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Northwich Victoria's players admit they are 'gutted' at the club's expulsion from the league
4:19pm Saturday 14th April 2012 in Vics By Andrew Simpson, Senior Sports Writer
NORTHWICH Victoria's players were on the pitch when their fate for the current campaign was announced by the Evo-Stik Northern Premier League last night, Friday.
They trailed fellow promotion hopefuls Hednesford Town to Chris Clements' second half opener when a statement was issued by league bosses confirming the club's expulsion from the competition at the season's end.
Followers of the visitors at Leek Town's Harrison Park chanted 'You're banned from the play-offs' to Vics players in the contest's closing stages as the Pitmen ran out 2-1 victors.
Northwich owner Jim Rushe beckoned his team off after the final whistle to break to them – and co-management pair Martin Foyle and Alan Wright – the news in the dressing room.
Neither Foyle nor Wright wished to comment on what they had been told after staying on to talk to Rushe after the players had left, most in silence.
The team, homeless since January, will not be allowed to compete in the play-offs either despite currently sitting second in the Premier Division table.
Vics are due to host Bradford Park Avenue at Nantwich Town's Weaver Stadium on Tuesday before completing the campaign at FC United of Manchester next weekend.
Below is a taster of what some of the players wrote on social networking site Twitter after last night's announcement:
John Disney
"Poor from the league publishing that while the boys are playing! Fuming with everything to do with it! Feel sorry for everyone at Vics."
Michael Clarke
"Gutted for everyone involved at @NorthwichVicsFC . Let's finish the season off with our heads held high."
Dominic Collins
"Gutted about the news :( shame for all the lads! Hopefully we can fight it and still play in the plays offs!"
Tom Field
David Fitzpatrick
"Really devastated for all the lads and the fans but we will keep fighting till the end...all we can do!"
Ryan Wade
"Need cheerin up! My head as gone here. Bad day 2day."
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Well done that man, I totally agree with your sentiments, there are those that say they are supporters and then there are the others who have stuck by the lads all through this tough season cheering them on God bless all of em and see ya on Tuesday
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Jim Budden says...
Don't get me wrong I think Jim has been great, but at the end of the day the bills have to be payed up front and he has made some of the problems himself.
If he had someone to assist him then it might be different but either way we are in trouble.
But come on boys get to the last 2 games and show this team they are still thought a lot of. They have been fantastic all through the season, and we should be proud of them. Lets get behind them at Nantwich and FC United and face what comes, later. Never mind what the boo boys across the pond say, Come on you Greens!
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Congressional Testimony
Food and Nutrition Service
Testimony of Kate Coler
Deputy Under Secretary
Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services
Before the Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management
Government Information and International Security Committee
on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
United States Senate
July 12, 2005
Good afternoon, Mr. Chairman and Members of the Committee. I am Kate Coler,
Deputy Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services (FNCS) at the
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). I am pleased to be here to
describe to you how our hard work at USDA has significantly lowered the error
rate of the Food Stamp Program (FSP) over the last five years. I believe our
efforts will assist you in your oversight examination of the Improper Payments
Information Act of 2002.
To begin, I would like to share some thoughts about the Food Stamp Program and
the people it serves. The FSP ensures access to a nutritious, healthful diet for
households through nutrition assistance and nutrition education. This access
provides the opportunity for low-income recipients to consume a diet consistent
with the Dietary Guidelines for Americans. It enables low-income households to
obtain a more nutritious diet by issuing monthly allotments of benefits
redeemable for food at authorized retail stores.
Eligibility and allotment amounts are based on household size, income, and
expenses; eligibility is also based on assets, citizenship or legal immigration
status, work requirements, and other factors. Benefit levels are based on the
cost of the Thrifty Food Plan. The Federal Government pays the full cost of
benefits—$24.6 billion for FY 2004--and funds approximately half of the expenses
incurred by the States to administer the program.
Today's hearing focuses upon how important it is to make sure those benefits are
accurately targeted and delivered in the correct amount. The Office of
Management and Budget completed a Program Assessment Rating Tool (PART) review
of the Food Stamp Program in 2003. The review showed that food stamp benefits
are well targeted to low-income beneficiaries, and are virtually always spent
for their intended purpose. The program achieves its annual performance goals to
reduce payment error while still keeping the program accessible to eligible
Also, in May of this year, the Government Accountability Office issued a report
on error reduction efforts in the Food Stamp Program. This report noted the
significant recent decline in error rates and suggests that continued attention
from top USDA management and on-going efforts by the Food and Nutrition Service
will "…likely continue to be important factors in further reductions."
Who are the beneficiaries of the Food Stamp Program? USDA's most recent survey
of food stamp household characteristics, conducted during 2003, indicates that
nearly 60 percent of all participants are children (under 18 years of age) or
elderly (age 60 or older). Nine out of ten households have income below the
poverty level; more than one-third of all food stamp households have income at
or below 50 percent of poverty. Eleven percent of food stamp households have no
countable income of any kind. The proportion of households with earnings reached
an all time high in 2003 while the proportion of households with public
assistance income reached an all time low.
There has been an increase in participation in the Food Stamp Program over the
last four years. This increase is the result of multiple factors including:
Policy changes that simplified and streamlined the
process of applying for benefits;
Restoration of benefits for certain legal
Grants to States and non-profit organizations,
including faith-based and community organizations, to improve access and
provide outreach to those who are eligible, but not currently participating;
Education efforts to help those who are eligible
for the program know about the benefits so that they can make an informed
choice about participating in this critical nutrition program that helps
families put healthy food on their tables; and,
The economy.
The first four factors I mentioned came in large part
as provisions in the 2002 Farm Bill and were championed by President Bush as a
part of his priority to ensure access to food stamp benefits for those who are
eligible for the Program
However, increasing caseloads can make it quite challenging for State agencies
to calculate eligibility with accuracy. And yet, I am proud to report that
States are doing a better job than ever accurately determining benefits.
Three weeks ago, on June 24, Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns announced that
the Food Stamp Program has achieved an historic 94.12 percent overall payment
accuracy rate—the best performance since the inception of the program and a 34
percent improvement from just five years ago. The result of the combined error
rate reduction from FY 2000 to FY 2004 is an aggregate decrease in erroneous
benefits of nearly $1.4 billion. This improvement in payment accuracy is a
result of strong partnerships with States administering the program as well as
implementation of program simplifications and policy options provided in the
2002 Farm Bill.
The Farm Bill has enabled States to better simplify
shelter cost deductions and reporting requirements, align food stamp income and
resource policy with State TANF and/or Medicaid programs, implement a
transitional benefits alternative, and employ other new program simplifications
and options to streamline eligibility determinations and reduce errors.
