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I was nabbed after a training session at the West Hollywood Women's Leadership Conference recently by a woman who was dubious about what I'd said about compromise.
"Compromise is not the goal of negotiation," I said. "Finding your way to agreement is."
My inquisitor—let's call her Sara—dug her heels in and I realized our conversation was getting buried in semantics and cultural filters about the word negotiation itself.
And, of course, the term "compromise."
Like most of us, Sara was taught that compromise is a good thing. And of course it can be. If both kids want to read the same book at the same time, one of them usually has to give it up to the other with a promise they can read it later.
But to Sara, compromise bore no relationship to making concessions and asking for reciprocity. Not because she refused to see the connection, but because she didn't believe there was one.
To Sara, negotiation was "an argument with the goal of capitulating something to someone."
"You know that argument you seem to have every six months about something you made an agreement about, but the issue keeps coming back like a good boomerang?" I asked.
She nodded in agreement.
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I know I agreed to complete the monthly sales statistics, but it was a stupid agreement. It's beneath my job description, I dread it, and I'm actually terrible at it.
But we agreed. And we also agreed that until we lift the hiring freeze, we wouldn't revisit the issue
Yeah, well, I think we should re-open the conversation anyway.
I'm not talking about it.
"And round we go. We fail to listen for the need beneath all the bluster. So, naturally, the real problem never gets solved."
If your bargaining partner tells you that you'll be doing the monthly statistics from here on out, and the power balance indicates you should agree without question, you may (and we women often do) make a concession without seeking any reciprocal benefit. That might make your boss is happy, but you're going to steam in your cubicle for months.
OK, I'll take a crack at asking the diagnostic questions that could lead to the solution here.
Here's the brick wall conversation.
I know I agreed to complete the monthly sales statistics, but it was a stupid agreement. It's beneath my job description, I dread it, and I'm actually terrible at it.
But we agreed. And we also agreed that until we lift the hiring freeze, we wouldn't revisit the issue.
Here are the questions that could easily open up to a mutually satisfactory solution.
Why did you agree to do the sales statistics? Has something changed?
Why do you care about this task being outside your job description?
When did you form the opinion you were terrible at it?
Why do you dread it?
Who else might be available to do it without having to hire someone new?
What other tasks might I take on that I enjoy more (and am better at) in exchange for passing the baton on this one to someone else?
What software is available that might make this task easier for me and probably more accurate (or timely) for you?
I'm not going to create hypothetical answers to these questions because we can never intuit the answers – they're always more unpredictable than we can ever imagine. But I think you can see what might open up as possibilities here that wouldn't require "folding" by either party.
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It has become the stuff of legend now, but back in the old days when there were more immediate consequences to perceptions of wanton fiscal policies , James Carville famously told then-President Clinton, "If I could be reincarnated, i would come back as the bond market. That thing scares everybody."
Oh, were that to have been true over the past few years, when $5 trillion in additional federal debt and the first downgrade of U.S. Treasuries has done little to prevent bond yields from actually declining and, in the process, to allow the Obama administration to pursue one of the most expansionary fiscal policies in history.
No president has added more to our national debt so quickly and yet the much-vaunted bond vigilantes, perhaps weary from leaning against the gale force winds of ever-greater levels of spending, appear to have all but given up.
A blank check in hand, the president has paid little attention to the potential long-term consequences of spending money we don't have. Such is the blessing of possessing the world's only reserve currency.
For a while at least, the kindness of strangers has allowed Uncle Sam to fund itself in a world bereft of other good choices. But the blessing of being the only game in town is also a curse to the extent to which it mutes the message the markets would normally send to stop spending.
While it may seem unconceivable now that America's foreign creditors will look to other bond markets as a store of wealth, there are some faint signs that investors are starting to grow weary of being so over-exposed to U.S. Treasuries. China remains the largest foreign holder of U.S. debt, but it has cut its Treasury holdings in each of the last three months.
The resilience in the price of gold must also be seen as a sign of flagging confidence in the primacy of U.S. dollar holdings for the world's wealth. Check out the GLD chart.
There are, of course, those in the administration and in the financial markets that claim that the bond market is actually "right," sending the proper signal that the economy is on the verge of deflation. The not-so-subtle inference is that only a greater reliance on Keynesian policies can help us avoid it.
This argument seems specious in an environment in which the Federal Reserve has been so aggressive in purchasing America's our own credit and manipulating the yield curve. Intellectual honesty requires one to wonder what bond yields would be if the Fed weren't indeed buying them.
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A back-up in interest rates current levels would be catastrophic for both the federal budget and the finances of individual investors. With the weighted average of America's sovereign debt outstanding at 2.3%, a small increase in interest rates could lead to an explosion in the federal deficit due to higher interest expenses alone.
The backbone of Mr. Trennert's argument in this article is a complete invention. He states "No president has added more to our national debt so quickly", but the facts are that George Bush added far more to the deficit than Obama did. Furthermore, the majority of Obama's debt-spending came as a one-time hit (the stimulus), which – say what you will about it's positive effects, which include saving our auto industry from collapse – isn't an ongoing, recurring expense. The same cannot be said of the deficit increases from Bush (1 & 2) and Reagan, which came predominantly in the form of unpaid tax cuts, medicare entitlement increases, and military buildups.
Even though this is "just" an opinion piece, it would be nice if it had a factual basis, Mr. Trennert.
"Furthermore, the majority of Obama's debt-spending came as a one-time hit (the stimulus)…"
if one believes that 3.5 trillion was the baseline of the obama term. in actuality, the baseline is 3.1 trillion, as an omnibus spending bill, which dem's mistakenly view as on the bush budget, was passed by the dems, and enacted for 2009.
using 3.1 trillion as a baseline…
2009 +404 billion.
2010, +614 billion, from the 3.107 trillion baseline.
the increase in govt spending, in less than two years is at 20%. we would need five consecutive years of 3.5% growth just to catch up to the increase, assuming, that govt spending does freeze.
"– say what you will about it's positive effects…"
unless there is a poll out there that I haven't heard about, the stimulus is an unmitigated disaster. tossing it out to 'defend' the admin is a grand mistake. it just reminds people of solyndra…
still, the spending increases in 2009 and 2010 are larger than the stimulus.
"which include saving our auto industry from collapse…"
only one company was saved by the auto bailout. ford did NOT receive cash. GM did.
they currently have 220k workers. they received 13 billion from bush, and 39 billion from obama.
we paid 236k per employee. raise your hand if you are not part of this .1% of the workforce and did not receive a 'bailout'.
we just spent 52 billion for 220k jobs.
one more factoid about obama saving the auto industry…
ford stock price was 1.43 at the end of 2008. it is now 12.30.
gm stock price, on it's ipo, was 32. it is now 26.5.
one company saved itself, sans govt intervention. the other has dropped 17%, since its ipo. the latter is the one that govt 'helped'.
claiming credit for the survival of the auto industry is a bridge that is a galaxy too far.
