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BASSETT, Va.-Bassett Furniture Industries posted net income of $2 million for its fiscal second quarter ending on June 1.
The net total was down 75.7 percent from last year's second quarter, which included $9 million of income relating to the cash distribution from the Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset Act, which involved the company's support of an anti-dumping petition against producers of wood furniture in China. Bassett's operating income for the quarter, before the effect of this extra income, rose 110.4 percent.
Net sales rose 20.4 percent to $81.2 million, including a 20 percent gain in sales from Bassett's retail segment and an increase of 17 percent from its wholesale sector. Same-store sales from the retail operation were up 9.3 percent. In the wholesale area, Robert Spilman, president and CEO, attributed the gain to "strong growth" from both its upholstery and wood operations.
Gross margin declined 140 basis points to 51.5 percent. Selling, general and administrative expenses were up 14.9 percent in dollars but fell 230 basis points as a percentage of sales, to 47.3 percent.
Spilman said the quarter for Bassett brought "meaningful improvement in our quest to become a more profitable company. As we operate through the historically weaker third quarter, we will continue to closely monitor the relationship between our revenues and expenses."

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Logitech Marble Mouse Trackball
The mouse has four buttons, a large one on the left (left click), a large one on the right (right click) and two smaller buttons that currently also left click.
I want the two smaller buttons to scroll down/up (depending on the button). I'd also like to be able to scroll by holding the two large buttons and moving the trackball, if possible.
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Large left button = 1
Large right button = 3
Small left button (should scroll down) = 8
Small right button (should scroll up) = 9
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Rolle's theorem
Special case of the mean-value theorem of differential calculus. It states that if a continuous curve passes through the x-axis twice within a given interval and has a unique tangent line at every point of that interval, then somewhere between the two points of interception it has a tangent parallel to the x-axis.
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Nightlife in Rio de Janeiro
Book tickets for orchestral concerts in the neoclassic Teatro Municipal or international performing artists at Vivo Rio. Music lovers flock to antique-studded Rio Scenarium or cosy Carioca da Gema in Lapa for outstanding samba parties. The young and beautiful meet at upscale dance clubs in Ipanema like Baronetti and Nuth . Sample spicy, neat cachaças spirit at Leblon's Academia da Cachaça. Most bars close at 2am, while many clubs stay open until 5am.
Expand all1. Academia da Cachaça - Home of the national drink
Show moreA field trip to the Academia da Cachaça puts the concept of advanced education in a whole new light. Here you can dispute and discuss the finer points of the fiery white cane liquor that is Brazil's national drink. Ask the bartenders for advice, and begin that lifelong intellectual quest for the perfect "white one." Just don't down them on an empty stomach.Show this on mapE-mail this item
Rua Conde de Bernadote 26, loja G, Rio de Janeiro
+55 021/2529-2680
2. Bar dos Descasados - 19th-Century style
Show moreRio's most romantic patio bar sits tucked away inside the recently restored Hotel Santa Teresa. Spend a lazy afternoon or evening (or both, once you get comfortable you may not want to leave) lounging in a big comfy chair on the terrace of a 19th-century mansion. Order a caipirinha and enjoy the fabulous views of Santa Teresa and downtown. Show this on mapE-mail this item
Rua Almirante Alexandrino 660, Rio de Janeiro
+55 021/2222-2755
3. Carioca da Gema - Samba hotspot
Show moreOne of the best little venues in town, Carioca da Gema offers all samba all the time. Even on weeknights when many other places are closed or slow, Carioca da Gema is often hopping. The busy nights are Friday and Saturday when latecomers will be left with standing room only. The show normally kicks off at 9pm so come early if you want to grab a spot close to the stage, and enjoy a bite to eat while waiting for things to heat up. Open Monday through Saturday.Show this on mapE-mail this item
Rua Mem de Sá 79, Rio de Janeiro
+55 021/2221-0043
4. Rio Scenarium - Classic Rio bar
Show moreThe Rio Scenarium is probably the most beautiful bar in Rio. Located in a renovated warehouse on the edge of Lapa, this antiques-store-turned-bar is one of the places that played a big role in reviving Lapa's nightlife several years ago when there were few classy options available. Recommended in all the guidebooks, don't make this your only stop when exploring Lapa's music scene.E-mail this item
Rua do Lavradio 20, Rio de Janeiro
+55 021/2233-3239
5. Venga - Casual nightspot
Show moreRio's first tapas bar, Venga forwent the trendy fusion route and opted for a classic Spanish approach. The bustling bar has a casual atmosphere, popular with Rio's 30-plus crowd. The kitchen serves some interesting minidishes, which most people accompany with a glass of sangria or Spanish wine. Smack in the middle of Leblon's nightlife district, the people-watching is superb! Monday to Friday 6pm to 1am, Saturday and Sunday 1pm to 1am.Show this on mapE-mail this item
Rua Dias Ferreira 113, Rio de Janeiro
+55 021/2512-9826
Expand all6. Baronetti - Fashionable dance club
Show moreOne of the most happening dance clubs in Rio, Baronneti attracts a well-to-do and attractive crowd in their 20s to 40s. There's no rubbing elbows with the riffraff here. What you get is a fine-looking classy upscale club, two floors of fabulous dance music to dance the night away, plenty of couches, and a chill-out space.E-mail this item
Rua Barão da Torre 354, Rio de Janeiro
+55 021/2247-9100
7. Fosfobox - Underground place-to-be
Show moreFosfobox is Copacabana's trendy club du jour, or rather de nuit. Located in a small basement off Rua Siqueira Campos, the club only has room for about 150, who hear discs spun by a variety of DJs. On Thursday it's rock, Friday and Saturday are house and techno. Open Wednesday through Sunday.E-mail this item
Rua Siqueira Campos 143, Rio de Janeiro
+55 021/2548-7498
8. Melt - Live music
Show moreMelt is a great unpretentious club that has been making quite a name for itself with excellent live music by a variety of interesting artists. Open daily, the small club offers a range of music, varying from hip-hop to salsa, dance, or samba-rock, and in the summer months samba on Sunday.Show this on mapE-mail this item
Rua Rita Ludolf 47, Rio de Janeiro
+55 021/2249-9309
9. Nuth - Swish nightclub
Show moreA lovely, very upscale club in Lagoa, Nuth has a small restaurant upstairs, an outdoor patio section, and an indoor dance floor featuring lounge music early on and dance beats as the night goes on. Arrive early (before 10pm) if you want to make it past the doormen - VIPs and beautiful women get preference, and if you're not one of these, you may find yourself exiled to a long wait in the outside line. Open Tuesday through Saturday after 7pm to 4am.Show this on mapE-mail this item
Av. Epitacio Pessoa 1244, Rio de Janeiro
+55 021/3575-6850
10. Teatro Odisséia - Alternative sounds