On June 24, Secretary Johanns awarded $30 million to 16
States for exemplary administration of the Food Stamp Program in FY 2004. The
seven States with the best payment accuracy rates and the three States with the
most improved payment accuracy rates will divide $24 million. An additional $6
million will be divided between the four States with the lowest negative error
rates and the two States with the most improved negative error rates. Negative
error rates measure whether States correctly deny, suspend, or terminate
As noted in the FY 2004 Performance and
Accountability Report, the food stamp error rate is developed from a
long-standing program integrity process called Quality Control (QC), a system
mandated by the Food Stamp Act to ensure program integrity. Each State selects
and reviews a statistical sample of its participating food stamp households each
year and reports the findings to FNS, where the findings are validated. The
results are used to calculate a final error rate for each State agency and
weighted to determine a national average combined error rate for the Food Stamp
Program. Erroneous payments are at a record low—less than 4.5 percent overissued
and less than 1.5 underissued—for a combined total of 5.88 percent. We regard
both kinds of error—overissued or underissued—as equally important. It is
critical that payments are correct and that those who are eligible for the
benefits receive the proper amount—not too much, and certainly not too little.
It is important to note in this discussion that 98% of the Food Stamp recipients
are eligible for some benefit—the key is in getting the amount right.
State agencies are required to do corrective action planning whenever their
payment error rate is six percent or greater. Current FSP regulations provide
that corrective action planning shall also be done by a State agency when the
State agency's negative case error rate exceeds one percent. Corrective action
planning is also required based on the results of reviews, audits or
investigations; when 5 percent or more of the QC sample being coded is
incomplete; or when deficiencies that result in negative actions against
households are caused by State agency rules, practices, or procedures.
The Food and Nutrition Service regional offices work directly with States to
assist them in developing effective corrective action strategies to reduce
payment errors and assure accurate negative case decisions. Regional offices
provide technical assistance to States in data analysis, policy interpretation,
training, development and monitoring of corrective action strategies,
facilitating the information exchange with and among States through annual
payment accuracy conferences, State exchange funding, and specific error
reduction funds.
Additionally, FNS has and will continue to enter into QC settlement agreements
that require poor performing States subject to QC liabilities to undertake
targeted error reduction actions and to commit to specific improvement goals.
FNS also focuses efforts on States with high issuance volume and high payment
error rates. This ensures that special attention and technical assistance are
available to States that have a significant impact on the national payment error
The Food Stamp Program also has systems in place to recover erroneously issued
benefits from food stamp recipients. Claims are established by State agencies
against households who have received more food stamp benefits than they should
have. A little over 12 years ago, FNS approached its State agencies and
encouraged them to participate in TOP—the Treasury Offset Program. TOP offers a
way to recover food stamp overissuances by reducing a delinquent food stamp
debtor's income tax refund or other Federal payments. That partnership grew, and
as a result, we have collected more than $800 million in delinquent food stamp
recipient claims.
All of these activities have proved to be very cost efficient and effective
toward protecting the integrity of Federal dollars issued in the form of food
stamp benefits.
Mr. Chairman, our Department is very proud of the progress we have made in
ensuring that food stamp benefits provide nutrition assistance and are well
targeted and efficiently and accurately delivered to the nation's needy
families. I would like to point out at this time that the 2002 Farm Bill did
make changes that could affect USDA's ability to ensure continued improvement in
payment accuracy. Those changes reduced the penalties associated with payment
errors and the incentives provided to States who excel in payment accuracy. We
continue to work with States to ensure that these changes do not affect our
mutual commitment to reducing improper payments in the Food Stamp Program.
With that in mind, we continue to seek opportunities and strategies that result
in improved Program administration. For example, recent USDA efforts relating to
program integrity in the Food Stamp Program include:
Maintaining a National Payment Accuracy Work Group
comprised of program experts from around the nation to ensure continued
error reduction through increased monitoring and analysis of error rate
data, improvements in State corrective actions, and increased technical
assistance to States;
Providing direct technical assistance to State
agency personnel;
Cosponsoring and participating in Regional and
State conferences that address payment accuracy;
Publishing and disseminating information on payment
accuracy "best practices;"
Structuring settlement agreements for poor
performing States that include new investment of portions of the liability
amount in activities specifically aimed at error reduction; and
Managing a State Exchange Program that enables
States to interact with and review successful error reduction strategies
employed by other States.
Sharing "best practices" and information is critical to
the future of our programs.
But I would be remiss if I did not mention one of the key aspects to payment
accuracy—leadership. This Administration has been clear in its expectations of
States to properly administer government programs. That message has clearly been
articulated from the Secretary and the Under Secretary to the States. The States
have, in turn, taken greater ownership of the responsibility for improving
payment accuracy in the Food Stamp Program. The partnership between the Food and
Nutrition Service's Food Stamp Program and the State Administrators is critical
to our continued success.
Finally, the Department will be holding listening sessions, beginning this
summer, to gather public input on ways to further improve the Food Stamp Program
in preparation for the 2007 Farm Bill. We are committed to maintaining public
confidence in our nutrition assistance programs by ensuring that Federal dollars
are used for the purpose for which they were intended.
Mr. Chairman, this concludes my remarks. I would be happy to answer any
questions at this time.
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The UFC has yet to crown its first flyweight champion. But until the issue is decided, consider Joseph Benavidez the king of the 125-pound weight class.
Many of the fighters in the MMAFighting.com flyweight rankings needed to spend at least a portion of their career fighting at a higher weight class. This is especially true for those fighting outside of Japan, where there has long been more opportunity for lower-weight competitors than in the rest of the world.
No one in the 125-pound rankings was more impressive fighting out of his weight class than the Las Cruces, N.M. native in the WEC and UFC. Over the course of nine fights, his only two losses were to current UFC bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz. Their first bout was a unanimous decision and Fight of the Night at WEC 42; the rematch was a split decision at WEC 50 in which Benavidez won one judge's card and took two of five rounds on another.
A razor-thin loss to a top-five pound-for-pound fighter was the only thing that kept an undersized Benavidez from becoming the Frankie Edgar of the bantamweight class.
In his first fight at 125 pounds, Benavidez knocked out a top-five ranked flyweight fighter, Yasuhiro Urushitani, who came into their March 3 fight 11-1-4 in his previous 16 bouts.
