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Is anyone familiar with Elof Hansson's Solid Exotics line?
I really like their Brazilian Walnut floors at my local flooring dealer but I have not been able to find any information on them when I research them. I think I read somewhere that they've been in business for 25 years..but that's about the extent of my findings. I'm looking to hear about more about their woods, milling process, feedback, reviews etc. How do they compare to the more popular brands? Any information would be very helpful. |
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I have been researching engineered hardwood floors since they are being installed on concrete. I was shocked just today to find out not only the amount of hardwood that is coming from non-sustainable sources but more importantly to me the amount of formaldehyde present in the pressed wood and in the glue the is used. Two helpful sites were thewoodexplorer and an ecotimber website. It costs more but I have decided it is worth it for my health and the health of the planet. Good Luck! My research started when I research different floors and companies that were recommended to me. |
DT, Elof Hansson is a large and very diverse international company that private labels for many US companies - hence the lack of marketing material under the Elof Hansson "brand". I have sold several floors from them across the US. While there was a transitional period from late 2010 to early 2011, where they were switching the company where they prefinishing their material (and had some residual product from the former finisher that had some finish issues), I have never had any complaints on their milling. And since they resolved their issues from that transitional period, I have had nothing but good feedback on their products. As far as brands are concerned, I would say that their products are comparable - and in some cases, some brands may be using their product under their brand, because it is good quality. One thing that I would recommend that you ask your dealer about is their "Tropical" Exotics. This is a lower grade - in appearance (shorter average length, more character allowed), and may allow for some minor defects (i.e. some boards that you may need to sort out) - than the standard Premium Grade, but it is significantly cheaper. If you have any other questions, please let me know. |
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In Development By Scott Beggs on May 16, 2012 | Be the First To CommentAccording to Deadline Tokyo, John Woo will director his first non-Red Cliff movie since 2003's Paycheck. Fortunately, he's chosen something that will definitely facilitate the use of slow motion doves.
He'll be tackling the world of the Yakuza for a remake of the 1963 Seijun Suzuki film Youth of the Beast, which will aptly be titled Day of the Beast. Production will be handled by Lion Rock and Nikkatsu – Japan's oldest major movie studio which celebrates a full century in business this year.
According to the release, the movie "follows a western outsider with a grim past as he becomes embroiled in a global turf war between a vicious new breed of Yakuza and old school Cold War Russian mobsters. It's an action-packed saga of loyalty, revenge and redemption which erupts in the heart of Tokyo."
Yes, yes, and yes. The original was a 60s-trippy, frantic crime story with a lot of ins and outs (and whathaveyous), so it'll be fertile ground for Woo to get as weird as he wants to be.
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1 The word that came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, saying, | 1 This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD: |
2 Hear you the words of this covenant, and speak to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem; | 2 "Listen to the terms of this covenant and tell them to the people of Judah and to those who live in Jerusalem. |
3 and say you to them, Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel: Cursed be the man who doesn't hear the words of this covenant, | 3 Tell them that this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: 'Cursed is the man who does not obey the terms of this covenant-- |
4 which I commanded your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the iron furnace, saying, Obey my voice, and do them, according to all which I command you: so shall you be my people, and I will be your God; | 4 the terms I commanded your forefathers when I brought them out of Egypt, out of the iron-smelting furnace.' I said, 'Obey me and do everything I command you, and you will be my people, and I will be your God. |
5 that I may establish the oath which I swore to your fathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as at this day. Then answered I, and said, Amen, Yahweh. | 5 Then I will fulfill the oath I swore to your forefathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey'--the land you possess today." I answered, "Amen, LORD." |
6 Yahweh said to me, Proclaim all these words in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, saying, Hear you the words of this covenant, and do them. | 6 The LORD said to me, "Proclaim all these words in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem: 'Listen to the terms of this covenant and follow them. |
7 For I earnestly protested to your fathers in the day that I brought them up out of the land of Egypt, even to this day, rising early and protesting, saying, Obey my voice. | 7 From the time I brought your forefathers up from Egypt until today, I warned them again and again, saying, "Obey me." |
8 Yet they didn't obey, nor turn their ear, but walked everyone in the stubbornness of their evil heart: therefore I brought on them all the words of this covenant, which I commanded them to do, but they didn't do them. | 8 But they did not listen or pay attention; instead, they followed the stubbornness of their evil hearts. So I brought on them all the curses of the covenant I had commanded them to follow but that they did not keep.' " |
9 Yahweh said to me, A conspiracy is found among the men of Judah, and among the inhabitants of Jerusalem. | 9 Then the LORD said to me, "There is a conspiracy among the people of Judah and those who live in Jerusalem. |
10 They are turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers, who refused to hear my words; and they are gone after other gods to serve them: the house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken my covenant which I made with their fathers. | 10 They have returned to the sins of their forefathers, who refused to listen to my words. They have followed other gods to serve them. Both the house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken the covenant I made with their forefathers. |
11 Therefore thus says Yahweh, Behold, I will bring evil on them, which they shall not be able to escape; and they shall cry to me, but I will not listen to them. | 11 Therefore this is what the LORD says: 'I will bring on them a disaster they cannot escape. Although they cry out to me, I will not listen to them. |
12 Then shall the cities of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem go and cry to the gods to which they offer incense: but they will not save them at all in the time of their trouble. | 12 The towns of Judah and the people of Jerusalem will go and cry out to the gods to whom they burn incense, but they will not help them at all when disaster strikes. |
13 For according to the number of your cities are your gods, Judah; and according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem have you set up altars to the shameful thing, even altars to burn incense to Baal. | 13 You have as many gods as you have towns, O Judah; and the altars you have set up to burn incense to that shameful god Baal are as many as the streets of Jerusalem.' |
14 Therefore don't you pray for this people, neither lift up cry nor prayer for them; for I will not hear them in the time that they cry to me because of their trouble. | 14 "Do not pray for this people nor offer any plea or petition for them, because I will not listen when they call to me in the time of their distress. |
15 What has my beloved to do in my house, seeing she has worked lewdness [with] many, and the holy flesh is passed from you? when you do evil, then you rejoice. | 15 "What is my beloved doing in my temple as she works out her evil schemes with many? Can consecrated meat avert [ your punishment]? When you engage in your wickedness, then you rejoice. " |
