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I just installed the latest beta RC snap, and Xorg is only using the generic VESA driver. I have a RadeonHD 3850 card, and I've made sure that both the xorg-x11-drv-ati.x86_64 and xorg-x11-drv-radeonhd.x86_64 packages are installed, but X isn't using either of these. I don't see any errors about it trying to load the radeon driver and failing. It looks like it's just defaulting to VESA first without trying anything else.
Attached is the Xorg.0.log file.
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After her recent public appearance tottering along in skyscraper platforms, it was a nice surprise to see these pics of Posh pounding the pavements in flat ballerina pumps as she took gorgeous new baby Harper out in her pram.
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text: OverviewBack to top Vet's Best - Allergy Itch Relief Shampoo - 16 oz. Item# :110676UPC# :031658103454 Brand:Vet's Best Size/Form:16 oz. Ship Weight:1.15 Vet's Best Allergy Itch Relief Shampoo 16 oz. (470 ml) Vet's Best Allergy Itch Relief Shampoo, manufactured by Bramton, is perfect for dogs with sensitive skin or itch & irritation due to seasonal allergies. For dogs plagued by allergy misery, this soothing formula will make it all better. This combination of Oatmeal, D'Limonene and Tea Tree Oil calms the itching and washes away allergens attached to the fur and skin. Plus, botanical oils are gentle enough on skin to use as frequently as needed, and Allergy Itch Relief Shampoo will not disturb topical flea control. The highestest quality natural ingredients accross all Vet's Best Formulas.Vet's Best could talk about their natural ingredients from sun-up to sundown. But, if the products didn't work, it would be a pretty meaningless conversation. So let's just say you can count on these ingredients being carefully selected for the highest possible quality. And thoroughly researched to assure each product has the balance of ingredients that is most effective for whatever the product is created to do.Whether you've already embraced natural health care or are just educating yourself, Vet's Best has done the research. With the highest-quality and most effective natural ingredients, Vet's Best formulas have made believers of pet parents for more than 28 years. Dr. Dawn Curie Thomas, DVM was born into a family of scientists. Her mother explored the natural world long before it became fashionable. This approach to health care was as firmly planted in her soul as her love of animals.After she started her practice, Dr. Thomas saw that commonly prescribed medicines often caused harsh side effects in the animals she was trying to help. So, she began tapping into Mother Nature. In the 1980s, the idea of natural health treatments for animals was far ahead of its time. Dr. Thomas forged ahead and found she had a special knack for knowing which ingredients worked best together. She researched thoroughly and formulated with great care. And, no surprise to her, it worked.Word about her successes spread. Pet owners drove hundreds of miles for her unique discoveries. Her early formulas expanded into today's Vet's Best product line. In every bottle, pet lovers will find 25 years of dedication to perfectly natural health care for their pets. It All Began With Skin CareA pet's overall health is reflected in the health of the skin. Dogs and cats have much more sensitive skin than humans. And Dr. Thomas knew that skin health was key to overall health. That's why she began her practice focusing on dermatology. She believed effective skin health support called for developing the right combination of natural ingredients. Dry, flaky, itchy, raw skin conditions often go more than skin deep. Some causes? Diet deficiencies, allergies, metabolic problems, exposure to fleas, and dry or hot environments. Dr. Thomas worked to create formulas that would maintain normal healthy skin and organ functions – with great success. And it led to the Vet's Best line – built on the notion that health is nurtured from the inside out, and from the outside in.


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What a tragedy: A boy died recently in Union City after being bitten by his family's dog. This horrible event has implications for families far beyond the circle of one child's grieving family.
Sadly, most such incidents need never happen. I know: I am a retired dog trainer who specialized in dog-bite prevention and safety training.
A fatal dog attack is extremely rare: 12 to 20 deaths per year since 1965. A minuscule percentage of dogs kills someone: 0.0000004 percent. Dog bites, on the other hand, are common — 4.7 million people per year, three-fourth's of them children. Half of all U.S. kids experience a dog bite by age 12.
Let's look at some of the key facts in this incident, as reported:
The dog was a 2-year-old male pit bull mix. The least important fact is the dog's breed. No breed is inherently vicious. All dogs are capable of biting. There is enormous variation in the level of provocation individual dogs will tolerate without biting.
Was the dog neutered? Intact males are three times more likely to bite. Unaltered, adolescent male dogs are more excitable and have less impulse control — not unlike adolescent humans.
The victim was a 6-year-old boy. Boys ages 5 to 9 have the highest bite incident rate. It is most often during play that excites the dog that bites occur. This was likely a case in which the combination of a rambunctious boy and an excitable dog proved lethal.
The incident happened in the backyard of his grandparents' home, where he lived with his extended family. Most children are bitten by their own family dog or by another known dog.
The boy may have been attempting to "climb onto the dog's back." At least seven other children lived in the household and regularly "roughhoused" with the dog, without previous incident.
This kind of behavior is dangerous and should not be tolerated. Parents must teach kids how to play appropriately with dogs. Young children (under age 5) should never be unsupervised when with dogs.
The bite occurred without warning. In most cases, the dog does warn before biting, but the child (or adult) does not get the message because he doesn't understand dog body language This is why dog bite prevention training is necessary and effective.
There had never been any signs of aggression. Even dogs who have always been trustworthy playing with kids have a limit to their tolerance. One day, the dog feels "No more! I've had enough of this!" The shock and emotional trauma of families whose beloved pet has now bitten their child can be devastating. The tragedy is compounded because usually their dog is put down after the attack.
The dog "was never allowed in the house, stayed right at the door. Was the dog loose in the yard, or chained? An important distinction must be made between pets who live in the house as family members, and resident dogs who are kept outside. It's inherently stressful for a natural pack animal to be an outside dog. It's the resident dog that bites. Chained or tied dogs are responsible for the vast majority of attacks.
As we extend our condolences to Nephi Selu's family, let us become better educated so that we can protect other children from his tragic fate.
Ruth Smiler, an Alameda resident, has conducted workshops for children and families on dog bite safety and prevention. For more safety tips, go to www.doggonesafe.com.


