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Report: Ty Segall/White Fence/Strange Boys/The Men
By Jayson Greene on May 17, 2012 at 02:33 p.m.
Photos by Ebru Yildiz. Above: Ty Segall. (Check out more photos at our Facebook page.)
Brooklyn's the Men, Austin's Strange Boys, and San Francisco's White Fence and Ty Segall all approach loud, blues-slicked rock from distinct corners. And they all have reputations as shit-hot live acts. This stacked quadruple-bill-- complete with a miraculously recovered Jonathan Toubin, the celebrated rock-and-soul DJ who endured a freak accident earlier this year, spinning records-- was impressive enough to sell out the 1,500-capacity Webster Hall.
News in Brief: The Strange Boys, Kimya Dawson, Scuba, Prurient
By Jenn Pelly on October 20, 2011 at 09:30 a.m.
-- The Strange Boys will release their next album, Live Music, on October 25 via Rough Trade. Watch the video for "Me and You" here.
-- Kimya Dawson will self-release her new album Thunder Thighs October 18. It features Aesop Rock, the Mountain Goats' John Darnielle, and Nikolai Fraiture of the Strokes. Watch the video for "Driving Driving Driving" here.
-- On October 25, Berlin-via-London bass producer (and Hotflush label owner) Scuba will release a 32-track DJ Kicks mix on !K7. It features tracks from Sepalcure, Surgeon, Boddika, and more, as well as his "Adrenalin" single from last month. Listen to Addison Groove's "An We Drop" here.
-- Time's Arrow, the new EP from industrial-noise artist Prurient (also a member of Cold Cave), is out October 25 on Hydra Head. Hear the title track here.
News in Brief: Strange Boys, Buraka Som Sistema, Radioclit, Blackened
By Tom Breihan on November 5, 2009 at 02:30 p.m.
-- In the U.S., Austin garage-rock upstarts the Strange Boys are signed to In the Red, a label that's made something of a habit of signing garage-rock upstarts. Now, the sax-addled band has a new home in the rest of the world, as they've just signed internationally to Rough Trade. Next year, they'll release sophomore album Be Brave on February 23 in the U.S. and February 22 in the UK. On January 25 in the UK and the next day in the U.S., they'll release the title track as a 7" single.
-- The anarchic Portuguese kuduro crew Buraka Som Sistema will release the DJ mix album Fabriclive 49, the latest entry in the series from the London superclub and record label Fabric, on December 7 internationally and January 26 in the U.S. It features tracks from Buraka themselves, as well as Major Lazer, Diplo, Zomby, Skream, and Crime Mob.
-- These days, the London-based DJ duo Radioclit is probably best known for being two-thirds of the Very Best. But they also make plenty of music on their own. On December 21, Mental Groove will release their Secousse All Stars 12". The EP will include contributions from a number of African vocalists, including their Very Best partner Esau Mwamwaya, BLK JKS, and Afrikan Boy.
-- Lately, the promotional team Blackened Music has brought a ton of great extreme metal bands to New York City. And this November 13-15, they'll up the stakes with the Blackened Weekend, a festival that'll bring Shrinebuilder, Krallice, Skeletonwitch, Liturgy, Rwake, Black Anvil, Malkuth, and Orphan to different venues in the city.
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Staten Islanders heading out for their daily commute should have little to worry about on the local roads this morning, as we appear to be in good shape here in the Borough of Parks. Taking a look at the Staten Island Expressway, eastbound traffic is zipping right along, for the most part, with some minor slowdowns as you approach the... Full story »
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Can Iran, and Obama, Break the Cycle of Idiocy?
It's often noted that the most hawkish elements in squabbling countries unwittingly enable and support each other. The stand-off between the United States and Iran illustrates this perfectly. Tensions between the countries date back decades, of course, beginning with the U.S.-instigated overthrow of Mohammed Mosaddeq and his democratically elected government in 1953 and escalating with Read More


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Rush hour in Ho Chi Minh City is a mess: a tangle of motorbikes pump pollution into the air, and traffic barely moves. As many as 900 pedestrian, bikers, and drivers are killed in accidents every year—about three times as many as New York City, even though New York has around two million more residents. The traffic's going to get worse, as car sales in Vietnam start to quickly rise. But there's also an opportunity now for better public transit design, as The New York Times recently reported.
If Vietnam can move quickly enough to build new public transportation, there's a small window of opportunity to get people on board before even more start buying cars. Once people get into a car, it's hard to get them out, as one expert says in the Times. Convincing people to use public transportation isn't easy; first, there's the challenge of just building the new systems, and while plans for Vietnam's first subway are underway, progress is slow. Then there's the problem of actually getting people to use it. Public transit is stigmatized in Vietnam, and right now, most people prefer to ride their own motorbikes.
