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The Spindletop Center is expanding. With the new primary healthcare clinic grand opening June 6 and plans for a new 15-unit low-income housing complex for people with mental or developmental disabilities in the works, the center is growing by leaps and bounds, all while keeping its mission in mind — the mission to promote independence, self-advocacy, and recovery for Spindltetop consumers.
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Will Humber and his crew of students from Odom Academy are trying to make Beaumonters happier and healthier with organic fruits and vegetables grown in the school's very own environmentally safe garden. The group celebrated the grand opening of the Odom's Organics Produce Market on Thursday, June 6, at the store located on the Odom Middle School campus at 2550 West Virginia St. According to Humber, the store sells delicious and nutritious produce for reasonable prices.
As high schools all over Southeast Texas celebrated the accomplishments of graduating seniors this past week, a new generation of young adults was unleashed into communities both near and far. The Class of 2013 is heralded as the leaders of tomorrow, but preparation for their future success begins today. That's why the board overseeing the Cleveland Nisby Memorial Scholarship Fund is investing in the continuing education of Beaumont's brightest stars.
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Meds a good "first step" for treating alcoholism Reuters Health
October 26, 2012
A new analysis confirms that two drugs commonly used to treat alcoholism may be appropriate for people in different stages of recovery - likely because they work differently in the brain. The drugs, acamprosate (marketed as Campral) and naltrexone (ReVia), are both non-addictive themselves and don't make users sick when mixed with alcohol. So they're a good first option for people struggling with alcohol dependence who are motivated to stop drinking but would like to avoid an inpatient program, researchers said.
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Bonds, fans enjoy controversy-free San Francisco celebration
SAN FRANCISCO -- Barry Bonds basked in hometown adulation Friday during a celebration where he received the key to the city and heard not a mention of the steroid controversy that dogged him on the way to the career home run record.
Bonds was joined on a stage at Justin Herman Plaza by family, teammates, politicians and Giants greats Willie McCovey and Willie Mays. The sometimes prickly slugger smiled broadly as he thanked his parents, Mayor Gavin Newsom, team owner Peter Magowan and especially the Giants faithful.
"Love was giving me that strength," Bonds said. "You the fans, the city of San Francisco -- that is why I'm the player I am today."
With throngs in Giants black-and-orange cheering their hero, the lovefest differed sharply from the scathing insults heaped on Bonds at rival ballparks before his record-breaking 756th home run Aug. 7. Across the country, Bonds has faced detractors wielding placards inscribed with asterisks -- baseball-fan shorthand for the belief that his record is hopelessly tainted by allegations of steroid abuse.
"Everybody in San Francisco is afraid to say anything bad about Barry," said Stephen Quirk, 33, a San Francisco resident originally from Boston who still roots for the Red Sox. "If you go to any other city, it's like the complete opposite."
In San Francisco on Friday, there wasn't an asterisk in sight.
But even among Bonds supporters in the crowd, an undercurrent of disenchantment was in evidence -- if not with the record-holder himself, then with a league plagued for years with suspicions of widespread performance-enhancing drug abuse.
"Even the pitchers were most likely doing it. Therefore I think the record stands," said Art Gomez, 36, of Sacramento, who was in town with his three kids, including a young son he described as a big Bonds fan.
The influence of Bonds' achievement on children was a major theme of the day's events. Video tributes from Joe Montana, Wayne Gretzky and Michael Jordan culminated with a reprise of previous home run record-holder Hank Aaron's message to the slugger expressing hope that Bonds' 756th homer "will inspire others to chase their own dream."
Giants broadcaster Mike Krukow said from the stage that he recently met three kids in one day at AT&T Park who all said they wanted to grow up to be like Barry Bonds. And Bonds himself said he hoped his home runs would inspire the kids in the crowd.
Larry Pagel of Oshkosh, Wis., and his two sons came to observe the festivities as part of their vacation in San Francisco. Each was decked out in Milwaukee Brewers regalia in anticipation of Friday night's game against the Giants. But they didn't all share the same opinion of Bonds.
"I think it's just a major accomplishment no matter what anybody thinks," Pagel said of Bonds' record-breaking shot. "If he took [steroids], look at all the other people who probably took them that need an asterisk. It's still a human body hitting a home run ball."
But Pagel's son Tanner, 12, wasn't so sure Bonds could serve as a good role model for himself and his friends. The record books should probably carry a disclaimer next to Bonds' name, he said, adding "people don't just gain muscles like that."
Bonds has long denied using performance-enhancing drugs. Federal officials are investigating whether Bonds lied to a grand jury in 2003 when he testified that he never knowingly took steroids.
Regardless of the truth of the allegations, said Carlos Gonzalez, who donned his Barry Bonds jersey and took time off work to attend the celebration, Bonds deserves to be feted.
"He was a Hall of Famer even before the controversy erupted," Gonzalez, 34, said. "It doesn't take away the fact that he has talent to play the game."
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By Joel Marino | South Florida Sun-Sentinel 1:36 PM EDT, April 26, 2008
Two compact cars raced into the police station parking lot 451 NW 70th St. at about 7:30 p.m. Friday. Olidia Kerr Day, 45, of Plantation, stopped her car in the middle of the lot, and the driver of the second car, Carlos Bolivar Cevallos, 47, of Pembroke Pines, rammed into it, police Detective Robert Rettig said.
Cevallos then ot out of his car and shot Day, Rettig said. An officer inside the building heard the shots, went outside and fired several rounds at the man. Rettig said it is unclear if the officer killed the man.
"This was domestic related," Rettig said. "They were involved in a relationship."
"It's possible that the man turned the gun on himself before our officer shot him," Rettig said.
Rettig said the situation may have started as a domestic disturbance.
Cevallos died at the scene and Day died on the way to the hospital.
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I recently upgraded from 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) to 12.04.2 LTS (Precise Pangolin) (64 bit version) and suddenly my wireless internet connection has become intermittent.
For example, when I am loading a website, it could require a few refreshes before it actually loads. Most of the time web pages and downloads work totally fine but every 10-15 minutes there may be a blip of 5-10 seconds in internet connectivity.
I especially notice this when going onto sites with https:// like Facebook, Google Mail and I also noticed it in YouTube, where a video now no longer ever loads fully (very frustrating!).
I have tried to Google this issue and indeed there are a lot of people with the same issue but the solutions are not very clear and neither is the exact problem.
Some have said it has something to do with the change to DNS resolving with the introduction of resolvconf in 12.04. Also, there are many possible problems and solutions at the following link: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/989900
I have tried to describe the problem as best as possible, however I am a novice and do not know how to diagnose the exact issue and find a solution to it. So in your comments & answers please be as simple and precise as possible.
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- width: 64 bits
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- resources: irq:19 memory:c0400000-c047ffff memory:afb00000-afb0ffff
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I don't know about "verifiable facts" but over the years, I too have read multiple articles... Mostly is American Handguner... Written by folks who testify as expert witnesses in both LEO and Armed Citizen shootings. The common advice I've taken away from these articles is the notion that in their experience... "which significantly trumps mine"... Overzealous DA's looking for a conviction will use everything from "scary grips" to "devastating" handloads too paint a defensive shooter as a vigilante out looking for trouble. I've seen them specifically mention "Punisher" grips as a bad idea and I've seen many of them recommend loads that say "Defensive" on the box OR to use the same load your Sherrif's department uses. I don't know if this information rises to the level of "verifiable facts" but it sounds like solid advice to me... and I follow it, but to each his own. Tack
Tack i respect your opinions, but i have to disagree with this because of simple facts. if a person used their firearm in a SD and the situation was justified, then how can they use what grips or ammo you used in it, against you? the shooting in SD would have to be either justified or not. i am not saying some DA might not want to, simply because he was some rabid anti-gunner looking to make points with the crowd, but he still has to get a grand jury to indict the person. and even if it did make it to trial, and the shooting was justified, even a decent defence attorney would shred that DA for sure. because they have to decide on facts and evidence, not conjecture or speculation. IMO, any DA going after someone for shooting in SD over the ammo or grips he used would probably be committing political suicide. i too have read some of those types of articles in the past, and IMO, those are strictly opinions by these experts. most of those experts are just staff writers for the magazines.