"Check out the GLD chart."
more intriguing, at the moment, is silver.
silver hit it's high in april 2011, and dropped well over 33% by end of 2011. gold kept on moving up, despite the drop in silver. now, silver is starting to move again, WITH gold.
if central banks were going with a metal hedge, silver is the way to go. otoh, cash strapped nations could very possibly liquidate some of their gold to keep their ponzi schemes afloat.
love gold long term, but the chance of a short term bubble is upon us. this modest and brief bubble comes not because the price is inflated, but because it is the last thing of value under the matresses. given the independence of gold, relative to silver, and the fact that they are moving together, would suggest that a new phase in metals is upon us…or a very old phase.
my 5 year gold target is about 2500-2700.
my 5 year silver is 65-85. yes, a wilder range, but that is the nature of the silver market.
my caveat for all metal bugs…
your stomach will be in knots for months, as the price falls with the economies of the world. the rebound will come, but don't be too eager to get in now.
there is a modest chance that the bubble doesn't come, as central banks panic over every other investment, and simply keep pushing a rapidly inflating price, but I tend to think that, given the chance to keep things going and buy some more time, everyone who has made money in gold(and silver) will try and ride their losses out with the liquidation of winners. the bubble will keep from forming again until these short termers figure out that thy are selling the only thing that does have value, to stay invested in things that do not.


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MLB (and I guess the BBWAA) is trying to generate more buzz for their end-of-season hardware, so they're now naming finalists for each major award in advance of the winner actually being announced. Got it? Good. Robinson Cano is one of five AL MVP finalists, joining Mike Trout, Miguel Cabrera, Adrian Beltre, and Josh Hamilton. I could easily see him finishing anywhere from third through fifth, but he won't win. Miggy clinched that with the Triple Crown.
Here are the rest of the award finalists. The Yankees didn't place anyone in the Cy Young and Rookie of the Year races while Joe Girardi did not make the Manager of the Year cut. None of that is surprising. Derek Jeter wasn't able to sneak into the MVP top five, but I bet he still finishes in the top ten. All of the major awards will be announced next week.
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They're also announcing them all live on MLBN to try to build interest. Not so sure it'll work, but to each their own.
Neither do I. Once they're announced, why would anyone care about watching a television show recapping (and stretching out) what we already know?
I wouldn't be so certain that Miguel Cabrera has it locked up. Cano had a great year, but I'm not 100% certain he was the most valuable player on his own team. Jeter is right there with him in that regard.
Cabrera totally has the award locked up. Trout will be second. That's not how I'd vote, but that's the way I see it going.
WAR, schmWAR, right? intangibles!
stop eating shit and you will evolve.*
*i read that on a bathroom wall; truer words.
Cano for MVP this year? Haha. Hahahahahahahahaha.
Did they watch the second half of his season? Or the playoffs. "Most Disappointing"…"Most Frustrating"…"Most Likely to GIDP or Strike Out with RISP"…but "Most Valuable", no, no way. Not for someone who can fail so frequently and consistently and be so bad about pitch selection but seem totally indifferent and unwilling to fixing his swing.
The votes are submitted before the playoffs.
Cano had the best year of his career in 2012.
150 wRC+, .394 wOBA. His 2010 season comes close, but this was literally the best year he's ever had. And you post a comment like that? Jeez dude. He's not going to win the MVP (that'll be between Cabrera or Trout), but stop acting like a spoiled fan.
I'll throw some more on there. Highest B% of his career. Highest ISO of his career. Tied the most games he played in his career. Highest OBP of his career. Highest SLG of his career.
But he's a bum, right? *face palm* Don't let statistics get in the way of a shitty narrative, huh?
Don't even bother. Haters will hate.
He's not a hater, he's just stupid.
The two tend to go hand in hand.
Yeah, and some times statistics get in the way of common sense. I don't think he's a bum, he's in my top three favorite players, but I don't think you can seriously say that his performance wasn't dissapointing this year, at a minimum to call this his *best* season is…well kind of silly.
Is it silly? Can you give me an example of how it wasn't his best season? Because almost every stat out there says it is, it's not as if I'm cherry picking. If we don't use stats, what are we using? Narratives? The good old eye test? What are we basing this one? Statistics record history, so that our memories do not distort the past (and they do). Sure, they can be misused. But I feel like the stats I stated were pretty comprehensive. He did almost everything better this year than any year of his career. How is that not his best season?
But he didn't set a career high in Hits, RBI, BA or SB! Sure he won the Gold Glove and set career highs in literally every other statistic, but everyone knows that those ones don't count!
Don't forget OBP. He fell .002 points short of 2010!
well, that's the kicker.
Robbie sucked last year! Why did that idiot Cashman pick up his option?!
People are always going to go a bit overboard given the expectations on him now, which are fair, but to ignore all of his deficiencies as you guys are doing now is almost as bad as ignoring his overall great numbers as some others are doing.
He set career highs in almost every category.
How was it not the best year of his career?
Where did I say it wasn't?
What were his deficiencies besides his low RBI total? I guess you could say his RISP numbers but those weren't even that bad, just not as great as they were in 2010-2011.
Compare them to Cabrera and Trout, the top MVP competitors, and the RISP numbers are not so great. Plus, his numbers with the bases loaded were plain awful.
I think any argument that he should not be in the top 5 MVP list should be to compare him to everyone who didn't make that list, not to the obvious 1-2 finishers.
"Compare them to Cabrera and Trout," really? That's like saying Pujols wasn't great early in his career because Bonds was so much better.
"All his deficiencies"? The only thing he really did worse was hit against LHP. But considering it was a 1 year thing and he still managed to set career highs in most meaningful offensive categories despite that, I don't think it's a big problem. What are deficiencies are there that make up "all"? He's never been a burner, so I don't think bothering with base running numbers means anything. I think it's absolutely ridiculous for someone to call his season "disappointing". He's the best player on this team who had his best year to date. If you really want to argue that another season was slightly better, fine. I will disagree, but at the most, it is pretty much semantics.
For both you and 'GPU', we're only considering a one year thing, so excusing a deficiency as a one year thing makes zero sense.
As you stated, he was an absolute zero against lefties. He was also invisible with RISP (and other similar situations) for a majority of the season, leading to some of the other lacking numbers that others with choose to point out.
His baserunning is always pretty bad, so I'm not even going to bother with that. But, say what you will about the defensive metrics, but I also feel he took a bit of a step back defensively this year too.
Don't jump on me and try to lump me in with the original commenters you were replying to. But to ignore everything that doesn't fit your choice or your favorite player is denying part of the story too.
What we were responding to was someone saying that it was silly to call this year Robbie's best year.
This year was the best year of his career, hands down. The fact that he wasn't great in some areas doesn't mean that on the whole this wasn't the best year of his career, which is what we were pointing out.
