prices, international unrest, the debate over the federal budget and a struggling economy all contributed to the index falling to a relatively weak 68 in April, UF researchers said. In March, the index was 72.
Four of the five components that make up the index fell. The biggest drop was in consumers' expectations of their personal financial situation a year from now. This index fell 11 points to 69, a record low. That was the largest single-month decline in that component since July 1990, when a recession loomed.
Chris McCarty, director of UF's Survey Research Center in the Bureau of Economic and Business Research, said seniors who are concerned about how deficit reduction plans will affect their income weren't the only reason for the drop.
"A further examination of the data shows that the component declined across all categories and dropped 17 points among respondents under age 60," McCarty said. "It appears that the public is beginning to understand that budget cuts at the state level and deficit reduction at the national level will likely affect everyone in the U.S., young and old, rich and poor."
The index, based on a monthly telephone survey, is benchmarked to 1966. That means a value of 100 represents the same level of confidence for that year.
In contrast to Florida's dip, U.S. consumer confidence picked up slightly in April. The Conference Board's new reading of 65.4 released Tuesday was up from an upwardly revised 63.8 in March. In a report, economists with Wachovia said the continued low reading came as little surprise given stubbornly high unemployment and rising gas prices.


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Apr 20, 2013 at 12:18 AM
Wow, I could definitely see myself running that in the garage.
Well, science experiment is over.
Fiskar WINS!
So I just polished off a 36" round with the Fiskars x27. It took longer than driving a few wedges in, but it worked well enough.
Most importantly, I was doing a side by side comparison of the Fiskars and the 6 pound Maul for noise pollution. The Fiskars was noticeably quieter.
It didn't have the same reverberating, echoing WHACK that the duller mauls do. It had more of a subtler 'thump" type sound that didn't travel as far.
I know half you guys think this is crazy, but this is what it has come down to: parsing the difference between a whack and a thump.
Just as long as it keeps the neighbors and the constable off my back, and I can get home from the office everyday, get some fresh air, exercise, stress relief, and money/oil saving wood splitting.
Another testimonial for the Fiskars wonder axe. It splits silently.
Now how long before they start complaining about my stacks??
Your neighbors might be happier if you rent a splitter for the really big stuff you describe. (Just split when noise restrictions are relaxed.) Swing a maul at the stuff you can separate in 1-3 whacks. That's the real satifying part anyways. Pounding a 3 ft round 20X is nobody's idea of fun.
Where I often split is about 20 feet from the house next door and I have often wondered how they take to me splitting cord after cord of wood. When I can I move away from this spot to spread it out a bit. Ive asked them a few times when weve had to leave the house for a long period during the day if our husky dog has made any noises that bother them and they have said no. I will be asking them about the splitting this year I think. Even thinking he would appreciate me making sure he wasnt on night shift when I fire up the husky chainsaw this spring to buck up the load of 5' lodgepole and larch that the city gave me. Nice folks to have next door so I would like to keep it that way! The electric log splitter in the garage im sure is a nice change for them. Higher pitched sounds are much better than the deep sounds that whacking wood would cause and there are walls and doors blocking the noise.
Personally i think these European manufacturers are missing out in the "premium" North American splitter market
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Maybe I'm Mr.Negative,but I think you,ve likely found their next target. IMHO your neighbors will never be accepting from the sounds of it,hope I'm wrong and you can enjoy your property as you see fit!!
That's why I'm trying to keep the stacks nice and pretty... no end posts, no plastic or tarps.
I think they look beautiful. Then again, that's just me.


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By Mat Honan | August 6, 2012 | 8:01 pm |
In the space of one hour, my entire digital life was destroyed. First my Google account was taken over, then deleted. Next my Twitter account was compromised, and used as a platform to broadcast racist and homophobic messages. And worst of all, my AppleID account was broken into, and my hackers used it to remotely erase all of the data on my iPhone, iPad, and MacBook.
In many ways, this was all my fault. My accounts were daisy-chained together. Getting into Amazon let my hackers get into my...
[Ed: Not sure of the veracity, but seems plausible enough to warrant a warning to others]
More evidence that this really happened: Amazon Quietly Closes Security Hole After Journalist's Devastating HackPreviously, Amazon allowed people to call in and change the email address associated with an Amazon account or add a credit card number to an Amazon account as long as the caller could identify him or herself by name, email address and mailing address — three bits of personal information that are easily found online.
On Tuesday, Amazon handed down to its customer service department a policy change that no longer allows people to call in and change account settings, such as credit cards or email addresses associated with its user accounts.


