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Musikfest Cafe booking represents new opportunity for ArtsQuest
A concert announced last week at Musikfest Café represents a new broadening of opportunities for the ArtsQuest's jewel music venue in Bethlehem. Andrew McMahon, former singer of Something Corporate and Jack's Mannequin, will play a July 23 solo show at...Tags: Live Nation, Music, Dawes (music group), Musikfest, Entertainment Events
Musikfest Cafe books the No. 1 show on our wish list for the venue
Back at the end of March 2011, more than a month before Musikfest Café at ArtsQuest Center at SteelStacks held its first concert, Lehigh Valley Music posted a Top 10 list of acts it would like to see play at the new venue – and whom the venue...Tags: Live Nation, Lee DeWyze, Music, Concerts, Entertainment Events
See us talk live with Jack's Mannequin's Andrew McMahon at Huffington Post tonight
Lehigh Valley Music presents FESTBLOGLehigh Valley Music has long been a fan of singer Andrew McMahon, from his days in Something Corporate playing at Bethlehem's former RiverFusion festival or Moravian College, then through his time in Jack's Mannequin, the chart-topping band... -
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Our Town CorrespondentI took a few steps backward so I could take a good look at my new CD rack. If I was going to spend the next hour or two organizing my CDs, it had to be done well, and it had to be done right. The tricky part about this whole CD organizing project...Tags: Bruce Springsteen, Music, Dashboard Confessional (music group), Savage Garden (music group), Bright Eyes (music group)
REVIEW: Andrew McMahon solo runs through Something Corporate, Jack's Mannequin to start new phase
Lehigh Valley Music presents FESTBLOGAndrew McMahon, who for the past 15 years has fronted the pioneering piano-rock band Something Corporate, then the high-charting band Jack's Mannequin, on Monday at Lancaster's Chameleon Club played his first headlining show as a solo artist... -
Andrew McMahon finding new path after 'completion' of Jack's Mannequin
Lehigh Valley Music presents FESTBLOGWhen Andrew McMahon, the former singer/front man of prototypical piano-rock band Something Corporate, first started working on his side project Jack's Mannequin in 2004, he says he fully expected it to be a solo project after which he would go...... -
Jukebox the Ghost perform at the Heirloom Arts Theatre in Danbury on June 15
Jukebox the Ghost have been regulars up at The Space in Hamden over the course past year, but now they're branching out to Danbury. Things have been looking up for the Philly-D.C.-based band since recording at Bridgeport's Tarquin Studios in 2009. They...Tags: Ben Folds, Jukebox the Ghost (music group), Danbury, Barenaked Ladies (music group)
Adding maturity while keeping spirit, Jack's Mannequin gives a masterpiece show
Lehigh Valley MusicWhat made Jack's Mannequin's songs so great -- especially those on the band's 2005 debut disc, "Everything in Transit" -- was the way singer Andrew McMahon so succinctly conveyed the emotions we all feel: love, loss,... -
Allen Stone's beautiful soul
The temptation to talk about Allen Stone's look — the long, straggly blond hair, his trademark Seattle Supersonics jersey and those chunky reading glasses a great-grandmother might consider out of style — completely disappears once he opens...Tags: Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Music, Concerts, Conan O'Brien
Jack's Mannequin singer says end of band on the horizon
Lehigh Valley MusicPunky-pop band Jack's Mannequin started as a side project by Something Corporate singer Andrew McMahon in 2004 as an outlet for individual expression apart from his band. But it blossomed into McMahon's full-time gig when he contracted... -
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@APV1 what me making disparaging remarks about Mother England. Surely not.
Posted 14:58 31st July 2012
The pb with the Stormers seems that they adopted the same gameplan of the Boks at the RWC. Sometimes it is enough, sometimes it is not. When your plan A is shut down, you must be prepared to implement a realistic plan B. Both the Stormers and the Boks failed in that. Is Coetzee PDV reloaded?
Posted 13:23 30th July 2012
I agree on the Stormers.
Posted 13:16 30th July 2012
@ JayStarr & Ramage - thought you were on about England there for a moment...
