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RALEIGH — Despite a setback from the Raleigh Board of Adjustment, the owners of the Irregardless Cafe are moving ahead with plans for a produce garden that will eventually feed their customers.
Several members of the board voiced support for the project on Athens Drive, but they ultimately voted to deny a variance last week because current regulations dont allow large-scale gardening in a residential neighborhood. Residential gardens cant produce a for-profit harvest, and the board doesnt have the power to change the code.
It by all accounts sounds like a wonderful project and something that should be considered by the city but this use is simply not one that the code allows for, said board Chairman Charles Coble.
Irregardless owners Arthur and Anya Gordon are planning the Well Fed Community Garden across from Athens Drive High School. An agriculture student who attends Central Carolina Community College lives in the house and grows produce, which would provide fresher food for the restaurant. Volunteers could help out, learn growing techniques and take home a share of the harvest.
Raleighs new development code will encourage such community gardens. But although the City Council has approved the Unified Development Ordinance, it doesnt take effect until September.
Theyre going to have to wait, Planning Director Mitchell Silver said. Theres just no way when you have a new code that you can turn the switch the next day.
City staff members will start training soon on the 300-page code. That hasnt happened yet, and the Gordons say theyve gotten mixed responses on whether their garden will get a green light in September.
At Mondays meeting, a city planner said community gardens must grow produce for those tending the plots to eat. But Silver said Wednesday that community gardeners are allowed to sell their harvest, although most will be banned from having on-site produce stands.
The community garden rules would also permit greenhouses, which currently arent allowed in residential front yards. The Gordons already built a greenhouse, but they plan to turn it into a solarium by adding a doorway to the main house.
For now, garden manager Jenn Sandford Johnson will grow produce for her own family and supply Irregardless once the community garden permit is approved in September.
Agriculture students from N.C. State University will landscape the front yard, now bare dirt, into a mazelike keyhole garden.
From the street, it does not look like rows of fields, Anya Gordon said. Its more like an English garden.
While the Gordons are disappointed they lost the variance request, they said theyre eager to blaze the trail for other community gardens.
This is really a long-term commitment to this neighborhood to introduce what good sustainable farming practices could look like, Arthur Gordon said.
He thinks the city should establish a primary contact for community gardens to avoid confusion about the rules and Raleigh residents should voice support for urban agriculture to elected leaders. Its time to let your city officials know how you stand, he said.
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My 100th Post: Thank You Mom
March 20, 2012 § 7 Comments
For whom the first 99 posts and the rest of my life would not exist.
Go back to what I wrote yesterday and you won't see my mom. Go back to what I wrote a week ago and see if it has anything to do with my mom and you'll find that the answer is obviously "No." Go back a month, a year, or decade and none of it really had much to do with my mom. Sharing a few memories here and there about my childhood and adulthood and sure, there will be mentions of her, but for the most part I have written about sports, movies, and my poor excuse for a dating life.
That is my life: Writing, sports, and movies. It's what I live for and what I could never do without and while you won't usually hear me mention my mom believe this: Not a damn word I've written would be possible without her. It's not just because of the "miracle of life" and how she brought me into this world, it's more about how she helped me navigate through it and I can sum that up in one word: Encouragement.
It's pretty ridiculous to believe that your son is going to write a movie that gets made by Hollywood or that he'll win an Oscar or "make it big time." I mean, it's downright delusional and the practical thing to tell your kids as they get older is that they've got to start focusing on how they'll find a real job so that they can pay their bills and be financially secure. That believing you'll become a professional writer is about as reasonable as believing you'll be a race car driver or an X-Men superhero. But I did believe that I'd become a professional writer and I did believe I'd join up with the X-Men and it's all because of one person…
It was my mom that saw my passion for films when I was very young. It was my mom that took me to the video store when I was absolutely desperate to see something new. It was my mom that allowed me to watch horror movies, even if I was a little too young, but only because scary movies were my absolute favorite and without which I would have never become a writer at all.
It was my mom that took me to see movies like The Sandlot, even if I did get those "embarrassed to be seen with Mom" feelings as I got a little bit older. It was my mom that sent out dozens of letters to my favorite actors and had them send back autographed pictures addressed personally to me. It was my mom that stopped at Blockbuster on her way home from work one summer day to rent Scream, the movie that made me want to write. It was my mom that setup a "Hollywood themed" college graduation party. It was all my mom… the same person that gave me this dorky personality. :)
My mom was the one that followed my sports writing, even if she didn't care for sports. My mom was the one that encouraged me to move to Los Angeles three years ago, even if it did mean that I was quitting my job without a new job waiting for me in LA. Every single bit of my inspiration to be a writer, from John McClain in Die Hard to Punky Brewster and MC Hammer, has at least one fingerprint left on it by a certain person; My Mom.
If I sat here and told you that raising two kids as a single parent wasn't easy, I'd be fabricating a conclusion to a scenario of which I have no experience. I was only the kid, so who the hell am I to pretend to know what it was like to raise me and my sister? The best guess that I could come up with is this: Really. Fucking. Hard.
I sat for a moment today and thought about how I was coming up on my 100th official post on KennethAuthor and reflected on the past year and what I have been able to accomplish in that time. Starting with Ray Guilfoyle at FakeTeams.com letting me join up as a blog writer for fantasy sports, finally getting back into a rhythm on writing articles again. Then seeing the website grow exponentially in that year and getting recognition from SBNation.com and feeling proud that I had a small part in that. From there, Danny Kelly at FieldGulls.com asked me if I wanted to write for my favorite Seahawks blog. Hell yes, that was like a dream come true. From OkCupid I came across the profile of Jen Friel at TalkNerdyToMeLover.com and asked if I could get a guest spot and she graciously allowed me to post something every Thursday on her amazing website.
In addition to all of that, Danny asked me to help write on Seattle.Sbnation.com so that I could write on all things Seattle sports and I even recently started a YouTube channel for FieldGulls, finally starting to realize my dream of turning written word into video. Back in December, I reached out to fellow TNTML writer Melodie Tao about any advice she could give me on marketing and she suggested that I start my own blog and have yet another medium to write, except now I could write about anything under the sun. It was awesome to be able to become a writer on already established websites, but to be able to see KennethAuthor grow and then get FreshlyPressed… it all made my heart swell up with pride and think that maybe I could finally be on my way to become a professional writer.
So an immense Thank You to Ray, Danny, Jen, and Melodie. Without you guys, I don't know where I'd be today.
And without my mom I would have never met any of you.
Thank you Mom for everything you've done. Thank you for believing with total conviction that I could accomplish my dreams. Thank you for the thousands of dollars spent on trips to the movie theater, the video store, and the writing teacher. Thank you for always being proud of my work, even if you sometimes disagreed with it's content. Thank you for seeing my vision as well as I could see it myself. Thank you for being "delusional" and for being a dork.
Today I still sit here as a writer making a few bucks a month and without a movie or an Oscar to my name, but still with the dream kept alive and my mind as sharp as ever. None of that would have been possible without you Mom, and I wanted to just take this moment to tell you how much your support and guidance means to me. When I finally get that Oscar nomination, I know just who my date will be…
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Update, 6:21 p.m.: Councilwoman Letitia James, D-Brooklyn, responded to news that ESDC and Forest City Ratner planned to oppose a court order for additional environmental review at the Atlantic Yards site:
"An environmental review of the project provides checks and balances, and is a process to protect community. It is obvious that the ESDC and FCRC do not want to spend time and money on a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement because they know other issues might come up that would need to be negotiated. Fighting the court decision ordering additional environmental review of the Atlantic Yards project is yet another stalling tactic by FCRC and ESDC that undermines the protection of the community provided by the New York State Supreme Court. Also, the community continues to wait for Governor Cuomo to follow through on his promises to reform State government, and make the Atlantic Yards project a benefit for Brooklyn."
Advocates for affordable housing around the Atlantic Yards site may have to wait even longer to get their wish.
BrooklynSpeaks announced yesterday that Empire State Development Corp. and Forest City Ratner Companies will fight a court decision made last July that of the Atlantic Yards project. The ruling came after two years of litigation that protested ESDC's plans to increase the length of the projection construction from 10 years to 25 years.
In filing the appeal, ESDC will now have their obligation to comply with the court order pushed back.
"Brooklyn can't wait 25 years for affordable housing at this site, and it shouldn't have to," said Michael Cairl, President of the Park Slope Civil Council. "It's time for ESDC to look at Atlantic Yards with a fresh pair of eyes, take advantage of the parcels that can support development now, and start building affordable housing for which there is demand right now."