This isn't meant to take anything away from Demetrious "Mighty Mouse" Johnson, who will face Benavidez for the flyweight championship at a time and place to be determined. But given Benavidez's track record at 135 pounds and his impressive debut at 125, the unofficial title is his until someone his size can prove himself better.
(Official MMAFighting.com ranking policy: Fighters who are under commission suspensions are ineligible to be ranked during the duration of their penalty).
For more rankings from bantamweight to heavyweight, check out the SB Nation Consensus rankings.
- Joseph Benavidez (16-2) -- The Team Alpha Male fighter has won six of his past seven fights.
- Demetrious Johnson (15-2-1) -- Unlike in their first meeting, "Mighty Mouse" had gas left in the tank against Ian McCall in their June 8 rematch, which suggests an ability to correct mistakes.
- Ian McCall (11-3-1) -- Was flustered by Johnson's speed and versatility, but he's going to be a tough out for anyone.
- Jussier da Silva (15-1) -- The Brazilian phenom's only loss in 14 pro fights is to McCall.
- Yasuhiro Urushitani (19-5-6) -- Was KO loss to Benavidez a sign the 35-year old veteran's prime may have come just a bit too soon?
- Darrell Montague (10-2) -- Recently finished two opponents on a 12-day turnaround. Not a bad way to rebound from losing the Tachi Palace Fights title to McCall.
- Mamoru Yamaguchi (26-6-3) -- Would likely be ranked higher if inactivity wasn't a factor; hasn't fought since losing to da Silva last summer and has none scheduled.
- John Dodson (13-5) -- "The Ultimate Fighter 14" bantamweight tourney winner has found a home at his natural weight class.
- Louis Gaudinot (6-2) -- A gutsy comeback win over John Lineker at UFC on Fox 3 shows that the green-haired Hoboken native has courage under fire.
- Shinichi Kojima (12-4-5) -- The former Shooto bantamweight (123-lb.) champ is looking to shake off a March upset loss to Nam Jin Jo.


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Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods got off easy, probably because they're the only people on this list that would ever […]
Tiger Woods is finally at Valhalla Golf Club and it's his intention to play in this week's PGA Championship. How […]
WARNING: This video contains HIGH fashion.
Valhalla here we come!
Breaking: Golf.com Reporting Dustin Johnson Suspended From PGA Tour After Testing Positive for Cocaine
Welp, that wasn't shoved under the rug for very long.
That question obviously has nothing to do with golf.
Did Rory McIlroy Celebrate His British Open Win By Drinking Jägermeister Out of the Claret Jug? Yep!
"No fancy shit for us, thanks. I'll take that brown sludge over there in the corner."
He's also wearing pink shoes.
What will Phil do next? How about whatever the fuck Phil pleases? How bout that?
Pro Golfer Jesper Parnevik Broke a Rib Riding a Segway, Uploaded the Fail to Instagram For Our Enjoyment
That looked...painful.
Well, that didn't take long.
If your beauty was my driver...
PGA Tour Pro Hunter Mahan Is Selling His Texas Home, It Has One Of the Sickest Man Caves You'll Ever See
I'll go ahead and throw this house on my Christmas list right now. Don't let me down, Santa.
Couldn't do this in 100 tries.
The new Dufnering is Dufnering.
That's an awfully passionate kiss for a guy who, at the time, probably had one foot out the door.
The 2014 Masters ended in a less-than electrifying manner.
Hello, friends. It's that time of year again...MASTERS WEEK... and this year we are combining all of our golf giveaways into one big ass prize
Hammer don't hurt 'em!
Uniform porn. Golf edition. Version 2.0.
Uniform porn. Golf edition.
Mike Francesa Went on a Heated Rant Over Patrick Reed Laying Up on a Par 4 to Win the WGC-Cadillac Championship
"We all understand course management." - Mike Francesa
And it got him back to 6-over par!
Shitting me, you've got to be.
For our sixth giveaway of this 2013 U.S. Open week we have a combo prize: TaylorMade Lethal Golf Balls (pictured below) and an Adidas Golf adizero
For our third giveaway, the Bros at Mizuno golf have graciously allowed us to giveaway another set of their JPX-825 irons. Last time we had
Back in November we reported that anchored putting was on it's way to being banned and today it is official. The USGA and the R&A,
Masters drinking game. Coming at ya hot!
Well, Bros, today bring day two of Masters Week and our third of four golf giveaways brought to us by Bushnell. Used by top tour
Every golfer that has ever picked up a club is familiar with the phrase "drive for show, putt for dough." Hell, this last weekend I
Bookies do have souls!
It was undoubtedly one of the weirdest golf tournaments in recent memory—storms kept fans off the course on Saturday, and galleries of only 50 people
Tiger Woods is pimping again. Only this time it's for his soon-to-be-released EA Sports video game, "Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12: The Masters." I saw


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Tom…In His Own Words: The Songs of Tom Waits – Stunning
Friday, November 1st, 2013
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around
I think of Tom Waits (writer/performer/actor) as a doleful poet with insight, honesty, and leathery, alcohol-infused tone; an off-road raconteur, banged up and raw, but
Before the Parade Passes By
Saturday, October 12th, 2013
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around
The runaway train of Cabaret Convention's fourth night featured 20 artists, innumerable numbers, and unchecked exposition. Vocalists with backgrounds in classical, jazz, theater, and cabaret
The Blue Angel
Thursday, August 8th, 2013
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around
"For the truly chic, a night out in Manhattan might mean a visit to the Blue Angel, one of the intimate East Side cabarets that
Remembering Mabel & Bobby
Tuesday, May 21st, 2013
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"I'm Throwing a Ball Tonight," KT Sullivan sang, sashaying with a touch of Mae West's "old paprika." And so she was. In celebration of the
Canyon Folkies – Lauren Fox – Take the Trip
Sunday, January 20th, 2013
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around
The air is warm and fresh, everything seems more colorful, singer/songwriters are poets. It's the mid/late 1960s and 70s. Laurel Canyon overflows with cross pollinating
The Inaugural – Cabaret at The Players
Sunday, December 2nd, 2012
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around
The venerable Player's Club, established by actor Edwin Booth in 1888, was host Thursday night to the Mabel Mercer Foundation's inaugural Cabaret at the Players
1912 A Centennial Celebration
Thursday, October 18th, 2012
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KT Sullivan and a merry band of vocalist compatriots meet once a year for centennial celebrations saluting memorable events, birthdays of public figures, and musical
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Special Section: Labor and Worker Justice
In his encyclical Laborem Exercens [1] (On Human Work), Pope John Paul II wrote that through work, people achieve fulfillment as human beings. Because of this, as a society, we must protect the dignity of workers and their rights for respect and fair wages in the workplace. These articles honor Labor Day [2], a national holiday set aside to celebrate the achievements of the labor movement and the contribution of each worker to the prosperity—both social and economical—of our nation.