Show moreA three-storey building with a relaxed atmosphere, the Teatro Odisséia houses one of the best-known stages for alternative music in the city. Its weekly agenda offers a rhythmical round trip from reggae and ska to rock, Musica Popular Brasileira, samba-funk and rap.Show this on mapE-mail this item
66 Rua Mem de Sá, Centro, Rio de Janeiro
+55 21/2226-9691
Expand all11. Bip Bip - Samba legends
Show moreAnother internationally acclaimed botequim Bip Bip owes its fame to an outstanding musical program. Tuesday and Sunday nights are the best evenings to catch some great samba or pagode (a more mellow kind of samba); it's not unusual to see some Brazilian greats such as Beth Carvalho or Nelson Sargento, Walter Alfaiate, and others come out to sing and play.Show this on mapE-mail this item
Rua Almirante Gonçalves 50, Rio de Janeiro
+55 021/2267-9696
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12. Circo Voador - Unique concert venue
Show moreThis large tentlike structure (the name translates as "flying circus") is located right beneath the aqueduct in Lapa. Modeled after the original '80s Circo that was the venue for avant-garde, up-and-coming artists, the new Circo Voador is one of the most eclectic venues in town, offering everything from samba and pagode, to house and funk. It's a great venue. The open structure is perfect for Rio's tropical climate and a large outdoor patio allows you plenty of space to take in the music under the stars, with the rambling of the streetcar on the arches overhead for company.Show this on mapE-mail this item
Rua dos Arcos s/n, Rio de Janeiro
+55 021/2533-0354
13. Teatro Municipal - Virtuoso performances
Show moreBrazil's prime venue for the performing arts, the elegant Parisian-style Teatro Municipal stages everything from opera to ballet to symphony concerts. The Rio de Janeiro theater's ballet corps and symphony orchestra perform regularly throughout the year, and the theater also hosts many visiting companies. Show this on mapE-mail this item
Praça Marechal Floriano s/n, Rio de Janeiro
+55 021/2332-9195
14. Teatro Rival - Something for everyone
Show moreTeatro Rival, a small theater in Rio de Janeiro, has recently received a major overhaul and is a great venue for seeing local and popular national acts, mostly of MPB. Ticket prices are quite reasonable. You may be looking at the next Marisa Monte or other of Brazil's many talented performers who haven't made it big internationally.Show this on mapE-mail this item
Rua Alvaro Alvim 33, Rio de Janeiro
+55 021/2240-4469
15. Vivo Rio - International stars
Show moreOne of Rio's newest concert venues, the Vivo Rio is located right next to the Museu de Arte Moderno on Rio's downtown waterfront. It specializes in big-name concerts, with both Brazilian and foreign artists, with people like BB King, Maria Bethania, and Gilberto Gil. The only drawback here is the high ticket prices -- R$300 or more for a decent seat is not unheard of in this venue.Show this on mapE-mail this item
Av. Infante Dom Henrique 85, Rio de Janeiro
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Off topic but on topic?: If David Byrne were standing right next to me, I would whimper and try to keep it as inaudible as possible. If he TOUCHED ME? I would DIE. And then I would ask him which laws he considers his favorites, because that's been bugging me for a while.
Except now mine's mysteriously working, making me look like a hypocrite.
No! Don't go! He's blocked us all…as punishment…for something.
This piece of gum is heaven.
When I see this, I'm going to shout out all of the tv roles I recognize these people from ("A.D.A. Alexandra Cabot!") I can't help it. I have Hey! It's That Guy Tourettes.
Guilty…guilty of living in SF. But my plans fell through and I had to sit this screening out. Hope it was fun.
I'm not good with anything emotional and I use humor to distance myself from emotions (Psych 101) so I was going to make a joke about how you have more time now to scout out Will & Grace locations, but I think variants thereof have probably already been made. So instead I'll just say thanks for the memories.
I'm going to see The Room this weekend in tribute to Lindsay. Who's with me?
Wait, you guys, are we 100% sure this isn't just more viral marketing for Funny People?
Science be damned, I say that Sly & The Family Stone is the best one because of the way they synched it up. 0:28 is hilarious.
According to the magazines that I may or may not have read, Kate has been identified (I believe by her sister) as a fame-whore whose ultimate goal was to be the focus of media attention. While Kate's sister might herself be a fame whore and consequently only have said that to attract media attention to herself, it still doesn't ring untrue. When it comes to the Duggars (from "18 Kids and Counting"), I wholeheartedly believe that they signed the TLC contract in order to provide for their family. I can't say the same for Jon & Kate.
Oh hey, hadn't seen your girlfriend in a while. How's she doing?
0:56-1:00 The front guy's imaginary dick turns into an imaginary elephant's trunk. Do the Snuffie!
EntireTy. I feel like every post I've made this week has some sort of error in it. Blee blah.
Was that lame drum fill really necessary? Really?
Not mentioned in the interview, but the Pre-Taped Call in Show was always one of my favorites. They really excelled at mise en abyme and meta sketches.
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3. I will never have to endure riding in a car with a jackass who owns this. Syllogism!
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I meh this song, in an ironic way, in an unironic way, in every way possible. I can't even bring myself to hate it.
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I remember that episode. I tell you, after American Splendor, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Zoolander, and this interview, I can't guarantee that he's retarded.
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I love using holidays like the 4th of July as an excuse to obsess over creating new recipes to bring to events (or to eat alone in your apartment while listening to the faint sound of fireworks in the distance). For anyone in search of a quick and easy salad to bring to that 4th of July cookout next week… Look no further my friends. This salad is fast, easy, delicious, and comes out so damn pretty! Make the dressing in a small container so you can dress it right before it's served and I promise it will be a hit.
I'm sure this won't be the last Independence Day recipe you see from me this year. I've been Googling things like "Patriotic foods" and "red, white, and blue things I can eat" for at least a week. Stay tuned!
For the Salad:
1 summer squash
1 zucchini
1 cup cherry tomatoes, halved
2 cups arugula
1 1/2 cups of corn kernels
2-3 scallions, chopped
6-7 heaping tablespoons ricotta cheese
For the Dressing:
2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
3 tablespoons olive oil
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1/2 small shallot, grated or finely minced
dried basil, garlic powder, red pepper flakes, sea salt, pepper to taste
1. With a vegetable peeler, peel long strips of the summer squash and zucchini into a large bowl.
2. Add the rest of the vegetables for the salad and toss.
3. In a separate bowl, whisk together all of the ingredients for the dressing adjusting the seasonings as needed.
4. Keep refrigerated separately until ready to serve. When ready to serve, toss the dressing with the salad to evenly coat and transfer to serving dish and top with dollops of ricotta cheese as desired.