Several city and state politicans including state Sens. Eric Adams and Velmanette Montgomery, both D-Brooklyn, signed a letter written by Assemblyman Hakeem Jeffries, D-Brooklyn, to Ken Adams, CEO of ESDC.
"More than seven years have passed since Atlantic Yards' announcement, and almost five years have passed since its original plan was approved," wrote Jeffries in the letter. "In that time, we have seen the promises of affordable housing and local jobs move nearly a generation into the future."
The legislators are also protesting the removal of specific project elements introduced in the 2009 plan that were designed to reduce the impact of Atlantic Yards within a residential neighborhood.
"The 2009 Atlantic Yards plan may have been negotiated under the previous administration, but the July court decision makes it Governor Cuomo's problem now," said Gib Veconi of the Prospect Heights Neighborhood Development Council. "We expected the Governor to follow through on his promises to reform State government, turn around delayed development at Atlantic Yards, and make this project work for Brooklyn and for New York State. Instead, it looks like he's willing to continue to run interference for Forest City Ratner, and keep the community and its elected representatives tied up in court while Brooklynites wait for jobs and housing."
A representative for Forest City Ratner confirmed that ESDC will be protesting the ruling, but will undertake a supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) per the judges request.


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(NECN) - The worst fighting in years between Israelis and Palestinians continues in Gaza city.
This comes days after Israel assassinated the military leader of Hamas.
Friday, some 85 missiles exploded within a 45-minute period in Gaza, sending black pillars of smoke towering into the air.
One blast flattened a section of the interior ministry.
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ANN ARBOR, Mich.—Martin Zimmerman, the Ford Motor Co. Clinical Professor of Business Administration, has been elected vice chairman of the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), the nation's leading nonprofit economic research organization.
Zimmerman has been active in the NBER since his days as an executive and economist at Ford and is committed to its idea of broad, fact-based economic research. Founded in 1920, the NBER is a nonpartisan group devoted to empirical research intended to advance understanding of how the economy works. It does not make recommendations but rather informs policymakers, business professionals, and academics.
"I think the work of the organization is very important," Zimmerman says. "We need the impartial and scholarly analysis of major economic issues that this country and other countries face. I think it performs a very valuable social function and I'm excited to be a member of the board."
As vice chairman of the board, Zimmerman will help oversee NBER activities that include research programs, conferences, working groups, and publications. The board also elects research fellows and associates recommended by the leaders of the various programs. The board also approves budgets and advises on other administrative matters. More than 1,100 professors of economics and business are NBER researchers.
A facet of the NBER that Zimmerman appreciates is the wide variety of issues researched. The organization studies many branches of economics, including macroeconomic issues, financial performance, healthcare, aging, trade, education, and environmental economics.
"At the last meeting, for example, there was a brilliant, young professor from MIT who presented the results of her work on healthcare in developing countries, and the most effective ways to deliver healthcare services in rural areas where there's a lack of education and difficulty getting people to come to a clinic," he says. "That kind of research is very useful. And on a personal level, it's interesting as all get-out to be around these people. I learn about a wide swath of economics."
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LOS ANGELES — More University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) commuting students and employees are seeking out alternative transportation methods such as public transit, carpooling, vanpooling, bicycling and walking to get to campus, according to a report released by the university. Stand-alone driving for students is just more than 25% and less than 53% for employees. On the other hand, 72% of all Los Angeles commuters drive to work, reported The Daily Bruin.
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Carmarthen East MP Jonathan Edwards and Luton North MP Kelvin Hopkins have called on Home Office ministers to meet with the National Union of Journalists to discuss the use of police production orders to gather journalistic material.Jonathan Edwards says "The use of production orders by the police, such as in the case of Dale Farm, has the potential to increase risks for journalists as they are, in effect, seen as informers, as well as undermining journalistic independence."
'As Mark Thompson's era ends, the BBC looks for the right successor'
Mark Thompson has resigned as director general of the BBC and will be leaving in the autumn. Finding a new director general "will be much harder for the corporation" says the Guardian.
'Aside from Thatcher, Murdoch secretly lobbied Harold Wilson too'
Sanchia Berg of the BBC has discovered a file at the National Archives that reveals Murdoch's contact with Harold Wilson in 1976.
'Police blamed for McCann and Jefferies media mistakes'
Jerry Lawton, the crime correspondent of the Daily Star told the Leveson Inquiry yesterday that "Had Leicestershire Police chosen to give off-the-record guidance to the press about the state of the Madeleine McCann investigation then coverage may have been markedly different."
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Darden College of Education to Host AACE Conference
Old Dominion University's Darden College of Education will host the Association for Assessment in Counseling and Education (AACE) 2009 National Assessment and Research Conference Friday and Saturday, Sept. 11-12.
Featuring high-energy, intensive workshops conducted by nationally known presenters, the conference will focus on assessment, research and diagnosis. It is designed for all professional counselors, counselor educators and supervisors, school testing coordinators, district accountability specialists and graduate students.
Ted Remley, professor and Batten Endowed Chair of ODU's Department of Counseling and Human Services, will be the keynote speaker. A lawyer, counselor and former executive director of the American Counseling Association, Remley will discuss issues related to the ethical considerations regarding admissions testing.
"Our mission is to promote understanding of counseling outcome research, diagnosis and the professional use of counseling, psychological tests and educational assessment tools to benefit the clients and students we serve," said Danica Hays, associate professor of counseling at ODU and the AACE 2009 Conference chair.
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This is the perfect project for one who is new to woodworking or one just looking for something quick and easy! The actual inspiration piece uses glass clips to hold the glass dividers in place but when I researched them, they were expensive! I created an alternative that would be easy (and much more cost effective) to make and still hold the dividers in place!
Glass, plexiglass, or acrylic sheets can be used for the dividers. I did find that the acrylic comes in colors and would be a fun alternative to clear or frosted – just sayin'…
- 5 pieces of 3/8″ glass, plexiglass, or acrylic measuring 13″ x 16-1/2″
- 1-1/4″ pocket hole screws
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- Edge banding, if desired
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- 1 – 1×12 at 3′
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- 5 – 3/4″ plywood at 14″ x 16-1/2″ – Ends
- 6 – 3/4″ plywood at 16-1/2″ x 58-3/4″ – Shelves
- 1 – 1×12 at 16-1/2″ – Divider Pieces (will cut into 10 – 3/4″ x 1″ at 16-1/2″)
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1. Cut the pieces for the shelves. Apply edge banding if desired.
Cut the piece for the divider pieces. Use a router with a 3/8″ straight bit to cut the grooves in the 1×12 as shown in the drawing. Cut the pieces apart on the table saw. The dimensions allow for the kerf of the blade in between each piece.
Attach the dividers to the shelves as shown using glue and countersunk 1″ screws.
2. Cut the pieces for the ends. Drill pocket holes in the 16-1/2″ ends then attach to the shelves as shown using glue and 1-1/4″ pocket hole screws.
3. Cut the piece for the back. Apply edge banding, if desired. Attach to the back of the bookshelf as shown using glue and countersunk 1-1/4″ screws through the back into the shelves. Add nail-on furniture glides to the bottom of the lowest shelf.
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During fall term, North Central's Oesterle Library will feature publications by faculty members, books on global human rights, and news about Banned Books Week, Constitution Day, National Freedom of Speech Week and more. The displays are showcased in the library's lobby.
Community PublicationsMartha Bohrer, associate professor of English. "John Galt's 'Annals of the Parishi' and the Narrative Strategies of Tales of Locale" in John Galt: Observations and Conjectures on Literature, History, and Society, 2012
North Central College students, new graduates and staff members recently returned from a three-week-long nontraditional service trip to the Republic of Kenya in East Africa. It was the seventh trip to Kenya organized by the College's Office of Ministry and Service.
The Illinois State Historical Society has honored North Central College, which recently celebrated the 150th anniversary of its founding.
The state awarded the College a 2012 Centennial Award during a Sept. 8 reception at the Executive Mansion in Springfield. Centennial Awards are presented to organizations, businesses and municipalities that have operated continuously in Illinois for 100 or more years.
North Central College supports and encourages core sustainability values and actions in all aspects of campus life. Protect Your Groundwater Day on Tuesday, Sept. 11, is an annual recognition day promoted by the National Ground Water Association.
Sustainability Coordinator Brittany Graham says groundwater protection can be broken down into two categories—protection and conservation—and we can each take positive action in both areas.
For the seventh straight year, North Central College anticipates record enrollment as the 2012-2013 academic year begins Sept. 10. Total enrollment is expected to top 3,000 for the first time.
The College anticipates 850 new full-time undergraduate students, with first-year enrollment at 560 students and 290 transfer students. Fall-term graduate student enrollment is the highest in years, with an anticipated 126 new students, helping boost the College's overall record count.
