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Just six years ago, four out of every ten Subarus sold in Canada were Imprezas of one variety or another. Now, non-WRX/STI Imprezas account for only 18% of Subaru's sales.
• Peppy standard engine
• Subdued exterior styling
• Standard all-wheel-drive
• A measure of inherent athleticism
• Not terribly commonplace
• Lacking refinement
• Huge centre rear hump
• Plenty of chintzy bits
• CVT = droning engine
• Not a lot of features for $28K
This doesn't speak to any great Impreza decline, but rather the impeccable way in which Subaru structured its lineup by way of successful new vehicle introductions.
Subaru is on track to sell more total Imprezas in Canada in 2015 than at any other point in history. It's a smaller part of the Subaru lineup than it was in the relatively recent past, but the Impreza is a part of an increasingly forceful Subaru brand.
It kind of makes you wonder, doesn't it? If the Impreza, not a great car but by no means a bad car, is an increasingly effective member of an increasingly effective Subaru brand thanks mainly to its all-wheel-drive system, why do none of its competitors do anything other than power their front wheels?
2015 SUBARU IMPREZA 2.0i SPORT
Base Price: $25,490 *
As-Tested Price: $27,990 *
Drive Type: all-wheel-drive
Transmission: continuously variable
Engine: 2.0L DOHC 16-valve H-4
Horsepower: 148 @ 6200 rpm
Torque: 145 lb-ft @ 4200 rpm
Curb Weight: 3109 pounds
Length: 180.5 inches
Width: 68.5 inches
Height: 57.7 inches
Wheelbase: 104.1 inches
Tires: Yokohama Avid S34
Tire Size: 205/50R17
Passenger Volume: 2644 litres
Cargo Volume: 340 litres
EPA City: 28 MPG
EPA Highway: 37 MPG
NRCAN OEE City: 8.5 L/100km
NRCAN OEE Hwy: 6.4 L/100km
Observed: 33.1 mpg
Observed: 7.1 L/100km
* Canadian dollars, includes $1595 in fees.
Subaru Canada's Impreza lineup features six trim levels and two bodystyles which combine for twelve different Imprezas. (That doesn't even take into account the XV Crosstrek, WRX, or STI.) The Impreza's $21,590 base price seems high for a compact car, but one must take into account the fact that every Impreza sends power to all four wheels. All-wheel-drive is an expensive option on other non-Subarus: $2000 extra on the Mazda CX-3, $2100 on the Buick Encore, $2300 on the Hyundai Tucson, $3200 on the Nissan Juke Nismo RS.
None of those vehicles are sedans or even hatchback versions of conventional passenger cars. They're "crossovers" in modern parlance. The Impreza is alone among compact cars in offering all-wheel-drive. And with the Impreza, all-wheel-drive is not an available upgrade. It's mandated.
Our specific test car is the fourth rung up the sedan ladder, a 2.0i Sport with the Technology Package. Tech pack cars include the continuously variable transmission and Subaru's EyeSight system (pre-collision braking, pre-collision brake assist, pre-collision throttle management, adaptive cruise control, lane departure warning, lane sway warning, lead vehicle start alert). The Impreza 2.0i Sport Technology costs $6400 more than a basic Impreza, $4700 more than the Impreza 2.0i Touring, and $2500 more than a basic Impreza 2.0i Sport.
Although the Impreza sedan is nearly seven inches shorter, bumper to bumper, than the Impreza hatchback, the sedan possesses 47% less cargo capacity behind the rear seats. Compared with Subaru's larger Legacy sedan, the Impreza is 8.3 inches shorter and 3.9 inches narrower with 11% less passenger volume and 20% less trunk space.
Among more direct competition, the Volkswagen Jetta is 2.7 inches longer and offers 29% more trunk volume. Compared with the Honda Civic, Canada's best-selling car, the Impreza sedan is nearly two inches longer but the Civic is slightly roomier both inside and in the trunk.
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Here's what we said the last time we reviewed an Impreza:
"In the driving experience, Subaru has offered up a mixed bag. If you pay an extra $1300 to snuff out the clutch pedal, the 2014 Impreza is saddled with a lackluster continuously variable transmission. You'll suffer through the moaning under acceleration and the wind-up-and-pull-forward sensation we associated with CVTs from a prior generation. It seems as though the CVT is a real power sapper, too - the Impreza's horsepower-to-pound ratio isn't dreadful - because these 148 ponies act as though they've been starved and dehydrated.
But there remains something endearing about the horizontally-opposed 2.0L four-cylinder Subaru engine. It takes forever and a day to crank, there's an only barely apparent warble, and it does produce torque where you'll want it to produce torque.
Flat-fours, also known as boxer four-cylinders, are as rare as Saabs these days, but Subaru's lineup is full of them, and the company is made all the better because of their unusual engine layout.
More importantly, there's something endearing about the way the Impreza rides and handles. Subaru has set the car up to lope along casually, and while aggression has been spared for the WRX and STi versions of this car, this all-but-basic Impreza Touring justifies its status as a great foundation for high-performance cars.
Shoved along with a purposeful prod of the throttle pedal, the Impreza doesn't isolate its chassis' work from its driver, thereby allowing some thoughts to filter through. The steering has life, a real rarity now that we're at the dawn of an age of autonomous steering.
This Impreza hatchback isn't about to play along with Fiesta STs on an autocross circuit. But if you're looking for a conventional small car that won't bore you to death when the driving should truly get interesting, the Impreza's allotment of interactivity causes it to stand out from much of the pack."
Still sounds about right in 2015.
The Impreza sedan is an increasingly less important car in Subaru's North American lineup. Largely, this is because the XV Crosstrek, which is very much an Outback-ized version of the Impreza hatchback, is quickly becoming a major part of Subaru's lineup, not because the Impreza is suffering any great loss of demand.
The overall Impreza lineup is Canada's 19th-best-selling car through the first seven months of 2015 thanks to a 14% year-over-year gain in a car market that's struggling. In the U.S., the Impreza family is America's 23rd-best-selling car with a 9% sales improvement in 2015 even as the car market declines.
If you want an affordable all-wheel-drive sedan, the options aren't exactly limitless. You can, however, get more space in an entry-level Subaru Legacy, but you'll be missing some features. And if you're willing to forego the space and flexibility of the Impreza hatch, you're saving $900 and receiving the more attractive car.
Historical Monthly & Yearly Subaru Impreza Sales Figures
2014 Subaru Impreza 2.0i Touring Driven Review
2015 Subaru Outback 2.5i Touring Driven Review
2014 Mazda 3 Sport GS Driven Review
2015 Volkswagen Jetta TDI Driven Review
Determining that winter tires will be sufficient for your lifestyle and subsequently eliminating the need for all-wheel-drive will nevertheless open up a range of compact car candidates that offer more refinement, better all-around dynamics, and better price tags than the Impreza. Subtract all-wheel-drive from the equation, and the Volkswagen Golf and Jetta are better cars to drive. The Chevrolet Cruze has better ride quality. The Kia Forte offers a bigger and higher-quality interior. The Honda Civic is very affordable. The Ford Focus is more fun. The Mazda 3 is better to drive with better ride quality, a better interior, better pricing, and is arguably more fun than all the aforementioned options.