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On Thursday the United States Department of Education will release scores from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP).
The NAEP is sometimes called "the nation's report card." Indiana scores are embargoed until tomorrow but early indications are that we can expect good news.
And this will be a continued trend. Indiana students have made steady gains over the last four years in graduation rates, AP participation and success, and ISTEP+ scores.
But Superintendent of Public Instruction Glenda Ritz and her team have consistently downplayed, and in some cases altogether ignored, these recent positive results.
Ritz and her team do not want Indiana parents to know that the education reforms of the last four years are working.
But working they are. Graduation rates are at an all-time high. Advanced Placement participation and success are at all-time highs. And ISTEP+ scores have improved each of the last four years.
So it will be interesting to see if Ritz has a comment on the NAEP scores tomorrow. And if Indiana students do make gains, as expected, to what will Ritz credit these gains.
Ritz and the teachers unions have one objective – undoing the reforms of the Mitch Daniels and Tony Bennett era. But rolling back these reforms means ignoring the simple truth – that they are working.
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Have you ever had the sneaking suspicion that something was wrong, but were afraid to investigate further and find out? Sure you have, and so have we. Well, you can't hide under the covers any longer, it's time to come out and face the truth.
Big, Worthless Numbers
If you're a B2B marketer, chances are good that your Twitter followers are pretty much worthless.
Yes, we know that your company has hundreds or thousands, or maybe even tens of thousands of Twitter followers and that you take pride in increasing that number day in and day out. That's the metric for success on social media right? Having lots of Twitter followers.
That doesn't change the fact that your Twitter followers are probably worthless — sorry!
What do we mean by worthless?
In our work with B2B companies, we've found that 90 to 99 percent of their Twitter followers are irrelevant, not real and even potentially harmful. These are not folks your sales team will want to talk to (ever). They aren't qualified prospects, don't influence the buying process, can't share information within your target audience. In short — worthless.
Why are B2B Twitter audiences of such poor quality?
Here are six reasons:
- Marketers focus on the number of Twitter followers as the metric for success.
- Social media managers follow back irrelevant people (and bots) that follow the company, which in turn attracts more low quality followers.
- Marketing struggles to consistently create and share quality content that attracts the target audience.
- All Twitter followers are treated the same (would you even know if a prospect, customer or industry influencer started following your account today?).
- No one reviews, categorizes and prunes who is following (and who the company follows).
- There is no outreach strategy to directly engage the company's target audience.
Just to be clear, your company doesn't need to be guilty of all six — even one reason is enough to hurt the quality of your Twitter followers.
Now for the good news: here are five things you can do to make sure your Twitter audience grows over time to be chock-full of prospects, customers and key influencers.
- Change the Twitter success metric to be about quality not quantity. At minimum, exclude any employees, vendors, competitors, Twitter bots and other non-qualified followers when calculating "growth" in followers.
- Set up different processes based on who is following. For example, if a prospect starts following, then follow back. Also, thank them for following and offer them a link to relevant content while you're at it. And make it a point to retweet them from time to time.
- Ramp up the content marketing. Content is the fuel of any successful social media program. Consistently curating, customizing, and creating relevant and helpful content will go a long way to attracting the kinds of followers you want.
- Make it a priority to find and engage prospects and customers active on Twitter. This includes decision makers, key influencers, and the company handles for prospects and customers. Over time, this will result in many of them following back (and attracting others like them!)
- Track and measure the performance of your Twitter audience. How is Twitter helping with your B2B social marketing metrics — website traffic, white paper downloads, webinar registrations, etc. And how is this changing over time?
So are your Twitter followers worthless … or the rare exception?
There's only one way to find out. Turn on your flashlight and go take a look!
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Editor's Note: To get more of Carter's perspective on B2B Social Marketing, read Why You Don't Want an Agency Managing Your B2B Social Marketing
About the Author
Carter is the Founder and CEO of Leadtail, a marketing agency that focuses on online marketing and social media for B2B companies. Carter and his team have developed and implemented social marketing programs and campaigns for leading consumer and business brands including Avaya, Alcatel-Lucent, British Telecom, Symantec and TiVo.
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The self titled record called The Beatnuts, or
more affectionately referred to as Street Level, is
the full length debut album by the Queens trio. It
was released on June 21, 1994 by Relativity
Records just a year after their impressive debut
EP, Intoxicated Demons had turned the Hip Hop
world on it's ear.
The cutting edge production is supplied by Juju
and Psycho Les themselves, with contributions
from V.I.C. and Lucien (A Tribe Called Quest). It
features guest appearances by Grand Puba
(Brand Nubian), Miss Jones and DJ Sinister (The
X-Exutioners) amongst others. The Beatnuts
garnered commercial success charting on the
Billboard 200 and boasts two singles, "Props Over
Here" and "Hit Me with That". It is known for its
diverse production, hedonistic lyrics and cover art
inspired by Hank Mobley's The Turnaround. It
marks the last Beatnuts album before emcee (Kool
Ass) Fashion left the group to pursue a solo career
under the Muslim inspired alias Al' Tariq.
It is with great pride that Sony Music and Traffic
Entertainment Group team up to present The Beatnuts' self titled LP available for the first time remastered on double vinyl and housed in a deluxe 'Tip
On' style vintage gatefold sleeve featuring
extended artwork and liner notes written by Hip
Hop historian Noah Uman (WFMU). This collection
also includes the "Yeah You Get Props - Rough
Mix" previously not available on the album.


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We have a friend that planted 400 tulip bulbs. She is just going to pull them up and throw them away when they have bloomed out. We want to save these and replant them. We don't have a basement to keep them in. How do we do this? Any help would be greatly appreciated, We hate to see these go to waste. |
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zone? keep them in paper bags anywhere dark & not wet. like coffee tins, etc. if the bulbs are coming up before they die back naturally then I'd personally put in some clean sawdust (like hamster bedding) to help with the moisture control. Basement not required :-) |
Depending on how early they are pulled you might want to replant them and let them die off naturally. That will give them a little time to form new bulbs for next year. The longer they grow the more likely you will be to see some success. Don't expect too much though, and the further south you are, the lower your chances will be. |
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Conservation and Restoration in a Local Ecosystem part of Activities
David Koetje, Calvin College; Amy Wilstermann
Students are introduced to a local ecosystem and tasked with observing several sites, identifying features that pose threats or promote resilience at the sites, assessing the overall health of the ecosystem, and formulating recommendations for management of the ecosystem.