Axxe... No worries partner, this is one of those individual decisions we all make after reviewing the information at hand. Personally... Not knowing my areas DA... I'll err on the side of caution and not provide the Grand Jury with anything "flashy" or "devastating" that could be seen as aggressive. Tack
OlympicFox the 2nd and 3rd 1911's are absolutely GORGEOUS! I wouldn't mind having the cocbolo grips, are they made for the full size? I am thinking I may just get plain black checkered for now, but those may just be a future investment BTW, I don't mind you guys clarifying this dispute in my thread just for the record, it's really good info to have straight.
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IMO, if a DA went after someone for the ammo or grips on his pistol used in a shooting, might be some deeper aspects to the case and he has some reason to suspect foul play. this strictly my opinion on the matter. i have read several articles in the past by writers, touting this information. don't use anything but factory ammo in your firearm, or they'll swear you loaded up some super duper mankiller ammo. gee, doesn't even factory ammo kill? don't many of us look for what works the best at stopping a threat? like velocity, penetration and expansion?
Agreed... but the amount of weight a person gives this information is directly linked to their location. I'm in the predominantly "LIBTARDED" Pacific North West so it's fairly safe for me to expect any DA I may have to deal with to be a full blown member of PETA, NAACP, and the Brady Campaing to stop Gun Violence. Tack


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Wednesday, July 10, 2013
The Factor Rundown
Talking Points Memo
Chaos in the House of Representatives
Top Story
Top Legal Stories of the Day
Impact Segment
Political Overview
Unresolved Problems Segment
Immigration Debate
Personal Story Segment
Abortion Battle
Miller Time Segment
The D-Man Opines
Did You See That Segment
Hot Videos on the Web
Factor Mail
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Tip Of The Day
The many laughs of Dobie Gillis
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Talking Points Memo
Chaos in the House of Representatives
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"Apparently some Republicans in the House want to kill the immigration bill and they might succeed. That would mean the chaotic status quo would remain and the southern border would not be made more secure. On the IRS front, an investigation is supposed to be underway, but who knows? Certainly not Congress. What about the NSA snooping on phone calls and emails in the USA? Congress knows about as much as we do - nothing! So you can see that the situation on Capitol Hill is dire; Congress doesn't know anything and can't get anything done. We elect these people to protect us, solve problems, and promote prosperity. Yet we have a $17-trillion debt, a moribund economy, an immigration mess, and a foreign policy that looks like it was designed by Kim Kardashian. The bottom line is that the U.S. Congress is inept!"
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Attorneys Rachel Self & Michelle Suskauer
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asked attorney Michelle Suskauer to evaluate the decision by George Zimmerman's legal team to keep him from testifying. "Silence is golden," she said. "It's the right move and if he were my client I absolutely would not put him on the stand. He has basically testified through video and audio and he has nothing to gain by getting on the stand where he would open himself to cross-examination." Turning to another case, attorney Rachel Self reported on the murder trial of alleged Boston terrorist Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. "Everybody doesn't know that he's guilty," she declared, "because under our system of justice you're not guilty until the government proves it beyond a reasonable doubt. He's going to take a plea deal."
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warned that Tsarnaev's legal team may turn the trial into a spectacle: "Everybody knows he's guilty, he's going to turn it into a clown show. He did it, we saw it!"
Impact Segment
Political Overview
James Rosen & Carl Cameron
Fox News correspondent Carl Cameron checked in from Washington, where Speaker of the House John Boehner has promised to re-work or derail the Senate's immigration bill. "Conservatives are very angry," Cameron said, "because they're worried that Boehner might sacrifice conservative goals on immigration in order to pass a bill. If he doesn't handle this well, conservatives could try to oust him as Speaker and Republicans could potentially lose the house. Rank and file Republicans have been digging in their heels, saying that what passed the Senate is too liberal."
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criticized the GOP on immigration, saying, "There are some conservative House members who will never vote for any immigration bill."
FNC's James Rosen turned to foreign policy and Secretary of State John Kerry's handling of the Egypt chaos. "It really doesn't matter whether John Kerry was yachting in New England over the Fourth of July weekend," Rosen opined. "The failure of Kerry with respect to Egypt wasn't over the July 4th weekend. I traveled to Egypt with Secretary Kerry in March for his first sit-down with Mohamed Morsi. Kerry decided then to unlock $250-million in U.S. taxpayer funds to the Egyptian budget because he came away from those talks convinced that Morsi was sincere in his promise to reach out to the political opposition. Kerry and his aides and perhaps the intelligence community were wrong in their judgments about Morsi's intentions.""
Unresolved Problems Segment
Immigration Debate
Bob Beckel
Bob Beckel, co-host of FNC's "The Five," sauntered into the No Spin Zone with his prescription for the immigration stalemate. "Without an immigration bill," he said, "the Republicans have dealt themselves out of the presidential race. Also, there is a lot of power behind the bill coming out of the Senate, meaning Republican constituencies like the Chamber of Commerce and a bunch of others. I think Boehner will bring a Republican bill to the floor, it will pass and then it will go to conference." Beckel endorsed the Senate bill, describing it as both tough and fair. "There are huge sanctions for people who hire illegal immigrants, they are going to make the fence a lot longer and a lot more expensive, and new immigrants can't vote for 14 years!"
Personal Story Segment
Abortion Battle
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Kate Obenshain & Kirsten Powers
Texas has been roiled by an abortion battle, with pro-life forces trying to impose a ban after 20 weeks of pregnancy. Republican Kate Obenshain and Democrat Kirsten Powers analyzed the controversy. "20 weeks is the standard in 12 states," Obenshain said, "so this is not outrageous legislation - babies do feel pain at that point. The other part of this would raise basic safety standards in abortion clinics, which is protecting women's health." Powers agreed that the 20-week standard is hardly oppressive. "I actually think it should be much sooner, and in most European countries it's around 12 to 14 weeks. The bill is not remotely radical, but some pro-choice people are like the NRA, they say this is a constitutional issue."
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decried the fanaticism of some in the pro-choice movement, saying, "European nations ban abortion at 12 or 14 weeks, but in some states here you can just kill the fetus any time you want."
Miller Time Segment
The D-Man Opines
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Dennis Miller
Dennis Miller began his observations with the turmoil in Egypt. "They're nuts," he pithily declared. "There's the 'kind of crazy' people in Egypt and the 'really crazy' people in Egypt. So I don't mind Kerry being on his boat. This country has such a schism that we now niggle about stuff like this, should he be on the boat or not? We should all be on the same page on a few basics - spend less, kill the bad guys, and pave the roads!" Miller also advised President Obama to keep hitting the links. "He stinks at his job, so the more he's on the golf course the less he can stink at it. Stay on the golf course all the time and let me get my country back together." And as for the news that Mexico has surpassed the United States as the world's most obese nation, Miller complained, "I think it's a shame that we're too lazy to be the fattest people any more."
