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Lists: Washington Post pop critic Chris Richards picks his top 10 albums of 2009
Tis the season for obsessive list making and I'm proud to offer my annual contribution to the pile: The Best Albums of 2009. And while this top ten list doesn't officially run in the Post until Sunday, we've decided to get in the spirit of the piracy-age and leak it early on Click Track.
As an added bonus, I've included albums No. 40-No. 11 after the jump. Did I miss your favorite album? Be sure to let us know which discs made your best-of-list in the comments section. Take it away, Maxwell…
1. Maxwell, "BLACKsummers'night"
Maxwell's R&B masterstroke topped charts with a poise that evoked past, present and futures unknown. And while the neo-soulman's falsetto can bend time, heartbreak remains inescapable.
2. jj, "jj no. 2"
From Gaga to Glambert, eccentrics ruled 2009. So it only makes sense that the year's best debut came from some crypto-genius Swedes who sound like Enya covering Lil Wayne at Lilith Fair 2015. Right?
3. Animal Collective, "Merriweather Post Pavillion"
A hallucinogenic formlessness has always throbbed at Animal Collective's gooey center, but the band's glorious new album flickered and quaked toward something resembling pop.
Animal Collective - "My Girls"
(Left coast rappers, fab Frenchmen and plenty more, after the jump)
4. DJ Quik & Kurupt, "BlaQKout"
These left coast rap vets didn't rest on their laurels so much as mutate them into a new g-funk dialect. The masses ignored it, but let's hope Dr. Dre won't.
5. Paramore, "Brand New Eyes"
Having survived the teenage wasteland that is Warped Tour, Paramore tackled young adulthood with a snarl that made the pre-fab angst of its peers feel like kid stuff.
Paramore- "Brick By Boring Brick"
6. Brad Paisley, "American Saturday Night"
Hopeless romantic. Unbridled optimist. Caring dad. Carefree dude. With his strongest album yet, country's leading man felt like a natural in every role.
Brad Paisley - "Welcome to the Future"
7. Phoenix, "Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix"
Dormez-vous, America? After running a sleeper campaign for rock-band-of-the-decade, these fabulous Frenchmen finally dropped an album that stateside eardrums couldn't ignore.
8. Wale, "Attention Deficit"
After two years of internet hype, the Washington rapper's long-anticipated treatise on beats, rhymes and life in the DMV was totally worth the wait.
9. Aventura, "The Last"
Melding traditional Dominican bachata with prickly-sweet pop hooks, this Bronx foursome may have invented a new kind of sugar high.
10. Jon Hassell, "Last Night the Moon Came Dropping Its Clothes in the Street"
With his 15th studio album, the esteemed jazz trumpeter evaporated Miles Davis' cosmic slop into a resplendent sonic mist.
Jon Hassell - "Last Night the Moon Came"
Is ten ever enough? Exclusive to Click Track, here are 30 more of my favorite albums released in 2009:
11. Death, "For the Whole World To See"
12. Ryan Leslie, "Ryan Leslie"
13. Baroness, "Blue Record"
14. Them Crooked Vultures, "Them Crooked Vultures"
15. Holly Williams, "Here With Me"
16. Cass McCombs, "Catacombs"
17. Pill, "4180: The Prescription"
18. Real Estate, "Real Estate"
19. Eric Church, "Carolina"
20. Mavado, "Mr. Brooks... A Better Tomorrow"
21. Ida Maria, "Fortress Round My Heart"
22. The-Dream, "Love Vs. Money"
23. XO, "Monumental"
24. SunnO))), "Monoliths and Dimensions"
25. Amerie, "In Love And War"
26. Serani, "No Games"
27. Raekwon, "Only Built For Cuban Linx, Pt. II"
28. Dam Funk, "Toeachizown"
29. Kurt Vile, "Childish Prodigy"
30. Gucci Mane, "The State Vs. Radric Davis"
31. Tabi Bonney, "Dope"
32. Justin Bieber, "My World"
33. Yeah Yeah Yeahs, "It's Blitz"
34. Lil Boosie, "Superbad" (mixtape)
35. Miranda Lambert, "Revolution"
36. Shakira, "She Wolf"
37. Wavves, "Wavvves"
38. Brownout, "Aguilas and Cobras"
39. Mambo Sauce, "The Recipe"
40. Kris Kristofferson, "Closer to the Bone"
Chris Richards
December 16, 2009; 7:30 AM ET
| Tags: Animal Collective, Avenutra, Best of 2009, Brad Paisley, DJ Quik, Jon Hassell, Kurupt, Maxwell, Paramore, Phoenix, Wale, jj
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No down with "21st Centry Breakdown" or "No Line On the Horizon"? Hey, s'all good, just wondering.