But none of those cars offer all-wheel-drive. And if all-wheel-drive is a must-have, Subaru provides more flexible packaging in hatchback and XV Crosstrek formats, both of which increase the price.
A $28,000 Impreza is simply too much money for a car of this calibre with this kind of space. Its feature count isn't sufficiently abundant to offset the price - there's no leather, for example, and the infotainment system was chronically slow. Sacrificing the CVT and safety equipment of the technology package will save you $2500 and the car will still look like our test specimen. The Impreza 2.0i Touring sedan rings in at $23,290 and drives just like this car.
At $28,000, the 2015 Impreza is treading in water where Subaru's sharks are known to swim. With the high-performance Subaru WRX starting below $32K, a $28,000 Impreza might have you asking yourself if taking a bigger bite out of bank account is the answer to a question you didn't want to ask.
Timothy Cain is the founder of GoodCarBadCar.net, which obsesses over the free and frequent publication of U.S. and Canadian auto sales figures. Follow on Twitter @goodcarbadcar and on Facebook. The Impreza was supplied by Subaru Canada's press office.


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Frye out to prove worth to Hawks
Quarterback poised to restart career in Seattle
Published 10:00 pm, Thursday, August 7, 2008
It's not something he thinks about every day anymore. Not something that bounces around in his mind from morning, noon 'till night like a little rubber ball with no escape route.
But Charlie Frye hasn't forgotten how he was tossed aside by his hometown Cleveland Browns last year, his once-promising NFL career torn apart in the blink of one bad opening day start and a trade to Seattle two days later.
Which is why a largely insignificant preseason game for the Seahawks at Minnesota on Friday night takes on considerable weight for a 26-year-old quarterback out to prove he does indeed belong in professional football.
For years, Frye lived in a safe cocoon in Ohio. He played high school ball at little Willard High School, then was the headline act as a four-year starter at the University of Akron. When the Browns drafted him in the third round in 2005 and thrust him into a starting role late in his rookie season, it seemed like a fairytale for the kid who'd grown up idolizing Bernie Kosar while attending Cleveland games with his dad.
But the story turned sour when Frye and the Browns struggled through a 4-12 season his second year before coach Romeo Crennel benched him just 20 unproductive minutes into the 2007 opener and turned the job over to Derek Anderson.
From hometown hero to struggling scapegoat, the fall was stunningly swift. He became the first NFL quarterback to start an opener and then get traded before the season's second week. For the ultra-competitive Frye, the scab is still healing.
"Every year is new," the likeable redhead said this week during a break from Seahawks camp. "But you never forget something like that. It's always going to stay in that special place in your stomach where you can bring it out when you need to."
In other words, the slow burn continues a year after his abrupt dismissal by the Browns, though Frye is smart enough to tuck it away and use it only as added fire when the situation warrants.
"You don't think about it every day," he said. "But when the times get tough and you get tired, or it's third-and-3, you just remember that feeling of, 'Man, let's get this done. Or let's get this first down.' And it gets real serious.
"I think every player has something that drives them to be the best they can be," Frye said. "And obviously that's some kind of motivation for me."
After a year soaking up the system, he's getting a chance to show Seahawks coaches what he can do. Reviews remain mixed. Frye has an unorthodox throwing motion and, like most young quarterbacks, a tendency to force the ball into coverage at times.
But he also has the football guile and guts of one who grew up believing this was his destiny. He's always been a "gamer," a hard-nosed competitor who played through injuries and put short-handed teams on his shoulders.
Whether he's truly an NFL talent is a question that will become clearer in the coming weeks. Coach Mike Holmgren would love to see Frye emerge as Matt Hasselbeck's backup, thus allowing Seneca Wallace to be used more at wide receiver or kick returner.
"He's going to get a real chance in the preseason to play a lot," Holmgren said. "He knows that. So now he has to show. I think he's fine. I think he's improving. His decision-making is faster, which had to happen, and that comes with understanding what we do.
"I like Charlie a lot," Holmgren said. "And selfishly, I'd like him to take the next step and then it frees me up to use Seneca in other ways."
Offensive coordinator Gil Haskell calls these preseason games "huge" for Frye and the coaching staff as it evaluates just what it has in the 6-foot-4, 217-pounder who just now is coming to grips with the West Coast offense.
"He's a very smart guy and he wants to be a good player," Haskell said. "But the system takes awhile to learn. Trent Dilfer had a tough time with it. Matt had a little bit of a tough time with it. But (Frye) can definitely throw, so we'll go from there."
Frye takes strength from Hasselbeck, knowing things also didn't work out instantly for the Seahawks standout when he was thrust into a starting role.
"Matt was a blessing to me last year," Frye said. "He really helped me get through the tough time when I first got here, with the situation he was in when he first came to Seattle. Everything happens for a reason and maybe I was just supposed to be out here."
Hasselbeck said Frye frequently tells him how glad he is to have landed in a situation where he can be coached by Holmgren and his staff and learn Seattle's system, even if it means toiling as the No. 3 quarterback for now.
"He'll get his chance again, I'm sure, and when he does he'll be more prepared to be successful just because he's older, wiser, stronger, all those things," Hasselbeck said. "He's doing all the right stuff and guys really like him."
Standing on a field in front of the Seahawks' shiny new practice facility in Renton, Frye said he feels like a man taking a second swing at his lifelong dream. He sold his house in Ohio and moved to a place in Bellevue. No longer is he surrounded by family and friends, a mixed blessing of sorts.
"It's kind of different to not be dealing with family and ticket requests and everything that goes along with playing at home," Frye said. "Out here, you can just play football. And it's really kind of nice.
"It feels like a fresh start and I'm going to take advantage of it."


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From Old Yeller to White Fang, boys and their dogs have helped each other survive exciting wilderness adventures. Far From Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog doesn't really take the theme into virgin territory, but Jesse Bradford and Yellow have an easy rapport, and their forest ordeal abounds with memorable critters, including a hungry wolf pack, a hungrier bobcat, and a poor little rabbit who gets sacrificed to stave off our heroes' starvation. Neither too savage nor too cute, this kidflick didn't find the theatrical audience it deserved last winter. But for parents who've overdosed on Beethoven-type cuddles, such a natural and unsweetened dog story should prove a welcome change. B+


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The Ohio Legislature's Abortion Ban Bill: The Horror of S.B. 127
It should be noted that this bill has since been passed and signed by Governor Kasich, but the argument against it is still just as relevant.