You're arguing something completely different here. You're not wrong, it's just not the same conversation.
Not really, because though the most recent replies were to the guy about his individual best season, it all started with Elton about him being an MVP candidate at all, which is where JJ started his support, with no acknowledgement of his deficiencies.
I specifically said that Robbie should not win the MVP. Just that it's not crazy that he's in the top 5. All I'm saying is that it's ridiculous to call his season disappointing when it was the best of his career. And yes, I realize it was not you who said that. I'm not sure what your point here is.
Robbie had a .830 OPS w/RISP. Lower than his non-RISP OPS, but not quite 'invisible'. The 'Men On' stat is almost as important as RISP, where Robbie has a .957 OPS. So yeah, hopefully Robbie is better next year w/RISP, but let's not act like his 2012 numbers made him useless.
You can cite all the numbers you want. While Cano had a good year, it easily was not his best, nor is it MVP award winning caliber. Watching the actual games is enough evidence of that. If you want to go to the numbers, his numbers with runners in scoring position are all I need to point you to. Particularly in comparison with Cabrera and Trout.
So what you're saying is…that the people jjyank said should win the MVP had better years than Robbie?
And which of Robbie's years was better? Please, enlighten me.
I'm actually stunned that the National League writers put Headley in the top 5 (I think he deserves to be there, I'm just stunned that they put him in there)
Considering they vote for this before the play offs why do we have to wait so long each year for them to anounce the award winners.
What exactly are they marketing here. Everything has be turned into some kind of dragged out media extravaganza. '
I'm a fan….I care all ready…just give me the results.
You'd have to market it less if we could find out the winners within a few weeks of the season being over.
They do it to bridge the gap between the beginning of the offseason and when the hot stove action starts to pick up.
With the intent of keeping the interest of the "common" fans.
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"Businesses burn down, principals die or get sick, the founding principal becomes disabled," Hunter said. "Sometimes they get hurt in automobile wrecks and have to recover, which can take over a year."
Insurance is a safety net for unanticipated accidents that can throw a business off course or even force it to shut its doors.
Hunter teaches a class on insurance for Gaston College's small business seminar series, and said that many people who attend ask how to buy affordable insurance and which coverage is most important to their businesses.
Here are the types of insurance that Hunter recommends small businesses consider:
• Business owner policy: Similar to a homeowners policy, this insurance combines property and general liability coverage.
• Workers' compensation: Required of all businesses with three or more employees in North Carolina, this policy pays for employee accidents that occur on the job and can include doctor visits, prescriptions, rehabilitation, weekly income payments and weekly disability payments.
• Health insurance: Businesses should consider coverage for the principal and employees. Business owners should stay up-to-date on pending changes in the health insurance industry due to the Affordable Care Act.
• Professional liability/errors and omissions insurance: This covers errors made by professionals and is typically carried by professionals such as doctors, lawyers, home inspectors, surveyors, accountants, real estate agents and nurses.
Hunter said that small business owners should seek out agents who specialize in business insurance.
Agents can help small business owners reduce the cost of coverage as well, Hunter said.
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The South County Stallions defeated the Chantilly Chargers 74-57 at South County on Tuesday in the second round of the Northern Region Tournament. Tight defense led the South County team to victory, and the Stallions face Woodson for the regional championship game at 6 p.m. Friday at Robinson Secondary School.Quarter 1 2 3 4 South County 14 43 56 74 Chantilly 11 22 39 57
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Parkway West students, fans and alumni packed the stands for the school's Homecoming football game Sept. 14 against the Parkway Central Colts.
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Aside from the presentation of Homecoming court and the marching band presentation at halftime, Longhorns fans had little reason to cheer. Down at the half 28 to 0, West allowed another Central touchdown through their defense at 11:18 remaining in the 3rd quarter. The Colts failed to pick up an extra point with a missed field goal, but the score advanced to 34-0.
Five minutes later into the 3rd, Central took a field goal to jump their lead to 37-0. A faulty Longhorns possession into the 4th, the Colts took the ball back and Michael Slater ran the ball in for another touchdown. Missing the extra point again, the Colts stretched their lead to 43-0.
The Longhorns got themselves on the board with the next scoring run on the field. A successful play from West quarterback Taylor McNeal to Aaron Reale gained 6 yards for a 2nd down. Troy Thomas carried the ball for West and a 1st down.
West's Michael Bruhin was the Longhorn to take the ball to the endzone and score a touchdown with 7:01 left in the 4th quarter. Bruhin's run broke the shut-out and changed the score to 43-6. West went for a two-point conversion play and did not succeed, but held the Colts from scoring for the remainder of the game.
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After chasing Bolívar out of Venezuela, Boves turned his attention to the east, where other patriot generals including José Félix Ribas were still fighting. He met Ribas at the Battle of Urica on December 5, 1814. Although Boves' force won the battle, he himself was mortally wounded by a lance and died shortly thereafter.
Boves and his dreaded Legion of Hell were able to tip the scale against the Second Venezuelan Republic: he is almost singlehandedly responsible for its downfall, at least militarily. His participation in the war (and that of his successor Morales) certainly prolonged the struggle for Venezuelan independence.
Boves' success taught Bolívar and the other patriot leaders some important lessons. First of all, hatred for whites among the blacks and "pardos" was at an all-time high: Boves had been able to use that hatred to form his mighty army. His slogan, "white lands for blacks," drew thousands to his side. The patriots also learned that the men of the plains, generally disregarded before the Second Republic, were a force to be reckoned with. Later, Patriot General José Antonio Páez would once again mobilize the plainsmen, only this time for the patriot side.
Boves is today remembered for his cruelty and indifference to the suffering of innocents. Although some royalist officers earned the grudging respect of their adversaries, Boves was universally loathed by everyone in Venezuela except for his own men. He has gone down in history more as a monster than a leader of men. Perhaps because of his evil reputation, he is a popular figure among those who write about that turbulent era: Boves, el Orogallo is a well known book by Venezuelan author Francisco Herrera Luque. The award-winning film, Taita Boves, is about him as well.
Harvey, Robert. Liberators: Latin America's Struggle for Independence Woodstock: The Overlook Press, 2000.
Lynch, John. The Spanish American Revolutions 1808-1826 New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1986.
Lynch, John. Simon Bolivar: A Life. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2006.


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Barack Obama May Lose New York Congressional Race
You can really see why Republicans are falling over themselves to squeeze themselves into the GOP primary clown car. Not only are the president's chances of pulling off a rare incumbent loss increasing with every new day of polling, but now he's starting to lose races in which he's not even a candidate.
