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Sleep, Ralph Wiggum, and dream of conquest.
Dream of a heavy horned head.
Dream armed gods and gouts of blood.
Conquerer Wiggum, when you wake
You will be as wonderful a child
As Keats or Coleridge: bizarre,
Chubby, tormented by the other children.
Sleep, Ralph Wiggum and dream revenge.
Dream dragons and bucklers.
Sleep: This is where your friends are.
The light world will be here when you wake.
Sleep, Ralph Wiggum. Dream a world
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Where an imaginary pet is a staus symbol.
Sleep, Ralph Wiggum, and run free.
It won't be long, Viking Wiggum,
Before you must decide:
A cop like Daddy and a home in the light world,
Or Ralph Wiggum, Romantic Poet?
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Dream of a plague and wraiths in armor.
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This coming Saturday, June 1st Believe in Brookline Kids presents: Wet Paint! Professional artists will be painting Brookline landmarks to be auctioned off on at the gala on June 15th. Come and see art-in-progress at 9:00 am in Brookline Village, 10:00 am at the Walgreens in Coolidge Corner, 12:00 pm at the top of Summit Avenue, and 1:00 pm at Hall's Pond, Amory Park. The 4 paintings will be donated to our Believe in Brookline Kids III auction!
The Brookline Community Mental Health Center will be hosing the third annual Believe in Brookline Kids gala to benefit the Kids' Fund on June 15th. The evening will include cocktails, fine foods, auctions and exclusive access to the Art of the Americas Wing at the MFA to celebrate our work with families and children and to support the well-being of kids in our community. Please find more information on tickets and sponsorship atwww.believeinbrooklinekids.org or call 617-277-8107.

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So as you guys know from a couple episodes ago, Budweiser is looking for the best Crew of friends in America, and they're going to reward them just for being buds. It's the Band of Buds competition - and it's happening now at Band of Buds dot com. Go to BandOfBuds.com - start a Crew with three of your buddies, update your profile with stuff you did the night before, share your best photos and get friends to vote for you. The top 12 Crews with the most points in each participating city will be invited to a private Budweiser Casting Call party where they'll be judged on their style, game and how well they really know each other. The winning crews from the 25 select cities will make it the finals in Las Vegas. At the finals, One winning Crew will score $100,000 and a spread in Rolling Stone magazine. We can't reveal too many details about the competition, but your entire Crew will be tested on camaraderie, teamwork, style and networking skills. It's part party, part competition. The winners will be determined by earning points through head to head competition and by impressing a panel of independent judges. this program is 21+. Visit BandofBuds.com for a list of participating cities. On September 21 st , we are heading out to Vegas to do a Live Diggnaiton at the Las Vegas Band Of Buds Casting Call Party. Details about Live Diggnation and the Band Of Buds Casting Call event can be found at revision3.com/bandofbuds . Get your crews together and join us at the Ban of Buds Casting Call. No matter who is in your Crew, the next time you are all out, remember the full flavor and crisp, clean finish of Budweiser. It's the King of Beers. It's what we do. Band of Buds dot com. Check it out now.
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This British boy-who lives in Corby, Northantshire-got his first computer age seven. Three years later he got a Mac and taught himself web design. Four years later-at age 14, in 2008-he started his first company. It was a simple site that some of you may now: Mac Bundle Box. The site was pretty, rooted into Apple's own design guidelines and style.
You can totally do so many mini practical shooting things with this homemade tiny cannon! And on top of being useful and awesome, it's so damn adorable.
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Justin Bieber is very popular. Lots of people love her songs! One of Bieber's most popular tunes is called "You Smile." But what happens when one slows it down by 800%? Well, it becomes a haunting, 36-minute Enya-like thingy. Seriously. But still not as good as when you slow the volume down 100% imo.


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Im a fan of the Atlanta Falcons, so my judgement is at times clouded by my passion. But Im also a sportswriter. Any credibility I have is cobbled together in part by an ability to distinguish what is from what I want to be.
These dual influences feed my frustration with those in the national media who hold the Falcons in such low regard. Theyre not seeing what I consider to be as obvious as Troy Aikmans color commentary: that Atlanta is the best team in the NFC and is the conferences clear favorite to earn a Super Bowl berth.
The hate is thinly veiled as analysis. Yes, Atlanta is 0-3 in playoff games during four years under the Mike Smith (head coach), Matt Ryan (quarterback), Thomas Dimitroff (general manager) regime. Its also true the teams performances in those games got progressively worse. One commentator even used the word choke. Unless and until the Falcons win in the postseason, the argument goes, Atlanta will continue to be irrelevant.
Thats ham. The Falcons are relevant for the teams they helped eliminate from playoff contention. The Falcons are relevant for the circumstances (Mike Vick, Bobby Petrino) from which theyve rebounded. Most important, the Falcons are relevant for the fact they just win, baby.
Entering Sundays season finale with Tampa Bay, Atlanta boasted a regular season record of 56-23 in the Smith years. Only New England has been better over the past five years. Atlanta, New England and Baltimore are the only three franchises that have now posted five consecutive winning season.
Not only did the Birds win the NFC South for the second time in three years, they won the NFC East and AFC West, as well -- going a combined 8-0 against opponents from those divisions.
Old prejudices die hard. Even with this run of success, the Atlanta franchise endures the fourth-worst all-time winning percentage among active franchises. At first blush, one can forgive the nation its skepticism about Atlantas rise to prominence. But thats lazy. Lets look at some numbers.
Atlanta is one of only two NFL teams ranked in the top five in both team offense and defense. The other is Denver -- a team the Falcons beat.
Atlantas defense yields an average of 4.8 yards per attempt. That ranked worst among teams headed for the playoffs as of Friday. The NFL is a passing league now, however, and the Falcons defend the pass. Theyre among only a few teams with more interceptions than touchdown passes allowed.
Speaking of passing, the Falcons have Ryan, who is having his best season ever in terms of yards, touchdowns and completion percentage. Thats not surprising because he does it every year. He keeps getting better. And dont sleep on Ryans running ability. He hasnt done it yet this year, but expect a bootleg touchdown run in the playoffs.
Atlanta is the least-penalized team in the league.