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Nikon follows up its first waterproof digital compact, the AW100, with the aptly-titled AW110.
Design and features
From the outset, it appears that little has changed since the AW100. The same 16-megapixel backlit CMOS sensor and 5x zoom at f/3.9-4.8 take pride of place. The slimline chassis looks and feels remarkably similar to the earlier camera as well. So, what has changed?
The AW110 comes with built-in Wi-Fi on top of the existing GPS module that existed on the earlier camera. Instead of a button zoom dial, there's now an actual rocker lever at the back that adjusts the focal length range. A 3-inch OLED screen is slightly higher resolution than before at 614,000 dots while the camera's main rugged credentials have been given a bit of a boost as well. Waterproof to 18 metres, shockproof from 2 metres and freeze proof to -10 degrees Celcius, the AW110 fits into the middle of the range when compared to other tough cameras.
The locking door, which protects the battery and memory card slots, comes with what appears to be a slightly more ruggedised rubber strip. It unlocks using a dial and button configuration, meaning it should stay firmly shut when the camera is dropped or submerged.
The AW110 has various features to add effects to photographs. However, the implementation is a little confusing. During playback mode, users can add Quick Effects including painting, high key, low key, toy camera, fish-eye, cyanotype and fog removal among others.
In the shooting menu, below scene modes and the easy auto mode, filters can also be applied which lets you preview the effect in real time. However, these are limited to soft, sepia, monochrome, high key, low key and selective colour.
A filter adapter is provided in the box, which lets you mount 40.5mm filters to the lens, such as polarisers.
The screen can be set up to show any number of different variables, including the depth meter, compass, GPS detail and the altimeter.
For skiiers with bulky gloves, the AW110 comes with tap control. You don't need to remove gloves in order to press the buttons, just activate the control system by pressing the dedicated button on the left hand side. Then, tilt the camera down to cycle through options for taking images, movie recording, playback or GPS. Touching the tap control button again will select the option.
The AW110's Wi-Fi implementation works very well. The only obvious downside is the lack of Wi-Fi button on the camera itself. To establish the connection, you have to delve into the Settings menu and activate it from there. Once the camera's Wi-Fi is switched on, you will need the Wireless Mobile Utility app (iOS or Android).
Using a smartphone as a remote viewfinder (left) and for transferring photos and videos from the camera's memory card (right).
(Screenshots by CBSi)
The AW110 establishes an open Wi-Fi connection, unlike other cameras that require a password or NFC tap to activate. This is good for easy connectivity, but in the unlikely and rare case that someone else in close proximity is trying to connect to a Nikon wireless camera using the same app, you might run into trouble.
From the app, you can either take photos using the remote viewfinder function, or transfer photos and videos from the camera's memory card to the mobile device. The remote viewfinder implementation is basic, only allowing you to take photos and use the zoom. There is a slight delay in the image when using remote viewfinder mode.
Note that to use the Wi-Fi you do need to have a battery that displays as fully charged, otherwise the wireless connection option within the camera menu will be greyed out.
|Nikon Coolpix AW110
|Olympus Tough TG-2
|Panasonic Lumix FT5
|Sony Cyber-shot TX30
|16-megapixel backlit-CMOS sensor
|12-megapixel backlit-CMOS sensor
|16.1-megapixel high-sensitivity MOS sensor
|18.2-megapixel Exmor R CMOS sensor
|3-inch OLED screen (614,000 dots)
|3-inch OLED screen (610,000 dots)
|3-inch LCD screen (460,000 dots)
|3.3-inch touchscreen (1,229,760 dots)
|5x zoom, f/3.9-4.8
|4x zoom, f/2.0-4.9
|4.6x zoom, f/3.3-5.9
|5x zoom, f/3.5-4.8
|18m waterproof, 2m shockproof, -10 degrees Celcius freeze proof
|15m waterproof, 2.1m shockproof, -10 degrees Celcius freeze proof, 100kgf crush-proof
|13m waterproof, 2m shockproof, -10 degrees Celcius freeze proof, 100kgf crush-proof
|10m waterproof, 1.5m shockproof, freeze proof
|GPS, compass, altimeter, barometer
|GPS, compass
|GPS, compass, altimeter, barometer
|No GPS
|Built-in Wi-Fi
|Eye-Fi and FlashAir card compatible
|Built-in Wi-Fi and NFC
|No Wi-Fi
General shooting metrics (in seconds)
- Start-up to first shot
- JPEG shot-to-shot time
- Shutter lag
- 0.80.30.05Olympus Tough TG-2
- 220.127.116.11Nikon AW110
(Shorter bars indicate better performance)
Continuous shooting speed (in frames per second)
- 6.8Olympus TG-2
- 6Nikon AW110
(Longer bars indicate better performance)
In continuous high mode, the AW110 can take 6 shots in total at a rate of 6 frames per second (fps). In continuous low mode, that reduces to 2fps but the camera can keep firing off shots until you are finished.
It does, however, take the camera an incredibly long time to process this burst. We fired off approximately 22 frames in continuous low mode, and the AW110 took almost a minute to finish writing them to the Class 10 card.