Remember the congressional seat in that staunchly-Democratic district of New York City that used to be represented by Anthony Weiner's vainglorious penis? Well, in the special election for that seat, Guy Who Is Unfortunate Enough to Share a Party with Obama is within striking distance of losing it all to Dude Who Is Lucky Enough to Maybe Surf the Public's Hatred of the President into a Congressional Office…
The Siena College poll, conducted early this month, showed Mr. [David] Weprin with an advantage of 6 percentage points [over Republican Bob Turner], within the margin of sampling error of plus or minus 4 points.
Suddenly Mr. Weprin's aides have ramped up fund-raising, enlisting big-name figures like Senator Joseph I. Lieberman to headline events. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has dispatched operatives to advise the candidate. And the campaign, aided by big city unions, is drawing up an extensive field operation to turn out the vote.
Few predict a Republican upset: registered Democrats outnumber Republicans by three to one in the Ninth Congressional District. But it is not uniformly liberal… and even those closest to Mr. Weprin grudgingly describe the contest as uncomfortably competitive.
Somewhere, in an underground laboratory, our nation's top scientists are working fervently to invent exciting new races for the President to lose. I hear they're this close to creating a quantum Schrödinger's congressional seat that Obama can both lose and lose really badly.
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Liveblogging Anthony Weiner's Resignation, 2pm
2:25 – Well, that's that. He just resigned. The gentleman will sit. The gentleman will sit, indeed.
2:23 – "Are you more than seven inches?" – someone in the crowd. I didn't think Larry Craig would show up.
2:22 – Weiner is really trying to flatter his constituents up there. I give him about 30 seconds before he shows them his schlong.
2:21 – Weiner is up!
2:20 – What do you think David Vitter is thinking about, while watching all this unfold? I'll bet it's something like, "Baby wants his diaper."
2:13 – MSNBC will have live video of the press conference once it starts.
2:07 – It's kinda nice to hear that Huma Abedin won't be doing the stoic supportive wife standing next to the apologetic politician thing. Should make more room on the stage for Andrew Breitbart.
2:02 - I hear Capitol Police are investigating a suspicious package outside Weiner's office. I guess that means Weiner's approaching the press room.
1:59 - So, apparently this press conference is only going to last for about 5 minutes. That's kind of a disappointment. I'd thought Weiner could go longer than that.
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Anthony Weiner Will Resign This Afternoon
I suppose we all knew it would come to this, but now it appears that it is in fact coming to this…
Representative Anthony D. Weiner has told House leaders and friends that he plans to resign his seat after coming under growing pressure from his Democratic colleagues to leave the House, said a top Democratic official and two people told of Mr. Weiner's plans…
The top Democratic official said Mr. Weiner called Representative Nancy Pelosi of California and Representative Steve Israel of New York last night while they were at the White House picnic to inform them he had decided to resign on Thursday.
Mr. Weiner plans to resign in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, at 2 p.m. , at the spot where he announced his first campaign for City Council in 1992, according to two people told of his plans.
Let this be a lesson to you congresspeople out there: Although it may seem like tweeting pictures of your penis to random strangers out in the Twitterverse is a great idea that can't possibly have any negative blow-back, strange things like this can happen.
It's a crazy would we live in now. We're all learning to navigate it together.
Update: We'll be liveblogging Weiner's press conference at 2/1c.
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From the Pork Barrel: Smile!
* Some people are wondering why John Edwards is smiling in these mug shots that were just released. I have a feeling he thinks he posing for a coin.
* You know, it's definitely kind of gross that Rep. Anthony Weiner asked that porn star to lie about their relationship. But, you know, I'll bet that wasn't the grossest thing he asked her to do.
* Good news everybody! Nancy Pelosi has successfully grown wealth in the U.S. by 62 percent. For herself at any rate.
* I used to think that Michele Bachmann was a crazy lady with no shot at winning the presidency. Now I think she's a crazy lady with no chance at winning the presidency, but that she's fun to read about.
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Emma Roberts Arrested For Giving Boyfriend A Bloody Nose, Rep Calls Incident A 'Misunderstanding'
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Emma Roberts allegedly attacked her boyfriend and was arrested in Montreal, Canada, last week.
Emma, whose father is actor Eric Roberts and aunt is Julia Roberts, was taken into custody by police after they responded to reports of a fight between her and actor Evan Peters.
According to TMZ, the actress, 22, reportedly gave Evan, 26, a bloody nose in a hotel room. Evan did not press charges, and Emma was released from custody a few hours later.
The couple's representatives released a joint statement reading: "It was an unfortunate incident and misunderstanding. Ms. Roberts was released after questioning and the couple are working together to move past it."
The couple is working on FX series "American Horror Story: Coven." Emma is playing a party girl in the third season of the acclaimed show.
Emma also stars in the upcoming film "We're The Millers" opposite Jennifer Aniston and Jason Sudeikis. It hits theaters in August.
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Multilingual site with a default language
27 July 2008 at 10:49pm
Hi all!
I have got a website in 2 languages: English and Russian. When a user first visits the website, he sees the English translation. How can I make Russian the default language? I have tried i18n::set_default_language('ru') but instead of making the site look russian by default, it made the language switch in the CMS go away. Please, help.
With best regards,
Artem B.
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31 July 2008 at 12:19am
I'm really confused. In the _config.php file I set
Then I set a breakpoint on Translatable::current_lang() and see that it always returns "ru", Why then the site is loaded in English first?
Please, help!
With best regards,
Artem B.
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1 August 2008 at 8:37pm
Guys, I really need help with this problem.
I have a website with nothing but a homepage translated into 2 languages - English and Russian. My goal is to show russian version by default and let the user switch to english if he likes.
Now, whenever a user visits the site it displays english version of the home page by default. If I visit /?lang=ru it displays russian.
I have tried to set i18n::set_default_lang('ru') which completely disables any multi-lingual content and makes the site show the english page even if I add ?lang=ru to the url.
If anyone has any idea about how to do that, please tell. I would really like some expertease on this.
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1 August 2008 at 8:50pm Last edited: 1 August 2008 8:58pm
That's weird,
I have a site with default language set on Bulgarian and English to switch by ?lang=en.
So it should work with:
And when you enter the CMS the default language set to add things will be Russian, when you change it in the CMS to English (for example) and you leave the CMS set on English the website will be in English.. so before you leave let it on Russian again.
Dispite that, with those strings added in your _config.php everything should work (i have it that way and it works) ^^ maybe it's a good idea when you do it to flush the cache ?flush=1
hope you make it!
Well if everything still goes on a mess, you can save your work and start making a new page with the translation mode enabled..this way it should by everything ok ^^
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1 August 2008 at 9:08pm
It seems like you have to start with your default language from the very beginning and THEN translate pages to the secondary (english in my case). I have started the site from scratch and that fixed the problem.
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Below is the Rose-Hulman men's basketball blog from
France. This page will be updated as photos and additional
entries are available. Enjoy!