Atlanta has the sixth-best turnover margin in the league
Statistics aside, the Falcons pass the eyeball test. Theyve won going away and theyve won coming from behind. Theyre solid on offense, defense and special teams and they are well-coached. They will be your NFC conference champion.
NOTE: Readers suggested a pair of additions to my list of the 10 most significant local sports events of 2012. Northside graduate and Georgia Southern softball pitcher Sarah Purvis earned SoCon Player of the Year honors after winning 23 games in the circle. Also, the competitive cheerleading teams from Houston County High School and Veterans High School won state championships in their respective classifications.
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Need a dose of caffeine to help keep you going as holiday shopping and party planning wrap up? RaceTrac is offering complimentary coffee, any size, every day this week.
The RaceTrac in Snellville is located at 3840 Main Street West.
The company on its Facebook Page has also posted a coupon for a free breakfast sandwich, which can be combined with the free coffee offer. (No coupon is needed for the coffee.)
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Quicken's Pricey Lessons on Giving Kids Cash
Teaching kids about money is a tricky process, as we are discovering with our 5-year-old. The problem goes beyond his burning desires, which this month are for Yu-Gi-Oh! cards. It's also tough to remember the weekly allowance, much less lessons on budgeting and saving. So I checked out a Web service launched this week by Intuit, the company that sells personal finance software.
Quicken Kids and Money isn't the only site helping teach kids about money, but it's the slickest I've seen, as well as the most thorough and most expensive ($100 a year). There are guides on many topics, including budgeting and whether the cash should be tied to chores. You can establish profiles for each child (the service is aimed at 5-to-8-year-olds), set up reminders, and connect with other parents in forums, as well as pose E-mail questions to experts. Webcasts also feature topics like "Understanding your child's temperament."
The service comes with a set of plastic packets for dividing an allowance into cash, savings and charity, as well as a paperback book, Money Doesn't Grow on Trees by Neale S. Godfrey, that offers yet more guidance.
Whew. A substantial package, and maybe more substance than I need or want on the topic, especially at the price. But worth checking outthere is a 60-day money-back guarantee.


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Coronary artery disease (CAD) is caused by atherosclerosis, when cholesterol enters the walls of the arteries and begins to form a plaque that hardens and narrows the arteries. Plaque is a sticky, fatty, cholesterol-rich substance that becomes embedded in the arterial walls.
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Plaque stiffens the arteries and may narrow the space through which blood can flow. Plaque buildup has other ill effects too. It inflames the arterial lining, which in turn leads to microscopic scarring as the artery heals. This scarring thickens the arterial wall, further narrowing the artery and restricting blood flow.
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IG: slow goings on Recovery Act weatherization
The Dept. of Energy's Inspector General today released a "special report" on the big-bucks Weatherization Program, saying that "despite the best efforts" of DOE there's been virtually no progress in actually weatherizing homes or creating jobs. Here's a link to the full report.
The consequences of inaction?
"In short, the nation has not, to date, realized the potential economic benefits of the $5 billion in Recovery Act funds allocated to the Weatherization Program," DOE's Inspector General said.
In a summary of findings that accompanied the report (at the one-year anniversary of the stimulus program), the IG said, "The Department had taken a number of proactive steps to foster timely implementation of the Weatherization Program. However, in spite of the Department's efforts, grantees had made little progress in weatherizing homes. As of February 2010 . . . only a small percent of Recovery Act weatherization funds had been spent and few homes had actually been weatherized."
According to the IG:
-- Only $368.2 million (less than 8 percent) of the total award of $4.73 billion had been drawn by grantees for weatherization work.
-- Corresponding to the low spending rates, grant recipients fell significantly short of goals to weatherize homes. Notably, only 2 out of the 10 highest funded recipients completed more than 2 percent of planned units.
"As noted in the report, 13 of the 58 recipients, including a number of large states, had not weatherized any residences as of Feb. 16, 2010," the IG said.


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A New York Times opinion piece by Eamonn Fingleton titled "The Myth of Japan's Failure" points out that Japan is often used by western analysts as a cautionary tale to show what can happen if a country adopts the wrong economic policies. Analysts often even talk of a lost decade.
Fingleton points to many facts that contradict this image.Between 1989 and 2009 life expectancy in Japan went from 78.8 years in itself quite good to 83 years. This is a full 4.2 years increase over that time period. The average Japanese can expect to live 4.8 years longer than the average American.
Even in some aspects of the economy the Japanese are far better off than Americans. For example, unemployment in Japan is 4.2 per cent. U.S. unemployment is about twice that rate. Japan has a current account surplus of 196 billion a more than threefold increase since 1989.
Meanwhile the US during the same period went from a current account deficit of 99 billion in 1989 to a humongous 471 billion deficit at present. Fingleton gives many other comparisons and shows that to a considerable extent Japan's supposed economic failure is a myth. The full article is here.
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Doonesbury creator Garry Trudeau has announced he will quit drawing the daily comic strip but will continue Sundays. He's offering reruns from the 1970s, 80s and 90s, leaving newspaper editors wondering if we should cancel.
Observers and political junkies have been marveling at the grass roots effort that has, in the last three years or so, brought nearly $70 million to Highway 14 for upgrades from Nicollet to Owatonna via Mankato.
So it's been a while since I last posted a blog. I can't say it's not my own fault. There, start the year with a double negative and some vernacular.
When Edward Snowden gets allies in the World of Warcraft and at Google, Facebook and Yahoo, things get a little bizarre.
Minnesota Transportation Commissioner Charles Zelle talked transportation investments with The Free Press Editorial Board Monday and offered a few surprising ideas.
Neighborhood watchman George Zimmerman is back in news. His girlfriend says he pointed shotgun at her; New research has uncovered more connections between 94-year old Minneapolis man and Nazi war crimes.
The Obama administration approved final rules on mental health parity law approved more than five years ago.
New York Times suggests a sea change in how Justice Department will prosecute financial crime -- with criminal charges.
Deep in the bowels of MnDOT policy, one can find a way around rules and regulations to just get things done, and apologize later.
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Last week, I December's holiday upheavals from your pet's perspective. Frantic activity, changing schedules, trees, candles, bows, parties, music … yikes!