Did You See That Segment
Hot Videos on the Web
Juliet Huddy
FNC's Juliet Huddy screened a video in which young folks and police advise everyone to keep their cool when the Zimmerman jury renders its decision. "This is a PSA by the Broward County Sheriff," she explained, "and they're just trying to send a message to teenagers, advising them to calm down after the Zimmerman verdict. Only 2,000 people have watched this, but at least they're trying to do something." Huddy also analyzed footage taken by a young man when he was pulled over by cops in Tennessee. "This kid is a member of the Libertarian Party and he knew there were going to be DUI checkpoints on the July 4th weekend. He went there to challenge the authorities and most experts say the kid didn't do anything wrong."
Factor Mail
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"Mr. O'Reilly, I think you deserve to be acknowledged for raising the bar on America's race discussion. But it's an uphill battle against a paternalistic media. Few are willing to hold black criminals accountable for their behavior."
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"Mr. O, Rev. Degraff said the media doesn't cover black on black murders because it doesn't care. You said it's because they're afraid. I believe the media doesn't want the black community to look bad."
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"Bill, what makes you think blacks will act inappropriately after the Zimmerman verdict? That presumption on your part is part of the larger problem."
Tip Of The Day
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Back in 1996, Jeremy Cowan thought he would get some laughs by making the country's only Jewish celebration beer. He brewed 100 cases of Genesis Ale and delivered it around Northern California just in time for Hanukkah.
Fifteen years later, his Shmaltz Brewing and its Saratoga, N.Y.-brewed HE'Brew beer has outposts in New York, San Francisco, Atlanta and Chicago, a 10-person staff, $2 million in annual business and a holiday gift pack stuffed with beers such as the Lenny Bruce tribute Bittersweet Lenny's R.I.P.A., Origin Pomegranate Ale (ordinarily available only in 22-ounce bottles), Messiah Bold, its new Hop Manna IPA, a free glass, Hanukkah candles and instructions on how to make a beer bottle menorah. In case his sincerity about the brewery's holiday offerings was in doubt, Cowan has had all of Shmaltz's ingredients and materials, brewing process and brewery conditions certified kosher by Kosher Supervision of America and Orthodox Union.
"It's a really cool way for both the Jewish community and the beer geek community to be able to sample the breadth of what we're up to on the HE'Brew side of Shmaltz Brewing," says Cowan, whose company also makes the Coney Island Craft Lagers line of beers. "Kosher certification certainly hasn't had huge demand in the beer market, but I thought it would be important to get all of our beers kosher-certified so that all the community would be conscious of the fact that they could bring the beers to celebrations, give them as presents and enjoy the beers in their homes or in restaurants."
The centerpiece of the package, though, is the high-powered Jewbelation 15. Brewed in various potencies since HE'Brew's eighth anniversary, Jewbelation 15 is so named because of the 15 malts and 15 hops in its formula and its 15% ABV. Like its predecessors 8 through 14 and the Vertical Jewbelation rye-barrel-aged mix of all eight of those varieties, Jewbelation is a bitter, potent brew best enjoyed as slowly and steadily as Shmaltz's fan base was built. That pace and that nonregional niche approach has made HE'Brew not only a holiday favorite among fans, but a still-burgeoning success in the craft-beer sector. "Originally I knew I would never sell enough beer in one area to run the business, and that's exactly what happened," Cowan says. "It wasn't until I expanded to 20 markets around the country that had a Jewish community that I reached those folks and started to break even, but what really happened is that my strange little business model of selling a little beer in a lot of places ended up being the perfect model as craft beer exploded over the last five years."Check Out Our Best Services for Investors
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Items Tagged with 'Grand Rapids Police Department'
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The new Grand Rapids police chief says the job has many similarities to managing a business.
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Grand Rapids Police Department is the recipient of a military support award at the 2014 Employer Support of the Guard and Reserves Awards Banquet, held at the Kellogg Center, Michigan State University, East Lansing.
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Grand Rapids Police Chief Kevin Belk has announced he is retiring on Feb. 7, after nearly 34 years of service to Grand Rapids as a member of the force.
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The second single off Vonnegutt's upcoming album, Falling Up The Stairs, gets some awesome visuals. Shouts to Simon Illa on the co-production.
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Tight track.
what the fuck is this ....
Vonnegut fucking blows.
they sound like 3OH!3. Which isn't a good thing
the fuck is this. fucking honesty. fuck outta here.
kyle is nice, i feel like if he had better direction he could be big.. not feeling vonnegutt, they sound to pop. dude is best when he's morbid and just unleashing on a beat.
i can see this song being popular. very pop. anything that involves college white girls jumping is very pop.
BIG BOI.......seriously?


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Mick Jones | |
Mick Jones during his time with Big Audio Dynamite (New York, 1987) | |
Background information | |
Birth name | Michael Geoffrey Jones |
Born | Wandsworth, London, England | 26 June 1955
Genres | Punk rock, alternative rock |
Occupations | Musician, songwriter |
Instruments | Guitar, vocals, bass, keyboards, drums, harmonica |
Years active | 1975–present |
Labels | CBS, I.R.S., Radioactive |
Associated acts | The Clash, General Public, Big Audio Dynamite, Carbon/Silicon, Gorillaz, London SS, The Wallflowers |
Notable instruments | |
Gibson Les Paul Fender Telecaster |
Mick Jones | |
Mick Jones during his time with Big Audio Dynamite (New York, 1987) | |
Background information | |
Birth name | Michael Geoffrey Jones |
Born | Wandsworth, London, England | 26 June 1955
Genres | Punk rock, alternative rock |
Occupations | Musician, songwriter |
Instruments | Guitar, vocals, bass, keyboards, drums, harmonica |
Years active | 1975–present |
Labels | CBS, I.R.S., Radioactive |
Associated acts | The Clash, General Public, Big Audio Dynamite, Carbon/Silicon, Gorillaz, London SS, The Wallflowers |
Notable instruments | |
Gibson Les Paul Fender Telecaster |
Michael Geoffrey "Mick" Jones (born 26 June 1955) is a British musician, guitarist, vocalist and songwriter best known for his works with The Clash until his dismissal in 1983, then Big Audio Dynamite with Don Letts before line-up changes led to the formation of Big Audio Dynamite II and finally Big Audio. Jones plays with Carbon/Silicon along with Tony James and recently toured the world as part of the Gorillaz live band (which includes former Clash member Paul Simonon). In late 2011, Jones collaborated with Pete Wylie and members of The Farm to form The Justice Tonight Band. He is also known for producing The Libertines' first two albums Up the Bracket and The Libertines.
Jones was born in Wandsworth, London, England[1] to a Welsh father and a Russian Jewish mother.[2] He spent much of his early life living with his maternal grandmother, Stella, in South London. Jones' cousin is Grant Shapps, the Conservative MP for Welwyn Hatfield.[3] Jones went to Strand School in South London – and then on to art school, because "[he] thought that's how you get into bands and stuff".[4]
But even before the Dolls, I used to follow bands around. I followed Mott the Hoople up and down the country. I'd go to Liverpool or Newcastle or somewhere—sleep on the Town Hall steps, and bunk the fares on the trains, hide in the toilet when the ticket inspector came around. I'd jump off just before the train got to the station and climb over the fence. It was great times, and I always knew I wanted to be in a band and play guitar. That was it for me.