Posted 11:59 30th July 2012
@Carpelone - fair point about JDV stint at Munster, he was mostly crap for them, bad investment.........he's much more at home in SA.
As for the anti-rugby jibe, apart from the fact it has zero to do with this article.........I'm not sure you can exactly say that the Stormers were setting the world on fire either.........and thats why they lost
Posted 09:24 30th July 2012
His stint at Munster, the anti-rugby team, did not help too.
Posted 19:09 29th July 2012
Hmm a good player and captain f his franchise and national team. His thoughts are there and as a NZer the self doubt is a good sign as he enters the International season . I hope he takes that feeling into the upcoming Internationals.
If I could offer a suggestion the problem to me is not the captain but a faulty game plan. So maybe the coaching staff need to have a look at what they are trying to get the team to do. Everyone has praised the Stormers defence. The team, however, has shown poor attacking and finishing abilityon attack and any team with a good defence was able to hold out this team that has shown a lack of attacking skills. The writing was on the wall when the Stormers, who had the easiest ride towards the end of the competition, failed to put away convincingly so many of the bottom teams. So JV look further afield but within your own ranks than yourself.
Posted 14:22 29th July 2012
No-one seems to doubt JDV but himself...he's an inspirational leader and player and it's not his fault that his team's tactics are mediocre and uncreative...he, Aplon, De jong and etzebeth were the only good players out there in the semi...the sharks put their hands up 1-15 and that's why they outplayed the stormers and won.
Posted 14:15 29th July 2012
Interesting reflections from JDV, signs of true leadership. What a gentleman, his humility and ownership of responsibility will pay huge dividends, long term.
If anyone knows JDV, please suggest he reads 21 irrefutable laws of leadership by John Maxwell. This book covers a lot of what he is looking to bring to the table.
Posted 14:10 29th July 2012
It's simple Jean:
Not in the finals of 2010, 2011 or 2012 did the Stormers play anywhere NEAR their potential. But then, during all three those seasons you didn't play anywhere near your potential either... you just did enough to "win" - instead of aiming to be the best you can be. So when it was asked of you to take a step up in the finals, you didn't know how to.
On defense you look like a TEAM. On attack you look like you've just met each other. Your skill level on attack is shocking. Laboured passes that are too high, too low, behind the guy, in front of the guy... giving the ball to guys who are standing still... hardly ever offloading in the tackle... probably because hardly anyone are running proper support lines... being completely incapable of drawing a defender before passing... which means you can't create space for your dangerous outside backs... so your guys on the wing gets the ball along with 5 defenders... And all of this while you have players like yourself, Habana, Pietersen, Gerhard vd Heever, Gio Aplon and Juan de Jongh!? And after you had a forward pack who was so dominant before the June break?
They say the definition of insanity is doing the same thing twice and expecting a different result. Yet the Stormers approached this season exactly the same as last season (once again with the worst attack in the competition - and almost proud of it), and expected a different result in the finals. But again you were forced to score tries - and couldn't... NOT EVEN AGAINST A TEAM WHO FLEW OVER THE ATLANTIC TWICE!
An attacking game this poor is unacceptable. Especially for a Province team.
And it cost you in all three finals.
Until your attack becomes as good as your defense, and you start playing TOTAL rugby, AND YOU START PLAYING BETTER AT HOME THAN YOU DO AWAY, you won't be Super Rugby champions.
Fire Fleck.
Posted 12:51 29th July 2012
Not your fault JDV. You're a great player with 2 more seasons in Super Rugby so keep trying.
Posted 09:01 29th July 2012
Stormers only started to play after the JP try. The rest of the season has been anal retentive rugby. I don't think that is JDV's fault but if the Stormers had won the comp it would have been a step backwards for rugby. Their loss may bring about a change in tactics in CT.
Posted 05:30 29th July 2012
Rugby at this level is test match intensity. It's interesting as we head into the Southern Hemisphere test match championship that JDV and the team he leads has been tested and found wanting.
Posted 05:05 29th July 2012
The Stormers all season struggled to score tries, and in the end it cost them.