Now we'll look at another holiday dog issue: The Gift Pet. Combine over-the-top cuteness with the unstoppable persuasive powers of children or grown-ups (who are still children at heart) and it's no wonder that puppies, kittens and other young creatures top many holiday gift lists. Experts caution against it, but the irresistible allure of a bow-collared puppy romping with over-stimulated, pajama-clad children is just too much to resist.
But the joy can be short lived. Unlike toys, pets require more than love to survive. Pets, like people, thrive on routine schedules and consistent care. Puppies have more in common with children than other pets, and thus require early socialization and training as well, to ensure a lifetime of cooperation.
And so consider your gift list this year. If you have the willpower, you can give your "surprise" package a few days after the holidays, or perhaps, before. An overstimulating day full of noise, trinkets, and racing around is often unsettling to a young animal whose only desire is to feel safe and nurtured.
Here are some tips to ensure the holiday pet has a positive transition into his or her new home. While these tips apply to adoption at any time of year, holiday pets are vulnerable to the extra excitement that befalls December's special days.
1. If you're focused on giving your pet present on a specific day, wait until the excitement has waned to bring him or her into the room. Instruct everyone to put away toys that might otherwise entice or startle him, and urge them to stay calm. If more than one person will be vying for face time, work out the plan ahead of time (either holding the new pet, or having the kids flip a coin to see who holds the pet first) to avoid a meltdown. Plan out your day and the first few weeks ahead of time. My book, "Puppy for Dummies," lays this out nicely.
2. A puppy is not a stuffed animal. Ok, that's a little obvious, but puppies are more similar to pre-verbal toddlers than to any other pet you'll find in a pet store. Like children, puppies do best with a regular schedule. Stay one step ahead of your pup's basic needs with pre-established feeding times, organized playtime and comforting nap and bedtime rituals. Puppies raised without a set schedule can be fussy, and fussy puppies nip, chew and roughhouse more.
3. Make housetraining priority number 1. Whether you chose to use papers or go outside, make potty training your puppy a complete obsession. Wiping up little puppy puddles may seem like no big deal, but understand that your puppy is learning habits that will last a lifetime. Decide on one place for potty training, and take her there after feeding, sleep and playtime. For more detailed housetraining information, visit my Web site or refer to one of my puppy books.
4. Practice my signature "Loving Touch" technique. When your puppy is calm, sit in a four-legged chair. Make an open space beneath your legs and bring your dog under the chair. Pet your puppy with an open palm in long, soothing, loving stokes. This calming gesture simulates a mother dog's grooming ritual. You'll use this grounding interaction to calm your dog throughout his life.
5. Leash train your puppy. A very young puppy will stay near his family, but puppies grow up quickly. It won't take long before your wallflower is darting off to wander and explore. A leash will ensure her safety. A young puppy happily accepts new experiences, so begin leash training between 8-10 weeks.
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famous dave's barbecue and ribs
I like Famous Dave's. I love ribs, and I think theirs are pretty decent. My DH likes their brisket, and their corn muffins are pretty darn good. We've gotten their big platter (the All American Feast, I think it's called) to go a few times, it serves a bunch of people and provides a nice selection of items.
Famous Dave's is pretty good, certainly not as good as little BBQ joints in the Texas hill country, but certainly acceptable. DH likes the pulled pork sandwich with the onion strings. As previously stated, the corn muffins are darn good and the coleslaw is spicy and good.
I personally like Famous Dave's. I prefer their St. Louis style better than the Baby Backs. The sides are good, Whenever I bring someone for the first time, they all seem to like it and the experience comes up in later discussions. If I were in the Midwest, I would probably look for a local favorite, but here in New Jersey, the BBQ is better than most private sector restaurants.
We have one very near our house. We actually picked up take out today to take to my parents and watch the game.
It's not the best BBQ on the planet but not the worst either. We have few options around our house for good BBQ and this is the best of what's in the immediate area. We usually get the ribs as we did tonight. I like their cole slaw, their beans don't do much for me. I agree the corn muffins aren't bad either. We order take out more than we eat in but when we do eat in we usually split something or go at lunch and have a lunch special as this seems to be one of these places where the portions are ridiculously large.
There's one in Kansas City, KS by the NASCAR track and a GIANT Furniture store. My wife loves it and we have to eat there every time we go out there. I'm not impressed. The ribs just aren't very good. There's way better in KC, way better, really. The fried catfish is pretty good though, fries are decent, and we've always been treated very well there.
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Do yourself a favor, if you are going to spend the time and money to come down here for good authentic 'Q, do not look for it at a chain. Cruise the local Chowhound board for the area in the U.S. you will be visiting and look for previous 'Q discussion, or post a query on a local board for reccos.
I don't know about Famous Dave's, but I think if you hang all day long and all night outside a Tony Roma's, a Claimjumper or a Houston's, which all claim to sell BBQ, you would never smell or see smoke. Pay a visit, especially in the early part of the day, to a real 'Q joint, which usually means independent, single location, and you will see and smell smoke, a sure sign of real BBQ.
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I'm a Torontonian as well, and when we go on our fairly frequent shopping trips to Buffalo, Famous Dave's is one place the whole family agrees on. I have no doubt that there is better BBQ available in Texas (Sonny Bryant's in Dallas was great!), KC, the Carolinas, etc., but for the Great White North, Dave's isn't bad.
--- fort myers, florida report.
--- second hand, but from my fireman nephew who knows his food (and who isn't very effusive in praise -- hard to impress, in other words!) also, my sister and BIL similarly raved. trust me, VERY picky -- esp. on meats.
--- from a catered birthday party about 3 weeks ago.
1. brisket -- not ordinarily his favorite (or mine, for that matter) was FANTASTIC!
2. st. louis style ribs -- very good.
(i heard the report while in the hospital with my mom, so i didn't "grill" my nephew.)
i live in arlington, va., and have been to one in vienna, va., another dc 'burb. a friend treated me, and we got ribs. it was several years ago, and i've never been back. 'nuff said.
i think they are like the sonny's bbq chain in the south. some are great, and others....not so much!


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Posted at 1:04pm on Jun. 7, 2007 Cloture Vote Fails, but New Threat Emerges
By Bluey
The Senate just voted 33-63 not to invoke cloture on the immigration bill, meaning that it cannot proceed to a final vote at this time. However, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D.-Nev.) is planning to spend the afternoon twisting arms in anticipation for another cloture vote at 5 p.m. today.