Labor pains: What Wisconsin tells us about Catholics and unions [3]
Catholics have a long history of support for unions, but the recent protests in Wisconsin show how strained the relationship has become.
Community is the first casualty in America's labor wars
The way we work [5]
Change seems to be the only constant in what Americans do for a living and how they do it.
What can the church do for worker justice in America? An interview with worker advocate Kim Bobo [6]
U.S. employers routinely violate the seventh commandment when they refuse to pay their workers their legally mandated wages.
Reader Surveys
Is your faith working? A Labor Day survey on faith and work [7]
When U.S. Catholic readers punch the clock, they don't forget that they are still on God's time, according to a Reader Survey in honor of Labor Day.
Rerum roots: A brief history of American Catholic support for unions [8]
Cardinal James Gibbons' support for the Knights of Labor in the late 19th century helped lay the groundwork for Rerum Novarum.
Rerum Novarum: On the Condition of the Working Classes [9]
Encyclical Letter of His Holiness Pope Leo XIII issued on May 15, 1891.
The true cost of our low-priced clothing [10]
Buyer beware: That low-priced shirt might have cost someone their life.
We're sticking to the union [11]
Don't paint public workers as a public enemies; they're just working for the common good.
It's almost Labor Day, and there's much work to be done! [12]
A Catholic case for raising the minimum wage [13]
Work should provide dignity, not death [14]
Et tu, Brute? Unions take two more hits--this time from Catholic institutions [15]
Catholics must take a stand in support of Walmart employees [16]
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Where Will Ebay Go Next?
With shares of eBay (NASDAQ:EBAY) trading around $54, is EBAY an OUTPERFORM, WAIT AND SEE, or STAY AWAY? Let's analyze the stock with the relevant sections of our CHEAT SHEET investing framework:
T = Trends for a Stock's Movement
Ebay provides online platforms, tools, and services to help individuals and merchants with online and mobile commerce in the U.S. and around the world. Its marketplaces segment operates e-commerce platform eBay.com and vertical shopping sites. The company operates through three segments: Marketplaces, Payments, and GSI. Ultimately, through its tools and platforms, eBay assists individuals and merchants around the globe engage in online and mobile commerce.
Activist investor Carl Icahn is at it again. This time the 77-year-old mogul is pushing eBay to spin off PayPal into its own company. Icahn, who owns nearly 2 percent of eBay, is fighting to gain two seats on the company's board to get his way. "I think PayPal might be acquired and that would make it even better for shareholders," Icahn told the Wall Street Journal. "And it's a shame to have it held back by eBay and that I think is what's happening."
PayPal is a core part of eBay's current business strategy and brings in nearly $7 billion in annual revenue. Although eBay has sold off successful business ventures in the past (Skype was sold to Silver Lake in 2009) they are strongly opposed to Icahn's urgings. "We believe that our collection of assets drive more growth and more success together, than apart," said eBay CEO John Donahoe. EBay founder Pierre Omidyar and Marc Andreessen also took to Twitter to say they thought eBay and PayPal were best kept together.


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Checks for another instance & asks to have it closed.
MIDI tempo now updated when synchronized.
Another (old) MIDI related bug corrected
Version History
Below you can find the history of FL Studio and how a simple midi-only drum sequencer turned into a fully fledged virtual studio. Please note that registered users receive all of the features below for free as part of our Lifetime Free Updates policy.
FL Studio 1.3.72
Tuesday, September 1, 1998
Checks for another instance & asks to have it closed.
MIDI tempo now updated when synchronized.
Another (old) MIDI related bug corrected
FL Studio 1.3.67
Friday, August 28, 1998
Bug in the MIDI rendering/export corrected.
FL Studio 1.3.66
Wednesday, August 26, 1998
Avoid old ComCtl32.DLL bug by loading bullets & slider knobs externally.
Added 'shift delay' trick so that 32nd notes can be achieved
(using another channel).
FruityLoops Pro
Stretching now in realtime.
FL Studio 1.3.56
Saturday, August 1, 1998
Pitch for each dot added.
Added bottom status/resize bar.
Edit mode buttons added (Pan/vol & Keyboard modes).
Main pitch slider added.
Old way to set dot volume removed.
Added channel selection.
Added piano keyboard.
Added graph edit.
Humanize on pitch & mix.
Script to customize the skin (colors, holes & positions).
CTRL+left click on any set button for a quick preview of the sample.
Added a BW skin that looks good & works almost well with palettized systems.
CTRL to transpose (keyboard mode).
Dots window added.
Shows CPU usage (sample settings).
Replaced the old echo by a useful one.
Inverted the pattern numpad to match the keyboard one.
Preview in wave open dialog.
The selected channel gets the sample directly from FastWAV (double click).
PlayList window can now be resized. Also the /* keys change the playing pattern.
Dot pan, dot note, mix effect & random now work with MIDI too.
Corrected bug in the precalc resonant filter.
New playlist that allows multiple patterns at the same time.
Stereo delay & phaser effect added.
Wider range for the delay volume wheel.
Auto trim silence at the end of samples not to have to mix it (faster).
Realtime resonant filter added.
Starting sound.
Various bugs corrected.
FL Studio 1.2.13
Friday, July 17, 1998
(not released)
Attack added.
Favorites in wave open dialog.
MIDI bank selection stuff corrected.
Added MIDI controller settings.
Auto-close FastWAV.


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These are two lowered base cabinets that the customer wanted to use to delineate the space between their living and dining areas. They are VG Fir finished with conversion lacquer. The doors and finished "end-panels" were routed to accept the seeded glass or the solid VG Fir 1/4 in paneling. Here is a picture of me cutting the filler panels.
The "box" has a 3/4" fir ply base and biscuited and glued side panels that I hand planed.
The middle stripe in the top and the pyramid block pegs are Padouk (see clamp monster in above photos). I used blum slow close hinges and am leaving the 4" base for the customer to decided what his base trim profile will be.
Thanks for looking.
