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We would like to thank the following companies for supplying and supporting us with our test system hardware and equipment: Intel, ASUS, MSI, Western Digital and Corsair.
The line-up of boards includes the MSI 990FXA-GD80 we looked at recently with the AMD FX-8150. Alongside that, we've got an A75 based ASRock board using our A8-3850 along with a H67 based ASUS board using our 2600k.
As for the rest of the system, there are no changes, so let's just get into the overclocking side of things. While AMD say we can go as high as 1.515v on the CPU core, we didn't want to go near that at the moment. Instead we wanted to sit around the 1.45v mark.
Surprisingly enough, our overclock was really strong coming in at 4.73GHz. This is only 30MHz lower than what we saw on our first FX-8150 sample which was running at 1.512v.
You can see below that this was done via the help of our multiplier which was pushed to 23.5x. Combined with the 201 BCLK, we come in at 4.73GHz.
I would've loved to push the voltage up to around the 1.5v area like we did with our original FX-8150 to see if we could get higher, but after having ours die and hearing about others dieing, we're a little skeptical at the moment.
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Ambitious cyclists eager to charge the steepest paved road in the Northeast and conquer the highest peak in the region (all the way, battling high winds, heavy fog and notorious clouds), are invited to register for Newton's Revenge, a 7.6-mile race up New Hampshire's Mt. Washington, held this year on July 11. Over the less than eight-mile course along Mt. Washington Auto Road, cyclists will climb 4,650 feet in altitude, rising at an average grade of 12 percent, to the summit at nearly 6,300 feet. Newton's Revenge shares the same course as the better-known Mt. Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb in August, which, in past years, has filled to capacity just minutes after rider registration has opened in February. This year, the Hillclimb filled its 600 spots in only two days. As the "other" race up Mt. Washington, Newton's Revenge serves as a second chance for another batch of 600 riders who have a hankering for hills. Registration for Newton's Revenge will remain open until July 9, or until the 600 spots are filled. The entry fee is $300, or $450 for tandems. Cyclists who are registered for Newton's Revenge may also sign up for a free practice ride on June 7, but space is limited to the first 300 registrants. For more information, visit newtonsrevenge.com.
Bontrager tire shaves seconds off time trial speeds
Bontrager has just released the "world's fastest tire" - the Race X Lite Aero TT. Specially designed to improve airflow over the tire-rim surface and reduce turbulence, the Race X Lite Aero TT claims to shave off 6 seconds in a 10k time trial, 31 seconds in a 40k time trial, and 183 seconds in an 180k race (more than three minutes in an Ironman cycling leg). But, that's only when racing at 17 mph or faster, with a 10 mph headwind. Otherwise, all bets are off.
Saxo Bank makes the switch to SRAM Red gruppo
Professional cycling team Saxo Bank has decided to change its racing componentry to SRAM Red, swapping out its entire fleet of bikes mid-season for SRAM Red gruppo. Team Saxo Bank will now race on Specialized S-Works Tarmac and Roubaix SL2's equipped with SRAM Red. The team decided to make the switch after a series of test rides.
"SRAM Red is proven reliable, remains the lightest gruppo available and delivers perfect ergonomics," Team Director Bjarne Riis said. "SRAM has demonstrated impressive product development, great quality and intense focus, just like our team. We are looking forward to racing with SRAM."

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I had several of these planted in wrong spots.I planted this past spring and they have never bloomed.I transplanted 4 of these yesterday...kept root ball intact,only loosened a little bit.What are my chances of survival? |
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mmmmm ... I'd probably give them about 100% chance of survival ... these are real tough plants! Terry |
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They are also considered cool season grasses so transplant better in fall or early spring than do warm season grasses, which are either not putting out growth yet or have stopped for the season. |
It's been awhile since I visited Orn Grass site and posted anything but I agree w/ gardengal48, I always try to plant my grasses in "their" season .... I try to plant ... but it doesn't always work out that way. |
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Recipe: Squash Stuffed with Bread, Cheese, and Bacon
We have Dorie Greenspan to thank for this recipe. Last year, we wrote about her Pumpkin Filled with Bread and Cheese, a recipe we've since seen updated in Fine Cooking. Thing is, we'd rather eat squash than pumpkin—and we only needed to feed two people. So we swapped in some acorn squash and made a few changes (including an all-important step for getting that delicious, caramelized crust on top).
Acorn squash was perfect for downsizing Dorie's recipe. With its nice bowl shape, the squash-to-filling ratio would be about right (as opposed to with a butternut squash, where you have a bowl at one end and then a long stem of squash flesh).
The problem was that Dorie put the cap back on her pumpkin after filling it with bread, cheese, and cream, so she had a little oven-within-an-oven to get everything cooked through. We were slicing a squash in half and leaving the stuffing exposed.
The first time we made this dish, we baked it for almost two hours, covered, before we finally figured out this trick: You need to bake the squash upside-down. Just like you would if you were roasting it. The heat gets trapped and the hard squash cooks much, much faster. The bonus? The filling, which is smashed down against the bottom of the dish, caramelizes on its surface to form a crunchy, brown crust—the perfect texture to go with the soft squash and gooey cheese.
Acorn Squash Stuffed with Bread, Cheese, and Bacon
adapted from Dorie Greenspan; serves two
2 slices bacon
1 small shallot, sliced thin
1 clove garlic, minced
2 teaspoons chopped sage (about 3 to 4 leaves)
1 1/2 cups of bread cubes (from a crusty loaf or baguette, cut into dice-sized pieces)
3/4 cup mixed grated cheeses (We used gruyere, fresh mozzarella, and cheddar. This would be a great time to use up little odds and ends.)
3 tablespoons heavy cream
1 medium acorn squash, sliced lengthwise and seeded*
olive oil
salt and pepper
Heat oven to 400 degrees.
Cook the bacon in a skillet over medium heat until crispy. Remove, crumble, and set aside. In the same pan, cook the shallot until beginning to brown, about 4 to 5 minutes. Add the garlic and sage and cook just until fragrant, about one minute (don't burn the garlic).
In a medium bowl, combine the shallot mixture, bread cubes, cheeses, and bacon. Pour in the cream and stir until everything is moistened. Add a pinch of salt and a few grinds of pepper.
Rub a drizzle of olive oil over the squash, coating the sliced edges and the cavity. Sprinkle over some salt and pepper. Divide the stuffing between the halves, packing it in so that the squash can still lie flat when turned upside-down.
Carefully place the squash halves upside-down in a baking dish. Bake for about one hour, until the flesh of the squash can be easily pierced with a knife. If the juices and cheeses start to burn after 30 or 45 minutes, add a few tablespoons of water to the dish. Once the squashes are cooked, use a spatula (or two) to flip them over. Serve as is or slice down the middle.
*The size of the seed pocket is different with each squash. Ours was quite small, so we scooped out a little extra flesh to make room for all of the stuffing.
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1984: Election Results/Pre-U.S. Open Action by USTTA President Boggan.
You can see from the adjacent article and photos of Tim Boggan, Rufford Harrison, Gus Kennedy, and D-J Lee (Timmy's, May, 1984, 2) the Election results for the 1984-86 two-year term of E. C. office. President-Elect Boggan adds a Thank You to those who voted for him, and asks those members, whether they're tournament-active or not, who didn't vote for him to inquire of others why they think the majority of voters did. Life Member Norm Silver writes in (SPIN, May-June, 3) that, "Although I did not vote for Mr. Boggan…I hope all members of the USTTA support him in his endeavor to advance the Association and the sport. All that we can ask of him is to do his best."