For those in the United States, parts of this might sound familiar: most Americans also need better public transportation, and also need to be convinced to get out of their personal vehicles. But Vietnam also has a unique opportunity, since it's building a subway from scratch now, and it still has relatively few cars. How can the subway be better designed to attract users, and how can a marketing campaign be designed to attract them even more? What can countries like the U.S. learn from places like Ho Chi Minh City as it grows new systems? There's a great quote from a former mayor of Bogota, mentioned in the Times:
A developed country is not a place where the poor have cars. It's where the rich use public transport.
This post is part of the GOOD community's 50 Building Blocks of Citizenship—weekly steps to being an active, engaged global citizen. This week: Take Public Transportation. Follow along and join the conversation at good.is/citizenship and on Twitter at #goodcitizen.
Original Ho Chi Minh traffic image by pcruciatti / Shutterstock.com
after I finish my last post, it occurred to me. Good needs an electric vehicle test pilot. I'm volunteering because New England weather challenges most vehicles
try this calculation. The cost of daily public transportation into the cost of the electric bicycle. Frequently you will find that powered two wheeled transportation is cheaper and more time and space considerate than public transit. I remember some article a few years ago about electric bikes in China. The bike cost of purchasing and operating was less than that of transit tickets.
so before trying to build a better public transit system, think about how people use the space within the city. Be considerate of their time. Most of all, don't be afraid to say that for short distances (under 5 miles) public transit is not suitable as a solution.
Personally, I would focus on using electric scooters to displace the two-stroke engines so very common in that part of the world. I would also focus on building a high-quality interurban transit system.
Let me give you an example of why: I have a much loved friend 350 miles away. When I take the bus, I need to drive for 15 minutes to get to the bus station. Ride for five hours, wait 60 to 90 minutes, take a second leg for another two hours, drive a half-hour and I am at my destination. If I drive, it costs me about maybe $10 more than the bus and takes around six hours total time versus 9-10 hours. When ever I can afford it, I will take a car instead of the bus and spend more time with my important person instead of sitting in the presence of people that want no interactions with me.
Now the question becomes how do you keep me on public transportation. The answer is cut the travel time in half at the same cost as I'm paying now. I think you'll find other people are of the same mind and if you can make public transportation faster (door-to-door) then you will have loyal customers.
Thanks, Eric, these are excellent points. Electric scooters definitely seem (from my outsider's perspective) like they would be a valuable part of the solution. I wonder how they could be marketed to be preferable to a car, for those who can now afford cars....
Absolutely agree that public transportation needs to do the job better (faster and cheaper) if people are going to use it when they have the option to drive. When you visit your friend, if you had an affordable way to take high-speed rail, would you take it? I love taking the train (vs. driving or even flying) for medium distance trips, but it's so rarely a feasible option.
marketing? http://litmotors.com/ is an interesting option for moving people from cars were those wishing to move up from scooters. I see its main advantage is having better protections against the environment and accidents.
electric scooters are valuable because they fit culturally into the environment. They are a change in in a familiar framework with a huge benefit. Seriously, the two-stroke motors are really ugly from a pollution perspective. but back to electric scooters, I would love to get one and document my life on electric two wheels. I would especially love the document how it affects something went food shopping. For example, today I can walk to a supermarket which takes about 20 minutes one-way. Purchase a backpack full of groceries and then walk home. Or I can drive the same distance, purchase a shopping carts worth of groceries, pay 30% less, and then drive home in the same time it takes me to walk. How would an electric Scooter change that dynamic? I would gladly accept an electric scooter, helmet, and full top to bottom motorcycle suit (all gear all the time) should you have any spare sugar mil$. :-)
I would take high-speed rail but it's got to cost no more than $40 one-way and the cost of high-speed rail are so high, they couldn't make money at that price. Remember, the transportations from minor city to minor city. From what I can tell, they are having a hard enough time making high-speed rail profitable between Boston, New York, and DC. run between Lowell ma and Allentown, Scranton, or state college PA and cost becomes significantly higher.
some fundamental economic math behind this problem is that the bigger the train, the cheaper the cost because you distribute the cost of the rail bed over a greater number of passengers. It's the railroad equivalent of the rocket equation. One way to reduce the impact of this railroad equation is to make sure your cars are always full. You can do this two ways. Either run a smaller number of times in the day which has the side effect of driving people to their cars because the train doesn't run when they want to go or make the cars smaller and let people self aggregate and determine their own departure times.
I am wondering if optimizing buses by giving them clear access to roads, priority on Lane's, higher speed limit, etc. would be a good interim solution.
Boston to New York is 214 miles. Buses take 4.5 hours which means an average speed of 48 mph. Approximately 1 hour of that time is spent getting into and out of cities. I'm guessing the average speed is somewhere around 20-25 miles an hour. Double the end speeds and you knock off a half an hour plus from the total transit time. If we could up the average speed to 70 miles an hour, we would cut the transit time to three hours. Now we are starting be competitive with high-speed rail without laying a single line of track. engineering for safety, energy efficiency etc. is manageable. It's been done before and has a huge win.