Day 1 - "MAN, THIS COULD NOT HAVE GONE ANY
Those are the astute words of Coach Shaw after boarding our
plane from Chicago directly to Paris. We left T.H. on time at
12:30p, arrived to O'Hare in plenty of time and successfully met
the rest of our group that went directly to Chicago and were
ushered to the front of the line for ticketing. Everybody
checked their bags and proceeded through security in practically no
time. The only minor issue was Steve Ricks' carry-on bag,
which was actually RH Basketball stuff, including gifts for our
opponents and friends in France. It included several RH ink
pens which apparently looked like bullets when scanned. It is
reported Steve began to panic when the security man put on a pair
of gloves and called out, "We are going to need the extra long
gloves for this search!!" We boarded the plane as scheduled
and when the doors closed there were enough empty seats for
everyone to spread and stretch out. We taxied out and then-
We were told there was a problem with the plane that needed
checked out. However, we sat on the runway for an hour before
there was a gate for us to return to. After sitting on the
plane for another hour we were told that this flight had been
canceled due to mechanical problems and there was a re-booking
agent outside the gate. However, since we were at the back of
the plane and the last to get off, there were about 120 people in
front of us getting another flight. After dozens of phone
calls to American (and our trip organizer and anybody else we
thought could help) we were able to get re-booked the next day and
would arrive to Paris 24 hours late. By this time it was
11:30p. (the original flight was to leave at 5:55p), we received
dinner, breakfast and hotel vouchers and shuttled to a nearby hotel
and settled in at about 1a (without bags and a subsequent change of
chothes). Ok- THINGS COULD HAVE WENT SMOOTHER!!
Day 2 - "WE HAVE DECIDED
We left the hotel around 9a, got re-ticketed, went through
security again and eventually boarded a plane to Miami (we were
re-booked through Miami). That flight went off without much
problem. We landed, went to our gate and again boarded a
plane headed to Paris (now out of Miami). After boarding and
getting ready for take-off the pilot came on the intercom and
bluntly said this plane has problems and isn't going
anywhere. He said that we have another plane ready for us so
we got off the plane, walked to another gate and waited for 4 hours
while they changed the tires on the "new" plane. Are you
kidding- they had to change the tires right there outside the
gate. That plane eventually took off we plan on arriving in
Paris, 28 hours and two damaged planes later. One highlight
of the airport experience was to watch Assistant Coach Rusty Loyd's
wife Kristen in action. She was taking no chances that we
would be last in line if that flight was canceled. She STOOD
first in line at the gate counter (even though there was no real
line!!) for over 2 hours just in case we needed that spot in
line. It got us meal vouchers quickly when they offered them
to the passengers on our delayed flight, but if that plane had been
canceled, Mrs. Loyd was going to get us re-booked first!!
Day 3 -
We arrived at DeGaulle in Paris at about 1p and went through
customs in no time. They are very relaxed about checking
passports (they even forgot to stamp one person's) and didn't seem
to care much about our bags. They do extensive profiling in
French security and we look as harmless as we actually are.
Our tour guide and the man we will trust with everything (Carlo
Braun) greets us and quickly takes us to the bus. After
introductions and instructions, we bus to Chateau Versailles the
massive and ornate former home of Louis XiV and Marie Antoinette
among many other members of French royalty. After a little
over an hour there we proceed to our hotel, check in and get a very
quick bite (no real time to clean up) and back on the bus for the
ride to our first game. More about downtown European hotels
in future entries.
The game was really fun. Despite our obvious and
understandable fatigue, we played pretty well. The opposing
team was not one of elite level and had guys slightly older than
ours. They were very organized and played hard. The
manager of the team and the higher level pro team of the club
(Vasily) was a great guy and very gracious and kind. We won
the game in the last minute despite missing a ton of free throws
and turning the ball over in abundance against their press (which
we hadn't worked on since our season). James Pillischafske
started us out by hitting three 3's in the first few minutes and
hit 5 all together for his 15 points. Brenton Balsbaugh
played very well, scoring 14 including two aggressive and powerful
half court dunks. Jon Gerken added 13 and Austin Weatherford
made the go ahead basket with less than a minute, and we held on
behind 2 free throws by Gerken and a strong defensive effort to
stop any reasonable attempt at tying 3 pt. shot (RH won
71-68). After the game we shared pictures and some drinks with our
friendly opponents and returned to the hotel for night time
activities and rest.
Day 4 - "ART
After nearly a 48-hour journey from the Rose-Hulman campus to the
cafe lined streets of Paris, most in our travel party spent this
morning trying to catch up on a little rest and adjusting to the
6-hour time change. French hotels do their best to make relaxation
and rest difficult. The rooms are quite small (maybe 10 x 12'),
there is not a suitable elevator for travel (mostly used for
luggage travel) which means lots of stair climbing, the bathrooms
are tiny and finding a TV station with someone speaking English is
impossible. I guess that is why so many people are walking around
in Paris - there is nowhere to hang out so they just walk the
Our first group activity today is visiting the Orsay Museum, which
was once a huge railway station. Although we only spent about an
hour or so in the Museum, the players were extremely impressed with
the variety of artwork in the museum (Manet, Van Gough, etc...) and
the coaching staff was impressed with how many pieces of art the
players recognized (I guess these Engineers have some art and
culture in their lives to go along with the trigonometry and
physics!!!). The highlights of the Museum had to be the most
recognized piece of art by our players, Whistler's famous painting
of his mother which is creatively named "Whistler's Mother".
After eating and freshening up at the hotel after the museum trip,
we bused to play our second game of the tour against an elite
Junior Team (similar ages to RH players) named Paris Levallois.
Their director of player development (for all the club's team
including their top level pro team) was a gentleman named Ron
Stewart, an American who played at St John's University in New
York, moved to France to play professionally and stayed with the
club. He told us that several of the players we would play against
would soon be moving up from the junior division of the
Paris-Levallois team and joining the professional team. Although we
got off to an extremely tough start (down 9-2 in the first two
minutes), we made some defensive adjustments and took a 17-10 lead
after the first quarter (that's right - they scored 1 point the
last 8 minutes of the quarter). After leading for most of the game,
the French team took the lead in the fourth quarter and we were
down by 1 with 28 seconds to play. Instead of fouling to get the
ball back (we were playing with a 24 second shot clock), we played
some good defense and got a steal with 10 seconds to play. Austin
Weatherford was fouled with 6.2 seconds to play and made both free
throws to take a lead. The Levallois team's last attempt at a win
came up short when a drive to the basket was whistled dead and the
referee called the first travel of the game on someone not named
Jon Gerken (this was EXTREMELY humorous to everyone on our team
since we felt like they had traveled about 100 times). We were led
in scoring by Austin Weatherford with 17, Nate Gissentanner with 15
and Julian Strickland with 11. After taking some pictures and
exchanging some gifts, we headed back to our hotel for the evening.