Once I officially became President-Elect (I'd actually take office as President on June 1), I began through May to deal with current USTTA policy matters. Foremost among these was the question of the Association's Executive Director Bill Haid. No sooner had he submitted a Report (SPIN, May-June, 1984, 22; 24) summarizing what changes for the good had happened in the six years since he'd taken office, and what improvements were still very much needed, steps were taken by the E.C. and me to fire him as of May 31st (later extended to June 1st).
This didn't come as a surprise to Bill (though on May 15th he writes to me, "You are exercising my termination without just cause"), for the question of Fund-Raising had recently been a very thorny issue in his life. He says in his Report:
"One of the duties of my position is to raise funds for the USTTA. I had made contact with 96 different corporations in 1978-79 and was fortunate to get $10,000 from Coca-Cola, and $800 from the Chrysler Corporation just prior to our U.S. Team's participation at the World Championships in Pyongyang, North Korea. In 1981, another 80 fund-raising contacts were made with no success. In Nov., 1982 through Apr., 1983 another 45 contacts were made—no success. The basic reason for this was that corporate sponsors were interested only in U.S. sports that might win medals.
I learned from the Assistant Director of Swimming that their fund-raising company had been able to contact two corporate sponsors for $180,000 a year. I contacted this fund-raising company and got a positive response. Appointments and reservations were made, but at the insistence of Sol Schiff I had to cancel my trip. Sol said the USTTA could not afford to let me keep my appointments, and said if these fund-raising people were really interested they could fly out to Colorado Springs to see me….
On Dec. 20, 1983, I was informed by Sol Schiff at breakfast at the Tropicana Hotel that the USTTA was approximately $30,000 in debt, and that his E.C. requested him to inform me that I must raise this amount of money prior to June 1, 1984. If I did not raise the $30,000—a debt made through a verbal contract and poor judgment on the part of a few Executive Committee members relating to approval for TV production of the 1982 Closed—the USTTA E.C. would not renew my contract…."
Desperate to keep his job, on Feb. 10th, 1984, Bill, representing the USTTA, signed a fund-raising contract with E. Ray Mueller (pronounced Miller) in which part of their agreement was that Mueller would "receive $200 a day for services rendered, not to exceed $1,600 in any one month."
Three months later, during a conversation I had with Bill at Colorado Springs as he was tidying things up two weeks before leaving his position as Executive Director, I was startled to see a copy of this 'Contract-Agreement' for the first time. Here is what I had quickly to explain to the E.C.in a May 16th letter (Bill's 'Contract-Agreement' attached):
" You'll notice that Bill had addressed his Feb. 10, 1984 'Contract-Agreement' with E. Ray Mueller to the USTTA E.C. But as I'm questioning him he admitted that he never actually sent it to the E.C.
'Oh, Bill,' I said. 'Why not?'
'Because I knew they'd never pass it.' [Would never, as required by the USTTA Handbook, even get it to an E.C. lawyer for review.]
Given the $30,000 ultimatum Schiff had forced on him, what did common sense tell Bill to do. 'You can't raise money without spending money,' he said. 'Schiff wouldn't let me spend any money at all—not even on travel to raise funds.'
So how much money did Bill spend since Feb. on fund-raising? Budget was $1,000. Bill spent $6,893.74.
But not so much with USTTA-member Mueller after all. Bill had to explain to him on Apr. 20th when faced with another $200 bill that neither he nor the USTTA had the money to pay him (at this moment the bill still remains unpaid). Thousands of potential fund-raising brochures were printed up….Question is: What kind of return were they bringing in?...Interestingly, last year, the same bill was paid twice to Minuteman Press. Did they ever call it to Bill's attention? No, they did not. Today, as I'm going over some accounts with Bill, the mistake is found, Minuteman called, the error confirmed.
Well, Bill tried.
He still believes that one of the hoped-for contracts might come through (I have a book full of particulars Bill gave me in this regard). He says it would be a big mistake were we to drop our connection with Mueller, who, Bill assumes, has not really been doing anything for Bill or the USTTA in terms of $200-a-day activities since Apr. 20th."
Following up on this "Contract-Agreement," I, on taking office June 1st, spoke again to Bill and reported to the E.C.:
"Out of USTTA funds Bill paid Mueller $618.
Out of Bill's largely uncollected '82-'83 Bonus of $2,991 (he did collect $750 of it), Bill paid Ray $1,518. So that meant Bill had used up all but $723 of his '82-'83 bonus.
Bill said that, as of May 31st, neither he nor the USTTA owed Ray ANYTHING.
I called Ray Mueller—and while he and his lawyer feel that Mueller DID make a valid contract not just with Haid but with the USTTA [in an earlier letter to Mueller, I'd emphasized that Bill had no USTTA authority to sign such a secret agreement], Ray agreed that (1) as of May 31st he had been paid in full, and (2) he's not going to do ANYTHING further unless he hears from us. If monies begin to pour in due to Ray's contacts, then we'll hear from him."
Also, on June 1, I signed Bill's termination agreement. He got: a) Severance Pay: $3,184.62; b) Vacation Time: $1,061.54; c) Bonus Pay for 1982-1983: $723—and, on approval of the E.C. at their June, 1984 Meeting, Bonus Pay for 1983-84 of $5,542.02.
On June 6th, as I wrote the E.C. on the 7th, Haid went to collect Unemployment Compensation. Surprise—he couldn't get it. Why not? Because though as a non-profit organization the USTTA doesn't have to pay Federal Unemployment, the State is looking to collect because we have at least four employees. Bill obviously didn't realize this, and apparently neither did anyone else. Ken Waugh, the USTTA's auditor, brought this to my attention (last year he didn't catch it) and is also alerting the state Auditor, thus avoiding his visit to our Headquarters. Ken thinks we should have been paying in 1983 2.7% of the first $7,000 per employee, and in 1984 3% of the first $8,000 per employee. Which means, with our voluntary compliance, we'll owe maybe $1,600.
What exactly our financial situation was on June 1, 1984 when I took office, I don't think, based on the financial sloppiness I inferred had been going on and I was later faced with (as may be seen in Chapter 20), we really knew. However, this Report (SPIN, Sept., 1984, 20) was given, I presume as conscientiously as he could, by USTTA Treasurer Lyle Thiem:
Income For Fiscal Year Ended 5/31/84: $314,290.44
Budget For Fiscal Year: $292.500.00
Income includes $29,000 deferred revenue from '83 U.S. Open
Expenses For Fiscal Year Ended 5/31/84 $315,866.13
Budget For Fiscal Year: $292,500.00
(Expenses include $3,962 unbudgeted severance and vacation pay)
Also, I've included here:
Proposed Budget For Year Ending May 31, 1985
USTTA Balance Sheet (May 31, 1984)
Other terminations: USTTA Legal Chairman, Haid's son-in-law Rex Burlison (annual retainer was $2,400)— later he'd be replaced by Bob Hibschweiler); and USTTA Public Relations Chair Lee Berton (later he'd be replaced at my urging—a mistake—by Stan Robens, who'd soon resign and be replaced by Jay Harris).
One who wasn't terminated was Tim Boggan. Yeah, in mid-May, Schiff, who understandably was taking his election loss very hard, wrote letters to USTTA Rules Chair Mal Anderson, Executive Vice-President Gus Kennedy, and even, incredibly, to USOC Executive Director Col. Miller looking to "suspend" me—not via any defined disciplinary procedure of course, but by Presidential fiat (as he'd earlier tried to do with my son Scott).