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New Guidelines to Limit Contact Practice for High School Footballl
According to reports, new guidelines in Michigan plan to limit the number of hits high school football players are taking on the field.
About the New Practice Guidelines
As evidence mounts of the risk of brain damage from the accumulation of routine collisions in football, new guidelines for Michigan high schools call for no more than 90 minutes of full-contact practice a week.
The guidelines would put Michigan along with other states like Alabama, Iowa, Kansas, Georgia, Texas, California, and Tennessee, all of which have moved to limit practice contact to 90 minutes a week.
However, there is a catch– the new guidelines are just a recommendation not a mandate. The official requirement of the Michigan High School Athletic Association still allows six hours of full-contact practice a week
In the meantime, concern over the dangers of football has been heightened in recent years by building evidence of a link between the sport and a debilitating brain condition known as chronic traumatic encephalopathy – or CTE.
Purdue University concussion researcher Larry Leverenz noted that repeated studies have shown that potential brain damage in football players is directly tied to the number of blows to the head, even if the player did not suffer from a concussion.
"You can decrease the risk without changing the game. Limiting the amount of hits in practice is one way of doing that," Leverenz said.
Russ McKenzie, athletic director at Lamphere High School in Madison Heights suburban Detroit, backed the 90-minute full-contact guideline as a member of MHSAA's Football Committee. Passed by that committee in January, the guideline was approved by the MHSSA governing council in May.
The Impact Of Taking Hits to the Head
- A 2012 Purdue University study tracked a couple dozen high school football players over two seasons and found that players logged anywhere from 200 to 1,800 hits to the head over the course of a season.
- MRI tests found that 17 players – who wore special helmets equipped with sensors – had measurable changes to their brain, with the magnitude of change corresponding to the number of hits to the head a player took. None of the players logged having a concussion.
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Pearl Milk Evaporated And Sterlized Recipes
The front and back covers are identical. There is a white frame around a dark blue background. The lettering is yellow. There is a drawing of a Pearl Evaporated Milk can in the center which has a shell with six pearls on it. All of the inside pages have a yellow border. The front end page states that only Pearl Milk with provide the best results. The title page states: Pearl Milk Evaporated and Sterilized A Few Tested Recipes Michigan Condensed Milk Co. 44 Hudson Street New York City. Factories: Lansing, Mich., Howell, Mich., Mt. Pleasant, Mich., Jackson, Mich., Frankfort, N.Y., and Newport, N.Y.There are recipes for soups, puddings, pies, breads and muffins, and ice cream. Page 16 has directions for whipping Pearl Evaporated Milk. The back end page has an advertisement for free items if you save the labels.
Donor: Sliker, Shirley Brocker
Brand Name: Michigan Condensed Milk
Publisher: Michigan Condensed Milk Co. (Lansing, Mich. ; Howell, Mich.)
1950 (ca.)
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Citation: Pearl Milk Evaporated And Sterlized Recipes. The Alan and Shirley Brocker Sliker Collection, MSS 314, Special Collections, Michigan State University Libraries. Available at http://www.lib.msu.edu/exhibits/sliker/detail.jsp?id=5165


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Author(s): Biggs Trent W, Whitaker Terressa M
SummaryIn mountain ranges, elevation correlates with snowmelt through its association with temperature, snow cover, hypsometry and vegetation. A critical elevation zone, where temperatures, snow cover, and the fraction of basin area are high is hypothesized to dominate melt volumes during peak discharge events. The distribution of snowmelt by elevation zone was documented during five peak discharge events in the Merced River Basin, California, using daily MODIS snow covered area (SCA) and a temperature-based melt model. The model successfully reproduced the spatial pattern in runoff measured at two stream gauges. SCA changed rapidly during several events, so daily SCA was essential for accurate estimation of melt, even for periods as short as 6 days. For all events, between 60% and 80% of melt volume occurred in an elevation zone that covered between 22% and 38% of total basin relief. The elevation of the critical zone increased through the melt season, and the center of mass of melt increased from 2425 m in March events to 3093 m in May events. For several events in March and April, the critical zone coincided with a large, flat upland area that covers a significant fraction of the watershed area. Early in the season, the critical zone occurred at a higher elevation than the intermittent area of rapidly changing snow cover, while later in the season the critical zone coincided with an area of rapidly changing snow cover. Forest cover impacted the total volume of melt, but had small effects on the relative distribution of melt among the zones. The critical-zone concept could be used to interpret and predict regional patterns in snowmelt flood peaks based on catchment hypsometry and climate.


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Light Conditions – Texas Defensive Driving Online Course
Light Conditions – Texas Defensive Driving Online Course
Driving while facing the morning or afternoon sun is another hindrance to visibility. To reduce the glare from sunrise to sunset lower the sun visor in your car to help reflect some glare. Wear dark sun glasses.
Another tough time of the day to be driving, is when the sun is setting, especially if you're driving west. Before sunset, make it a habit to turn on your headlights. Give the other drivers some lights to let your presence known.
Dusk, is that time of day after the sun's gone down, but when there's still some light out. During this time of day it makes dangerous shadow contrast which can make judging distances tricky. Sometimes a lack of contrast will make shapes to blend together making them harder to recognize.
One of the most difficult times to drive is from sunset to sunrise, also known as nighttime driving. Nighttime driving offers many of the same visibility problems as driving in inclement weather. Now add inclement weather to nighttime driving and you have a real problem.
• Your first defense is to turn on your headlights. Activating your headlights also activates your taillights and license plate lights. Headlights help improve your visibility in poor light conditions and second, they help improve your visibility to others.
• Avoid looking directly into the headlights on oncoming traffic. Instead, use the white line on the right side of the road for tracking. You will still be able to see the oncoming traffic with your peripheral vision – If the line on your right is a yellow line move back quickly. You are in the wrong direction of traffic again. (See Fog Driving tips)