—Mick Jones to Gibson Backstage Pass Holiday Double Issue 2006[5]
He started gaining recognition as a guitarist in the early '70s with his glam rock band, The Delinquents. A short time later, he met Tony James and formed the proto-punk London SS. By 1976, that band had broken up and remaining members Jones, Paul Simonon and Keith Levene were seeking a new direction.[6]
When he was 21, he and Paul Simonon were introduced to Joe Strummer by Bernie Rhodes (the self-proclaimed inventor of punk rock)[7] in a dirty squatter building in Shepherd's Bush. The band practised in a disused railway warehouse in Camden Town and The Clash was formed. Jones played lead guitar, sang, and co-wrote songs from the band's inception until he was fired by Strummer and Simonon in 1983. Jones' lack of punctuality played a major role in his dismissal from the band. Jones agreed to give a rare interview about the disintegration of The Clash and the reasons behind his dismissal from 'his own band' in Danny Garcia's 2012 documentary film and book The Rise and Fall of the Clash.[8]
For his time with The Clash, Jones, along with the rest of the band, was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2003.[9]
While promoting the band's 2013 box set, Sound System, which Jones says will be the final time he ever works on Clash music, he discussed the band reuniting prior to Strummer's death. "There were a few moments at the time I was up for it (Hall of Fame reunion in 2003), Joe was up for it. Paul wasn't. And neither, probably, was Topper Headon, who didn't wind up even coming in the end. It didn't look like a performance was going to happen anyway. I mean, you usually play at that ceremony when you get in. Joe had passed by that point, so we didn't. We were never in agreement. It was never at a point where all of us wanted to do it at the same time. Most importantly for us, we became friends again after the group broke up, and continued that way for the rest of the time. That was more important to us than the band."[10]
After his expulsion from The Clash, Jones was briefly a founding member of General Public. Though he is listed in the credits of the band's 1984 début album All the Rage as an official member, Jones left General Public part way through the recording process and was replaced by Kevin White. White's picture appears on the back cover; Jones' picture does not. Jones did play guitar on many of the album's tracks, including the North American top 40 single "Tenderness".
Leaving General Public behind, in 1984 Jones formed Big Audio Dynamite with film director Don Letts, who had directed various Clash videos and later the Clash documentary Westway to the World. The band's début album This Is Big Audio Dynamite was released the following year, with the song "E=MC²" getting heavy rotation in dance clubs, and both singles "Medicine Show" and "E=MC2" charting in the UK.
For Big Audio Dynamite's second album, No. 10, Upping St., Jones reunited with Strummer. Together, the two wrote several songs on the album, including "Beyond the Pale", "V. Thirteen", and "Sightsee M.C!"; Strummer also co-produced the album. Their reunion did not last long, and following that collaboration, the two did not work together again for some time.
Big Audio Dynamite's third album, Tighten Up, Vol. 88, featured album cover art painted by the ex-Clash bassist, Paul Simonon. Shortly following its release, Jones developed chicken pox and pneumonia, and spent several months in hospital.[11][12] After his recovery, Jones released one more album with Big Audio Dynamite, Megatop Phoenix, before reshuffling the line-up, renaming the band Big Audio Dynamite II and releasing The Globe album.
In 1990, Jones was featured on Aztec Camera's song "Good Morning Britain", with Roddy Frame.
The band's line-up was reshuffled again in 1994, and they released the album Higher Power under the name Big Audio. In 1995, a greatest hits album, Planet B.A.D. was released as well as a studio album called F-Punk under the original Big Audio Dynamite name. A further album, Entering a New Ride was recorded in 1997, but was only released on the internet because of a disagreement with Radioactive Records, their then record label. One more "best of" collection, called Super Hits, was released in 1999.
Jones announced the reuniting of Big Audio Dynamite in January 2011, and they performed at the Lollapalooza music festival in 2011.
In 2002, Jones teamed up with his former London SS colleague, Generation X and Sigue Sigue Sputnik member, Tony James to form a new band named Carbon/Silicon. The band has toured the United Kingdom and the United States and has performed a number of anti-fascist benefit concerts; they have also recorded three albums: A.T.O.M, Western Front and The Crackup Suite which were available on-line for free. Their first physical CD release was The News EP. The band encourage their fans to share their music on P2P networks, and allow the audio and video taping of their shows. Their first song, "MPFree" is an anthem for P2P file sharing.
Similar in many respects to Jones' earlier work in Big Audio Dynamite, Carbon/Silicon aims to break the traditional approach to rock and roll. The band was described by Alan McGee as "...the Stones jamming with a laptop," and they make use of samples in their recordings and live shows. The formation of the band was catalysed by the internet and p2p file sharing. The first song written by Jones and James was entitled "MPFree," in which they expressed their willingness to embrace the technology of the internet and file sharing, in the interest of spreading music, rather than profit.
On seven consecutive Friday nights in January and February 2008 Carbon/Silicon played a series of gigs at the Inn on the Green, right under the Westway in Thorpe Close, between Ladbroke Grove and Portobello Road, London. As well as Carbon/Silicon there were many special guests, including appearances by Sex Pistols' Paul Cook and Glen Matlock, former Clash drummer Topper Headon and multi-instrumentalist and former Mescalero, Tymon Dogg.
Jones has also been an occasional producer. In 1981 he produced Ellen Foley's second album Spirit of St. Louis. Jones was in a relationship with Foley, and co-wrote songs for the album with Strummer and Tymon Dogg. Players on the album included members of The Blockheads, Tymon Dogg and all four members of The Clash[13]
In 1981, Jones co-produced Ian Hunters Short Back 'n' Sides LP with Mick Ronson. He also provided guitars and vocals for several songs on the release. In the same year, he produced Theatre of Hate's first album Westworld released in 1982, written by Kirk Brandon. Jones also played guitar on the title track, "Do You Believe in the Westworld". Jones would also record and produce Aria of the Devil in 1982 by Theatre of Hate at Wessex Studios, which did not get released until 1998, when the master tapes were found by Kirk Brandon.
He produced the London-based band The Libertines' debut album Up The Bracket (2002). Jones stayed on to produce the band's second and final album The Libertines. He also produced Down in Albion, the debut album of former Libertines lead singer and guitarist Pete Doherty's new group Babyshambles.
Jones is also credited with contributing guitar and vocals to "Mal Bicho", the lead track of Los Fabulosos Cadillacs' album Rey Azucar.
He provided the score for Nick Mead's film, Dice Life – the Random Mind of Luke Rhinehart, a contemporary dance film created by Nick Mead and Wayne McGregor, featuring Luke Rhinehart, author of The Dice Man.
At the NME Shockwave 2007 awards, Jones took to the stage and performed "(White Man) In Hammersmith Palais" with Primal Scream.[14]
Richard Archer of Hard-Fi first met Jones when the latter was still with Contempo. Hard-Fi were looking for a producer when one of the members of the record company suggested Jones. At a rehearsal in Putney, Richard compared his dress sense to that of "the Godfather".[15][16]
Archer worked for a year on the band's first record, but things didn't work out as planned because of problems with the record company.[15][16]
Talking about Archer, Jones said:
I guess I can have a lot of fun at this stage in my career and I like working with young people such as Rich because they're full of new ideas. I wouldn't say I'm a mentor to him, though. I just like to try to have some fun and play a few tunes.[15][16]
At Hard-Fi's NME Awards show at the Koko club on 6 February 2008 Jones appeared with Hard-Fi to perform the Clash's "Should I Stay or Should I Go" and Hard-Fi's "Stars of CCTV".
Jones reunited with Simonon on the title track of Gorillaz 2010 album Plastic Beach: both of them performed in the Gorillaz live band supporting Plastic Beach. The band headlined the 2010 Coachella Festival, Glastonbury and Festival Internacional de Benicassim.
In late 2011, Jones agreed to play songs by The Clash live again, collaborating with Pete Wylie and members of The Farm to form The Justice Tonight Band. The band formed with the aim of promoting awareness of the Hillsborough Justice Campaign. The Justice Tonight band have been joined onstage at different gigs by several other musicians sympathetic to the cause, including Billy Bragg and Paul Simonon. Shane MacGowan joined them onstage in Phoenix Park when The Justice Tonight Band supported The Stone Roses as part of their Reunion Tour on 5 July 2012.