The coaching staff had ample opportunity to resolve this, and did not.
Go easy on yourself JDV, you are better than this result.
Carpelone, I agree, a decent and honest man.
Posted 01:16 29th July 2012
I played with a guy in high school we all schemed would be a Springbok one day. Last I heard he was temping in Cape Town at a cold-call firm. He could have played at 12 against the Sharks instead of JDV (same age) and set the world on fire. But never got the chance, coaches didn't take a liking to him. For every professional player there are ten other overlooked men who could have played at the same standard and a hand-full who could have been even better. That's the deeper issue JDV has to reflect on. That and a piss-poor scrum-half.
Posted 23:45 28th July 2012
I admire jean he is a great leader and a great sportsman. I blame the coach though for instilling the notion in the team and their supporters that "just enough is good enough" for the whole season... In the end it wasn't.
Posted 23:35 28th July 2012
Jean, a great and honest man. Get rid of the coach.
Posted 21:37 28th July 2012
JDV - you are talking from a dark place. You always looked great with the ball but your team was out thought by a better prepared Sharks team. No disgace. You are the man for the Boks. it was a great match. I would still say that had the Sharks lost.
The 2 on form teams will now contest the final. Go Sharks!!
Posted 21:35 28th July 2012
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Chris Galen is the Senior Vice President of Communications for the National Milk Producers Federation .
Talk about poor milk prices has dominated the dairy industry for the past 18 months, so it's worth pointing out some of the longer-term and bigger-picture economic trends in dairy farming, courtesy of this latest report by USDA's Economic Research Service.
The new report (entitled "Structure and Finances of U.S. Farms: Family Farm Report", and based on a data collected in 2007) reviews the full spectrum of farming in the U.S., and repeats a mantra familiar to most of us who defend agriculture when talking to consumers:
Most U.S. farms—98 percent in 2007—are family operations, and even the largest farms are predominantly family run.
So that's further corroboration of the fact that there is not an equals sign between being a big farmer, and being a "big bad corporation" – which is most typically defined as the opposite of a "family farm."
What's also interesting is that from a dollars and cents perspective, the USDA is defining a large scale farm as one that sells more than $250,000 of products a year (see the report summary's first page for how they distinguish between small and large – the arbitrary dividing line is a quarter million in sales). What's ironic about that definition is that just about every dairy farm, even in a year of low milk prices, will be defined as "large."
Here's the math on that: with an average all-milk price of $13, you would need fewer than two million pounds of milk production to reach that threshold, which is the output of a 90-cow dairy. In a year when average prices are higher, which will be 2010, an even smaller farm would fall into that category, using that same income threshold. And that of course is just measuring milk output, not any sales of beef or crops.
Now, here are a couple of other sobering, if hardly newsworthy, observations from the ERS report:
Large-scale family farms and nonfamily farms account for 12 percent of U.S farms but 84 percent of the value of production. In contrast, small family farms make up most of the U.S. farm count but produce a modest share of farm output.
Small farms are less profitable than large-scale farms, on average, and their operator households tend to rely on off-farm income for their livelihood.
RE point 1: Just 12 percent of farms sell more than $250,000 worth of product, but because dairy is a high-value commodity, that pushes even modest-sized farms into USDA's large category, and those generate most of the U.S.'s agricultural output.
RE point 2: If you look at the chart on the top of page 11 of the full report, you'll see that at least in 2005, the largest dairy operations enjoyed a significantly larger cost of production advantage when compared to the smallest farms. What's also worth considering, of course, is that in 2005, we really hadn't seen the run-up in feed grain costs that started in 2007, and while the trend has moderated for now, it is still part of the "new normal" of livestock production. So this data may already be irrelevant in light of other economic trends driving up corn and soy prices.
What hasn't changed are the trends toward fewer, but smaller farms, and the continued family ownership of those operations.
This posting is going to be a logical bookend to my most recent one, from earlier this month, when I posed the question about whether supporting "local" farm production is truly a reasonable, sustainable choice for most consumers, given that locally-grown produce and farm goods often aren't what a family wants, needs or really eats.