Ohio has joined the ranks of states across the country in its fight against the reproductive rights of women. Although women have a constitutional right to make their own personal reproductive health choices regarding abortion, Congress and state legislatures across the country have repeatedly pressed on to infringe on these rights. Ohio is already one of these states, but the General Assembly has begun to pursue even more severe restrictions. Many have heard of the so-called "Heartbeat Bill,"1 but the Ohio Senate has actually passed an even more restrictive bill: Senate Bill 127 (S.B. 127). This measure bans all abortions after twenty weeks with one exception: a fetus endangering the health of the woman. It makes no exception, however, for rape, incest, or the mental health of the woman. The passage of this bill into law sets a dangerous precedent for us Ohioans. Not only is the law unnecessarily punitive toward physicians merely attempting to follow their Hippocratic Oath, but it also drives women back in time to the days before Roe v. Wade. This bill and others like it are a danger to the reproductive health and rights of women in the state of Ohio and must not become law.
It's actually an amendment to an unrelated bill. See p. 47 of S.B. 127. ↩
The Crucible
Tonight (Saturday, October 29) at 7:30pm and tomorrow (Sunday, October 30) at 2pm I will be starring in Kettering Fairmont High School's production of The Crucible as John Proctor.
This has been a very challenging role to play, especially with the added difficulty of trying to complete college applications and dual-enrollment classwork at the same time. Nevertheless, I am always up for a challenge and this show is simply incredible. This is perhaps one of the best shows I have ever been a part of during my time at Fairmont and I am extremely proud of this cast. If you're looking for a good show to see, I implore to come see The Crucible—you will not regret it.
Tickets are on sale at the door (Kettering Fairmont High School Auditorium) and online.
Don't be afraid to say hi after the show! I always love meeting the people that come to see my shows. I hope to see you there!
Also—speaking of college applications—I plan on writing up a big blog post on applying to colleges to help my Junior friends (and anyone else) at some point in the beginning of 2017 .
I Can't See the Stars
I realized recently that the lack of stars that I see at night is due to the amount of light pollution in Ohio. Centuries ago, one could stand where I stand now and see our entire galaxy, but now, I'm lucky to even see 10 stars.
I don't know the solution to our light pollution issues, but I need to see the splendor of our galaxy. I know that sounds cheesy, but it's a key human experience that too many people never have. I attempt to comprehend how infinitesimally small we are in the universe, but someone less curious won't have the inspiration to try if they can't see the stars. Think of the thousands of would-be astronomers who will never be inspired by our galaxy in the way thousands before have.
There is a world (or rather, galaxy) out there to see that I have missed all of my life. It's time to change that.
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The other day, I had finally decided upon a musical piece for the spring musical audition (Someone is Waiting from Company). So I decided to go online and buy the sheet music. Now, I didn't know this at the time, but sheet music has really weird copyright laws. So I went on http://sheetmusicdirect.us/, and bought my piece.
Now I assumed that (like any person buying sheet music online for the first time) they would give me access to a PDF or something, but it turns out I had to install a plugin (yes, a plugin) for my browser to even view it. After doing that, I decided that I would print it out. So I pressed the print button and quickly started printing it. That's when I realized that I didn't want to print it to that printer (because it's an inkjet and would have a lower quality than a laserjet), so I deleted it from the queue.
Hand on Fire
I apologize to everyone who is a regular reader of my blog. I'll try to do it more often, I just get very busy sometimes. Today's is just a short post about Chemistry class today.
In Mr. Jordan's Chemistry class today we had our hands lit on fire! The trick involves soaking one's hand in water and then putting methane bubbles on the hand. The methane in the bubbles burns without burning the hand because of the barrier of water.
Acapella Fest
This has been a busy week for me, and it's all because of Acapella Fest (the site loads slowly). Starting tomorrow, acapella groups from all over the country will be coming to Kettering Fairmont High School (my high school) to perform and share their talent. I'm very excited to be a part of this event as one of Fairmont's own acapella groups, Fusion. You should really come and see it, it will a great show.
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)
Hey blog readers! I'm in a play this week: "The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)". It's a hilarious comedy and you should really see it. Here's some data!
rbenv to chruby
Yesterday I switched my main development environment over to chruby. I feel that this is fitting to blog about because I'm currently writing an article about both rbenv and chruby. Now before we go any further, I want you to keep in mind that this is just an opinion. So if you would like to discuss with me the pros and cons of each, go right ahead in the comments below
Outsmarting Panera's WiFi
Here I am again at Panera — during lunch time. Suddenly, my WiFi shuts off, the login page warns of too much time spent on their WiFi. Well not for me. I have a few tools at my disposal to destroy your WiFi limit.
Just a little disclaimer here: don't do this unless you're a regular somewhere or like really need to use their WiFi for more than the alloted time. Alright, let's go.
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About two weeks ago, my family and I went on a vacation of the USA. Enough said. Okay fine, I'll elaborate.
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On the first day of the trip, we spent most of the day driving. It was about a 6 and 1/2 hour drive up to Niagara Falls (American side, of course!). When we finally arrived, the view was breathtaking. It's hard to describe the Falls with just words, so maybe this picture will help.
Reset the Net
Hey guys! I'd like to take a quick moment to talk about the Reset the Net movement.
If you haven't noticed, my site now has SSL. This is one of the steps that I'm taking to prevent mass government surveillance. If you have a website, or any sort of blog, you should run this splash screen to show that you support the movement, and will stand up for your rights. At midnight tonight (June 5th), sites across the internet (including mine) will start displaying banners and splash screens about resetting the net.
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on Aug 20, 2012 at 10:50 am
Why can't the cross walk lights just be installed without making a political issue out of it. You politician's a breed of people from a self serving mold.
Oh yes Supervisor Anderson had a great comment. I don't quite understand what on earth she was trying to say but it came out this way...I understand and agree with her sentence prior to this one...but this next quote make no sense. ("It both relieves traffic congestion and it is great exercise for students") It's make no sense...except it sounds like a Mother's Day and Apple Pie Politician's statement.
It's too bad but the folks we vote into office to represent our wishes, live in a cloud.
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Nick Pope was happy to put his error against Derby last week behind him and help Charlton secure a valuable point at Huddersfield on Saturday.
The keeper's mistake late on in the 3-2 victory over the Rams had given the home side a slightly nervier ending than desired.
But following an inauspicious first 20 minutes in Saturday's 1-1 draw in West Yorkshire, he grew in stature and got his team out of a few sticky defensive situations.
Huddersfield played the second half with 10-men after Murray Wallace was red carded just before the break, although this didn't prevent Nahki Wells firing the hosts ahead on 50 minutes.
However, Igor Vetokele rescued a point in stoppage time to ensure the Addicks' unbeaten start to the campaign remained intact.
With regular number one Stephen Henderson still not fully fit in time to face the Terriers, Pope was grateful he was able to play his part in Charlton's dramatic draw at The John Smiths Stadium.
Recalling his earlier mistake during the Derby game, Pope said "That's just going to happen for goalkeepers, it's how you react.
"Everybody probably looked at that and thought of Rob Green at the World Cup. I certainly did!
"You've just got to brush it off.
"When you've made a couple of saves in the match, it makes it feel like it was worth it."
The Addicks, and Pope, had two lucky escapes early on in Saturday's game at Huddersfield.
After just two minutes, a probing ball over the top was misjudged by Andre Bikey and Pope, quick off his line, was beaten by an awkward bounce, although he was adjudged to have been fouled by Wells.