A North Central College conference showcased the scholarly work of professors, whose academic pursuits include conducting research, writing fiction and nonfiction and creating works of art.
"A Promising Start: Excellence in Scholarship" on Sept. 4 featured panel discussions, poster presentations and sessions during which nearly 40 faculty members shared stories and findings of their independent scholarly work.
North Central College political science professor Stephen Maynard Caliendo shared his expertise with students, alumni and the press during the Republican and Democratic national conventions.
Titled "Move-in day for new students filled with hopes, tradition at North Central College," the Naperville Sun front-page feature highlights the experiences of new students and parents, as well as quotes from staff and President Harold Wilde in its Friday Sept. 7 edition.
Several student broadcasters representing WONC-FM 89.1, North Central College's student-run radio station, have earned nominations in state and national competitions.
In a state competition, eight students earned six nominations in five different categories in the annual Student Silver Dome Awards presented each fall by the Illinois Broadcasters Association to the top college and university radio and TV programs in the state. The awards will be presented in a luncheon ceremony Sept. 21 at Illinois State University in Normal.
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To make software freedom a regular part of the discourse and response to massive spying, we need to go a few levels deeper on how software freedom and vulnerability to snooping interact. But much more than that, we need to implement and deploy free network services such that they are a real option for the masses and thus pertinent in a non-theoretical fashion. Can we use news such as the disclosure of PRISM (even if that turns out to be fake, there will be plenty of others) to motivate building and adoption of free network services?
How's that going? The FSF has launched a surveillance campaign, unsurprisingly putting freedom front and center (title of this post cribbed from their headline "Protect your freedom and privacy; join us in creating an Internet that's safer from surveillance"):
If we want to defang surveillance programs like PRISM, we need to stop using centralized systems and come together to build an Internet that's decentralized, trustworthy, and free "as in freedom."
Lots of guides to protecting your privacy are appearing, mostly recommending and explicitly mentioning free software in some way.
PRISM ⚡ Break almost exclusively recommends free software (the current exceptions are two meta-search engines), explains what free software is at the bottom of the page, and gives the following rationale at top:
Stop the American government from spying on you by encrypting your communications and ending your reliance on proprietary services.
Tactical Tech's quick guide to privacy-respecting alternatives also almost exclusively recommends free software (the current exception is again a meta-search engine) and says in the introduction:
We recommend using Free and open-source software tools, because their security credentials and weaknesses can be independently verified and using them can make surveillance or invasion of privacy much more difficult.
Freedom of the Press Foundation's Encryption Works: How to Protect Your Privacy in the Age of NSA Surveillance discusses free software extensively (including ways in which it is not a panacea) in the Software You Can Trust section, and notes (emphasis added) that:
Like all good cryptography software, Tor is free software, complete with an open bug tracker, mailing lists, and source code.
It also explains how to use OTR (encrypted chat) with Google and Facebook's proprietary services (more on that below).
EFF's Technology to Protect Against Mass Surveillance (Part 1) mentions that certain programs are free and open source software, but doesn't explicitly say anything about the pertinence of that characteristic. It mentions a few proprietary services which offer "host-proof" backups, and concludes with:
Creating host-proof applications is challenging and involves trade-offs. For example, a host-proof service can't easily search through your data, because it can't read the data. And it can't help you recover your data if you forget or lose your password, though there are ways the service could help you create your own password-recovery options.
There have been attempts to create host-proof services beyond the realm of backups, including host-proof web-based chat like Cryptocat. We've heard from people who are doing exciting work in this area, targeting host-proof social networking and online collaboration, as well as host-proof online storage with 100% open source client software. We expect to see a lot of announcements in this area. If demand for these technologies continues to increase, we could see a new wave of more privacy-protective communications tools.
As with using OTR to encrypt chats so that a service provider can't tell what you're saying, client-based encryption generally mitigates one privacy threat, whether the service is proprietary or not (but the service still knows who you're communicating with, how much, when, etc).
These guides aren't remotely mass media, but hopefully they'll be sources used by mass media. I don't know how that's going, or whether software freedom is included in polite policy discourse in response to PRISM, or whether any of this is having a discernible impact on adoption and developer attention. Anyone care to research that?
Also let's make sure software freedom is a leading part of the discourse about privacy, but not fall into a trap of making surveillance mitigation/privacy protection the leading argument for software freedom. Evan Prodromou has a pertinent quote in a recent interview:
Phew! That's such a dangerous topic. There's a real hazard of focusing the discussion on what's wrong with centralized social networking—privacy violations! stifled innovation! government surveillance! unfair playing fields!—and just getting people really bummed out before they ever even start thinking about what the alternatives could be.
It's like opening a box full of spiders and snakes right someone's face and yelling BOOGETY BOOGETY BOOGETY. People just want to get the hell away from you; they're not going to stop to listen to whatever it is your selling, no matter how great it is.


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A state Senate bill has been signed by Gov. Mary Fallin to boost the salary for the Highway Patrol, said state Sen. Clark Jolley, R-Edmond. The pay raise is contingent on budget funding, he said.
He spoke Friday at the Edmond Area Chamber of Commerce legislative breakfast featuring state lawmakers representing Edmond.
"We have it in our budget. The House has it in their budget. The governor has it in hers," said Jolley, Appropriations chairman for the Oklahoma Senate. "That's usually a pretty good indication it will happen at the end of the year. So it's our hope that we give the highway patrol the badly needed raise that they need."
State employees are overdue a pay raise, Jolley said. Studies show their pay is under market, while some benefits are above market, Jolley said. Department of Corrections officers need a raise to keep them from leaving the force, Jolley said.
Meanwhile, the state faces a $188 million budget shortfall this year, according to House Speaker Jeff Hickman.
The House and Senate are close to making a budget decision, Jolley said. But Gov. Fallin has different ideas, he said.
"The governor is very reluctant in some of the areas we think we need to maintain funding," Jolley said. "The governor's office is not in agreement with us."
They are all in agreement that common education will have the largest budget increase in state government, but not as large as what common education wants, he said.
Every state agency will experience a 5.5-percent budget cut, with the savings placed in education, Jolley said.
"We are going to keep our Medicaid cuts as minimal as possible," as he summarized the challenges that lawmakers face this legislative session at the state Capitol.
A bill that defines the difference between local law and a state laws was co-authored by Jolley and state Rep. Randy Grau, R-Edmond. It successfully passed through the House and Senate.
Several years ago there was a movement to allow unions to participate in certain sized cities, Jolley said.
"Edmond fell within that size and we were then put under where we had a municipality that was forced to deal with a brand new union," Jolley said. "But it didn't work for other cities. It didn't work for other towns. It just worked for certain locations."
That law was challenged on whether or not it was a special law or a local law, Jolley said. The state Supreme Court struck down the law and within two weeks reinstated it, he said.
In defining what a special law is, Grau and Jolley have added clarity to the definition of state and local laws in order to stop the court from selectively choosing what a special law is. The bill is an important legal reform, Jolley said.
Budget negotiations continue between the House and Senate about how to fund state Capitol repairs. Republican state Sen. Greg Treat of Oklahoma City said it is urgent to prevent further deterioration of the Capitol building. Fixing it is a core function of government, Treat said.
Treat said he has been an opponent of bonds, but will join others in supporting a bond to fix it.
Jolley said lawmakers need to decide whether they will do a Capitol bond. If so, will it be for $120 million or $160 million, Jolley said. Legislators must decide if the bond adviser will decide what is best for the state or whether they dictate policy to him, Jolley said.
Capping the bond for 10 years would be more expensive than a 15- or 20-year cap, said Jolley, a candidate for the Congressional 5th District.
GOP candidates for 5th District also include Corporation Commissioner Patrice Douglas, state Rep. Shane Jett, former state Sen. Steve Russell, former congressional aide Harvey Sparks and state Rep. Mike Turner.
Democrats running for the 5th District include former UCO professor Tom Guild of Edmond; state Sen. Al McAffrey of Oklahoma City; and Leona Leonard, chair of the Seminole County Democratic Party.
The three Independent candidates running for the 5th District include Tom Boggs who currently lives in Thailand, Buddy Ray of Edmond, and Robert Murphy of Norman.
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NEWARK — Hundreds of volunteers took time to give back this Thanksgiving by feeding guests of the 24th Annual League of Volunteers Thanksgiving Day Dinner.
Thousands of meals were served throughout the four-hour event, which feeds hundreds of Southern Alameda County residents.
View the video above for sights and sounds from the event.
Hosted by the Newark-based, nonprofit organization that is also known as LOV, the Thanksgiving-themed feast aims to feed individuals in need, whether the attendees can't afford to make a meal, are without a family or are homeless.