So here is another stanza in that song, courtesy of this past Sunday's Washington Post, which presented a lengthy analysis of so-called "green" consumer behavior that, far from being altruistic or sustainable, is downright selfish. The essence of the article is drawn from psychological research which demonstrates that while people may wish to conserve energy, save the planet and help others, after doing so – or even after just thinking about doing so – they take steps that are completely contradictory to those more conscientious behaviors. As the Post's Michael Rosenwald reports:
University of Toronto behavioral marketing professor Nina Mazar showed in a recent study that people who bought green products were more likely to cheat and steal than those who bought conventional products. One of Mazar's experiments invited participants to shop either at online stores that carry mainly green products or mainly conventional products. Then they played a game that allowed them to cheat to make more money. The shoppers from the green store were more dishonest than those at the conventional store, which brought them higher earnings in the game.
The name for this practice is moral licensing: at least some of us feel morally entitled to engage in dubious, if not downright sinful behaviors, if they are preceded by or coupled with morally-virtuous behaviors. Like the Tahoes and Range Rovers parked at the Whole Foods. Or the people who likewise burn plenty of fossil fuels to drive several times a week to the farmer's market. Or the ones who leave their CFL bulbs burning for hours in an empty room.
Similar things happen in eating: we've all seen the person getting a Diet Coke with the super-size fries and double burger. It turns out that from a moral license perspective, such an apparent paradox is typical.
So the moral license concept raises an interesting point about the politics of food production, and why the grip of the Food Inc. movement is so powerful. It appears that in order to balance their less virtuous consumptive behaviors, at least some people have a powerful need to have food, with all its contemporary iterations (i.e. organic, local, grass-fed, family-farmed, raw, sustainable, antibiotic-free, and so forth), be especially upright and respectable. It may not be about the food product in question, but the shadier behavior it has to atone for, that matters most.
A neighbor who was out of town for the July 4th holiday asked us to collect the produce – mostly veggies, but also some blackberries – from the Community Supported Agriculture collective to which her family belongs. So last week, we did.
My wife drove to a Home Depot about four miles away, which is the regular rendezvous point where the farm, located in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, trucks its produce to the Fairfax County, VA, patrons that support it. The haul was mostly potatoes, squash, eggplants, some sweet corn, and the aforementioned blackberries….more or less the same type of stuff appearing in the local farmers' markets at this point in the summer. And for that matter, mostly the same produce we would purchase, either at a farmers' market, if we go, or more likely, at one of the large supermarkets in our community.
As I was eating the eggplant that my wife fried up last weekend, I reflected on that fact that CSA's are, like farmers' markets, an interesting way to market foods to people willing to pay a premium for direct delivery, and more importantly, people willing to accept whatever is in season that grew successfully on that particular farm. Would we have normally bought zucchini and corn? Yes, the kids like those. Eggplants? No, and the kids didn't much care for it. Blackberries? Yes, but we prefer strawberries and blueberries, although the former is no longer in season and is doubtless being shipped in from somewhere not local, while the blueberries are in season – in New Jersey – which is kind of local, but not near enough, if you are a purist about it.
On that last point, I recently read this short column in the Atlantic magazine about how people need to think less rigidly about food miles, and about what is really "local." The example that Barry Estabrook (who is a chef, and at least apparently once worked on farms) gave was that tomatoes coming from the southern part of New England were just as good as if they came from closer to where he lives in northern New England.
So yeah, that seems like a no brainer….but the question is always, as compared to what? If you like tomatoes, and it's not during the summer, are you willing to shed your devotion to sourcing local foods from Connecticut if it means buying tomatoes from California, or Florida, or even Mexico? What if you want bananas (which I eat almost daily) and coffee for breakfast? Those aren't ever local or even U.S.-grown.