Analysis of the Global Climate Change Controversy: A Problem-Based Learning Activity part of Activities
David Koetje, Calvin College; Amy Wilstermann
This is a problem-based learning activity that guides students through a process whereby the class as a whole investigates various stakeholder perspectives on the global climate change controversy. Individual students then reflect on their own perspectives in light of what they have learned.
Climate Change, Communities, and Public Planning: A Problem-Based Learning Activity part of Activities
David Koetje, Calvin College; Amy Wilstermann
In this problem-based learning activity, students develop a case study that "puts a human face" on the effects of global climate change (GCC) on a particular community in the United States. Students work in teams to: discover cultural, economic, and natural features of the community; identify challenges presented by GCC; and identify options for responding to these challenges.
Exploring the Sustainability of the U.S. Food System part of Activities
David Koetje, Calvin College
This is a collaborative learning activity based on the documentaries "King Corn" and "Big River" in which students explore and propose solutions to sustainability issues associated with industrial agriculture and food systems.
Should I Unplug? part of 2012 Sustainability in Math Workshop:Activities
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The True Cost of Eggs: Commercial vs. Local part of 2012 Sustainability in Math Workshop:Activities
Caira Bongers
How should I shower? part of 2012 Sustainability in Math Workshop:Activities
Margaret Sullivan
In this activity, students will investigate the questions: What are the benefits/costs of 3 varieties of shower head types: standard, low flow, massage spray? Which would be best for a homeowner? For the university dorms?
The Costs of Your Commute: Your Money, Your Time, and the Earth part of 2012 Sustainability in Math Workshop:Activities
Charlie Buehrle
This activity has students investigate their own cost, CO2 output, and time for commuting. They then compare their commute to an environmentally conscious alternative by using comparable metrics.
Shift in life expectancy part of 2012 Sustainability in Math Workshop:Activities
Holly Partridge
Determining the shift in expected life span over a century and the social and environmental impact
One day it is too hot and other days it is too cold. Do we need to replace the HVAC system? part of 2012 Sustainability in Math Workshop:Activities
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The Tarbell Orange Vase has remained one of the true tests in turning skill for the wood turner. The stippling of the surface of the orange (shell and ball), can be accomplished in many ways. We developed a special 'chattering tool' that allowed us to simulate the skin of an orange. The vase itself is made from select Asian mahogany as are the orange and shell and the black portions (finials and legs) are made from rare-sorted-JAVANESE BLACK "SonoKeling" wood . The finish is our own blend of melamine with a lacquer overcoat.
EFFECT: The performer displays a small vase that contains an orange. The orange is removed and suddenly multiplies into two. A silk hank is magically produced. This is used to cover the two oranges for a second and upon whisking the hank away, one orange has vanished.
The remaining orange is placed back into the vase and covered with the lid. The silk hank is tucked into the performers fist. A snap of the fingers and the silk hank changes into the orange. The vase is uncovered only to find that the orange has vanished!
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Thanks to Judy at UK / Australia Genealogy for awarding my blog the One Lovely Blog award. It is really wonderful to know that people enjoy reading my blog. Judy also awarded my other blog Australian Genealogy News. Thanks again Judy! :-)
I have previously nominated 15 blogs, but I will nominate a couple more at a post over at Australian Genealogy News in the not to distant future.
Thanks again Judy and everyone who reads my blog.


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Manufacturing Mayhem in Mexico: From Nixon to NAFTA and Beyond |
Written by Chris Floyd |
Thursday, 28 October 2010 08:58 |
Ben Ehrenreich at the London Review of Books has written one of the best articles on the current situation in Mexico that I have seen. Thousands of people are dying there, caught up in a sinister nexus where all the main players -- drug cartels, their officials backers (and servants), the various Drug Warriors on both sides of the border, the corporations profiteering from the Drug War, the august and respectable financial institutions who move the money for both the cartels and their official antagonists, and the American and Mexican politicians who happily game the murderous system for their own cynical advantage -- are reaping huge rewards, while a whole society is being destroyed. There have been more than 2000 killings in Juárez so far this year. ... The violence is dizzying, all the more so because so little light has been shed on it by the press, either in Mexico or abroad. Most accounts stick to the official narrative: the bloodshed is simply the result of heightened competition between drug cartels for control of profitable smuggling routes, and of the military battling it out with the bad guys. The dead are generally identified only as 'pistoleros' or 'sicarios'; their killers as 'armed commandos'. The most basic facts are left unspecified: body counts, names, places, dates. ... The government, the opposition, the cartels and the various factions within all of them spread disinformation as a matter of policy, which means that political gossip tends to revolve around who stands to profit from which distortion. To make things more complicated, there is a great deal at stake for Mexico's powerful neighbour to the north. The two most pernicious strands of contemporary American politics – nativism and the all-encompassing discourse of 'security' – feed into the notion that Mexico is slipping into anarchy. Now the Economic War experienced a great "surge" under those fightin' progressives, NAFTA-men Bill Clinton and Al Gore: The broader effects of NAFTA and the reforms that accompanied it were more diffuse and far more destructive. A constitutional amendment passed as a precondition for the trade pact did away with the legislation that since the 1930s had forbidden the private sale of communally held farmland. Now cheap and highly subsidised American corn flooded the Mexican market. Local farmers were unable to compete: 1.1 million small farmers and 1.4 million others dependent on the agricultural sector lost their livelihoods. Campesinos left ancestral holdings, forced into the uncertainties of migrancy, both within Mexico and abroad. Villages were left almost abandoned. In a few short years, extraordinary wealth was concentrated in the hands of a tiny minority while the dream of an agrarian republic that had sustained the country for most of the 20th century collapsed. The anticipated shift to export-oriented manufacturing was a failure. Few of the promised jobs in the foreign-owned assembly plants known as maquiladoras materialised. The ones that did soon vanished as companies pursued still cheaper labour in China. As a result of the "reforms" of the progressive duo, almost a third of the Mexican people have been forced into penurious, petty hustling and scrabbling to eke out an existence on the margins of modernity: Nearly 30 per cent of the population now works in the informal economy – washing car windows on street corners, selling tacos, sodas, DVDs. Cuts to education have helped create a new class of young people: the 7.5 million so-called ninis who aren't in school and don't have jobs ('ni estudian ni trabajan'). The minimum wage has lost two thirds of its buying power and nearly half the population lives in poverty. In his book on the epidemic of murders of young women in Ciudad Juárez, Huesos en el desierto ('Bones in the Desert', 2002), González Rodríguez wrote of the vast new class of the uprooted and excluded, poor migrants from the countryside who now find themselves wandering in a 'vertiginous universe of technology and productivity, merchandise and calculation'. In the 1990s, "neoliberals" -- i.e., ball-crushing boardroom Bolsheviks committed to the crony capitalism known laughingly as "free trade" -- took power in Mexico, with predictable 'shock doctrine' results: Between 1989 and 1999, the