Work the math sometime, you might be delightfully surprised


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"[The series] was 2-2 and going back to Salt Lake,'' said Charlotte coach Larry Brown, then coach of the Clippers. "Before the game, Jerry told me, if he loses, he might not be the coach next year.
"That was 18 years ago.''
We'll never know what might have happened had the Jazz lost. Utah won 98-89 to take the series. The Jazz went on to defeat Seattle 4-1 in the second round before losing to Portland 4-2 in the Western Conference finals. By then, Sloan's job was secure.
Flash forward a generation and it's still secure. Sloan, 67, is entering his 22nd season with the Jazz, something unheard of these days in pro sports.
The next longest-tenured boss is baseball manager Bobby Cox. But Cox, 68, who just completed his 20th season with the Atlanta Braves, already has announced 2010 will be his finale.
In the NFL, the iron man is Tennessee's Jeff Fisher, in his 16th Titans season. But Fisher is not helping his longevity prospects with his team's 0-6 start, the latest defeat a 59-0 humiliation Sunday at New England.
But Sloan will be the one who decides when he steps down.
"I don't know how long I'll coach,'' Sloan said in an interview with FanHouse. "I had to get my knee replaced this summer. I may wake up tomorrow, and say, 'This is it.'"
That's a bit of an exaggeration. But Sloan, whose contract expires next summer, offered no guarantees he'll coach beyond this season.
"I don't know,'' said Sloan, who in the past has regularly not been willing to commit to long-term plans. "I haven't gotten through this year. ... If I'm not healthy or something, I'll get out of it. ... I don't want to hold [the Jazz] up and put them if a tough situation. If they want to change, go ahead and change.''
The only thing that has changed lately is Sloan officially becoming a living legend. Sloan was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame last month, joining Brown and the Lakers' Phil Jackson as active NBA coaches enshrined in Springfield, Mass.
"I may wake up tomorrow, and say, 'This is it.' "
- Jerry Sloan When Sloan was named to the Hall last April, the Jazz made an announcement before a game. But you better believe that, unlike the Lakers, who regularly introduce "Hall of Famer Phil Jackson,'' there will be no such routine announcements at EnergySolutions Arena.
If there were, the modest Sloan might unplug the microphone himself.
"He feels it's a team game and, while individuals have to be singled out obviously, he feels that, if you win, everybody gets rewarded,'' said Kevin O'Connor, who has been Utah's general manager since 1999. "I think he appreciates [being a Hall of Famer], but that's not something he strived for. He strived to be a basketball coach and coach the game of basketball.''
It was O'Connor who got the Hall ball rolling when he wrote a letter of nomination for Sloan. But Sloan initially didn't want O'Connor to do it.
"I was reluctant at the beginning, but then I talked to my kids and they said to go ahead and do it,'' Sloan said of his three children, ages 40 to 45, that he had with Bobbye Sloan, his wife of 41 years who died of cancer in 2004. Sloan married his wife, Tammy, in Sept. 2006.
Once he learned of his enshrinement, Sloan prepared for his induction speech as meticulously as he would for a playoff game. But don't think Sloan, who isn't just old school, but rather one-room schoolhouse old, took to the computer.
"I can't even write my name [on the computer],'' he said. "But my wife was able to [write the speech on a computer with notes provided by Sloan] ... As soon as I knew I was going to be inducted, I started writing things down from over my career. I just tried to say who I was about.''
Sloan mostly read from his prepared speech. He talked about some of the tragedies in his life, including the death of Bobbye and of longtime Jazz owner Larry Miller last February from diabetes complications.
"I don't like to do [speeches about himself],'' said Sloan, who said he was ready to "quit in a second'' when Bobbye got "very sick,'' but she urged him to continue. "I just get too emotional about it. I've got a lot of emotional things that have happened to me in my lifetime. It kind of brings that back. ... I was less comfortable, and a little bit intimidated by it.''
O'Connor said "the most nervous I've ever seen'' Sloan was "before he gave his speech.'' But overall Sloan said the Sept. 11-13 weekend in Springfield was quite memorable.
"My college coach is in the Hall of Fame [Evansville's late Arad McCutchan],'' Sloan said. "He won five small-college championships. He was a great coach and a great man, so I was really excited to see the stuff he had among the other people in the Hall of Fame. So that was exciting. I would love to go back sometime with just [Sloan's family], and spend some time [at the Hall]. It was kind of overwhelming.
"It's kind of strange [getting all the praise for being a Hall of Famer]. I don't feel comfortable. ... It hasn't been about me, It's been about the opportunity to be involved with basketball and the players and things like that.''
Two weeks after the induction, though, Sloan was back to where he really feels comfortable: coaching a Jazz practice.