Jones collaborated with alternative rock group The Wallflowers as a guitarist and backing vocals for some tracks on their 2012 album Glad All Over.
Jones' first guitar was a Gibson Les Paul Junior with a P-90 pick-up, which he bought because Johnny Thunders used one. The Junior was his main guitar up until late 1977 or early 1978, and after that as a backup and studio guitar. Around the same time he also owned another Les Paul Junior, all black (formerly red) with a black pick guard, which was smashed at a performance in 1977. He then switched to the regular Gibson Les Paul and later to Gibson Les Paul Customs.
Jones also occasionally played an Olympic White Fender Stratocaster (for live versions of "Straight to Hell") and several Bond Guitars that were donated to him by Andrew Bond, who made the guitars. For effects Jones mainly uses MXR pedals including a Phase 100, a Flanger, an Analog Delay and a Noisegate as well as a Roland chorus or Space Echo effect.[17] During his days with The Clash, Jones used a Marshall Plexi amplifier and occasionally a Fender Twin with a 2x12 cabinet. He later changed to a Mesa Boogie amplifier with two Marshall 4x12 cabinets that he used throughout the rest of his career with The Clash.[18]


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When was the last time your kids came to you and said "Mommy, let's clean my room!"? Yeah, that's what I thought.
Let's face it, most of us don't exactly relish clean-up time. So while I'm pretty back-to-basics when it comes to cleaning supplies (baking soda and vinegar do most of the heavy lifting around here) I admit that there are some products that just make the whole process easier and more fun for parents and kids alike.
Here are a few I've been eyeballing:
Have you discovered any gadgets or gizmos that make tidying up a good time?
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The rock-cut temples on peaceful Elephanta Island are thought to have been carved between 450 and 750 AD. These holy places survived Portuguese vandalism and remain equal in size, beauty, and power to the caves at Ajanta and Ellora. The main cave contains large sculpted panels, including an astonishing 18-foot depiction of Shiva in his roles as creator, preserver, and destroyer. Boats make the one-hour trip every half hour from the Gateway of India (9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.). Tickets are sold at the kiosks nearby.
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Mignonette Opens Friday: Oysters, Bubbly, and Pie (Photos)
Photos by Carina Ost Shuck yeah!
Last night was the friends and family night for the much anticipated Mignonette in Edgewater. This restaurant brought to you from the two most huggable chaps (their preferred term) in the industry, Blue Collar's Danny Serfer and Miami Rankings' Ryan Roman, brings their signature charm.
You will get a chance to try out the food for yourself starting this Friday, but here are some dishes to get excited about. Here, we open up the oyster shell to a new restaurants filled with raw and Rockefeller oysters, brews, popcorn conch, Thanksgiving chicken, champagne, and everything else that straddles the line between "plain" and "fancy" -- the visual representation of this is the famed tuxedo shirts on servers.
See also: 11 Restaurants We're Looking Forward to in 2014
Before you dive into the menu, begin your meal with the House Aperitif ($18). It has a mix of champagne, Banyuls vinegar, candied shallots, and pink peppercorns. You get the bubbles with the acid, touch of sweetness and that surprise burst of pepper for a drink that sets the tone for a fun and unexpected night.Cheers!
If you want to know what kind of oyster they have, check the marquee for the main attractions. A single oyster ($3) or a dozen ($30) are accompanied by the namesake mignonette. If you want to get fancy try the oysters Bienville or Rockefeller ($19).The chaps welcome you.
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Wednesday, February 23
Conseco Fieldhouse
Attendance: 12,214
Indianapolis, IN (Sports Network) - Tyler Hansbrough came off the bench to score 21 points and grab 12 rebounds, and Brandon Rush scored the game- winning basket in the final seconds to give Indiana 102-101 victory over Detroit at Conseco Fieldhouse.
Rush replaced usual starter Mike Dunleavy, who sustained a broken left thumb in Tuesday's victory at Washington. Rush scored just nine points in his 14th start this season, but none were bigger than a backdoor dunk with 5.4 seconds left that put the Pacers up for good.
"They're not all going to be pretty," said Pacers interim head coach Frank Vogel. "Sometimes you have to grind it out to get the W."
Danny Granger scored 18 points for the Pacers, who have won five of seven.
Greg Monroe notched 27 points and 12 boards for the Pistons, who have lost five of their last six games. Rodney Stuckey added 21 points, while Ben Gordon supplied 12 points.
"It felt good to be in a game like that, but I'd rather come out with a win," Monroe said. "We have to play the whole game like we did in the fourth quarter and we might have a different outcome."
Monroe knotted the game at 95 with two free throws, but Granger put the home team up on a three-point shot with just under three minutes to play.
With 1:37 to go, Granger made it a three-point game following two free throws, but on the next possession, Monroe made a bank shot to cut it to one, 100-99.
Austin Daye's long jumper gave Detroit a brief lead with 11.1 ticks to go, however, Rush broke free for his wide open dunk with 5.4 seconds left to put the Pacers up, 102-101.
Detroit had one last chance to take the lead, but Stuckey turned the ball over after trying to shovel the ball to Monroe in the post.
The Pacers used a 10-3 run to finish out the first quarter for a 26-19 lead. Hansbrough scored six of the points during the run.
The lead ballooned to as much as 16 in the second after Granger's free throw off of a Stuckey technical foul. But the Pistons cut it down to six following Tracy McGrady's layup with 20 seconds left and Darren Collison's jumper made it a 51-43 score at the half.
Indiana regained the momentum and started out the second half with a 10-4 run. The Pistons, though, fought back at the end of the quarter with a 7-2 run. McGrady's 1-of-2 showing at the line trimmed it to 78-73 heading into the final quarter.
Detroit made it a two-point game, 78-76, with Will Bynum's trey to open the fourth quarter. Indiana still held onto the lead until Monroe tied the game at 95.
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So I was leaving work today and I came across a jeep with a cool rear tire carrier. I plan on getting a armored rear bumper here soon, most likely a CBI with rear tire carrier and I really liked this design.
Check out the way the gas tanks are protected and held in place by the tire. I like that better than the CBI design of up high to one side. I would rather move the hi-lift jack lower but all in all I like this design. What are your guys opinions? (sorry for the shitty quality, my company phone is beat to hell and we were both driving about 45 down the street).
When its getting close to the time to order I am going to talk with the guys at CBI about doing something like this. Anyone know of any other rear carriers that look like this (yes I have gone through the armored bumper page)?


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French Pronunciation for Speakers of American English
This tutorial presents an overview of the rules of European/metropolitan French pronunciation, focusing on the vowels, consonants, stress and intonation patterns that are different from American English. For more practice with comprehension and pronunciation, please check the listening and repetition exercises linked in the left sidebar.
This page uses standard IPA symbols to represent the sounds in French. If you are not familiar with the IPA, I have also tried to include words in Amerian English with similar vowel sounds, but please note that the vowels are not exactly the same in the two languages. Recordings were done by a native speaker of French from Haute-Savoie, France.
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● Pure Vowels
Vowels in French are pure vowels, i.e. they are not diphthongs as in American English. Americans pronounce a and e with an extra yuh sound at the end, and o and u with an extra wuh sound at the end. You must not do this in French. The distinction between long and short vowels exists in French, but a few American short vowels do not exist ([ɪ] as in did and [ʊ] as in put) so make sure to never pronounce these vowels when speaking (European) French. Also notice that the [æ] sound in cat does not exist in French either.