Posted by: EricS2 | December 16, 2009 9:09 AM | Report abuse
Nope. I thought the Green Day's "21st" was pretty snoozy and U2's "No Line" only had a song or two that got me.
Posted by: ChrisRichards | December 16, 2009 9:13 AM | Report abuse
pains of being pure at heart?
neko case?
future of the left?
at least you left off grizzly bear... zzzz
Posted by: Deceiver | December 16, 2009 9:43 AM | Report abuse
Rokia Traore, Amadou and Mariam, Bobby Sanabria, Wisin y Yandel
Posted by: outsider8 | December 16, 2009 9:49 AM | Report abuse
@Deceiver - Grizzzzzzzzzzly Bear, indeed.
@outsider8 - Amadou & Mariam might be #41!
Posted by: ChrisRichards | December 16, 2009 10:03 AM | Report abuse
"Dubsetter" by Adrian Sherwood & Lee Perry (unfortunately was never released outside of Japan).
Posted by: Godfather_of_Goals | December 16, 2009 10:15 AM | Report abuse
Kudos to you for putting Baroness on the list in lieu of Mastodon for token heavy album.
Posted by: alexharisiadis | December 16, 2009 10:21 AM | Report abuse
@alex - That Baroness album is really fantastic. But it's no token. SunnO)))'s on there, too.
Posted by: ChrisRichards | December 16, 2009 10:29 AM | Report abuse
True - I've never been a fan of Sunn. My vote for best doom record of 2009 goes to YOB's much-welcomed return album 'The Great Cessation'.
Make sure you get Baroness' Red Album and first two EPs. It's interesting to track their evolution.
Posted by: alexharisiadis | December 16, 2009 10:33 AM | Report abuse
Glad to see Them Crooked Vultures made the list!
Posted by: Bouclier | December 16, 2009 10:52 AM | Report abuse
@Alex - I'll keep collecting Baroness albums for the cover art alone. Did you know Baroness singer John Dyer Baizley also did the art for the Flight of the Conchords album? Weird, right?
Posted by: ChrisRichards | December 16, 2009 11:03 AM | Report abuse
yo la tengo
dinosaur jr.
lou barlow
there's a huge difference between slaes and actual talent.
and kristofferson's album was top 10 as well. no taste.
Posted by: anarcho-liberal-tarian | December 16, 2009 12:12 PM | Report abuse
what about Trey Songz' mixtape, Anticipation? One of my favorites. So glad to see Maxwell and Wale in the top 10.
Posted by: peachee721 | December 16, 2009 1:04 PM | Report abuse
Yes I did know that. I've been a fan of Baizley's art for some time now. We've been covering Baroness for some time now over at Pastepunk.com
Posted by: alexharisiadis | December 16, 2009 1:51 PM | Report abuse
Man that Wale album was so mediocre. Blatant case of homerism there.
Posted by: agl132 | December 16, 2009 1:51 PM | Report abuse
Ryan Leslie's other release, Transition, should be on the list too. He's arguably the best producer out now. A bit of trivia, he was also born in DC.
Posted by: FromNC2DC | December 16, 2009 2:09 PM | Report abuse
I have to agree that the Maxwell album is one of the year's best. Top notch from beginning to end and I was never really a big fan of his. I am now. Those other guys--who ever heard of them?
Posted by: PepperDr | December 16, 2009 2:16 PM | Report abuse
Posted by: keelyhazel | December 16, 2009 2:16 PM | Report abuse
Sleepy Sun and Assemble Head are other noted absences.
Shakira? Spare me.
Posted by: keelyhazel | December 16, 2009 2:33 PM | Report abuse
No Avett Brothers?
Posted by: gtrain82 | December 16, 2009 2:35 PM | Report abuse
who told this person he knew anything about music?
Posted by: dataport34 | December 16, 2009 2:40 PM | Report abuse
@NC2DC - Did you ever see our feature on Leslie early in the year?
Posted by: ChrisRichards | December 16, 2009 3:53 PM | Report abuse
Another hat tip for Baroness over Mastodon.
I have a genuine, non-snotty question for anyone who loves Sunn's Monoliths and Dimensions: Why? I listen to lots of heavy stuff. I own that CD and am cool with supporting the band. (I even know that you don't write the O))).) But I found the CD pretentious and dull.
To me it seemed like a record people talk themselves into liking because it's weird and pure and signifies Something Big. But once you stop working to convince yourself that you like it, you'll never bother listening to it again. I did that back in the day with Sleep's Jerusalem/Dopesmoker. I convinced myself it was genius and still think fondly of it. But the last time I gave it a listen I lasted about 6 minutes before saying "uh....no." It may be Great, but I'm not sure it's actually any Good.