In the meantime, Capitol Hill sources tell me that the White House may be working with Senate supporters of the original bill to strip out all amendments that have been added. Such a move deeply worries conservatives.
"It looks like the 'Masters of the Universe' might want a mulligan," said one conservative GOP aide. "But there are some folks who take their golf pretty seriously here in the Senate. I expect multiple senators would object to such a desperate tactic."
Conservative activists have ramped up calls to key Senate offices today in hopes that enough grassroots pressure will convince senators to oppose the bill.
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Posted at 6:14pm on Jun. 6, 2007 Amnesty Opponents Making Progress in Senate
By Bluey
Spirits among conservative critics of the immigration bill have brightened today following several Senate votes that indicate at least 40 senators could block the bill during a cloture vote tomorrow.
Well-placed sources tell me that activists are focusing their attention on the following list of senators: Sam Brownback (R.-Kan.), Richard Burr (R.-N.C.), Saxby Chambliss (R.-Ga.), Larry Craig (R.-Idaho), Pete Domenici (R.-N.M.), Byron Dorgan (D.-N.D.), John Ensign (R.-Nev.), Mike Enzi (R.-Wyo.), Judd Gregg (R.-N.H.), Johnny Isakson (R.-Ga.), Jon Kyl (R.-Ariz.), Mary Landrieu (D.-La.), Trent Lott (R.-Miss.), Mitch McConnell (R.-Ky.), Claire McCaskill (D.-Mo.), Ben Nelson (D.-Neb.), Mark Pryor (D.-Ark.), Debbie Stabenow (D.-Mich.), John Sununu (R.-N.H.), Jon Tester (D.-Mont.), George Voinovich (R.-Ohio), Jim Webb (D.-Va.), and John Warner (R.-Va.).
These individuals are apparently still non-committal about how they will vote on the final bill or could be swayed depending on votes either for or against amendments to the bill.
Conservatives' renewed optimism came after three votes on amendments to the bill, all of which garnered at least 41 votes -- the number needed to block cloture.
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Posted at 3:48pm on Jun. 6, 2007 Top 5 Dumbest Aspects of Immigration Bill
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Posted at 1:17pm on Jun. 6, 2007 Mike Huckabee: Immigration Bill Can Be Fixed
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Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee held a conference call with bloggers at 10 a.m. and took questions about education, energy and immigration. I asked about immigration and whether Huckabee thought the Senate bill should be fixed or just killed.
Huckabee said he's very much in favor of trying to work on it to make it better. "Instead of rejecting it wholesale, let's be specific what we don't like," he said. He cited his concern that the bill would reward illegal aliens with legal status first, rather than making them work toward it.
On the touchy subject of John McCain, Huckabee danced around a question of how immigration was changing the dynamics of the race. McCain has dropped from second to fourth place in recent polls. Of his fellow Republican, Huckabee said, "He takes a position and he sticks with it. Even if his position is 180 degrees from mine, I respect him for that. At least he takes a stand and he sticks with it. He's not a person who tailors his views to each audience."
Following up on a point made by Duncan Hunter at last night's debate, Huckabee said Sen. Teddy Kennedy's (D.-Mass.) prominent role in the immigration deal is very troubling for many conservatives. While it may give comfort to liberals, it provokes a hostile reaction from the right.
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Posted at 1:17am on Jun. 5, 2007 Restating The Obvious
By Pejman Yousefzadeh
For the umpteenth time, it appears that it has been made necessary for someone to write about the fact--which should be obvious by now--that life in Cuba really is bad. And given the state of current cinematic events, it would seem that the following passage (whose point, again, should be obvious by now) needs to be emphasized for those who are "reality-based" in name only:
Healthcare and education are supposed to be the redeeming graces of the regime, but this is questionable. There are a large number of doctors, but, according to most Cubans I know, many have left the country and the health system is in a ragged state--apart from those hospitals reserved for foreigners--and people often have to pay a bribe to get treated. Michael Moore, the American film director, who has recently been praising the system should take note of the real life stories beneath the statistics. I went into a couple of hospitals for locals on my latest visit. In the first, my friend told me not to say a word in case my accent was noticed, as foreigners are not allowed in these places. I was appalled by the hygiene and amazed at the antiquity of the building and some of the equipment. I was told that the vast majority of Cuban hospitals, apart from two in Havana, were built before the revolution. Which revolution, I wondered; this one seemed to date from the 1900s.
On another occasion, I saw a man in a white coat with a stethoscope around his neck hurrying along the boulevard of Vedado, in west Havana. We struck up a conversation. He was on his way to the hospital around the corner. I asked him if he would take me there. He was charming and intelligent, and had that ease of communication that many Cubans possess: he wasn't at all taken aback by an unknown woman in dark glasses asking to accompany him to work. The doctor told me that I shouldn't be too shocked; the hospital was being "refurbished." The building certainly was in a state of filth and decrepitude. This was not a place one would want to be ill in.
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Posted at 8:00pm on Jun. 3, 2007 Are We On The Cusp Of A Recession?
By Pejman Yousefzadeh
Earlier this week, we had a story indicating that there was only 0.6% growth in GDP for the first quarter, revised downward from 2.5%. This means that a recession is around the corner, right?
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Posted at 7:56pm on Jun. 3, 2007 Mind . . . Reeling
By Pejman Yousefzadeh
Just how bad does Hugo Chavez have to be before the naïve and credulous stop making excuses for him? And is there any doubt that if another leader--say, George W. Bush or Tony Blair--did the kinds of things Chavez is doing, people like John Pilger would decry the Dawn of the New Fascism?
Of course, let it be noted that the Venezuelan people know better than do the likes of John Pilger. As do the Brazilians.
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Posted at 7:54pm on Jun. 3, 2007 So, About Those Commonly Used Mechanisms To Lower Greenhouse Gas Emissions . . .
An Inconvenient Truth
By Pejman Yousefzadeh
In autumn 2005, three journalists working for the environmental group the Centre for Science and Environment decided to investigate some of the Indian projects which were trying to break into the lucrative new business of carbon trading.