Estabrook's column concludes that eating a "balanced, sustainable" diet is the best thing for the environment, and a person's health. That sounds reasonable, but is it? If I like citrus, along with bananas and tomatoes – all healthy foods – how do I procure them sustainably if they come from the West Coast, or for that matter, from Latin America? The local CSA farm I may patronize anywhere along the East Coast will never in a million years grow coffee, tea, bananas, or oranges…but the local Safeway always has those things. So my question then becomes, what if the foods I enjoy purchasing for my health are actually not sustaining local farms, if only because I want mangoes and kiwis, not blackberries and eggplants? (and speaking of coffee, there is a terrifically insightful recent blog posting from Freakonomics writer James McWilliams about the shortcomings of the Fair Trade movement).
No wonder people get emotional about the seeming polarity of these choices. They are inherently contradictory, which is why the rhetoric is so hostile when we discuss them.
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Jan2-13, 01:15 AM | #188 |
Planning to buy a first telescope?f2 more light ( brighter image) than f5, than f10 than f22 etc this is a function of the mirror, lens itself this really becomes a benefit when doing astro photography cuz for a f5 you dont need to do the same much longer exposure time that you would need to do with a f10 Dave |
Jan2-13, 01:19 AM | #189 |
Jan2-13, 01:29 AM | #190 |
maybe will have to have both scopes outside together again one nite just to confirm or deny my long held beliefs haha D |
Jan2-13, 01:34 AM | #191 |
I think part of the thing is... even at the same magnification,
the f5 system is going to give a wider FOV which even on its own is letting more light through D |
Jan2-13, 03:07 AM | #192 |
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Jan2-13, 08:13 PM | #194 |
You mite get a new 6" schmitt-cass for up to that price, maybe an 8" but I doubt it
have a good look through scope sales sites, a non-goto 8" may well be affordable you should/mite be able to get a good respectable condition second hand one for ~$700 my 9.25" goto schmitt-cass was $3300 My 10" dobo was $600 look, if you are not worried about astrophotography, just stick with a good decent sized dobo either of those 2 above would do you well for a few years, till "aperture fever" starts to bite hard ;) haha cheers Dave |
Jan8-13, 08:41 AM | #195 |
I found these on amazon "Celestron UpClose Porro Series 10-30 x 50 Zoom Binoculars"...Are they good?
Jan10-13, 12:44 PM | #196 |
Wondering. How good are the National Geographic Telescopes? Specifically NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 114/900MM AZ. Say compared to the Bresser Galaxia 114/900.
Jan10-13, 03:46 PM | #197 |
Obviously it's not always that simple, but generally it works out that way in my opinion. I'd look for similar products and see what the price range is for them. If yours is at the bottom of the bucket, it's probably not too good. |
Jan10-13, 03:52 PM | #198 |
I'm actually asking cause my birthday is right around the corner and I've been meaning to put a telescope on my wish list and these are around the price I could probably sum up if most of my family gathered round. I doubt they will, but you can always live in the hope, can't you? I can't find much else than Bresser Galaxia 114/900 or Bresser Pollux 150/1400 (but without a 3x Barlow) or Bresser Lyra 70/900 at that price range. The National Geographic one is a little cheaper, but the stand appears somewhat worse. |
Jan10-13, 03:53 PM | #199 |
Another good rule of thumb is that you can buy base-level optics from a well-respected manufacturer and probably get superior quality. I bought my basic Nikon 50x7s from L.L. Bean, and they are wonderful. High-end manufacturers can let their quality-control and good materials permeate their whole line without busting the bank. Buying optics from some line that sources their gear from various manufacturers in China offers you no such advantages. Good luck!
Jan22-13, 07:32 PM | #200 |
not to hijack - but seems not worth a separate thread.
Is it possible to clean a telescope mirror? About 30 years ago i bought Dad a 6" Meade mirror out of Sky&Telescope magazine. We built a simple newtonian with a redwood twelve sided tube. Local astronomy club deemed it "handsome" which Dad enjoyed tremendously. It has now sat for fifteen years since his death and is quite dusty. Is this something an amateur can do, or should i mail it someplace? Suggestions welcome - old jim |
Jan22-13, 08:22 PM | #201 |
You will be better off sending the mirror out and getting it recoated. After sitting around that long the coating will almost certainly need professional help. Optic wave labs, for example, [http://www.opticwavelabs.com/coating.php] will strip and recoat a 6 inch primary for around $50, and the secondary for $30 [perhaps less]. That is not a bad deal.