Sol had also rubbed Lyle Thiem the wrong way with a letter to the E.C. It drew this May 30th reply from Lyle:
"Dear Sol:
I would like to reply to page #2 of your May 15th letter to the Executive Committee and others in which you stated that I voted against Tim Boggan as Editor of Topics. You also made reference to our common home city. [As we saw last chapter, I was in Dayton attending Lyle's tournament on May 19.]
What could you possibly have hoped to accomplish by putting this statement in print and circulating it—other than to expose yourself as someone in whom one cannot confide? The statement insinuates that I betrayed my neighborhood chum and it is damaging to Tim and me; probably more so to Tim.
Is it really an E.C. member's privilege to publicly reveal how others voted on a secret ballot? Were you perhaps trying to catch me in a lie in case I may have told someone that I voted the opposite way? Do you think I was trying to hide how I had voted? Excuse me, but every time I read the statement I read a little more into it.
To say the least, the statement is divisive in nature and it disgusts and displeases me.
Furthermore, I am attacking your motives in publishing it."
As it happened, at the very time Schiff was writing his deranged letter to Col. Miller seeking my suspension, I was actually seeing Col. Miller in Colorado Springs. He wanted, and I looking to mend fences, wanted too, a rather young Player Representative on our E.C. and so Sheila O'Dougherty, Chair of our Athletes Advisory Committee, also became our Player Representative, a new full-fledged E.C. member. Col. Miller and I also talked about the possibility of using the Lake Placid site for training.
Though I wasn't terminated, I myself had to terminate, after the last of my promised eight issues, "Timmy's." It was hard for me to give it up after I'd got it flourishing, but I knew if I continued it, I'd be working against Tom Wintrich's official magazine, trying, as I had been before, to make it better than SPIN. Given the office I'd been elected to serve, that would have a very divisive effect."
It was Haid's termination, however. that most demanded the E.C.'s attention. Of course I spent quite a bit of President-Elect time (May Time) at Colorado Springs trying to bring closure to the past and openness to the future. I was worried about the stability of Headquarters. I'd begun advertising for an Executive Director in SPIN and the Colorado Springs and Denver papers. But there was this interim time when we didn't have one. On May 18th, I wrote the following letter to the E.C.:
"Throughout my just concluded stay at Colorado Springs I feel I got the maximum possible cooperation from those in our Headquarters Office. Bill, Sarah, Emily, and Tom. Their forthrightness, their immediate and thorough attempts to answer my three days of questions, made it easy for me to work with them. There is no doubt in my mind that they're conscientious and honest. I think my own openness with them right from the beginning helped what had to be something of an unpleasant experience bearable. [When I was in Colorado Springs, Bill and Sarah's friends had a Farewell Party for them and it was obvious Bill would be missed—one woman burst into tears. I attended this Party, and being the guy who'd fired him—which, since I'd never fired anyone before, I didn't do very smoothly—I wasn't at all comfortable about being there.]
There was a problem of incompatibility at Headquarters—with Bill, Sarah, and Emily Hix Cale on the one hand (she'd acted as Notary for the Haid/Mueller 'Contract-Agreement' back in February) and Bob Tretheway on the other. At first Emily said that if Bill and Sarah go, she goes too. But then she reconsidered, said that so long as she didn't have to take direction from Bob she'd remain as Office Manager. She could also do Membership, while Audrey Vernon, who'd worked in our Headquarters Office before, doing Accounting, could take over for Sarah (though only half-days), and Tom, who for his salary and occasional perks could help out when needed. They could all work together as a sufficiently cooperative, productive threesome—yes? At least until our June E.C. Meeting where by then we might have found a new Executive Director.
Since I think highly of Emily, and feel sure as she continues on, I'll work well with her, I intend to make certain the Office ambiance is as pleasant as possible for her. I know I can count on Bob's cooperation in this.
Outside of my office work here (from 5:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.) I spent my time socializing (eating, drinking, and talking) with Tom and Bob and learned some helpful things. Both Tom and Bob are valuable to the Association—perhaps it's fair to say Tom needs to be pushed a little sometimes, Bob held back a little sometimes. I can better judge their potential value as I'm with them more. Bob, it's clear, is quite ambitious…."
By the first week in June, I had only two prospective Executive Director's resumes—David Devaney's (he was Nancy Hill Persaud's brother, but not himself a table tennis player) and Bob Tretheway's. And, since I expected a lot more resumes, I wasn't in any hurry to hire someone. Indeed, I wasn't even sure now I wanted to hire an E.D. There were other Olympic sports here without an E.D., operating with an Office Manager—fencing, for example.
Of course, with Tretheway's increasing experience as Coaching Chairman and his ambitious observations as to what works and what doesn't in an Association headquartered in an Olympic complex, you'd expect him to present an excellent "National Planning Outline"—no, make that a "National Planning Outline #1"—to the E.C. The Outline was extensive, more than I want to reproduce here, but I'll mention a few points large and small that caught my eye:
"I. Evaluate current office procedures and institute changes necessary for efficient and responsive operations. [Imagine Emily working under him?]…
A-2: Handle all monies through Headquarters—provides better accountability….
A-3: Adjust fiscal year to Jan. 1 to Dec. 31 so as to correspond with USOC operations….
B-1: Establish and publish regular office hours. B-1a: Have someone answer the phone through the lunch hour….
B-4: Establish and maintain all levels of inventory….
D: Utilize more effectively our committee system….
II-B: Evaluate youth-oriented programs and organizations for development….
D: Initiate an affiliate club-enhancement program….[Takes personal contact.]
G-4a: Note Lou Bochenski has 10,000+ equipment buyers on his mailing list…. [USTTA membership potential there?]
III: Develop a fund-raising strategy. [We'd need someone paid just to do this?]
I was thinking about Tretheway quite a bit. He didn't seem to me to have, matched-up with my vague idea of other Governing Body E.D.'s—what shall I say?—'respectable-enough background depth' for the position. However, I liked his super-ambition—thought he could produce and that I could help him become one of the most important, influential people in U.S. Table Tennis. But I didn't want him in a Colorado Springs office, I wanted him "on the road."
So on June 5th I sent the following suggestion ("How About a USTTA Salesman on the Road Instead of an E.D.?") to my E.C.:
"Last Saturday, in Thornton, Colorado, a suburb of Denver, as part of the Grand Opening Day Festivities at the new Community First National Bank (free prizes, Pepsis, cookies, pony rides for the kids), Insook Bhushan and Kasia Dawidowicz put on I won't say a t.t. exhibition but some casual ball-batting on a table in the lobby for a steady flow of (maybe you'll open an account with us?) visitors. For their three-hour performance, Insook and Kasia were paid $100 each. (Kasia and her dad Bohdan, pronounced Bogdan or Bob, get $250 each for 12-minute smash-and-lob exhibitions in between Denver Nuggets' basketball games.) I accompanied Insook and Kasia to this Bank and of course was nice and talked to anyone who looked interested about table tennis.