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LOC31 :: To Market To Market
Hope you are bright eyed and bushy tailed today because we are off to the market with a load of apples. So drive your locos and pick up the flat wagons and empty ore wagons and head for Willow Apples. Place the empty flats and clear the loaded apples. On to Ashburn and drop off the empty ore wagons. Take the apples to the McIntyre Market and unload. Place the empty wagons in the McIntyre Yard and put the locos away.
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Hi all!
I was wondering what the best way to decorate a cake dummy? I normally just bake a cake and decorate it but that's become costly when all I'm doing is practicing on new techniques and take pictures of my work. I want to use the same dummies over again so I don't want the fondant to get hard. Any advice will be helpful at this point. Thank u
I HATE using dummies, but I do it anyway! Like you, it cost too much to practice on a real cake, and frankly my whole family is sick of cake! LMAO!!! First off, you have to have something on the dummy the fondant can stick to...such as buttercream. make the buttercream as the same color as your fondant, that way when you take off the fondant right after you take your pictures you can just knead it back into your fondant....You can also use crisco to cover the dummy and the same thing applies...Just knead it back into the fondant.
Biggest challenge in doing dummies, is getting them to stick to your cake board!!! If it ain't stuck, you're gonna have a hell of a time. I have found that rubber cement works the best! Just give it time to dry and it will peel off your dummy with no problem when you're done. Scrape off excess buttercream or crisco, then wash in hot soap water, dry and put away fro future use.
Hope this helps
Yes this help me greatly! So just so im clear, I put the criso on the dummies then the fondant? Right?
AYes you use crisco in place of the buttercream :)
AWhat are cake dummies made of?
rntyler: dummies are styrofoam
Sugar: melted chocolate makes a great glue
I use a corn syrup and water mixture to stick my fondant on, but a lot of people just spray them with water.
You can soak the whole thing in water when you want to take the fondant off, if it has hardened on.
AI wrap my cake dummies in plastic wrap first, then lightly brush corn syrup on the plastic. Fondant sticks and clean up is super simple. Oh, and to get the dummt to stick, just cut some.of.that grip shelf liner that you get with the celboard smaller than the dummy. It keeps dummy from slipping and its reusable.
Because dummies are so light, I have a hard time getting my dummie to stay on my rotating plate (turn table) to frost it and cover it. What do you use to keep it steady? It would need to be something temporary so you can lift the dummie off the turn table once it is done. I have tried the shelf liner, they help but don't really do a great job. I use dummies on top of real cakes, when people want a big cake, but don't have a crowd to eat it.
AReason, as I stated it my I original post, I use rubber cement for the styrofoam, then cake board, then to the turn table.
I just spray my dummies with water and the fondant sticks just fine. And it makes it much cleaner if you are going to peel it off and reuse the dummy.
I've used both water and sometimes Karo Syrup. They say you can also use piping gel, but that's awfully expensive. But I do something different to get the fondant off. I pop the cake into my microwave and warm it for short bursts until it just peels right off. So easy. Can't do that with the larger tiers but who knows, maybe a few minutes in the oven on a baking sheet might soften it up enough. Haven't tried that but I will. Sure beats putting them in a garbage bag full of water on the back porch over night, as someone told me to do. There was quite a ruckus when two raccoons burst through the bag and got doused with sugar water.
If you bang 2 or 3 nails through a cake drum, you can spear the dummy on top for decorating, then pry it off using a long spatula when you are ready to place it in position. Keep the drum for use with other dummies.
Ateco 3-pronged pivot:
Thanks- great idea!
I know this may sound crazy, but I hollow out my dummies and insert small cans of tuna in them to weight them down, It was so hard trying to decorate them with BC.
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This is what I did in a fit of frustration because the darn thing kept moving,lol could have really used that tool, but the can did work.
I figured I'd give you guys a good laugh.
This is what I did in a fit of frustration because the darn thing kept moving,lol could have really used that tool, but the can did work.
I figured I'd give you guys a good laugh.
hahaha! That is awesome!
I use the cheap plastic flower nails, glue the flat side down onto my cake board, and push the dummy onto it. I get them bulk on eBay for really cheap.
Nice to know, I will definitely try that in the future
AWow thanks for all the great advice!!


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Once graced by a Persian King - now open to all! The Shah of Persia offers a warm welcome and is ideally located on a bustling crossroads on the main route to and from Poole Town Centre. We offer 14 recently refurbished (February 2011) non-smoking rooms with full en-suite facilities including free WiFi, flatscreen digital TVs and tea and coffee facilites. The Shah of Persia now also offers a fantastic Two-For-One deal on all Main Courses, Specials and Sunday Lunches in our cosy Pub-Restaurant atmosphere, served until 10pm daily.
The busy bar is open until 11pm and serves a wide variety of drinks and boasts a great choice of cask ales! The inn is popular with visitors and locals alike and is situated within a short drive of many attractions, such as the white beaches of Sandbanks, the bustling and ever changing harbour and the rolling Purbeck Hills. We are also within easy access of Buses (two stops outside), two Rail Stations (Poole and Parkstone) and Poole Hospital.
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Familiar comfort foods and a cozy, welcoming ambiance make Cathedral Street Bistro the kind of restaurant where lingering over a glass of wine feels perfectly natural. Old World French and Italian influences appear throughout the menu of pasta creations and rustic, yet composed entrees. Not every inspiration comes from beyond the Atlantic, though. The chefs also lend a bit of homespun charm to their meals by hand-rolling meatballs, making granola in-house, and calling everybody "kiddo."