It would be extreme to say the fiery Sloan has mellowed. But some Jazz players have noticed a bit of a change in him since he has become a Hall of Famer, an enshrinement called "way overdue'' by Brown.
"I think he [mostly] hates [being regularly praised as a Hall of Famer], but (in) a little piece of his mind, he enjoyed it,'' said forward Andrei Kirilenko, who has been with the Jazz since 2001. "Not softer, but he's a little different. He's a little bit lighter off the court. I think he's more relaxed. He's more talking with the players in front of them instead of just, 'Let's get ready.' "
Sloan's players have congratulated him plenty on his Hall of Fame induction. He mostly clenches his teeth.
"He doesn't want anybody to pat him on the back,'' said forward Carlos Boozer, who has been with Utah since 2004. "He just likes to go about his business and do it quietly and be unnoticed. ... Coach doesn't like that, but [players have congratulated him on his induction].''
Sloan admits to some change as a coach over the years. He said he longer tries to "be involved with everything that happens,'' delegating more to his assistants.
Of course, Sloan's top aide, Phil Johnson, is hardly a typical assistant. He had been an NBA head coach for all or part of nine seasons and was named NBA Coach of the Year in 1974-75, an award Sloan amazingly never has won.
Sloan, despite a career coaching mark of 1,137-751, also has never won an NBA title, losing in the Finals to Chicago in 1997 and 1998. He insists his hunger to win the final playoff game of the season hasn't diminished, but doesn't believe there will be something significant missing if he retires without a ring.
"I don't think I've ever lost that desire, but I always realize that a lot of guys don't get an opportunity to [win a title],'' said Sloan, who was a gritty NBA guard from 1965-76, primarily with the Bulls, and coached Chicago from 1979-82. "It hasn't happened to me. But I don't think it takes away any of my desire to do the best you can in whatever you're doing.
"Some people won a championship and never played. But that's fine. I don't hold that against them.''
It's doubtful anybody will hold anything against Sloan if he never wins a title. Perhaps his biggest win came 17 1/2 years ago in the first round of the playoffs.
If you ask Brown, it led to a lifetime contract.
Chris Tomasson can be reached at email@example.com


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수상 경력에 빛나는 GCN 아키텍처를 기반으로하는, AMD Radeon™ HD 7700 시리즈 GPU는 업계 최초의 28nm GPU의 디자인으로 구성되어 있습니다. PCI Express® 3.0, 초 전력 효율적인 AMD 제로코어 파워(ZeroCore Power) 기술 또는 Eyefinity 기술로 5760x1080 이외의 해상도에서 게임과 같은 놀라운 기능들이 가득한 모든이를 위한 세계에서 가장 진보된 그래픽입니다.1,4,5
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That's Hindes' side of the story, but somehow, some way, he says it got twisted.
Rewind to late Wednesday night to the front gate of the upscale Kapok subdivision in Seminole.
Hindes said Wacker charged him while he was sitting in his car waiting for the gate to open, so he pulled his pistol and shot him, because it wasn't the first time Wacker had threatened him.
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The original story was that Hindes had been flirting with Wacker's daughter Amber, and that's what pushed him over the edge. She even said so on camera.
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i love workshops…
This week gorgeous post from Ivan is on the workshopping:)
'In the workshop, each of your fellow writers becomes what is for any writer potentially that most cherished of people – a reader. From them you may learn to modify, cut or develop a piece of work, or simply hold on to what is dear to you.'
Cliff Fell – Poet.
Writing is a very personal experience. It offers the opportunity to free our voice in complete isolation without interruption or judgment from anyone or anything else. We are able to 'speak' freely, without fear of being judged or condemned for our thoughts. It is only natural that sharing our words with others can make us feel vulnerable and exposed. So, why workshop?
There are many positive benefits to writing in a workshop situation. We all have something to contribute, and there is much we can learn from others in the process. All of us are learners. From the least experienced writer in the group to the most, there is always potential to learn and grow.
Work-shopping allows us to see our work through different sets of eyes. Working with our peers, exposes us to different points of views, thoughts and attitudes. Whether we realise it or not, we all have strengths when it comes to both writing and critiquing, and these will become evident on the I love Lucca workshops. I have learned that even when given the same topic, starter, stimulus to commence from, the pieces will contrast greatly albeit with some commonalities. We all have a different perspective of how we view and interpret the world.
As we progress you will find that the opinions, suggestions and contributions and works from the other writers will become your teachers. In this learning environment, we can take on board or dismiss feedback and advice as we see fit, staying mindful that our objective is develop pieces that reach their ultimate potential.
The workshops and critique sessions will allow us to re-write our first drafts, with the goal of presenting a final work that is articulate, polished and delivers to maximum effect. As we grow together and become familiar with each other's strengths and weaknesses, the feedback we are given will stay with us even after the tour, and will speak to us as we write in the future.