16 Yahweh called your name, A green olive tree, beautiful with goodly fruit: with the noise of a great tumult he has kindled fire on it, and the branches of it are broken. | 16 The LORD called you a thriving olive tree with fruit beautiful in form. But with the roar of a mighty storm he will set it on fire, and its branches will be broken. |
17 For Yahweh of Hosts, who planted you, has pronounced evil against you, because of the evil of the house of Israel and of the house of Judah, which they have worked for themselves in provoking me to anger by offering incense to Baal. | 17 The LORD Almighty, who planted you, has decreed disaster for you, because the house of Israel and the house of Judah have done evil and provoked me to anger by burning incense to Baal. |
18 Yahweh gave me knowledge of it, and I knew it: then you shown me their doings. | 18 Because the LORD revealed their plot to me, I knew it, for at that time he showed me what they were doing. |
19 But I was like a gentle lamb that is led to the slaughter; and I didn't know that they had devised devices against me, [saying], Let us destroy the tree with the fruit of it, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered. | 19 I had been like a gentle lamb led to the slaughter; I did not realize that they had plotted against me, saying, "Let us destroy the tree and its fruit; let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name be remembered no more." |
20 But, Yahweh of Hosts, who judge righteously, who try the heart and the mind, I shall see your vengeance on them; for to you have I revealed my cause. | 20 But, O LORD Almighty, you who judge righteously and test the heart and mind, let me see your vengeance upon them, for to you I have committed my cause. |
21 Therefore thus says Yahweh concerning the men of Anathoth, who seek your life, saying, You shall not prophesy in the name of Yahweh, that you not die by our hand; | 21 "Therefore this is what the LORD says about the men of Anathoth who are seeking your life and saying, 'Do not prophesy in the name of the LORD or you will die by our hands'-- |
22 therefore thus says Yahweh of hosts, Behold, I will punish them: the young men shall die by the sword; their sons and their daughters shall die by famine; | 22 therefore this is what the LORD Almighty says: 'I will punish them. Their young men will die by the sword, their sons and daughters by famine. |
23 and there shall be no remnant to them: for I will bring evil on the men of Anathoth, even the year of their visitation. | 23 Not even a remnant will be left to them, because I will bring disaster on the men of Anathoth in the year of their punishment.' " |
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They would take a long time to answer my emails if at all and normally on a POS you need an answer quick. Calling them, even when it was some feature that they left out of the manual (seems like purposely left out) they would not help you unless you gave them a credit card number. Of the several calls I made to them, every one of the calls was about trying to do something that was left out of the manual. Now they will not even answer my email questions, even though they claim email support is free for registered users (I have 2 registers). At one point, I asked them, since I have 2 stations registered, please send me links to the remaining hidden documentation so I would have a complete manual and would not have to call or email for these things as they come up. Their response was that they had to make money.
Only get this if you are willing to give your credit card to them and have them charge you for answers to things that should be included in a registered (PAID) customer's manual.
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Simple to train employees to use this software.Cons
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We've been running this software on in our restaurant for 5 years on 2 terminals without issues. It is very reliable, and I can't recommend it enough. If you are more inclined towards the DIY ethic, this will work well for you and save you thousands of dollars.
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An incredible method actor who totally immerses himself in his carefully chosen roles, Daniel Day-Lewis could make history as the only man to win three Oscars for best actor. Even more admirable is the fact that he has achieved success on his own terms. Daniel Day-Lewis rarely involves himself in the celebrity aspect of Hollywood, and shuns the industry's machinations for a quiet life in Ireland's Wicklow Mountains. For that reason alone, he has my vote and my admiration. Add to this his channeling of Lincoln in Spielberg's film, and the Oscar can only be given to Day-Lewis.
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For Walking Dead fans, Andrea will make a peacekeeping trip to the prison tonight. Also, Rick continues with his 50 shades of crazy act, much to the chagrin of his zombie slaying posse.
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Elsewhere on basic cable, following the huge success of Discovery Channel's series; Gold Rush, tonight the network airs a new treasure hunting show. The new program; Silver Rush, focuses on salvaging silver from sunken ships by the crew of Odyssey Marine Exploration. This Tampa-based company made headlines last year when it succeeded in hauling up 48 tons of silver bullion from a 71-year-old shipwreck .
From the red carpet at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood to the bottom of the ocean, tonight's TV schedule has something for everyone.
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8 p.m.
ABC: The Oscars Red Carpet Live: (Live) Guests arrive for the 85th Academy Awards ceremony; Lara Spencer, Jess Cagle, Kristin Chenoweth and Kelly Rowland host.
CBS: Amazing Race 22: (New) The 10 remaining teams compete in Bora Bora. One duo's fear of water leads to extreme panic; and one racer suffers a possible race-ending injury while running to the pit stop.
FOX: The Simpsons: (Repeat) A distracted Homer allows Santa's Little Helper to get loose, and the family are furious with his unconcerned attitude, until Grandpa shines some light on things by telling them the story of Homer's childhood pup, Bongo.
NBC: Betty White's Off Their Rockers: (Repeat) A man tickles a stranger with a feather; an elderly woman has an R-rated grocery list.
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ABC: 85th Academy Awards: (Live) Honors for achievements in film take place at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles; Adele, Norah Jones, Barbra Streisand and Shirley Bassey perform; Seth MacFarlane hosts.
FOX: The Cleveland Show: (Repeat) Cleveland develops a taste for the food at the local shelter, which is much better than what he's served at home, so he pretends to be homeless and becomes a regular at the facility.
NBC: Betty White's Off Their Rockers: (Repeat) Appearing: Bob Harper ("The Biggest Loser").
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CBS: The Mentalist: (Repeat) A girl claiming to be Jane's late daughter surfaces. Meanwhile, a diamond cutter's homicide is investigated by the CBI.
FOX: Family Guy: (Repeat) Peter spins his own tale of the Nativity.
NBC: Saturday Night Live in the '2000s: Time and Again: (Repeat) A retrospective that highlights the highs and woes of the late-night show in the 2000s. Featured: clips, backstage anecdotes and interviews with a slew of "SNL" performers, including Jimmy Fallon, Will Ferrell, Tina Fey, Bill Hader, Chris Kattan, Seth Meyers, Tracy Morgan, Amy Poehler, Andy Samberg and Kristen Wiig. Also: insight from memorable hosts, such as Alec Baldwin and Christopher Walken.
AMC: The Walking Dead: (New) Rick and the group contemplate their next move after their security has been compromised, while Andrea becomes uncomfortable with the changes under way in Woodbury.
SHOWTIME: Shameless: (New) Fiona is forced to find Frank, and Terry catches Mickey and Ian in a compromising situation.
9:30 p.m.
FOX: American Dad: (Repeat) In the Season 8 premiere, Roger turns the attic into a nightclub and inserts Hayley as the main performer, and when she becomes the star attraction and the toast of Langley Falls, Roger begins to see her in a new light. Meanwhile, Stan turns up the macho as he negotiates to buy a new car.