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RealID Refusal, Laggy Hardcore, and Pictures!
And as the week draws to the close, here are a few more great links to round it all off – including, unsurprisingly, some mention of that "Diablo" game people seem to like…
- Kurn talks about the reasons she's turning off RealID for good, and how close it was to being an amazing addition rather than a burden – "Even if all D3 and SC2 players are WoW players, that's still over 10 million people who are automatically enrolled in this "social network", although due to regional differences, not everyone can talk to everyone else. Still, that's a ridiculous number of people playing these games with a built-in social network that's on by default, where the only options are "use it (either freely or conservatively)" or "don't use it at all"."
- Mighty Viking Hamster talks about the flaws with Diablo's otherwise excellent Hardcore mode – "First things first. Let me get the most glaringly obvious point out of the way. Diablo III requires an internet connection to play. This means lag. This means that you WILL die due to circumstances which are beyond your control. No internet connection is 100% reliable."
- Want a picture of your character? Vidyala's selling extremely cheap original artwork services – check 'em out!
- And if you haven't read Cynwise's superb "Decline and Fall of the Warlock In Cataclysm" yet, it's now available in (free) ebook edition.
As I said in the Weekly Roundup email today (now with actual commentary from me, too!), I know a few people who are refusing to interact with the Battletags system at all because of their unfortunate social ramifications. I hope Blizzard come round on this one – I'd hate to see bad design undermine the promise of the system.
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2014 Vormetric Insider Threat Report Shows Australian Organisations Facing Cyber Threat From Within
SYDNEY, Australia – May 1, 2014 – Vormetric, the leader in enterprise data security for physical, virtual and cloud environments, today announced the results from its first Australian Insider Threat Report.
Conducted in conjunction with Ovum, the report reveals 91 per cent of Australian organisations did not feel safe from insider threats, such as when employees or contractors use legitimate access credentials to exfiltrate data, and when these user accounts are compromised by advanced attacks.
The report, which surveyed 183 senior IT professionals and business managers, predominantly from mid- to large-enterprise organisations, also revealed:
- Almost half (48%) are planning to increase spending to offset insider threats, and the same percentage also found that insider threats are more difficult to detect than just two years ago
- Regulatory compliance is the key driver for organisations to spend more on insider threat protection (37%)
- Cloud computing concerns were high, and centred around lack of visibility into service provider security stances (68%) and the potential for third party access to data (64%)
- Concern about insider threats among Australian IT professionals is less than half their U.S. peers, but was equivalent to that of their European peers
Damian Harvey, Vormetric A/NZ country manager, said that while organisations are beginning to realise some of the most damaging breaches can originate from within the company full awareness of the severity and frequency of data theft is still in its infancy.
"This report clearly shows that awareness of data breaches is rising. However, we are not there yet. We are still seeing organisations spend millions on perimeter defences, while neglecting to lock up their data or appropriately control access," Mr Harvey said. "If a disaffected employee decides to steal IP or customer data for their own gain, it can be almost impossible to find out until it's too late without the proper security controls – Edward Snowden is living proof of this. When it comes to data security, understanding and controlling access is the best safeguard for sensitive data."
Both Harvey and Andrew Kellett, Ovum's research director, underscored that the insider threat wasn't only about employees and contractors being perpetrators, since external actors could also steal access credentials and impersonate a legitimate employee to gain access to sensitive material through malware, advanced persistent threats and social engineering.
"Large-scale breaches, such as APTs, and Snowden-related discussions have dominated the news cycle. It is clear that insider threats are among the most prominent IT security issues facing organisations today. This is reflected in the findings of our report," said Ovum research director Kevin Noonan. "From the data, it's clear that organisations are also struggling with new technologies like cloud, mobile and big data as they seek to protect themselves from insider threats."
This report was conducted by Ovum Research on behalf of Vormetric and with cooperation from Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), MongoDB, OASIS, Total Device, Secruity Innovation Network and Field Fisher Waterhouse. It is the third Insider Threat reports from Vormetric, with previous reports covering European Insider Threats for 2014, and a USA focused Insider Threat report in September of 2013.
For more information, please visit: http://enterprise-encryption.vormetric.com/2014-Insider-Threat-European-Edition-AU.html
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About Vormetric Vormetric (@Vormetric) is the industry leader in data security solutions that span physical, virtual and cloud environments. Vormetric helps over 1300 customers, including 17 of the Fortune 25 and many of the world's most security conscious government organizations, to meet compliance requirements and protect what matters —their sensitive data —from both internal and external threats. The company's scalable solution protects any file, any database and any application — within enterprise data center, cloud, big data environments — with a high performance, market-leading Vormetric Data Security Platform that incorporates application transparent encryption, access controls and security intelligence. Vormetric – because data can't defend itself.
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What's It Like to Work at CHRS? Gia Badolato on Her RA Experience
I started working at the Center on Health, Risk, and Society (CHRS) at American University while pursuing my MPH at George Washington University as part of my practicum requirement. I continued at CHRS as a research assistant.
Working at CHRS opened my eyes to an area of research that I had limited experience in. My previous work focused mainly on HIV surveillance, but at CHRS I was able to work on many different projects and get a feel for the different types of HIV prevention studies.
I worked with quantitative data collected for Structures, Health and Risk among Reentrants, Probationers and Partners study (SHARRPP), which analyzes interconnections between coercive mobility (the massive migration between the criminal justice system and the community) and race disparities in HIV-related sexual risk, among a sample of non-violent drug offenders in Connecticut. I also worked on a meta-analysis project which involved the selection, review and coding of literature on structural intervention programs in the areas of condom promotion, syringe exchange and integration of HIV prevention into existing health services.
I used data from the SHARRPP project for my master's thesis.
From day one, I felt like a part of the team. I was given countless opportunities to use my existing skills and gain new ones. The projects that the CHRS staff works on are both U.S.-based and international, which makes for a very diverse staff! One of the best parts of my experience at CHRS was hearing about the experiences of my coworkers and learning how they all got to CHRS. The people make CHRS an amazing place to work; their experiences make them a great resource when you have a question and their personalities make you feel comfortable asking for help!
Gia started a full-time research position in August 2013 at the Children's National Medical Center in Washington DC.
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Mitt Romney's in a strong position to win this weekend in South Carolina, and he's in an even stronger position to follow it up with a big win in Florida. Our first Sunshine State poll of 2012 finds Romney with a 15 point lead at 41% to Newt Gingrich's 26% with Rick Santorum at 11%, Ron Paul at 10%, Rick Perry at 4%, and Buddy Roemer at 1% rounding out the field.
Romney's lead expands further when you look only at voters whose minds are completely made up, to 48-27 over Gingrich. 71% of his voters say they'll definitely cast their ballot for him, compared to only 61% who say the same for Gingrich.
There's been an enormous shift in Florida since PPP last polled the state right after Thanksgiving. Romney's gained 24 points, going from 17% to 41%. Meanwhile Gingrich has dropped 21 points, going from 47% to 26%.
Romney has extremely impressive favorability numbers in the state with 68% of Republicans seeing him positively to only 24% with a negative opinion. Those are better numbers than we've found for him in Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina polling. It's not just a splintered conservative vote that has him ahead in Florida. And even if most of his opponents were to drop out before the primary, Romney would still be in good shape. In hypothetical head to head match ups he leads Gingrich 50-38, Santorum 59-29, Perry 69-21, and Paul 76-17.
Two big things are working to Romney's advantage in Florida and elsewhere: voters are focused on the economy, and they're focused on beating Barack Obama. 69% of Republicans in Florida list either government spending or jobs and the economy as their top issue. Social issues and foreign policy are really on the back burner this year. Romney leads Gingrich 42-25 as the candidate voters most trust on the economy. And as much as he's been attacked for his business record it's proving to be an undeniable asset with primary voters- 70% have a favorable opinion of it to only 18% with a negative one.
Romney has also done a good job of, at worst, neutralizing social conservatives. He's leading Gingrich 39-30 with Santorum at 15% among evangelicals in Florida. When it comes to the candidate voters 'trust most on social issues like abortion and gay marriage' he actually leads Santorum 30-21 with Gingrich at 19%. Romney's even narrowly winning Tea Party voters with 33% to 31% for Gingrich, 16% for Santorum, and 10% for Paul.
Other notes:
-When it comes to endorsements in Florida Rubio>Bush>Tebow>Scott. 40% would be more likely to vote for a candidate endorsed by Rubio compared to 30% for Bush, 16% for Tebow, and 12% for Scott. It says a lot about Rubio's rising stardom that his nod already carries more weight with Florida Republicans than Bush's. Meanwhile it's just another sign of Scott's unpopularity that only 12% of GOP voters would consider his endorsement a positive, while 41% would be less inclined to support a candidate 'graced' with it.
-Gingrich might have done a lot better in a Presidential run 10 years ago, in the immediate shadow of 9/11, when national security and foreign policy were much more in the front of voters' minds. By a 42-28 margin Florida Republicans trust him more than Romney on foreign policy. We found a similar story in South Carolina last week, where Gingrich led Romney 41/22 on that count. Unfortunately for him it's just not at the top of the agenda this year.
-People like to vote for a winner and there's a growing sense of inevitability among Florida Republicans that Romney will be nominated. 52% think he will end up as the GOP candidate compared to 16% for Gingrich with no one else in double digits. That fact could help reinforce Romney's front runner status in the state, especially if he wins South Carolina on Saturday.