Jan23-13, 06:53 PM | #202 |
thanks, chronos - that'll be the plan.
old jim |
Feb19-13, 04:38 PM | #203 |
I just bought my first telescope, finally settled on the Orion XT8 after originally considering a Celestron 90EQ refractor or 130EQ Newtonian. Figured I might as well get something that will last me a while from the get-go instead of wasting money on lower end scopes.
Anyway, what are some good eyepieces to consider getting? I believe the XT8 only comes with one 25 mm piece, so I think I'd like to get a 6-10mm piece for planetary viewing. Also, should I get one of those laser collimators, or will I be able to get by without one? |
Feb21-13, 07:49 PM | #204 |
I think you'll need it. |
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Police say an officer made a traffic stop, but the driver failed to obey commands. That's when shots were fired into the car. Why the officer opened fire has not been released at this time. The male suspect was taken to Kaweah Delta hospital where he later died.
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Will You Shop Locally for Christmas This Year?
Georgians are part of a national movement to keep holiday cash at home.
"Look, Charlie, let's face it. We all know that Christmas is a big commercial racket. It's run by a big eastern syndicate, you know." – Lucy van Pelt to Charlie Brown in "A Charlie Brown Christmas"
Americans have worried about losing the true meaning of Christmas since at least 1965, when Charlie Brown lamented the holiday's commercialization in a Peanuts special.
This year, there's a movement afoot to bring Christmas closer to home. An apparently anonymous essay circulating on the Web has drawn the attention of people in Georgia. It calls for buying local services as gifts instead of products manufactured in foreign countries:
You see, Christmas is no longer about draining American pockets so that China can build another glittering city. Christmas is now about caring about US, encouraging American small businesses to keep plugging away to follow their dreams. And, when we care about other Americans, we care about our communities, and the benefits come back to us in ways we couldn't imagine.
A Seattle-based group, TAP America, is pushing a similar movement. And people across Georgia are focusing on the meaning of supporting small and local businesses.
In Athens, residents are voicing concerns about the impact of major retail chains. In Virginia-Highland, small businesses are banding together to offer buy-local specials. Woodstock-Towne Lake Patch has run a series of articles focusing on local shopping options to support Small Business Saturday, and Northeast Cobb is another community with bountiful buy-local opportunities.
We want to know how people in Patch communities throughout northern Georgia are thinking about their holiday shopping this year.
What are your Christmas shopping plans?
Should Christmas shoppers consider where the gifts they purchase come from and where their money goes?
Is there a "buy local" or similar movement in your community? Should there be one?
Tell us in the comments.
Sharon Swanepoel
8:57 am on Friday, November 25, 2011
Watching all the television coverage of Black Friday shopping today, it's hard to believe this movement has caught on yet. Hopefully that will change. I guess we'll have to see how Small Business Saturday stacks up against it tomorrow.
L. Davis
9:17 am on Friday, November 25, 2011
Why do we buy Christmas gifts for people who don't need anything? I've never understood that. And since both of my parents died in the past few years I've actually inherited gifts I gave them. The holidays should be a time of celebrating not spending. (Buy gifts for children though. Buy locally and not extravagantly.) So many families that I know engage in competitive gift giving.
Nonie Ravenberg
10:06 am on Monday, November 28, 2011
I agree. If asked, I discourage anyone from buying gifts for me, suggesting a charitable donation instead. I just don't need anything. I have heard though, that proactively asking people not to give gifts is poor manners. Anyone else know anything about that? I could look it up in my never-opened Emily Post, I guess.
Also, I stop giving gifts to anyone who doesn't bother with the courtesy of a thank you note. I'm giving them a gift because I think they'll like it, not because I think it is so fun to wrack my brain for something to give them. If they don't consider it worth 30 seconds of their time to write me a thank you note, then it certainly isn't worth my time and money to continue to send gifts that aren't appreciated.