OK, that got a little snotty. But you know what I mean? Do you see yourself five years from now, flipping through your music catalog and saying, "Yes! Monoliths and Dimensions! That's going on repeat." I am dubious. I think in six months it goes into whatever passes for a cut-out bin these days.
Posted by: hubcap | December 16, 2009 4:52 PM | Report abuse
Maxwell is just pretty damn boring. In a year with countless Numero Group and Sundazed re-releases, "BLACKsummer'snight" was a snoozefest. I'll give you a masterstroke.
Also: Really? jj? Sincerely Yours was nice and cute when TTA first started, but when it's not the summer and I'm not driving along the cost it's only kind eh. Critics are still talking about this album? And using "OH MY GOD IT'S SO WEEEIIRRRDDDD" as a descriptor? You wanna say it's "drugged-out" too? "Pseudo-hynpnagogic?"
And the Wale record is a major let-down, but I'll give you the DC bias.
Posted by: TheGreatAmericanWest | December 16, 2009 5:48 PM | Report abuse
@hubcap:Your gripes with Sunn [sansO)))] seem pretty common. I still thought the album was a really interesting listen, especially the collabos with jazz dude Julian Priester. I'm really into their pursuit of metal as a texture.
@GreatAmerican: Sorry you're not feeling Maxwell. I think he's up to something incredibly elegant here. As for jj, I just can't deny the music. Sounds like you might be suffering from blog fatigue.
Posted by: ChrisRichards | December 16, 2009 7:08 PM | Report abuse
You should do a "Taking Sides" on whether Wale's album is actually good or what. It seemed as though people either loved it or had to really take time out of their day to hate it.
My preference for "Attention Deficit" would have been 14 songs that sounded approximately like "Pretty Girls," "Pat Your Weave," that amazing track Wale did with Southeast Slim whose name is escaping me right now, etc. Booming go-go samples, over which Wale raps so well. But once I got over the fact that my preference had been ignored, I discovered a really outstanding rap album. From Ben Westhoff's review in City Paper, it seems a number of hipsters also felt defeated in their aspirations for Wale. I'm wondering if this didn't feed some of the critical discontent.
I also agree with Noz' suggestion on Cocaine Blunts that Wale should do a full album with Southeast Slim. I would also like someone to give me a BMW sedan. I realize certain things are not going to happen.
Posted by: Lindemann777 | December 17, 2009 10:50 AM | Report abuse
Lindemann:Good idea! Stay tuned on that...
Posted by: ChrisRichards | December 17, 2009 12:54 PM | Report abuse
Not many artist could fall WAY back like Maxwell and come back with such universal acclaim. I agree Maxwell is up to something. He produced a live studio album that is at once elegant but gritty, polished but soulful. But I think once the other two albums of the trilogy are released we are going to see something pretty monolithic. Maxwell always surprises and never disappoints.
The music industry needed a reality check to show it, young artist and young listeners what R&B is and what it can be. I think Maxwell provided that. So as far as I am concerned he earned the #1 spot.
Posted by: allheavens | December 21, 2009 7:40 PM | Report abuse
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Way back in May 2005, I did what I believe was our first car tech video: a look at the 2005 Acura RL. It was like this thing from Mars had dropped on the CNET building. Today, the RL is gone, the RLX takes its place, and its first job is to put Acura back on the map in terms of a high-tech flagship sedan that sells in greater numbers than you can count on two hands. We'll show you if the technology in the car is going to help.
Airbags aren't a lot of fun as car tech goes, but they can be a lot of hurt if they're fake and, yes, there are fake airbags our there. Enough that the feds recently put out an alert to look out for them, which is easier said than done. We try to rectify that imbalance in this episode, and once you see what a bad counterfeit airbag does, you'll be motivated.
People ask me, "What's next in car tech?" I have to struggle to keep my response short. There's a lot. My Top 5 this week runs down the five technologies in the car that I think are right on the cusp of becoming the next big thing in motoring. Jot 'em down in your calendar, and check me in a couple years. I bet you'll owe me a drink on that bet!
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The girls, as Sonya calls them, are not hard to find. When the business was operating at full tilt, she was always looking for new girls, recruiting most of them from an "always hiring" line she would sometimes append to her classified ads in the Herald and New Times.