Vowels in Contrast
Long Vowels | Short Vowels | Similar English |
[a] | [ə] | not - nut |
[i] | ---- | sheep |
[e] | [ɛ] | wait - wet |
[o] | [ɔ] | coat - caught |
[u] | ---- | moon |
Words in Contrast
[a] - [ə] | rapporter | reporter |
[e] - [ə] | des mains | demain |
[e] - [ɛ] | pré | près |
[o] - [ɔ] | paume | pomme |
On the other hand, French has three front rounded vowels that do not exist in English, which may take a while to get used to since English only has back rounded vowels. However, they are the rounded counterpart of vowels that do exist in English, so you simply need to round your lips when pronouncing these vowels.
Vowels in Contrast
Unrounded | Rounded |
[i] | [y] |
[e] | [ø] |
[ɛ] | [œ] |
Many English speakers tend to say [u] instead of [y] and [ə] instead of [ø] or [œ]. Personally, I still find it hard to hear the difference between [ø] and [œ] in fast speech, but I can distinguish them if they are isolated vowels.
Words in Contrast
[u] - [y] | sous | su |
[ə] - [ø] | ce | ceux |
[ø] - [œ] | jeûne | jeune |
Here is a review of the vowels in French, with phonetic spellings for American English speakers (forget the diphthongs though!), sample words in French and the general spelling for these vowels in French orthography.
Pure Vowels
IPA | Phonetic spelling | Sample words | General spellings |
[i] | ee | vie, midi, lit, riz | i, y |
[y] | ee rounded | rue, jus, tissu, usine | u |
[e] | ay | blé, nez, cahier, pied | é, et, final er and ez |
[ø] | ay rounded | jeu, yeux, queue, bleu | eu |
[ɛ] | eh | lait, aile, balai, reine | e, è, ê, ai, ei, ais |
[œ] | eh rounded | sœur, œuf, fleur, beurre | œu, eu |
[a] | ah | chat, ami, papa, salade | a, à, â |
[ɑ] | ah longer | bas, âne, grâce, château | a, â |
[u] | oo | loup, cou, caillou, outil | ou |
[o] | oh | eau, dos, escargot, hôtel | o, ô |
[ɔ] | aw | sol, pomme, cloche, horloge | o |
[ə] | uh | fenêtre, genou, cheval, cerise | e |
[ɑ] is disappearing in modern French, being replaced by [a]. Vowels that do not exist in English are marked in blue.
Other rules to remember about pure vowels in French:
- Vowels are pronounced slightly
longer when they are in the final closed syllable (a consonant follows
the vowels in the same syllable). For example, the vowel [i] in tir is
longer than the vowel [i] in tirer because tir is a closed
syllable, while ti is an open syllable (and rer is a
closed syllable).
This is represented with a colon in IPA: long [i] = [i:]
- The vowel [e] can only occur in open syllables (no consonant
follows it in the same syllable) in French. In closed syllables, [ɛ] is
used; however, [ɛ] can also be found in open syllables.
(This is a major difference with English as [ɛ] can
never be found in open syllables at the end of a word.)
- In stressed open syllables, only [ø] is
possible. In stressed, closed syllables, only [œ] is
possible, unless the syllable ends in [t], [tR], or [z] - in which case, [ø] can
occur. In unstressed syllables, whether open or closed, either vowel can
- Generally, [o] always occurs in stressed open syllables, and [ɔ] occurs in stressed closed syllables. Nevertheless, [o] can also occur in stressed closed syllables, depending on the spelling of the word: when the letter o is followed by [m], [n], [z]; when the letters au are not followed by [R]; and by the letter ô.
● Semi-Vowels
Semi-vowels can also be called glides or approximants.
IPA | Phonetic spelling | Sample words | General spelling |
[w] | w | fois, oui, Louis | oi, ou |
[ɥ] | ew-ee | lui, suisse | ui |
[j] | yuh | oreille, Mireille | ill, y |
Some words ending in -ille(r) pronounce the l, however: ville, mille, tranquille, distiller, osciller, etc.
Words in Contrast
[wa] - [a] | loi | la |
[ɥ] - [y] | lui | Lu |
[ej] - [e] | pareil | paré |
[aj] - [a] | bail | bas |
Notice that words ending in -eil or -eille are pronounced [ej], while words ending in -ail or -aille are pronounced [aj].
● Nasal Vowels
Nasal vowels can be a bit tricky to understand in everyday speech, but learning how to pronounce them correctly isn't too difficult.
Nasal Vowels
IPA | Phonetic spelling | Sample words | General spelling |
[ã] | awn | gant, banc, dent | en, em, an, am, aon, aen |
[ɛ̃] | ahn | pain, vin, linge | in, im, yn, ym, ain, aim, ein, eim, un, um, en, eng, oin, oing, oint, ien, yen, éen |
[œ̃] | uhn | brun, lundi, parfum | un |
[õ] | ohn | rond, ongle, front | on, om |
[œ̃] is being replaced with [ɛ̃] in European French; though this distinction is kept in Belgian and Quebecois French
Words in Contrast
Nasal Vowel | Nasal Consonant |
franc | franche |
brun | brune |
indien | indienne |
bon | bonne |
A phrase with all nasal vowels is: un bon vin blanc
● Consonants
Many of the consonants in French are very similar to the consonants in English. A few differences include:
- [p], [t] and [k] are NOT aspirated in French so try not to let that
extra puff of air escape from your lips.
- Consonants that are alveolar in English are generally dental in French.
Try to rest your tongue just behind your teeth instead of on the alveolar
ridge for [t], [d], [s], [z], [l] and [n].
- The letter h is never pronounced, but you need to remember
to distinguish the h non-aspiré from the h
aspiré. Most words belong to the first group, but for the words that
have an h aspiré, there are two characteristics that make them different:
the definite article does not reduce to l' (called
elision) but remains le or la and word
boundaries are maintained so that sounds do not link (absence of liaison
- see below). Most words with an h aspiré are of Germanic origin.
h non-aspiré h aspiré l'habitude la hache l'herbe le hall l'heure le haricot l'histoire le hasard l'homme le hibou l'honneur le homard l'huile le hockey
- [R] is articulated further back in the throat (with
the back of the tongue) and is usually the hardest French consonant for
English speakers to pronounce correctly. It is a voiced uvular fricative
sound and
does not have an effect on preceding vowels the way that American English
r does. It must remain consistent in all positions, regardless of the other
vowels and consonants that may be adjacent to it.
Initial After consonant Between vowels Before consonant Final rusé droit arrêt partout mer rang gris courir merle pire rose trou pleurer corde sourd
- In the majority of words with the grapheme ch, the pronunciation
is [ʃ],
but it is also pronounced [k] in words of Greek origin. It is silent, however,
in the word almanach.
ch = [ʃ] ch = [k] chercher archéologie réchauffer chaos chérubin chrétien architecte écho catéchisme orchestre Achille chœur
- The graphemes gu and qu can be pronounced
three different ways: [g], [gw], [gɥ] and [k],
[kw], [kɥ], respectively. The majority of words are pronounced
with simply [g] and [k], but the spelling will not tell you which sound
to pronounce, so you'll just have to learn them individually.