Then a woefully short back-pass found the young stopper hesitating on his goal-line, before Wells again took it past him, but this time was denied by a fine last-ditch tackle by Tal Ben Haim.
Pope admitted: "A few things happened early on which didn't go how you like, but that happens in football.
"You've just got to show yourself as a character, grow into the game and take it from there."
Two saves from Harry Bunn in the first half were followed up by an equally impressive stop to deny James Vaughan's rising drive late in the second.
Pope added: "It was nice to make some saves and get a point out of it at the end of the game.
"As a goalkeeper you're going to make saves throughout the season.
"The defence can't stop everything, even though Tal Ben Haim and Andre Bikey have been excellent in front of me.
"I've really enjoyed playing with them two."
Pope admitted the timing of Vetokele's dramatic point saver had given everyone in the Charlton camp a lot to celebrate.
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Hey look more TomTom news today! This could be very interesting, it's basically a create your own TomTom GPS device. It's called 'My Custom TomTom GPS' and it allows you to print pretty much anything on your TomTom device to make it looks how you want it to. Now no two Tomoms will be the same! I can just imagine some of the creative TomToms we'll see out there!
TomTom,today launched My Custom TomTom GPS, a free and exciting way for consumers to personalize their TomTom units. Through this new program, individuals can select from hundreds of professional designs, custom artwork and personal photos that will be printed directly onto their new GPS device.
"As TomTom continues to deliver industry-leading navigation solutions, we are excited to introduce a program that gives our drivers more personalization options"
Whether personalizing the device with family photos or a favorite color, users can create a device that expresses their individuality. Additionally, these devices can be paired with TomTom's content-sharing platform, TomTom HOME, to combine the custom printed devices with personal start up images, funny voices, unique points-of-interest sets, and more.
"As TomTom continues to deliver industry-leading navigation solutions, we are excited to introduce a program that gives our drivers more personalization options," said Tom Murray, Senior Vice President of Market Development. "Arriving just in time for the holidays, devices personalized with My Custom TomTom GPS are the perfect addition to any holiday list."
Devices customized through My Custom TomTom GPS can be personalized and purchased exclusively at TomTom.com on select models, and they will be printed by CafePress, the leading source for custom printing. Downloadable celebrity voices can also be added to any order. For more information, visit www.tomtom.com.


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Like the thousands who would follow in his footsteps, Howard B. Jeffries left the chilly north for the pastures of east Pasco looking for a place to retire.
Jeffries fought for the Union army in the Civil War, first as a private in the 28th Pennsylvania Infantry, later as a captain leading the 72nd United States Colored Infantry, which had been organized in Covington, Ky. In the decades after the war, he headed south in search of sunshine.
A century ago he founded the retirement colony that became Zephyrhills. He marketed it to Union veterans — including some who wanted to supplement their military pensions by doing some farming on the side, local historian Madonna Jervis Wise said.
The Northerners have been coming ever since.
The enclave Jeffries founded March 10, 1910, celebrates its centennial this weekend with a dance tonight, a parade Saturday and a picnic Sunday. And while it remains a popular place for retirees, younger generations have made it their home, too.
In 1990, the median age in town was 59, according to the U.S. Census. A decade later that dropped to 49.
"I think we're getting away from that," Mayor Cliff McDuffie said of the city's identity as a retirement community.
Consider the city's dog park, skateboarding park, bustling schools and status as a skydiving mecca.
The early promotional materials for the city promised nothing short of utopia: "No hurricanes, no fear of frosts, no mosquitoes, gentle slopes and good drainage, pure air and clear skies, wonderfully pure water … good soil, gentle breezes but no piercing winds, and of course, no sleet or chilling rains, no blizzards," read a 1911 sales pitch in the Zephyrhills Colonist.
McDuffie said that description has stood the test of time — notwithstanding the storm that ripped through the city Thursday afternoon.
"I think we can add to that good people and good roads and a friendliness that makes you feel like you've come home," he said.
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NEW DELHI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Women's rights activists have gone against popular public opinion and cautioned against handing down the death penalty to four men convicted in the high-profile grisly gang rape and murder of a 23-year-old woman in December.
The four men were convicted of gang rape and murder by a special fast-track court on Tuesday in a case that shocked the country and triggered a wave of angry protests over rising sexual violence against women in India.
They are expected to be sentenced on Friday and face either life imprisonment or the death penalty.
But while popular public opinion - reflected on social media sites and interviews with people on the streets, as well as in comments made by the victim's family and politicians - is that they should be hanged, some women's rights activists refuse to support this.
"How will the death sentence in this one case make any big difference? The argument that it is a deterrent for all other cases simply doesn't cut ice, as research shows otherwise," says Kavita Krishan, secretary of the All India Progressive Women's Association and one of the most prominent voices during the December protests.
"We are focusing on the death penalty as a quick-fix solution, as though if we hang these four men, all the rapes are going to stop - rather than looking at the root causes of the sexual violence against women."
Statistics showed that 244,270 crimes against women were reported to the police in 2012, against 228,650 in 2011, according to the National Crimes Records Bureau (NCRB).
These include rapes, kidnappings, sexual harassment, trafficking, molestation and cruelty by husbands and relatives. They also include crimes in which a woman was driven to suicide as a result of demands for a dowry from her husband or in-laws.
Bus cleaner Akshay Kumar Singh, gym instructor Vinay Sharma, fruit seller Pawan Gupta, and unemployed Mukesh Singh had lured the trainee physiotherapist and her male friend onto a bus as they returned home after watching a movie at a shopping mall on the evening of December 16.
As the bus drove through the streets of the capital, the men repeatedly raped the victim before dumping her and her friend, naked and semi-conscious, on the road.
Prosecutors, who demanded the death sentence in court on Wednesday, said the men used a metal rod and their hands to pull the woman's organs from her body after raping her. Her injuries were so severe that she died in a Singapore hospital two weeks later.
All four men deny the charges, but the prosecution said mobile phone records, CCTV footage, DNA evidence and bite marks on the woman's body placed the men at the scene.
"This is an extreme case of depravity," special public prosecutor Dayan Krishnan told the court, likening the woman's injuries to someone "cutting open a fruit".
Many in India agree that such a heinous crime can only be punished with the harshest of punishments, saying that it will send a strong signal to potential rapists that assaults on women will not be tolerated.
In the run-up to the verdict, social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter where "delhigangrape" and "ALL 4" have been trending have been abuzz with comments on the sentencing.
"No mercy! Hang them all! Society will revolt if demons who rip us apart are not gravely punished!" said one tweet, while another stated, "Possibility of reform? Reform is only possible for humans. They are NOT humans. Hang them!"
Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde said the death penalty was assured in the case, while a senior leader of the main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Sushma Swaraj, said it was important to "set an example for the future".
Under the law, the death penalty is reserved for the "rarest of rare" cases. Even when it is imposed, the authorities often do not carry out executions.
