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The ban on information at the Trianon camp had been raised; Mrs. Candy had come calling on Doremus — complete with cocoanut layer cake — and he had heard of Mary's death, the departure of Emma and Sissy, the end of Windrip and Sarason. And none of it seemed in the least real — not half so real and, except for the fact that he would never see Mary again, not half so important as the increasing number of lice and rats in their cell.
During the ban, they had celebrated Christmas by laughing, not very cheerfully, at the Christmas tree Karl Pascal had contrived out of a spruce bough and tinfoil from cigarette packages. They had hummed "Stille Nacht" softly in the darkness, and Doremus had thought of all their comrades in political prisons in America, Europe, Japan, India.
But Karl, apparently, thought of comrades only if they were saved, baptized Communists. And, forced together as they were in a cell, the growing bitterness and orthodox piety of Karl became one of Doremus's most hateful woes; a tragedy to be blamed upon the Corpos, or upon the principle of dictatorship in general, as savagely as the deaths of Mary and Dan Wilgus and Henry Veeder. Under persecution, Karl lost no ounce of his courage and his ingenuity in bamboozling the M.M. guards, but day by day he did steadily lose all his humor, his patience, his tolerance, his easy companionship, and everything else that made life endurable to men packed in a cell. The Communism that had always been his King Charles's Head, sometimes amusing, became a religious bigotry as hateful to Doremus as the old bigotries of the Inquisition or the Fundamentalist Protestants; that attitude of slaughtering to save men's souls from which the Jessup family had escaped during these last three generations.
It was impossible to get away from Karl's increasing zeal. He chattered on at night for an hour after all the other five had growled, "Oh, shut up! I want to sleep! You'll be making a Corpo out of me!"
Sometimes, in his proselytizing, he conquered. When his cell mates had long enough cursed the camp guards, Karl would rebuke them: "You're a lot too simple when you explain everything by saying that the Corpos, especially the M.M.'s, are all fiends. Plenty of 'em are. But even the worst of 'em, even the professional gunmen in the M.M. ranks, don't get as much satisfaction out of punishing us heretics as the honest, dumb Corpos who've been misled by their leaders' mouthing about Freedom, Order, Security, Discipline, Strength! All those swell words that even before Windrip came in the speculators started using to protect their profits! Especially how they used the word 'Liberty'! Liberty to steal the didies off the babies! I tell you, an honest man gets sick when he hears the word 'Liberty' today, after what the Republicans did to it! And I tell you that a lot of the M.M. guards right here at Trianon are just as unfortunate as we are — lot of 'em are just poor devils that couldn't get decent work, back in the Golden Age of Frank Roosevelt — bookkeepers that had to dig ditches, auto agents that couldn't sell cars and went sour, ex-looeys in the Great War that came back to find their jobs pinched off 'em and that followed Windrip, quite honestly, because they thought, the saps, that when he said Security he meant SECURITY! They'll learn!"
And having admirably discoursed for another hour on the perils of self-righteousness among the Corpos, Comrade Pascal would change the subject and discourse upon the glory of self-righteousness among the Communists — particularly upon those sanctified examples of Communism who lived in bliss in the Holy City of Moscow, where, Doremus judged, the streets were paved with undepreciable roubles.
The Holy City of Moscow! Karl looked upon it with exactly such uncritical and slightly hysterical adoration as other sectarians had in their day devoted to Jerusalem, Mecca, Rome, Canterbury, and Benares. Fine, all right, thought Doremus. Let 'em worship their sacred fonts — it was as good a game as any for the mentally retarded. Only, why then should they object to his considering as sacred Fort Beulah, or New York, or Oklahoma City?
Karl once fell into a froth because Doremus wondered if the iron deposits in Russia were all they might be. Why certainly! Russia, being Holy Russia, must, as a useful part of its holiness, have sufficient iron, and Karl needed no mineralogists' reports but only the blissful eye of faith to know it.
He did not mind Karl's worshiping Holy Russia. But Karl did, using the word "naïve," which is the favorite word and just possibly the only word known to Communist journalists, derisively mind when Doremus had a mild notion of worshiping Holy America. Karl spoke often of photographs in the Moscow News of nearly naked girls on Russian bathing-beaches as proving the triumph and joy of the workers under Bolshevism, but he regarded precisely the same sort of photographs of nearly naked girls on Long Island bathing-beaches as proving the degeneration of the workers under Capitalism.
As a newspaper man, Doremus remembered that the only reporters who misrepresented and concealed facts more unscrupulously than the Capitalists were the Communists.
He was afraid that the world struggle today was not of Communism against Fascism, but of tolerance against the bigotry that was preached equally by Communism and Fascism. But he saw too that in America the struggle was befogged by the fact that the worst Fascists were they who disowned the word "Fascism" and preached enslavement to Capitalism under the style of Constitutional and Traditional Native American Liberty. For they were thieves not only of wages but of honor. To their purpose they could quote not only Scripture but Jefferson.
That Karl Pascal should be turning into a zealot, like most of his chiefs in the Communist party, was grievous to Doremus because he had once simple-heartedly hoped that in the mass strength of Communism there might be an escape from cynical dictatorship. But he saw now that he must remain alone, a "Liberal," scorned by all the noisier prophets for refusing to be a willing cat for the busy monkeys of either side. But at worst, the Liberals, the Tolerant, might in the long run preserve some of the arts of civilization, no matter which brand of tyranny should finally dominate the world.
"More and more, as I think about history," he pondered, "I am convinced that everything that is worth while in the world has been accomplished by the free, inquiring, critical spirit, and that the preservation of this spirit is more important than any social system whatsoever. But the men of ritual and the men of barbarism are capable of shutting up the men of science and of silencing them forever."
Yes, this was the worst thing the enemies of honor, the pirate industrialists and then their suitable successors, the Corpos with their blackjacks, had done: it had turned the brave, the generous, the passionate and half-literate Karl Pascals into dangerous fanatics. And how well they had done it! Doremus was uncomfortable with Karl; he felt that his next turn in jail might be under the wardenship of none other than Karl himself, as he remembered how the Bolsheviks, once in power, had most smugly imprisoned and persecuted those great women, Spiridinova and Breshkovskaya and Ismailovitch, who, by their conspiracies against the Czar, their willingness to endure Siberian torture on behalf of "freedom for the masses," had most brought on the revolution by which the Bolsheviks were able to take control — and not only again forbid freedom to the masses, but this time inform them that, anyway, freedom was just a damn silly bourgeois superstition.
So Doremus, sleeping two-and-a-half feet above his old companion, felt himself in a cell within a cell. Henry Veeder and Clarence Little and Victor Loveland and Mr. Falck were gone now, and to Julian, penned in solitary, he could not speak once a month.
He yearned for escape with a desire that was near to insanity; awake and asleep it was his obsession; and he thought his heart had stopped when Squad–Leader Aras Dilley muttered to him, as Doremus was scrubbing a lavatory floor, "Say! Listen, Mr. Jessup! Mis' Pike is fixin' it up and I'm going to help you escape jus' soon as things is right!"
It was a question of the guards on sentry-go outside the quadrangle. As sweeper, Doremus was reasonably free to leave his cell, and Aras had loosened the boards and barbed wire at the end of one of the alleys leading from the quadrangle between buildings. But outside, he was likely to be shot by a guard on sight.
For a week Aras watched. He knew that one of the night guards had a habit of getting drunk, which was forgiven him because of his excellence in flogging troublemakers but which was regarded by the more judicious as rather regrettable. And for that week Aras fed the guard's habit on Lorinda's expense money, and was indeed so devoted to his duties that he was himself twice carried to bed. Snake Tizra grew interested — but Snake also, after the first couple of drinks, liked to be democratic with his men and to sing "The Old Spinning–Wheel."
Aras confided to Doremus: "Mis' Pike — she don't dast send you a note, less somebody get hold of it, but she says to me to tell you not to tell anybody you're going to take a sneak, or it'll get out."