To ensure a safe and respectful environment to offer and receive constructive criticism we will observe some guidelines as to how we critique each other's works. I will elaborate on this in future posts.
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I'm working with a rapidly growing dataset, and being somewhat of a beginner in MySQL, I'm concerned about making early mistakes :)
I have a MySQL database with several million rows, from which I want to select the top 10 occurrences of a particular item, by how often that item occurs in the database. So, I'm using the syntax below:
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Delores Jane Bumbaugh, 76, of Old Pen Mar Road in Waynesboro, Pa., passed away peacefully Tuesday, April 3, 2012, at her home.
Born April 15, 1935, in Washington County, Md., she was the daughter of the late Samuel A. and Irene E.C. (Schildt) Bachtell.
She was a 1953 graduate of Smithsburg High School.
She was a homemaker.
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She enjoyed bird watching, word puzzles, baking and spending time with her family.
She is survived by her husband of 55 years, Robert F. Bumbaugh, whom she married April 22, 1956; sons, Steven L. Bumbaugh and wife, Susan, and Barry A. Bumbaugh and wife, Michelle, all of Waynesboro; sister, Doris Stevens and husband, Terry, of Smithsburg, Md.; grandchildren, Erica Arendt, Christie Hartley and Cody Bumbaugh; great-grandchildren, Sage Myles and Nia Henson; and nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her brother, Glenn S. Bachtell.
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177 dogs saved so far
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Mobile Mutts is a 100% Volunteer Based Rescue Transport Group of dedicated Animal Rights Advocates who transport "death row" dogs from high kill shelters in the south to the safety of screened and approved foster based rescues throughout the Midwest. Mobile Mutts Volunteers drive year round, weather permitting from Waycross Georgia and head up through Nashville, Louisville, Indianapolis, Champaign and Chicago in Illinois, Madison and Eau Claire in Wisconsin and end in the Minneapolis area.
Mobile Mutts are one of the featured groups in this awesome book "Wet Nose Therapy A Tribute to Dogs and Those Who Rescue Them!".
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Featured Rescues include: Red Sky Rescue; Pets For Vets; Peaceful Passings; Mobile Mutts Rescue Transports; Mia Foundation;
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You can get your copy online at http://wetnosetherapy.weebly.com/.
Rescue transports are a leg-to-leg, ground relay transport, much like the old "pony express". We like to call it the "Underdog Railway". Mobile Mutts is a 100% Volunteer based rescue transport of dedicated animal rescuers and advocates.
Rescue transports are just one part of a multi-pronged process. Through the internet, animal shelters are able to post lists of their animals currently in impound and in need of rescue to their Rescues contacts across the country.
Once a rescue commits to take a dog from the shelter the transport coordinator is contacted to set up the transport.,
The coordinator prepares a "Passenger List" with all the dogs scheduled to board the transport, then sets up the routes and times and begins posting the proposed transport to their contacts. Mobile Mutts utilizes a "sign up genius" which is an on-line sign up for the drivers and overnight hosts to volunteer to participate in the transport.
Each transport consists of multiple legs averaging between an hour to an hour and a half per leg. When all the necessary legs have been filled with the appropriate number of drivers to safely and comfortably carry the number of dogs that are scheduled to travel a "Final Run Sheet" is sent out to all of the parties involved in the transport. This final run sheet details each leg of the transport; the meeting location in each city; contact information for each of the drivers; information on the sending shelters and receiving rescues; and detailed information on each of the animals traveling.
Then the furkids get on the road! Once the transport starts, the drivers are instructed to call the coordinator(s) or monitors once each hand-off is completed and the animals are safely loaded and on their way to the next stop. When all legs have been completed, the animals are picked up by the appropriate rescues and brought to their foster homes and begin their new lives!


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50 years ago Alfred Hitchcock brought the world "Psycho" and made history with what has become arguably the most influential horror movie of all time. It spawned sequels, remakes, a TV show, countless imitations and now a documentary. Robert Galluzzo will be releasing "The Psycho Legacy" this October and it's chock full interviews, clips and never before seen footage.
You can check out a trailer for the upcoming documentary below and look for it later this year on DVD.
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The planet Neptune is the ruler of the sign of Pisces. The symbol for Neptune is Poseidon's three-pronged spear. This spear is considered to be the cross of matter breaking through the crescent of one's personality. Hence, setting it free to manifest itself at a higher level than one's own personal ego.
t's that time of year again. After the winter season, when everything has slowed down, we are coming out of hibernation. Spring cleaning is a wisdom found in many traditions, from Feng Shui to old wives' tales. And there is a good reason for it too. It does help to clear the energy within you and around you.
One of the most challenging situations we encounter in life is how to handle the feelings involved when it's time to let go of something or someone who has been important to us. This is the message of the Eight of Cups. If you're physically with your reader, or doing a tarot reading for yourself, this is one of those cards which can spark, at the very least, deep feelings of sadness. The imagery used in most decks is evocative, to say the least!