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CBS: The Good Wife: (Repeat) The accountant for drug dealer Lemond Bishop is arrested. Alicia must determine what the Feds want.
SHOWTIME: House of Lies: (New) Marty is tempted by Tamara, and The Pod meets Doug's girlfriend.
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SHOWTIME: Californication: (New) Karen asks Hank to intervene with Becca, and the boys fly to New York.
Basic cable:
New episodes of:
Chopped at 8 p.m. on Food Channel
Wild West Alaska at 8 p.m. on Animal Planet
Wicked Tuna: Hooked Up at 8 p.m. on NGC
Silver Rush at 8 and 9 p.m. and 10 p.m. on DSC
Gypsy Sisters: Extra Bling at 8 and 9 and 10 p.m. on TLC
Gator Boys at 9 p.m. on Animal Planet
The Worst Cooks in America at 9 p.m. on Food Channel
Ax Men at 9 p.m. on History Channel
Wicked Tuna at 9 p.m. on NGC
Finding Bigfoot at 10 p.m. on Animal Planet
The Talking Dead at 10 p.m. on AMC
Iron Chef America at 10 p.m. on Food Channel
Mudcats at 10 p.m. on NGC
Bar Rescue at 10 p.m. on SPIKE
Mob Wives at 10 p.m. on VH1
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The Lion King on ABCFAM
The Bourne Supremacy on ENC
Adventures in Babysitting at 10 p.m. on FLIX
Iron Man 2 on FX
Battleship on HBO
The Hangover on TBS
Tootsie on TCM
Source Code on TMC
Clash of the Titans on TNT
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Avatar on FMC
The Man with the Golden Gun on REELZ
Jackass: The Movie on MTV
Later tonight:
Days of Thunder at 9:15 p.m. on CMT
Heat at 9:50 p.m. on ENC
Saving Private Ryan at 10 p.m. on CINEMAX
Kill Bill: Vol. 2 on STARZ
Footloose at 10 p.m. on SUND
Kramer vs. Kramer at 10:15 p.m. on TCM
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- Size: Med. 26-60 lbs (12-27 kg)
- Sex: Male
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I am already neutered, housetrained, up to date with shots, good with kids, good with dogs, and good with cats.
My name is Rusty. But for some reason most of the people around here just call me Good Boy! I am not sure why? I think it means they like me! I sure love people! I love to climb on their lap and cuddle in as close as I can get to them! In fact, I love people so much that I try to do everything they want me to do! (If I do things right, sometimes they give me treats, and man do I love treats!) I found out that if they say "sit" I just have to plant my butt on the ground, and guess what? TREATS! Now I am figuring out new words like "lie down" and "shake", YUP, MORE TREATS for this guy! I never go potty in the house, and because of this, they now let me sleep anywhere I want to instead of in my kennel at night (even on the bed, lucky me) I don't mind my kennel though, and that is where I go if everyone has to leave the house. I just walk right in it because I know I will get a small treat, and I know they will be coming back real soon. I love the other dogs here and even kind of like the grumpy old cat. I like to go for walks on my leash and have figured out that if I walk really nice, MORE TREATS! The dogs that I am staying with like to bark at everything, I think that is ridiculous, I mean, what is so exciting that a dog has got to make so much noise? That barking at nothing is just not for me! I save my barks for important things is all. Well, that is all I really have to say about myself for now, if you want to know more about me, perhaps we should meet? It would be my pleasure! Love, Good Boy (um…I mean Rusty!)
My adoption fee is $400, which includes all vaccinations, alteration, and microchip! Please visit www.goodkarmamn.org to fill out an adoption application.
Once you fill out our adoption application, an awesome representative of Good Karma will contact you to answer any questions you may have and set up a time for you to meet your new pet! Good Karma Animal Rescue's approval process includes conducting a home visit before adopters take their new pet home.
Note on breed determination: Good Karma Animal Rescue of MN bases our breed determination on appearance, our own knowledge, and/or information from the sending shelters or previous owners. Because most of our adoptable dogs were previously in shelters, we can't be 100% sure of a dog's breed mix.
Other Pets at Good Karma Animal Rescue of MN
Why Adoption is a Great Option
Rusty, a Maple Grove Border Terrier/Terrier (Unknown Type, Medium) dog was adopted! Here's how you can benefit by looking at adoption as an option to buying a Border Terrier/Terrier (Unknown Type, Medium) for sale in Maple Grove, or seeking a Border Terrier/Terrier (Unknown Type, Medium) dog from a breeder in Maple Grove.
- Rescues and shelter volunteers in Maple Grove already know the personality and tendencies of their pets. This means they can match you with the right pet. That will makes it much easier transition to owning a pet for yourself and your new pet.
- On average adoption fees are much less than you'd pay a Maple Grove breeder, or pet store. Plus most often rescue pets have already been to the veterinarian for a check-up, had a round of vaccinations, and are spayed or neutered. That is a lot of savings!
- You will become a hero, and give a needy dog or cat a loving home. In fact, there are even Border Terrier/Terrier (Unknown Type, Medium) breeders who help with Border Terrier/Terrier (Unknown Type, Medium) rescue. One puppy or kitten adopted in Maple Grove paves the way for another one to be saved.


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Many of the basic concepts of magnetism are similar to those of electrostatics.
- All the magnets have two types of poles: north-seeking poles or north poles and south-seeking poles or south poles. Magnetic properties are concentrated at the poles.
- When a bar magnet is horizontally and freely suspended, it always comes to rest in a north-south direction. North pole of the magnet points to the North Pole of the Earth.
- Like poles repel, unlike poles attract. (just as like charges repel and unlike charges attract).
- Magnets attract magnetic materials such as iron, steel, cobalt and nickel.
- The stronger the poles, the larger will be the attractive or repulsive force between them. Also, the closer together they are, the greater is the force.
- All magnets have a north and south poles. Cutting a bar magnet in half simply produces two smaller magnets, each with its on north and south poles.
- Only magnets can be made to repel each other. Otherwise, the magnets will attract all other magnetic materials.
- The Earth has a giant magnet, its axis is oriented more or less in the direction of the Earth's rotation. The North pole of the Earth is actually the south pole of the Earth's magnet.


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On my nightstand, waiting to be read:
LAURA BLUNDY, a Victorian-era dark historical by Julie Myerson (a peek at the first page has already convinced me that I'll love it)
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Email vs Social Media: Guess where marketing dollars pay off
Ding ding ding! In yet another analysis of email marketing versus social media marketing, email comes out on top in several ways. While social media budgets are bursting at the seams, email marketing is still the proven channel to invest attention and spending.