So on the evening when Aras jerked a head at him from the corridor, then rasped, surly-seeming, "Here you, Jessup — you left one of the cans all dirty!" Doremus looked mildly at the cell that had been his home and study and tabernacle for six months, glanced at Karl Pascal reading in his bunk — slowly waving a shoeless foot in a sock with the end of it gone, at Truman Webb darning the seat of his pants, noted the gray smoke in filmy tilting layers about the small electric bulb in the ceiling, and silently stepped out into the corridor.
The late-January night was foggy.
Aras handed him a worn M.M. overcoat, whispered, "Third alley on right; moving-van on corner opposite the church," and was gone.
On hands and knees Doremus briskly crawled under the loosened barbed wire at the end of the small alley and carelessly stepped out, along the road. The only guard in sight was at a distance, and he was wavering in his gait. A block away, a furniture van was jacked up while the driver and his helper painfully prepared to change one of the tremendous tires. In the light of a corner arc, Doremus saw that the driver was that same hard-faced long-distance cruiser who had carried bundles of tracts for the New Underground.
The driver grunted, "Get in-hustle!" Doremus crouched between a bureau and a wing chair inside.
Instantly he felt the tilted body of the van dropping, as the driver pulled out the jack, and from the seat he heard, "All right! We're off. Crawl up behind me here and listen, Mr. Jessup. . . . Can you hear me? . . . The M.M.'s don't take so much trouble to prevent you gents and respectable fellows from escaping. They figure that most of you are too scary to try out anything, once you're away from your offices and front porches and sedans. But I guess you may be different, some ways, Mr. Jessup. Besides, they figure that if you do escape, they can pick you up easy afterwards, because you ain't onto hiding out, like a regular fellow that's been out of work sometimes and maybe gone on the bum. But don't worry. We'll get you through. I tell you, there's nobody got friends like a revolutionist. . . . AND enemies!"
Then first did it come to Doremus that, by sentence of the late lamented Effingham Swan, he was subject to the death penalty for escaping. But "Oh, what the hell!" he grunted, like Karl Pascal, and he stretched in the luxury of mobility, in that galloping furniture truck.
He was free! He saw the lights of villages going by!
Once, he was hidden beneath hay in a barn; again, in a spruce grove high on a hill; and once he slept overnight on top of a coffin in the establishment of an undertaker. He walked secret paths; he rode in the back of an itinerant medicine-peddler's car and, concealed in fur cap and high-collared fur coat, in the sidecar of an Underground worker serving as an M.M. squad-leader. From this he dismounted, at the driver's command, in front of an obviously untenanted farmhouse on a snaky back-road between Monadnock Mountain and the Averill lakes — a very slattern of an old unpainted farmhouse, with sinking roof and snow up to the frowsy windows.
It seemed a mistake.
Doremus knocked, as the motorcycle snarled away, and the door opened on Lorinda Pike and Sissy, crying together, "Oh, my dear!"
He could only mutter, "Well!"
When they had made him strip off his fur coat in the farmhouse living room, a room with peeling wall paper, and altogether bare except for a cot, two chairs, a table, the two moaning women saw a small man, his face dirty, pasty, and sunken as by tuberculosis, his once fussily trimmed beard and mustache ragged as wisps of hay, his overlong hair a rustic jag at the back, his clothes ripped and filthy — an old, sick, discouraged tramp. He dropped on a straight chair and stared at them. Maybe they were genuine — maybe they really were there — maybe he was, as it seemed, in heaven, looking at the two principal angels, but he had been so often fooled so cruelly in his visions these dreary months! He sobbed, and they comforted him with softly stroking hands and not too confoundedly much babble.
"I've got a hot bath for you! And I'll scrub your back! And then some hot chicken soup and ice cream!"
As though one should say: The Lord God awaits you on His throne and all whom you bless shall be blessed, and all your enemies brought to their knees!
Those sainted women had actually had a long tin tub fetched to the kitchen of the old house, filled it with water heated in kettle and dishpan on the stove, and provided brushes, soap, a vast sponge, and such a long caressing bath towel as Doremus had forgotten existed. And somehow, from Fort Beulah, Sissy had brought plenty of his own shoes and shirts and three suits that now seemed to him fit for royalty.
He who had not had a hot bath for six months, and for three had worn the same underclothes, and for two (in clammy winter) no socks whatever!
If the presence of Lorinda and Sissy was token of heaven, to slide inch by slow ecstatic inch into the tub was its proof, and he lay soaking in glory.
When he was half dressed, the two came in, and there was about as much thought of modesty, or need for it, as though he were the two-year-old babe he somewhat resembled. They were laughing at him, but laughter became sharp whimpers of horror when they saw the gridironed meat of his back. But nothing more demanding than "Oh, my dear!" did Lorinda say, even then.
Though Sissy had once been glad that Lorinda spared her any mothering, Doremus rejoiced in it. Snake Tizra and the Trianon concentration camp had been singularly devoid of any mothering. Lorinda salved his back and powdered it. She cut his hair, not too unskillfully. She cooked for him all the heavy, earthy dishes of which he had dreamed, hungry in a cell: hamburg steak with onions, corn pudding, buckwheat cakes with sausages, apple dumplings with hard and soft sauce, and cream of mushroom soup!
It had not been safe to take him to the comforts of her tea room at Beecher Falls; already M.M.'s had been there, snooping after him. But Sissy and she had, for such refugees as they might be forwarding for the New Underground, provided this dingy farmhouse with half-a-dozen cots, and rich stores of canned goods and beautiful bottles (Doremus considered them) of honey and marmalade and bar-le-duc. The actual final crossing of the border into Canada was easier than it had been when Buck Titus had tried to smuggle the Jessup family over. It had become a system, as in the piratical days of bootlegging; with new forest paths, bribery of frontier guards, and forged passports. He was safe. Yet just to make safety safer, Lorinda and Sissy, rubbing their chins as they looked Doremus over, still discussing him as brazenly as though he were a baby who could not understand them, decided to turn him into a young man.
"Dye his hair and mustache black and shave the beard, I think. I wish we had time to give him a nice Florida tan with an Alpine lamp, too," considered Lorinda.
"Yes, I think he'll look sweet that way," said Sissy.
"I will not have my beard off!" he protested. "How do I know what kind of a chin I'll have when it's naked?"
"Why, the man still thinks he's a newspaper proprietor and one of Fort Beulah's social favorites!" marveled Sissy as they ruthlessly set to work.
"Only real reason for these damn wars and revolutions anyway is that the womenfolks get a chance — ouch! be careful! — to be dear little Amateur Mothers to every male they can get in their clutches. HAIR DYE!" said Doremus bitterly.
But he was shamelessly proud of his youthful face when it was denuded, and he discovered that he had a quite tolerably stubborn chin, and Sissy was sent back to Beecher Falls to keep the tea room alive, and for three days Lorinda and he gobbled steaks and ale, and played pinochle, and lay talking infinitely of all they had thought about each other in the six desert months that might have been sixty years. He was to remember the sloping farmhouse bedroom and a shred of rag carpet and a couple of rickety chairs and Lorinda snuggled under the old red comforter on the cot, not as winter poverty but as youth and adventurous love.
Then, in a forest clearing, with snow along the spruce boughs, a few feet across into Canada, he was peering into the eyes of his two women, curtly saying good-bye, and trudging off into the new prison of exile from the America to which, already, he was looking back with the long pain of nostalgia.
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"We ran some performance tests to see the difference between iSCSI and Fibre Channel, and we saw what the industry saw: iSCSI is able to offer about 80% the performance of 2Gb Fibre Channel," says UniSource Energy's Rima. "4Gig Fibre Channel is a little bit more, but it's
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2009 Chevrolet Impala
Has anyone heard/seen what is in store for the 2009 Impala. I am particularly interested to know if it will have automatic climate control. The 08 Malibu has automatic climate control and it seems odd to me that the 08 Impala doesn't have that option. So I was wondering if it will become available on the 09 Impala.