Because the game started pretty early (6:30p local), our guys were
able to adventure out into the Paris night and enjoy the French
We woke up this morning and went by metro and taxi to one of
Paris' most famous sights - the Louvre, the largest museum in
the world. Although our group can not be considered a
gathering of art experts, two exhibits are known to everyone no
matter of their interest in fine art. First of all, admission
was free (the first Sunday of every month) and the lines were like
nothing we have ever seen. There must have been 3,000 people
in ONE LINE. Carlo showed his skill and took us into the
attached Louvre mall (shops, etc...) where the line was much
shorter. It took about 45 minutes to get in because the line
moved very quickly. The size of the museum is
staggering. It is very similar in that regard to the Vatican
(only possibly bigger) and displays around 35,000 pieces of
art. Of course the highlight of the museum is the Mona Lisa
(with a 2nd being the Venus De Milo). The first thing people
notice is that it is relatively small (especially compared to many
of the massive paintings in the museum). Legend has it that
her eyes follow you around the room. There was a large crowd
around her so it was hard to tell, although Julian Strickland
claimed that ALL girls' eyes follow him so it was nothing
Everyone had the afternoon on their own and shopped, rested,
ate, drank and watched the finals of the French Open, which of
course was played here in Paris. We reconvened in the evening
for a trip down to the river Siene where we boarded a double decker
boat and took an hour long cruise of the river which runs through
the middle of Paris. There was even a group of students from
Vincennes, Ind., on a French cycling tour of France on
board!! We saw most of the sights, many of which we had
already seen up close. It was great fun and the view of the
Eiffel Tower was breathtaking, especially as it got dark and the
Tower was all lit. One of the world's most recognizable
sights was absolutely breathtaking. At 10p, 11p and Midnight
the Tower starts sparkling with the lights flashing and
twinkling. It was beautiful. It began pouring rain at
the very end of the ride but spoiled nothing. After waiting
under cover everyone got a bite to eat and got back to the hotel
for some much needed rest.
Our next two days promise to be a whirlwind of sightseeing,
basketball and travel so this will be the last blog entry until we
get home. Our last full day in France (hopefully- if our
travel goes well!!) will include a guided tour of the city,
including the Champ Elysees, the Arce de Triomphe, the ritsy
department stores, and the Opera House before going to Notre Dame
Cathedral and the Eiffel Tower (up close and going up in it).
We then play our farewell game at Coulommiers before returning to
the hotel and preparing for a long day of travel on Tuesday.
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When it comes to playing a round, golf courses in the Southland range in difficulty from "I got this," to "How in the heck...?" Your favorite courses offer the perfect mix of straight shots and tough doglegs.
The tough shots leave golfers shaking in their cleats and pensively eyeing the ball on the tee.
Patch asked its readers which , and after two weeks of voting, a winner has emerged.
Oak Forest's was voted as having the toughest drives around.
George Dunne received about 18 percent of the votes, and one reader noted in the comments that the fourth hole, in particular, was pretty tough. The feedback helped push Dunne ahead of its competition.
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How to stay impartial during interviews
Our job is to inform the public debate, not direct it. We are there to uncover facts, not plant them. Our role as journalists is to unearth information, prepare it and display it for the benefit of the audience. We are not there to manipulate, force or fabricate. So what are the essential attitudes needed when going out on a story?
I wrote this training module following an experience in the Caucasus when a young journalist interviewed me. I thought the interview was going to be about the course I was running. Within minutes it was clear that the reporter had only one question in mind. She wanted to know what I thought of her country's media, and she kept repeating the question, clearly eager to hear the answer that she wanted to hear.
It reminded me of the many times I have gone out on a story with an end result in mind. Like all journalists, I always wanted my story to run, either in print when I was a newspaper journalist, or in the bulletins and current affairs shows when I was a radio and TV correspondent. I also wanted it to be hard-hitting, insightful, memorable and – let's be honest – to win me praise.
Looking back, and with the Caucasus interview in mind, here are a few thoughts on how to make sure journalism relates to reality and not our own idea of how a situation should play out.
1. Retain an open mind. It's fine to set off on an interview having done your research and with one burning question in your mind. In fact, not to do so could be seen as sloppy and could leave you open to manipulation. However you need to retain an open mind and be prepared for the unexpected. It may be that there is a stronger line of questioning than the one you had thought of as you set off for the interview. You will probably not spot that opportunity if you are working to a set script and have an end result in mind.
Be prepared to leave your script behind and retain an open mind
2. Don't force an issue. Some journalists misinterpret resistance to questioning to be a form of admission of guilt, and that if the interviewee refuses to answer, or avoids the question, they have something to hide. It might not mean that. It could mean that it was a bad question not relevant to the topic. It could also mean that the person you are interviewing genuinely doesn't have an answer or opinion. It could mean that you don't understand the complexity of the issues being discussed. Press too hard at times like these and you could end up looking silly and damage the integrity of the media organisation you represent.
Confrontation is not necessarily a sign of good journalism - just because you get a reaction doesn't mean you have made a good point
3. Be firm but fair. You can be rigorous and robust in your interviewing and remain fair. Your job is to unearth facts that had it not been for you the world would never have known. You probably won't achieve this with a shouting match and a standoff. It will need clear questioning and sensible interpretation of the answers. Your role is not to appear smart and score points against the interviewee. Your role is to inform the public debate so that the audience can make educated choices. Be prepared to back down if you have asked a question that is clearly irrelevant and off topic. Be prepared to admit when you are wrong or when you are still learning. Be prepared to acknowledge a good point if the interviewee offers an plausible explanation.
Your role is not score points against the interviewee.
Remember to always challenge yourself more than you challenge the interviewee. If not, you will appear arrogant and lacking in objectivity and impartiality. Interviews are a two-way conversation, not one-way. One-way interviews with a predetermined end result are rarely more than rants and fitting only to those media organizations that have vested interests controlling the editorial agenda.
IJNet's partner, Media Helping Media (MHM) is a training information site that provides free media resources for journalists working in transition states, post-conflict countries and areas where freedom of expression and media freedom is under threat. The complete article is translated in full into IJNet's six other languages with permission from Media Helping Media.
Journalists Are Only Human
I feel many journalist could benefit much from this article. It is difficult for many to restrain from manipulation or input through personal emotional involvement. Journalists are after all human beings, so mistake should made too. The only mistake is not to learn from those mistakes. So setting your goals is extremely important. Especially point number two "Don't force an issue" is essential in my opinion. However pride can get in the way and in a really bad manner. --Makito Ochi. Best Regards.
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Being a human being, it is very difficult to be ethically neutral! Very well written! I learned a lot from this.
Mohammed Alauddin Hubert H. Humphrey Fellow Walter Cronkite School of Journalism


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Considering that Marduk released their new album Serpent Sermon yesterday via Century Media Records, I guess I should point out that the album has been streaming in it's entirety over at CVLT Nation since Friday. I don't know why I haven't posted about this stream yet, for some reason it just kept slipping past me. I suppose this is also appropriate since on Monday, Marduk's guitarist Morgan Steinmeyer Håkansson announced something that has been debated for the last two decades: he has skull fragments, pieces of brain and pieces of lead from the shotgun shell that Mayhem's former vocalist used to take his own life.