[g][gw][gɥ][k][kw][kɥ]anguille jaguar aiguille question adéquat quiescent fatigue iguane ambiguïté qualité aquarium équilatéral guérilla lingual linguiste équivalent square ubiquité distinguer Guadeloupe quartier équateur équidistant
- Even though most final consonants are not pronounced in French (see below),
there are a few exceptions, especially with words ending in -s. In words
ending in a consonant + s or -es, the s is silent. However, if a word ends
in -as, -ès, -is, -os, or -us, then the s is sometimes pronounced.
final s silent final s pronounced cadenas atlas débarras pancréas accès aloès exprès palmarès logis oasis clos vis dessous albatros confus sinus dehors ours
● Silent Letters
French, like English, is not written phonetically. Vowels can be represented by several different letter combinations and many letters are actually not pronounced. (You can thank early "linguists" who changed the spelling of many French words, with complete disregard to pronunciation, so that it was closer to Latin orthography.)
- The final consonant of many words is silent. Sometimes a final c, f,
l or r are pronounced though.
Final c, f, l, r silent
blanc cléf outil parler franc cerf sourcil chercher tabac nerf gentil habiter estomac persil fermer
Final c, f, l, r pronounced
- Similar to English, final -e in most words is not pronounced. For
feminine adjectives and nouns, this generally means that the final consonant
of the masculine form will now be pronounced.
MasculineFemininevert verte grand grande canadien canadienne boulanger boulangère chat chatte
- As mentioned above, a few silent letters were placed in French orthography for the prestige of being more similar to Latin. Other letters are now silent for other historical reasons (i.e. perhaps the pronunciation changed, but the spelling did not.) The following words all have silent letters:
bouc | œuf | fil | car |
lac | sauf | avril | mer |
avec | veuf | civil | pour |
donc | actif | col | hiver |
sept | rang | fils | trop |
rompt | sang | pouls | camp |
aspect | œil | saoul | chocolat |
instinct | fauteuil | cul | crédit |
pied | ail | Renault | riz |
nid | drap | sirop | nez |
- A few plural nouns change their pronunciations to include silent letters, whereas these consonants are pronounced in the singular form:
un œuf | des œufs |
un bœuf | des bœufs |
un os | des os |
● e caduc
La loi des trois consonnes states that [ə] may be omitted in pronunciation as long as it would not cause three consonants to be together. Of course there are exceptions to this rule, and some dialects of French do not delete it anyway (such as in the south of France.) However, this is extremely common in everyday French and English speakers need to be able to comprehend words with dropped syllables.
Phrase-final e is always dropped, except in -le in the imperative. It is also dropped at the end of nouns, articles and verbs. One exception to the three consonant rule is in the case of consonant clusters, such as br, fr, gr, pr, tr, etc. If the e precedes these clusters, and the e itself is preceded by a consonant, then it can be dropped: un refrain = un r'frain
Disappearing e
samedi / lentement / sauvetage | sam'di / lent'ment / sauv'tage |
sous le bureau / chez le docteur | sous l'bureau / chez l'docteur |
il y a de / pas de / plus de | il y a d' / pas d' / plus d' |
je ne / de ne / tu ne | je n' / de n' / tu n' |
je te / ce que / ce qui | j'te / c'que / c'qui |
Notice that dropping e in je also results in [ʒ] to become [ʃ] whenever it is found before voiceless consonants, such as [p], [t], [k], etc.
● Liaison
A loss of word boundaries in French makes it difficult to comprehend the spoken language for beginning learners. All of the words seem to be linked together without any clear divisions because the syllable boundaries do not correspond to the word boundaries. In many cases, the last consonant from one syllable (which is usually silent) will become the first consonant of the next syllable (therefore, it is no longer silent). This linking between syllables is called liaison, and it may or may not be required and the pronunciation of the consonant may or may not change. Liaison leads to many homonymous phrases, which can hinder comprehension. You must pay attention to the liaisons in verb conjugations as well or you may mistake one verb for another.
The written consonants involved in liaison generally include d, s, x and p. However,
the pronunciation of d, s, and x is changed so that they become [t], [z] and [z], respectively.
The letter n that is written after nasal vowels becomes the nasal consonant
[n]. Peculiarly, the f of neuf is pronounced [v] only before ans and heures and
in all other cases, it remains [f]. Remember that h aspiré prevents liaison
from happening, i.e. there is no [z] sound between des and haricots.
Examples of Liaison
elles arrivent | mon amour |
ils ont | les ours |
vieux arbres | dans un sac |
dix heures | très aimable |
attend-il ? | plus ouvert |
grand ami | il est allé |
There are a few instances when you should always use liaison (liaison obligatoire):
- after determiners: un, les, des, ces, mon, ton, quels, etc.
- before or after pronouns: nous, vous, ils, elles, les, etc.
- after preceding adjectives: bon, mauvais, petit, grand, gros, etc.
- after monosyllabic prepositions: chez, dans, sous, en, etc.
- after some monosyllabic adverbs: très, plus, bien, etc. (optional after pas, trop, fort)
- after est (optional after all other forms of être)
● Stress
French is a syllable-timed language, so equal emphasis is given to each syllable. This is quite unlike English, which is a stress-timed language, and which gives emphasis to one syllable in each word - the stressed syllable - and reduces the vowels in the rest of the syllables (usually to [ə] or [ɪ].) All vowels in French must be pronounced fully, and each syllable must be pronounced with equal stress, though the final syllable of each word is generally considered the "stressed syllable."
Listen to these words in English and French and see if you can hear the difference in stress. Stressed syllables in English are marked in bold.
- photography - photographie
- authority - autorité
- nationality - nationalité
- passion - passion
- education - éducation
- regiment - régiment
- monument - monument
- melodramatic - mélodramatique
● Intonation
Intonation in French is slightly different from English. In general, the intonation rises only for a yes/no question, and the rest of the time, the intonation falls. French intonation starts at a higher pitch and falls continuously throughout the sentence, whereas in English, the stressed syllable has a higher pitch that what precedes and follows it.
Listen to these sentences in English and French and see if you can hear the difference in intonation. Bold marks the higher pitch. Notice that even if the intonation pattern seems similar, the syllables with higher pitches are often in different locations. The numbers below refer to the pitch: 1) low, 2) medium, 3) high, 4) extra high.
English Intonation vs. French Intonation
Sentence Type | English | Intonation | French | Intonation |
Yes/No Question | Are you leaving? | 2 - 3 | Est-ce que vous partez ? | 2 - 3 |
Information Question | Where are you going? | 2 - 3 - 1 | Où est-ce que vous allez ? | 4 - 2 - 1 |
Imperative | Do it. / Don't do it. | (2) - 3 - 1 | Fais-le. / Ne le fais pas. | 4 - 2 - 1 |
Exclamation | What a surprise! | 2 - 3 - 1 | Quelle surprise ! | 4 - 2 - 1 |
Declarative | I bought a dress. | 2 - 3 - 1 | J'ai acheté une robe. | 3 - 2 - 1 |
● Informal Reductions
In everyday speech, there are other reductions in addition to e caduc. Many of these reductions are made for ease of pronunciation and are considered informal. The most common ones are reducing tu to t' before a vowel and omitting the final syllable of words ending in -re. Listen to these reductions in careful speech and everyday speech:
Informal Reductions in Spoken French
Careful Speech | Everyday Speech |
tu es | t'es |
tu as | t'as |
tu étais | t'étais |
tu avais | t'avais |
mettre | mett' |
notre | not' |
autre | aut' |
il | y |
il y a | y a |
ils + vowel | y'z |
elle | è |
elles + vowel | è'z |
parce que | pasq' |
quelque | quèq' |
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Tokyo: 31 January 2013
Organiser: Institute of Energy Economics, Japan (IEEJ) and the Government of Japan with support of IEA.