Also, any new colors?
Also, any new colors?
rjp92 Posts: 4Has anyone noticed a real difference between the new 3.9L engine in the 2009 Impala vs the previous 3.9L with the active fuel management feature as far as MPG goes? I currently have a 2007 Impala LTZ and on long trips on the highway I'm getting 29-30 MPG. I'm considering buying a 2009 Impala LTZ (that no longer has the AFM feature) and would like to know anyone's fuel economy experence. Thanks.
I have a 2009 LT with 3.9L that has 4800 miles on it. Still not truly broken in yet. However, The one long trip it has had, four-lane highway but not controlled access, several small cities/towns in the Texas hill country, and average speed of 65 mph--it averaged 27 mpg. I anticipate getting some improvement as the miles get closer to 8-10k. I had a 2006 LT with 3.5L that was a little more fuel efficient, but only by 2-3 mpg. They're close enough for me; I consider the increased power of the 3.9 a good trade off.
bigrig Posts: 2I bought my wife a new '09 Impala (1LT) which is a wonderful car except the lumbar in the split bench seat hits her "intrusively"---she almost can't stand to sit in it. She's short, and our daughter, also short, came home yesterday and immediately noticed the same thing. I hate to get rid of it already, but wondering if anyone else has same problem. Other than that, it's fantastic. Great mileage and nice features. Wonderful price also.
Haven't posted in years---good to be back! Still have my '01 LT 4WD Suburban, and you couldn't pry it away from me with a crowbar!
sstvo Posts: 1I have a 2009 LTZ with about 9500 miles and still only get 26 mpg on hwy doing 60-65 with cruise on most of time. With my style of driving, I also have a 2000 3.4 Impala with 192000 miles and I still get 30-31 mpg on the hwy and 20-22 in all city driving. I was hoping the 3.9 would perform much better than this. Maybe 29-30.
A month ago I purchased a new 2009 Impala LT1 a month ago. Since I brought it home I have endured what I describe as wind noise whenever I go 35-45 mph. If it's the least bit windy it's worse. There is a service bulletin with this issue. I had it in the body shop today. The body shop manager performed all the adjustments even pulled off the mirrors. The noise still exists. I would describe is more of a wind drafting issue
coming across the car. Has anyone else had this problem?? What did you do to fix it. This is my first new car at 52. I really want to be totally satisfied with the car. It's wonderful to drive just noisy,
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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I have had a 2006 and now have a 2009, neither of which have had any appreciable wind noise. They seem very quiet to me. A suggestion: ask the dealership if they will let you drive another 2009 Impala for comparison purposes. It will help establish a baseline for discussion with the service manager. I hope you get it resolved to your satisfaction. Obviously, I have been very satisfied with my Impalas. Clark
I have a 2009 impala LT with 42,000 miles. When I start it up it sounds like water swishing. Has anybody ever experienced this. Also I had to take my vehicle in twice because it jerked and the traction control light and the check engine light came on. the dealer could not duplicate the action so they reset the system. I paid for the diagnostic. It happened agian and this time I have been told that it was a faulty, something to do with the accellerator or other. Anybody else
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phatch Posts: 1Bought a 2009 Chevy Impala several months ago with less than 20,000 miles from the dealer. A terrible popping noise could be heard in the dashboard. It has been back for repairs over 5 times. New dashboard installed...still popping. It is not quiet. You cannot even turn the radio up load enought to cover the sound. I've told the dealer I am done and would have returned it outright at first if assurances were not made that it could be fixed. Now the dealer says it is not a safety issue and no one else is complaining. The salesperson check the 2010's on the lot and 6 are making the same noise. Is anyone else having and issue? And does anyone have any ideas???
nomoreford2 Posts: 50I had a 2006 model and the popping sound could mean they have to retape the dash if its happening when you turn on the ac through the vents by the wind shield. If its coming from the passenger side by the foot wells, they will need to replace the coolant pipe under there, but that is more of a constant ticking sound. One other issue could be in the vent itself where the door that allows air in and out of the vent is jammed and makes annoying loud pop. Look up all the TSB's on the 2006 models and see if you are experiencing and of those issues.
jbislander Posts: 1Hello, We are in the process of exchanging our beloved 2003 Impala for a 2009 and have found that the headrest in the 2009 pushes your head forward and down. Most disconcerting and annoying. Does anyone know of a fix for this problem, I stilll want to drive an Impala but this could be a deal breaker for my husband. I'm 4'11" so I am able to avoid it.
klanning2 Posts: 1Txshldm/gmcustsvc,
I was just wondering if you were able to resolve this issue. I seem to be having a very similar issue myself with my 09 Impala. My "Service Traction Control" and "Check Engine" lights often come on causing my engine power to be reduced, and it makes my cruise control unable to use. This is very annoying as I take many long trips in my car. I have taken my car back to the dealership three times for repairs but they haven't been able to fix it yet. Please let me know if you have found a solution or can help. I can provide more information via email.
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Last Tuesday, against what he considered the Republicans' fiscally irresponsible municipal appointments. By bringing attention to the issue publicly, Peluso got new borough attorney Ron Mondello to agree to reduce his salary by 20 percent.
Peluso, 28, said it was during his time at that he first realized he could be an advocate for others. When the school opted to switch prom night from a Thursday to a Friday, Peluso said he became the spokesperson for Jewish members of the school's student body who wouldn't be able to attend a prom held on a Friday night for religious reasons.
"I was kind of disgusted with the way the teachers handled it. They kind of said, "Oh well, we're not a religious school," Peluso recalled. "But I was like, you know what…you don't have to be a religious school, but you need to show respect for the holidays. By doing it on a Friday you're not really showing that respect."
In the end, Peluso was unable to effect his desired change, but he said the experience gave him the confidence to lead going forward.
"It really showed me that I can do that kind of stuff, that I can speak for other people," he said. "And I think a lot of people need that voice. That's the first time I kind of found myself in that role and it's a role I've kind of been in ever since."
Throughout high school, Peluso's dedication to athletics – he was captain of the track team and a first team all-league pole vaulter – kept him from engaging in organized school politics. But after a serious knee injury during his freshman year at the University of Rhode Island ended his pole vaulting career, he shifted his energy toward public service.
"It was always something I was interested in -- serving people," Peluso said. "My whole family, that's what we do. We volunteer."
Peluso's first taste of political life came during a one-year stint on the URI student Senate. So it wasn't all that big of a leap when he last February.
"I just see the council as another form of volunteering," said Peluso, who helps coach Fair Lawn High School's track team and has also been an All-Sports and volunteer. "You're really working for this town and it's just another way for me to serve the community."
Peluso said he was initially hesitant to get involved politically in Fair Lawn, but that as the tickets took shape he realized he would have something unique to offer.
"I realized that no one with a young family was running," said Peluso, the father of two young children. "I think not having someone on the council that represents young families is really doing a disservice to Fair Lawn, so…that's a big push of why I said 'Yes.'"
Peluso believes his full-time job as director of the Meadowlands YMCA has prepared him for a seat on council.
"I put together programs, I look for grant money, I do a lot of hiring, a lot of, at times, firing, I work with budgets and I work with a bunch of different communities for shared services," explained Peluso, who said he's worked closely with the Rutherford Police Department and Board of Education, and the Lyndhurst Health Center in recent months. "Everything I do in my job goes with this position on council."
As a representative for young families in town, limiting property taxes while maintaining social services is his top priority.
"Raising my own family here is very expensive," Peluso said. "My wife and I both work full-time and part-time jobs just to make ends meet, and I know a lot of other families have the same struggles. So I want to make sure that property taxes are maintained, but at the same time our social services don't diminish."
With last week's successful stand against granting the borough attorney a pay raise, Peluso's efforts to protect taxpayers are already paying dividends.
"We really have to scrutinize over every dollar we have; we can't be handing out increases, and just hope they're turned down," he said. "Not every attorney is like Mr. Ron Mondello."