There are 477 prisoners on death row in India, according to the home ministry. Last year, India carried out its first hanging in eight years when it executed the lone survivor of a squad of Pakistan-based militants who attacked Mumbai in 2008, killing 166 people.
Human rights lawyers, many of whom are prominent feminists in India, say the "baying for blood culture" that has come to light after the incident has become an easy solution for many Indians, who have failed to introspect about how they themselves treat women in this deeply patriarchal society.
An example, they cite, are reports of molestation during the Delhi gang rape protests in December, where men calling for the death penalty were found to be harassing women at the demonstrations.
They say that there are no short-term solutions to ending the scourge of rape in India - where a rape occurs every 21 minutes - and that many measures are required.
Enforcing and implementing current laws pertaining to crimes against women, ensuring speedy justice by investing in police and judicial reforms, increasing public education in schools and creating safer public spaces will all help.
Rather than providing the death sentence, banning parliamentarians who have rape charges against them and making marital rape a crime will send a stronger signal, they add.
"The law prescribes death or the life sentence for the act of murder, so whichever sentence is passed on Friday it will be a legal one," said Rebecca Mammen John, a supreme court lawyer and women's rights campaigner.
"My personal view on the death sentence is that I oppose it completely. I think it's barbaric and I don't think the state has the right to take a life away and I don't think it acts as a deterrent in the least bit."
(Additional reporting by Sanjeev Miglani, Sruthi Gottipati and Anurag Kotoky in NEW DELHI)


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Passion, drama mark 'Maria Stuarda' remount
Marcia Rowe, Gleaner Writer
Gaetano Donizetti's Maria Stuarda was delivered with passion, drama and brilliantly controlled movements during its live streaming from The Metropolitan Opera last Saturday.
Maria Stuarda is the 2013 season's opener in the Met's Live in HD series at the Carib Theatre.
The opera is part of a trilogy which seeks to depict the history of the Tudors. The second in the three-part series, Maria Stuarda brings to light the well-documented rivalry between Elizabeth I, the Queen of England (Elza van den Heever) and her cousin Queen Mary Stewart or Maria Stuarda (Joyce DiDonato) of Scotland.
Shortly after the beautiful sounds of the orchestra filled the four-tiered opera house with the overture, the curtains open to reveal a 16th century courtyard with people awaiting the arrival of Elizabeth. She announces her acceptance of the marriage proposal of the brother of the French king.
But she is truly in love with Robert Dudley, earl of Leicester, played by Matthew Polenzani who has fallen in love with the younger and more attractive looking Maria. This angers Elizabeth, who also accuses Maria of wanting to take her throne.
On the other hand, Maria is under house arrest for a number of years. She left Scotland for her part in the death of her husband, Danley. She sends a letter to Robert who is forced to show Elizabeth the letter. He does so and asks Elizabeth to free her. Elizabeth refuses but agrees to see her.
Maria's fate is cemented at the end of an incredible scene, ripe with the issues between the two ladies outside Fotheringly Castle.
In spite of the entreaties coming from Robert and George Talbot (Maria's jailer, played by Matthew Rose (Maria's jailer) the two trade insults.
In part two of the opera, Elizabeth is cajoled by the very patriotic William Cecil, played by Joshua Hopkins, into signing her cousin's death warrant. Maria is to be executed when the cannon makes it third sound.
Cecil begs for mercy for Maria but instead the Queen commands him to be present at the execution.
Before her execution, Maria, in another very emotive scene, clings to her rosary and tells Talbot of a past that haunts her.
Now at peace, she turns down the offer of a minister before her execution. She is Catholic.
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She gives away her jewellery and before ascending the steps to the gallows, she removes her black dress and reveals a red one, the colour of Catholic martyrdom - a powerful ending to an awesome production.
The talented cast was led by Didonato in her 250th performance for the Metropolitan Opera.
She portrayed a believably compassionate Maria Stuarda.
Physically, she contrasted well with van den Heever as Elizabeth.
It was a superb performance also for Rose, Hopkins and Polenzani.
John McFarlane's use of predominantly black and grey was effective in reinforcing the mood and atmosphere of the opera.
Maurizio Benini was the conductor for the large orchestra.
The Metropolitan Opera series continues in February with a 1960s twist of Rigoletto.
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A couple late ones have come in from The Angry Otaku. It looks like iPads everywhere are going to get some love. An oddly colored Rainbow Dash is incoming to a cover near you!
Her also sent an update picture of that "Brony" hat from a few days ago. It looks like Hasbro has really grown attatched to that line.
And in the last slot, a MLP Thermus. This looks more like one of those simple promotional logo items though, as opposed to an actual thing they will be selling in stores.
He also got to talk to a few of their merch people. Apparently they are still completely amazed that we even exist, and even wonder why we never popped up for the older generation stuff. Hopefully they figure us out soon! I want my plushies and molded show accurate stuff that doesn't cost 300 bucks on ebay! Until then though, I guess we will just have to completely bombard the first show-accurate toy they send our way.
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Detectives have investigated 200 cases of sex crimes where pensioners have been arrested in West Yorkshire during the last five years, it has emerged.
Some of the accused have been aged 80s and some of those have gone on the face charges or, in one case, receive a caution which means they accepted their guilt.
The figures illustrate the increase in historic sex crimes now being investigated by the West Yorkshire force, meaning offenders who may have escaped justice decades ago will finally be forced to answer for their actions.
One reason is a rise in the number of victims who stayed silent at the time gaining the confidence to report offences against them, but improvements to the technology available to investigators means old cases can be reviewed, often leading to positive developments which were simply not possible in the past.
Statistics show there were 217 cases investigated involving the arrest of people over 65 in West Yorkshire between 2009 and 2013.
Those investigations resulted in four people then aged in their 80s facing criminal charges, with another cautioned.
Many of the investigations have involved multiple allegations substantial numbers have involved child victims. Of those arrested during the five years, only three suspects were female. It is unclear whether any of those faced further action.
Earlier this year, concert pianist John Briggs, 65, was branded a predatory paedophile and jailed for eight years for the "relentless" abuse of five boys.
The court heard that Briggs, of Little Lane in East Morton, groomed and sexually abused two young piano students and three members of Keighley Sea Cadets between 1969 and 1993.
Detective Chief Inspector Sue Jenkinson is the Force lead for Safeguarding in West Yorkshire and said: "We have experienced a rise in historic offences over the last few years, particularly following the high profile cases seen within the media.
"Our proactive cold case unit 'Operation Recall' also constantly reviews unsolved sexual offences, using the latest technology for fresh leads and enquiries.
"These two factors alone have increased reporting of this serious offence and can often mean those arrested or charged fall within these older age brackets.
"The fact that we have experienced this increase, is also an indication of the confidence that victims have in coming forward.
"West Yorkshire Police treat sexual offences extremely seriously and go to every possible length to bring offenders to justice. Investigations are handled directly by specialist officers in Safeguarding Units, alongside some of West Yorkshire's most senior detectives."
She urged those subject to sexual offences to come forward, saying cases would be handled with sensitivity.