It was said that Mayhem's gutiarist Euronymous had collected pieces of Dead (born Per Ohlin) after his suicide and sent pieces to black metal musicians who he felt were worthy, those who truly honed the craft. No other names have been reported, but you can read the full piece here. And while you're reading, go stream or buy Marduk's new album Serpents Sermon.


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West Virginia State Police troopers from the Richwood and Summersville detachments in Nicholas County on Tuesday nabbed two convicts who had escaped Sunday from Denmar Correctional Facility in Pocahontas County.
Thomas Pennington, convicted of murder and sexual assault in Kanawha County, and Larry Morehead, serving a sentence for sexual assault in Nicholas County, had broken out of the facility around 1:30 a.m. Sunday.
Police had advised residents that the men were dangerous and that residents should keep their doors locked.
Just after 10 a.m. Monday, Trooper G.K. Davis of the Summersville detachment spotted Pennington walking on W.Va. 39 near Richwood.
Pennington attempted to dodge behind a building, police said, but Davis "got him."
Once Pennington was taken into custody, Davis and Trooper D.L. Gordon of the Richwood detachment located Morehead "just up the road," Gordon reported.Gordon said both men seemed resigned to the capture.
"They were done," he said. "They more or less just gave up pretty easy.
Gordon said police were interviewing Morehead and Pennington around 11:30 a.m. to establish details of the escape.
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Excerpts from editorials around the country about the Navy Yard shooting.
The Philadelphia Inquirer: The Navy Yard shootings have renewed questions about the security of military installations. Apparently, not enough has changed since an Army major influenced by radical Islamists opened fire four years ago and killed 13 people at Fort Hood, Texas.
The accused Navy Yard gunman apparently had no problem entering that post with a shotgun. Given his background, it's hard to believe Aaron Alexis was given clearance to work as a contracted civilian employee updating computer systems.
Cited at least eight times in his four-year Navy career for misconduct, he had a record of violence, including two shooting incidents, and was described by his father as having problems managing anger.
The Dallas Morning News:
How in the world? How does someone with documented gunfire incidents in Seattle and Fort Worth still manage a concealed handgun permit and security clearance to enter a Navy base?
The signs were there. Why didn't we see them?
What might we have done if we had?
What's remarkable – or remarkably frustrating – about modern-day mass shootings in America isn't the differences but the commonalities. Mental health problems. Access to guns, whether legally or not. Attraction to violent video games. Delusions of grandeur. Inability to move past disappointment or personal slight.
We must keep searching for answers. When we stop, when we throw up our hands and lock our doors in fear and frustration, we lose ourselves and we lose our society.
The Kansas City Star:
The Navy Yard shootings have prompted a call for reconsideration of a bipartisan measure to expand background checks. Earlier this year, the U.S. Senate refused to even debate such modest legislation.
The massacre of 20 schoolchildren and six school staffers should have been a tipping point. Now Congress is confronted with a workplace slaughter in its back yard. Expanded background checks would not infringe on anyone's freedom, and they would save lives. Americans can only hope against hope that the terrible events in Washington this week will bring some sanity to the gun debate.
The Washington Post: Above all, Monday's shooting should give urgency to efforts to enact more rational gun laws. No, we don't yet know what might have slowed or stopped Aaron Alexis. And, no, no law or reform could prevent every mass killing. But sensible protections would make it more difficult for the wrong people to get guns and for the wrong guns – which serve no law-abiding or sporting purpose – to be so readily available.
In the aftermath of the last mass shooting that unsettled America – the slaughter of 20 Connecticut schoolchildren – the solution offered by the National Rifle Association was to place armed guards in every school. "The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun," said Wayne LaPierre, the group's chief executive.
There were plenty of good guys at the Navy Yard Monday morning, many of them with guns. They, and all the rest of us who live at risk because of Second Amendment zealotry, deserve political leaders with the guts to trade in the NRA's nonsense for some common sense.


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The County Commissioners and County Manager decided a few years ago that Cumberland County as a Government and a region needed representation at the State Legislature, to help understand and support or oppose legislation affecting the area. Bill Whitten was chosen for that position, as part of his Assistant County Manager duties. Each session he meets at the State House on a regular basis with our Legislators to attempt to bring the delegation tgether to support the region. They hold bi weekly meetings, and a monthly meeting with the York County delegation to find ways we can support the entire South Coastal Maine Region. This has proven successful over the past years and will continue.
Each week, this will be updated by Assistant County Manager and "lobbyist" Bill Whitten, as to what is happening in the Legislature.
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Meet Jane Archer:Extraordinary BellyDance Instructor,Performer, and Community Builder!
Jane Archer is a highly energetic, supportive dance instructor who found her passion in teaching, performing, choreography, and organizing fun events. Jane is the owner & instigator of Euphoria Studios. A soulful dancer since 1981, Jane is the creator of Neo-Tribal Belly Dance, and Director of The Circle Dance Company-Portland's premiere Neo-Tribal performance group. The Circle also supports their student performing group Mandala. Jane maintains a very active performance calendar & has had many successes that led her to become a well known and sought after performer and instructor.
The aspect of community, which seems to be lacking in our society, is a very important thread that ties us all together. Jane strives to provide the essence of community by creating a nurturing setting for classes, a space for students to feel safe to incorporate their own personal experiences into their creative expression. Euphoria Studios is an expansion of that-a vibrant, creatively supportive artistic community.
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THE funeral details for a Blackburn man who was killed in a car crash in America have been confirmed.
Family and friends will celebrate the life of Mick Baldwin, who died aged 41 in Connecticut, at a service at St Alban's Church, Larkhill, Blackburn on Wednesday at 11am.
It will be followed by a party at the Blues Bar at Ewood Park.
Mick's family need to raise £20,000 to bring his body back to Blackburn and will be holding a fundraiser at the Live Lounge, in Northgate, Blackburn on February 16.
The next day would have been Mick's 42nd birthday.
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If you've ever heard the lonesome harp playing that graces the Rolling Stones' "Miss You," then you've experienced the phenomenal harmonica skills of Sugar Blue. The talented instrumentalist has been performing since the age of 10 – nearly 50 years now – and contributed his blazing harp sound to such Stones albums as 1978's Some Girls, 1980's Emotional Rescue, and 1981's Tattoo You.
More importantly, for the blues music fan, Blue has played alongside such giants as Willie Dixon, Louisiana Red, Lonnie Brooks, and Son Seals, among many others. The cat is so talented that he's even backed hardcore jazz legends like Stan Getz and Paul Horn. Sadly, he has released only a handful of solo albums, Threshold being his fifth album since 1980 and his follow-up to 2007's acclaimed Code Blue. Much as he did with that previous album, Blue penned most of the songs on Threshold, and he's put together a top-notch band of seasoned pros to pursue his unique musical vision.