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Wigan's Sam Tomkins has been handed a starting spot on the wing for the Barbarians' clash with Australia at Twickenham on Saturday.
The rugby league star will play his first competitive rugby union match in front of a packed Twickenham when he lines up against the Tri-Nations champions. Tomkins' brother Joel has recently agreed a move to Saracens and despite rumours suggesting Sam would follow, he has committed his future to rugby league.
Former Springboks lock Victor Matfield captains the side in the Killik Cup clash and he packs down alongside Toulon lock Simon Shaw. And Danny Cipriaini will have the chance to showcase his ability and give a timely reminder to the England selectors after being selected at fly-half in a Barbarians side which possesses over 1000 international caps between them.
Barbarians: Isaia Toeva, Sam Tomkins, Robbie Fruean, Stirling Mortlock, Bryan Habana, Danny Cipriani, Peter Stringer; Eusebio Guinazu, Keven Mealamu, Sylvain Marconnet, Simon Shaw, Victor Matfield (captain), Jerome Kaino, Mauro Bergamasco, Adam Thomson
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Shonali Bhowmik's current tour through the Southeast is something of a homecoming trip.
Bhowmik grew up in Nashville and attended law school in Atlanta, where she fronted the regionally popular Ultrababyfat. Back then, in the late 1990s and early 2000s, she and her band played in Knoxville every few months. Now, since she moved to New York in 2003, appearances back down South are less and less frequent. Bhowmik splits her time between a law practice and her new band, Tigers and Monkeys, but road trips just don't figure in her life the way they did a decade ago.
"It's been awesome," she says of her first tour down this way since 2007. "It's crazy. After you play music for a while you really have a network—it's almost like family—in the music world. So every town we've been in, I've seen musicians I've known in the past.... I'm psyched about the Longbranch still being alive and willing to host bands. That's a blast from the past! I'm happy to be in an old club I've known for a while."
Part of the reason for this tour is to reintroduce Bhowmik as a solo performer. Though she's still working with Tigers and Monkeys, she has just released her first solo album, and it's been a perfect excuse to hit the road again.
"I miss rock 'n' roll tours," she says. "This is a gift to myself."
The new album, 100 Oaks Revival, is also a gift. After more than 20 years of playing music in bands—she and Ultrababyfat partner Michelle Dubois started writing songs together when they were 8—the new disc is her first solo project, and she says it has been an important step in her creative development.
"I connect so much to the rock 'n' roll band force," she says. "I wasn't ready to reveal that side of me. But I have this backlog of songs that I kept writing.
"Also, there's a part of it that had to do with being a woman. I had this attitude—'I'm a ferocious rock 'n' roll chick and I can't let this protective shield down.' Even as a kid I was like, 'I like blue! I don't like pink!' There was a part of me that was like, 'I don't think anybody wants to hear me write a love song.' There was part of me that didn't want to be cliche. And I think that finally I matured enough where I could be like, 'This is who I am and this is what I'm thinking, and who gives a shit?' I can share it."
On first listen, 100 Oaks Revival isn't a significant departure from Bhowmik's rock songs with Ultrababyfat or Tigers and Monkeys. Songs like "What's the Standstill" feature fuzzy '90s guitar and a chorus borrowed from the Shangri-Las. Only one of the disc's nine songs is truly solo—the disc features a full studio band and contributions from producer Paul Burch, whose Nashville studio was used for the sessions. But there is a cryptic intimacy to the lyrics ("You had to share your sense of sweat and smell/In order for the demons to subside," from "Shake It Rock-N-Roller") that sounds new.
"I've never had stage fright," Bhowmik says. "I'm pretty fearless in a rock 'n' roll band setting, and in this lineup now I have four people who are playing with me. But it's still feels like I'm so much more naked. It's strange. It's therapeutic, but it also feels like I'm teetering on this whole other place. It's strange to me. I've said it before, but it's good for the soul. You've got to face those hurdles."
As for Ultrababyfat, the band has been on hiatus since Bhowmik moved to New York, though they did reunite for a tour and new album, No Ringo No, in 2006.
"It still seems like it was so recent," Bhowmik says of the band. "Michelle and I are very close. Our dream was to put out a record together at age 80. We talked about that when we were 13. 'Wouldn't that be rad?' It would be so hilarious. Even if nobody else liked it, it would just be these old ladies who just rocked. So anytime anyone asks if that band still exists, I say, 'Oh, yeah. It's going to exist until we're dead. We're just doing other things now."
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Hotel Gift Vouchers In1 – Hotel List
At Hotel Gift Vouchers In1, we have selected only the best hotels throughout Ireland for you.
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Bayview Hotel
The Bayview Hotel sitting proudly in one of Irelands most stunning settings, overlooking the Atlantic Ocean in the picturesque harbour village of Portballintrae, one mile from Bushmills, is an oasis for those looking for that ideal getaway to escape from the stresses and strains of their daily routine but with all the luxury of modern living.
Vaughan Lodge
This 4 star designed hotel offers guests the best in luxury accommodations, a top quality fine dining restaurant and cocktail bar in the seaside golf town of Lahinch. The many awards the hotel has received bear out the attention to quality and service that the hotel delivers.
Garnish House
Enjoy your bed & breakfast in our attractive Georgian Guest House right opposite the beautiful grounds of UCC, the University College Cork, ideally located for city shoppers, lovers of nightlife or those who prefer quieter pursuits such as leisurely strolls along the river bank, parks and historic sites of Cork City. Our luxury B&B on Western Road Cork.
Tierney's Guest House
A warm welcome awaits you at this cosy, competitively priced Bed and Breakfast. Choosing Tierney's Guesthouse Accomodation gives the most ideal of locations in the heart of the famous historical town of Kinsale situated on Main Street. Tierney's and Kinsale are ideally suited for touring West Cork and the south coast of Ireland, in fact all of the south coast's main centres are within easy reach.
The Ashling Hotel
Superb 4 star hotel in Dublin City Centre. Ideally located adjacent to Hueston Station and on the Luas Red Line. 225 beautifully appointed bedrooms. The Ashling Hotel is great for those Dublin City shopping breaks.
The Central Hotel
Established in 1887, Dublin's Central Hotel is aptly named. Located in the heart of Dublin, the hotel has been totally refurbished. Features include 70 rooms ensuite, direct dial telephone, color television with 10 channels in all rooms. The hotel's restaurant, bars and private dining facilities make this an ideal location for the corporate traveller.
Egans Guesthouse
Egans Guest House Bed and Breakfast is ideally located on a quiet, safe, leafy avenue surrounded by restaurants, pubs and shops and is an ideal guesthouse for weekend breaks or for tracing your Irish roots. We are just off the main bus route from Dublin Airport and a 20 minute walk to the Dublin City Centre. Local bus stops are just up the road and will take you into the heart of Dublin City Centre in minutes.
The Phoenix Park Hotel
Phoenix Park Hotel Dublin is an AA family run hotel which has recently gone under huge renovation in conjunction with the hit TV show 'At Your Service'! We are situated directly beside the Phoenix Park and 3 minutes walk from Heuston train station and LUAS tram system station. The perfect location for a family break to Dublin Zoo or why not use the Dublin Tram – LUAS which stops nearby for the short trip into Dublin City Centre for shopping, theatres or dining.
St. Aidens Guesthouse
AA 3 diamond, Bórd Fáilte (Irish Tourist Board) 3 Star St Aiden's is a family-run guesthouse located under 3kM Km from St. Stephen's Green in the beautiful village of Rathgar. Close to city centre Good public transport Golf close by Good selection pubs and restaurants close by.
The Ardilaun Hotel
The Ardilaun Hotel is one of the finest Galway hotels, boasting excellent accommodation and leisure facilities, great conference and meeting facilities, superb food, and an excellent base for Galway festivals. Also a very popular wedding venue in Galway, our high attention to detail and level of customer service makes this a great choice when searching for hotels in Galway.