-- A good craftsman is able to make it work with the tools he has, I still need more tools
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#1 posted 695 days ago
That is beautiful – I like the glass door.
-- masrol, kuala lumpur, MY.
#2 posted 695 days ago
Many people, myself included, associate fir with framing lumber. I am always surprised how beautiful fir actually is.
You did a great job on these cabinets.
-- by Lee A. Jesberger http://www.prowoodworkingtips.com http://www.ezee-feed.com
#3 posted 695 days ago
Nicely done, and the fir is attractive.
-- John C. -- "Firearms are second only to the Constitution in importance; they are the peoples' liberty's teeth." George Washington
#4 posted 694 days ago
Thank you for your kind compliments.
-- A good craftsman is able to make it work with the tools he has, I still need more tools
#5 posted 693 days ago
Lee and Hillbilly,
-- A good craftsman is able to make it work with the tools he has, I still need more tools
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The annual West Virginia Strawberry Festival held its opening ceremonies Wednesday in Buckhannon.
The festival has always been known as a family tradition. Festival officials said this year's event won't disappoint.
Activities will include a children's day Thursday, a fireman's parade Friday, and the grand feature parade on Saturday.
Festival queen Hannah McComas said she's excited to see what it's all about.
"I've never seen a festival like this in the rest of the state, so it's interesting to be a part of such a big festival in such a small community that holds such a big festival," McComas said.
The festival crowns its queen and king Wednesday in the Wesley Chapel at West Virginia Wesleyan.
The festival runs through Sunday.


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Monday, 27 July 2009
Problem solved?
After hours of fiddling and fettling, and invaluable help from Co-Built's Antony B, I took my bike to Fiskerton practice track, dropped the 44mm Mikuni's main jet from 300 (that's always been in there) to 270 and did a few laps. Felt good. Checked the plug, nice colour. Did some more laps, couldn't get it to play up, but still didn't know if it's because I wasn't revving it hard enough. Still, I was going as fast as I could, so I could've raced and been ok. Boastie took it out, and except for hating my rear brake lever, he declared it 'Sweet'. Still, I won't be 100% confident until local dyno experts BSD have tested. It's booked in before the next race.
Thanks for all your advice fellas. GI
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- Diplomate said...
gary - i'm very pleased for you - BUT ! how come the 300 jets suddenly became wrong and 270s do the trick ? Could be the 300 is worn in which case replacement like for like should be fine ? if you stick with the 270 then you need to keep an eye over-heat. If you get back to where you were but on 270 then something else has changed - and I'd want to know what it is. When you're on the dyno, try a new 300 as well so you have a reference.
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The leader of a Chesterfield organization which fights alcohol and drug abuse has resigned after being arrested for driving under the influence.
Wayne Frith was charged in November with DUI in Hopewell, according to police. He was a leader with Chesterfield's Substance Abuse Free Environment Inc., a group that fought substance abuse for youth for nearly a decade.
Frith was arrested in November near a Rite Aid Pharmacy on Oaklawn Boulevard for DUI, according to Hopewell Police. He resigned from SAFE last month.
Frith is set to appear in Hopewell court in March on the DUI charge.
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Olivia Wilde Secretly Engaged to Jason Sudekis
Live from Kansas City, It's Olivia Wilde and Jason Sudekis' Wedding
Actress Olivia Wilde, who has been dating her "Saturday Night Live" beau, funny man Jason Sudekis for a year, are secretly engaged according to published reports today. And, they're supposedly knee deep in wedding preparations as well.
According to reports, Sudekis, who was previously involved with Mad Men actress January Jones (and is rumored to be her baby daddy), and Wilde, who's recently divorced from her first husband, are planning to tie the knot in Sudekis' hometown of Kansas City.
Radar Online sites a source close to the situation as having said, "Everyone in town is buzzing about the wedding. They have already booked the venue and are in the process of finalizing the rest of the details."
The gossip site also reports that Wilde has listed her Los Angeles area home for $2.5 million. After all, why would she want to live on the West Coast when her honey has to be in New York to tape his show?
Well the secrets out now. Blabber mouth!-
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If you have any questions about the Jewish community in Cambridge, JLSA, HLS, or general tips on surviving 1L, feel free to contact anyone on the JLSA board (http://www3.law.harvard.edu/orgs/jlsa/about-us/board-members-2012-2013/). We're here to make your HLS experience as easy and fun as possible. Enjoy the rest of your summer and we look forward to meeting you all in the Fall!
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Professor McHam is without a doubt the best teach I've had at Rutgers. I am taking this class just to have her again. YOU WILL LEARN A LOT. She expects a lot from her students because that is what a good professor should do. Go to her class, go to one office hour, talk to her, and she will be very accommodating. Most brilliant teach at Rutgers.
Professor McHam is very, very sweet! She's also a very thorough professor in that she goes over all important images in depth during multiple class meetings. Overall I enjoyed her class and recommend her for anyone interested in Renaissance Art!
Overall she was ok. Italian art is really interesting but she does make it boring. She lectures everyday for the whole class period and her final is ALOT of writing. But she is extremely nice, very intelligent, and very accommodating.
Very intelligent and knowledgeable prof. But her teaching style makes the class really dry. Talks all the time. Goes kind of fast. Not really helpful. If you don't care abt the class she's not going to go after you. Nice prof, nice art, nice class but she makes it really boring. Maybe too scholarly?? I had to go back to my books quite often. B.
The Best Renaissance Art History professor EVER!!!!As long as you go to her class, no need to read the books, you can still very easily pass the exam/quiz. Research paper is a big project on her class. If you expect to learn and get good grade, this is the class.
She is the smartest person I've ever met. If you have an interest in Art History the class will never bore you; the sheer amount of knowledge she has about everything kept me interested every single lecture. She goes a little fast, but if you do your part you won't get lost. The research paper is great too; the way she structures it is SO helpful.
McHam is a great professor, she really cares about students and their learning and will help you with anything if you ask. Material can be dry at times, but she still tries to make it interesting. Good class and good professor! You have to work hard but its worth it.
Do not listen to the other comments on here! Professor McHam is the most knowledgeable Art History professor I have ever had! She is so helpful and attempts to get to know all of her students. Quizzes really help break up the material and she separates the research paper in parts. I loved her class and highly recommend her! Take her class!!!