-Finally if Tim Tebow's flamed out of the NFL by 2014 he may have good job prospects in Florida. His favorability with Republicans there is 73/6 and he trails Rick Scott only 47-26 in a hypothetical primary contest...not a bad place to start for a 24 year old football player.
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" Genre: Indie Rock & Punk - New Wave & Post-punk / Artist: Squeeze / Audio CD released 1999-06-18 at Mercury Records Ltd (London) "
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Squeeze are a band I came across when their best hits were a long way behind them and as such I was sort of playing catch up, of former boyfriend introduced me to them, literally in the sense of singer Glen Tilbrook many moons ago one night in a bar in London. There is a chance they may be writing some new stuff for this year but such rumours have done the rounds before.
1 Take Me I'm Yours
2 Goodbye Girl
3 Cool For Cats
4 Up The Junction
5 Slap & Tickle
6 Another Nail In My Heart
7 Pulling Mussels (From The Shell)
8 Tempted
9 Is That Love?
10 Labelled With Love
11 Black Coffee In Bed
12 Annie Get Your Gun
13 King George Street
14 Last Time Forever
15 No Place Like Home
16 Hourglass
17 Trust Me To Open My Mouth
18 Footprints
19 If It's Love
20 Love Circles
A greatest hits album was a good buy for me rather than ploughing through their back catalogue and this one is very comprehensive with 20 tracks on it, much of their most successful musi and the ones I like are packed towards the beginning of the album, there music would be classified I guess as indie rock and punk and certainly there are some great anthems and ballads on this album.
The stand out for me has always been Up the Junction as it is such a well written and constructed record with the gravelly voiced lyrics in it, I'm less of a fan of the more quirky and jokey Cool for Cats which I would almost classify as a joke song. The album has a strong star with the thumpingly good Take me I'm Yours which has a strong driven beat to it and some strong vocals. It was these early years when the band featured Jools Holland that the best work was done.
Unfortunately from about track thirteen onwars the album takes a bit of a nose dive really and the songs become a bit samey without the punch or passion of their earlier work, a sign of a band becomming less unified and perhaps less motivated to do music together. Stil the first 13 tracks justify an album in themselves so you can perhaps forgive the weaker later songs.
This isn't Squeeze's first "greatest hits", and nor was it their last. Their first was released in 1982 and their most recent in just 2007.
Squeeze were formed in London in 1974 and their core original members were Glenn Tilbrook, Chris Difford, Jools Holland, Gilson Lavis and John Bentley. Their line-up changed over the years with Holland leaving in 1980 and returning for two albums in the mid 1980s when the band reformed.
The band's most successful period commercially was 1979 when they scored two number two singles with "Cool For Cats" and "Up the Junction" and while both songs still receive airplay today, neither are the best songs they ever wrote, although both contain elements within.
What drew me to Squeeze back in the late 1970s was their lyrics. Chris Difford is, as far as I am concerned, one of the greatest lyricists of his generation and Glenn Tilbrook is able to interpret Difford's words beautifully.
The album begins with the bands first hit single from 1978, "Take Me I'm Yours". At the time they were marketed as a post-punk, powerpop set-up, which was misleading given the fact they were musically very gifted.
The song is particularly evocative of traveling "the seven seas" as Chris and Glenn sing on this song with shared vocals, and isn't really indicative of what the future held for them.
The follow up to "Take Me I'm Yours" was "Bang Bang", a piece of power pop which wasn't particularly memorable and is only remembered by fans nowadays.
Later on in 1978 however the band released "Goodbye Girl" which was to be the first single from their second album, and this is a firm favourite, despite only reaching number 63 in the charts.
The song perfectly describes a one night stand and its the first single where Tilbrook's vocals shine through. The longing in his voice is perfect as he sings...
"Sunlight on the lino
Woke me with a shake
I looked around to find her but she had gone
Goodbye girl"
This is the song that showed the band's true potential as songwriters and performers.
Released early in 1979, "Cool For Cats" was the title track of Squeeze's second album and was the band's first huge hit, reaching number 2 in the charts.
Unusually, Difford sings the entire lead on this song and its done in his distinctive baritone voice, replete with his Deptford accent. The words to this song are funny and take me back to being a teenager and desperately wanting to fit in. Incredibly some people thought some of the lyrics were sexist and offensive at the time - for me they are pure poetry.
This is the first single which gives Jools Holland the chance to show off just what a fantastic pianist he is, with the song ending with a great solo from him. This single also marks a period where the band really play on their London origins with use of London vocabulary and slang.
"Up the Junction", another number 2 hit for the band in 1979, tells the story of young love gone wrong due to a young man's inability to cope with responsibility.
Difford filches the title from a 1960s novel and film but the only reference to Junction is the fact the protagonist singer falls for a girl from Clapham, famous for its Junction station. The song tells about a couple who have to deal with an unplanned pregnancy and the man's loss of everything, proclaiming "the devil came and took me from bar to street to bookie", finishing by stressing how bad his situation is by saying "I'm really up the junction" - the only time the title features in this song which doesn't have a chorus.
The follow up to Up the Junction was the much less successful "Slap and Tickle" a tale of young lust without the pregnancy. Many of Difford's lyrics from this period feature a snapshot of the young male psyche and one suspects that apart from his music, his main preoccupations at the time were the pub and women.
In 1980 the band released their third album, entitled "Argybargy" and the first single was "Another Nail in My Heart". This album was more mature than their previous offerings but this is another tale of drinking too much and messing up and then drinking too much to forget. This song reached number 17 in the charts back in 1981 and is still a song I remember with great fondness but with hindsight I can see it's a little bit "more of the same" from Difford lyrically.
The band followed up with "Pulling Mussels (From a Shell)" which saw them sing of holiday love at British seaside resorts, done in a typically London manner. The song is gloriously "London", like so much of their previous work, but is the last song featured on this album to celebrate London life, with the London slang leaving their work with this album.
In 1981 Jools Holland left the band, to be replaced by Paul Carrack, who had formerly had a hit with the classic Ace track "How Long". He featured on the fourth album from the band "East Side Story", which is one of their strongest albums.
The first single from this album was "Is That Love", a fast and furious pop song about relationships and how sometimes its hard to misinterpret gestures. I often think this would have worked better at a slower pace but it is a benchmark in displaying how Difford was finally maturing as a lyricist.
The follow up was "Tempted", released in the summer of 1981 and sadly not the huge hit it should have been. The song was part produced by Elvis Costello, who also sings a line on the song.
The main lead on this song was done by Paul Carrack, although Glenn Tilbrook does sing one verse himself. The story this time is of being "tempted by the fruit of another" and this has become one of Squeeze's most enduring songs - the perfect combination of great lyrics, great singing and great musicianship.
The follow up to this classic track was "Labelled with Love" which is typically Squeeze insofar as it tells the bittersweet story of a war bride living in penury and squalor in America, whilst yearning for her youth in England, through a haze of booze. Tilbrook's voice brings the story alive and the sound gives an affectionate nod to Nashville.
In 1982 the band released "Sweets from a Stranger", a dark effort which is actually one of my favourite Squeeze albums. The lead single from this album was "Black Coffee in Bed" - which is a concert mainstay and a fan favourite to this day. Like "Tempted" this song wasn't a huge hit but had proved to have lasting appeal and still receives airplay today. Hindsight is a marvelous thing and this song and others on this album show Difford's descent into alcoholism starting to emerge.
Squeeze decided to split up in 1982 and their last offering was the single only release "Annie Get Your Gun", which was a minor hit and ensured the band went out with a whimper rather than a bang. The song is a homage to their early powerpop incarnation and doesn't have one of Difford's better lyrics.
After a failed partnership in 1984 as "Difford & Tilbrook", Squeeze reformed in 1985 and came back with a masterpiece of an album in "Cosi Fan Tutti Frutti". Three singles from that album feature on "Greatest Hits", all of which rank amongst their best work in my opinion.
Holland was back in the fold and his distinctive style is used to great effect on "Last Time Forever", a story of lost love and broken dreams, which is also one of Tilbrook's best vocal performances. "King George Street" is a wonderful song about daddy being a drinker and how mum and the kids cope with this. "No Place Like Home" follows on from this - sung about an unhealthy relationship made so through drink but the knowledge that its better to be together and sober. This is one of my very favourite Squeeze songs - a true anthem which reflects working class life truthfully.
In 1987 the band had another hit with "Hourglass", a catchy pop song helped along by an Adrian Edmondson produced video which was highly influenced by surrealist art. This was the first single released from the album "Babylon and On" and the song reached number 16 in the charts and was their last significant hit.
They followed it up with the amusing "Trust Me To Open My Mouth", which has a pretty self-explanatory title. Not one of the band's more memorable tracks, the title is probably one of the better things about it. The last offering from this album was "Footprints", an uptempo song which has a great chorus and should have done better.
The last two songs on "Greatest Hits" are from the band's 1989 album "Frank" which was a patchy affair. Holland had left the band again and it showed. "If it's Love" is a typical Squeeze song with Difford's lyrics reflecting on domestic life once more and beautifully sung by Tilbrook. "Love Circles" also reflects on domestic life but this time is sung by Difford, who isn't able to convey emotions the way Tilbrook can. Sadly I think it's a shame that "Greatest Hits" finishes with this song as its quite simply a fairly ordinary song not particularly sung well and it fails to hint at the great music Squeeze still had in them.
There are other Squeeze compilations available which feature music released after 1992 and I would recommend them over this so you can hear some of the excellent music they produced in the 1990s, but if you are wanting the hits, this is only £4.98 on Amazon and worth a punt in my opinion.
Disc #1 Tracklisting
1 Take Me I'm Yours
2 Goodbye Girl
3 Cool For Cats
4 Up The Junction
5 Slap & Tickle
6 Another Nail In My Heart
7 Pulling Mussels (From The Shell)
8 Tempted
9 Is That Love?
10 Labelled With Love
11 Black Coffee In Bed
12 Annie Get Your Gun
13 King George Street
14 Last Time Forever
15 No Place Like Home
16 Hourglass
17 Trust Me To Open My Mouth
18 Footprints
19 If It's Love
20 Love Circles


