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Last month, I had the pleasure of speaking with Alaina Moore, of the indie-pop band Tennis. She, her husband Patrick Riley, and drummer James Barone released their third full-length album in September.
"Ritual In Repeat" is available now, and Tennis will be performing on May 17th at the Great Scott in Allston, MA.
WMFO: How has your process changed now that you're onto your third full-length album?
Alaina Moore: Weirdly as we wrote our second record, we didn't experience any kind of sophomore slump—it came super naturally. It was a fantastic experience, we had no problem. People asked about the sophomore slump afterwards and then it was in my head…
When we wrote our third record I had the sophomore slump, once I knew it existed. Anyway, I had basically the worst time ever writing Ritual in Repeat, nothing sounded right, nothing sounded like me, it felt forced. It was such a weird experience, but finally I came across (through the recommendation of a friend) a book called Daily Rituals which delineates the day to day routine of life, and explains the processes of best writers, artists, actors, philosophers…
How did that help you?
Well, everyone suffers self-doubt and lack of inspiration—grinding it out through the routine is what numbed our minds to get the work done. We had a really strict daily writing routine that changed a lot—read for an hour, write for an hour, play guitar for an hour, play piano for an hour, write some more… All of a sudden all of the songs just started being finished, after 8 months of getting nothing done.
The album is called Ritual in Repeat because that's what we found, sort of discovering an artist's daily ritual, repeating it, making the process feel comforting—it began to have a sort of spiritual significance.
Can you tell me a little bit about where you draw your inspiration?
It changes all the time—it's never the same. Sometimes it's a book I've read, sometimes a new or old album. Sometimes when we're on tour I start to realize that I want to write a different sort of song, something more rewarding—then we go home and do that. It always evolves, as we do as human beings.
I don't want to keep writing the way that we were on our first record. What has stayed consistent is newness and change, we go sailing again, and tour is a constant change, it's helped us keep working.
It's really wonderful how you describe everything as "we." How do you and Patrick like to work together? What's it like working together as husband and wife?
It's' a very different sort of "we." It's interesting because we feel completely connected, I don't' even notice when we say we, we've been doing this since the day we met. We do work really hard to maintain autonomy in our writing—we write separately and then once we have our personal ideas on our own we come together and finish it. We are both still pursuing personal things—our tastes have a lot of overlap but also have a lot of disconnect so we work a lot to keep our own ideas. Like any band or any relationship there's a lot of compromise. We respect that part of each other.
I'm a huge Black Keys fan, so I know that your second album was produced by Patrick Carney, as was Ritual In Repeat. Can you tell me what it was like to work with him?
The first time was an incredible learning curve. I felt bad for him actually, he had to teach us all of these things and there were all of these draining lessons. The second time around we had this report and this trust, we all feel like "Young and Old" is such a great record, so we had that to build off of.
You need so much trust when a producer wants you to do something that is out of your comfort zone, you don't want to do it. But we have this history that we're really proud of so we were able to push ourselves with him.
He just knows what it's like to be a self-made working band, though I don't want to enshroud that with romanticism… We share that, we aren't from a cool place, we're from Colorado and they're [The Black Keys] from Ohio, we're not from Brooklyn or something, our families weren't in bands or anything… We know what it's like to be poor and confused and mistrusting of major labels and big contracts. This shared history is one of the things that makes things work in the studio. We go to him a lot just for advice or just to complain.
Its funny how it started, we were so ignorant… We just emailed him, we were pretty naïve, just being like, "Hey dude, want to work on our album?" At the same time I'm like, now I would have been way too scared to reach out. It was kind of great how ignorant we were, we weren't afraid to just ask.
Best advice I could give to anyone: If you want something, just ask. The worst thing that can happen is if they say no. So many wonderful things wouldn't have happened if we hadn't been so ignorant and just asked anyway.
I am coming from a radio station; we play an enormous range of different stuff. I'm always looking for new music to play! What bands do you guys listen to?
We work really hard to listen to very obscure music, the word obscure is super relative, but we try to listen to off the beaten path stuff, just because what you listen to it influences your music so much. Sometimes I'll be writing something and think it's so genius and then Patrick will come in and be like, "This is a Katy Perry song."
If you're trying to write something original or new you have to dig really deep—you can't make something out of nothing, art and music is a conversation. We try to listen to really niche things because we want to bring things that are less explored territory, to bring new stuff to the forefront.
After all of this work and change, where do you see your music going?
I think that for our next album I think we're starting to realize how really important and integral the live element of being a band is to being successful these days—you have to tour a lot more than you used to in order to succeed, to keep afloat. Normally, I would write thinking of me in my room writing a song to record, but now it is to writing to play it all over the world. I have to write something that's more engaging, more of a narrative, and more performative.
The next thing is a really long sailing trip—after writing this next record it's time to recalibrate and go back to that really reflective place. We want to re-center and find that place again and see what we have after that.
We're going to go away for awhile, go back to sea, ready for the next stage of our career.
Fans that came to see Rx Bandits on Wednesday, April 8th at the Sinclair in Cambridge were treated to an excellent performance from beginning to end as we saw a strong showing from every act.