She grades rather hard considering you dont exactly know what she is looking for. I could never tell what she would or wouldnt accept as a satisfactory answer on her quizzes. Helpful in office hours but you really have to have a prior interest in her class to stay awake at times.
good and seemingly informative lectures, but she expects way too much on the exams and seems to think this is the student's only class. grades unfairly considering the work some students put in to acheive her ridiculous grad course expectations in an UNDERGRAD class
One of the smartest profs I've had at Rutgers. And she is NOT unfriendly, just a bit formal. But she is really nice and very helpful if you meet with her. Sure she grades sort of hard but that's only because, unlike most profs, she doesn't assume that the students are morons.
She is not approachable and appears to keep the students at a distance. Very hard grader, doesn't provide all of the information during the lecture then expects a lot on the exams. Unclear.
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her lectures are very bland, she dosnt give enough info or detail and then expects absolute perfection on the exams. she is so unclear. dont bother, take high renaissance w. budd
she seems nice but is in my opinion a very tough marker(grades). very willing to help out but hard to communicate with.
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Behind The Scenes: Vikings 2013 Draft
Vikings build through draft under Rick Spielman, Leslie Frazier
I love to get a peak behind the scenes and look at how the Vikings organization works and if you're similar to me then I definitely recommend clicking on the article above. What I like even more than taking a look behind the scenes is that I like what I see. I really like how the Vikings' organization, from players, to medical staff, to scouts, to head chief Spielman, seem to be more and more on the right path after the horrendous post-Childress season.
Here's A Video Of Inside The War Room For The Vikings Draft Night Trade
I have to say, the one thing that was always bothering me about the team for years was that it seemed to lack a focus and a blueprint for the kind of team we were going to build and the kind of players we were going to bring in to the team and I laid that blame right at the top where there was decades of uncertainty with ownership, a seemingly endless stadium push that started in the 70's and really only had about a 7-10 year window that it wasn't brought up and a constant shuffle of coaches.
I was not sold on the idea of promoting Spielman mainly because I felt he was just getting a promotion in name only and it appeared on the outside looking in that they just bumped the staff up a rung on the ladder without changing anything.
But after watching the last few drafts and seeing how they are building the team as well as how the team has responded to diversity I am very happy with the way the staff is doing things and for the first time in decades I am proud of the job they are doing with the team.
That was an awesome video and print story of how they are working the draft and it should serve notice to any of those who thought they got caught with their pants down or thought they didn't know what they were doing.
This is a very good core of players they are putting together and I really feel we are going to see the best, most consistent team we have seen for a long time develop over the next few years and I am so glad they are finally at the point where they have a blueprint and that they are looking for specific traits in their players in order to build the team. It makes it so easy to be a company yes man when they do things like this.
Wow. That was awesome!! I was already pretty fucking stoked on how this team was coming together, but to actually hear them confirm their team-built vision, from the extra time and effort they spent working together to really define what they want/need from both points of view, to how the players are buying into how they are improving personally and the team plan, is really, totally freaking exciting! It feels like a family environment, and they really seemed to go out of their way to let the draft picks know that they were excited to welcome them in and you can feel the team-first & top-notch work-ethic from the GM and scouts through the coaching staff, their face-of-the-franchise and hardest working man in the NFL, Adrian Peterson, right down through the backups and small role players around them! I see a, If you win, I win, let's go win together attitude here, and I LOVE IT!! Freaking Awesome!!
Even better: Now everyone is invested in the organization and its future. Spielman proudly says that six 2013 Viking free agents, including linebacker Erin Henderson, fullback Jerome Felton and offensive tackle Phil Loadholt, cancelled visits with other clubs and re-signed because they couldn't imagine not seeing through what's being built in Minnesota.
"Those guys talk amongst themselves," Frazier said. "And in Jerome's case, he's been at other teams, so he knows what those environments are like. Our guys know that we have a unique situation here in Minnesota. And the ones who buy into our philosophy, they know that they're gonna benefit not only now, but long after their careers are over. Every guy that's a part of what we're doing, they're gonna be a better person when they leave our football team. And we're gonna win in doing it."
SKOL VIKINGS!!! The future looks bright through my purple shades!!!
BAAAAAHWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!Control the line, control the time, and give your D a chance to shine!!
"Balance it on end and thats the third side of the coin!!" -wookiefoot
Damn firewall.....Can't see the vid.
I was surprised to see that the Vikes were one of the teams that had a "War Room Cam" hosted by NFLN during the draft. Didn't get as much play as the other teams, but it was there none the less.Many many thanks to my talented friend Jos for the new Sig.
Nice video.
I have my doubts about certain elements of the team, but I like the atmosphere around the Vikings war room. One almost expects His Honor, Allen Page to walk in and say, "You can play football in many places in the NFL, but this is Minnesota, and we are the Vikings."


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My New Job As A Chicken Sexer -- Not What I Thought It Would Be
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regional news
News stories tagged with "hydropower"
Schumer Meets in Massena
Aug 10, 2007 — New York Senator Charles Schumer took advantage of his chamber's summer recess to visit the North Country yesterday. He toured the biomass renewable energy plant in Lewis County. And he discussed everything from Iraq and Alcoa to passports and the farm bill in Massena. David Sommerstein reports. Go to full article
Alcoa deadline pushes power talks
by Lucy Martin
Jun 13, 2007 — Negotiations over a contract for low-cost power at the Massena Alcoa plant continue with new urgency. According to published reports, the aluminum company has set an internal deadline of July 1 to secure the low-cost electricity it calls essential for continued operations. That puts added pressure on the talks and the community. Lucy Martin has more. Go to full article
Ethanol-cattle giant eyes St. Lawrence Co.