When it comes to commercial reach, email wins hands-down:
- 75% of online adults "say that email is their preferred marketing method."
- In six years, from 2005 to 2011, time spent on reading commercial messages nearly doubled to 30% of total time using email.
- For all age groups, email topped texts and social channels for commercial media usage by margins in the 70% range.
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HD 189733b has the distinction of being among a peculiar class of planets called "hot Jupiters," which orbit perilously close to their parent stars.
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The APD Region II District Representative Unit will conduct a Vehicle Abatement initiative as part of the Restore Rundberg Project. The initiative is taking place today, Tuesday, February 19, between the hours of 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Officers are tagging vehicles that are in violation of city ordinances and state laws. Between the hours of 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Thursday, February 21, 2013, vehicles that are not in compliance with the ordinances will be towed. The Restore Rundberg Project focuses on cleaning up the area and making it safer Austin residents.
This initiative will use both crime prevention through environmental design and intelligence based policing. APD will attempt to curb crime by observing the Broken Window Theory, which states that maintaining and monitoring urban environments in a well-ordered condition, may stop further vandalism and escalation into more serious crime. This part of the initiative focuses on the abatement of junked nuisance vehicles.
APD is not only enforcing the laws but also educating the public by passing out informational flyers. Some of the violations are (but not limited to):
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Early in 2012, the Austin Police Department Region II command was awarded a $1 million grant from the Department of Justice, which resulted in the implementation of the Restore Rundberg Project. The project will focus particularly on crime challenges, neighborhood distress and revitalizing the Rundberg neighborhood.
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On The Way To 100,000 Viewings
As of April 19, 2013, the Heck Of A Guy Chelsea Hotel #1 video, featuring the audio recording of the first version of Chelsea Hotel from Leonard Cohen's 1972 concert in Tel Aviv complemented by images of Leonard Cohen, Janis Joplin (whose liaison with Cohen at the Chelsea Hotel led to the creation of the song), the Chelsea Hotel, and other people and places associated with the song, had accounted for 92,144 unique viewings.
In part, this video was offered in support of my contention that thematically Chelsea Hotel #1 is a much different song than Chelsea Hotel #2.
Chelsea Hotel #1 focuses on the death of the singer's (i.e., Leonard Cohen's) lover (i.e., Janis Joplin), with whom the singer identifies primarily as as an admired fellow artist and colleague and only secondarily as an object of affection or, at least, of reciprocated lust. In Chelsea Hotel #2, the situation is reversed with the key issue becoming the singer's unambiguous examination of his own feelings for and perception of the woman at the Chelsea Hotel – even if doing so results in an ignoble self-characterization.
In the second version, the listener's knowledge of the identity of Janis Joplin is decidedly less important to experiencing the full impact of he song, which could indeed be the reason Leonard Cohen revised Chelsea Hotel #1 – to make the music more universal and less a biographic tribute to a specific individual.
For more discussion of the significance of the differences between Chelsea Hotel #1 and Chelsea Hotel #2, including a video interview with Leonard Cohen addressing his relationship with Janis Joplin as portrayed in the songs, see How Often Did Leonard Cohen Think Of Janis Joplin's Sweet Little Sound? – Chelsea Hotel #1 & 2


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Very good point, Jenn!
Imagineers are fond of saying that no idea is ever thrown away at Disney. That something may not have been made at the time it was proposed doesn't mean that it won't ever see the light of day in some form or another at a later date.
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Rob Young
Rob Young was born in Bristol in 1968. He has worked as a music writer and editor since 1993, when he joined the staff of The Wire. He was editor of the title between 2000-04 and continues as a co-owner, contributor and editorial member. He regularly presents The Wire's 'Adventures in Modern Music' show on Resonance 104.4 FM, and edited the collections of Wire articles Undercurrents: The Hidden Wiring of Modern Music (Continuum 2002) and The Wire Primers: A Guide to Modern Music (Verso, 2009). Rob also wrote the first two in Black Dog Publishing's Labels Unlimited series of illustrated record company biographies: Warp (2005) and Rough Trade (2006). His latest book is a 650-page history of folk music and the British imagination, from the late 19th century to the present, Electric Eden: Unearthing Britain's Visionary Music (Faber and Faber 2010). Rob lives in Stoke Newington, north London, with his family, including two children, and has contributed to publications including Uncut, Sight & Sound, The Guardian, Frieze and Art Review.
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Hi Annie,
I hope you had a nice long weekend and a great trip. I'm so glad I got Friday off. My parents anniversary celebration was really nice. My Dad really liked it and my Mom seemed to enjoy herself, even though she probably didn't realize what was going on. My sis from NY made them this awesome card. She printed pictures of their honeymoon, from a home movie that was transferred to DVD. They were really sexy and cute. Also lots of other pictures too. It was a big card and it was just so nice.
Saturday, I didn't even leave the house! I was so glad that I was able to touch up my hair by myself. I just stayed in and rested. It did me alot of good. Yesterday I visited the folks and took a quick trip to the mall.
I'm a real dope, I forgot my crutch today! Dumb dumb. I didn't realize it till I pulled up in front of the building. I'll be OK, but I really wish I had it. I have a long walk from my desk to the bathroom, breakroom and where I have to go to pick stuff up. I have been walking a bit better, but still limping.
The last time I weighed in on Friday I was very happy, I've actually lost a few lbs, however, I've eaten horrendously since Friday and probably put it all back on! Fastday today though. I need to do a little arm weight workout today.
HI Jean,
I had a great 4 days off - I sure wasn't ready to come back to work today!! Thursday was fun, we got away by 8 and walked and shopped most of the day. We ate in a little cafe and the weather was perfect! Friday, we took my mom to Wal Mart to exchange some stuff, went to eat, went to the library, ran errands and went home to chill. Saturday we watched our football games, then I ran out to Target and we cooked out. Yesterday was pretty lazy - we went to the casino buffet, I ran to DSW (got 2 pair of shoes), then I sat in the sunshine and read my book. It was a pretty lazy weekend, but I enjoyed it.
I'm glad that your parents had a good anniversary party. The card your sister did sounds really cute. I'm sure she put a lot of work in to it. I know they were glad you threw them a party!
I touched up my hair myself last night, too. I need a haircut - maybe this next weekend. I have to call a repairman - our icemaker quit working and the electronic panel in our fridge also went out. I'm also calling the doctor to have a look at my shoulder - it just causes me too much pain to ignore.
As you can tell from above, I ate (and drank) my way through the weekend. I am fasting today on nothing but fruit and veggies!!!