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I was just watching a My38 commercial that had animations of the syndicated sit-com characters that make up its daily lineup. There were no African American characters, Asians, ethnic Latinos, etc…, because their are precious few minority characters on the big three (and little fourth) stations.
Ok, if the Republicans have to get a clue that they have to "appeal" to minority voters, why hasn't' Hollywood done the same thing with making more programing for minority viewers?


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There have been several sites reporting the Office 2007 trial to be a phishing site, so you may want to change your password if you entered it into the login. The URL pointed to Commerce5.com which I thought I have seen before. I'm pretty sure it is just a mockup of the site that is being created for Microsoft. Here is what the URL was but be careful:
Microsoft is preparing Office 2007 trials to be released to the public for all of their popular applications. Programs that will be available are the standard ones like Word, Excel, and PowerPoint along with some others like Visio, OneNote, Publisher, and Project. Each trial edition will be valid for 60-days after the installation period these aren't expected to be made available for download until December 1st, which is when businesses will be able to start using Office 2007.
The new compatibility pack for people who aren't using Office 2007 is also available. If you install this package then you will be able to use the new, and very efficient, file formats that the Office 2007 products have to offer.
By installing the Compatibility Pack in addition to Microsoft Office 2000, Office XP, or Office 2003, you will be able open, edit, and save files using the file formats new to Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007. The Compatibility Pack can also be used in conjunction with the Microsoft Office Word Viewer 2003, Excel Viewer 2003, and PowerPoint Viewer 2003 to view files saved in these new formats. For more information about the Compatibility Pack, see Knowledge Base article 923505.
The new file format is truly amazing because I have noticed up to a 75% reduction in file sizes! Microsoft obviously did something right when they designed the new format so I highly recommend it to everyone, even those people who aren't using Office 2007.


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CHICO -- Just a week after a gang member allegedly stabbed a 15-year-old rival at the Chico Mall, the Chico police chief announced he will cut the department's gang unit to ensure patrol has enough officers to respond to serious and violent incidents.
The street crime and traffic units will also be eliminated as of Nov. 18, shifting six officers from the three special assignments to patrol, Chief Kirk Trostle said. In February, the four officers in the TARGET unit will instead respond to calls as well.
"As much of a benefit these units are to the community, when somebody calls and says they need help, patrol needs to be there," he said.
The patrol section requires 56 officers to adequately respond to incidents such as homicides, sexual assaults and suicide interventions, Trostle said. However, the department is only allowed 49 officers, five of whom are unable to work because of medical reasons.
Two officers also plan to retire at the end of the year and more are expected to leave next year.
Trostle said he wrestled with the decision and said he doesn't like it.
"Of course we need more staffing," he said. "If we had more staffing, we wouldn't be in this particular situation."
City Manager Brian Nakamura said he thinks administrators are doing the best they can to provide services with limited resources.
"We know the community is very concerned about crime and safety and the city council is as well," Nakamura said.
Once the new council is seated, he will sit down with councilors to discuss the budget and determine their priorities.
Trostle thinks the cut will have an enormous effect on the community, he said.
"Those who would do crime to our community members know they are not being watched and may feel like they have more freedom to conduct criminal activity," he said.
"That's of great concern."
Sgt. Matt Madden, who oversees the gang unit, said all of the information officers gained on who is running which gang and committing what crimes will be lost when the unit is eliminated.
"Gang activity doesn't stop when we do," Madden said.
Officers work to develop information they can use to arrest members, breaking up the structure in the hope of reducing crime, he said.
"It's very frustrating," Madden said. "I know what we've been able to accomplish. I know how hard officers worked to really combat this problem. It's kind of like we're starting over. We're going to walk away from it."
On Nov. 1, Fernando Palomares, 20, of Vina allegedly stabbed a rival gang member in the back in front of the Chico Mall, Madden said.
The 15-year-old victim had surgery at the hospital and has since been released.
The stabbing was one of several recent violent, gang-related crimes in Butte County, which Madden said are on the increase.
"I'm hoping the city and chief see the need," Madden said.
The chief said if the department can hire more officers, he will reinstate the units.