They started looking at four schemes in Andhra Pradesh which were trying to convert biomass - dead plants, animal dung - into fuel. They studied the formal reports which the schemes had commissioned from a UK company, Ernst and Young, to satisfy the demanding requirements of the UN's Clean Development Mechanism. And they noticed a very odd thing.
Read on for a bit more . . .
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Posted at 7:48pm on Jun. 3, 2007 "The Most Ethical Congress In History"
By Pejman Yousefzadeh
The threads in the fabric of this claim are becoming undone rather quickly, no?
After promising unprecedented openness regarding Congress' pork barrel practices, House Democrats are moving in the opposite direction as they draw up spending bills for the upcoming budget year.
Democrats are sidestepping rules approved their first day in power in January to clearly identify "earmarks" - lawmakers' requests for specific projects and contracts for their states.
Rather than including specific pet projects, grants and contracts in legislation as it is being written, Democrats are following an order by the House Appropriations Committee chairman to keep the bills free of such earmarks until it is too late for critics to effectively challenge them.
Remember when the claim went out that the 110th Congress would no longer feature earmarks? So much for that, eh? And just out of curiosity, why aren't Republicans making a bigger deal of this?
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Posted at 7:46pm on Jun. 3, 2007 Close Call
By Pejman Yousefzadeh
Thank Heavens this got discovered. Now, just out of curiosity, is it possible for us to accept the fact that we are actually engaged in a war on terrorism and terrorists? Or will some remain stubbornly against that proposition?
Federal authorities said a plot by a suspected Muslim terrorist cell to blow up John F. Kennedy International Airport, its fuel tanks and a jet fuel artery could have caused "unthinkable" devastation.
But while pipeline and security experts agreed that such an attack would have crippled America's economy, particularly the airline industry, they said it probably would not have led to significant loss of life as intended.
Authorities announced Saturday they had broken up the suspected terrorist cell, arresting three men, one of them a former member of Guyana's parliament. A fourth man was being sought in Trinidad as part of the plot that authorities said they had been tracking for more than a year and was foiled in the planning stages.
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Posted at 5:12pm on Jun. 2, 2007 Good News From The Social Policy Front
By Pejman Yousefzadeh
Yes. You read that right. Good news, courtesy of Ron Haskins of the Brookings Institution:
Imagine a line composed of every household with children in the United States, arranged from lowest to highest income. Now, divide the line into five equal parts. Which of the groups do you think enjoyed big increases in income since 1991? If you read the papers, you probably would assume that the bottom fifth did the worst. After all, income inequality in America is increasing, right?
Wrong. According to a Congressional Budget Office (CBO) study released this month, the bottom fifth of families with children, whose average income in 2005 was $16,800, enjoyed a larger percentage increase in income from 1991 to 2005 than all other groups except the top fifth. Despite the recession of 2001, the bottom fifth had a 35 percent increase in income (adjusted for inflation), compared with around 20 percent for the second, third and fourth fifths. (The top fifth had about a 50 percent increase.)
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Posted at 5:09pm on Jun. 2, 2007 Burying The Lede
Why Oh Why Oh Why Oh Why Oh Why Oh Why (Repeat ad DeLongium) Can't We Have A Better Foreign Press Corps?
By Pejman Yousefzadeh
Consider this story:
For a nation that invented the term "guest worker" for its immigrant labourers, Germany is facing the sobering fact that record numbers of its own often highly-qualified citizens are fleeing the country to work abroad in the biggest mass exodus for 60 years.
Figures released by Germany's Federal Statistics Office showed that the number of Germans emigrating rose to 155,290 last year - the highest number since the country's reunification in 1990 - which equalled levels last experienced in the 1940s during the chaotic aftermath of the Second World War.
The statistics, which also revealed that the number of immigrants had declined steadily since 2001, were a stark reminder of the extent of the German economy's decline from the heady 1960s when thousands of mainly Turkish workers flocked to find work in the country.
Read on . . .
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Posted at 1:31am on Jun. 1, 2007 Fred Thompson: The Small-Government Candidate
He Doesn't Beat Back The Welfare State Without A Plan
By Pejman Yousefzadeh
This is quite reassuring when it comes to considering the potential candidacy of Fred Thompson. Again, it ought to be noted that Thompson's support of McCain-Feingold is a black mark as far as small-government types are concerned, but one hopes that Thompson will travel the road to Damascus on that issue. As for his stance on other issues, it couldn't be better from the standpoint of most small-government conservatives. If Thompson works to make himself a forceful presence in the contest for Republican primary and caucus votes and if he highlights his small-government record, those who are dissatisfied with Rudy Giuliani, Mitt Romney, John McCain and their stances on various issues of the day will quickly gravitate to Thompson's candidacy.
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Posted at 1:28am on Jun. 1, 2007 All Hail YouTube
By Pejman Yousefzadeh
It allows for the subversion of tyranny:
Radio Caracas Television, the station silenced by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, has found a way to continue its daily broadcasts -- on YouTube, the popular video Web site.
Although the station is officially off the air, CNN's Harris Whitbeck said its news department continues to operate on reduced staffing, and the three daily hour-long installments of the newscast "El Observador" are uploaded onto YouTube by RCTV's Web department.
In addition, RCTV's Colombia-based affiliate, Caracol, has agreed to transmit the evening installment of "El Observador" over its international signal. The program, which will run at midnight, could reach about 800,000 people in Venezuela.
Although this is drastically reduced from RCTV's previous audience, its continued presence is a sign of hope for the staff.
"We're just doing our job as journalists," said an employee of RCTV. "As long as somebody is seeing us, we consider what we are doing to be valid."
Chavez's efforts at censorship may have only served to cause him long term problems with those he has censored. I mean, a certain movie line happens to come to mind when considering this story.
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Posted at 1:26am on Jun. 1, 2007 Revealing Passage Of The Day
Gaffes, They Say, Occur When The Truth Is Inadvertently Revealed
By Pejman Yousefzadeh
From this story, concerning Robert Zoellick's nomination to head the World Bank. I'll just let the excerpt speak for itself:
There are some at the World Bank, many bank officials say, who may resist a bias toward encouraging free-market economies, especially at a time when faith in that philosophy has faded in Latin America and elsewhere. But bank officials said they would welcome a new president with knowledge in this area.