National Action Party (the PAN), which represented the socially conservative transnational elite that had profited most from the PRI's economic policies, won the governorships of eight states, including the border states in which the most important drug trafficking routes were situated. By 2000, when the PAN won the presidency with the election of the former Coca-Cola executive Vicente Fox, the old networks of political patronage that had contained and controlled the drug smuggling industry were in disarray. The cartel leaders broke free from the system that had kept them in check. The old arrangement was turned on its head. Traffickers had once worked for the police and the politicians: now the police and politicians were working for them. Ehrenreich then makes a key point -- an insight that holds true not only for Mexico, but in virtually every case around the world where conflicts, disputes -- and political and corporate agendas -- have been militarized: Everywhere the military has visited, the bloodshed has grown much worse. Militarizing a situation guarantees there will be indiscriminate killing, enormous destruction, economic ruin, social collapse, degradation of infrastructure, the spread of disease, and massive, pervasive corruption. This is what you are knowingly perpetrating every time you militarize a situation. It invariably makes the situation worse -- unless, of course, bloodshed, ruin and corruption are, in fact, your goals. Between December 2006 – when Calderón took office and sent out the first troops – and July 2010, more than 28,000 Mexicans were murdered. The president has insisted that 90 per cent of the victims were cartel members, although only 5 per cent of the murders have been investigated, much less solved. In the first four years of his term, Mexico's National Human Rights Commission received 4035 complaints alleging abuses by the armed forces – more than it had received in the previous 15 years – including allegations of murder, torture and rape. Because the military is charged with investigating itself, such abuses invariably go unpunished. And 'because writing or saying what the military is up to could result in serious injury or death,' the American journalist Charles Bowden notes in Murder City, his recent book about Juárez, few of the more serious abuses are ever reported.[*] At least 31 reporters have been killed or disappeared since 2006. Ah, but of course now we have another progressive in the White House -- a winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, no less, an heir to Martin Luther King and Aung San Suu Kyi. Surely now, things will change, we will take a new direction, away from the obviously failed policies of the past. Yes? No. Calderón, unfazed, has promised to keep the troops on the streets until the end of his six-year term. His support from the north has been unflagging. Obama has proposed extending the Merida Initiative, and has requested an additional $310 million for 2011. His administration appears to situate Mexico within the discourse of failing states battling insurgencies and requiring American help. It's a bad fit – the cartels are not revolutionary cells so much as organisations of global capital – but the rhetoric provides a domestic pretext for folding Mexico into US security protocols. Carlos Pascual, the new US ambassador to Mexico, last summer confidently proposed 'a new role' for the Mexican military in Juárez, one consistent with counter-insurgency tactics employed by the US across the globe: they would secure the perimeter of five-block-square 'safe zones', and push that perimeter outward block by block. Ehrenreich's conclusion is bleak indeed -- worthy of Cormac McCarthy -- but, one fears, all too accurate: Whatever shape it takes, the war on drugs continues to be even more profitable than the drug trade itself. All the killing keeps prices per gram high, so the cartels do fine, as do the legions of sicarios and the funeral directors they help to feed. The bankers who launder the money also win, as do the businessmen into whose enterprises the newly laundered funds are funnelled. The American weapons manufacturers stand to do nicely, as do the US security consultants and military contractors who will deposit almost all of the Merida funds into their own accounts, and who can expect to make billions more from the militarisation of the border on the American side: someone has to make the helicopters, the cameras, the night-vision goggles, the motion sensors, the unmanned drones, as well as build the private prisons that hold the migrants. Finally politicians too stand to gain, not only Calderón and the PRIistas who are likely to profit from his failure in 2012, but the Americans who have sponsored him: the agile ones who can leverage campaign contributions from the contractors, the populists who win votes by shouting about the barbarian hordes advancing through the Arizona desert, the moderates who get re-elected term after term by expounding in even tones about the need for something called 'comprehensive border security'. The killing is therefore unlikely to stop. blog comments powered by Disqus |


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The United Colors of Playskool
Sunday, October 28th, 2007Looking around my living room, it's like a Benneton ad, with all of the multi-cultural toys laying around. We've got Mr. Roberto the school bus driver, Paco the guy with the dump truck, Bernard the African-American student and Margie, the red-haired girl in the wheelchair. Not a lot of white dudes represented.
But what happens when the door breaks off of the school bus? That's right, gotta call the greasy Fonz look-alike who came with the sports car toy.
Luckily my son will have all of the media and most of politics to give him good representations of how white guys in America are supposed to act. WHEW!


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A new study suggested that it may be feasible to capture community psychological characteristics through social media. Further, these characteristics appear to be strong markers of CV mortality at the community level, according to research published in Psychological Science.
"Hostility and chronic stress are known risk factors for heart disease, but they are costly to assess on a large scale. We used language expressed on Twitter to characterize community level psychological correlates of age-adjusted mortality from atherosclerotic heart disease," researchers from the World Well-Being Project wrote.
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Frugal Microbes Reduce the Cost of Proteins
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WASHINGTON, DC – September 1, 2010 -- Bacteria tend to be more frugal when constructing proteins for use outside of the cell versus internally, saving their energy for synthesizing compounds that can be recycled, according to research published in the current issue of the online journal mBio™.
"Because extracellular proteins are lost to the environment and not recycled like other cellular proteins, they present a greater burden on the cell, as their amino acids cannot be reutilized during translation. We hypothesize that evolution has optimized extracellular proteins to reduce their synthetic burden on the cell," says Matthew Chapman of the University of Michigan, an author on the study.
Microbes secrete proteins to perform essential interactions with their environment. Because microbes generally lack a system to import proteins, secretion is often a one-way street and the secreted proteins are less likely to be recycled by the organism due to environmental loss. It would therefore make sense that these secreted proteins would evolve to require less energy in their construction.
Chapman, along with his colleague Daniel Smith, calculated the amount of energy required to produce the amino acids, also known as the average synthetic cost (ASC), of each protein produced by the bacterium Escherichia coli K-12. They then compared them by their location, whether they were used internally (cellular) or externally (extracellular).
"Strikingly, 11 of the 100 most economical proteins (those with the lowest ASCs) were extracellular, even though extracellular proteins comprise only 0.37% of total proteins," says Chapman.
They also conducted computer analyses of Pseudomonas syringae, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Saccharomyces cerevisiae and over 25 other microbes and found a similar broad bias towards more economical amino acids in extracellular proteins.