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I know edible balloons sounds like some kind of euphemism for fun bags, knockers, boobs… blah blah blah, but it's not. Stick around and check that out. But for, the man the legend, responsible for adding a letter to STFU….
Dailymotion – PSTFU Gerald Walker (link)
The best thing about this video that's half rap dis, half PSA to haters and dis'ers, is that Gerlad Walker has added Please to STFU. How pleasant! What a stand up gangster.
College Humor – Police (link)
Yes, Mary Kate returns as her lovable lushable Zooey Deschanel self. I don't know what it is exactly about this series of character studies. But I love these to no end.
Break – Balloons You Can Eat (link)
Let's take a break with break dot com for our fail of the day, as this hottie created a video to win a date with Jeremy Lin… whoever that is.
He sometimes it's just nice to win something, even if you don't want it, or know what it is, or what it's for. Hey sometimes it's just nice to put yourself out there, dating it hard Jerry. Get in touch with Angie!
Dorkly – Puzzle Quest Ogre is a Nerd (link)
See you should always think twice about a monster that uses the word 'rue', who says that?! Also, the noob totally makes a 3 gem when he could have made a 5 gem move. I mean seriously.. wtf.
UCB Comedy – Boycotted! (link)
Upright Citizen's Brigade was, in my mind, inspirational to the new wave of comedy we see flourishing on the internet today. But for some reason the folks over at UCB comedy have decided to start featuring this awful series of short videos called 'Jim-A-Day Calendar' there's one for each day, and the light is terrible, the writing's not much better and I'm sick of it. So until they stop showing these I will continue to have this personal embargo (and this message) on the funny pages list, in my pants.
Funny Or Die – Tim & Eric's Billion Dollar Movie Red Band Trailer (link)
Having been on Tim and Eric's show, I feel obligated to post this. Though I didn't see any of Raz's two hour monologue in this trailer, so I'm a little worried they've taken me for a ride.
That's what's funny on the world of the web today.
Now go forth and get your balloon on. *insert high pitched voice here*
Got a suggestion on a website I don't hit? Leave a facebook comment below and I'll check it out or send me a tweet to your video URL on twitter at @samproof – tell me crave sent you.
Bonus fun – check out this archive from a sketch video shoot I recently was on:


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JERUSALEM (Nov. 25)
The two main opposition parties in Israel–the Gahal combination of Herut and Liberals and former Premier David Ben-Gurion's dissident Israel Workers party (Rafi)–proposed today to President Zalman Shazar that he entrust the formation of a new Cabinet to Premier Levi Eshkol. The Premier led his alignment of Mapai and Achdut Avoda to a resounding victory in the November 2 municipal and Parliamentary elections.
The Gahal and Rafi leaders made the suggestion in talks with President Shazar who is now in the process of consulting with all political parties, in accordance with Israeli law, on their views concerning the next Government. As head of the country's largest party and of the faction winning the most seats in Israel's Parliament, Premier Eshkol automatically can expect to be asked to form a new Government. The suggestion of the two opposition parties was nevertheless considered significant.


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Justin Bieber puts himself in a lot of terrible situations, partly because he's not the world's most educated person and partly because he makes some awful decisions. Now and again, however, he gets caught up in a scandal that can be directly attributed simply to his fame. The following is an example of that. The Biebs has spent the past several hours frantically backpedaling after he mistakenly tweeted out pictures of himself showing respect to a controversial Japanese war criminals shrine.
Sounds too crazy to be believed, right? Well, actually, the explanation behind the mishap makes it sound pretty understandable. According to E! News, he was cabing it in Japan when he saw the really impressive structure and asked his driver to take him there. Not being able to read the language, he assumed it was a temple, tried to pay his respects as best as possible and sent out the picture seen at the top of this article. An overwhelming majority of his Instagram/ Twitter followers didn't see anything wrong with the picture either, but a small number of them familiar with Eastern Culture recognized what the place really was and raised a stink.
Here's a portion of his actual "I'm Sorry" quote…
"While in Japan I asked my driver to pull over for which I saw a beautiful shrine. I was mislead to think the Shrines were only a place of prayer. To anyone I have offended I am extremely sorry. I love you China and I love you Japan."
The place in question is called the Yasukuni Shrine. In theory, it's supposed to be a tribute to all of the soldiers who have died fighting for Japan over the years, but because more than one thousand people who have been labeled war criminals are enshrined there, it leaves a bit of a distaste in the mouths of many foreign nations. You would never know any of that just be driving by it though.
One would imagine even Bieber's biggest critics will let him off with a free pass on this one now that he's apologized, but if any more drama drama comes of it, we will keep you updated.
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NEW YORK (Jul. 17)
Two million pairs each of synthetic shoe soles and heels will be produced annually in Israel in a new factory scheduled to be completed before the end of this year, it was announced here today.
Three firms have executed a contract providing for an equal one-third investment in the new enterprise and entitling each participant to a one-third interest. The initial capital investment for the new undertaking will exceed $400,000. The initial annual saving to Israel in foreign exchange will approximate $600,000. One of the three firms is the Palestine Economic Corporation and the other two are private corporations.


text: New Orleans chanteuse Ingrid Lucia knows what boys want, too-the decidedly sudsy doe-eyed beauty frolics in a penthouse bathtub on the cover of The Hotel Child-but she downplays her sex appeal with a cool-jerk smirk and a detached Lady Day delivery (read: no garters, no cleavage, no tropical drinks). The ragtag Flying Neutrinos, Lucia's rhythm-and-horns backing band, is capable of jetting off toward various musical horizons, and while swing is always the starting point, the side routes are pleasantly diverse: "Mr. Zoot Suit" is traditional New Orleans hot jazz, "Violent Love" is speakeasy R&B and "Cry" has a hop-along country gallop and a weepy steel guitar, courtesy of Matt Munisteri. Lucia's vaudeville twists are flirty and fun, but the true star of The Hotel Child (the title was taken from an F. Scott Fitzgerald short story) is trumpeter Jon-Erik Kellso, whose instrument has a Framptonesque mind of its own, running the gamut of emotions from bleating glee to sobbing despair.


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Founded in 1952, SYC now has around 200 members who enjoy the many boating activities available on Okanagan Lake. Our boating season runs from March to the end of October.
We have an active racing group which hosts the Giant's Head Regatta in early August, kicking off Okanagan Race Week. Members from every Yacht Club and other marinas on our lake attend.
Our members cruise the 80 km length of the lake using reciprocal moorage at six other Yacht Clubs on the lake (See Links).
Summerland Yacht Club has events ranging from Lift in/out days, Members Wine and Cheese Night, Commodore's Ball, Sunday Evening Cook Your Own and our new Penticton Regional Hospital Fundraiser, the Great Ogopogo Bathtub Race.
Of our four docks, three have 20 amp service and city water. Close to the secure gated entrance way to the docks is a shower and washroom building. We are open 7 days a week during the summer. Our new septic pump out has easy access and works great, no special fittings required. Enjoy the Boathouse Bar and Grill (open to the public), which serves great meals indoors or on our patio.
Come and visit us!