"A lot of people used to think that if the Democrats win the White House in 2008, we might get a new president who won't be pursing free markets and corruption," said one bank official, who spoke on condition of anonymity. "But most people at the bank also realize that reform is necessary."


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I'm a little embarrassed to admit that I made these. I've always been the sort of person who is thrown into silent hysterics when confronted with people in matching outfits in public. But I've noticed something since we've had our little guy — whenever Nate has to pick out clothes for Elliot, he always picks stuff that looks exactly like the clothes he wears. No big surprise there I guess (a friend explained this phenomenon by saying that dads like having a "Mini-Me"), I just never thought it would happen to us. I have to admit though, when it's your own husband and son, it's actually pretty cute.
: : Pearl snaps on Nate's shirt : :
I made these for a birthday gift for Nate (whose b-day is today!). I hauled out the ol' birthday garland again, made some cupcakes, bought some balloons and this morning he got to open presents. The one for Elliot I guess technically isn't a present for him…or is it? I made another shirt (will post soon) for Nate too so it was a totally handmade birthday on my end.
: : little boy version – about a 4T maybe? : :
Pattern: Simplicity 4287 (I made another one just like this last summer for Summer Top Week)
Fabric: Heather Ross' Happy Campers, no longer available online; it's out of print and can only be found here and there for ridiculous prices.
Pearl snaps: A new addition this time on Nate's shirt. I have a hand-held snap press for putting snaps on bibs and such, but when I tried using it with the pearl snaps I found it cracked the pearly part. So sad. So if you're going to try these, definitely use the hammer/spool method as directed on the package.
This pattern is definitely not a beginner pattern (as I think I mentioned last time). It's got plenty of details that can easily frustrate the beginner. Now that I've done it a couple of times, I like it but it's definitely time consuming. We'll call it a labor of love.
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Meg says:
That is so cute!
I am sad that that fabric is out of print.
Myrnie says:
Love it! They'll look adorable
elli says:
That's HILLARIOUS! You're totally turning into Mom.
Karin says:
Those shirts are so fantastic. Love the fabric. And yeah, the whole matching thing — for me, it really depends on the situation. In this case? I'd say it's totally cute!
Emma Caroline says:
Oh GAG!!
They are SUPPOSED to be MEN!!!
Why are you trying to turn your son into a little sissy? Look at the clothes you make him. tsk, tsk
Aunt LoLo says:
Too, too cute! I wonder how long it will take for my hubs to start trying to match our newborn son?
Pretty Jane says:
I have always been in the same anti-matchy-matchy camp as you, but now I've become a little addicted. It's sort of a challenge to figure out how to pull it off without it being throw-uppy.
I recently invested in a HUGE snap press, like, 37 pounds or something insane like that. It was pricey–$65–but BOY do I love doing snaps now! I also went the pearl snap route, and am rocking out on some boy shirts this month… Plus, the little ones can manipulate the snaps themselves, so that's a nice side benefit!
c.Rachel says:
I adore the fabric! The two shirts are sweet. There will come a time when son will not want the same shirt as dear dad. But until then go for it!
Love to see a photo of the shirts in action on your guys!
Emma Caroline says:
I was very mean in my last post and I apologize.
You did a nice job on the shirts.
littlegreen says:
okay so I just found your blog, and it totally rocks. You rock! You have inspired me… first, to make a bunch of new tops for the summer ahead… yay. Second, to make baby pants for my little one out of a ton of free knits I was given… third… to really learn how to sew knit… see if I can get my serger to cooperate with me on this one…
thanks for the great inspiration, I am now a made by rae fan, officially!!
LiEr says:
Hi Rae – I left an award for you on my blog.
sewlovely says:
Those shirts are wonderful and I've yet to find a little boy who doesn't want to be just like his dad. You'll have to take a photo of the 2 of them together in the shirts – not just for your blog but for your son who will be glad to have it when he's older.
Acorn to Oak says:
The shirts look great! And, I love the fabric…it's adorable!
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If you don't think Bush is incompetent you haven't been watching. The man is dumb and incapable of running a country...or a toaster oven for that matter. Have you heard him speak? My favorite example of Bush's ignorance is this "Is our children learning?" HELLO how ironic that the president of a world super power can't seem to use proper grammar...or even notice when he's wrong... how ironic that that president, seemingly fighting a war against terror and nuclear weapons, can't manage to say "nuclear weapons" without mispronunciations. It makes me a little scared that my IQ is higher than that of the man that holds my future in his hands.
Most doctors, firemen, police officers have a lower IQ than we do. They hold our future in their hands far more often than any president. Bush is smart enough to realise that most of the decisions should be left to his advisors. Who are some of the smartest people on the planet.
The capability to speak well in public does not necessarily correlate to being good at running a country. I agree that a well spoken president would be far more charismatic and worthy of trust, but hey. I suppose I don't live in the US, and he's not my president, but from what I can tell, he hasn't actually fucked anything up internally.