Jan 24, 2007 — A bioenergy firm, Bion, that combines ethanol and beef production may want to build a plant in St. Lawrence County. As David Sommerstein reports, the facility would require at least 10,000 cows, making it the largest animal farm in the North Country. Go to full article
Alcoa Future Uncertain in Massena
Mar 29, 2006 — The labor unrest comes as Alcoa's future in Massena remains unclear. Alcoa's talks with the New York Power Authority over a new power contract have stalled. The aluminum giant has offered to guarantee 500 to 700 jobs in exchange for locking in some of the lowest electricity rates in the country. That's several hundred fewer than today's employment level of about 1000. The Power Authority is holding out for more jobs. The Power Authority says it's waiting to hear back from Alcoa for talks to continue. Alcoa's Sue LeClair says no meetings are scheduled, but the company is willing to return to the table if progress can be made. David Sommerstein spoke more with Ernie LaBaff about the stand-off. He's president emeritus of the Aluminum, Brick, and Glassworkers Union International. Go to full article
Gouverneur Man Joins NYPA Board
Mar 02, 2006 — A North Country native has been appointed to the board of the New York Power Authority. It's the first regional representative on the board in decades. David Sommerstein reports. Go to full article
Unity Proves Elusive in NYPA Talks
Jan 09, 2006 — St. Lawrence County leaders and citizens regrouped late last week after what they perceived as a major rebuff by the New York Power Authority. In 2003, they negotiated a settlement of $115 million and several hundred acres of land in exchange for the county's role in power production on the St. Lawrence River. But last month, Governor Pataki announced Western New York stood to get almost a billion dollars for the Niagara River power project. Many in St. Lawrence County felt cheated. At a meeting in Canton, state representatives urged calm. People preached teamwork. But what was billed as a planning session for the future became a rehashing of the past. David Sommerstein reports. Go to full article
Shoe Drops on River Lands
Sep 26, 2005 — Two years ago, the New York Power Authority got a new 50-year license to operate the hydropower dam on the St. Lawrence River. One condition of the license renewal was that NYPA return 1,500 acres of once-private land to local hands. Much of it will go to the villages and towns in St. Lawrence County affected by the power project. But some was to be transferred to property owners who live along the river. The state Attorney General recently ruled that's unconstitutional, and that the land should be sold at fair market value. As David Sommerstein reports, many local residents feared something like this would happen. Go to full article
River Groups Hope Water Level Plan Isn't Status Quo
Jul 27, 2005 — A binational agency is holding its final public meetings this week over new plans to control water levels on Lake Ontario and St. Lawrence River. It's the first time the system is under review since the St. Lawrence was dammed in the 1950s. River residents are getting worried the 5-year, $25 million project may amount to nothing new. David Sommerstein explains why. Go to full article
People Plan for Future of Mighty River
Jun 27, 2005 — The U.S. and Canadian governments are revisiting how they control water in the St. Lawrence River and Lake Ontario for the first time since the 1950s. The International Joint Commission has spent five years and $25 million studying how different water levels at different times of the year affect everything from wetlands and beaches to shoreline docks and Seaway ships. The IJC is shopping around three new water level plans at public meetings around the region. As David Sommerstein reports, most people in the North Country favor one of them, but their voices may be drowned out by larger population centers elsewhere. Go to full article
Lawmakers Agree on Hydropower Allocation
Jun 23, 2005 — North Country lawmakers have been at odds over how to retain low-cost power produced at the hydroelectric dam on the St. Lawrence River. On Tuesday they reached an agreement. Legislative leaders in Albany announced a bill that would keep the cheap electricity in Jefferson, St. Lawrence, and Franklin counties. David Sommerstein has details. Go to full article
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I got a weird incident on a web server (CentOS 5):
It got completely unresponsive for a few minutes and came back up all on its own after 10 minutes or so.
All mrtg graphs (connections, data transfer, load) during this period are a flat line.
After the incident I logged in and could not find anything that could have caused the problem.
The apache access log was just silent for a few minutes, the server hadn't rebooted or anything, the load was low and just starting to pick up again.
This is the last entry on
/var/log/messages (I don't know if it is relevant):
srv01 kernel: IVD-TCP-13 : IN=eth0 OUT= MAC=<some_mac_address> SRC=188.8.131.52 DST=<my_ip> LEN=40 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=48 ID=62903 PROTO=TCP SPT=56832 DPT=80 WINDOW=65535 RES=0x00 FIN URGP=0
After that there's an interval of 10 or so minutes that this log has no entries.
Any idea on what I should be looking for?


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Selective reduction of C = C double bonds in matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry of microcystins
Deleuze, Christelle ; De Pauw, Edwin ; Quinton, Loïc
in European Journal of Mass Spectrometry (Chichester, England) (2010), 16(1), 91-9
Cyanobacteria are photosynthetic bacteria encountered in various aquatic environments. Some of them are able to produce powerful toxins called cyanotoxins. Among cyanotoxins, microcystins (MCs) constitute ... [more ▼]
Cyanobacteria are photosynthetic bacteria encountered in various aquatic environments. Some of them are able to produce powerful toxins called cyanotoxins. Among cyanotoxins, microcystins (MCs) constitute a group of closely related cyclic heptapeptides. Their sequences are made up of classical amino acids as well as post- translational modified ones. Interestingly, in vivo metabolism of microcystins seems to be greatly dependent on various minor structural differences and particularly those of the seventh amino acid, which can be either dehydroalanine (or a derivative), dehydroaminobutyric acid (or a derivative), serine or alanine. As a consequence, microcystins have been classified on the basis of the nature of this singular amino acid. A major difficulty in the classification of such toxins is that some of them share the same molecular masses and the same molecular formulas. Consequently, a simple mass measurement is not sufficient to determine the structure and the class of a toxin of interest. Heavy and expensive techniques are used to classify them, such as multi-dimensional nuclear magnetic resonance and amino acid analysis. In this work, a new matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight method leading to an easy classification of MCs is proposed. The methodology relies on the reductive properties of the matrix 1,5-diaminonaphtalene (1,5-DAN) which appears to be able to selectively reduce the double carbon-carbon bond belonging to the seventh amino acid. Moreover, the yield of reduction seems to be influenced by the degree of substitution of this double bond, allowing a discrimination between dehydroalanine and dehydroaminobutyric acid. This selective reduction was confirmed by the study of three synthetic peptides by mass spectrometry and tandem mass spectrometry. According to these results, the use of reductive matrices seems to be promising in the study of microcystins and in their classification. More generally, 1,5-DAN allows the selective reduction of double carbon-carbon bonds. This property could also be employed in the characterization of others types of compound displaying double bonds (petrochemistry, metabolomics....). [less ▲]Detailed reference viewed: 83 (19 ULg)
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in European Journal of Mass Spectrometry (Chichester, England) (2003), 9(4), 223-235
Single electron capture by doubly-charged toluene cations upon collision with various target gases has been investigated by sector tandem mass spectrometry. Both non-dissociative and dissociative charge ... [more ▼]
Single electron capture by doubly-charged toluene cations upon collision with various target gases has been investigated by sector tandem mass spectrometry. Both non-dissociative and dissociative charge transfer reactions leading to C(7)H(7)(+) + H and to C(5)H(5)(+) + [C(2),H(3)] are detected. Seven atomic or molecular target gases have been used with ionisation energies ranging from 8.8 eV to 14 eV. The branching ratios between the different non-dissociative and dissociative exit channels have been determined as well as the translational energy release on the dissociation products. The experimental data are compared to the predictions of a two-state semi-classical theoretical model that takes into account the non-adiabatic transition responsible for the charge transfer reaction. A wide reaction window shows up but the internal energies of the C(7)H(8)(+) cations produced by single electron capture are observed to be larger than expected. We assign this effect partly to the influence of the large density of vibrational states and to the multichannel nature of the process. Excited states of the dication are also most probably involved in the charge exchange reaction. [less ▲]Detailed reference viewed: 6 (0 ULg)


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John Calipari: 'Boy is it nice to have returning players'
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It's been said that more people watch the Super Bowl every year more for the ads than the actual game.