And holding the event was no easy task.
More than 300 volunteers, one as young as 12-years-old, assisted in preparing and serving the Thanksgiving meals, which consisted of turkey, ham, dressing, potatoes, green beans, corn, yams and pie, according to volunteer Donalyn Deeds.
A total of 320 turkeys and 80 hams were cooked and carved to make approximately 5,000 meals, which were either delivered, brought home or eaten at the Newark Pavilion.
Approximately 800 individuals were also given a free bag of groceries to take home.
Last year, LOV served 5,485 meals, compared with 500 meals the organization's volunteers served when the annual event first launched.
For more information about LOV, visit www.lov.org.


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The recent mass shooting incidents especially at schools have parents on edge, but a mother who is a former officer is doing something to help put their minds at ease. Christina Thomas created a backpack she says can stop a bullet on a bad day and give peace of mind to parents about where their child is at every day. It is called the AttachaPack. Parent can log into a computer or smartphone and find where their child is at any given moment. The backpack is also equipped with a bullet-proof panel and an emergency alert button.A solar panel inside can also keep the GPS, alert button and even a cell phone fully charged. The pack costs around $250. For more information head to attachapack.com.
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MANATEE -- As Hurricane Sandy barreled up the Northeast coast, the ramifications for travelers and business could be evidenced Monday all the way down to sunny Florida.
Many northbound flights across Southwest Florida have been canceled through today, stymieing tourism and leaving business travelers in limbo at Sarasota Bradenton International Airport.
"It's going to have a big influence on the whole system for the entire week," SRQ President and CEO Rick Piccolo said. "The airlines have notified people of their changing flight schedule."
More than 7,000 flights, mostly to the Northeast, already have been canceled this week.
That includes service between SRQ to both airports in New York, Washington and Boston -- nearly half of the smaller airport's total schedule Monday. A flight from Atlanta was diverted.
JetBlue already has canceled all Northeast flights today as well, Piccolo said.
Travelers whose stay was extended as a result of the conditions didn't find better luck at Tampa International, where more than 50 arrivals and departures each were canceled Monday.
Many instead were rerouted to the Midwest or booked additional rooms near the airport until it becomes safer to travel later in the week.
"We have had quite a few transient travelers extend their stay," said Marshall Williamson, guest services manager for the Holiday Inn Sarasota Airport. "A lot of people have been talking to our front desk representatives about the weather and their flight cancellations."
Officials don't expect the impact on local tourism to be dire, with most northerners instead coming to town before the storm or postponing their planned trip to Florida a few days.
Permanent cancellations will depend largely on the damage to homes in the affected areas.
"It's kind of like the big snowstorms up in the East, there's a big unknown," said Elliott Falcione, executive director of the Bradenton Area Convention and Visitors Bureau. "The people are usually just displaced a short period of time."
Although the storm is trekking toward one of the mostly densely populated areas of the country, it has yet to cause any spikes in gas prices, according to AAA Auto Club South.
In fact, prices at the pump in Florida were still falling Monday as conditions to the north deteriorated.
The average price for a gallon of regular unleaded fuel in Florida on Monday was $3.51, down 12 cents in the past week. The average was a similar $3.50 even in the Bradenton-Sarasota market, according to AAA.
Sandy may still cause some regional increases in areas like Delaware, New York or New Jersey, but weak demand and an oil supply at its highest since 1982 has created a price buffer, AAA spokeswoman Jessica Brady said.
"At this point, it doesn't look like we'll see much of an impact on our area," Brady said.
Florida Power and Light is sending a small army of workers up to the heart of the storm to help out.
More than 560 FPL workers and contractors on 350 trucks were en route Monday to South Carolina, where most will congregate and be assigned to specific areas in the greater Washington, D.C. area Tuesday, FPL spokesman Dave McDermitt said.
That crew count includes 40 FPL workers and 22 trucks from Bradenton and Sarasota. Most of them are expected to work 16 hours a day for the next 14 days.
"This is part of a mutual assistance agreement different utilities have with one another," McDermitt said. "With millions of people without power, help is on the way."
Josh Salman, Herald business writer, can be reached at 941-745-7095. Follow him on Twitter @JoshSalman.


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Critically acclaimed band Blackberry Smoke will perform August 5, 2011 during the 14 day Grand Re-opening of the famous Georgia Theatre in Athens, GA . The Southern rock group will film the concert for fans that have not yet experienced the thrill of Blackberry Smoke live. The eighteen and up show will be a ninety minute full throttle ride with Nic Cowan opening and appearances by other special guests . This monumental performance is one stop on the group's rigorous summer tour schedule where they not only open for the Zac Brown Band but recently signed to Zac's new label, Southern Ground Artists. To purchase tickets for this event please visit: www.georgiatheatre.com/calendar1.html
About Blackberry Smoke:
Atlanta-based Blackberry Smoke continues to grow into the premiere Southern Rock band of America. Over the last two years the band has shared the stage with kindred spirits ZZ Top, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Shooter Jennings, Cross Canadian Ragweed and continue tour as the opening act on the Zac Brown Band's summer tour. The band is currently recording their highly anticipated third studio album under Southern Ground Artists where they will bring their signature sound forward with tracks reminiscent of Marshall Tucker Band and Allman Brothers. For more information about Blackberry Smoke please visit www.blackberrysmoke.com
About Georgia Theatre
While Orvold and Greene worked to preserve the setup and overall feel of the original Theatre, they also welcomed the opportunity to make numerous improvements including building a larger stage, adding a third viewing level, bigger dressing rooms and bathrooms, and upping its capacity to hold over 1000 guests. Patrons will be greeted by the original marquee and brick walls and may also spot an impressive support beam that withstood the fire. The enhanced venue also features reclaimed wood from the original venue that will be used for the bars and as decorative pieces throughout the building. Old breaker boxes that no longer work and part of a historic underground coal tunnel will be in public view in the basement. The new building was also designed in a way that the duo coined, industrial deco, creating a modern feel with industrial elements and sweeping curves.
The Jam Stampede will perform at their ongoing Dead Center event at Brooklyn Bowl on April 19, 2011. We were too excited to wait another day until 4/20 for this show so we are performing on 4/19.
For the first time Mark Karan (Jemimah Puddleduck, Ratdog) will be joining us for the festivities and Kenny Brooks (Alphabet Soup, Ratdog) will join us again after having such a good time last October.
With the help of our good friends Mark and Kenny we will again revisit some of the Grateful Dead lore and explore some new ground with the tunes through the expression of these two great instrumentalists who played together in RatDog and have put their own historic stamp on the music.
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Soulive has announced U.S. tour dates for the remainder of 2010 in support of their ninth studio album, Rubber Soulive. The 27-show run kicks off this weekend with a New York City hometown blow out dubbed The Royal Family Ball at Terminal 5, featuring special guests John Scofield, Talib Kweli, Christian Scott, Big Sam and Maurice Brown, as well as Royal Family crew Nigel Hall, Lettuce and The Shady Horns. Other highlights include festival appearances at Bear Creek Festival and Clearwater Jazz Festival, stops throughout the Northeast, Southeast, Midwest and West Coast and a handful of two-night stands, including Port City Music Hall in Portland, Higher Ground in Burlington, The Independent in San Francisco, Cervante's in Denver and a New Year's Eve celebration at Paradise in Boston.
The Brooklyn-based soul-funk trio just released Rubber Soulive, a tribute to The Beatles, which went to no. 1 on the iTunes jazz chart. The 11-track collection features Soulive's inimitable interpretations of Fab Four classics like "In My Life," "Eleanor Rigby" and "I Want You (She's So Heavy)." The band cut the album at their recording facility, Playonbrother Studios, and will release the effort through their own label, Royal Family Records. After a series of albums on major labels that experimented with guest vocalists, DJs and horn sections, Rubber Soulive signals a return to the band's roots with founding members Eric Krasno, Neal Evans and Alan Evans front and center and all operations under their own roof.
In early reviews of Rubber Soulive, All Music Guide declared "Like the Liverpool lads who intuitively meshed together, Soulive's members interlock to yield results greater than the sum of its parts on this successful tribute that combines the Beatles sense of excitement, imagination and musical exploration with a funky, down home, R&B/jazz groove." While Something Else blog wrote, "In bringing back some of the great tunes of The Beatles, Soulive brought themselves back to their no-frills, greasy early days when they were busting their collective tails to make a name for themselves."