Sugar Blue's Threshold
It's the sound of Threshold that grabs your attention, a sort of "progressive blues" that begins with a traditional Chicago blues foundation and throws in dollops of soul, funk, reggae, and rock 'n' roll in creating a new and vital style of blues. The throwback sound of "Living Your Love," for instance, is achieved by means of a funky riff and a syncopated rhythm that evinces a certain island lilt. A recurring guitar lick underlines Blue's soulful croon, but when the singer kicks in with his trusty harmonica, it's pure blues nirvana for the Little Walter or Junior Wells fan. Blue's harp blasts are fluid, melodious, and forceful with no hesitation or doubt.
Blue takes a different tack with "Average Guy;" the song's lyrical celebration of the working-class is whip-smart, bolstered by a particularly mournful harp signature and a jazzy, shuffling rhythm that slides beneath Blue's reverent, smooth-as-silk vocals. Filigree, Spanish-inflected guitar line courtesy of Motoaki Makino adds a welcome Al DiMeola feel to the song's fading moments.
Stop The War
Blue takes the listener in yet another (adventuresome) direction with "Noel News," a tribute to the people of New Orleans that is delivered with a sly, Bourbon Street flavored soundtrack, dashes of Professor Longhair-styled pianoplay, and lots of Blue's jumpin-n-jivin' harp blowing that covers the song like a warm summer rain. With the pastoral sound of birds singing brutally interrupted by a discordant guitar chord and sounds of bombs exploding and missiles being launched, Blue and band jump headfirst into the raucous "Stop The War."
An intelligent anti-war song that includes found vocals amidst swirling sounds, Blue's vocals here are pissed off but positive, the song sounding like something more akin to Living Colour's blistering hard rock than a soul-blues number, with Blue's laser-like harp notes taking the place of Vernon Reid's explosive, angular guitarplay. With its gospel-styled harmony vocals and message of peace and brotherhood, the song is a jarring reminder of the cost of war, but also reminds of the old axiom "F@#k War, Let's Dance!"
James Cotton & Junior Wells
If "Stop The War" wasn't enough to blow your mind and convince you that Threshold is a different kind of blues album, then the unusual instrumental "Ramblin" just might...Blue matches one warbling, twangy harmonica (sounds like DeFord Bailey to me!) against what sounds like a flatulent tuba, but I assume is just a harp of another pitch. The whole thing sounds like the intro to a Tom Waits' song to me, but after repeated plays you can pick out themes of wistfulness, loneliness and, finally, freedom from the discordant notes.
Sugar Blue pays tribute on Threshold to a couple of his musical idols and influences in harp masters James Cotton and Junior Wells. With "Cotton Tree," an original that honors Cotton's life and friendship, Blue delivers a clever lyrical homage to his former mentor, the song a mid-tempo soul-blues with plenty of silky harp notes, rich vocals, and jazzy, George Benson-styled fretwork with great tone and melody that provides a feast for your ears.
Messin' With The Kid
Blue's cover of Wells' signature "Messin' With The Kid" is a free-wheeling, bluesy romp with a funky rhythm driven by some solid interplay between bass, piano, and drums. Staying true to the spirit of the original, Blue matches his wild harp blasts against a raging lead guitar like Wells leaning on Buddy Guy. The album's other cover, of Leiber and Stoller's Elvis Presley hit "Trouble," is reinvented as a brassy Chicago blues-styled rocker with swinging harp play, ruff-n-tumble juke-joint piano, crashing rhythms, and Blue's powerful voice.
A pair of romantic interludes close Threshold, the first - "Don't Call Me" - updating the old soul/blues theme with a modern technology reference, Blue's desperate vocals, a melancholy harp performance, and a subtle, lilting rhythm. "Nightmare" is a more up-tempo rocker with a 1970s-styled soul/funk undercurrent, Blue's hurried and almost shouted vocals, and some tasty Ernie Isley-styled guitar threaded between solid drumbeats. Threshold also includes a lengthy interview that offers some moments of insight, but serves as a kind of harsh bringdown after the engaging music that precedes it. The female interview's high-pitched giggle/laugh hits your ears like broken glass and kitten's cries...just one reason why artist interviews should not be included on any album.
The Reverend's Bottom Line
Aside from his obvious skills as a harp player, Blue is also a powerful vocalist and intelligent songwriter, and Threshold also shows a further refinement of his wordplay that sets him among the best songwriters in the blues today. It's Blues's sense of creative adventurism that makes Threshold so entertaining, however, as he further expands not only his own personal musical barriers, but the definition of blues music in the year 2010. It's not too early to consider Sugar Blue's Threshold as one of the year's best...it's just that damn good! (Beeble Records, released January 26, 2010)


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You know when you find something and you just have to share it? That's how I feel about these 15 items that I use every day. Some might be a little strange (like kitchen sponges in the shower?) but who cares…..if it works…..right? The best part is that I feel like I've hit the jackpot because I've never spent less on my beauty products.
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Custom Compounded Moisturizer. If you have a local compounding pharmacy they can whip this up for you. Ask for: 5% Alpha Lipoic Acid, 3.99% Glycolic Acid, 3% DMAE and you'll get pretty close. My skin has gone back in time about 10 years since starting to use it last year. Even Mr. LBB noticed.....he's started stealing it! (Locals can call Town Center Pharmacy)
*Just a note on the custom compounded moisturizer. I think you need a script for it. A nurse practitioner (Janet Miller) writes it for me at Town Center Pharmacy but your dermatologist or primary doctor might be able to as well. You might also be able to find an over the counter alternative that is close. Hope that helps!


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"I'm very excited," Jackman told NY1 on the red carpet before the 66th Annual Tony Awards. "Aaron Sorkin is writing the book, Stephen Schwartz doing the music, Jack O'Brien directing [and] David Rockwell [providing scenic design]... We have a very exciting group, [and] we're about to do a first act read-through in about a week."
As previously announced, Jackman will star in the title role in the musical that is scheduled for a Broadway bow in the 2013-14 season.
Tony winners Scott Sanders and Rockwell produce the musical about the life of the turn-of-the-century illusionist, which will have a score by Academy Award-winning composer-lyricist Schwartz (Wicked, Pippin, "Pocahontas") and a book by Academy Award winner Sorkin ("A Few Good Men," "The Newsroom," The Farnsworth Invention). Kurt Andersen, who has been developing the musical over the last several seasons, will remain on as a creative consultant.
Jackman, who is being honored for his "contributions to the Broadway community, both as a performer and humanitarian; his tireless dedication to charitable works of many types; and his personal generosity of spirit," is also a Tony winner for The Boy From Oz. Visit his page at the Playbill Vault.