The Bank President, I soon found out, had been coached by 'experts' back in the early 1950's when he lived in Japan. Sure, with a little coaxing, he'd hit some—hadn't played in 30 years. He doffed his suit-jacket, unloosened his tie, rolled up his shirt sleeves, took of his boots to reveal white sweat socks—and, modified-penholder-at-the-ready, went to it…for 15 minutes. Then he re-assembled himself and was soon talking to a woman about interest rates. Periodically he'd come back to the t.t. table, especially when other bank officials were trying their hand at the game. One guy who works there at the Bank said he used to have a table in his living room—only place he could put it, he said, but he liked the game so much he didn't mind. Another Bank employee was telling us how back in Indiana he and his fraternity brothers played every afternoon.
So of course I began talking to the President about how there were Bank Leagues all over the country and urged him to start and support organized play, get a league going. He liked the idea—so much so that Kasia promptly approached him, asking for a $250-sponsorship to the U.S. Open…and, damn, he might give it to her.
It seems to me what we need is not just somebody in Colorado Springs to send this Bank President paper info, but an on-the-road Coordinator to help him actually get a league going. Later, if all goes well, we might get him to sponsor a prize-money Invitational.
Bohdan tells me all about the exhibitions he's given at school after school (like, for example, years ago, Lou Bochenski and his kids did), but there was usually never much follow-up. One boy watching Insook and Kasia said they had 7-10 tables at his school—yep, players were out there. So, instead of having a Director and his wife sitting in Colorado Springs for $40,000 a year (Cycling's Executive Director, I heard, is gone from their Colorado Springs Office 50% of the time), perhaps what we need is a knowledgeable organizer in the field…like Tretheway.
I went to a Polish Catholic Church with Dawidowicz on Sunday and one thing that impressed me was that during the service the priest came down the row of pews and back up the other side shaking hands with the parishioners and saying repeatedly a few words of welcome. Supposing Tretheway, representing USTTA Headquarters as a Coordinator, were to go out not just, say, to the Denver area where I count six clubs that could give him some support (Colorado's Howie Grossman says he recently ran a tournament exclusively for 110 Koreans who only wanted to play amongst themselves). But suppose he went, say, from Kansas City to Cheyenne on a paid experimental trek.
With his salesmanship ability and desire to be important couldn't he get new clubs, leagues going, find new USTTA members, offer area after area coaching opportunities, provide interested places with exhibitions, develop prize-money tournaments, etc.? For the first time ever, a liaison man from the USTTA would map out promising circuit-stops to explore. Just the personal appearance of such a force-figure here, there, and everywhere in a given area would be an act of salesmanship. Now, I thought, would be a good time to try something like this on an experimental basis, for we have a natural organizer in Tretheway. One question is, 'Do we want him to do it?' Another, and more important one, is: 'Would he do it?'"


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- Posted by dreamgarden (My Page) on Sun, Jun 13, 10 at 15:13
Somebody posted a helpful suggestion in the comment section of this article. Odd name for a website, but useful info for those who might need advice about how to deal with debt collectors. Tange2 ┬Ę www.bendover.com/adiosbottomfeeder.asp |
The article was misleading. The person in the article wasn't arrested for debts. She was arrested for "failure to appear" and the judge issued a bench warrant. You can't ignore legally served petitions to appear in court. These are rarely served unless some other crime has been committed to bring the person to the attention of the authorities. If you are stopped for a traffic infraction, the first thing the officer will do is perform a search to see if you have any outstanding warrants. |
- Posted by joann23456 (My Page) on Sun, Jun 13, 10 at 20:55
What Devorah said. If you miss a court hearing, you're always at risk for being arrested. I'd be curious to know if the sheriff tried to contact her before arresting her. They usually do. |
Devorah beat me to it. Missing a court ordered appearance is a BAD thing. The judge will normally issue a bench warrant for your arrest to MAKE you appear. If people are being jailed for having unpaid debt, that's one thing, and the Star Trib should have picked a case that is far more representative. |
- Posted by western_pa_luann (My Page) on Mon, Jun 14, 10 at 11:38
"The person in the article wasn't arrested for debts. She was arrested for "failure to appear" and the judge issued a bench warrant." Ditto that! |
- Posted by dreamgarden (My Page) on Wed, Jun 16, 10 at 14:00
"If people are being jailed for having unpaid debt, that's one thing, and the Star Trib should have picked a case that is far more representative." How about this example; indefinite incarceration over a $300.00 debt. The punishment for a robbery conviction in California is up to five years state prison (more if you use a gun). At least a bank robber has an idea how long he will be in prison for stealing. WHERE is the justice in being indefinitely incarcerated for a $300 debt for an unpaid bill at a Home Depot? Where is the weapon?! Its in the creditors hands! A few other points that went unnoticed: ""If you talk to 15 different counties, you'll find 15 different approaches to handling civil warrants," said Sgt. Robert Shingledecker of the Dakota County Sheriff's Office. "Everything is based on manpower."" 15 different approaches? Yeah, thats fair. "There are no standards here," said Gail Hillebrand, a senior attorney with the Consumers Union in San Francisco. "A borrower who lives on one side of the river can be arrested while another one goes free. It breeds disrespect for the law." I can see how this breeds disrespect for the law. There are ponzi schemes in the paper every week. Some of these people stole millions of dollars from investors and get a 3 yr sentence or even probation. Is this right? "It's certainly an efficient way to collect debts, but it's also highly distasteful," said Hennepin County District Judge Jack Nordby. "The amount of bail should have nothing to do with the amount of the debt." Why are the collection agencies being allowed to dictate what bail is? There you go. 15+ different approaches, no standards and arbitrary bail for the exact amount owed, NOT the type of offense. |
- Posted by andrelaplume2 (My Page) on Mon, Jun 28, 10 at 14:18
hmm....you borrow, you fail to pay off debt or declare bankrupsy...sounds like theft? |
Borrowing money and making no attempt to pay it off is theft. People like that belong in jail. Poor baby, I hope what she bought was worth it. I have one weekday off each week. For entertainment sometimes, I watch court shows. I can't believe how often people are asked why they don't pay back the money they borrowed, and they say, with genuine earnestness, that not having any money is their justification for not paying debts. Almost all have no employment or are under-employed, and show no remorse or guilt for basically refusing to pay for something they purchased, or repay a debt. I only use credit cards for limited purchases, and may the balance each month. If i had refused to pay Home Depot for my new lawn mower, that would be theft, plain and simple. It is a sad statement on society when thieves are presented as innocent victims of society. Nobody ever put a gun to my head to make me fill out a credit card app. |
- Posted by dreamgarden (My Page) on Sat, Jul 10, 10 at 16:52
"Borrowing money and making no attempt to pay it off is theft. People like that belong in jail. Poor baby, I hope what she bought was worth it. " I wonder what any of the posters (who are smugly snarking about this particular woman's misfortune) would do if they lost their job (or husband) and were unable to pay their bills? How ironic that corporate pirates who wiped out people's life savings and their pensions, got slapped on the wrist for orchestrating the biggest ponzi scheme to date (the TARP bailout), and yet not a SINGLE ONE of them is in jail. Yet people who are unable to pay their debts because of job losses or medical bills can be indefinitely incarcerated. Fair? No, yet not a SINGLE PERSON who has posted in this thread (so far) seems to think there is anything wrong with this. I must be in a banker forum.(!) As Thomas Jefferson once said: "Experience demands that man is the only animal which devours his own kind, for I can apply no milder term to the general prey of the rich on the poor." What a sad statement about our society. |