Animal Spirit Guides help us all the time, even if we are not realizing it. You don't have to journey to find your Animal Spirit Guide. Look at the list of animals below, take a few moments to relax and then when you're ready, choose the animal that you are drawn to right now. The essence of that Animal Spirit Guide is helping you right now.


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CALIFORNIA — The NCAA Division I-A football head coaching merry go round ended in the first week of January. The NFL's is still in progress as four coaches (Joe Gibbs, Bobby Petrino, Cam Cameron, and Brian Billick) have either resigned or been fired in the last four weeks.
This feat was accomplished with little or no fan fare and also completed with little regard of the 1992 NFL Rooney Rule. These teams hired new head coaches this month within a marginal amount of time and very few interviews.
The blatant question is did these teams skirt the 1992 Rooney Rule? This rule clearly states that each team must interview one minority candidate. The Rooney Rule opened up opportunities for minority head coaches in a majority white ownership and management environment.
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London Taxis & Minicabs
There are two types of taxis available in London; traditional Black cabs (also known as taxis), or private hire vehicles which are often referred to as minicabs.
Black cabs are familiar sight in London, and although they're not super-cheap a cab-ride in London is a treat.
Taxis or Black cabs
The traditional London taxi or Black Cab (although they now come in a variety of colours) is the most expensive way of getting around town, but they're affordable for the odd journey if more than three people travel together. They're even cheaper if you're in a group of five — the most they can legally carry.
A two-mile journey should cost £8.40-£13.40 between 6am and 8pm (prices increase after 8pm and again after 10pm). See Transport for London's (TfL) guide to Taxi fares for more detailed information.
How to find a taxi or black cab
If you're in a busy part of central London, just stand on the street, stick out your arm, and a cab with its yellow sign illuminated should stop.
Alternatively, walk to one of the 500 designated taxi ranks.
Black cabs can also be booked in advance, although you'll pay extra for the service (and if you're going to book, it might be cheaper to book a licensed minicab).
Black cab drivers train for two to four years before they get a license. Try picking their brains; they know a lot about London and most are more than happy to share their knowledge.
All black cabs are metered — you pay at the end of the journey.
Minicabs or private hire operators
A cheaper solution, especially for longer journeys, is to use a licensed private hire vehicle (minicab). These can't be hailed in the street. You must book by phone or visit their office.
Don't even think about taking a minicab from someone who approaches you on the street, it's illegal for them to do this and it might cost more than a black cab. For your own personal safety, only use a licensed minicab.
How to find a licensed minicab
TfL run a scheme called Cabwise. It's their directory of licensed mini-cab operators. You can search the website for the nearest company by location, street or postcode. Or, you can download their Cabwise app
Minicabs do not have meters and can charge whatever they like, so it's worth calling a few before making a booking. Always confirm the fare before getting in a minicab.


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7/9/08 | Sent RHP Ryan Bukvich outright to Triple-A Norfolk. | |||
7/8/08 | Placed LHP Adam Loewen on the 15-day list; Transferred RHP Troy Patton to the 60-day disabled list; Purchased the contract of LHP Alberto Castillo from Triple-A Norfolk. | |||
7/5/08 | Selected the contract of RHP Greg Aquino from Triple-A Norfolk; Designated RHP Ryan Bukvich for assignment. | |||
7/1/08 | Placed SS Alex Cintron on the 15-day disabled list with a strained left hamstring; Selected the contract of SS Freddie Bynum from Triple-A Norfolk; Transferred RHP Danys Baez from the 15-day to the 60-day disabled list. | |||
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I created this list because:
- I'm frequently asked for technology recommendations and decided to keep a consolidated and updated list.
- I wanted to speed-up my software download/install process when setting up a new computer.
- I've personally tested everything on this list and feel all of it offers the best performance for the price.
- Many of the software products are free and open source; the developers deserve more recognition than I can give them this is a start.
Home Theater Hardware:
- High-End Video Projector: Anything from the JVC D-ILA line. Unsurpassed black levels, extremely bright, amazing picture detail.
- Budget Video Projector: Epson Home Cinema 8350 or 8700UB.
- Projection Screen: Carada Criterion series screens offer great performance at a reasonable price.
- Purchased Subwoofers: SVS Subwoofers are amazing, especially considering the price. I recommend the PB12-NDS model for budget-oriented systems or two of the PB13-Ultra models for the ultimate setup.
- DIY Subwoofers: If you have the time and skill, you can build an amazing subwoofer system that surpasses commercial offerings, but they require building large or special enclosures. Infinite Baffle subwoofers offer the best low frequency response; Horn-loaded subs offer the highest output (highest efficiency.) Search on Google for more details.