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THT Links: Not So Super Monday
With most everyone's attention turned to the NFL this past weekend, we've seen very little in the way of baseball content. Many people consider this a dead sports month with the NFL now finished and baseball months away from meaningful games. Well if you are not a fan of basketball hockey or soccer, all of which are still playing, then I suggest you get the jump on your fellow baseball nuts and starting working out those fantasy draft boards in preparation for the slew of fantasy articles that are about to be written.
Run Rockies Run – Dan Fox goes way in-depth on the Rockies baserunning numbers from 2006.
A Little Slice of BABIP – Ryan Armbrust examines the league average BABIP at the collegiate level, and then looks a bit deeper into 2006's MLB numbers.
A Day in the Life of a Mariner Fan – I'm sure the feeling is shared by fans of several other franchises as well, but Derek Zumsteg posts an excellent piece about the frustrations inherent in rooting for a team with apparently incompetent leadership.
Gleeman Finishes Off Twins Prospects – Aaron Gleeman posts about his top five prospects in the Twins organization. Matt Garza narrowly avoids missing the cut due to eligibility rules. Check the link to find out where he falls on the list.
Get to Know the Reds – JD Arney at Red Reporter is running a prediction contest involving the Reds, so if you'd like to try your chance at a $50 gift certificate to MLB.com, nows the time to hone up on the Reds and head over to Red Reporter.
Another Thing For Yankee Fans to Gloat About – But cool nonetheless. Sean Forman has a list of all teams from 1901 through 2006, sorted by the number of Hall of Fame players on that team.
MLB Turns to Ghana – On the other side of the world from China, where MLB recently sent a delegation, they have now also moved to Ghana in West Africa. So I wonder, who would be the Freddy Adu of baseball?
Three First Basemen Examined – Marc Normandin at Beyond the Box Score looks at the projections for Mark Teixeira, Mike Jacobs, and Prince Fielder.
Pirates Add More "Talent" – The Pirates added Dan Kolb on a one-year minor-league contract with a $1.25 million payoff if he makes the team out of Spring Training. The Pirates also agreed to terms with reigning NL batting champion Freddy Sanchez on a one-year $2.75 million contract.
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text: Wanda Dean Acuff Smith, 80, of Chattanooga passed away on the morning of Sunday, Dec. 1, 2013. Wanda was a devoted wife, loving mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. She was an incredible lady, with a wonderful, bubbly personality, always happy, and excited about each day. She never met a stranger, and was always giving to others. She had a love for life, with many friends, and enjoyed spending time with family. Her kind words and willingness to help and give to others have touched many lives. She will forever live in the thoughts and memories of all who knew her. She was the founder and owner of The Dry Duck gift shop in Red Bank, Tenn., with a store later established in East Brainerd. She was a member of St. Elmo Church of Christ for more than 45 years, where she taught Sunday School classes, young women's singing classes, and participated in church activities. She was preceded in death by her parents, Hobert and Ada Acuff; her husband Marvin C. Smith Jr.; her brothers Max Acuff and Jack Acuff; and sister, Betty Edmonds. She is survived by her three children, Marvin L. Smith III (Gretchen), of Lookout Mountain, Teresa Smith Terrell, of Chattanooga, and Kim Smith Garey (Dan), of Ooltewah; grandchildren, Maria Garey Sessions, of Ringgold, Julie Terrell Puryear, of Memphis, Elizabeth Garey, of Chattanooga, John Terrell, of Chattanooga, Sam Smith, of Lookout Mountain; and four great-grandchildren. Pallbearers are Jack Acuff, of Greensboro, N.C., Steve Barnes, of Chattanooga, Tenn., Charles Puryear, of Memphis, Tenn., David Sessions, of Ringgold, Ga., Will Sessions, of Ringgold, Ga., Sam Smith, of Lookout Mountain, Tenn., and John Terrell, of Chattanooga, Tenn. Memorial contributions may be made in memory of Wanda Smith to Georgia Christian School, formally Dasher Bible School, Valdosta, Ga. or to St. Elmo Church of Christ. The family will receive friends today from 4-7 p.m. at the North Chapel of the Chattanooga Funeral Home. Private graveside service will be held at Hamilton Memorial Gardens on Tuesday, December 3. A memorial service will be held on Tuesday, Dec. 3, at 4 p.m. at St. Elmo Church of Christ. Arrangements are by the Chattanooga Funeral Home Crematory and Florist, North Chapel, Highway 153, Hixson, Tennessee 37343. Please share your thoughts and memories at www.ChattanoogaNorthChapel.com