Soulive's upcoming fall tour dates are:
October 1 | Maritime Magic | Baltimore, MDOctober 2 | Terminal 5 | New York, NYOctober 7 | Northern Lights | Albany, NYOctober 8 | Port City Music Hall | Portland, MEOctober 9 | Port City Music Hall | Portland, MEOctober 16 | Clearwater Jazz Festival | Clearwater, FLOctober 29 | Higher Ground | Burlington, VTOctober 30 | Higher Ground | Burlington, VTNovember 4 | The Rex | Pittsburgh, PANovember 5 | The State Theater | Falls Church, VANovember 6 | World Cafe Live | Philadelphia, PANovember 7 | Capital Ale House | Richmond, VANovember 8 | Pisgah | Asheville, NCNovember 9 | The Poor House | Charleston, SCNovember 10 | Neighborhood Theater | Charlotte, NCNovember 11 | Masquerade | Atlanta, GANovember 13 | Bear Creek Music & Art Festival | Live Oak, FLNovember 19 | Double Door | Chicago, ILNovember 20 | Orpheum Theater | Madison, WIDecember 10 | The Independent | San Francisco, CA *w/ special guest Karl DensonDecember 11 | The Independent | San Francisco, CA *w/ special guest Karl DensonDecember 12 | Humbolt Brews | Arcata, CA *w/ special guest Karl DensonDecember 14 | Harlow's | Sacramento, CADecember 15 | Moe's Alley | Santa Cruz, CADecember 16 | The Roxy | Los Angeles, CADecember 17 | Cervante's Masterpiece Ballroom | Denver, CO December 18 | Cervante's Masterpiece Ballroom | Denver, CO December 30 | Paradise | Boston, MADecember 31 | Paradise | Boston, MA
Like the Hawaiian Islands themselves, Hapa's Pan-Polynesian music is an amalgam of influences ranging from ancient genealogical chants to the strummed ballads of Portuguese fisherman, Spanish cowboys, and the inspired melodies and harmonies of the traditional church choirs of the early missionaries. Add to this a dose of American acoustic folk/rock, and you have what has been described as the "most exciting and beautiful contemporary Hawaiian music the world knows!"… (Maui Times).
These disparate ingredients blended together musically in the Pacific emotes the unique flavor of what Hawaii and Hapa music is: "beautiful, fragile, spiritual, powerful"… (L.A. Times). Often encapsulated as the "Sound of Maui", HAPA's music evokes a place that many people at different times have referred to as heavenly. Hapa's self entitled debut cd released in 1993, swept the 1994 Na Hoku Hanohano Awards (Hawaii's equivalent of the Grammy's), becoming the biggest selling CD by a group or duo in the history of recorded Hawaiian music. The group's ground breaking music has established them as the most recognized name in Hawaiian music internationally since their debut release, with sold-out shows from Tokyo to New York.
AN EVENING WITH HAPA | Wednesday July 7
Reggae legends Toots and The Maytals are happy to announce the release of the band's latest record Flip & Twist, released today digitally and in stores May 18. In honor of today's national holiday, Toots is releasing a special, 4/20-themed limited edition package, which includes a joint-shaped USB drive loaded with Flip & Twist, a Toots Stash Box, the physical CD of the album, and a variety of other gifts. The package is available via the band's website along with digital copies of the album. Lucky fans will also be able to purchase a limited special bundle for $500 that includes a dinner and private acoustic performance by Toots on May 17.
For a taste of what the full album holds, the band is offering a FREE MP3 download of the song "Perfect Lover" available for download HERE.
One of reggae's founding fathers, Toots Hibbert has been one of the leading figures for over four decades. Rising to prominence in the '60s alongside greats like Bob Marley and Peter Tosh, Toots' soulful voice has earned him comparisons to Otis Redding, Marvin Gaye and Wilson Pickett making him one of the most respected and versatile artists in these genres. And on Flip & Twist, Toots delves into his soul and R&B influences, creating a record that's as much Kingston, Jamaica as it is 1960s Detroit. The album's opener "Almighty Way," is a modern day gospel-soul classic. "Fool For You" finds Toots at his most vulnerable, creating a soulful ballad a la The Four Tops. Toots also tackles Stevie Wonder's "Higher Ground," turning the song into a contemporary reggae classic. And on "Jungle" and "Maybe Yow" Toots delves into dance music, building catchy melodies catchy hip-hop beats.
This Spring, don't miss Toots & The Maytals as they tour the US this Spring, and keep an eye out for the band's upcoming videos!
Toots & The Maytals Spring Tour:
04/29: Orlando, FL @ The Plaza Theatre04/30: New Port Richey, FL @ Bourbon Street Night Club05/01: New Orleans, LA @ House Of Blues05/02: Houston, TX @ House Of Blues05/02: Houston, TX @ House Of Blues05/04: Dallas, TX @ House Of Blues05/05: Austin, TX @ La Zona Rosa05/06: Santa Fe, NM @ Brewery05/07: Fort Collins, CO @ Aggie Theatre05/08: Colorado Springs, CO @ Colorado College05/09: Boulder, CO @ Fox Theatre05/11: Salt Lake City, UT @ The Depot05/12: Flagstaff, AZ @ Orpheum Theater05/13: San Diego, CA @ SoundWave05/14: Las Vegas, NV @ Hard Rock Hotel & Casino - Outdoor Pool05/15: Hermosa Beach, CA @ Saint Rocke05/16: West Hollywood, CA @ Key Club05/18: San Francisco, CA @ Regency Ballroom05/19: Eugene, OR @ McDonald Theatre05/20: Portland, OR @ Roseland Theater05/21: Seattle, WA @ Showbox At The Market05/22: Missoula, MT @ Wilma Theater05/23: Billings, MT @ 05/25: Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue05/26: Milwaukee, WI @ Turner Hall Ballroom05/27: Chicago, IL @ House of Blues05/28: Chicago, IL @ House of Blues05/29: Niagara Falls, NY @ Seneca Niagara Casino & Hotel - The Bear's Den05/30: Boston, MA @ House of Blues05/31: South Burlington, VT @ Higher Ground - Ballroom06/02: New York, NY @ B.B. King Blues Club & Grill06/03: Amagansett, NY @ The Stephen Talkhouse06/04: Hunter Mountain, NY @ Hunter Mountain06/05: Hyannis, MA @ Cape Cod Melody Tent
Gov. Bill Ritter today joined Vestas executives, the crown prince and princess of Denmark and local leaders at a ground-breaking ceremony for two Vestas manufacturing facilities here that will create 1,350 new jobs.
"Today marks the third straight day of new-job announcements this week, resulting in 1,650 new jobs for Colorado," Gov. Ritter said. "Vestas was one of Colorado's earliest visionaries and pioneers in our New Energy Economy. Thank you, Vestas, for helping to lead Colorado forward and for working with us to develop a sustainable energy future and a sustainable economic future."
The Brighton factories will be part of the significant manufacturing and research base Vestas – the Denmark-based wind system manufacturer – is establishing in the United States. One of the Brighton plants will produce giant wind blades and the other will make nacelle assemblies.
Vestas is spending about $290 million to build the two facilities, which will produce 1,800 blades and 1,400 nacelles a year. Brighton also will be home to a technology and production engineering office as well as a division of the Vestas Business Academy for employee training and development.
Vestas currently operates a wind blade manufacturing plant in Windsor and is building the world's largest wind tower manufacturing facility in Pueblo. When all four plants are fully operational by the end of 2010, they will employ nearly 2,500 Coloradans.
Other job announcements Gov. Ritter took part in this week:
· Monday: The Water Company of Pueblo, a high-tech water-purification company, announced it is moving into a bigger facility and adding more than 100 jobs.
· Tuesday: Ribbon-cutting and grand opening of Ascent Solar's new world headquarters and manufacturing facility in Thornton, which will result in 200 new jobs over the next couple of years
"The show is tonight, not tomorrow." A statement like this one can upend your day and, for me, it did. Mere inches away from walking onto the ferry that would take me back to New York; I fielded a call from my incredibly observant wife.
The Bush administration is renewing its attempt to sacrifice the fragile Teshekpuk Lake region of Alaska's Western Arctic Reserve to oil and gas drilling.
NRDC needs your immediate help to block this assault, which would allow drilling in one of the most sensitive and important Arctic wildlife habitats as early as next summer.
Go to http://www.nrdconline.org/campaign/biogems_westernarctic_0711 right away and tell the Bush administration to safeguard the entire Teshekpuk Lake region - an area protected by four previous administrations due to its extraordinary importance to wildlife.
Eight-seven percent of the northeastern portion of the Western Arctic Reserve has already been handed over to the oil industry.
Nevertheless, the Bush administration announced a plan two years ago to lease every last acre of the fragile Teshekpuk Lake area - defying more than 200,000 citizen comments, warnings from biologists and wildlife managers and objections from Alaska Natives on the North Slope.