- High-end Home Theater A/V receiver: Denon AVR-4311CI. I've tried the ultra-high end gear that costs several times what this Denon receiver does. While there are some small gains in sound quality, there are big drawbacks in usability and reliability, especially when it comes to HDMI synching/switching and firmware updates. The tiny improvement in sound quality just wasn't worth the constant reboots required to get my Anthem D2V to sync HDMI video or audio every time I changed sources or video formats. The Denon is bullet-proof, reliable, and is pretty much indestinguishable from my previous equipment. The Audyssey XT32 room correction does a great managing multiple subwoofers and correcting the sound for the room in general. Plus, it has an Ethernet port and handles every format I can throw at it.
- Budget Home Theater A/V receiver: Which ever Denon A/V Receiver fits your budget. I highly recommend that it at least have HDMI v1.4 switching, Dolby TrueHD, and DTS-HD Master Audio decoding. I also recommend an Ethernet port and Audyssey room correction.
- Universal Remote Control: Logitech Harmony 900 RF remote. I like that it has an RF base station, so you don't have to have the remote pointing at the device for a command to work. ( I do not recommend the Harmony 1000/1100 because they are not customizable enough.)
- Surge Protection: Panamax surge protectors are the best for both computer and home theater. One nanosecond response time to incoming surges; protection for every type of cable entering your house – enough said.
- Home Network Music Player: Sonos Music Player because it is so simple to use and enjoy.
- DVR / Movie Player: I no longer recommend HTPCs because they require too much time to maintain. They are very flexible, but not all that reliable. My recommended setup is a Windows Home Server v1 running SageTV media center DVR software with a SageTV HD300 client at each PC. I use MyMovies for Windows Home Server to catalog my movie collection. (Unfortunately, SageTV was acquired by Google, but you can buy the hardware and software used from the SageTV forums and Ebay.)
- Stand-alone Digital Video Recorder (runner-up): TiVo HD (Series3) with off-the-air antenna. It just works. The advanced features that SageTV has simply aren't there; very little functionality has been added over the past few years. But if you just want something that works and records your TV, TiVo is hard to beat.
- Stand-alone Digital Media Player (runner-up): Apple TV. It does Netflix streaming. You can rent movies from iTunes. You can play movies from your computer. If elegance, simplicity, an ease-of-use are your priorities, Apple TV is the answer.
Mobile Phone:
- Apple iPhone: I prefer the simplicity and integration of the iPhone to the flexibility and variation and lack of consistency of the Android phones, but you can't go wrong with either.
- Headphones for iPhone: Klipsch Image S5i RUGGED headphones ($129) because they have a microphone and control buttons (for play/pause/next/previous, volume up/down) and great sound quality. Also, they are sweat-proof! (I tried bluetooth wireless stereo headsets and found the poor audio quality to be intolerable.) Unfortunately, the microphone/control buttons are a little low on the cord, but I like them otherwise.
General Computer Hardware:
- Home Network Router: Apple Airport Extreme. I spent hours configuring my Linksys routers with various versions of DD-WRT custom Linux firmware. The features it promised were impressive; the amount of work it required to get them configured was immense; the reliability that resulted was poor. I finally gave in and purchased an Apple Airport Extreme and was shocked when my wireless throughput on my Macbook Pro doubled and the battery life on all my portable WiFi devices improved dramatically. Plus, configuration was quick and easy. The Apple routers cost more, but the ease-of-use and performance benefits are worth it.
- General User Laptop: Apple MacBook Pro or MacBook Air with whatever price/screen size is most appropriate for you (I recommend the 17″ anti-glare screen version because I choose screen size over portability)
- Computer Monitor: The largest Dell LCD widescreen you're willing to afford: 20″, 24″ or 30″ widescreen (or if great industrial design is more important than low prices, go for an Apple cinema display)
- Ergonomic Mouse: I recommend this only if you have wrist/joint pain in your hand! 3M Wireless Ergonomic Optical Mouse (medium/large hand size, small hand size)
- Surge Protection: Panamax surge protectors are the best for both computer and home theater. One nanosecond response time to incoming surges; protection for every type of cable entering your house – enough said.
- Portable Music Player: Apple iPod Touch
Digital Camera / Photography Hardware:
- Compact Point-and-Shoot Digital Camera: The Canon PowerShot S95IS is an amazing point-and-shoot camera because it is very small, very fast, and has great low-light (ISO 12,800) sensitivity. Also, it has image stabilization and a 3.8x optical zoom. It can even store images in the original, uncompressed RAW format, in addition to standard jpeg.
- High-end Digital Camera: Any Digital SLR is almost certain to be an improvement over a point-and-shoot. I recommend the Nikon D90 because of features including: HD movie recording, great ergonomics, easy to use. The Nikon D40 is a great starter Digital SLR. For lenses, the Nikon 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 G ED-IF AF-S VR DX Zoom-Nikkor Lens has a very useful zoom range and the Sigma 30mm f/1.4 EX DC HSM Lens is great for portrait photo of the kids, especially in low light and blurred background (aka bokeh) photos, and is the lens I use 90% of the time.