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"I enjoyed the intrepid journey," said Phillips de Pury's Alexander Gilkes of the short trip from New York City on to Governor's Island for Saturday's Veuve Cliquot Manhattan Polo Classic. "It deceptively transported us far away from the toils of Manhattan." Not only were there the spoils of picnicking and polo to be found on the island, but one of the dashing players to take to the field was none other than Prince Harry, in town for his first-ever formal visit to the United States. With a yellow #1 emblazoned on his white polo, the spike-haired prince led the Sentebale team, named for the American Friends of Sentebale, a charity Prince Harry cofounded with H.R.H. Prince Seeiso Bereng Seeiso of Lesothos, and the beneficiary of profits from ticket sales. (Friends of Sentebale was created in honor of both Diana, Princess of Wales, and Queen Mamohato, the respective mothers of the founders.) The opposing Black Watch team was captained by Argentine polo sensation Nacho Figueras, who reacted to his team's loss like a good sport saying, "It was fun, it was tight, it went all the way to the end. They got lucky so what are you going to do?" Spectators including David Lauren (in green pants), Madonna, and Marc Jacobs paid heed to the invitation that called for an Old World dress code—gentlemen in suits and ladies in hats—a request that we heard provoked calls to favorite milliners like C.F.D.A. finalist Albertus Swanepoel. The ladies seemed to veer toward a neutral palette for shorts and sundresses to match their straw hats. Chloë Sevigny chose a tiny straw topper with her scalloped khaki jacket. A large-brimmed straw hat proved the perfect complement to Samantha Boardman's Balenciaga Edition polka-dot dress and Roger Vivier flats, while a brunette Kate Hudson selected a similar classic hat paired with a belted white dress and beige Loeffler Randall sandals. In the same spirit, Alek Wek wore a straw hat with her yellow shift and Kelly Klein, a straw fedora with her floral dress. Laura Schusinski, visiting from Paris, mixed it up with a black twenties turban and vintage leopard spots. Polo-watching attire aside, there was much to celebrate with the cooperative weather and copius champagne Inside the tent, Hudson talked with artist Dustin Yellin while Jacobs and Lorenzo Martone, in a lovely gray shorts suit and matching hat, sat nearby with Donna Karan and daughter Gabby Karan de Felice. Later on in the day, there was another special appearance when Madonna was seen with sons David and Rocco and friend Steven Klein. And then it was back to the reality of Manhattan. "Enough princes and champagne," someone whispered on the ferry back to the city in deference, of course, to the charms of the day's outing.
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From KC Chiefs cheerleader to MMA star? Rachel Wray gets into the ring
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So far UFC's new women's division seems pretty legit: Ronda Rousey (an Olympic medalist in judo) and Liz Carmouche (three tours of duty in Middle East with U.S. Marines) will face off in UFC's first-ever female bout in Feb. Could we be seeing the next big UFC women's star in the making?
So, Rachel Wray (middle in photo) is a former Kansas City Chiefs cheerleader who has given up the pom-poms for striking gloves. Does this bode well for women in the sport? We'll see. But she is getting a lot of attention, because let's face it, she's very easy to look at. KCMMA:
"Last year, I was a Chiefs Cheerleader. I have been a cheerleader or dancer my whole life and I moved here from Arkansas to cheer for the Kansas City Chiefs. I started working out at Title Boxing Club with some of the girls for an alternative workout," Wray said. "I really enjoyed it and started taking private lessons after a little while. One day, I came in and they wanted me to spar. I was nervous about someone actually punching me in the face, but I did it.
"I was absolutely horrible. This drove me to want it even more. I knew I had to make a choice between fighting and cheerleading. I chose fighting."
Wray, who fights for a league called Ultimate Blue Corner in Kansas City, has a 2-0 MMA record, with one of those being a forfeit. Not exactly a dazzling resume, but perhaps Dana White will take notice.
UFC could have gone all Lingerie Football League on us with their new women's division, making it all about looks. But White didn't do that. Wray, if she turns out to be legitimately good, could bridge the gap between striking good looks and, well, striking. I fort one will watch her progress closely.
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Samsung came a long way in a short space of time. Earlier this week they announced Gigabit data transmission at very high frequency – in effect a 5G wireless performance level – a decade ahead of 5G being implemented.
It is interesting for a number of reasons, not least who it threatens. I think the technology itself is less relevant than what it says about how innovation is evolving, and the incredible pace.
More of that later. For now, what does it say about 5G, the next generation of mobile, and fiber optic cable, because one reaction to the news was that cable is dead.
The first thing it says is that Samsung is striving to be a leading player in telecommunications infrastructure – as yet they are not in the Top 5. The second is they just sent out an early warning signal of its intent in 5G. But the third point to bear in mind is that the very beginnings of 5G deployment are at least 8 years away and will be guided by standards as well as by invention.
That means a lot of negotiation with competitors.
One take on the announcement though is that wireless could displace fixed line, and is a threat to cable companies that have been slow to upgrade their networks. It also seems to overshadow Google's announcement of a 1GB fiber network in the USA.
In fact its impact on Google is different. Its impact on Apple, cited here, is different again.
But first here is the announcement.
Samsung Electronics announced that it has successfully developed the world's first adaptive array transceiver technology operating in the millimeter-wave Ka bands for cellular communications. The new technology sits at the core of 5G mobile communications system and will provide data transmission up to several hundred times faster than current 4G networks…5G mobile communications technology is the next generation of the existing 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) network technology. 5G will be capable of providing a ubiquitous Gbps experience to subscribers anywhere and offers data transmission speeds of up to several tens of Gbps per base station."
To understand the announcement better, I spoke this morning to Ericsson AB, the world's largest telco infrastructure maker.
Ericsson, for long the major force in telecommunications infrastructure, takes the view that this is still a decade long process and they, plus the other big players in infrastructure, are only two years in.
"We think densification, many more or denser cells, using more antennas, and then going up in frequency indoors (high frequency doesn't work well outdoors) is part of the answer. That's one part of what we have seen from Samsung with this idea," says Dr Afif Osseiran, who coordinates the METIS project, a consortium building out 5G ideas and standards.
But according to this diagram below, as Osseiran also says, it is only one part of a much larger solution:
Samsung hardly has a 5G solution but is working on one part of the pie. And Osseiran is also keen to point out that you still need plenty of fixed line capability. Ericsson expect over 500 billion devices to be connected to the Internet by 2020 and diversity in the network is key to enabling all that activity. He also points out that the aim is for 10 Gbps transmission. So this is not going to kill anyone's technology, and it is years away from commercialization.
The worrying aspect of Samsung's initiatives, for American and European companies though, is that Samsung has perfected an extraordinary capability to innovate and advance itself across a wide range of activities.
It is also developing significant and deep partnerships with telco carriers. It not only gives them options in devices, it also provides solutions in small cell technologies – for example for use in arenas – to extend their network capabilities.
And at the same time it is now looking at more ways to help carriers to develop their revenues. It announced this morning a partnership with Telefonica to develop direct carrier billing for apps bought via Samsung devices and services such as Hub.
You could not make a carrier happier than inviting them into your apps' revenue stream. Telefonica already has such a deal with Bango, and partnerships with Microsoft, Google and Facebook. But none of those can also offer you devices and infrastructure too.