In response, NRDC and our partners went to court and won a temporary injunction that halted the lease sale just days before it was due to take place. In the wake of that legal setback, the Bush administration conducted an additional review of the environmental impacts of oil and gas development, but has now resumed its push for leasing.
Thanks to our courtroom victory, the Bush administration must seek public comment before moving forward with its latest proposal to sacrifice the calving grounds of the 45,000-animal Teshekpuk Lake caribou herd. This region also provides a refuge for tens of thousands of molting geese and threatened birds like the spectacled eider and yellow-billed loon.
Please go to http://www.nrdconline.org/campaign/biogems_westernarctic_0711 and speak out in defense of this priceless wildlife sanctuary.
Thank you for helping to protect America's Arctic from reckless industrialization.
Gov. Bill Ritter joined FPL Energy, Xcel Energy, local officials and about 200 other guests here today to break ground on what will be the nation's second-largest wind generation facility.
Ritter was joined by Mike O'Sullivan, senior vice president of development at FPL Energy, and Karen Hyde, managing director of Resource Planning and Acquisitions at Xcel Energy.
"Today we are making history," Gov. Ritter said. "This project will be the largest wind farm in the state and second-largest in the nation. It will have the longest transmission line in the world. Along with our tremendous agricultural crops, Colorado is the 11th windiest and 6th sunniest state in the nation. Our intellectual resources are second-to-none.
"Combined, all of this says that Colorado is well on its way to becoming the renewable energy capital of the country and a leader in the New Energy Economy," Gov. Ritter added.
O'Sullivan said, "Colorado is taking an important leadership role in the growth of wind energy in the United States . The Peetz Table Wind Energy Center will help the state realize its enormous potential for economic growth through the generation of clean, renewable energy."
" Xcel Energy continues to add more wind power to our existing system. By purchasing the energy from FPL at this project and from three others, we will reach Colorado 's renewable energy standard seven years early," said Hyde. "Wind power is a valuable part of our generation mix in Colorado . With the new renewable energy legislation requiring 20 percent of our power come from renewable energy, we feel that it will continue to grow in importance."
Peetz Table Wind Energy Center Facts:
Construction of 267 General Electric turbines should be complete by the end of 2007.
They will generate 400 megawatts of electricity, enough to power 120,000 homes a year.
Xcel Energy will purchase the energy under a long-term contract.
FPL Energy is constructing a 78-mile-long transmission line to connect the Peetz Table facility to the power grid at Xcel Energy's Pawnee substation near Brush. This will be longest power transmission line in the world.
At the height of construction, the project will employ between 300-350 workers.
When complete, the Peetz Table Wind Energy Center will have about 20 full-time employees and have a significant positive impact on the local economy.


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By Jeremiah Tucker
Globe Columnist
JOPLIN, Mo. —
Complaints about the rampant misogyny in rap music are finally gaining some traction.
In April, Rick Ross lost a sponsorship with Reebok after he sparked a wave of negative backlash with a lyric bragging about date rape. Most recently the critical and commercial success of Kanye West's "Yeezus" was diluted by objections to the album's rampant sexual objectification of women.
This is promising. Misogyny in popular music is a thorny problem that's long overdue for a correction. But it's also a problem that predates hip-hop.
The swaggering masculine braggadocio that treats women alternately as playthings, trophies and trifling shrews in need of a stern reprimand so prevalent in rap music is just as central to the myth of the rock star. Perhaps no band embodied this more than The Rolling Stones.
Now, I love The Rolling Stones. I find their boozy, grimy reworking of American musical traditions more re-playable than the immaculate pop constructions of their Liverpool counterparts.
But if you are a woman, one of the last places you'd want to wind up is as the subject of a Rolling Stones song.
Answering a question in 2010 about the Stones "anti-women" songs on the NPR program "Fresh Air," the group's guitarist Keith Richards gave a rambling, ultimately hilarious response. Here's the last half of it: "ÉYou know, and these are all sort of relationships and stuff. And I wouldn't take it as any sexist, I can't even go there, you know, cause I don't think about it. I just think we know what some people are like and then those things happen. And anyway, I didn't write the lyrics."
Perfect. Here are the Stones 10 most anti "anti-women" songs.
1. "Stupid Girl" ("Aftermath," 1966). Here Mick Jagger lays into an ex-girlfriend with hyperbolic vitriol: "She's the worst thing in the world/Look at that stupid girl." The lyrics are a series of petty teenage insults and a bridge of repeated "shut-up"s. Clearly, Jagger is not interested in entertaining the girl's point of view.
2. "Under My Thumb" ("Aftermath," 1966). As one of the Stones' most popular songs, this may be the band's most notorious celebration of misogyny. Part of this is because of Jagger's performance; he just sounds so damn gleeful as he crows about breaking the spirit of a girlfriend who dared defy him. He compares her to a "squirmin' dog" and brags about how he controls her to such a degree that he decides what she wears.
3. "Backstreet Girl" ("Flowers," 1967). Unlike some of the other songs here where the separation between narrator, Jagger and some Jagger-esque projection of the ultimate rock Ôn' roll cock-of-the-walk feels thin, this song hews closer to a literary exercise. The narrator, an unrepentant upper-class snob insulting his lower-class mistress, is too deliberately prissy to be Jagger.
4. "Yesterday's Papers" ("Between the Buttons," 1967). This song could just be retitled "Slut Shaming," as Jagger once again enacts revenge on an ex. The relevant lyric here is the refrain "Who wants yesterday's papers, who wants yesterday's girls?" Textbook emotional abuse.
5. "Parachute Woman" ("Beggars Banquet," 1968). The groupie-love song is a common trope in rap. The Stones demonstrate a thorough understanding of the form in this honky-tonk dedication to a woman who's willing to "parachute" in anytime she's beckoned. It ends in a barely-veiled entendre: "Parachute woman, will you blow me out? Well, my heavy throbbers itchin' just to lay a solid rhythm down."
6. "Stray Cat Blues" ("Beggars Banquet," 1968). A leering Jagger finds a runaway on his doorstep remarking, "I can see that you're 15 years old." Then he muses that "it's not a capital crime," which is the kind of poor reasoning that lands you on the sexual offender's registry.
Oh, and the song closes with Jagger cooing, "I bet your mama don't know you can bite like that; I'll bet she never saw you scratch my back." Eww.
Also, in the live recording on "Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out" the girl's age is lowered to 13. Double eww. (I interpret this as the reappearance of Satan from the album's opening track "Sympathy for the Devil.")
7. "Brown Sugar" ("Sticky Fingers," 1971). "Brown Sugar" is the sound of a guitar lick tearing open a moral black hole at the center of the universe. This thing is raw. It's pretty amazing that a song that includes a lyric about a white plantation owner raping an underage slave girl hit No. 1. What a world!
8. "Star Star" ("Goats Head Soup," 1973). "Star Star"'s original title was a pejorative phrase for a woman who enjoys sleeping with famous people, and its notoriously graphic sexual content and profanity guaranteed it would never be played on the radio.
9. "Some Girls" ("Some Girls," 1978). Arguably the clunkiest line on "Yeezus" concerned Kanye West describing what he'd do with sweet and sour sauce while seducing a Chinese girl. Here Jagger generalizes what all girls are like according to their ethnicity. It's needlessly crass and cynical with a particularly regrettable line about what "black girls want."
10. "Little T&A" ("Tattoo You," 1981). Keith Richards sings this one, and in the scheme of things it isn't too bad. He refers to his girl as the acronym of the song's title, but notes that she "has soul," which is more than many of the women in a Stones' song are granted.


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Mataura, a small working class town just north of Invercargill, is being held to ransom by an American investor, Dr Jack Phillips, who owns the majority of commercial property in the town. He brought them for a song after the closure of the Paper Mill - the town's major employer.
He is charging excessive rents for the use of his buildings despite the fact that he has let them fall into disrepair and many of them are simply a hazard.
He has a vision for Mataura that is to involve restoring the buildings and turning the town into a boutique town with art galleries and antique stores. It is some eight years since he purchased the buildings, and he has, to all intents and purposes, done nothing.
Local entrepreneurs are unable to start businesses in Mataura because the rents are prohibitive.
Dr Phillips has not consulted the town regarding his vision and feels no compunction to do so. He is not involved in any of the community initiatives that have started to revitalise the local economy and shows no willingness to assist the community in their efforts.
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1. Heat grill. Gently combine ground beef and rosemary in medium bowl. Divide beef into quarters, then gently shape each piece into a 1/2- to 3/4-inch-thick patty.
2. Sprinkle both sides of burgers with salt and pepper. Grill burgers 7 to 8 minutes. Turn and grill 7 minutes more, or until instant-read meat thermometer reaches 160 degrees F when inserted 1 inch from edge of each burger (for medium).