- Digital Photo Frame: Kodak Pulse 10″ Touchscreen digital picture frame. There is a cheaper 7″ version as well.
- Picture Software: For Windows users, I've found the FastPictureViewer raw codecs to be very useful, especially if you run a 64-bit version. xnView and Picassa are also great for organizing images and editing the tags.


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Learning another language is a long and winding path requiring self-discipline, regular practice, intensive exposure, and an open inquiring mind. Nothing is more exciting than merging comfortably into a new language-cultural milieu. The purpose of this course is to further develop students' facility in spoken, as well as written Chinese by providing them with the opportunity to reinforce listening, speaking, reading and writing skills, and to enhance Chinese cultural awareness.
Day | Time | Room |
Tuesday | 11:30-12:30 | KINGST 205 |
Wednesday | 13:30-14:30 | KINGST 205 |
Friday | 12:30- 13:30 | KINGST 205 |
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Thursday | 17:30-19:00 | KINGST Lab A or room 313 |
Bai, Xuelin (Professor)
Office: Room 400, Kingston Hall
Phone: 533-6000 ext. 75711 or 533-2072
Office Hours: Tue. 13:30-15:30, Thu. 12:30-14:30
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Office: Room 400A, Kingston Hall
Phone: 533-2074
MEETING CHINA (intermediate)(Peking University Press)
Photocopied exercise sheets will be handed out in class.Other supplementary materials are required as necessary. (Photocopy charge: $ 20.00)
This course is designed for those who, having already learned some Chinese or finished CHIN 200 at Queen's, are still interested in learning Chinese language and culture. The course helps to deepen students' understanding of Chinese language, and to improve their ability in spoken and written expression. In order to enrich students' cultural experience and expand their fields of vision, attention is paid to background knowledge of Chinese culture incorporated in the texts.To intensify language comprehension, assimilation and utilization, the course will emphasize development of reading and writing skills and the practice of essential words, phrases, and expressions. In addition to mechanical-type drills and comprehensive exercises, interactive activities will be used to encourage students to extensively express their insights and ideas in Chinese. Supplementary readings will be assigned in order to advance students' reading comprehension and fluency of speaking and writing.
The course evaluation of language acquisition is on a percentage basis. Each element outlined below is based on points. The accumulated total of points will determine your final grade.
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Attendance with good preparation Active classroom participation |
10% |
Assignments |
Homework Class exercises Lab assignments Compositions |
25% |
Mini-Quizzes Fall and Winter |
Quiz#1: 2nd week Quiz#2: 4th week Quiz#3: 7th week Quiz#4: 10th week Quiz#5: 14th week Quiz#6: 17th week Quiz#7: 19th week Quiz#8: 23rd week |
20% |
Oral expression and aural comprehension |
Oral presentations: Fall term: pair, winter term: individual Listening tests: 1 in fall and 1 in winter term |
15% |
Mid-year exam | 12th week ( aural/written) | 10% |
Final exam | Exam week ( oral/written) | 20% |
The classroom situation will be designed to facilitate greater use of the language and to create an environment reflecting the culture. Thus, the class instructions will be conducted more and more in Mandarin. A communicative approach will be used, with a focus on interactive learning along with the utilization of audio-visual teaching aids and some other sources to increase language interaction. Lab tutorials are designed to assist in the understanding of study points, to strengthen important language and culture elements, and to give students more opportunities to practice and utilize what they have learned from the class.
Assignments handed in late or making up quizzes, tests, and examinations will result in reducing marks.
If a student misses more than one third of the classes for one semester without a proper written explanation, she/he will not be allowed to take the final exam.
Academic integrity is constituted by the five core fundamental values of honesty, trust, fairness, respect and responsibility (see www.academicintegrity.org). These values are central to the building, nurturing and sustaining of an academic community in which all members of the community will thrive. Adherence to the values expressed through academic integrity forms a foundation for the "freedom of inquiry and exchange of ideas" essential to the intellectual life of the University (see the Senate Report on Principles and Priorities)Students are responsible for familiarizing themselves with the regulations concerning academic integrity and for ensuring that their assignments conform to the principles of academic integrity. Information on academic integrity is available in the Arts and Science Calendar (see Academic Regulation 1), on the Arts and Science website(see http://www.queensu.ca/artsci/sites/default/files/Academic%20Regulations.pdf), and from the instructor of this course.Departures from academic integrity include plagiarism, use of unauthorized materials, facilitation, forgery and falsification, and are antithetical to the development of an academic community at Queen's. Given the seriousness of these matters, actions which contravene the regulation on academic integrity carry sanctions that can range from a warning or the loss of grades on an assignment to the failure of a course to a requirement to withdraw from the university.


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