"We found that the synthetic costs of extracellular proteins are significantly reduced in E. coli, P. syringae, M. tuberculosis, S. cerevisiae and many other organisms. It appears that economy may address the compositional bias seen in many extracellular proteins and deliver further insight into the forces driving their evolution," says Chapman.
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mBio™ is a new open access online journal published by the American Society for Microbiology to make microbiology research broadly accessible. The focus of the journal is on rapid publication of cutting-edge research spanning the entire spectrum of microbiology and related fields. It can be found online at http://mbio.asm.org.
A full copy of the journal article can be accessed online at http://mbio.asm.org/content/1/3/e00131-10.


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The contents of Michael Jackson's Neverland home are up for auction - and everything is on sale, including the bed he died in.
Auction house boss Darren Julien says, "We want to preserve the history of these items."
…And make a ton of money off them too, right?
Other items going under the hammer include antique furnishings, paintings, sculptures and a chalkboard with a message from one of Michael's kids: "We ♥ daddy! Smile, it's for free."


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Is Breezy Valley, near Lurgen, PA,still open? What,s the easiest way to get there if you are coming from Gettysburg, PA?
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Last week, on the night of winter solstice, there was a lunar eclipse. Such an occurrence is rare enough. If I were not perpetually weary from my present responsibilities, I would have cheerfully ventured out into the cold to witness it, for I will never see this sight again. The last time a lunar eclipse fell on a winter solstice, Charles I clung to a tottering throne. The newborn in its cradle will be nearing the grave before this happens again.
So I was sorry to miss this sight, but happy for my best friend, living on the Oregon coast, where the eclipse started before midnight. She called that night to ask about eclipses and the meaning of the solstice.
Now, I am no astronomer, but in my boyhood, I aspired to be. My father, an Air Corps navigator, taught me the summer constellations on warm Nags Head nights. A family friend welcomed me to his backyard to peer through a telescope at the craters of the moon and the rings of Saturn. Perhaps most important, I grew up idolizing the seven
Mercury astronauts and dreaming of joining their ranks in time for the first manned spaceflight to Mars.
Hard to believe I will not live to see that day.
Most of what I learned as a boy is now old lore, much of it superseded by newer discoveries – some of it explicable only in a mathematical language I never mastered. But I've never lost the sense of awe and wonder I first felt as a boy, gazing up at the night sky.
Like the herders of ancient times, I found in the night sky the awe and wonder most modern people find in organized worship. The stars did not answer all my questions, which was quite all right with me. I have little faith in answers, and none at all in people who claim to have them. I prefer questions, and exploration, and the restlessness of spirit that always seeks to discover more.
That was the creed of this country when I was a kid, and in those long ago Enlightenment days when America was founded. It seems to me we are a timid people now, fearful of everything and addicted to the false drug of security. For the wonders of nature and the universe, we have substituted bold new worlds of our own imagination, created by computers for our movie screens and gaming devices. We have turned inward, seeking only affirmations of our own limited knowledge, our own small conceptions, our own foolish importance.
The morning after the eclipse, I came across a quotation from Carl Sagan. Speaking at Cornell in 1994, he referred to the "pale blue dot" – a tiny detail in a photograph taken by Voyager I as it passed beyond the limits of our solar system.
"Look again at that dot. That's here, that's home, that's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, inventor and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every 'superstar,' every 'supreme leader,' every saint and sinner in the history of our species lived there – on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam.
"The Earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena...
"Our posturings, our imagined self-importance, the delusion that we have some privileged position in the Universe, are challenged by this point of pale light. Our planet is a lonely speck in the great enveloping cosmic dark. In our obscurity, in all this vastness, there is no hint that help will come from elsewhere to save us from ourselves.
"...There is perhaps no better demonstration of the folly of human conceits than this distant image of our tiny world. To me, it underscores our responsibility to deal more kindly with one another, and to preserve and cherish the pale blue dot, the only home we've ever known."
That dot, of course, is Earth.
Carl Sagan spoke from a perspective we greatly need today. He spoke for the archaeologist on her dig, the historian in his archive, the astronomer searching the skies and the naturalist plunging into an unexplored rain forest. They are still at work, but we pay to scant attention to their discoveries and the new questions they raise.
Happily, I still remembered enough to explain eclipses and solstices to my friend. Though it would have been easier in person, aided by a grapefruit, an egg shell, a toothpick and a grape.
Still, as the new year dawns, I feel again the longing to gaze into the sky – and wonder.
Hey Rick,
I read your column so I can remember my youth in Chester, I remember you from TDHS and your family as well. I was curious about your best friend on the Oregon Coast since that is where I live. I get back to chesterfield about once a year but don't have much time to visit High school friends, so I guess I am out of touch with Chester and your column brings a little back. I wonder sometimes if there are people that live nearby that I know or once knew. Thanks to the internet we can often re-connect.


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Traditional Valentine's treats good for your health
Traditional Valentine's Day treats may be good for your health.
People who eat chocolate were 29% less likely to have a stroke.
Chocolate reduces blood pressure and helps fight type 2 diabetes.
Also, have that glass of red wine with dinner. It is good for your circulation and boosts your metabolism, which could help you lose weight.
Here are a couple more ways to make Valentine's Day special:
- Drink coffee together , it helps your relationship!
- Get some free Valentine's Day deals
- Try this yummy chocolate fondue recipe


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Sociologia : Revista da Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto
Estratégias Recentes de Organização Urbana Comercial – O "SoHo do Porto" e a Territorialização de Actividades Culturais/Criativas
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AbstractThis article aims to outline the main results achieved in an ongoing empirical research focused on the spatial distribution of selective cultural/creative commercial offering located in downtown of Porto, more concretely, the Miguel Bombarda Quarter. Specifying better, we intend to discuss how the clustering of market niches, often driven by "new cultural intermediaries" can promote physical, socio-economic reconfiguration and change the identity of space, leading ultimately to processes of commercial gentrification and aesthetics of the urban context.
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The Daily Grind: How important is your character's armor appearance? {Massively}
Sep 30th 2010 9:20AM I don't care about the appearance of my armor... until I care about the appearance of my armor.
It does help if my armor matches or looks cool to some extent. You know it's possible for heroes in comics, cartoons, and movies to look cool with scruffy armor. and then later they can look better, and then EPIC.. so i would prefer it be the same way.
There are some Games that start you with OK armor, quickly give you a cool set, and then by lvl 15 your mismatched leather and cloth shorts.
SOE adds EverQuest II Extended to Station Access {Massively}
Sep 16th 2010 11:52AM Ok I figured it out.
Station access gives you a 1 month sub to each of those games if you already own them.