3. Meanwhile, for the tartar sauce combine mayonnasie, dill pickles and shallots in small bowl. Divide and spread sauce on bottoms of rolls. Top with watercress, burgers, tomato, and tops of rolls. Serve with potato chips, if desired. Makes 4 servings.


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EchoStar Ordered To Pay $89.6 Million In Damages
POSTED: 9:55 am CDT August 18, 2006
UPDATED: 10:03 am CDT August 18, 2006
FORT WORTH, Texas -- An East Texas federal judge has ordered EchoStar Communications Corp., parent of the DISH satellite TV service, to stop selling and turn off about 4 million of its digital video recorders within 30 days.
U.S. District Judge David Folsom on Thursday also ordered EchoStar, parent of the DISH satellite TV service, to pay $89.6 million in damages.
The decision comes after a federal jury in Marshall in April determined that EchoStar willfully infringed on TiVo Inc.'s "time-warp" patent, which applies to the way a DVR simultaneously records one program while playing back another.
EchoStar, the country's second-largest satellite TV provider with about 12.5 million subscribers, said it will ask the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans to block the injunction while it appeals the decision. The Englewood, Colo., company also said it is working on modifications to its new DVRs so that they won't infringe on TiVo's patent.
TiVo, the Alviso, Calif., company that is credited with introducing DVR technology, said it is "pleased" with the decision.
"This decision recognizes that our intellectual property is valuable and will ensure that moving forward EchoStar will be unable to use our patented technology without our authorization," the company said in a prepared statement.
Because EchoStar's infringement of TiVo's patent was seen as "willful," the judge could have tripled the amount of damages, but chose not to. TiVo is pondering whether or not to appeal that part of the decision, Elliot Sloane, a TiVo spokesman said.
A spokeswoman for EchoStar couldn't be immediately reached.
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Court blocks order to shut down DISH DVRs
12:48 PM CDT on Friday, August 18, 2006
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A federal appeals court on Friday temporarily blocked a trial judges order that EchoStar Communications Corp., parent of the Dish satellite-TV service, disable more than 3 million digital video recorders.
The appeals court blocked an injunction that was issued Thursday by a federal district court judge in Texarkana. The injunction followed a jury decision in April that EchoStar infringed on TiVos patent for time-warp technology the ability to record a live television program while playing another.
Judge David Folsom also increased the jurys verdict that EchoStar should pay $74 million in damages to $89.6 million beyond the $87 million that TiVos lawyers asked the jury to award.
The judge, however, could have tripled the jurys amount because jurors found that EchoStar willfully infringed TiVos patent. TiVo was considering seeking a larger award on appeal.
The judge also gave EchoStar 30 days to turn off some of the recorders it has provided to customers and stop selling new ones.
EchoStar said it was pleased with the delay approved Friday by the federal appeals court in Washington. The company said it was altering its recorders to avoid future claims of patent infringement.
An EchoStar spokeswoman said more than 3 million of Dishs 12 million subscribers use an EchoStar recorder that would have been affected by Folsoms ruling.
A TiVo spokesman declined to comment immediately on the appeals court decision blocking the injunction.
Earlier, Alviso, Calif.-based TiVo had hailed Folsoms ruling.
This decision recognizes that our intellectual property is valuable and will ensure that moving forward EchoStar will be unable to use our patented technology without our authorization, TiVo said in a statement.
TiVo shares rose 51 cents, or 7.9 percent, to $7 in early afternoon trading on the Nasdaq Stock Market. EchoStar shares dropped 39 cents, or 1.2 percent, to $32.36.
TiVo hopes that a victory against EchoStar will convince other cable and satellite-TV providers that sell digital video recorders, or DVRs, other than TiVos to agree to pay royalties and licensing fees to the company whose name is synonymous with recording TV on a hard drive.
EchoStars Dish network is the nations second-largest satellite-TV provider. The Englewood, Colo.-based company had argued before the jury that its DVRs used other technology and didnt violate TiVos patent.
The jury took less than two hours of deliberations to find in favor of TiVo.
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It had been quite a while sine I'd had the opportunity to photograph a glowing mama to be, and I was thrilled when these two gave me a call! Since this session, it seems that babies are getting ready to pop out everywhere! I've been busy photographing lots of pregnant mamas lately and I'm loving it. For this session, we met at James Garden Park- a really beautiful park in Toronto that I would loooove to come back to again sometime (hint.. hint.. nudge..nudge) I had such a great time photographing these two and can't wait to photograph their little one in a couple weeks too!
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For several years now I've been trying to 'perfect' this popular Italian pasta sauce. Also called 'Spag Bol' or Spaghetti Bolognese (when served with that shape of pasta), I read in several books that Italians themselves wouldn't dream of serving this with spaghetti. They apparently use tagliatelle and after tasting this with a fresh version of that pasta, I could say I share their sentiment completely. This sauce can also be found in between lasagne sheets. Well, I've already got the Pinoy version of this plus even my son can come up with a bottled version (just brown some minced beef and pour in the bottled spaghetti sauce). But I fervently wanted to recreate the great taste of the meat sauce that we often get from Italian restaurants. This led me to looking it up in almost all the cookbooks and food magazines I come across. When I chanced upon the great collection of cookbooks in our local library, I was able to research on the authentic versions and derive a lot from it.
The word 'ragu' refers to slow cooked meat with little sauce. As with most traditional dishes there are a lot of variations even in Italy, not just from town to town but even probably from household to household. Some have all beef, have combinations of beef and pork, some use veal. Most use finely minced meat while others have diced ones. Versions also vary on whether or not to put vegetables, tomatoes, and milk or cream. The one thing that's universal in the more authentic recipes I found is the very slow and long cooking time, the use of wine (red or white), and spices. This version, which eventually met with the approval of my family, is one I culled from several cookbooks and the last one in particular from Anthony Worrall-Thompson who suggested Worcestershire sauce and anchovy sauce. It did the trick of adding a certain top note of yumminess to it. For one, my family loves its sauce very tomatoey therefore the chopped tomatoes and tomato puree are in. I also followed Delia Smith's and AWT's suggestion of browning the beef separately - it resulted in a more flavourful meat than if I did the browning right there in the stewing pot. I opted to use veggies in it because it imparts a slight sweetness, while the wine gives it body. Anyway, enough of my ramblings do try this and believe me just the aroma filling your kitchen would entice your housemates in.
Ragu alla Bolognese
1 kg minced beef (or half beef, half pork)
1 1/2 Tbsp olive oil
1 Tbsp minced garlic
2 medium onions - finely chopped
125 gm pancetta or streaky bacon - finely diced
1/2 cup finely chopped carrots
1/2 cup finely chopped celery
1 Tbsp chopped fresh or 1 tsp dried thyme*
1 tsp dried oregano*
1 1/2 Tbsp chopped fresh or 1 tsp dried basil*
1/4 tsp nutmeg
1 1/2 Tbsp Worcestershire sauce
1 Tbsp anchovy sauce [optional]
1 bay leaf
1 cup red wine
2 x 400 gm can of chopped tomatoes*
1/4 cup double concentrate tomato puree (tomato paste)
2 tsp sea salt (or to taste)
freshly milled black pepper
1/2 cup beef stock or water
butter or olive oil
125 gm chicken liver - trimmed, washed and cut into 3/4-inch pieces
2 Tbsp single cream (light cream) [optional]
- In a pan (preferably non-stick), drizzle some olive oil and heat it up. Brown the minced beef in batches. Set aside.
- Wipe the pan and heat up some more olive oil or butter. Cook the chicken liver until well cooked and crumbly - about 5 minutes. Transfer to a bowl, then using a fork mash it up. If need be, finely chop some of the bits of liver that refuse to get mashed.
- In a big stewing pot, heat the 1 1/2 Tbsp olive oil and gently fry the bacon until it changes colour.
- Add in the garlic and cook for 1 minute.
- Stir in the onion and cook gently for about 4-5 minutes or until translucent.
- Turn up the heat to medium and add the carrots and celery. Cook for about 2 minutes, stirring occassionally.
- Add the spices - basil, thyme, oregano. Stir and cook for about 30 seconds.
- Tip in the browned minced beef and red wine. Simmer until liquid is reduced to half. Stir occassionally.
- Add the chopped tomatoes, concentrated tomato puree, bay leaf, nutmeg, Worcestershire sauce, anchovy sauce, chicken liver, salt, pepper, and stock.
- Bring to boil then bring down heat to lowest setting and simmer for *at least* 2-3 hours.
- If you have more fresh basil lying around, chop about 2 Tbsp of it and stir in the sauce.