Kim Roberto
11:38 am on Friday, November 25, 2011
I hate seeing all these commercials for "stuff." I agree with Lucy that Christmas has become too commercialized. I buy very little for Christmas. I prefer to give handmade candies or cookies for neighbors and work friends. My husband and I take a long weekend trip somewhere we haven't been before to celebrate the holiday and our anniversary. We don't need "things" and prefer to spend our money on the trip for each other. I usually send my dgt. (who is grown) a student loan monthly payment or a car payment as her gift (which is greatly appreciated!) I also try to send her and my parents something from Georgia since they don't live here. (Local treats like pecans, jams, or a book from a local author.) I DO NOT participate in Black Friday! I hope if people do buy, that the "buy local" trend does takes root.
Katherine M
1:52 pm on Friday, November 25, 2011
Other than groceries, I do almost 100% of my shopping online. Lower prices, better selection, free shipping, no sales tax from most sites.
Adrienne Duncan
5:12 pm on Saturday, November 26, 2011
Depending on the store/business, you may be able to shop online and shop local at the same time. More and more local outlets are providing online storefronts for added convenience.
Wayne Hanson
9:38 pm on Friday, November 25, 2011
I work with people who talk about buying their kids all these expensive electronic gifts. Parents spend more on one child now than my parents did on all three of us brothers when we were growing up. It seems like parents don't understand that their children don't won't their money they want their time.
Frank Jones
2:03 pm on Saturday, November 26, 2011
If you don't pay sales tax on your online purchases, you're supposed to file use tec returns. If you don't, you're breaking the law AND not supporting the local economy, schools and government services.
2:02 am on Monday, November 28, 2011
I give gifts at Christmas. It doesn't matter what something cost. It's the thought! I have also given homemade fudge, cookies or things that I crochet or shirt I've painted. I taught my children to be appreciative of any give no matter how small, they are gifts from the heart!
Bill Thrasher
8:02 am on Monday, November 28, 2011
Best gift I ever received was from a very poor family that made me a fresh apple pie. that was 30 yrs ago and I remember it like it was yesterday
Sharon Swanepoel
8:27 am on Monday, November 28, 2011
The fact that you remember it so clearly shows that it really is gifts like that one demonstrate the true spirit of Christmas. Most gifts we can't remember from one year to the next.
T Maurer
9:17 am on Monday, November 28, 2011
Home-made gifts (and food!) are my favorite. For other gifts, I prefer to shop in locally-owned stores, but I don't always know what's out there, and I'm not one of those people who enjoys rambling around all weekend looking for stores. I would love to find a list of local stores in Marietta. Does anyone know where I could find some kind of directory?
Steve Burns
9:21 am on Monday, November 28, 2011
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J in EAV
12:24 pm on Tuesday, November 29, 2011
I don't buy gifts for friends. We go out to a casual dinner and enjoy the quality time together. The check is split or everyone pays for their own and we walk away feeling good about it. No need to shop locally or online, no standing in lines, no returns, and no worries about who spent more on the other. Happy Holidays.
8:12 pm on Sunday, December 4, 2011
We exchange gifts with a lot of family members. I enjoy giving these gifts, but I have to be realistic about the time req'd to shop for and wrap the packages. I ask my family for wish lists...I get what is on the list whenever I can. With the exception of quality considerations, I don't have time to worry about where it was made. I do enjoy giving handcrafted items, and those are usually made locally or regionally.


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THQ, led by Chief Executive Brian Farrell, is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. (Anne Cusack) |
Video game publisher THQ has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and will seek a buyer to help it recover from years of business and creative missteps.
The Agoura Hills company, best known for the "Saint's Row" franchise and World Wrestling Entertainment licensed games, is working with private investment firm Clearlake Capital Group, which has agreed to enter a $60-million "stalking horse" bid for THQ's U.S. assets. Any would-be suitor for THQ would have to offer more than that.
Valued at $2 billion as recently as 2007, THQ's market value at the end of trading Tuesday was about $11.3 million.