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Loading has launched a brand of games-themed Mega Coffee which is available to buy online at gadget retailer Firebox.
The £14.99 coffee is made from nine different types of ethically-sourced coffee beans and a portion of each sale goes to gaming charity SpecialEffect. It's produced by games café Loading in conjunction with specialist Base Coffee.
"When I opened I couldn't understand why places skimped on coffee, when it was one of the things with a better margin," said Loading founder James Dance.
"To begin with we're just launching it through Firebox. We also sell the blend as unground beans which would be a great addition to independent cafés and gaming spots with coffee facilities."
Loading is currently seeking investment for new outlets in London and across the UK.


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According to Jeff Legwold of ESPN.com, the Browns have already asked the Broncos for permission to interview offensive coordinator Adam Gase for their head coaching vacancy.
Just filed story …Browns have formally asked permission to interview #Broncos OC Adam Gase. He can interview this week.
— Jeff Legwold (@Jeff_Legwold) December 30, 2013
Gase can interview this week since the Broncos have a bye, though there's no indication that anything has been scheduled.
For more on this story visit: Darin Gantt, NBC Sports Pro Football Talk
Update (2:20pm): Adam Schefter of ESPN reports that they've also requested an interview with Seahawks defensive coordinator Dan Quinn.
Browns requested permission to interview Seahawks DC Dan Quinn for HC job, per source. Quinn can interview Jan. 5.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) December 30, 2013


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Andrea Crider and Cory Hamann, Bourbon, announce the birth of a daughter, Kami Nicole Hamann. Born Oct. 2, 2012, at Mercy Hospital Washington, she weighed 7 pounds, 1 ounce, and was 19 inches long.
Maternal grandparents are Garry and Cindy Crider, Bourbon. Paternal grandparents are the late Glenn Hamann and Sherry Schatz. Great-grandparents are Lois Dean Beyreis and the late Robert Beyreis, Minnie Crider and the late Robert Crider, Betty Goodman and Neol Goodman.


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Sweeping Changes for Those Using Massachusetts CORI Background Checks
April 3, 2012
Effective on May 4, 2012, employers in Massachusetts will need to follow some new state regulations if they conduct criminal background checks through the state's Criminal Offender Record Information (CORI).
The state's 2010 CORI law created a new source for employers to access criminal records, and along with that access is a new set of rules and regulations. A "Ban the Box" provision went into effect in November, privacy and data security rules in March (these provisions apply to all Mass. employers regardless if they use CORI or not), and now the next wave, relating specifically to CORI criminal background checks, goes into effect next month.
The highlights:
- Employers who want to access 5 or more CORI reports annually are required to have a written policydescribing the method and use of the records.
- Safe Harbor provisions for employers who use the system.
- Written notification requirements for employers who take adverse action based on the records, including a requirement to provide the applicant with a copy of the report. This requirement is regardless of whether the employer obtains the information directly, or from a third party CRA (Consumer Reporting Agency).
- Employers using a CRA must make certifications to the CRA that it is compliant with CORI including providing required disclosures.
- Employers and CRAs must register for an account on the iCORI system, and undergo training and retraining as required.
- When employers are obtaining CORI information directly, they are required to provide consent forms for each applicant, and maintain those forms for one year from the date of signature. In addition, the employer mustverify the identity of the applicant by examining a government-issued ID, and certify that the applicant was properly identified.
- Employers are subject to storage rules, and must store copies of CORI reports in a secured, locked location with limited employee access. Electronic CORI records must be password-protected and encrypted and may not be stored using public cloud storage methods.
- Employers may not retain CORI reports for longer than seven years. If an employer disseminates CORI outside of its organization, the employer must maintain a detailed log, which must be maintained for at least one year for audit purposes. Employers may be subject to audits and complaints for failure to comply with the law.
- Penalties for violations of the CORI Law include civil fines of up to $5,000 for each knowing violation of the CORI law, and some violations may lead to criminal prosecution.
More information about this new law will be distributed as the regulations are reviewed and as guidance becomes available. Please note that employers are never permitted to require an individual to provide a copy of his or her own CORI. Also note, that unless mandated to do so, employers are not forced to use the CORI system. County criminal record searches are still allowed (and recommended).