Fairhill House Hotel
Fairhill House Hotel is ideally situated in the picturesque village of Clonbur in the heart Co. Galway in the West of Ireland. We are centrally located as a Gateway to Connemara and are situated within 1 hour from all the major tourist attractions in the west of Ireland. During your stay with us you will experience comfort, beautiful scenery, value for money, excellent food, an olde world bar and craic!
The Western Hotel
Behind the Western's Georgian façade the hotel hosts charming en-suite bedrooms, a relaxing and intimate restaurant and a lively bar. For something extra special, The Western also provides 4 luxurious hotel suites, just to the rear of the building. As well as hotel suites, the Western holds beautiful self-catering CityPoint apartments, situated right next to the hotel.
19th Green Guesthouse
The 19th Green is a wonderfully appointed purpose built 3 star guest house located 3 km from the bustling Tourist Mecca of Killarney on the N72 – Ring of Kerry Road. The 19th Green is nestled between 3 Championship Golf Courses which unquestionably boast some of the best golfing facilities in the world.
Arbutus Hotel Killarney
Offering luxury hotel accommodation in Killarney, the Arbutus Hotel has a prime location in the centre of Killarney just minutes walk from the bus & rail stations and within walking distance of the beautiful Killarney National Park. The perfect place to base yourself for the best that Kerry has to offer you be it the Ring of Kerry, golf or exploring the mountain, lakes and beaches in Kerry.
Ballyroe Heights Hotel
Ballyroe Heights Hotel is a modern, luxurious Kerry Hotel set in six and a half acres of sloping gardens with awe inspiring views of the Sliabh Mish Mountains and Tralee Bay. Our Tralee Hotel is located a mere four kilometers from the town centre and only a twenty minute drive from Kerry Airport with free on-site car and coach parking. An excellent choice if you are looking for a hotel in Kerry.
Gormans Clifftop House and Restaurant
We are situated in the townland of Glaise Bheag, near the small fishing village of Ballydavid, on the north-western tip of the Dingle Peninsula (Corca Dhuibhne). At the front of the house is Smerwick Harbour with a view of the Three Sisters and Sybil Head to your left, and Black Rock and Ballydavid Head to your right.
Killeen House Hotel
Killarney, the name alone says it all! Images of championship golf, incredible angling, unparalleled scenery and leisure facilities spring immediately to mind. Killeen House Hotel is just 10 minutes drive from the centre of Killarney and only 5 minutes from Killeen and Mahoneys Point golf courses. No matter what activity you are interested in pursuing in the area we are here to help you with advice and info.
Old Weir Lodge
Set in mature landscaped gardens with a secure car park, on the fashionable Muckross Road, Old Weir Lodge is a highly acclaimed Tudor style, family run, accommodation and boasts a wonderful location, only a few minutes walk from Killarney town centre, the house also enjoys the serenity and beauty of the nearby National Park and lakes, making it an ideal base for hill walking in County Kerry and the south west region.
Butler House
Our professional and friendly staff would be delighted to welcome you to Butler House and to Kilkenny. They are more than happy to assist in mapping out itineraries, recommending and reserving restaurants, reserving tee times, arranging local fishing trips, horse ridding, etc. The dedication and enthusiasm of our staff provide one of the hallmarks of our success.
Kilkenny Ormonde Hotel
The Kilkenny Ormonde Leisure Club is a place for you to workout or relax. A place for you to soothe away everyday stresses or strains. The Conferencing and Banqueting facilities at the Kilkenny Ormonde Hotel are state of the art and bring mediaeval Kilkenny into the 21st Century as an ideal conference venue.
The Laurels Guesthouse
The Laurels Bed and Breakfast, located in the heart of Kilkenny City, is a family run B&B managed by Brian & Betty McHenry. The Laurels is a luxurious Kilkenny Guesthouse with 9 spacious rooms. Some of the rooms contain whirlpool baths, and all have power showers. B&B rates with all the comfort and conveniences of a hotel. Stay with us and you can still wine and dine in one of Kilkenny's top hotels.
The Lyrath Hotel
Luxury 5 star hotel only 12 kilometres from Kilkenny City. The hotel consists of 137 bedrooms and the property is set amidst 170 acres of mature parkland. For those wanting to sample quality and luxury at its best, the Lyrath Hotel is the place to be.
Cryans Hotel
Nestled right in the heart of Carrick on Shannon, this Leitrim hotel situated on the banks of the River Shannon is the perfect getaway to relax and soak up some genuine Irish hospitality. At the same time, you're less than a minute away from the hustle and bustle of all the local pubs, shops and restaurants. As hotels in Carrick-on-Shannon go, Cryans is in a great location with views of the River Shannon and still in the heart of the town.
Deebert House Hotel
Deebert House Hotel has been carefully designed with the needs of the modern hotel guest in mind. Modern facilities and old world charm combine to create a twenty first century experience with the charm of a bygone era. Soft lighting and open fires with a homely glow reflect the warm welcome that awaits you here.
The George Boutique Hotel
The George Boutique Hotel Limerick is a luxury 4 star hotel on O'Connell Street in Limerick, inspired by leading boutique hotels around the world. This popular Limerick City hotel is located right in the city centre close to shopping, entertainment and the commercial district. A luxury hotel that will not disappoint, we boast an eclectic mix of contemporary style and comfort.
Achill Cliff House Hotel
Achill Cliff House, a family run Hotel & Award Winning Restaurant located in Keel, the heart of Achill Island, offers freshly cooked, wholesome, locally sourced food along with quality, smoke free accommodation in one of the most spectacular settings in the world. When you stay with us you are within walking distance of many of the activities Achill Island has to offer and the seasonal nightly entertainment in the village.
Achill Island Hotel
Located at the gateway to Achill Island, Co Mayo, Óstán Oileán Acla / Achill Island Hotel is a newly built 26 bedroom family run hotel, restaurant and bar. We offer quality accommodation, nightly entertainment and traditional warm hospitality to our guests and visitors to Achill Island, to Clew Bay and the west of Ireland. Our family run hotel combines first class accommodation and banqueting facilities with aspects of local culture and heritage from Achill Island and the surrounding area which we hope you will enjoy.
The Castlecourt Hotel
When all you need is to get away and find space to breathe again, at the Castlecourt Hotel Westport, you can do just that. Whether you're in Westport on business, escaping with your partner or treating the family, you'll find everything you need at the Castlecourt Hotel for that well-earned break.
The Mayfly Hotel
Welcome to the Mayfly Hotel. One of the super fishing Hotels in Foxford within County Mayo Ireland. Set on the banks of the River Moy in Foxford, the Mayfly Hotel and its surroundings are an idyllic expression of raw rural beauty. Foxford is an angler's paradise, with an abundance of salmon and sea trout teeming its waters nearby the Foxford Hotels along the river banks.
The Westport Plaza Hotel
The Westport Plaza Hotel Mayo is a fusion of contemporary chic and classic elegance where you can relax and unwind in ultimate luxury. Located in the heart of Westport Mayo, this luxury 4 star hotel is part of Westport Hotels Resort with a magnificent leisure & fitness centre and the luxurious Spa Sula. Westport Hotels Resort is the perfect venue for 4 star Westport accommodation, luxury weekend, midweek and Spa hotel breaks, weddings, conferences and fine dining.
The Westenra Arms Hotel
Situated in the heart of Monaghan Town, the Westenra Arms Hotel is a family run hotel which prides itself on creating a warm, homely atmosphere with genuine hospitality and an assurance of our utmost attention to your personal requirements. Enjoy the excitement and energy of Monaghan Town and its surrounding architecture and historical sites from the comfort of our recently refurbished hotel.
Baileys Hotel Cashel
Baileys Hotel Cashel is ideally located halfway between Dublin & Cork in the heart of the historical town of Cashel, nestled in Tipperarys Golden Vale & within a short stroll of the Rock of Cashel. A beautifully restored listed Georgian building, Baileys Hotel Cashel has a 4 star rating with 19 rooms plus a luxuriously appointed suite.