So if you have not purchased EQ2 yet and you have station access you can play EQ2X GOLD, but you cannot play EQ2.
SOE adds EverQuest II Extended to Station Access {Massively}
Sep 16th 2010 11:50AM the 4 tier Chart Sony Provided always marked Gold as being included with Station Access. Back during EQ2X launch My friends and I already had Station Access, and we assumed the gold had not kicked in cause of some issues they were still working out.
So maybe they are not announcing that it is now included, maybe they are now announcing that they got it working?
Aion's Assault on Balaurea releases today with new trailer {Massively}
Sep 7th 2010 3:31PM I went back during the welcome back weekend they had... I felt the grind right away as if I had just been playing the game the day before.. i have not played since release.
Such a good looking game and i like the systems in place, but it just can't hold my attention.
So i played during release and then i played 3 weeks ago.. felt no difference.
Defining Playstyles: Beyond casual vs. hardcore {WoW}
Sep 1st 2010 2:11PM Yep I am Time Crunched, but I want to be a Jenkins atleast.
Burger King uses 'musical shower' as latest trick to entice Japanese clientele {Engadget}
Jul 8th 2010 10:47AM @winst Me too. they have it in the London Rock and Roll hall of Fame.
Burger King uses 'musical shower' as latest trick to entice Japanese clientele {Engadget}
Jul 8th 2010 10:47AM The tech may not have been as good, cause I was 9 when i first experienced it back in 1989, but I did run into this technology on the Rock and Roll hall of Fame in London.
When you walk around the place it is pretty quiet, but if you get close enough to an exhibit then you get blasted with load music and someone talking about the artist.. take 2 steps back and total silence.
So if the tech was that good in 1989 I assume it will probably be even better now. Granted I was 9 and at the time; Hero Turtles, Transformers, and GI Joe all looked amazing to me. As many of us know they now look kinda cruddy... so it's possible the tech was not THAT good at the time.
Breakfast Topic: Where were you on your day off? {WoW}
Jun 30th 2010 12:10PM I finally watched the movie "Narc"
Not at all what I expected, but still good.
It felt geneeric, but I think that is cause so many movies used things it originated.
anyways Back onto boxing my 4 toons tonight! Lecutas, Lecuton, Lecuta, and Lecutia..
The BORG!
Breakfast Topic: Dealing with unpleasant players {WoW}
Jun 8th 2010 7:43PM @Sinfulle QQ= crying. I thought so... could have looked it up, but sometimes I just ask.
Anyways, I wasn't 100% sure if I was being QQ at the time. It was my first time in there and i knew that as the tank it was my job to lead, atleast it usually rolls down to the tank to lead when in doubt. So i felt bad pushing any points seeing as I was not going to make the best leader at that time. So I figured it was best to allow my companions to smack on me abit... and for all i knew it was warranted... as you have both made clear.. it was probably not warranted.
Anyways i try not to get involved in any drama, and despite the 2 wipes I am still a low level so the cost of repairs and the down time really is minimal... in ither words i justified the situation, but we finished the instance and i quickly teleported out.
I do thank you both for your input. It does help me feel better about the situation. Once I am more comfortable with how the instances i am are suppose to be run i will start laying down the law some more.
and best of all.. in the end it is a game.. even i begin to slide down that other slope.. only a little i admit, but it is a game just like peggle, tetris, or Candy Land. so i try to keep that in mind when I begin to stress.
Breakfast Topic: Dealing with unpleasant players {WoW}
Jun 8th 2010 4:42PM I was accused of being QQ... still not 100% sure what that means. Carebear?
Anyways one of our DPS kept running ahead and aggro-ing things and fighting them alone.. a lot like newbs back in the EQ1 days... well he wasn't getting killed, but I had to keep rushing ahead with 2-3 mobs already on me to pull the aggro before he died... I was waiting for someone else in the group to make a comment.. like the healer, but no one did.
So when we were fighting a boss and he ran over to the chest and waited next to it whil we fought it.. that was my last straw. I was not angry I just wanted to remind/inform him of some MMO etiquette. Stay with the group, try not to loot while fighting, etc...
I asked him to try not to run ahead I don't want us to get overwhelmed or for us to wipe. and I made a quick comment about him waiting at the chest while we fought the mob.
He snapped back at me to not to tell him how to play, and informed me he knew what he was doing... The healer said "OMG why am i always grouped with a QQ." "Every PUG there is atleast 1 QQ."
I kept at the pace he was forcing us to keep my tankadin regularly out of mana with no time to get more. and the mage was OOM most of the time also.. we eventually did wipe 2 times, and that's when I again asked him to slow down... he snapped at me again and the healer began vrying about QQ's in her group... I could only assume she was talking about me cause I wanted to take things slower... but I waited after 2 wipes to push the point and I was still the QQ... oh well.


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Custom/Practice's production of Othello on the archaeological site of the remains of the Rose Theatre is an enthralling, atmospheric and utterly engaging show that delivers five-star performances from its eight-strong cast. The site housing the Rose's remains, cavernous and foreboding, is the perfect setting for this gripping production of Shakespeare's tragedy.
Othello (Nana Amoo-Gottfried) and Iago (Cary Crankson) in Othello at the Rose Theatre, Bankside, London Photo: Robert Piwko
The performance space itself occupies only a small area of the site, with the remains of the Rose - covered by a protective layer of water - stretching out beyond it. But as the audience is seated on boxes and benches, a figure can be seen pacing up and down in the shadows on the other side of this small lake, ghostlike and mysterious. A sound design of eerie noises - creaks, drips and sighs - adds to the sense of unease.
The production begins with the torture of Iago, played by Cary Crankson. In this scene, director Suba Das shows us that his version of the play is not going to be an easy watch, as two men pierce Iago's skin with metal rods. It's a moment designed to make you squirm and wince.
From here on, the production rattles by at a fast pace, with characters appearing from chests and under sheets.
Although a small space, Das and his team succeed in making excellent use of it, with a standalone metal staircase on wheels moved around it to tremendous effect. More than anything, though, it provides Crankson's Iago with a place from which to watch the consequences of his mind games unfold - from above, like a puppeteer. His control over the action is also demonstrated by using magician-like hand gestures to herald a new scene, a lighting change or to stop the other characters in their tracks.
Crankson is mesmerising as Iago. His performance is so completely engaging it is hard to take your eyes off him. His asides to the audience are intense and menacing.
Nana Amoo-Gottfried, meanwhile, is a brilliant Othello, and his descent into rage, brought about by his jealousy, is perfectly pitched.
In all, this is a tremendous production, and Das makes great use of the space at his disposal, with clever lighting used both in the performance space and to illuminate the remains of the Rose beyond it. It's a production of Othello that deserves to be seen. And one can only hope the show's 18 rating, which is actually unnecessary and clearly a marketing device, doesn't end up putting people off.