Fruits & veggies are the way to go. I'm such a creature of habit, that I've been eating the same thing on fastdays. I figure it works and I have the calories all worked out and I don't have to think about it. Two scrambled eggs with steamed spinach, coffee with 1/2-1/2, green tea with 2 teaspoons of sugar, and a greek yogurt for dinner. I just hope that I maintain the loss that showed last week.
I did do an arm workout last night. I'm thinking maybe next week getting back to the gym. I'll see the doc. on Monday. I remembered my crutch today. Maybe I won't use it too much. I don't use it at all when I'm home.
Hi Jean,
We switched nights and are going to visit with my mom on Monday nights. I'm arranging my visits around my TV shows - lol. I love Sleepy Hollow on Mondays, but it doesn't come on until 8 and we are home by then. Biggest Loser is my Tuesday show and it's on at 7, so this way I can watch both. I don't watch many weekly shows, but those are my two for this year.
I had 3 pieces of fruit yesterday and a tiny bowl of veggie chili for dinner. I am going to do the same today (not really fast again, just keep the calories low). I weigh in tomorrow and I want to undo any damage I might have done over the long weekend.
I am seeing the doctor at 2:30 today for my shoulder. DH talked me into going and I'm glad - it woke me up every time I turned over last night and is not getting any better. It's always something, but at least the sore spot in my back is gone. I will have to work through lunch and not do my workout, so I'll have to do something at home tonight along with my squats.....
You need a DVR girl! Mine was almost full to capacity, when I was laid up, I watched a good portion of all those shows. I tend to record more shows than I have time to watch.
I hope the dr. visit goes well. Next week I have my (supposedly last) dr. appt. for my ankle and a dentist appt. I have a feeling I may have to start physical therapy. I'm still limping, but its slowly getting better.
LOL - we had a DVR a year or so ago and I recorded a ton of daily shows and then never got around to watching them!!
Well, our ice maker went out and DH called and said that between the digital display and the ice maker, it will be close to $400 to fix. Everything else still works perfectly and we don't really need to change the settings, so we are thinking of just leaving it and buying bagged ice (we have a little freezer in the garage) until it's time to get a new one. Our first Whirlpool went out just past the warranty and now this (2 months after the warranty)....This one is a Samsung and I love it. He thinks maybe a power surge caused it. Ugh, I hate having to buy a major appliance every 3-4 years!!!!
I am working through lunch today because I don't want to have to come back after my doctor appointment.
I've remained low-tech when it comes to icemakers. Everyone I know, their icemaker breaks. Anyway we just make ice the old fashioned way. With ice cube trays! However I would enjoy having ice at the touch of the fingertips. I would probably hold onto the fridge. I get this email sent to me about kitchen gadgets. Its usually pretty pricey stuff. One of the items was an old fashioned stainless steel ice cube tray. The kind where you pull the handle. I was actually tempted to get it just for the heck of it, but it was $30.
Well I did manage to gain back the loss I showed last week. That's what I get for eating a bunch of stuff over the weekend. I am glad though that I am fitting back into some pants I couldn't wear last year, and now some are too big! I still have some that don't fit though.
I hope you dr. appt. went well.
We are going to do just what you suggested. Keep our refrigerator and just buy bagged ice. We don't really use a lot in the winter anyway - we mostly have hot drinks. I agree with you though - this is two refrigerators in a row where the ice makes has broken. That's why we didn't get ice in the door with this one. But in the end, it didn't matter.
Sorry about the loss, but you will be back down, I'm sure. I'd rather have my pants fit than worry about the number on the scale - that's great!! They cancelled our WW meeting today because we have a United Way kickoff luncheon. I did bring my lunch though - when I weighed this morning, I was down a pound, but I'll see if that holds. Sometimes it takes a few days for my weekend eating to catch up with me!! I did my squats last night and my pants are fitting better - just enough to keep me believing in them
The doctor took two xrays of my shoulder and ended up giving me a cortisone injection for rotator cuff tendonitis. He said it might get worse before it got better and he was right. I slept maybe 3 hours last night. It ached continually, even with aspirin. I'm hoping that the cortisone will kick in today. He said if it's not better in 2 weeks, then he'll refer me to an orthopedic specialist. He also gave me some PT exercises to do 5-10 times a day!
LOL about the ice tray. Those metal ones really were a lot easier to work that the plastic ones today (at least I think so)!! But $30 is a little overpriced!!!
My Bodypump teacher finally friended me on Facebook, so I was able to send her a message and tell her what's up with me. I can't wait till I'm normal again. I'm still bringing the crutch to work with me, but not using it at home. My foot and ankle swell up so much by the time I get home. I ordered a pair of shoes on Amazon last week. They were a great price. They are Dansko, mary-jane style sneaker type shoes. I thought they would be nice and secure shoes I could wear. Well the right shoe fits me fine, but right now I can barely squeeze the left foot in. I'm just hoping my foot goes back to normal some day! The shoes I'm wearing now are a size bigger than normal.
Fastday today! Sometimes I do not look forward to the fastday, but I eventually get into it. I do think its a great thing for me to do.
I can only imagine how hard it must be to find shoes to fit your bad foot. Do you think it would keep the swelling down if you compressed it by wrapping it in an ace bandage? My doctor recommended support hose (gross!) when my feet were swelling, but I wasn't about to do that in the hot summer!!! Of course, that would make it even harder to get a shoe on, but would they mind if you even wore a slipper or something like that on your bad foot? You don't have to be sylish when you are injured
I hear you about the fast days. Some days they are really easy (like Monday) and then some days I just wish I didn't have to do them, but once I get started and make up my mind, then I'm okay. I need it before the weekend - I have that wedding to go to Saturday and need to stay focused!!
It's Friday!!!! I hope this work day goes fast. I'm ready for the weekend. DH is going out of town tonight to a physical therapy conference in the Dallas area. He'll be home late tomorrow night. Tonight I'm just going to relax. Tomorrow I'm going to the Texas Book Festival. Its at the Capitol. One of my favorite songwriter/musicians is playing for free in the music tent in the afternoon. I would like to catch that. Tomorrow I may even go out with my sister to see another musician in a club right near my house. I haven't been there yet, but its supposed to be a good music place. Sunday I will visit the folks. I also have to squeeze in my usual chores.
I'm going to try to ditch the crutches for most of the day today. I did bring them with me just in case. Also I have a longish walk to the garage. They aren't allowing any street parking today because of that book festival.