Office Hours: Monday to Friday 9 – 3
We are fully licensed, wheelchair accessible and open to the public
We also offer Clubhouse rentals and catering.
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Office Manager – Christina Paskas
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The Summerland Yacht Club is a not for profit organization, and relies on your help to make it the best Club possible. As we can not afford to hire labour to do the menial yet important tasks, so we require a bit of your time. If everybody pitches in, we can keep everything in tip top shape without having to increase yearly fees. As a little reminder, every member is entitled to a refund of their $80 fee if they volunteer 8 hours of time. The areas we need volunteers in are as follows:
Landscaping & Yardwork
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Gulf Coast officials attempted to calm the region's residents on Monday, particularly in New Orleans, stressing that they're prepared for the arrival of Tropical Storm Isaac. The storm, expected to become a Category 1 or 2 hurricane, is on track to hit that city on or near the seventh anniversary of Hurricane Katrina's arrival.
"That brings a high level of anxiety," New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu said at a Monday news conference, adding that the storm has been "bringing back emotions I never thought I'd feel," reminding him and others of "the worst day in our immediate history."
"That's why we want to give a lot of information and make people as comfortable as possible," Landrieu said, reeling off a list of storms and other disasters that have rocked the Crescent City in recent years: Katrina, Ike, Gustav, the BP oil spill.
PHOTOS: Bracing for Isaac
"We are anxious and nervous because you are never sure" what the impact will be, he said, but "based on my confidence in the people of New Orleans, I will say this — I think that we are going to be OK."


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We spend seven nights in hotels in Deli and Leh and six nights in basic homestays. All hotels used are staffed locally, which has a really positive effect on employment and economy in the areas where we stay. The homestays (in Chilling, Skiu, Ullay and Mangyu) are authentic local Ladakhi houses; 2-4 people will sleep in each house and dinner will be cooked by the host family. This provides an alternative income for families in winter time when the region receives few visitors and it is too cold for agriculture.
All food is included in Ladakh and meals include locally sourced ingredients, like porridge, eggs, bread, pasta, rice and potato with a mixture of Indian and Chinese styles. All groceries and other items are purchased from local shops and markets in Leh (although we may bring some fresh vegetables from Delhi as they are scarce in Ladakh in winter) - where clients are encouraged to support local businesses and explore local delicacies on offer.
Water is a really important issue and whilst we must stay hydrated, it is also vital that we have a system for providing clean water without causing lots of waste with plastic bottles. Lack of recycling is already a massive problem in India so we suggest that instead of repeatedly buying bottled water, guests should re-fill a singular bottle. You will be provided with boiled/filtered drinking water in Ladakh but it is also advisable to bring purification tablets/liquid such as Biox Aqua to treat water. We ask that you keep a rubbish bag for non-burnable rubbish to take back to Delhi.
Our Himalayan Community Support Projects have been helping people in Ladakh (particularly the Markha Valley) since the floods in 2006, when we helped people rebuild homes. Since then we have been involved with the local womens groups and Youth Organisation for the Conservation and Preservation of the Hems National Park in building and running a successful Eco Café. The focus is using only locally made or organic produce and eliminating the plastic bottles littered around the Valley with the use of a UV water filter for trekkers. The Ladakhi women have been trained in needle and flat felting in order to make and sell felt snow leopards, ibex and blue sheep as souvenirs. This has had great economic, social and environmental benefit for the area.
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This small group tour has a maximum of 16 participants, meaning that we have a low impact on the communities we visit and are able to ensure that we do not disrupt or lead to the displacement of local people.
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It all starts at home so we have first worked at reducing our carbon footprint in our UK offices. Through energy conservation measures and recycling policies, we are proud to be actively reducing the waste produced and our impact on the environment. We support various projects all over the world to try and give something back to the places we visit.
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Oklahoma-born and Texas-bred, Annie Clark built her indie/art-rock résumé long before dressing her own musical outfit. The Dallas native, who now resides in Manhattan, completed three years at Berklee College of Music before joining Dallas-based symphonic-rock collective The Polyphonic Spree, in which she sang, played guitar and wore weird robe-like stage costumes.
In 2006, Clark briefly joined Sufjan Stevens's touring band. That year she also launched the solo endeavor she dubbed St. Vincent, and she has since released three albums under that name. Her most recent, Strange Mercy, came out last month.
The Houston Press spoke to Clark while she was in Milwaukee, site of the second gig of her month-long U.S. tour. Since she had named her 2007 debut album Marry Me after a favorite line from the TV sitcom Arrested Development, our initial banter was a girlfriend-type chat discussing the show's promise of new episodes, which had been announced earlier that day.
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"I'm so incredibly excited," gasped Clark. "I don't know [Arrested Development creator] Mitch Hurwitz personally, but I'd like to think the announcement was my belated birthday present."
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Clark celebrated her 28th birthday last month. "I went to yoga in the morning," she recalled, when asked how she observed her "Champagne Year" birthday — a term she also adopted for a Mercy track title.
Pop-culture chatter aside, Clark spoke carefully throughout our interview, pausing at times, possibly to map her responses before speaking them.
"I think the record is doing well," she said of Strange Mercy. "There's this contingent where, for some crowds, it's maybe the only album of mine they know."
While Strange Mercy doesn't necessarily stray far stylistically from previous St. Vincent albums, it is noticeably unembellished in comparison; Clark's fresh songwriting approach may have something to do with its distinction.
She retreated to Seattle to write the album, frequently checking in with its Dallas-based producer John Congleton (The Walkmen, Modest Mouse, Polyphonic Spree), whom Clark deems "wonderful," along the way.
"John told me to just write songs — no layers, no crazy-extensive demos, just songs," she said. "So I went to Seattle to write, and stayed in a hotel alone for one month, sort of like a modern-day Grizzly Man — but with a car."
The approach was Clark's first experience with exclusive guitar-based songwriting, as Marry Me and 2009's Actor both relied on tech "tinkering" and computer-based demos. While in Seattle, however, she unplugged herself from technology altogether.
"I went off the grid," she said. "I wasn't tuned in to technology."
Though approaching the album sans laptop was an extreme shift for Clark, she heeded Congleton's direction to develop her song ideas more organically.
"Our brains are so trained in this dopamine response to blinking lights, to the vibrations of text messages and e-mails," she said. "We're consumed with this sense of urgency and we're operating in these high frequencies, never having real peace. So I went off that grid, wrote songs and sent every little idea to John.
"We went into the studio in February, recorded for six weeks straight, then, boom, we had a record."
St. Vincent albums — Mercy in particular — are artful collections of roller-coaster emotions atop layers of divergent sentiment; frenzied unease countered by a candid, collected quest for personal relief amidst the frenzy.
Even Clark herself appears to be a juxtaposition. Her Snow White image is captivating. She is wide-eyed, fair-skinned and delicate, quite the contrast to her bold songs and intricate guitar-shredding plaints.
Clark began writing Mercy amidst an emotionally difficult year — her willing isolation during its production shaped the album into a cathartic finished product. The record is noticeably contained compared to its Actor predecessor, an album doused with produced, lush, symphonic arrangements.