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Rutherford Belleview says the Widow's Bane, his theatrical, dark, Americana-flavored, self-styled "zombie death polka" band, began sometime around 1700 A.D.
"The name 'The Widow's Bane' is from where we originally met, which was a ship," the accordion player explains. "We were a house band on the Devil's ship. We weren't called the Widow's Bane then. We were just the house band. It wasn't until afterward that we had to come up with something. We thought the Widow's Bane had a certain ring to it, so we kept that."
According to Belleview, he and the other members of the group — Gov. Mortimer Leech, Rictus Corpum, Franklin McKane, Bat Catacombs, Jimson Crockett, Abraham Lynch, Iron Mike and Madame Reaper — committed an unspeakable act in the years prior to the eighteenth century, which warranted eternal damnation and servitude to the Horned One. The welcomed intervention of Saint Gabriel, who sank the S.S. Widow's Bane once and for all off the coast of Alaska in the Bering Strait, evidently freed the undead members of the Widow's Bane to wander the earth, and they've wandered from port to port ever since, absorbing the music of the world and adding it to their repertoire.
Without a ship of its own, the Widow's Bane eventually wound up in the landlocked state of Colorado and, specifically, Boulder around the turn of this century. That's where the band played its first local show, says Belleview. "Boulder is a good place to panhandle and make some extra money for drinking and drugs and all of that," he notes. "We first played out of a window of a recently closed-down store called the Happenstance. It was on Pearl Street, so there was a lot of foot traffic. We had a little tip jar out there. We did that three or four times or so. That was our introduction to Boulder."
Rooted in folk music of all varieties, and not just the sea chanteys you'd expect from some old seafaring types, the Widow's Bane has a certain fondness for the universal appeal of that music. "That's always, to me, been the lower-class music," Belleview says. "It's the music of the common man, the working man. It gives it a little more heart. Not to say that classical music and operas and such don't pull at the heartstrings. It just seems to be more of the song of the everyday man, something everyone can relate to."
When the band first started playing out with its undead appearance, the members probably didn't have to explain the band's vaudevillian element. But with all of the negative zombie stereotypes perpetrated by Hollywood over the years, the Widow's Bane eventually inspired a different sort of reaction. "We call what we do 'zombie death polka,'" Belleview explains. "I'm a bit ambivalent about it. I'm a bit conflicted. On one hand, we're undead, but we're not the typical zombie. We don't go around eating people's brains.
"I haven't eaten a brain since the 1950s," he goes on. "There was a fellow by the name of Joe McCarthy who had me eat a couple of brains for the good of the country. I feel we're all quite cordial and nice, and we're definitely not out to eat anyone unless they really annoy us. I feel that the Hollywood movies got it completely wrong as to what it is to be undead."
Beyond their gray skin, their black lips and the dark circles around their eyes, the bandmembers are also known for their fine period costumes and uniforms. They switch things up to avoid a kitschy vibe, which would clearly ruin their image.
"The suits and costumes we change every so often, when they become a bit too dirty or dated," Belleview reveals. "Back in the '80s, we were still wearing a lot of disco gear and such, and it was a bit dated and people thought it was a bit silly. So every member updates their uniform to make it look more presentable. I feel like if we were going to go with something more contemporary, we might have been a little behind the times, wearing flannel and jeans with ripped-out knees.
"Recently," he adds, "the later 2000s — I don't know if you noticed, but all the rage is older-looking stuff. I think that had a lot to do with that. We had a lot of it, because we do keep our older uniforms. Someday you may see us break out the old disco suits if it comes back into style."
Although these zombies have purportedly been playing together for centuries, to the shock and outrage of longtime fans, they still haven't gone the route of Bob Dylan circa 1965 at the Newport Folk Festival, even though they've made some practical concessions for the sake of functioning in the modern era as a live band. "We basically have all-acoustic instruments," notes Belleview. "When we play live shows, we've used inputs and such. I play accordion, and I do need inputs for that accordion. We now include a piano player, but he uses a keyboard and plays organ, as well."


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I just got 500 Seeds Lemon Grass Seeds Cymbopogon flexuosus... And I have no idea how to plant them... I am in Lakeland, Fl... There are no directions on the bag... It was just a smaller ziploc with the name on it..
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Lemon grass is tough. Just plant your seed in starter pots as you would any other veggie. When they get 6-8 inched tall they can be put in ground - but I would protect them this first winter. They like full sun and plenty of water. If even half of your seeds germinate, you will have enough lemon grass to sell to every Thai restaurant in Lakeland. I love Thai and Oriental food and use my lemon grass a lot. If you would like some recipes and tips, just send me an email with LEMON GRASS on the subject line. Good luck!! |
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Pinkgator Lemongrass is very inexpensive as a plant, I have one for a few years, it gets very tall so one is enough for me. After a bad winter, they always come back from the roots, I also trim mine drastically to keep it in bounds once a year. If you start from seeds it might take a long time to grow, one or two seeds per cup is probably good enough... My lemongrass today Silvia |
pinkgator, you can always use the extra plants as pass-alongs to neighbors, etc., or swap for other plants you'd like to have. cora |
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Hi Pinkgator: I started lemongrass from seed this spring, got the seeds mid-late April. I put about 20 or so in a 4" pot with regular miracle grow potting mix. I just had them outdoors, and they were doing great. Once the heavy rains started in late spring, I lost about half the seedlings. (new to Florida, and one of the lessons learned is to keep seedlings covered) But the rest thrived and flourished. The plants are about 3' tall and growing well. I found them extremely easy to start from seed. Photo was taken last weekend. Plant is about 5 months old from seed. |
Sylvia, I love to see your lemongrass, it is so lush and beautiful. I can't for the life of me grow lemon grass. I catch the dogs eating it frequently. Coral, I would love some recipes for incorporating lemongrass in our diets and will email you as well! Kathy |
Kathy Are you and hubby coming to the garden party? I hope to see you both! Then you can see my lemongrass. I don't do anything to it, no water, no fertilizer and a big pruning in winter, it always comeback. The only water that gets is with the sprinklers when they are on. I like it in a tea mixed with other herbs like mint, camomile and others. Silvia |
Yes Silvia, we are planning to be there. Terry wants to bring a sweet potato dish grown from the potatoes you gave to us. Hmm, so the lemongrass needs little care - good to know. |
Kathy, I am so glad that you guys can come. The idea of the sweet potato dish is fantastic! I will have different banana breads to sample from the bananas from the garden...also jams and pickles from the harvest. Looking forward to see you both at the party! Silvia |
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