Lost my job eight years ago. Husband lost three jobs in six years. (sadly, he was an alcoholic) We continued to look for employment and cut our spending to correspond to the income we were able to acquire with our new jobs. It never, NEVER occurred to us to apply for credit cards and buy things we had no way to pay for. We bought things at yard sales, or went without. We didn't have cable TV. Our internet connection was dial-up. I had a cell phone for emergencies only. We cooked our own meals. My car is eight years old. Dear departed husband's car was 17 years old, when I passed it on to a relative at his death. People can behave in a fiscally responsible fashion, even with a loss of employment. One might say, it would be even more important. I don't need lectures about how hard it is to lose a job. Been there, done that, have the t-shirt. |
"Yet people who are unable to pay their debts because of job losses or medical bills can be indefinitely incarcerated. Fair? No, yet not a SINGLE PERSON who has posted in this thread (so far) seems to think there is anything wrong with this." Again, this person was arrested for failure to appear, not for owing her creditors, but for not showing up to court! |
dreamgarden, I am curious, is this about you? |
- Posted by dave_donhoff (email@example.com) on Tue, Jul 13, 10 at 14:42
Hi Dreamgarden, 15 different approaches? Yeah, thats fair. Its 15 DIFFERENT JURISDICTIONS!!! What do you expect? I wonder what any of the posters (who are smugly snarking about this particular woman's misfortune) would do if they lost their job (or husband) and were unable to pay their bills? A) I've been there... flat-ass broke, unemployed, and DEEPLY in debt. I am not at all unsympathetic to the hell of a life that is. B) I never DODGED nor AVOIDED my creditors (let alone the LAW!) C) I busted ass doing many different menial things to try to make a buck... all the while continually looking for ways to raise my life standard to permanently earn more. I made far less than minimum wage FOR A LONGGG TIME. D) I methodically communicated with my creditors (which DID NOT make them any friendlier... but kept them (mostly) from pursuing litigation. And when there were those who did, I spent my time in the courtroom dealing with the hired-to-be-butthead attorneys, and explaining to the judge my methodical communications approach (which *ALWAYS* gained me leniency.) I was ignorant of money dynamics & personal credit back-in-the-day (and in compensation I drove myself eventually to the opposite extreme.) Still, I respected my community, the people who trusted in me with their money (the creditors,) and the legal system. The subject of the post you brought was a dodging deadbeat... a common thief. There's a huge difference. Cheers, |
I wouldn't go so far as to call all the debtors caught up in this "dodging deadbeats". Most people who are living on the financial fringe tend not to have permanent addresses. They don't own a home that they live in for 20 years. All the creditor has to due is serve notice to the last known address. If the debtor has moved (maybe multiple times for older debts), they might not know that they were supposed to appear in court. It is actually a lot easier for someone to have a warrant issued for them than many people realize. You don't have to wantonly disobey the law, simple carelessness can trip you up as well. Ultimately though, if you borrow money, you are responsible for repaying it. You need to stay in contact with your creditors even if you can't pay them immediately. If they send you a written notice, you need to open it. As long as you are working in good faith to pay your debts, there is about zero chance you will end up in jail. Unfortunately, too many people just completely disconnect to avoid the unpleasantness of debt collection. Doing that only makes the collectors take more aggressive action. |
- Posted by mark(firstname.lastname@example.com) onSat, Apr 9, 11 at 23:11
the fact you go to em room make a debt loose your job because ur sick cant get one cause of a foreign invasion of workers then the fukin server is suppose to verify u were served insyead of leaving at last known adress make think ull heartless bastards.jude go to hell |
I think Mark is drunk or otherwise under the influence. |
- Posted by feedingfrenzy (My Page) on Mon, Apr 11, 11 at 18:50
The reason people aren't sent to jail for not paying debts (not appearing at a court hearing is another matter altogether) is very simple. Incarcerating people for debts prevents them from earning an income, thus insuring they will never be able to repay them. That leaves their creditors in an even worse postion than before, not to mention the taxpayers who will bear the cost for maintaining the prisoners . . . and maybe maintaining their dependant children, who will very likely wind up on welfare, as well. |
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If designer pendants for men in pricy precious materials like gold and platinum are not in your budget, don't worry: there are plenty of high quality alternatives available at a fraction of the price. Look for designer pendants for men in materials like stainless steel, titanium, tungsten carbide and ceramic – all are extremely affordable, yet durable enough to last him a lifetime.
Watch link bracelets
Offering a classic menswear look, watch link bracelets resemble the band of a timepiece. These bracelets are great accessories for guys who need an extra finishing touch for their wedding day outfit but tend to be more conservative in their style choices. Like designer pendants for men, watch link bracelets can easily be found in high quality contemporary materials, and can also easily be hidden under a suit. Make sure to not only select a color that you know he will like, but do a little research into the different materials as well: some guys may prefer the lightweight feel of materials like titanium or ceramic, while others may favor the heftier weight of materials like tungsten carbide.
Vintage or vintage-inspired cuff links
Most men will wear cuff links on their wedding day, but why stick with a boring generic pair? Cuff links are small enough that they're perfect for adding a little flair without going overboard, and they're also great for wedding day close-up shots. Many guys these days are opting for cuff links picked up at the antique store: not only are they utterly original, but they're usually one of a kind as well. Look for a pair of cuff links that will have some sort of intrinsic or personal meaning to him, or at least reflect his individual personality and style.
Pocket squares
Another great way to add a pop of personality into the groom's wedding day ensemble is with a pocket square. Pocket squares can bring a hint of color to otherwise subdued suits or tuxes, and can be color coordinated with the bride's or bridesmaids' dresses or the florals.
Tanya Zilinskas Naouri writes articles about wedding day accessories like designer pendants for men for JustMensRings.com.


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Making Believe Records and Da Kila Records team up for the first Italian Tribute to Green Day. Now from the title I assume you know what the album is. We've got nineteen Green Day songs covered by different Italian bands. This tribute album is fucking great; almost every song is top notch. This might actually now my favorite tribute album of all time. If you're a Green Day fan this is a must own, and I'd even say if you're not a Green Day fan still check it out, you might find something on here that you dig.
'Maria' A song that was unreleased until the International Superhits album and here to start things off with it are theNasty Cats, I figured they'd be a good fit for this since they seem to have very heavy Green Day influences. Simply put, this is one of the best Green Day covers I've ever heard.
'Church On Sunday' Teenage Gluesniffers are another band who I've been really stoked on lately. They don't have a big Green Day sound, more of a bubblegum pop punk band butthey're great. They're covering a song from my favorite album, Warning. I love the way this thing sounds, it takes the pop punk side of Green Day and cranks it waaaay up.
'Words I Might Have Ate' Succo Marcio turns back time a bit with a song off of Kerplunk!This one took a little bit to grow on me, but that only took about two seconds. This does a great job of mixing more of the Green Day sound with pop punk, and it's got some killer guitar work.
'Waiting' Again we go back to the best (for my money) album, Warning. Acid Colourtakes a step in a really weird direction. I'm not sure if I like this cover or not, it's like a synth power pop version. But I think I might like it, though I'm not too big on the ending.
'Good Riddance' Cani Pazzi steps in to cover one of Green Day's bigger songs off of Nimrod.This is punched up with more energy than the original and it works really well. This was one of the songs where Green Day mellowed out to record but Cani Pazzi has added the punk rock back into it.
'Ha Ha You're Dead' Not released until the Shenanigans compilation album Killtime is in with a great cover of 'Ha Ha You're Dead'. This sounds a lot like Green Day, these guys do a killer job with this cover.