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Organised by the Institute of Energy Economics, Japan (IEEJ) and the Government of Japan with support of International Energy Agency (IEA) as part of the Energy Management Action NetworK (EMAK) the workshop aimed to share practices and experiences on programmes for and industrial actions on the implementation of industrial energy efficiency. In light of the electricity crisis resulting from the Great East Japan Earthquake, the government has ordered large industry and buildings to constrain demand and has asked voluntary actions from small and medium sized factories and buildings. This has spurred intensified industrial efforts to curb energy consumption and implement energy management systems. Japanese experiences in this area provide insights into possibilities to quickly ensure sustained industrial energy efficiency improvements and is of relevance to other countries faced with supply constraints or that are planning to implement ambitious energy efficiency programmes. The workshop also presented experiences from Australia where the Energy Efficiency Opportunities (EEO) Program has achieved substantial results in terms of reducing industrial energy consumption, Australian and German insights on the role of industry in demand side management, and experiences from Germany on the establishment of industrial networks for energy efficiency (LEEN).
Opening Session
1. Ms. Yukari Yamashita,Director, IEEJ
"Introduction and Objectives of EMAK 4th Workshop"
2. Mr. Hidemasa Nishiyama, Director, METI - "Japan's Policy on Energy Conservation"
Session 1
3. Mr. Hideki Mikami, Executive Director, Purchasing Department, Maruhan Corporation.
5-Year Energy‐Saving Initiative at 278 Pachinko Chain Parlors
4. Mr. Toshiharu Ota and Ms. Naomi Ikdeda, Denso Corporation.
"Activation of Energy‐Saving Initiatives through Establishment of Energy‐Effective
Organization & Development of New Technologies"
5. Mr. Motohide Ikeda, President, ENERES Co.,Ltd - "Demand Response Aggregator"
6. Mr. Keisuke Hiraoka, Energy Policy Division, Kanto Bureau of
Economy, Trade and Industry (METI‐Kanto) - "METI‐Kanto's Efforts to Promote Energy Conservation"
Session 2
7. Ms. Kris McCoy, Industrial Energy Efficiency Branch, Clean Energy and Energy Efficiency Division, Department of Resources,Energy and Tourism, Australia
"Energy Management and Energy Efficiency Lessons from the EEO Program"
8. Mr. Peter Dobney, Group Manager, Resources and Energy, Amcor
"Energy and Demand Reduction in Australian Manufacturing Industry– Amcor's Experiences"
9. Mr. Mirko Krück, Director, Economy & Policy,EnBW Energy Baden‐Württemberg inc.
Ms.Suzuko Tanaka,IEEJ - "Energy and electricity saving action: Demand side measures in Germany"
10 Dr. Dirk Köwener, Managing Director LEEN ltd.
"Introduction of learning energy efficiency networks (LEEN)"


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Reilly Smith had a power-play and an empty-netter for Boston, which won its seventh straight at home. The Bruins haven't lost at home in regulation since late October, going 12-0-2 in their last 14 games.
"That's what you're trying to do every year," Lucic said about Boston's run at TD Garden. "You want to make your building a tough one to play in."
It's Boston's best run at home since winning 14 straight from Oct. 25, 2008-Jan. 1, 2009.
"Every season we start talking about it, creating the atmosphere and getting the fans in it when we play against teams at home," Boston goalie Tuukka Rask said. "You're always disappointed when you lose at home."
Zemgus Girgensons scored for the Sabres, who beat the Bruins 4-2 in Buffalo on Thursday night. The Sabres, who haven't won three straight this season, had a two-game winning streak broken.
Bruins coach Claude Julien said the team's overall play is growing with each win in its own rink.
"I think the more times you win, the more confidence you get," he said. "We talked about it before the season, wanting our building to be a tough building to come in to."
Rask, who was rested Thursday, made 34 saves, including a pair of key stops early in the third period.
Buffalo backup Jhonas Enroth stopped 35 shots and dropped to 1-7-3.
Sabres interim coach Ted Nolan felt like it's even tougher for his team to win on the road when its not getting production from all if its lines.
"It' tough to win in this league if you only have one line going and a couple of other guys and a goaltender," he said. "Especially with us, we need a little bit more. But tonight it just wasn't there."
Krejci's goal broke a 1-1 tie early in the second period. Trailing and coming down the center of the ice, Krejci took a drop pass from Jarome Iginla before waiting and firing a wrist shot past Enroth's glove.
Krejci fed Lucic in the slot from the left circle, and Lucic beat Enroth with a wrister inside the left post.
Smith scored his empty-netter 21.4 seconds left.
Rask made a pair of right-pad saves seconds apart early in the third. Matt Ellis stole the puck from Brad Marchand near the blue line and cut in alone. Linus Omark fired in the rebound.
"It's a one-goal game. You try and keep it that way," Rask said. "We gave them some turnovers and they couldn't score. I guess you can say it was a momentum changer."
The Bruins were short-handed two players for a lengthy stretch in the second period after Patrice Bergeron was called for cross-checking, and Gregory Campbell got a four-minute penalty for high-sticking Jamie McBain 11 seconds later. Boston held Buffalo to two shots during the initial 1:49 stretch, and one when they were down one man.
Krejci felt like it was the truning point.
"It was big," he said. "It was a long 5-on-3, but we killed that. From there it felt like we took over the game and were in control."
Buffalo's captain Steve Ott said his team didn't challenge enough in Boston's end of the ice.
"I didn't think we did a good job of getting pucks behind them and then creating a fore check," he said.
Boston was short two players again with just over 6 minutes left in the game, but Ott got a slashing penalty seconds into the advantage.
Boston took a 1-0 on Smith's power play goal 9:39 into the game. Carl Soderberg sent a pass across the top of the crease to Smith, who one-timed a shot into an open side of the net.
The Sabres tied it late in the period when Girgensons banged in the rebound of Matt Moulson's shot. Moulson's wraparound attempt popped into Rask's stick side.
Game notes
Bergeron had his first career regular-season fight late in the second period, taking on Sabres defenseman Tyler Myers. ... The Sabres had killed 14 straight penalties before Smith's goal. ... Marchand was helped off the ice midway into the first period and was assisted down the runway to the dressing room area before returning to action a few minutes later. ... Bruins forward Shawn Thornton, who is appealing his 15-game suspension for taking down, punching and injuring Pittsburgh's Brooks Orpik, watched from the press box.
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(Photo by Jared Wickerham/Getty Images)Game Information
Arena: TD Garden Location: Boston, Massachusetts |
Referees: Ghislain Hebert, Ghislain Hebert Linesmen: Steve Barton, Derek Nansen |
Attendance: 17,565 (100.0% full) |
Team Stat Comparison
Buffalo | Boston | ||
1 | Goals | 4 | |
0 | Power Play Goals | 1 | |
6 | Power Play Opportunities | 3 | |
0 | Shorthanded Goals | 0 | |
4 | Penalties | 6 | |
11 | Penalty Minutes | 17 | |
35 | Shots on Goal | 39 | |
21 | Hits | 19 | |
27 | Faceoffs Won | 43 |
Scoring Summary
1st Period | BUF | BOS | ||
9:39 | Reilly Smith (10)
(Power Play) Assists: Carl Soderberg, Ryan Spooner |
0 | 1 | |
18:54 | Zemgus Girgensons (4)
Assists: Matt Moulson, Henrik Tallinder |
1 | 1 | |
2nd Period | BUF | BOS | ||
1:47 | David Krejci (7)
Assist: Jarome Iginla |
1 | 2 | |
3rd Period | BUF | BOS | ||
5:18 | Milan Lucic (12)
Assists: David Krejci, Zdeno Chara |
1 | 3 | |
19:38 | Reilly Smith (11)
Assists: Johnny Boychuk, Patrice Bergeron |
1 | 4 |
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