- Add the cream and stir. Cook for another 1-2 minutes. Serve with freshly cooked al dente pasta such as spaghetti or tagliatelli.
*You may use 500 gm passata in place of the chopped tomatoes and reduce the tomato paste to 1 Tbsp only.


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The idea started simply enough, with a group of friends singing songs from movies they loved. Then one day Tracie Thoms, an actress who had appeared in Quentin Tarantino's film Death Proof, showed up and added a little dialogue. With that For the Record was born. The concept has been so successful, the weekly movie/musical mashup is now going into its third year at Rockwell Table and Stage. For their latest production, For the Record co-creators Shane Scheel and Christopher Lloyd Bratten have completely revamped one of their earlier shows, a celebration of Baz Luhrmann's movies from early pictures like Strictly Ballroom and Romeo & Juliet to splashy, big-budget affairs like Moulin Rouge! and The Great Gatsby.
Unlike the earlier iteration, which was linear, the new production mixes and matches the four stories with overlapping scenes and music. "The last time we did Baz we sat at the bar and said 'We have to do it differently,'" says Scheel. "We didn't want to do the same show in a bigger space." Last year, Rockwell tore out the wall that separated its cramped bar from its dining room. The newly unified Los Feliz venue gave the For the Record troupe a bigger stage—literally and metaphorically. Bratten, who also serves as music director, says, "What we did was go from condensing entire movies into small sections into experimenting with interweaving the movies."
Scheel credits director Anderson Davis for shaping the show. "We start with a solid script and an outline of how we get from A to B. This show is a tribute to Anderson's careful direction and storytelling.
What they are doing this time is "following this overarching plot development of star-crossed lovers," says Bratten. "Even in Strictly Ballroom, they are star-crossed lovers. It's just the lighter side of that coin; no one dies in the end."
Then there's the challenge of selecting which songs stay and which ones go. "If we took out 'Elephant Love Medley' from Moulin Rouge! there would be backlash," says Scheel. "There were moments we couldn't get rid of or our audience would feel cheated." All of the films being love stories didn't help. "Each movie has its love song," Bratten says. "Whereas we'd only have one [in previous shows,] Moulin Rouge! has ten. I had to work to make it sound different."
What challenges does the new format present for the cast (which includes Rumer Willis, daughter of Bruce Willis and Demi Moore)? "While specific elements may have gotten easier, overall things have gotten harder. We keep increasing the demands," Bratten says. "Not only are you singing, dancing and acting at the top of your lungs for two hours straight, you are going through an obstacle course with people eating, drinking, and staring at you."
Future productions will focus on the work of Tim Burton, Woody Allen, and Cameron Crowe. "We started out as a celebration of music in films," Scheel says. "We didn't have an inkling of what this would become. We approach each show with its own identity in mind and continue to explore what we've learned from other shows."
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Learn How to Tweak College Résumés for Job Applications
Employers may not seek the same information as admissions officials or scholarship judges do.
When applying for their first "real" jobs and internships, many students are unsure how their résumés and cover letters should look.
The tricky thing is that employers are very different from colleges or scholarship judges when it comes to what they look for in résumés. Here are some of the tried-and-true methods we've found to make sure your application gets a second look.
Many parents today are wondering if their children will be able to find jobs in this troubled and changing economy. It's a valid concern, and college students-turned-job-seekers need every advantage at their disposal, including an effective résumé.
Here are some things to talk over with your student when the topic of job hunting comes up:
1. Remind them of university resources: Every college will have a career center that can help with résumé writing. In fact, many will have a university-level career center, as well as career centers in the individual schools of study.
Make sure your student is aware of these resources and seeks them out. They are staffed with people who have the latest information on effective job hunting and your student's best interest at heart.
2. Stress the importance of technology-friendly tools: Many—if not most— résumés today are being E-mailed instead of sent through the mail. And online professional sites, such as LinkedIn, are becoming increasingly important in job searches.
Recommend that your child start a LinkedIn account sooner rather than later, and that they keep it updated. This wouldn't be a bad time to remind him or her that employers might also be checking Facebook pages and Twitter streams, so keep them employer-friendly.
[Read more about how social media can both help and hurt a job search.]
There are several things that should set a job application résumé apart from a college or scholarship application résumé. The problem for most students is that they've never applied for anything outside of academics, so they don't understand how their résumés need to be altered for more professional applications.
Here are some tips I've gotten from career services at the University of Kansas.
1. Omit most high school activities: The rule of thumb I was given is to only include high school information on a résumé through sophomore year of college. You want to highlight what you've done since coming to college first and foremost.
Even up to that sophomore year cutoff, keep high school accomplishments minimal on your résumé. Only include activities that you spent a considerable amount of time doing or that show your leadership skills in some way.
2. Know whom you're talking to: The kiss of death with cover letters is what career counselors call the form letter. Never begin a cover letter with "To whom it concerns" or "Dear Madam or Sir." This shows an extreme lack of effort on your part, and employers likely won't even glance over it if they think you've sent the same letter to multiple employers.
Call the company ahead of time to confirm who will be reading the applications. Seeing their own names at the top of a cover letter can be a great first impression for employers. Also include specific information within the letter about why you want to work for the company and how its interests align with yours.
[Learn how to write a great cover letter.]
3. Avoid templates: Some employers will get hundreds of applications for one job opening, and it can become obvious if many candidates pulled a résumé template from the same program or website. Make your résumé stands out by creating a clean, readable, and attractive format.
You don't have to be a design whiz to come up with a great-looking résumé. If you're stuck, just search "résumé designs" online and tweak them enough to make them your own. A well-designed page can be what catches an employer's eye from the beginning of the process and may give you a leg up on the competition.
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The Emerson Umbrella Center for the Arts and ArtScape at Bradford Mill have joined forces for a creative arts event, "East Meets West," a joint show in which the communities will display each others art.
This crosstown collaboration—ostensibly the first of its kind in Concord—aims to provide more exposure for these artists to each other and to the community at-large. The show runs at both locations through Monday, March 4.
"There's a craving for more art in the community," said Jerry Wedge, executive director of the Emerson Umbrella. "We have our community here and ArtScape has their community in West Concord, and this is a chance to bring them together."
For East Meets West, more than a dozen artists from ArtScape will display works at the Emerson Umbrella, located at 40 Stow St., and more than a dozen of the Emerson Umbrella's artists will have their work on display at ArtScape, located at 43 Bradford St. in West concord.
"It's really this cross-pollination," said Ann Sussman, the ArtScape coordinator. "It's for the artists, but it's also for someone who might be interested in art and interested in being an artist."
The works featured include paintings, collages, fiber arts, illustration, mixed media, photography and glass blowing – and there's probably more. Pretty much all of it is on sale.
Emerson Umbrella will host the opening reception from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. tonight, Feb. 7.
"I think there's a lot of excitement," Wedge said. "A similarity with their artists and ours is that there's just such a variety of work."
ArtScape will host a closing reception on March 4.
"I think this is the beginning of a beautiful relationship," said Sussman. "It's a really exciting direction for Concord to be seen as such and artistic, creative center."
Both galleries are open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.


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Blizzard has been known for including new fixes and modifications to the game within its PTRs (Public Test Realms) without necessarily including it in the patch notes. The latest change will make casual WoW players happy.
First, Primal Nethers and Nether Vortex (used for crafting items/enchants) won't be bind on Pickup (BoP) anymore. Expect them to sell for a hefty price on an Auction House near you!
Second, you will now be able to buy some Nether Vortex with Heroic Badges. On the PTR, the Vortex is sold for the price of 15 badges and 7 gold 20 silver. The price might change once the patch 2.4 goes live.
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There are two things your kids need to know when facing a 9-1-1 emergency or other situation requiring adult assistance: 1) Who to call, and 2) What to say.
Emergency Phone Numbers
Make sure that you keep an updated list of all the phone numbers your kids might need in a convenient location. For example, print it out and tape it to the inside of a kitchen cabinet. This way your kids won't have to look for a neighbor's phone number when they need help.
Teach Your Kids How to Call 9-1-1 in an Emergency
When using a cell phone to call 9-1-1, calls can sometimes be routed to regional call centers, rather than local 9-1-1 operators. In this situation, the caller must must be prepared to state his or her city and general type of emergency before being connected with the appropriate local authorities. If your child may potentially be using a cell phone to call 9-1-1, make sure that he or she knows about this extra step.
In addition, make sure that your child also knows how to clearly state the following:
- His or her full name
- The specific address of his or her location
- The nature of the emergency
In addition, you child should also be prepared to stay on the line until the authorities arrive, unless her or she is instructed otherwise by the 9-1-1 operator.


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