'She' Another one of the Green Day mega songs, off of their most recognized album, Dookie. Face Off takes a crack at itand knocks it out of the park. This is pretty much a perfect cover, I saw Iron Chic cover this song, but I think Face Off does an even better job.
'Uptight' We go back to Nimrod for the next cover, and doing it is another super pop punk band I've been into recently, Teenage Bubblegums.Dual female and male vocals add a totally new take to the song. They manage to keep the song the same and turn it into something totally different at the same time, this is an amazing cover.
'Basket Case' Back to Dookie with another giant hit for the band, I'd say this is arguably Green Day's best known song and Rivelardes are brave enough to step up to the challenge of covering it. From the first five seconds it's clear that they had nothing to worry about, this is a flawless cover that any Green Day fan would be happy with.
'Wake Me Up When September Ends' Now what I think is the biggest challenge, as much as I like the band I've always thought 'American Idiot' was their one, completely terrible album. But Nadia Lanfranconi is here to give some credit to this awful song. This sounds like something that would be in a Disney movie, it's really a nice version of the song (way better than the original).
'F.O.D.' Back to the super hits and back to Dookie, Frozen Brains is here to cover this classic song.They bring a good version to the song but it doesn't quite stand out as much as I was hoping for. Still though, they do a real good job with it.
'Going To Pasalaqua' Hangers are up next with the first cover from 1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours album. They bring a high energy pop punk version of this song that I dig a lot.
'Westbound Sign' Another first, Kill That Girl (another band that I enjoy a lot) is here with the first entry from the Insomniac album. They do an incredible pop punk version of the song, everything about this song I like a lot. The background vocals really pop too.
'Brain Stew' Back to back Insomniac entries, Hot Dog in the mix now to cover another one of the top tier Green Day hits. It's almost a garage rock version of the song, which I think fits this perfectly, I don't think there's a lot of Green Day songs that would match up with this style as well as this one.
'Hitchin' A Ride' Plutonio 113 takes us back to the Nimrod album; their twist on this song is a good one. It's subtle but enough to notice and works well with this song more of a straight rock version of the song than the original.
'One For The Razorbacks' Going back to Kerplunk for the first time in a while Flowers does a cover that I don't think I'm too into. I think it's mainly the vocals. It's not too bad, but stands out as weak when it's alongside the rest of this album.
'Coming Clean' Biffers bring us back to the Dookie album this song suffers from the same thing as the last one; I'm just not feeling the vocals. Though the band is mostly on point with this one.
'Welcome To Paradise' More Dookie with this next one, if Basket Case isn't Green Day's most recognized song then My Burning Wings is covering it right now. This is great, though it sounds like it was recorded in a basement, which I'm still not sure is a great thing or something that really hurts it. Either way this is a fantastic cover.
'Rest' Allex N July takes us way back to 1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours one more time to close out this compilation album. An acoustic version of the song, that doesn't really work. It's pretty decent but not that great.
1. Nasty Cats – Maria
2. Teenage Gluesniffers – Church On Sunday
3. Succo Marcio – Words I Might Have Ate
4. Acid Colour – Waiting
5. Cani Pazzi – Good Riddance
6. Killtime – Ha Ha You're Dead
7. Face Off – She
8. Teenage Bubblegums – Uptight
9. Rivelardes – Basket Case
10. Nadia Lanfranconi – Wake Me Up When September Ends
11. Frozen Brains – F.O.D.
12. Hangers – Going To Pasalaqua
13. Kill That Girl – Westbound Sign
14. Hot Dog – Brain Stew
15. Plutonio 113 – Hitchin' A Ride
16. Flowers – One For The Razorbacks
17. Biffers – Coming Clean
18. My Burning Wings – Welcome To Paradise
19. Allex N July – Rest


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Michael Harold Artist's Bio email@example.com
aza zaza
is a website containing a summary of artistic practice including words (eBooks, blog books, essays, poetry, poetics, technology white papers), pictures (paintings, sculpture, installation), and sounds.
Current Work
Cedar Grove
is a novel about everything, but most of all the idea of Being as expressed by Parminides (as opposed to Heidegger who got it wrong). Special thanks to
Charles Stein
for telling me not to be afraid to just go ahead and call "being" "what it is" . . . being.
Binary Objects
is a series of new paintings consisting of object references to other paintings in the series with particular attention to the relation of painting to contemporary art history. It also takes a view of art history as a declining cultural context. Sound serious? How can that be? It's just paintings.
Self-portrait as a Corporate Holographic Artifact
is an ongoing project, first started in 1996, that uses conceptual, process and interventionist art in the forms of patents, research, business presentations, software and technology startups to effect changes in the global Internet. Some of the details are contained
Recent Work
The Names of Things
is a trilogy containing the books
Red Moon
Art & Technology
. I made myself a promise that I wouldn't add another word to any of these books. At present, I am creating a hand painted hardcover limited edition set of artist's books from the work.
thirty-two poems derived from random word selections
is a collection of poems based on random word selections from books in the public domain (so hopefully no one will sue me). The book
thirty-two poems
is available online.
, by
(December, 2011), is a chapbook containing one long poem comprised of twenty-three short poems.
The November 2010 Project
by the people behind
(November, 2010) is a collection of
30 days writing by 30 authors
The Great American Novel
by Dan Waber's
booklets (May, 2010), is, like every Great American Novel, a
book for the times
Two Poems
, by
(Oct., 2009), is a chapbook containing the poems
The world is not a book
from the (sort of) novel
Red Moon
. For an autobiographical (and hopefully not too megalomaniacal) description of my artistic development, please see
Words and Pictures
Painting, Sculpture, Installation and Performance Art
Active as a visual artist since 1983. Visual art includes painting, sculpture, installation, performance and video. Work is represented in individual, corporate and university collections. Principal member of the artists' collective Artist's Transit from 1985 to 1988. Stoner Art Center, Shreveport, Louisiana, 1985. Director's gallery. Stoner Art Center, Shreveport, Louisiana, 1986. Three person exhibit with Clyde Connell and Marc Rawls. Group exhibit, Artist's Transit, 1985. Group exhibit, Artist's Transit, 1986. Solo exhibit,
The Next Next Thing
, Artist's Transit, 1986. Group exhibit, Artist's Transit, 1987. Co-founder of the artists' collective A Visual Sound and Movement Company with Bruce Allen, Kristi Hanna and Alan Dyson. Invitational exhibit with David Horner, Jerri Slack and Tama Nathan at the Barnwell Center, Red River Revel, Shreveport, Louisiana, 1987. Juried exhibit, purchase award for
"Meta-" in ASCII
, Boots Pharmaceuticals, Shreveport, Louisiana, 1987. Juried exhibit, purchase award for
"Art" in ASCII
, Commercial National Bank, Shreveport, Louisiana, 1987. Listed in
Art in America's Guide to Galleries, Museums and Artists
from 1987 to 1990. Principal member of the "Works in Progress" artist collective from 1988 to 1992. Solo exhibit, At-the-Loft, installation titled
"MU" in ASCII
, 1989.