I wouldn't know since I've never watched one. Well, maybe, I think I did once for about 15 minutes until I got bored and switched the channel. But I'm not here to talk about me but about Volkswagen's new TV commercial for this year's Super Bowl, which since it's been leaked on online yesterday, has been getting plenty of comments and all of them not favorable.
The ad, for VW's new redesigned Beetle, features a group of a bland and bored white and Asian employees in some nondescript office building who are constantly faced with one of their smiling, cheerful and laid back white co-workers.
Except that the guy speaks in a Jamaican accent, which we find out at the end is the result of the happy feeling he gets driving his new Beetle.
Of course the questions arise.
Why does he have to speak in a Jamaican accent? Why could the guy had the same attitude, but speaking in his natural voice? Is the commercial implying that a carefree, lazy attitude towards work and life is a "black" thing?
Then again they could have gotten a black guy for the part, but that would have made a bad situation even worse resulting in all sorts of angry complaints about stereotypes.
Or are the complaints about this ad taking everything way out of proportion and this is just a stupid ad and nothing else?
What do you say?
viv | February 1, 2013 6:03 PM
mimic is the highest form of flattery. As a proud Jamaican, I was ok with this commercial.
donnadara | January 30, 2013 9:38 AM
Strange. Doesn't make me want to buy a VW. I'm going with T. Renee, too many non-matching elements.
zo | January 29, 2013 6:42 PM
smoke some weed Mon and enjoy the commercial
lauren | January 29, 2013 6:25 PM
Cute and harmless...
Geneva Girl | January 29, 2013 4:53 PM
My Jamaican husband and I had a good laugh. He said that the accent wasn't bad for an American. He saw no harm in it, neither did I. It was in good spirit. Sometimes, a commercial is just about having fun and not much else.
artbizzy | January 29, 2013 2:14 PM
What this commercial is really reflecting is the attitude that has arisen out of the tourism culture that pervades Jamaica and contributes greatly to the economy even though most of the people still live in poverty...hmmm. Anyway, if you have money to spend to go to a resort you will be treated well by smiling Jamaicans doing their job. If you aren't particularly in an insightful mood then you will believe that this is the essential nature of Jamaicans and you probably wouldn't consider the fact that Jamaicans are human beings with a variety of ways of being like everybody else. You will also not want to think for a moment about Jamaica history since it isn't taught too much in American schools. Because if a person did they would have to reflect on how "Jamaicans" even got to the island of Jamaica and all they endured there. Therefore if you are a tourist it's much safer and easier to just think of Jamacians as weed smoking laid back people with an easy way of life. And "white Jamaicans" aren't necessarily white people born and raised in Jamaica. A white Jamacan often means that you are of mixed race and look more white than you do black and often because of this the so called "white Jamaican" has a few more priviliges. This light-hearted commercial is quintessentially American and only concerned with selling its product by whatever dopey means necessary.
Nadell | January 29, 2013 1:34 PM
Of the year's wasted TV ads, this would be included in my book.
VW could have opted to have a black man with a country accent down in Gatorville South somewhere telling his boss and co-workers 'CHOOT EM' while the theme song for the "Golden Girls" was playing in the background and it would've made no difference in not having sense...
QBN | January 29, 2013 12:59 PM
Laid back, carefree, but not lazy. It's not just a Jamaican thing, it's applies to the Caribbean in general. They have a more balanced approach to life imo..
Darkan | January 29, 2013 12:24 PM
It was a fun commercial. I'm usually very militant about these things but this one doesn't offend anyone unless of course you're Jamaican. Actually the commercial honors the Jamaican culture by attributing to them that they are a culture that lives with a stressless attitude and sees things with a positive perspective. It's not like they had the characters listening to Bob Marley, wearing bright colors and smoking big spliffs.
Marie | January 29, 2013 11:09 AM
I agree with Sphinx regarding the idea of the expected vs. the unexpected. Although some of us know that there are actually white Jamaicans, most ignorant Americans probably don't know that and will see a white guy with a Jamaican accent as unexpected and therefore funny. What bothers me is that there are ZERO black people in the office. First, it suggests that blacks are absent from offices. Second, and more importantly, it would've been MUCH funnier to see his black colleagues or a black Jamaican reacting to his accent. Otherwise, this isn't nearly as offense as Jar Jar Binks!
Sphinx | January 29, 2013 10:48 AM
I have a slightly different take... And believe me, much to the chagrin of my wife and daughter, I am apparently a bit TOO sensitive to stereotyping in ads (like the overweight, jive talking black wife in the new Progressive Flo ad...) Anyway, I think they're also making fun of the expected vs. the unexpected. Clearly, none of these guys looks like they'd have that sort of accent. Instead, I would have, at the end, had a dreadlocked black guy chastising them for being late with a straight, "corporate" sounding voice. But all in all, I get the ad.
getthesenets | January 29, 2013 10:07 AM
"carefree, LAZY attitude"? quite a stretch isn't it?
not lazy more like laid back
When we were in school....and I'm not making this up.....you could tell which students were from metro NYC area by the pace of their natural walk....quick paced....people from out west...just had a more laid back vibe to them...didn't make them lazy or anything of the sort..just more laid back
Students from the islands tended to be even more laid back....
gonna view the video later, and maybe I'll read more into it but at face value but sounds like a reach...
better yet...I'll let the Jamaicans weigh in first.....to gauge whether or not it's offensive to them...and even if the accent is "Jamaican" to their ears....
robert hayes | January 29, 2013 9:50 AM
sweeten your coffee!
T Renee | January 29, 2013 9:49 AM
fake jamaican accent, german car, and partridge family song...back to the brainstorming session!
Jim | January 29, 2013 9:39 AM
Pfft. Don't many native white Jamaicans talk with the same accent? Also, doesn't that accent say more about stoner culture than race?