Luckily I have a pair of shoes that I can wear. I bought them the day I took off the boot. I had to buy them a size bigger than normal, but they work. I'll probably be wearing them for months. I'm really afraid to wear any other shoes now. They are lace-up sneaker type. They're black so they do go with most things.
My fastday went well yesterday. I'm still glad I'm doing this, I want to see that scale go down. On a happy note, I'm wearing a pear of jeans that I bought at Costco some time ago that were always too tight. They fit, its the first time I've worn them. You can't try stuff on at Costco.
I fogot, whose wedding are you going to?
TGIF!! I will only be working until 11 today because we have our United Way wrap up and lunch. Today we will do our shopping, I'll do laundry and spruce up the house. Tomorrow I need to get a hair trim, get a pedicure, do my nails and decide what to wear tomorrow night. It is one of my good friend's son getting married. The venue is only a mile from our house, so I like that!
The book festival sounds awesome - I love books and love to read 'real' books instead of ebooks, etc. I don't know why - that's just a thing with me. DH and I are going to the library when I get off to get more books. I have him reading about as much as I do now!
I read in the paper this morning that we are getting a Costco in the near future. Our Sams is like that - they have clothes, but you can't try them on. I've been lucky because I've bought about 6 pair of capris there and they all fit.
I also need to go by and visit with my mom. Her assisted living is putting on a program next week and she is singing and dressing like Patsy Cline. She has been practicing her songs for 2 months and is stressing about it so I'll be glad for her when it's over. I'm just glad that she is still able to participate though!
I recommend Costco. It's great. I'm a Costco addict.
I think that's adorable that your Mom is going to be Patsy Cline!
Have a great time at that wedding!
I hope they put the Costo out close to us!! I'm excited about getting it.
Have fun at the festival and enjoy your weekend


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I planted a bunch of ajuga this past year, on either side of my front gate. One side gets a little more sun than the other. I water them the same. Now the mystery. On the side that has more shade, all those plants are wilting and dying. I have an air conditioner that drips some water on the cement on that side, some of that water flows towards the ajuga bed, but not a lot. The plants on the other side of the gate are perfectly healthy. Perhaps the dormancy of winter will revive them for next year, but I would appreciate any advice on my problem. |
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- Posted by rivers1202 Z8a South Carolina (My Page) on Thu, Oct 11, 07 at 1:02
Might be some sort of insect or slugs. I know slugs typically cause obvious leaf damage which doesn't look anything like wilting (which you said your plants were doing). But I had similar damage to some of my ajuga and when I investigated I found loads of slugs and pill bugs. The ajuga was planted between concrete edging blocks which line one of my beds and that area in between the blocks stays kinda damp....perfect environment for slugs. Damp, cool, and dark. Might wanna dig around the base of your plants or go out at night with a flashlight to see if you can spot any slugs hanging out in the area where your ajuga is planted. If you don't see any bugs/slugs, pull up one of the plants and have a look at the roots...the excess moisture from the dripping A/C might be causing root rot. Renee |
- Posted by organicsue (My Page) on Thu, Oct 11, 07 at 11:32
Thanks Renee - Do you know, if the problem is slugs (and I have seen a couple here and there) or pill bugs (I don't know what they look like) - is there a solution for that, other than removing the ones you see? Anyway, thanks for your input. |
- Posted by rivers1202 Z8a South Carolina (My Page) on Thu, Oct 11, 07 at 23:54
Pill bug/sow bug/roly-poly....little bugs that roll themselves up into a ball whenever they're disturbed. They normally only eat decaying plant tissue, but have been known to munch on the fresh stuff if they're hungry enough. If you find them amongst your ajuga, it may just mean they're eating old dying foliage that has already been damaged by something else....not necessarily the perps of the damage you're seeing on your plants. Pill bugs live in and around dark moist places. As far as the slugs go....diatomaceous earth (DE) or crushed egg shells work well. Just sprinkle the stuff around the base of the plants. The DE will have to be re-applied if it gets wet, though. Remove any rocks, boards, or other objects snails/slugs can hide under....removing their daytime sheltering spots helps out quite a bit. Now, this is all assuming your problem is being caused by slugs.....could end up being something else entirely. Good Luck, |
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Dr. Terence Wade, an '86 West alumnus, loves helping his patients live a happy and healthy life through chiropractic care, and recently celebrated the 25th anniversary of his San Jose-based practice. Dr. Wade loves his wife, Patricia, with whom he recently celebrated 41 years together, and he loves his three sons, Tobias (36), Forrest (34), and Logan (22). Another great love of Dr. Wade's is jazz music. And the only thing Dr. Wade enjoys more than using his hands to provide rhythmic beats as a percussionist who has performed with many bands during the past 30 years, is using his hands to provide chiropractic care for some of the best jazz performers in the world – a privilege Dr. Wade has enjoyed the past two years by serving as the official chiropractor of the San Jose Jazz Festival.Dr. Wade's road to chiropractic and more specifically, to the founding West Campus in Sunnyvale, is by way of Santa Barbara – and a 14-foot fall onto a concrete slab at a construction project where he was working as a young carpenter's apprentice in 1979.His construction career may have come tumbling down with his six-foot, four-inch frame, but had it not been for the injuries that he suffered from the fall, and, more important, the amazing results he achieved after following a friend's recommendation to see a local chiropractor -- which spared him from having surgery -- the now Dr. Terence Wade might have never entered the chiropractic profession."The doctor adjusted my neck, and the result was blood flow into my hands for the first time in six weeks. The surgeon said that was impossible, but that set me on the path to Palmer West, and the rest is history," said Dr. Wade, who served as ASG class representative, and was founder of the Palmer West Black Chiropractic Scholarship program.Part of that history includes performances as a smooth-playing percussionist with several West Campus bands, including The Audibles and ChiroGyra. Following graduation, Dr. Wade remained musically active with Resounding Joy, an ensemble group that combined music and ministry in performances at prisons throughout California, and he has been a member of the First Baptist Worship Band in Gilroy for over ten years.Were it not for Dr. Wade's smooth chiropractic skills, many performers at the 21st annual San Jose Jazz Festival, Aug. 12-14, might have instead ended up singing the blues.From his years of traveling as a seminar speaker throughout the United States as well as France, Switzerland, and England (teaching the Neural Organization Technique), as well as from years of work in a physically exerting career, Dr. Wade is familiar with, and can relate to, the chronic aches and pains associated with being a professional musician. "They're on tour five months out of the year, and it's a constant cycle from planes to hotels to buses to performing venue, so they're subjecting their bodies to constant stress, and chronic pain, due to repetitive body movement," said Dr. Wade, who when celebrating his wedding anniversary at the Fairmont Hotel (which he and Patricia have done for many years, since it falls on the same weekend of the jazz festival), was introduced to one of the event managers, and Dr. Wade gladly volunteered to serve as the festival's official chiropractor."I treated George Duke, who is a keyboard player, and he suffers from sciatica from the many hours of being seated in front of a piano. Many musicians suffer with rhomboid, rib and neck problems, from long hours in airports and tight seating on airplanes; for others they deal with chronic spasms and back pain, from hunching forward to read music, or from other posture-related conditions associated with performing live on stage."Dr. Wade said he didn't actually see much of the festival performances, because he was busy for hours at a time, all three days of the festival, adjusting not only the musicians, but also the stage hands and production crew. But he didn't mind. He still got to enjoy listening to his favorite genre of music, and the many compliments and expressions of gratitude were music to his ears."Working the festival is a lot of work, but it's also a lot of fun," said Dr. Wade, who serves as the official team doctor, and provides pre-season screenings, for members of the sports teams at Monte Vista Christian High School in Watsonville, where he resides.Although Dr. Wade cringes when he thinks about the injuries and pain he suffered from his 14-foot fall as a carpenter. Thoughts about the many people he's helped during his chiropractic career bring a smile to his face."Whether it's a world-touring musician, the kids at the local high school, or the moms and pops who come into my office, I love what I do," said Dr. Wade, who has mentored many West students that have completed their 13th Quarter field training assignment at his office in San Jose."And rare is the individual who can honestly say they love what they do. Especially when they've been doing it for 25 years."