Coming Out: Invitational Sculpture Exhibition
with Wallace Walker, Richard Dennis, Jim Buonaccorsi and Ellis Nelson, Centenary College, 1990. Solo exhibit, Magale Library, Centenary College, 1992. Performance with Geoff Walden and Ashley Harold, East Bank Theatre, Bossier City, Louisiana, 1992. Co-recipient of a Regional Artist's Project Grant, sponsored by the Rockefeller and Andy Warhol foundations, for the art video
Dorothy's Fourth Neon Dream
, 1993. Group exhibit,
, Shreveport Regional Airport, 1994. Videographer for James 'Son' Thomas at Centenary College, a project funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, 1992. Group exhibit,
Icons and Iconoclasts
, Turner Art Center, Centenary College, 1994. Graduate work in the MFA in Visual Arts program at Vermont College, Montpelier, Vermont, 1995-96. Group exhibit, CNB Corporate Collection, Meadows Museum of Art, Centenary College, 1996. Group exhibit, minicine,
, Shreveport, 2004. Group exhibit, coolspace, Shreveport, 2005. Group exhibit, artspace, Shreveport, 2005. Group exhibit, Arodasi Dance Center, Installation with Bruce Allen, Shreveport, 2005. Recipient of Shreveport Regional Art Council's multi-disciplinary artist fellowship for 2005. Group exhibit,
artspace spaceart
, at artspace in collaboration with the Shreveport Symphony, Shreveport, 2008. Group exhibit,
Veni, Vidi, Vici
, with Ashley Hazelton, Frances Delaune, Micah Harold, Courtney Harold and Harvey Bialy at the Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum in Shreveport, July, 2010. Group exhibit,
Artist Transit, Then and Now
, at the Turner Art Center, Centenary College, November, 2010.
Poetry, Poetics and Fiction
Active as a poet and writer since 1975. Work includes poetry, essays, short fiction, artist's books/experimental literature, and three novels. The books
Red Moon
Art and Technology
constitute a trilogy titled
The Names of Things
. The books
The Rapture
Cedar Grove
The Millennium Trilogy
. Louisiana College Writers Competition, Honorable Mention, 1975. Louisiana State University in Shreveport,
literary magazine, First Annual Poetry Competition, First Place, 1975. Louisiana State University in Shreveport,
literary magazine, First Annual Short Story Competition, First Place, 1975. Selected Poems, The American Poet, 1985.
, from
Red Moon
, (presented as a performance for four voices), Centenary College Amphitheatre, 1991.
Red Moon
(artist's book/experimental literature; the first book in the trilogy
The Names of Things
), A Visual Sound and Movement Company, 1993, 2002. Printed for use in installation, sculpture and visual art projects and also to give to people who might read it. Available online at Harvey Bialy's web site
and at www.azazaza.com.
, (from
), online:
, 2003.
, (from
), online:
, 2003.
The Class of N-Bits
Red Moon
), originally available online at Steve McCaffery's North American Center for Interdisciplinary Poetics. Now available through the NWLA Art Gallery at
(novel; the first book in
The Millennium Trilogy
), published November, 2007 by Starving Writers Publishing. Nominated for a Pushcart Prize,
was awarded the 2008 National Literary Awards
Space Odyssey Award for Science Fiction
The Rapture
(novel; the second book in
The Millennium Trilogy
), published in November, 2008 by Starving Writers Publishing.
, (artist's book of prose poetry, flash fiction, visual poetry and experimental poetry; the second book in the trilogy
The Names of Things
). Completed 2006.
Art and Technology
, (artist's book/novel/experimental literature; the third book in the trilogy
The Names of Things
). Completed 2008.
(a poem on new media, cross-media and transmedia poetics; from
Art and Technology
), online:
, 2007.
was nominated for a Pushcart Prize.
Selected Works
(visual and experimental poetry and language art) online:
, 2007.
The Journal of Experimental Fiction
, 2007.
Cellar Door
Art and Technology
), online:
, 2008.
Twenty-One Women
Art and Technology
), online:
, 2009.
Two Poems
, a chapbook published by
, 2009.
three poems
twenty-three (Ed. now thirty-two) poems derived from random word selections
), online:
, 2010.
Libro Del Colorante
Art and Technology
), in collaboration with Micah Harold, images by Micah Harold, online:
, 2010.
The Great American Novel
, by
Dan Waber's
(May, 2010)
The November 2010 Project
, by
Dan Waber and friends
), (November, 2010), a collection of writings by 30 artists. Selections from
thirty-two poems
Libro Del Colorante
are included in the print anthology
Unlikely Stories of the Third Kind
, 2010.
, a chapbook published by
, 2011. Included in the anthology
, art by Mugi Takei, published by Debra Di Blasi's
Jaded Ibis Press
, 2013.
Literary Performance
, from Sections 1 and 2 of
Red Moon
, (presented as a performance for four voices), Centenary College Amphitheatre, 1991. Featured reader at the 6th Annual NOLA Book Fair in New Orleans, November, 2007.
Dharma Bums, Angelheaded Hipsters & Black Mountaineers
group reading at David Nelson's
, November, 2007.
An Evening of Art with Michael Harold
presented by the Bossier Arts Council and West Edge Artists' Co-op, March, 2008.
Is There A Plot?
Excerpts from the novel
Art and Technology
presented as a combination performance/projective installation at the 2008 &Now Conference at Chapman University, April, 2008. Readings from
at McKeown's Books and Difficult Music, New Orleans, October, 2008. Featured reader at the 7th Annual NOLA Book Fair in New Orleans, November, 2008. Readings from
The Rapture
at Blue Cypress Books, New Orleans, November 2008. Featured reader at an offsite reading with Ahadada Books and Unlikely 2.0 at Michelangelo's Coffee and Wine Bar at the AWP Conference in Denver, Colorado, April 2010. Featured reader at the 9th Annual NOLA Book Fair in New Orleans, November, 2010. Readings from
Cedar Grove
at McKeown's Books and Difficult Music, New Orleans, November, 2010. Featured reader at Cité des Arts, Lafayette, Louisiana, November, 2011. Featured reader at the 10th Annual NOLA Book Fair in New Orleans, November, 2011. Featured reader at the Maple Leaf Bar in New Orleans, Louisiana, November, 2011.


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text: Sebastian Vettel gets special edition Infiniti FX Author: Carys Brookes Posted: 2nd July 2013 Summary Sebastian Vettel took delivery of his newest company car on the eve of his twenty-sixth birthday, the Infiniti FX Vettel Edition. The F1 World Champion helped to develop the limited edition performance SUV and had it delivered to his home in Switzerland. Discussin the development of the car and his personal involvement, Vettel stated: 'I'm proud to now own the Infiniti that I helped design. It has great performance, responsive handling and fits my daily life perfectly. The FX Vettel Edition is great fun to drive and I like that it is totally unique, I am sure many other Infiniti owners will feel the same'. Vettel's involvement in the development reflects his Formula One driving. Infiniti has entered the 2013 Formula One season as Title Partner and Vehicle Performance Partner of Infiniti Red Bull Racing. The partnership started in 2011 and saw the launch of the Infiniti FX Vettel Edition, which has also had input from test driver Sebastien Buemi. The World Champion received 001 of 150 of the Infiniti FX Vettel Edition model will be made. Currently the most powerful model in the Infiniti fleet, it debuted at last year's Goodwood Festival of Speed - Vettel even drove it up the famous hill. Vettel has had increasing input in the development of Infiniti's road cars and is now Infiniti's Director of Performance, a role he undertook in April 2013. Being the Director of Performance has meant that Vettel has been involved in multiple developments and comparative test drives. He takes part in engineering briefings with Infiniti teams worldwide. For the Infiniti Q50 premium sports saloon, for instance, it meant that braking performance and direct driving input was put into the steering. The Infiniti FX Vettel Edition will be on sale across Western Europe, Russia and the Middle East.