A girl can remain with one escort service for only so long, though. Five visits is about the most a man will spend with a particular girl. Inevitably, according to Sonya, they grow restless and want to try someone new. Many girls know this and after a few months move on to another operation. Some come down from Broward for a weekend looking for a different market. Some have relocated from New York. Some are just making quick cash, then getting out of the business. Sonya says she refuses to hire drug addicts or anyone under the age of 21.
"I have good girls, like normal-type girls you would never expect to find in this business," she relates. "You might expect crackheads, trashy girls who are worn out. A lot of agencies have women like that, but I don't. I get girls who are as normal as they can possibly be in this business. They live in society, they have other jobs, mortgage payments, and cars. Several of them are living double lives as nurses and teachers. At one time I had four attorneys working for me."
In fact one of her former escorts, she says, used to work at New Times. When pressed for proof, Sonya provides the woman's cell-phone number. Reached on her cell phone, the woman (who shall remain nameless) denied knowing anyone named Sonya. When told that Sonya runs an escort service and that she had provided the cell phone number, the woman balked. "I don't want to say anything because that's none of your business," she replied.
Four minutes later Sonya calls. "I just got off the phone with [the woman]. She is maaaaad!" she says, cackling. "She wanted to know why I gave out her phone number. I told her I didn't. She wanted to know if I was having an article written about me. I said no, of course. I said I'd never spoken to you in my life.
"She's upset because she's living two lives. The thought that one life could be exposed scares her to death. As you would expect."
As should be apparent, Sonya lies with ease. When she books girls, for instance. "I have a girl named Holly," she says. "She's 28 but I book her for 21 and say she's a UM student. I'll also say she's from Seattle, because that sounds more intriguing. I concoct a whole little story about her, though none of it's true. I'll say she's 34C-24-34 and that she has a hard body because she works out every day. I have to make the sale. I'm just a normal person in business like anyone else."
Sonya, naturally, isn't her real name. It's not even the pseudonym she normally uses. A search of Florida corporations registered in both her birth and fake names turns up nothing. Even the names of her companies, the ones listed in the classified ads, are unregistered. "You won't find a thing in my name," she boasts. "Nothing. Nothing at all. I've hidden everything in shell corporations, which I use for the real estate I buy. The rest of my money I've deposited in offshore accounts." These practices have another benefit, one as illegal as prostitution: She claims to pay virtually no taxes. "They won't get anything from me. Nothing," she says proudly. "It's all completely protected."
What can be verified about her background is slight. Sonya was born in Miami and raised in an upper-middle-class, two-parent family. Her father is a retired medical professional. She has one brother. "My parents are totally cool with what I do," she says. "They know all about it." Maybe so, but she insisted that New Times not interview her parents, who still live in Miami-Dade County. She said her brother would be willing to talk, but only if she arranged the interview, which she never did despite repeated requests.
Sonya allows that she's been married twice, but Miami-Dade County marriage records reveal that she's actually been hitched four times. Her first marriage came at age sixteen to a boy not yet old enough to drink. They divorced within two months. The second marriage, at age nineteen, lasted less than a year. "I was young," she later admits, "and I thought I was in love. I was stupid."
Marriage number three, to a professional athlete, produced a daughter. When his career took off, they all moved out of Florida and up in economic status. That marriage lasted nearly seven years. "He hit me," is all she'll offer as an explanation for the divorce.
In 1992 she met a rich foreign gentleman. "A friend introduced him to me," she recalls. "He was married at the time but he fell crazy in love with me. I didn't like him at all at first, and I should have went on my gut instinct. He sent me something like four dozen roses and was calling me. Finally we went out to South Beach and dinner at Mezzanotte. He was Prince Charming on a white horse. I'll never forget it."


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Do I have to clean the walls before painting? Just bough a house and the walls have dust that has never been cleaned. I've tried soap and water, and it's tough. Would Kilz paint cover this? If it does, do I have to worry about adhesion? What about sanding? Any tips?
Yea, dust needs something to adhere to (grease, cigarette smoke, etc.). You'll probably need to wipe down the walls with a solution of TSP (Tri-sodium-phosphate). Readily available at most hardware/big box stores.