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In 10 states, girls run shorter cross country races than boys. Is that practice fair?
On a brisk day in late October, Molly Seidel crossed the finish line at the Wisconsin cross country state championships ahead of all other competitors. The senior won the Division 3 state meet handily, just weeks before she'd eventually be crowned as a national champion.
Her time of 13 minutes and 39 seconds was faster than any other winner, boy or girl, at the state meet.
Seidel is a brilliant distance runner, a Notre Dame-bound harrier whose wins at the Foot Locker Midwest Regional and the Foot Locker Cross Country Championships led to a Gatorade National Runner of the Year award. But on that late October afternoon, Seidel's run was among the easier of her major wins.
After all, it was exactly 1,000 meters shorter than those other victories.
"On paper, you wouldn't think it's that big of a jump," Seidel said. "But that extra [distance] is a really big deal."
Wisconsin is one of 10 states in which girls run shorter distances during the cross country regular season. Their four-kilometer (2.5-mile) races differ from the standard five-kilometer (3.1-mile) courses run by the boys. In all other states, girls and boys run the same distance.
An open letter to the WIAA from Molly Seidel
Dear Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association,
There comes a time when every state's sports association needs to let go of the past and move forward. Please don't take this the wrong way, WIAA, but the 1970s ended more than 30 years ago. It was a great decade -- with the BeeGees, disco and lava lamps -- but it's time to toss those bell-bottom jeans ... along with certain notions left over from the flower-power days. The idea that female cross country runners should only run a four-kilometer race instead of five kilometers is one of those things.
All but 10 states have increased their girls' races to five kilometers, the same distance the boys run. Yet a handful of states cling to a patronizing tradition that dates back to the days when many people thought that a girl simply couldn't run as far as a boy could.
My entire life I've been told that a girl can do anything a guy can do, and the majority of the country's high school cross country programs agree. We female athletes run hundreds of miles and work hard every day to train our bodies for the cross country season, dedicating just as much effort to our sport as boys do. So why aren't we allowed to race the same distances?
What's more, by making girls compete at a shorter distance than their peers across the country, Wisconsin is putting us at a significant disadvantage on the national level. We race more than a half-mile less than girls in other states do, and this disparity is visible at regional and national meets. For 17 years prior to the 2010 cross country season, no Wisconsin girl had qualified for the Foot Locker national championships. Some girls feel that since they don't run the 5K all season, they shouldn't even try to qualify in the Foot Locker regional race held in our own state. Wisconsin boasts an impressive amount of cross country talent, but no one will ever see it if our female athletes are too afraid to go to bigger races.
Like the shag carpeting glued to the floor of our home's guest bedroom, I realize some things won't be shed easily. Some girls simply don't want to switch to the longer racing distance. Some even believe that they're not fast or strong enough to handle the 5K. This is not only untrue; it's ridiculous. Cross country is about pushing limits, and our state should be encouraging its female runners to push their own limits, not holding them back with outdated rules and regulations.
Wisconsin has become the denim-suit-clad math teacher of cross country programs; everyone knows he is hopelessly outdated -- except for him. Yet no one is brave enough to tell him that he needs a makeover. Well, WIAA, I'm telling you that it's time for an update and imploring you to take action; the girls of our state deserve the opportunity to run the 5K.
I'm a senior, so I won't get to run a high school 5K in my home state -- but I hope that some day our female runners will have the chance. So please sell that VW Beetle, shave the sideburns and let your girls compete in the 5K. It's 2012, and our time has come.
Molly Seidel
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Girls also run shorter distances in Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Mississippi, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Texas and Oklahoma. All of these states race at 4 kilometers except for Oklahoma, which races at 3.2 kilometers (or roughly two miles). Texas recently moved its two largest classifications to 5 kilometers while keeping its smaller classes at the 3.2K distance.
That discrepancy doesn't sit well with Seidel.
"I gripe about it quite a bit," she said. "I think it's an old-fashioned theory that a girl can't run as long a distance as a boy can. It seems like they were in the dark ages when they made that rule."
"Some coaches have wondered whether [girls running a shorter distance] is a Title IX issue," said Donn Friedman, the cross country committee chairman of the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference. Connecticut's girls ran the 4K distance until 2008, when its coaches voted to move up to the 5K.
"One of the arguments in favor of increasing the distance has been gender equity," Friedman said. "In fact, many of our conferences had made the move to 5K while we were still a 4K state, just because they felt it was appropriate."
State associations set the distances but take their cues from advisory boards, which are made up of coaches from across the state. The advisory board votes on various rules and regulations every season, and any potential changes are brought directly to the athletic or activities department, where they are again reviewed and voted upon.
In some states, that process can take up to two years.
"It's all set by our member schools," said Jon Dolliver, the assistant director for the Nebraska School Activities Association. "I haven't heard of any vote recently. I know [changing the girls' distances] was brought up seven or eight years ago. If our member schools wanted to change the distance, we'd get it approved."
Yet according to Jeremy Haselhorst, who is the president of the Nebraska Cross Country Coaches Association, it's a discussion that comes up every season.