Mercy pulls back the reins of Actor's tech influence and fleeting overproduction, allowing a brighter light to be shone on Clark's strongest musical asset — her well-versed guitar skills, along with her newfound candidness in her songwriting.
"I've had good times with some bad guys / I've told whole lies with a half smile," she sings in "Cheerleader," offering rare bare-boned evidence of her reportedly tumultuous year. "But I-I-I-I-I don't want to be a cheerleader no more," she emphatically concludes, in a repeated explosion of fierce emotion.
Clark spoke proudly of Mercy, citing her favorite track as "Surgeon."
"I love [gospel organist] Bobby Sparks's moog solo at the end of it," she said. "Hearing that moment makes me smile." She said she's relishing the opportunity to showcase new material on the Mercy tour, which kicked off earlier this month.
"It's like wanting to play with a new toy post-Christmas," she explained. "I'm playing the new record, mostly, and it's translating well live. It's been really fun to play so much guitar on this tour."
Clark said she thinks the tour will be "up and kickin'" by the time she and her band play Fitzgerald's Tuesday. She last performed in Houston at Numbers during the Spring 2009 Westheimer Block Party.
"Houston is really cool," Clark said, unprompted, citing the city's "youth culture and art-type 'thing.'" Though she's lived in Manhattan for the last decade, Texas is still dear to her heart.
"My whole family lives in Texas, so I'm there all the time," she said. "I moved east when I was 18, but I think Texas shaped me; the South made me a polite person, and that probably comes out in my music, somehow."
Clark remained eloquent and thoughtful as we spoke; she was confident yet humble. Any verbal stammer was met with a moment of recollection and eventual clarity. She was genuine and inquisitive.
Her list of hobbies is refreshing. "While on the road, we're mostly geared to giving everything to our shows," she said. "But sleeping on a bus is weird, so I do yoga to keep my body healthy and aligned. I like to read, and I'm really into listening to podcasts like This American Life."
Here Clark shyly trailed off, seeming to wonder how that sounded.
"I mean — I have podcast apps on my iPad!" she laughed. "And sometimes I'll even double up and listen to a podcast while I do yoga!"
Then she turned quiet again, and, sounding self-conscious yet sarcastic, asked, "I mean, is that, like, 'sexy' and 'rock and roll' enough of an answer?"
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If a property reverts back to the bank, what is the advantage of buying one of these properties? Doesn't this just mean that nobody wanted to pay the opening bid on the property because the house is over-valued. The short answer to this is yes, but the long answer is where you can make your profit. First off, all banks are in the business of money, not real estate, so when it comes to pricing houses to sell at foreclosure or at short sales they are behind the curve on what the current market value of the opening bid needs to be.
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The MUSS camps plan to offer a program developed by the first-team coaches of Manchester United to a group of up to 96 students in each camp at a cost of ¥63,000 each. Players will be divided into groups of 16 according to their age and stay with the same coach for the whole camp, the organizers said.
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Do you ever get remarks from the Raps front office staff about articles you write.
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How closely any of them reads it is unknown but I know more than a few of them look at it quite closely to check that day's temperature.
I don't think the comments section here is included in the package that goes out but every now and then, either I will send a particularly bad or good one off to someone but usually it's with the tagline: "These are my people."
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The Waterbury Festival Players, central Vermont's semi-professional theater company, in Waterbury Center, Vermont, present "Sight Unseen," Aug 8-23, by Donald Margulies, a 1992 Obie Award Winner.
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Ethan Bowen, directs in the presentation of this play. New to the WFP stage, Seth Jarvis plays the role of Jonathan Waxman, an American mega-artist so successful he can claim astronomical prices for his works sight unseen from a waiting list of wealthy patrons. Veteran WFP actor Linda Ianuzzi, plays the role of Patty, Jonathan''s original muse whom he abandoned in his quest for the opulent life which now devours him. Patty''s English husband, Nick, is played by Hugh Davies, and the German art critic fascinated by Jonathan, is played by Amanda Menard.
Tickets for all shows are $30.00 in advance (must be purchased by 5:00), $35.00 at the door. Shows begin at 7:30pm. Tickets can be purchased online at www.WaterburyFestivalPlayhouse.com or by phone at 802-498-3755.
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WSVN — For a dog or cat, a toy can provide hours of amusement. They chase them, lick them, chew them and, in some cases, downright devour them.
Evelyn Garrison: "She is still a puppy, and she chews on everything."
Evelyn Garrison loves her puppy Bobby-O like a child, and she's constantly spoiling her with new toys.
Evelyn Garrison: "She has tons and tons of toys. They need to play. It's like a kid."
But our pets could be playing a dangerous game. Since June, there's been one recall after another of children's toys made in China all because the paint on them contained dangerous levels of lead.
But those aren't the only toys being manufactured in China. Most of the toys we give our pets are also made there and many are painted.
Evelyn Garrison: "I never thought of any danger as far as the toys were concerned."
We went to several local pet and discount retail stores where we bought squeaky toys, a dog bowl and a collar with a painted bell all made in China. We took all of the items to Pro-Lab to have each one tested for lead.
Dr. John Shane: "We tested them for lead, and they ran from 25 parts per million to 48 parts per million. All of these amounts are low, but they are still measurable."
Every item we had tested came back positive for lead, though the levels were well below what is considered safe for humans. However, many dogs are smaller or weigh less than children and, just like kids, lead can cause developmental problems in our pets.
Dr. Mieke Baks Siegel: "They affect the development of the brain and nervous system, especially in growing animals. It will make them age faster, and it might make doggie Alzheimer's set in faster."
We contacted the retailers which sold the lead tainted toys. One told us they conducted independent tests of their toys for lead and were aware that some they sell contained lead but say they continued to sell the items because the levels were below those considered safe for humans.
The spokesman also pointed out no government agency regulates or tests for lead in pet toys, so they have no guidelines to go on. Vets say, the problem with using human guidelines is that, unlike kids, dogs often consume their toys.
Dr. Mieke Baks Siegel: "I certainly wouldn't want my own dog playing with toys and chewing on these toys."
And, over time, any lead level, no matter how small, can be a danger for a dog.
Dr. John Shane: "Since lead has a cumulative effect in the body, for pets especially, and small pets that chew, they begin to ingest these toys, and, lead, it builds up."
Our vets advise getting rid of painted toys or bowls that are chipped and made in China.
Dr. Mieke Baks Siegel: "Try and pick out toys made in the U.S. or Europe, not in China."
Bobbie O's toy box was filled with many China-made toys, and Evelyn isn't taking any chances.
Evelyn Garrison: "I'm just going to throw them all away. I'm not even going to ask any questions."
The only answer to make sure her dog is not toying with trouble and is around for years to come.
Evelyn Garrison: "My kids are going to kill me if I say this, but, yes, I do love her like a kid."
Craig Stevens: "The retailers we talked to said, they would support government regulation of pet toys, but they do believe what they have on their shelves right now is safe."


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