EKS: No paint company would ever recommend painting a wall that hasn't been cleaned first, even though lots of people consider repainting an alternative to cleaning. You should clean the dust off the walls. Trust me on this: You're a lot better off cleaning the walls before painting them than you are dealing with paint that's cracking and peeling on the walls because it isn't sticking. Once you paint over a dirty wall, the dirt is much harder to remove and if it causes a loss of paint adhesion, that problem is going to be a permanent one. What you should do is: 1. Buy a half dozen to a dozen Magic Erasers and clean the walls with them everywhere except the kitchen and bathroom if the house wasn't occupied by smokers. You don't need to use a cleaner in the other rooms; just get the Magic Eraser wet with water and go to it. The Magic Eraser will clean the walls well, and it's also about the best cleaner for removing marks from walls that you can buy. So, you can clean both the walls of dirt and marks at the same time. Ceilings can be cleaned with a sponge mop in most cases. The only place you really need to use cleaners is in the kitchen and bathroom. 2. In the kitchen, clean the walls and ceilings with a Magic Eraser using Mr. Clean (or Simple Green), and then rinse the cleaner off the walls with a sponge and clean water. You see, cooking grease will accumulate on the kitchen walls and ceiling, and that can interfere with paint adhesion. Similarily, you need to use a bathroom cleaner (like Scrubbing Bubbles or a very mild acid, like a 5 to 10 percent phosphoric acid based bathroom cleaner or toilet bowl cleaner to cut through any soap scum accumulated on the walls and ceilings in the bathroom. Soap scum will also interfere with paint adhesion. 3. To check for paint adhesion, simply stick some painter's masking tape to your walls and ceiling prior to painting. Pull the painter's masking tape off, and if it pulls off with about the resistance you'd expect, then the surface is good for painting. If the painter's masking tape pulls off more easily than you'd expect, there's something on that surface that needs to be cleaned off because it's interfering with adhesion. My experience has been that cigarette smoke is relatively easy to remove because it's soluble in water. However, because it sticks to everything, you have to clean everything (including doors, windows, ceilings, curtains, carpets, etc.) to get rid of the smoke smell in a house or apartment. Also, most of the cigarette smoke will come off with water, but to get the walls really clean the way they should be, you also need to wash them down with a dilute bleach solution (bleach diluted 10:1 with water). The bleach will both remove the smell and discolouration of the paint caused by the smoking. TSP is something that's commonly recommended for cleaning walls before painting, because TSP will dull the gloss of OIL BASED PAINTS. Doing that greatly increases the surface area of the old paint, with the result that the new paint sticks better. However, TSP only dulls the gloss of oil based paints. It has no effect at all on latex paints. So, if you know your existing paint is a latex paint, you're much better off using a better cleaner like Mr. Clean than you are using TSP. If you're existing paint is an oil based paint, then you're much better off using TSP than Mr. Clean because doing so will improve the adhesion of the new paint (because it can grip a larger surface area). Walls and ceilings cleaned with either TSP or any cleaner should be rinsed with clean water and given time to dry before painting with either oil based or latex paint. Also, when painting the bathroom, always use a paint MEANT for bathrooms. It's so often that people complain about paint peeling in the bathroom, and this is often misdiagnosed as poor preparation prior to painting. Most of the time, however, it's simply because lower priced vinyl acrylic paint was used in the bathroom. Vinyl acrylic paints use a binder made from polyvinyl acetate, and this plastic will loose it's adhesion in damp or humid conditions. Buy a paint specifically meant for bathrooms like Zinsser's PermaWhite Bathroom Paint to avoid paint problems in your bathroom. (But, even Zinsser's PermaWhite needs a clean surface to stick well to.)
Well I'm using the TSP without phosphorus which is supposed to be safer and you don't have to rinse the wall. The TSP is a step above soap and water, so I'll be using that to wipe down some but won't be using much elbow grease. Then I'll be using a pole sander with 220 grit sander paper. Then I'll be using primer. I hope this will do the trick, and I won't have to do this again! I think the previous owner was a smoker because the ceilings are dirty, but it doesn't really smell like smoke. How can you tell if the paint is oil or latex?
You don't need to sand the paint down unless it's a fairly high gloss. If you're painting latex over latex, then you only need to sand if the existing paint is semi-gloss or gloss. It's only when you're painting over an oil based paint with a latex paint that you need to sand the oil based paint down for the latex paint to stick, and even then you can paint directly over a FLAT oil based paint with a latex paint without sanding. Also, the whole purpose in sanding is to roughen the surface of the paint. Once you've done that, you certainly don't need to prime. All a primer does is stick better than a regular paint will, and have large extender pigments in it to make the primer dry rough so that the paint sticks well to it. If you already have a sanded surface, you don't need to prime over it. Nail polish remover (acetone) will dissolve latex paints much more quickly than oil based paints. Chips of oil based paint will be brittle, but you should be able to bend chips of latex paint because latex paint is softer and more elastic.
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Pompei is a well-known travel destination in Italy. Many people travel to Pompei to enjoy its great ruins, ancient cities, and beaches. It's definitely worth staying over for at least a day or two in Pompei if you're traveling through Italy's Campania region. Popular attractions include the Ruins of Pompei and Mt Vesuvius. Explore this Pompei travel guide to find out more about all the interesting things to see and do there.