Samsung is producing a new philosophy that emphasizes end-to-end support for its carrier clients. Nobody else is able to do that right now, and yet next in line is Huawei and then ZTE, not a US or European competitor. But even they will struggle to go end-tend from chip to infrastructure.
So the implications for Google and Apple? Samsung and Google are developing a deeper partnership. That much became clear when Google announced a Google Galaxy S4 phone this week.
That means Google has high level support in developing its device strategy, from the company most likely to produce the important innovations in display, battery and processors. As Google improves its own UI design capabilities, Samsung becomes better allied to what is beginning to look like the world's leading software company. This is a significant partnership.
Apple on the other hand is still going it alone and while the i-range of devices is still a great brand, the risk of it becoming marginalized in a new era of innovation looks strong. What Google showed this week and Samsung has been demonstrating for a while is that innovation is now a different game – much broader in scope, often more narrow in focus, but incredibly fast. Apple is looking outpaced.
5G. Yeah, just like 4G was not 4G. Still isn't. This is all marketing hype. It threatens no one except the idiots who believe it. I'll believe it when I can run real world tests on it.
5G? I'm still waiting for true 4G (LTE – Advanced) and not some more marketing hype.
As for overshadowing Google fiber all I have to say is fat chance. You see unlike 5G at 28 Ghz, Google fiber has massive bandwidth capacity of which only a small part is actually being used today and most importantly it works both indoors and outdoors.
5G at 28 Ghz renders building and car interiors as signal dead zones. This is primarily due to reflectivity leading to penetration losses of over 40 db at 28 Ghz through tinted glass and over 28 db through brick. Did Samsung mention how they planned to deal with these dead zones?
Wireless technologies has one severely limiting factor: All bandwidth has to be shared with all devices in the proximity. Thus effectively reducing the bandwidth. And we are getting more and more devices. Ericsson predicts 500 million devices by the year 2020.
What does this mean for wired technologies like fiber?
The conclusion is; We need even more fiber cause all that wireless capacity has to be fed from somewhere. Mobile Internet does not exist by itself in a cloud in the sky it has to be feed from base stations and the base stations has to be feed with very high bandwidth. We are talking about 10Gbit or higher capacity to each and every base station even the small micro cells indoors, thus raising the need for fiber to the home. For every Gigabit of wireless capacity we will probably need 10 times as much by wire. Cause all that data has to be feed from somewhere, and processed, and stored…


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Don Haynie can take a lot of little nothings and turn them into a big something.
Give the floral designer sticks from the yard or woods, a small clay pot and faux pears and within minutes he whisks the pieces into a centerpiece he calls Partridge in a Pear Tree.
Any kind of twigs work, he said.
Lilac is a hard wood thats good. Vitex, also called chaste tree, is nice. Old wood from a fig works, too. Just go out and prune in the garden and youll come up with what you need.
Haynie, who had a floral business in Warsaw, Va., and formerly ran the Buffalo Springs Herb Farm in the Shenandoah Valley, now shares his time and talents with Colonial Williamsburg, especially during the holidays, helping decorate colonial taverns with botanical creations.
He recently created a Partridge in a Pear Tree topiary for Williamsburgs annual Holiday Symposium. It can be made in any size larger for the center of a table or for the ends of a sideboard, with smaller ones as accents. You can also change the look, using faux apples or ornaments and colors to coordinate with your decor. For instance, a red bird would look good with rosy-colored apples. Bells and red bows can even be used to embellish the topiary.
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Anyone who's already stumbled across the frankly bonkers single 'Tahiti Hungry Jungle' by Italian duo Dumbo Gets Mad, could be forgiven for assuming them to be musical mad hatters with tongues firmly lodged in their cheeks. And you'd be right; that track somehow combines jungle drums, an Azealia Banks '212′ sample – no, not that lyric – and a repetitive, fuzzed-out guitar line that halfway through, breaks out into the type of riff you'd hear in a Bollywood musical. Like we said, bonkers. But while your brain struggles to process all the various components and demands that you hate it, your feet and hands take on a life of their own and start twisting and jerking in time, tap tap tap tap. You want to dance and embrace total strangers. Then, it hits you: this works! This is genius!
Genius, but misleading, for the rest of the album is markedly different in style (but no worse for it). There's nothing else as bizarre, but they've still managed to create the ultimate feel good party album; ultimate because, no matter what type of shindig you're at, there's a track on here to suit. Running the gamut from – deep breath – bass-heavy funk to blissed-out Balearic vibes, to surf guitar to Motown soul to groove-led psychedelica, there really isn't much that Quantum Leap doesn't attempt. Ambitious doesn't quite cover it, but its greatest strength is that nothing comes across as forced or contrived; instead it's fresh and razor sharp, each style and motif perfectly realised, each track so accomplished.
It's also shrouded in mystery, for neither their website, their Facebook page, or even font of all 21st Century knowledge Wikipedia reveals any actual names or details; all we know is it's one Italian guy, his sometime singer wife, and that that may be them on the cover. Whoever's responsible, one things for sure, they're a magpie alchemist of the highest order, never resting for a moment, conquering and assimilating with a keen ear for detail. 'Radical Leap' and 'Before Kiddos Bath' both sound like Tame Impala on Valium, while 'Bam Bam' woozily strays into Euro Disco territory. The beat gets a little harder as 'Cougars' – oh, such names! – drags you into Studio 54 before our personal favourite, 'Punch & Tea', lifts the chords from Sixto Rodriguez's 'Cause' and plonks them on a rum-soaked Caribbean beach, with a steel-pedal guitar solo thrown in for good measure.
Containing the most euphoric two minutes of music we've heard in a long time, it's the perfect end to thirteen tracks of pure endorphins, music that lifts you up, floats through your consciousness and leaves you grinning from ear to ear. None of it should really work, least of all stacked one after the other, but if the size of the risk is reflected in the size of the reward, Quantum Leap comes up trumps as a glorious mishmash of the mad, the wondrous, and the exciting. Nobody will come close to producing anything like this all year, for the simple reason that nobody else would be crazy enough to try. But indulge it, we urge you, and it won't let you down. God Speed Dumbo Gets Mad; it's a hell of a ride.
Stream the world-endingly good 'Tahiti Hungry Jungle' below, and head to Dumbo Gets Mad's site [here]
Words by Derek Robertson.