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Montrose Revolution
This time last year, we were bemoaning the death of Emo's, yet another Montrose institution to bite the dust. "Progress" of the destroy-everything-cool-so-rich-yuppies-can-live-near-the-artists variety claimed that venerable bar last Labor Day weekend. But something's changed since then, and Racket's damned if he knows what it is. But he has an inkling: As this recession deepens and broadens, this town is starting to remind him of the dear old Houston of the oil bust days. Lame, music-free swankiendas are shutting down all over the place, and scruffy little bars and venues are taking their place. Even the chains are finally getting in on the live music action.
For starters, the building that once housed Blue Iguana will soon be reincarnated as a new bar, under the ownership of a woman who sounds like she knows what she's doing. Local artist Denise Ramos is the dictator of The Proletariat, which is what she and her partners are calling the resurrected Ig, and she hopes to have her liquor license ironed out and hanging on the wall by the time you read this or shortly thereafter. Once it's open, her goal is to try to recapture that boho Montrose magic that's been disappearing so fast of late. "We're shooting for something like Rudyard's meets the Davenport meets Metropol," Ramos says. "We'll be having DJs on Tuesdays and as far as live music, I'm real particular about who I like, so I won't be having shows just to have shows. I really want cool bands that I really enjoy, someone like Calexico or something like that."
The Proletariat also has eclectic seating arrangements, a game room and a cool jukebox. "We have the greatest jukebox in town!" Ramos exclaims. "We hand-picked everything, we've got stuff like Jucifer, the Flaming Lips, Spoon, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and all that great new shit."
Ramos was frustrated by the fact that she had run out of places to chill in the 'Trose. So, like the Hands Up Houston promoters and the guys at Tapir Productions, she decided to do something about it. And that's all it takes, kids.
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In NoDo, seafood restaurant St. Pete's Dancing Marlin is stepping up its bookings something fierce. Thursdays belong to this year's unofficial Houston Press Music Awards Grand Champeen John Evans for the foreseeable future, and Moses Guest, Austin's Gnappy (featuring ex-Commercial Art guitarist and ex-Rockefeller's manager Buck McKinney) and New Orleans's Rebirth Brass Band perform on a killer September 28 bill. Jamaican reggae act the Itals played last Sunday, while their countrymen, the Meditations, will be there in November. Yeah, St. Pete's is a chain, and no, there isn't much cool cachet in hanging out at a seafood restaurant, but hey -- they're trying.
Also downtown, battles of the bands rage on at troubled Paesanos and at Hard Rock, where 12 hopefuls have now been whittled to three in their Shot at the Cabo Wabo Battle of the Bands. Brother Luck won the first round, while Simpleton bested Southern Backtones, House of Moist and Fallen Line in the second. Pander, Module, Chasmatic and Austin's Pavlov's Dogs duked it out on September 12, with Pander coming out on top. Simpleton, Brother Luck and Pander will face off on September 19, with the ultimate winner representing Houston against the winners of similar challenges in 11 other cities. The band left standing at the end of it all gets the rare privilege of opening for Sammy! Fucking! Hagar! and Smash Mouth in Cabo San Lucas October 4 through 6.
So don't let it be said that downtown ain't rocking at least a little. Now that all the cheesemongers have come and gone, and the palmy Jones Bar days of the $12 martini and $50 Cohiba are long past, maybe, just maybe the downtown/Montrose/Midtown/Washington Avenue scenes will take off. It looks that way already. Of course, once the choo-choo starts rolling down Main, the scene may collapse again in an avalanche of tapas plates, single-malt scotch bottles and expensive stogie butts. Stay tuned.
Meanwhile, out in suburbia, Texas country/ folk/blues/rock troubadour Calvin Russell is coming to Henry's Hideout -- the "horniest bar in Texas," so called for the 600-plus racks of antlers on the walls -- in tiny Fetzer. His bio reads like something a wet-behind-the-ears Hollywood screenwriter would concoct for a TV movie. One of nine children born to a waitress and a short-order cook, Russell grew up in a diner hard by Pistol Pete's junkyard on the wrong side of the tracks in Austin. He's done time in a juvenile home, served prison terms on both sides of the Rio Grande, resided for a time in the dirt crawl space under a friend's home in Austin's Clarksville neighborhood, and lived hard enough to earn a visage as craggy as that of Kris Kristofferson. A running buddy of drunken angel Blaze Foley, Russell abandoned Texas for Amsterdam in 1989 and eventually conquered Europe. By the time he came back home last year, he was signed to Sony/France and was headlining festivals in front of 70,000 people. After a stint in Switzerland, he even learned to speak French. It's unlikely there will be much call for that skill at his September 26 gig at the 65-year-old dance hall near Magnolia, but if you want to hear an authentic Texas legend deliver the goods, that's where you'll be.
Where you haven't been so far is at the Sidecar Pub on Tuesdays -- unless you're from Austin. Peron Einkauf reports that Austin's Sundowner is wiping the floor with the competition at his Tuesday-night People's Choice Band Challenge, and furthermore, that they are outdrawing local competitors by a factor of four. Quite amazing (and shaming), considering that Sundowner is based 200 miles away and the contest is held on Tuesdays. Houston modern rockers Deep Ella and heavy rockers Dereistic are running second and third, respectively, in the chase for $2,500 cash and 16 hours' studio time. The contest ends December 14.
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Atomic Age Records is staging a concert/ punk rock garage sale at Mary Jane's on October 18. If you have a punk band and are willing to play the gig for no money, they want to hear from you. The event stretches from dusk to the wee hours, so they're gonna need about ten or so bands who definitely are not up on their musician's union dues. A tiny cover charge will entitle attendees to rummage through and buy various (presumably punk) flotsam and jetsam and to scarf down an (also presumably punk) plate of free food. Interested bands should e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com Local bands Elsa Mira, 24 Count and Sly Letter all broke up this summer. Sly Letter announced their demise a mere ten days after their write-up in the Chronicle, which shows how much good an article in that rag will do for you. No band that Racket has written about, on the other hand, has broken up until at least a month after his articles have run -- except the Suspects, and that's not really fair Thanks to the Verizon Wireless Theater and B.B. King, $50 from every ticket sold in the first three rows at his September 26 show will be donated to the Project Row Houses El Dorado Ballroom restoration project. Project Row Houses spokesman Andrew Malveaux says the renovation should be complete by next spring Would the last Texas country artist in Nashville please turn out the lights? Robert Earl Keen, Deryl Dodd, Ty Herndon, Jack Ingram and Junior Brown are the latest to leave their Music City labels Compadre Records honchito Brad Turcotte reports that Billy Joe Shaver recorded all 15 tracks for his upcoming album, Freedom's Child, in a mere three days. While that album was recorded in Nashville, it will be released on Houston's own Compadre on November 19 Next week is the mother of all weeks for live touring music in Houston. The Clinic/Apples in Stereo/Lift to Experience bill September 27 at Mary Jane's is a fairly unbelievable piece of booking. Meanwhile at the Verizon that same night, H-town's progressive stoners can revel in the glory of the Queens of the Stone Age/ And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead/Peaches tripleheader, while the mullets among us will be delighted to hear that Faster Pussycat and Pretty Boy Floyd are sharing a bill September 27 at the 19th Hole. Oh, yeah, the week also features Biz Markie and Jaheim at Max's 2002, Slobberbone at Rudyard's, and Christian Pearl Jam tribute band Creed at The Woodlands. Then there's the honky-tonk/alt-country/ Americana slate, which includes Kelly Willis, Monte Montgomery, John Prine and Iris DeMent, Calvin Russell, Kinky Friedman and Billy Joe Shaver, Hank III, Nickel Creek and Gillian Welch, Caitlyn Cary, Martin Sexton, Kevin Fowler, David Allan Coe, Reckless Kelly, Asleep at the Wheel, Delbert McClinton, Steve Young and Steven Fromholz, and Allison Moorer. Oh, yeah, Little Richard's coming to Galveston, too It may well be dry out there, but none of you stoners has seen taunting billboards from the DEA saying, "If you think it's dry now, wait until October." It's an urban legend. A quick Internet search finds the same legend popping up in Minnesota in 1991, in Illinois in 1992, in Florida in 1998, and this year in Texas and Mississippi. (For some reason, the excruciatingly dry month is always September or October.) Racket has vague memories of hearing about these nonexistent signs in Tennessee circa 1990, but strangely he's never seen one, and neither has anybody he knows. It's always a friend of a friend. And why would the cops do that, anyway? To spike sales of hydroponic accessories? Some suspect the rumor was started by disgruntled pot growers preparing to go on strike, which would be almost logical.
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Here's a great video to brighten this gloomy first day of May. I came across it on my Facebook news feed this morning, posted by our friend Greg Hawkes. I figured if a member of The Cars posts a video of a kid drumming along with one of their of the greatest classics, it's got to be pretty cool. Wait till you see the focus and determination on this young lady's face. The world needs more girls who rock! Mighty impressive Emily!


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By Riggs
May 4, 2009
rating: 5.10- 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
|Definately a great climb. It starts out easy and gets hard a few feet below the roof. There is a key hold that you can't see from below the roof but it bomber if you can get to it. Short people will need to do some interesting footwork.
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The Hynek and Landmann Blue Mounds guide give this an r rating.
I distinctly remember I only used one jam and the rest were face holds.
If you are solid at the grade you may be fine but don't jump on this on lead expecting to get lots of great gear.