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unforgettable city in Italy!! Good tip? (+1) Pompeii is one of those historical sites that when you first step onto the site you are spellbound in wonder. The city is amazingly in tact for having been destroyed by a volcano.
Pompeii was once a thriving city during the Roman rule. The city was an outlandish place that was buried and suspended by time. Most of the city still has most of its foundation in tact. The mosaics, the frescos are still there today and to witness how others lived long ago is a fantastic way to be involved with history.
I have to recommend this as a MUST SEE! Pompeii takes hours to explore but is definitely worth your time and money. Also you should check out the gift shoppes! To get to Pompeii you will take a bus near the harbor.
Another MUST is climbing Mt. Vesuvius! Now this is a steep climb, but the view is fantastic once you get to the top! I suggest staying on the outside near the railing. The ground is sandy and a bit rocky in some areas. Being near the railing can give you a secure hold as you climb up. Bring some water with you for the climb, just to be on the safe side. You most likely will want to do this attraction first because it closes in the early afternoon. Depending on your physical endurance this climb may be hard or easy. Just prepare for a hard workout going up hill. It's a lot easier going down.
You will take a bus to the top. Along the ride open a window and inhale the fragrance that seems to perfume the air. The aroma is from the yellow flowers that populate the mountain side all the way to the top. Do this back on your way down on the bus to relax from your climb. It is definitely one of the many beautiful things about the trip.
There are small gift shoppes at the top of the volcano, so bring a little money and get a "You did it!" gift for all your hard work.
It is not a dangerous activity. Maybe even bring a walking stick for the climb.
Good tip? (0) Pompei..ah it was the one and will allways be greatest travel trough the time in my life (:) was there 7 times and will go again).. The ancient city well known from the ruins, marginal importance in the war with Annibale & destruction by eruption of vulcan Vesuvio at 79 d.C..You can start your trip to past of Pompei at Port Marina to galleria till some villas with a beautiful panorana. Than more: Villa Suburbana, Antiquarium, Il Foro (Tempio di Vespasiano; Giove; Apollo, Horrea ecct.), Via dell'abbondanza, Quadrivo di Holconio, Tempio Dorico, Teatro Grande, Odeion, Caserma dei Gladiatori, Tempio di Iside, Casa del Menandro, Casa dei Ceii, Casa della Venere in conchiglia, di Iulia Felix, Anfiteatro, Palestra grande, Necropoli, Orto dei fuggiaschi, Terme Stabiane, Lupanare, Casa di M. Lucretius, Casa delle nozze d'argento, Case del Centenario, di M. Obellius Firmus, degli Amorini Dorati, dei Vettii, del Fauno, Tempio della Fortuna Augusta, Arco di Caligola, Terme del Foro, Porta di Ercolano, Villa di Diomende, Villa Dei Misteri and lots of more:)))...enjoy! Good tip? (0) Recent Updates for Pompei
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Student protesters hang a sign out the window of the Art Building. Several-hundred UW students and workers gathered at the strike.
Student protester Ralon Donahue walks in front of the main body of the protest as it moves up the Ave. The protest then turned and continued down 45th Avenue Northeast to the UW Tower.
A giant poster hung from the art building windows that read "Emmert, Another Budget is Possible." Numerous booths lined the Quad, their representatives passing out flier after flier to passersby. A man on stilts held a long stick with a sick-looking mask sitting atop it, his sign reading, "Emmert's salary makes the UW sick." And, surrounding all this were the protestors and strikers — hundreds of people holding signs, chanting and marching together around the Quad.
"Hey, hey, ho, ho, budget cuts have got to go!" they yelled in unison.
The strike and protest, planned in solidarity with the March 4th National Day of Action to Defend Public Education, was put on yesterday at 1 p.m. by the UW Student-Worker Coalition (SWC), a coalition of workers, students and community members that encompasses several different UW groups. Students were encouraged to skip class and join the demonstration. After the 26-percent state-funding cut to the university, as well as a possible annual 14-percent increase in tuition, the coalition found it necessary to fight back.
"The main points of the protest are, one, to emphasize that the budget cuts and the way the university has administered them are not inevitable — if we don't respond collectively, the rank-and-file workers and students will bear the brunt of the cuts," said Jennifer Fletcher, a graduate student and member of the SWC. "The second point is that this strike in particular is for people to be in solidarity with each other; to see what our power is when we work together."