The Fitzwilton Hotel
The Fitzwilton Hotel is the only 4 star Bord Failte Approved hotel in Waterford city. This luxury hotel provides top class accommodation in the heart of Waterford City centre with 89 beautiful contemporary bedrooms and suites heavily featuring wood and soft furnishings with a modern twist.
Ramada Viking Hotel
Located on the outskirts of the historic Viking City, our hotel is in the prime position to be close enough to the Waterford City for guests to avail of the night life and culture that Waterford has to offer, but far enough out of the city to avoid the hustle and bustle. This Waterford Hotel offers great value rates, in comfortable surroundings and with a warm welcome guaranteed – making it the ideal choice for Waterford City Hotels!
Woodlands Hotel
Offers 47 spacious en-suite bedrooms are tastefully decorated and have every modern facility that you would expect from this popular Hotel in Waterford. We have a range of accommodation options to suit your requirements from our sumptuous bridal suite to specially designed executive accommodation and family rooms. Woodlands Hotel, a great 3 star Waterford Hotel.
Cedar Lodge Hotel & Restaurant
The Cedar Lodge, County Wexford, is a beautiful Grade A Four Star Country Hotel and Restaurant, situated in a tranquil setting beneath the slopes of historic Carrigbyrne Forest. The Cedar Lodge Hotel is owned and run by the Martin Family and comprises of 30 en–suite bedrooms.
Riverbank House Hotel
Minutes from Wexford Town, the Riverbank House Hotel is just a short walk across the Slaney Estuary bridge from the thriving centre. With stunning views of the river and the Wexford skyline the relaxed surroundings offer something different for those seeking a memorable experience. From the beautifully manicured gardens, to the atmospheric and candlelit reception area with original Victorian furnishings, you are enveloped in a relaxed atmosphere, where thoughtful and helpful staff will ensure your stay, be it a few days or a few hours, is a delight.
The Grand Hotel
The Grand Hotel Wicklow has been welcoming guests to the scenic heart of the "Garden of Ireland" since 1896, is one of the finest hotels in Wicklow Town. Known for our friendly staff and relaxed atmosphere, we are situated in the charming seaside town of Wicklow, bordered by stunning coastline and surrounded by the breathtaking Wicklow Mountains, making us the perfect setting for your holiday.
Stoops Guesthouse
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UFC Heavyweight champion Junior Dos Santos is a popular figure in Brazil and amongst many MMA fans around the world for his "nice guy" attitude, infectious smile, and ability to produce highlight-reel KOs in nearly every single UFC fight he's been in. Cigano's appeal will be used on an even larger scale, as he announced earlier this week he will be an ambassador for his home city of Salvador for the upcoming 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. Tatame has the story:
Junior "Cigano" dos Santos announced on his Twitter account that he will be the ambassador of the city of Salvador, Bahia, at Fifa's World Cup in 2014, which will take place in Brazil.
Dos Santos was raised in Salvador and still lives and trains there today. A memorable moment from Cigano was when he brought a 9-year-old boy and his family, all from Salvador, to the United States for the very first time as "honored guests" ahead of his first title defense against Frank Mir. Following his TKO of Mir the little boy went into the cage and was hoisted above Dos Santos' shoulders in victory. Dos Santos posted a confirmation picture of his role on instagram.
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Alastair Macaulay's review of this year's Nutcracker at the New York City Ballet:
I suppose many of us would like to look this way....in our dreams (note he says the dancer he deems "brilliant" has a "tough-grained hardness":Jenifer Ringer, as the Sugar Plum Fairy, looked as if she'd eaten one sugar plum too many; and Jared Angle, as the Cavalier, seems to have been sampling half the Sweet realm. They're among the few City Ballet principals who dance like adults, but without adult depth or complexity. Ashley Bouder (Dewdrop) has the brilliance they lack, but also a greater and more tough-grained hardness.
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Ohio State Fair
Monday, August 3, 2009
7:00pm - All Ages
Ohio State Fair / Celeste Center (map)
717 E 17th Ave
Columbus, OH, United States of America 43211
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Ohio State Fair
Monday, August 3, 2009
7:00pm - All Ages
Ohio State Fair / Celeste Center (map)
717 E 17th Ave
Columbus, OH, United States of America 43211
Tags: Festival
I'm so excited, I live in a Columbus suburb, I definitely am coming to this show!!!
Ohmigosh! I love you guys! I can't wait for you guys to come to Ohio! I hope I can come!
YAY! I'm so excited I already have the tickets! I can't wait for your new album and I love the vids you've been posting :-) THANKS SO MUCH!
OMG!!! I GOTS MY TICKETS!!!! I AM OVERLY EXCITED BOUT DA SHOW!!!!!!! just one question: r u guys gunna sign autographs?!?!?!?!?! i have seen u guys twice and both times i have hoped to get ur autographs or sumething and both times my dreams have been crushed…. SO PLEASE SIGN AUTOGRAPHS OR JUMP INTO THE CROWD AND FLOAT OVER TO SECTION L!!!!!!! THANKS!!!! LOVE YA LOTS!!!!!!!!!!
Wow I cant wait till you come you OHIO!!!!
Hey dudes. Can you tour in Australia sometime?
How much does it cost?
When are you putting up dates for the Australia tour? I know you guys are doing Big Exo Day, but are you doing sideshows too?
hey where do i buy tickets
@ CB the tickets are 10 a pop i think
your not coming to canton ohio? whats up with that? :0 I guess i'll venture out to columbus! A 1 hour drive,yes,but you guys are totally worth it(;
I am sooooo stoked for this! I live in Indiana, but I will defininetly be making a trip to come see you guys!
Finally I get to see you guys live! I've just moved to Ohio to train as a mission aircraft mechanic and the bonus is I get to see you live. Waited a long time for this having been a fan since 2000!
Will look forward to rocking out at the concert!
God bless
Hi, very nice post. I have been wonder'n bout this issue,so thanks for posting
How soon will you update your blog? I'm interested in reading some more information on this issue.
how much are the tickets?
I saw and met you in Columbus for the first time when I was 13 years old… 8 years later and you continue to rock my world as my favorite artist!! Is there any sort of meet and greet for this show? It's only been my dream for 8 years to get your autograph(s) again!
OMG! I love you guys! But you totally need to come to Pittsburgh. Cause Ohio is the closest i can get to watching a show. ILOVERELIENTK!
I love you guys but you need to come closer to Pittsburgh.
Yesssss this will be take four with seeing you guys live! I cannot wait! Me and a friend actually got tickets when you were in Columbus the last tour with Ludo and after we bought them we saw they were the Saturday BEFORE not the upcoming Saturday. Fail. Can't wait though!!:)
hey, Cheyenne from Indiana, this is Beth from Indiana and you spelled your name wrong.
I can't wait to see you guys!!!! Just crossing my fingers that my mum will take us :))))
Awesome . . . im coming. second RK show for me. It'll be great
Hello! Thanks for the post. It is really amazing! I will definitely share it with my friends.
that stinks. the only show in ohio is the week i'm at summer camp. maybe next time.
ps for relientk:
what happened to dave dougless??????
i hope you guys will come to kentucky some time, like rupp arena in lexington. that's just down town from where i live. or even cincinnati ohio. i'd travel there to see you guys!
Wow. I agree with the person above me. Though I think it would be cooler if you all came to the Kentucky Theater, it would be perfect.
I'm coming to this show though! I'm really excited about it and I'm bringing friends.
Are you all doing a meet and greet? If so, where
I am soo excited to see you all next month!!!