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eye care and epilepsy
My sister has epilepsy and with that comes light sensitivity...especially in stores.
I would like information about sunglasses. What degree of darkness and what color tint is most beneficial? Also should she were them while she shops? Will it help with the artificial lights or does she need to wear a hat?
Thank you for your time. I truly appreciate it.
The data on sunglasses for people with photosensitive epilepsy is not strong. First, the glasses have been tested on the small subset of people who have seizures precipitated by flashing lights and not people with epilepsy who report other light induced symptoms like headaches, eye pain, or other irritations that aren't actual seizures.
In the limited studies that have been done, the red color frequencies seem to be the biggest culprit when a study was done testing different frequency components of the light. Red free lenses are considered the best to prevent photosensitive (flashing light induced) seizures. If the sunglasses work, the susceptible person should wear them anywhere the stimulus might be.
Michael Privitera, MD
Professor of Neurology
College of Medicine
University of Cincinnati


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Cosmetic Sales Consultant - Clarins
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As part of the Clarins family, you will help create unforgettable brand experiences for our prestige skin care, make-up and fragrance divisions. And feel great about the work you do as you partner with an organization committed to responsible development practices and giving back to struggling populations throughout the world.
In this role, you will be responsible for applying cosmetics, sharing knowledge of brands, recommending products, and making customers feel beautiful.
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- Work schedule flexibility (days, nights and weekends)
Cosmetic Sales Associates in our stores are paid on a base plus commission for all cosmetic counter sales.
At Bon-Ton, we want to give back to our associates. We offer competitive pay, great associate discount, 401k plan (once eligible) – including potential company match and great volunteer opportunities.


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Richmond Boakye-Yiadom has underlined his determination to stay in Juventus and fight for his place in striking department next this season.
The striker has vowed to prove his worth to manager Antonio Conte to win regular selection.
'I want to stay and fight for my place. Another loan proposition would not be rejected by me if it comes with guarantees of playing time but my focus is on staying in Turin to fight for a place in the Juventus line-up,' he told Africanfootball.com
'Elche did not go the way I would have loved but, I gained extra experience and scored key goals in key matches, enough signal of my maturity for striking at the top level.
'I have the hunger and the desire to succeed at the highest level and Juventus know that. I would ask my agent to signal my intention to stay at club throughout next season to the champions [Juventus].'
Boakye scored seven goals – mostly key goals in key matches – on loan at Elche but has since lost his place in the Black Stars.
There are rumours the striker will be loaned to Borussia Dortmund, Villarreal or Lyon for the upcoming season.
It is clear, however, that player's intention is to stay in Turin to compete with the likes of Carlos Tevez and Fernando Llorente for regular selection.
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Antica Signoria is a brand named after the "Palace of Signoria" in Florence, Italy. This fascinating and timeless place is the source of inspiration of the decorative line "Antica Signoria", a range of finishing able to bestow prestige and elegance to all the different ambiences, whether residential or business. The decorative materials of this line of products vary from natural and synthetic Venetian stucco, pearly finishing with a silky aspect, glossy, marble grain and travertine texture, to opalescent multicolour pigments, sand and pearly effects. The elegant and essential modern designed website centres on the presentation of "DeCollection", that is, all the series of products available for the decoration of each ambience, supplying dynamically any type of technical information, consultation of the colour cards and videos to start the correct application of the products on your own. In the last years the Antica Signoria line of products has been exhibited in the most prestigious International Shows.
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