While the protest was only slated to run until 2 p.m., the greater turnout allowed for an extended event. Participants marched in a circle around the Quad with picket signs and megaphones and eventually moved to Red Square, marching through classes in Kane Hall. After this, the group reconvened and marched to the Ave, turned onto Northeast 45th Street, debated going toward the freeway and then backtracked toward the UW tower. The UW Police Department (UWPD) and Seattle Police Department followed the strikers in order to direct intersections. The group took a vote on whether they should enter the tower or go back to the freeway, but it was later decided that they would head back to the Quad and march through Savery and Miller Halls .
UWPD officials estimated that there were between 400 and 500 participants in the protest at its peak. In comparison, the SWC's first demonstration, a rally protesting the Jan. 21 Board of Regents meeting, had about 80 participants.
"I think that by choosing to do a strike, it was a lot stronger than doing just a rally," said Michelle Woo, a graduate student and member of the SWC. "People didn't feel like they were just standing around shouting — they were actively leaving their classrooms and being a part of trying to shut down the university."
Many students were pleased with the turnout.
"I think the protest went overwhelmingly well," said Russell Monteiro, a junior who participated in the demonstration. "It was greater than anything I could've expected or imagined." Monteiro had sent an e-mail to his fraternity, Sigma Lambda Beta, asking them to attend and was surprised to see half of them participating as well.
Like most people at the protest, Monteiro had reasons of his own for participating. As a student of color, he found it very important to voice how the budget cuts are affecting minority students.
"The U.S., compared to any other developed country, funds our education at a very low rate," he said. "We're willing to spend money to build bombs and drop them on other countries, and yet we're not willing to provide incentive and means for students of color, disabled students, the middle class and the lower class to feel involved and motivated in getting an education."
Woo takes issue with increasing class size due to budget cuts. One of her classes in the Evans School of Public Affairs has 60 people, which she says is large for a graduate class.
"The infrastructure can't hold up, so the chairs break and people have to stand in the middle of class — we're grad students paying to go to class and we have to stand," she said. "It's ridiculous."
As a collective group, the SWC seeks to promote their own seven demands to prevent the alleged privatization of the university, including transparent and democratic budget allocation, capping administrative salaries at $150,000, no more layoffs, no speed-ups (extra work) for workers, accessible public education for all, frozen tuition and a replacement of loans with grants. The protest was another effort to make these demands known.
Though President Mark Emmert's salary and budgetary decisions were a bone of contention for many protestors, the SWC requested that he offer his support for the movement. On Feb. 19, the SWC sent an open letter to Emmert making several demands.
"First, publicly announce your support," the letter said. "Secondly, mandate that all professors and managers not retaliate against those that participate in the action. Make it clear that if any professor or manager fires, disciplines, grades down, or otherwise punishes a student or worker for participating in the strike, then you will fire that person. Finally, walk the picket lines with us to truly show your support for students on this campus."
Emmert replied on March 1. While he commended their "passionate support" for better funding, he also expressed disagreement with their method of protest.
"I do not believe attempting to put a stop to the work of the University will accomplish very much," Emmert said in his e-mail reply. "Rather, it will hamper and inhibit the educational process, which is of course the reason students come here."
Despite the lack of support from Emmert, Fletcher stood by the SWC's goals.
"If we miss school one day and that could help build a movement that would make it so that we could still come to school next year, then it's worth it," she said.
Although the protest garnered a great amount of attendees, the SWC plans to expand their efforts even further. On March 11, at 6 p.m., a general assembly will be held in Smith 205 to help plan the next steps in the movement. Plans for a protest during the Statewide Conference Against Budget Cuts, on Saturday, April 3, were also announced during yesterday's demonstration.
"We're hoping that the student strike can be something that can build power among students and workers on campus toward a larger strike," Fletcher said.
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Donald Trump is mad at Kristen Stewart! After she cheated on her boyfriend Robert Pattinton, "The Donald" is speaking out against K-Stew and telling Rob to find another girlfriend!
In between his mostly political tweets, Donald took a jab at Kristen! On Oct. 17, he posted, "Robert Pattinson should not take back Kristen Stewart. She cheated on him like a dog & will do it again — just watch. He can do much better!"
Photographs emerged of Kristen kissing her Snow White and the Huntsman director Rupert Sanders on July 24. Rob was reportedly embarrassing and upset, while Kristen was so depressed she stopped taking care of herself.
Since then, the two have been trying to repair their broken relationship, and are finally being seen in public — they went to Chateau Marmont on Oct. 13, were spotted at Ye Rustin Inn on Oct. 14 and had lunch at Casita del Campo in Hollywood on Oct. 15.
Rob recently asked Kristen to slow down — if they are going to make it work, they need to take their time. However, a report also says that Rob is telling his friends if Kristen cheats again, he will dump her for good.