Yeah, buddy! Relient K! I finally get to see you guys live for the first time! I got all the cds, huge fan. I'm making the drive from southern Illinois, but you guys have been my favorite band since I was 10 (first time I ever heard you, first rock band I ever heard, listened to "Gibberish" on recommendation from a friend) I hope you'll perform some old stuff (Two Lefts album?) but I know you guys will rock no matter what you play. You guys have always been such a huge inspiration to me. I look forward to seeing the show! Thanks for everything, RK, and I really hope I can get some kind of pass to meet you guys. it'd be a lifelong dream fulfilled. Love ya! keep it goin! : )
I'm gonna try superduper hard to come :)
ugh!! i'm gonna be in Orlando during that time. wish i could go! i don't live to far from Columbus, OH! :)
hey, same Ryan…. just got done listening to the "Anatomy of the T.I.C." album. it's cool if i bring skittles and combos to your upcoming show, right? hahaha no backstage passes for sale. : (
Dear Relient K!(sorry, if in the message be mistake) my name is Alissa and I'm a christian and Im 13 years old! I'm hungarian and I live in Hungary! Please, if you read the message, write to me! So, i like your music and I think, that your very good, because you belive God and Jesus! I ask, that you come to in my country and the capital, Budapest! I know, this is very possible and that you not interested a 13 years old girl, but I belive you. Please, you trying! This is very important for me! Thanks: Alissa
Oh my goodness I am sooooo excited!!! Relient K is my favorite band ever. As soon as I found out about this I was already planning on going. 2 and 1/2 hour drive is nothing to get to see Relient K!!! I already have the tickets and everything. Relient K is amazing…:);0;):):-):;-)
there's just about a week now, and i am soo excited because i've been waiting since the end of march!!!i can't wait to see you guys!
I cant till ur concert im drivung 2 hand half hours to come to your show its gonn abe worth it cuz u guys are freaking amazing and surprisingly my mom even its a good thing to cuz if she didnt like it wouldnt be going so thank you guys for bein so amazing that parents even like ur stuff cuz threason that me and my mom like u is cuz that u talk about stuff that teens do today that arent things that should be doin and that u talk about god in ways that other bands cant do so what im sayin is that u guys are goin to have an AMAZING concert on monday cant wait to see u guys:)
I am definitely coming! I am sooooo excited to see you guys again! I can't wait!!!!
SOOO excited for this!!! you guys are gonna be awesome!! :D
are you playing with anyone else or is it just you guys?
WOW! my best friend and i just went to the concert…we were so pumped before, and still are! we love you guys; and amazing job tonight! looking forward to when you'll be in town again. God bless
This was my first Relient K concert and it was absolutely incredible! You guys have been my favorite band since 3rd grade, and I am so excited I finally got to see you guys live:] Love you guys and good luck on your upcoming albums and shows!
My almost 13 year old loves you guys (we have been fans for years, so she knew all of the 'old stuff' you played), as does the rest of our family. We trekked almost four hours from the Detroit area to see you the other night, and it was well worth it. It was my daughter and son's (he's 10) first concert, and it was amazing! My daughter was so excited when I got her the t-shirt with the bells on it as she plays percussion in her junior high school band! When we got home, she used some money she had earned, and bought the rest of the cd's she didn't have (and your book) from Amazon (she keeps bugging me to see when it will arrive). You are all so talented. I have to say that I have been to many concerts, and yours was probably the best live concert I have seen. We saw you a few years ago at the State theater in Detroit, and after your portion of the show we left the concert to have dinner at Hockeytown afterwords. Low and behold, Matt and his family sat right next to us for dinner—I didn't tell you that night, but you did great then, too! P.S. My daughter is upstairs right now, making your band out of legos, complete with instruments, performing on stage (my husband instituted a 'no media' week in the house, so my children are entertaining themselves with other means!)


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Randy Houser and Rodney Atkins are joining the lineup for Thompson Square's Third Annual Josie's Birthday Bash, to be held November 16 at Nashville's Wildhorse Saloon. The annual charity concert was created by the husband and wife after they learned a close friend's granddaughter, Josephine, was diagnosed with Cystic Fibrosis. Proceeds from the concert will go to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.
"We're so grateful to have great friends like Rodney and Randy," Keifer Thompson said. "We know first- hand how hard it is for the families of children who have cystic fibrosis – not to mention how difficult things are for the children themselves. We're happy to be able to give back. This is a cause that's truly close to our hearts"
"The country music community is the greatest," Rodney said. "When Keifer and Shawna called about this event and explained what a great cause it was for, it was an honor for me to say yes."
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"I'm honored to have the opportunity to jump on board to help those undergoing treatment for cystic fibrosis in honor of Josie," Randy said. "I know it's important to Keifer and Shawna, but even more important to all the children living with cystic fibrosis."
In addition to the concert, there will be a silent auction of notable memorabilia. The venue doors open at 6:00 p.m. Tickets are available at www.wildhorsesaloon.com with general admission starting at $17.50. VIP/meet-n-greet tickets are available for $100.


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Objective: Patients with major depressive disorder (MDD) frequently report concomitant painful physical symptoms, which may negatively impact diagnosis and treatment. The purpose of this study was to estimate the frequency of painful physical symptoms in Asian patients treated for an acute episode of MDD and to describe the associated demographics, clinical status, treatment patterns, and socioeconomic burden.
Method: This multicountry, observational study enrolled 909 patients with MDD (DSM-IV-TR or ICD-10 criteria) in the psychiatric care setting from June 14, 2006, to February 15, 2007. Patients were classified as positive for painful physical symptoms (PPS+) if they achieved a mean score ≥ 2 on the modified Somatic Symptom Inventory. The Clinical Global Impressions-Severity of Illness scale (CGI-S) and 17-item Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (HAM-D 17) determined depression severity, and the EuroQoL Questionnaire-5 dimensions (EQ-5D) assessed subjective well-being.
Results: Overall, 51.8% of patients were classified as PPS+. PPS+ patients were more likely to be female (72.2% vs. 65.1%, p =.022), had relatively more medical comorbidity (29.7% vs. 21.0% with ≥ 1 comorbidity, p =.003), were more significantly depressed (CGI-S mean [SE] score = 4.84 [0.03] vs. 4.63 [0.04], p<.001; HAM-D17 mean [SE] score = 24.80 [0.26] vs. 22.39 [0.27], p<.001), and reported a lower quality of life (EQ-5D health state mean [SE] score = 42.96 [0.92] vs. 52.92 [0.95], p<.001) than PPS patients. PPS+ and PPS patients did not differ markedly, however, in terms of MDD medications prescribed or MDD-related disability at work.
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Several avid bikers pretty much were involved with the same thing most of you reading this were doing as the Blizzard of '14 raged on Tuesday, Jan. 7.
They were huddled together indoors, watching TV, reading and hanging out as a family.
"We didn't go out for a couple of days. Neither did anyone else," said Brent Patterson, whose family is subject of today's Life & Arts cover story on winter bikers.
He cruised some used car ads, but is under no illusions about the prospect of having a vehicle parked in his driveway, just in case it might be convenient to use, this winter season. His wife would like to see if the recent arrivals to Buffalo can make do without one.
When Patterson talks about two days spent indoors, he means Monday night, Jan. 6, and only part of the following Wednesday. That day, he drove his cargo bike to and from the supermarket, packing groceries into "panniers," a kind of waterproof saddle bag that can carry groceries. He also uses the panniers to stow work gear and spare clothes.
During the teeth of the storm, he cruised online for a used vehicle, and a couple of days later, test drove the Volvo, which has more than 300,000 miles on it and has room for five – a disadvantage for a family of six, plus an exchange student with the family until the end of this school year.
It's a limitation they already understand, because they occasionally use a nearby CarShare program that allows the family to use a five-passenger Toyota Yaris, for $8 an hour. Patterson had to make two trips each way to get the whole family to and from a New Year's Eve party, for instance.
Patterson and his wife, Stacy Bisker, are among a growing number of winter bikers in Buffalo these days.
Also among them are Joe George, 52, of Allentown; Jesse Smith, 38, of North Buffalo; and Justin Booth, 35, of the Near West Side, the executive director of GObike Buffalo, who rides a 3-speed GT Slipstream through the city during the cold months.
I sat down the Bisker-Patterson family in one interview and the other trio in another last weekend.
Since the story focused on the family, I wanted to include in this blog entry some of the banter between the bike trio, who hadn't been together in a while and who share a passion for their preferred means of transportation.