"Every year I've been involved, we talk about the things we'd like to see changed," said Haselhorst, who also coaches the Papillion-La Vista South (Papillion, Neb.) girls' cross country team. "And every year that I've been here, somebody brings up moving girls from 4K to 5K." But every year, Nebraska coaches have voted it down.
ESPNHS reached out to the cross country representatives at each of the 10 state associations in which girls run shorter distances than the boys. Nine associations responded. (Representatives from Iowa did not respond to repeated inquiries.) Every athletic association implied that the state would be open to increasing the distance, provided that the coaches' associations voted to do so.
For coaches, the main deterrent is the perception that it will negatively affect participation numbers. Particularly in smaller classifications, coaches worry that increasing the distance from 4K to 5K will turn away girls who either aren't as serious about the sport, use cross country mostly to train for other sports, or both.
"Nobody has ever said that a girl can't run a 5K," Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association assistant director Marcy Thurwachter said. "The No. 1 issue is what will happen to our smallest teams and their participation numbers."
That was a concern in Connecticut leading up to the state's distance change. Friedman said some schools were having trouble getting girls to turn out for cross country at all, and schools with smaller numbers were afraid of forcing their girls to run an extra 1,000 meters every race. The longer distance means more time spent racing, more training and, simply, more work.
But following the move to the longer distance, Friedman said the participation numbers barely wavered.
"It doesn't appear to be the case at all," he said.
Participation numbers aren't the only reason for skepticism. Coaches have also voiced concern over the amount of time it takes girls to finish a race. The average girls' runners complete a four-kilometer race in approximately the same amount of time the average boys finish a five-kilometer course.
That thinking doesn't sit well with some of the nation's elite harriers.
"It's dumb that it's not equal," said Maria Hauger of Shakopee (Minn.). The junior won a Class AA state championship this past fall before finishing 21st at the Foot Locker Cross Country Championships.
"Knowing how I run," she said, "the longer the race is, the stronger I get."
Hauger's point touches on a larger argument. The four-kilometer race changes the strategy for some top athletes. In states where the distance is shorter, the race is substantially different. Six-tenths of a mile can adequately separate runners who are better conditioned or, as in Hauger's case, those who get stronger as the race gets longer.
"It should be equal," she said. "People say girls can't run as far as the guys, but most of our girls can beat the guys on our boys' team."
Runners who compete at shorter distances are also at a disadvantage when it comes to recruiting. Colleges looking for the best and the brightest have a hard time comparing girls who run the five-kilometer distances with those who do not.
"I coach a pretty large team," Haselhorst said. "We have a lot of girls who want to run in college, and it's hard for those coaches to compare [runners] state to state when we're running 4K and another state is running 5K.
"In track, we don't run any different distances than the boys do," he said. "At our state level, the boys run 3,200 [meters] and the girls run 3,200. The boys run 1,600 [meters] and the girls run 1,600. But for whatever reason, the game changes during cross country season."
None of the coaches' associations surveyed had seen any data indicating that an increase in distance would hurt the sport. But all of the states surveyed signaled that several of their coaches have openly wondered about the negative fallout of an increased distance.
"Nobody's looked at any data," Haselhorst said. "Especially at these smaller schools, [coaches] don't necessarily come from a distance-running background. They get thrown into coaching, and they do it to the best of their ability, but they have this perception, for whatever reason, that to ask these girls to run another 1,000 meters is going to hurt the sport. I don't think they ever actually take the time to ask their kids."
Then there's Oklahoma, which is the only state where girls run 3.2 kilometers (2 miles) in all of its classifications.
"There has been a push here lately to change the distance," said Ron Etheridge, who oversees the sport for the Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association. "It was brought up in an advisory meeting. Once we get a feel for what the total population [of the coaches] wants, we'll take it to our fall meetings to administrators.
"If it's not broke, don't fix it. That's the kind of philosophy we have. Until we get some real vibes from our coaches that, 'Hey, we want to change this,' we're not going to do anything."
Etheridge, however, acknowledged the perception that Oklahoma was behind the rest of the country when it came to the matter.
"I promise you, it'll be looked at," he said. "In 2013, I would venture to say that at least some of our girls will be running 5K."
Oklahoma said it will look into bumping up the distance for larger classifications. In other states, it's not that simple. Nebraska, for example, enforces a rule that would prevent large-school classifications from changing their rules without the smaller classifications following suit. That prevents coaches like Haselhorst from finding an acceptable strategy for all parties -- allowing the bigger programs to move to 5K while placating the smaller schools that are concerned about participation numbers.
That process is under review and may change shortly. But for coaches like Haselhorst, it can't change soon enough.
"Nebraska girls are a little bit behind," he said. "I don't think it's purely because of the 4K-versus-5K difference, but racing 4K all season long and then having to make the change to 5K means they're not used to the pace that's necessary. I think it holds some of our girls back."
Seidel, for one, agrees.
"I think changing to 5Ks would move us forward 30 years," she said. "Maybe some girls would gripe about it, but I think would help cross country a lot."
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I'm starting a gay/straight alliance at school. It was David's idea, really. He wrote to the school newspaper saying that they didn't cover enough issues relating to gay youth, and I read his letter, started talking to him, suggested the alliance idea. He told me that he was planning to start one already; I could very well help him get it started.
Then David goes weird and silent on me. When I finally talk to him again, he had decided that I'm doing the entire alliance thing, and to let him know how it goes.
This was today. And for the past two hours, I thought about what exactly this gay/straight alliance thing should do. But there's a catch.
I'm all ready to go off and play this gay rights activist role, yet I'm really not sure what gay people at my school want. One of the arguably most open gay/bi people at school, and I don't have gay friends; I don't know what other people, at my school, are going through.
Most of the guys I've dated are at least ten years older than me, and my Valerio, my love, lives in California and lived most of his life in Italy.
I've never been harassed about the fact that I can go for either guys, or girls. All I've ever received was support. Then I realized it. This whole gay rights thing isn't about being able to serve in the military or keep some bars open. The whole thing is about support, and love.
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There are two places we pull temperature from - the back of the card directly behind the core and if the card is dual slot and has an exhaust point we also pull a temperate from there, as seen in the picture.
Temps aren't too bad; the overclocked card with increased voltage ran slightly higher, but 1c isn't anything to worry about.
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Pulling out the TES 1350A Sound Level Meter we find ourselves quickly yelling into the top of it to see how loud we can be.
After five minutes of that we get a bit more serious and place the device two CM away from the fan on the card to find the maximum noise level of the card when idle (2D mode) and in load (3D mode).
As for noise levels, at 65dB this isn't a quiet card. However, this is pretty common in these lower end cards that have smaller fans which spin at a higher RPM.