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xxKeep Calm & Love Robsten!!!!!xx
Posted at 1:42 PM on October 18, 2012
You can talk Donald Trump!! Just butt out ok! If Robert Pattinson chose to get back with Kristen Stewart, that's HIS DECISION! Now Please, Be reasonable! Love is love, and people make…mistakes, but they LEARN from them. It's hard to trust someone after an affair but it's life. Now please Donald Trump leave them alone!
Posted at 1:41 PM on October 18, 2012
Seriously – Donald Trump? He is so irrelevant. Of course, the same could be said about every relationship he has been in……………once a cheater — get my drift? Why do semi-celebrities feel they have the right, need or privilege to comment on people they don't know? He is basing all his statements on gossip. Don't judge lest ye be judged — and all that.
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he's trying to be relevant, but he's a fossil. nobody cares about your uninformed opinions donald. newsflash, woman are no worse for cheating than men are- and if a couple decides to go beyond that, it's a lot more complicated than your stupid dog analogy. by the way, fix your f*ing hair.
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she's a cheater and a whore. He's stupid to get back with her… once a cheater always a cheater.
Donald has reason
but do not you worry
is just as the saga ends
She will always be a whore
Rob deserves someone who really loves him true
she loves is to rupert (rupesten)
she found herself sneaking into her new home with Rupert
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xxKeep Calm & Love Robsten!!!!!xx
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Just a guy...
Posted at 12:54 PM on October 18, 2012
And the hits keep on coming! Who's got the baseball bat to beat Kristen next? Remember, people, pound her wafer thin. We want to see nothing less than a bloody pulp left!
All of this is disgusting! Just leave the two kids alone. I never liked Trump…like him even less now. Who watches his damn show anyways?
Posted at 12:46 PM on October 18, 2012
keep your nose out it's not your business
Posted at 12:42 PM on October 18, 2012
who cares what the silly old twit says just cos he got taken for a ride with the typical bleach blonde with the big silicones
At least Kristen isn't only after his money like trumps entourage of tarts & tramps should call him Donald Tramp!
& what's with the ridiculous comb over
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Oh come on there cant not be a good explanation of why she cheated she cheated PERIOD i mean robert must be so weak that he just gave in that quickly or his blind or the cheating pics didnt really hurt him because it was planned and he knew about it.But i dont think it was planned the cheating was real but i think is weird that they got back together just in time for bd2 promos i mean they were seen in public octobert 13,14,25 3 days in a row and is weird that they havent come out in public together for 3 months but they pick october to go out in public when next week bd2 promos are starting.
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That old dried up fruit should just zip it! Look at his personal life,probarbly just wnted attention. Its so sad man always stick it up together,becoz its a woman,sure trash her till she cant get up,whats sad,is it is always goingg to be a mans world. Had it been rob who had been caught,he wouldnt be trashed like this,even women wld stick up for him. Sad. Double standards.
Posted at 12:24 PM on October 18, 2012
It's so true. I totally agree w you about the double standard. Don't get me wrong, I love Rob, but had it been him who cheated he wouldn't be trashed like Kristen did. Life is about making mistakes and learning from them. No one in this world is perfect. People forget that they are human beings and their personal lives are not our business or for us to judge just because they're celebrities. It's horrible how Kristen's been bullied by not only the fans but by Hollywood celebrities as well. People need to back off already. It's been more than 2 months and its still going! This is a sad world we're living in. What example are we setting for our children?
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Donald Trump needs to mind his own business. He's been married 3 times and has children from all 3 marriages. Who is he to give advice or comment? People need to stay out of their relationship. It's their lives and decision to do as they wish. I hope they can work things out. The public or fans or Hollywood have no right to be involved.
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Hi guys, i have just bought a 2001 focus 1.6 LX. None of the interior lights (front and boot) seem to be working. I have tested the wires with a meter and there is no voltage going to either. Also if you leave the sidelights on and open the door the "lights on chime" doesnt work either. If anyone has any ideas i would greatly appreciate it. Thanks for your time.
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Another thing maybe the door pins which sense the door open - non sure what yours are like but might be the push pins ones - see if you can take them off and check power to wires there.
Well thats about it from me - sure someone with more knowledge of the mark 1/1.5 - will be of more help if neither of the above helps
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Thanks for that guys, have checked all those aptions and still nothing. Think im gonna have to get an auto electrician out. Will post the answer.
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Hi guys, found out today it was the Timer Control Module which is a black unit connected to the back of the fuse box behind the glovebox. I pulled it out, blew on it and plugged it back in and now all my electrical problems have been rectified.
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