Once THQ's largest source of profit, the market for kids' games based on licenses from companies such as Pixar and DreamWorks Animation has virtually evaporated.
An effort to revive its kids business with a device called UDraw proved a disaster. THQ vastly overestimated demand for it on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 consoles during the 2011 holiday season.
Amid ongoing layoffs, product cancellations, and the sale or shutdown of many of its production studios, THQ has tried to stay alive by focusing on so-called hard-core action titles aimed at the biggest spending young male gamers.
But while a few such as "Saints Row the Third" and "Homefront" have sold decently, others like "Darksiders II" and "Red Faction: Armageddon" performed poorly.
In May it hired a new president, video game industry veteran Jason Rubin, to oversee production and help the company find a way out of its death spiral of falling stock price and a shortage of capital.
In November it began working with Centerview Partners, a financial advisory firm that has close ties to Rubin.
As it continues to operate in Chapter 11, THQ has obtained commitments for about $37.5 million of debtor-in-possession financing from Clearlake and Wells Fargo.
It has several games in the works for 2013, the most highly anticipated of which is "South Park: The Stick of Truth," based on the long-running Comedy Central show.
"The sale and filing are necessary next steps to complete THQ's transformation and position the company for the future, as we remain confident in our existing pipeline of games, the strength of our studios and THQ's deep bench of talent," chief executive Brian Farrell said in a statement.
Added Rubin: "We have incredible, creative talent here at THQ. We look forward to partnering with experienced investors for a new start as we will continue to use our intellectual property assets to develop high-quality core games, create new franchise titles, and drive demand through both traditional and digital channels."
THQ said it does not intend to lay off staff as part of the Chapter 11 filing and expects to continue with existing compensation agreements, pending court approval.
Nintendo's Wii U enters online TV arena
THQ delays games, looks to raise capital
Youtoo, Ovation and other small cable channels are on chopping block


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To do the unexpected. To deviate from the norm. I flipped the script on that bitch when I told her I was leavin her stank ass.
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Commonly used in rap battles, it means to take what somebody said against you and to use it against them. When he started hittin' at people I was with that night, I flipped the script by talking about how he didn't have anyone even with him.
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to gain control in a dialogue that is being dominated by another person so that you are now in charge.
could be used for any situation involving only 2 people. Eddie turned out to be a dominating ***hole, then Shanon flipped the sript now he stays home everyday and cries like a baby.
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To turn the tide, blaze a new trail, or otherwise go against a pre-established or preconcieved rule, idea, norm, or expectancy. Lupe Fiasco would flip the script of the rap game when he released an album that didn't rely on cliched rap tenets such as drugs, sex, and violence to be commercially successful.
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When two individuals have certain roles in a relationship, and once separated for a while, become more like the other person than who they used to be. He was such a drunk addict always wanting to party, telling me I didn't need to worry about book smarts because I needed to gain street smarts. Then he went to jail and I got drunk and partied, whiled he studied books in his cell. Now that he's out I'm addicted and he's telling me all he learned from his books, and about getting high on life. Why did we flip the script?
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Any situation where one or more parties has spontaniously changed their mind or manner, deviating from an understood "persona" or public image or personality. Essencially being hypocritical, two-faced, or sanctimonious. "She loved me yesterday but today she hats me......Why does she always flip the script on me???"
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We just got filed as an official LLC in CT and were wondering how we get our Tax ID number(EIN). We would like to open a bank account for the company and assume we need that to open one.
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You can do it on-line at IRS.GOV (here's the direct link to the EIN page). If you don't want to apply on-line (and get the number instantly), you can instead fill and send the form SS-4 (and wait for the number for several weeks to arrive in the mail). Make sure to read all the information and the instructions on the site to understand how to fill the form correctly. |
IANAL and IANAA, but I would suggest that you conitnue with the CT Dept of Treasury or the equivalent. Registering yourself with the Federal Govt may not cover everything that CT requires. When I formed my LLC in NJ, I registered with the state. That ID was sufficient for my bank accounts and the LLC was reported under my SSN on my federal taxes, no separate federal tax id. |


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