"It's not always about the journey," George said. "The journey is so invigorating."
All three said they love to ride in the snow – and even push their bikes through the toughest spots – but don't relish riding in 35 degree whether in heavy sleet.
What did they do during on blizzard?
"I like to tell people, 'I might be crazy but I'm not stupid,'" George said. He stayed in Tuesday and much of Wednesday, but did ride his bike that day.
Booth's office was closed Tuesday, "but I rode to work Wednesday," he said. "I thought it was beautiful. Heavy, thick snowflakes. Riding in that freshly falling snow was absolutely beautiful."
"I love it," added George. "I would rather be part of my surroundings than a passive observer. I like to feel the snow on my face."
"You feel the crisp air on your breath," Booth added. "Everything's very quiet."
"But you're not very cold," said Smith. "It's not a hardship of being cold in the snow because you're generating heat inside, so the snow falls on you and then it melts."
"My kids make fun of me," Booth said with a laugh, "because when I've been riding hard and I get home ... the steam comes off of me."
"I think everybody I know who rides a bike a lot doesn't really do it because 'It's good exercise for me, or 'Oh, I'm going to save the planet by riding a bike,'" Smith said "Those things sort of peripherally fly around there – I mean, I certainly like minimizing my car use for certain environmental reasons – but ultimately, it really comes down to this is the most pleasurable way I've found to get around the city. It always feels good to get out on the bike.
"Most people don't even think that after the first five minutes, you're not cold anymore," Smith added. That may be even quicker than it takes for the car to warm up.
"Look at some of the European countries. They've been doing this for generations in places like Copenhagen, Amsterdam, Berlin," George said.
"They don't even consider themselves cyclers," Booth said. "That's just the way they get around."
Smith wondered how motorists might have to explain what they do in the winter to someone who didn't quite seem to understand.
"I think someone who wasn't used to driving in the winter might say, 'Oh, it must be such a challenge to get out of the car and scrape off the ice and get all that snow off the car," he said, "and then you have to shovel your driveway out so your car doesn't get stuck in it. Most people who drive cars would say, 'I don't like it, but you've gotta do what you've gotta do.'
"Certainly, biking is more mentally involving when you're driving and there's snow on the streets and you have to look for the clearer parts of it, and get kind of tipped by a rut – and every so often you do fishtail a bit, and have to adjust your balance – but I don't consider it a hardship or a challenge. These are the things that happen in any pursuit in life."
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The ended with a bang of fireworks Sunday, but officials say the overall turnout was down from years past.
The number of festive boats dropped about 20 percent, from more than 100 in previous years to about 80 this December, despite the parade being touted as the in the nation by Yahoo! Travel.
Spectators noticed the difference.
"I was surprised how soon the parade was over," said Lindsay Hodgins, who watched from the Balboa Bay Club on . "I think that was the shortest boat parade that I can remember."
Some boat owners blamed the lack of participation on the $25 registration fee and high cost of lighting and displays. Creating elaborate decorations and hiring a captain to maneuver the traffic in the bay can costs thousands of dollars.
"The [parade] committee wants you to be in the parade all five nights, and I can't do that," said one Newport boat owner who dropped out three years ago and wanted to remain anonymous. "It's too expensive and I can't make it out there every night."
Chamber of Commerce officials insisted nightly participation is encouraged but not required.
"It's not mandatory," chamber President Richard Luehrs said. "There are many visitors who come to see the parade every year and we want to encourage [boat owners] to be in it each night. We could never repay them for the time and energy these boat owners put in."
Although Saturday and Sunday drew more boats than the first two nights, Luehrs said, overall participation was still down.
"The economic climate here has had its impact," Luehrs said. "There were over 100 registered boats in previous years."
As a small token of appreciation to those who participated in the parade, an awards dinner and a champagne reception will be held Jan. 27.


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The Dallas Veterans Parade moved through downtown Monday morning. The parade paid special tribute to the Veterans and POWs of the Vietnam war.
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If you drove by on Saturday or Monday, chances are you saw a small mass of people dressed in purple and yellow, waving signs and soliciting honks from passing cars.
They're from the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 73, which represents 76 people employed by the Village of Oak Park in various capacities. The workers staged a two-day strike outside of Village Hall, protesting what they feel is an unfair shake in contract negotiations with village management.
At issue for the workers and village management are two sticking points:
Oak Park-River Forest Patch stopped by the picket line to talk with a few members on the front line.
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What do you think your body does when you hear Robbie Williams' "Angels"? Well, if you're English, apparently your vital signs provide a scientifically recognized collection of readings that mean you're feeling sad. But that sadness you're feeling isn't even the most intense version. According to British scientists (in collaboration with Nokia) "Angels" is only the second saddest song ever, missing the the Verve's "The Drugs Don't Work" by several thousand tears (see the full list below). We allow for the fact that these scientists could suck. They might not have played Bob Dylan's "If You See Her, Say Hello" or The Smith's "I Know It's Over" (to name a few) for their test subjects. Still, this wrong needs righting -- Radiohead's "Fake Plastic Trees" is not the tenth saddest song ever, is it? What track truly deserves the Number One spot?
1. The Verve - The Drugs Don't Work
2. Robbie Williams - Angels
3. Elton John - Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word
4. Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You
5. Sinead O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U
6. Will Young - Leave Right Now
7. Elvis Presley - Are You Lonesome Tonight
8. Christina Aguilera - Beautiful
9. James Blunt - Goodbye My Lover
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After 17 years of winning over moviegoers with her mile-long legs, breezy confidence and wide, almost goofy smile, one of Hollywood's consummate charmers has had enough. Cut the charisma and cue the contempt: It's time, finally, to loathe Cameron Diaz.
As an unrepentant moral scourge in her new film "Bad Teacher," Diaz plays Elizabeth Halsey — an educator who steals, cheats, lies, sleeps in class, smokes pot in the school parking lot and swears like a trucker, often in red pen remarks scrawled on the work of her middle-school students. Dumped by her sugar daddy, Elizabeth's goal is to make enough money for a pair of breast implants that she thinks will help earn her the affections of another meal ticket, a teacher with a trust fund (Justin Timberlake) who's as mild as she is wild.


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By Carla Mozee, MarketWatch
LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) — Shares of Paychex Inc. lost ground Wednesday evening, with quarterly revenue from the payroll-processing software and services company falling short of Wall Street's projection.
Paychex /quotes/zigman/76829/delayed/quotes/nls/payx PAYX -1.13% shares were off 1.9% at $31.31 in choppy trading after the company said fiscal fourth-quarter total revenue was $551.5 million. Sales were up 6% from $522.7 million a year ago, but were lower than the $557.6 million expected by analysts polled by FactSet.
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In the regular session, U.S. stocks extended gains into a second day after better-than-expected domestic economic data and a respite from headlines from troubled Europe ahead of a two-day gathering of European leaders in Brussels. Read more about U.S. stocks in Market Snapshot.
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Mico's new digital pressure gauge is reportedly designed with a pressure range of up to 10,000 PSI and is to be used in measuring hydraulic and vacuum pressures.
MICO released a Digital pressure gauge, reportedly providing 1/2-percent terminal point accuracy and a standard pressure range of zero to 10,000 psi for use in measuring air, hydraulic and vacuum pressures.
The pressure range apparently complies with the ASME B40.7 standard, reducing the chance of accidental over pressure. The gauge's proof pressure is 120-percent of the range and its burst pressure is 150-percent of the range, both figures also well within industry standards.
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The gauge is protected by a chemical resistant Noryl case and an IP54 weatherproof boot that guards against dust and splashing water. The gauge is also protected from electromagnetic interference (EMI) and radio frequency inference (RFI) and meets CE approval.
A stainless steel socket and sensor are welded together for added durability. A 12-inch hose and 36-inch hose each come with the gauge, along with a standard 16-piece fitting kit. Each gauge is coded with a serial number so the product can be accurately traced.
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