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Last chance to see original Emerson String Quartet in Seattle
On Oct. 2, Seattle fans of the Emerson String Quartet will see the original foursome performing at Meany for the last time. In May 2013, cellist David Finckel will leave the Emerson, to be replaced by Paul Watkins.
Special to The Seattle Times
Emerson String Quartet
7:30 p.m. Tuesday at Meany Hall, University of Washington, Seattle; $37-$41 (206-543-4880 or uwworldseries.org).The place to be next May 11 for chamber-music fans is the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.
There, the audience in Baird Auditorium will witness a historic change within one of the most celebrated ensembles in the world, when the Emerson String Quartet briefly becomes a quintet with two official cellists.
David Finckel, 60, who joined the ESQ in 1979 and will be leaving at the end of its current season, will play a Schubert piece alongside his replacement, Paul Watkins, 42, and the group's other original members: violinists Eugene Drucker and Philip Setzer and violist Lawrence Dutton.
That concert will be Finckel's last with the quartet — the Welsh-born Watkins then steps in permanently. But for now, Finckel and his longtime collaborators are embarking on a new season of international appearances in familiar settings, including a stop on Tuesday at Meany Hall.
"This being David's last season," says Drucker, "it's meaningful to play in these places once more in our original configuration."
The Meany program — this appearance is the quartet's 23rd appearance in the hall — consists of Haydn's String Quartet in D Major, Op. 24, No. 4, Thomas Adès' "The Four Quarters" (commissioned by the Emerson), and Brahms' String Quartet No. 2 in A Minor, Op. 51.
Drucker looks upon the 2012-13 season with mixed emotions.
"It is the end of an era, but we see it very much in forward terms, as a transition to something new in David's life and in our lives. We don't know what the future is going to be exactly. We just know Paul, our new cellist, is the best we could have possibly hoped for."
Finckel told his colleagues before last season he would be leaving to devote time to other endeavors, including his role as co-artistic director (along with his wife, pianist Wu Han) of both the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and Music@Menlo.
That period of adjustment gave the others an opportunity to consider the Emerson's fate. Founded by Drucker and Setzer in 1976 (Dutton joined the following year), the group — which has released more than 30 albums and won nine Grammy Awards — organized around a pure desire to explore, with a distinctive sound, the vast string-quartet repertoire.
"We know a lot about each other, just as members of married couples do," Drucker says. "We know each other's personalities and musical preferences, and we create a synthesis from different sensibilities."
Over the years, Drucker says, the notion of legacy became increasingly important to the ensemble, such as commissioning new music. It was in this spirit the decision to recruit Watkins, younger than the others by almost two decades, was made, thus setting the stage for another generation of the ESQ.
"We all reconsidered our old assumption we would end together," says Drucker. "Instead we decided the Emerson can continue beyond any individual member."
While Watkins has amassed considerable credentials as a soloist, rising conductor and music director of the English Chamber Orchestra, he has not, says Drucker, "focused specifically on string-quartet repertoire."
"He's got a lot of learning ahead, but he's a special, gifted player. The Emerson will sound different because he has a different tone and personality from David. A change will influence the total sound. But I'm hoping this new collaboration for us will be a renewal in artistic energy and sense of purpose. It's not just about a substitute cellist, it's about opening up new vistas."
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Remember when 75 percent of the famous people at this year's All-Star Weekend were wearing leather sweatpants and we all collectively thought, "This truly is the apex of leather clothing and the NBA. We've finally reached peak leather?" Well, we were all wrong, because a) look at these "Raging Bulls Shorts" from En Noir and b) read this product description:
Nappa leather
Applique raging bull style lines
RiRi zippers
Wax coated drawstring
Custom lace tips
Maybe you can't tell from that picture up top or using context clues, but those "Applique raging bull style lines" are the exact same as the detailing that's been on the Chicago Bulls' shorts since their first season in 1966. Here's a closeup.
No Bulls logo, but these are basically Chicago Bulls leather shorts, which seems like something Carlos Boozer would really be in to. I'm not sure I'm going to drop the $1,250 to buy these — I get sweaty enough in non-leather shorts, so I have to imagine these would turn my crotch in to a rainforest — but it would be a pretty boss move to go to a Bulls game wearing leather Bulls shorts. I don't know if you'll automatically get courtsides, but you'll look famous enough that it's possible. At the very least, I bet you'll get upsized to a commemorative stadium cup for free. Better than nothing.


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When I received the e-mail, I went to link to request a refund. When it was submitted, a meassage popped up and said that it went through. I didn't get an e-mail saying that my request was received. Since I hadn't heard anything, I went to the link again and it said that the order number had already been used, so I assume that the first request went through. Anyway of checking that?


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I have been browsing around the net looking for things. Well many people would say that I should spend more time doing other stuffs like studying, looking for job and doing some programming exercises. I do not know what drove me to it. Is it a guy thing or is it me trying to compensate for what I have been missing? I do not want to speculate. But I think I might be addicted to things. Is the excitement of searching and finding or is it thrill of actually using thing. I am confused. Before I hurt myself and people I love the most. I have to get over the things. I am scared. I bowed out from the pantomime called the scene gracefully when I started going out with McDuff. I was his McCutie. I felt like I like I was a McBabe. McDuff gave me a McDump. I have been a bit down since thence and even McShrink could not really help. So I feast on McTrash from time to time. The McGut starts to reappear. I am no longer a McBabe and McCutie. McDave does not want to be a McDreamy. McShags were good, but I am not a McChic that was what McDave told. A McCutie is meaningless when there is nobody to make the McFlirty with. McCutie is now a McGut. My gawd I miss that irresponsible, obnoxious boy that I once was. He was more fun than the person I have become recently.
Oooooooooh, that's damn funny with the McWords there! Anyways, it is not just a guy thing to look on the net for stuff and be excited or actually do that; I mean everyone on this site didn't just magically find this site I don't think, and the web is so large, millions of people enjoy surfing the web. Nothing wrong with it, and learning is always a thrill! :) What do you mean you bowed out of the patomine? Pantomime? Hmm?! Perk up, you are in a better situation than most! McDave does not deserve you, and if he was looking for a McChic, why was he with you then (not that there's anything wrong with that, just pointing out his flawed view)? Alright, hope you feel better, maybe go swimming at a pool, or go for a jog or do some crunches at home! Don't eat too much trash! Have something from Subway, or some apple juice or anything! Later, cyberhugs to you McCutie =)
-J, boy, gay and 16 all the way. Just not out to anyone yet. I guess my sig could use some work.
Idiotic Gay Scene is a pantomime. There are plenty step-sisters, but there won't be fairly god mother to look after anyone there.
I still drop into a cocktail bars everynow and again. I started to hate going out over the weekend. Drunkness and promiscuity aren't that healthy anyway.


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Nintendo has confirmed it will use black packaging for any games given the CERO C (or 15+) rating in Japan to denote the mature content of the titles.
The system was introduced in Japan last year with the release of Capcom's Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles, but it was not introduced in other territories.
The platform holder hasn't confirmed whether it will be introducing a similar system in the West.
Ubisoft's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory 3D has received a CERO C rating in Japan, and you check out its 'mature content' packaging along with Street Fighter IV 3D Edition's normal packaging in the images below.
Jonathan Ross - who has said the 3DS is 'far better' than expected - has also hinted that a Metroid 3DS game is on its way to Nintendo's new handheld.