Cayetana was the first opener, and they brought an easygoing stage presence with them. The frontwoman commented that the first show that she had ever attended was to see "The Pharmaceutical Bandits" (Rx Bandits' former moniker). The three-piece, all-female outfit from Philadelphia played straightforward hard rock with lots of energy, the perfect first opener and excellent beginning to the show.
The next band was A Great Big Pile of Leaves, and the crowd reception to the indie rock group was so positive that one got the impression that many concertgoers were there to see them instead of the headliner. This made for a very strong set from the Brooklyn band. A lot of their set consisted of their most recent release from Topshelf Records, "You're Always On My Mind." The crowd was screaming the words along with the band for their last few tracks, which only set the scene for a killer set from Rx Bandits.
The indie-prog reggae-rockers (along every genre in between) opened with "Ruby Cumulous", the first full-length track off their most recent album "Gemini, Her Majesty". They played a few songs from this album, getting the 500-strong crowd moving and dancing all the way. There were some moshers in the front, but the mostly young, low-30s crowd danced harmoniously, enjoying the music.
The highlights of the night from Rx Bandits included excellent renditions of "Apparition" (reggae chops combined with a hooky chorus), "Wide Open" (hard-hitting), and "…And The Battle Begun" (fast-paced and complicated). The real treat of the set was when frontman Matt Embree slowed it down and played a cover of Bill Withers' famous track, "Ain't No Sunshine" in his own style.
Overall, the show was worth the price of admission and all three bands come recommended.
It's been a while since The Graveyard Shift (now Friday nights at midnight) posted to the WMFO blog, but we return with a vengeance: the show's first ever band interview. And it is fitting to feature a band that formed in WMFO's backyard. Carved in Stone has its roots in Malden and Medford and consists of Mike Olen and Adam Dipersio on Guitar, Andrew Ang on vocals, Jason Barsotti on drums, and newest member Anthony Torres on bass. While the band members are young (ages range from 19 to 24), Carved in Stone has been around since 2011, played with Psychostick, and graced the stage at the Palladium.
On Friday night, April 10, they'll be playing Day 2 of the South Shore Insanity Metal Fest at 91 South Street in Kingston, MA along with Quick! Before the Outbreak, The Floor's Embrace, Til Our Collapse, Lies in Motion, and Paradigms. The show is all ages, doors are at 6 p.m., and tickets are $10.
You can download two free tracks from Carved in Stone here and then listen while you read the full interview in which the band talks about the local scene, what it's like to book and play shows, and a special benefit show they play later in the month…
It looks like you went through some pretty early lineup changes. How did the band originally form, and how did the current lineup come together?
Originally it just started with Mike and Adam in high school playing acoustic songs. We met our previous members through advertisement. Personal reasons led to our previous members leaving and eventually it led to our current singer, drummer, and bassist.
What is it like to balance other commitments?
Balancing all of our commitments can be tough. Some of us are in school, and some of us are both working and in school. This is a passion of ours, and we are very dedicated to this band, so we make it work.
How did you come up with your name?
We were trying to think of a name for days. Our drummer at the time came up with Set in Stone, and it was already taken by other groups. We ended up changing it to Carved in Stone.
How was the recent bassist search?
It [was] tough. Bassists in this genre are pretty much unicorns! Pretty much impossible to find. Thank god a friend of ours has joined and we have a full band at the moment.
What was the first show you played, and what was that experience like?
Our first show was at Paul's Pub in Methuen. It was a new experience, but a memorable one. [It] was a dive bar, but we still had a blast with all of the other bands.
Malden/Medford isn't exactly known as a hotbed for metal, especially compared to areas like the Merrimack Valley and central and western Massachusetts. Do you feel unique coming from this area? Is there a bigger scene than people think?
There is not much of a scene, but there are some talented musicians that have come from this area. We like to think that we are unique and have our own style, but it has nothing to do with the area that we come from.
What is the state-wide scene like? Do you find it to be more collaborative and community-based? Or is there a bit of competition?
There are bands that love this music and want to play. The bands that we interact with are extremely talented. There are other bands that are not really in it to have fun, but rather do it to get big. We don't look at scenes to be competitive. Instead we look at it as inspiration. There are a lot of sick bands that we perform with and hear of, and watching them perform and listening to their music pushes us and drives us to become better both individually and as a band.
Are there any other local bands you've grown close with?
We have grown close with our good friends Til Our Collapse. We have also had some great experiences with Apollo's Resurrection, My Missing Half, Nightslasher [ed. note: who unfortunately just broke up last week], and many other amazing bands that we are lucky to have come across.
How do you go about getting gigs?
Adam does pretty much all of the booking. When we got our first show, we performed with some great bands who later invited us to perform with them again, and it just formed a chain reaction where other bands would invite us to perform with them. Eventually it led to us meeting the people we book with.
What is the biggest show you've played so far? What was that experience like?
We have performed at the Palladium a few times and [last year's first ever] Rock the Block Festival at the Claddagh. The experience is nerve-racking before we get on stage. Pretty much every performance we have is a bit nerve-racking before we perform, but once we start performing the nerves turn into excitement, and we just have a blast.
How did you end up on the Psychostick bill?
Thanks to our good friends from Killer Robot Promotions and Sammy's Patio we were able to land this amazing opportunity. A huge thanks to them for everything that they have done for us. Sammy's Patio is a great venue for any bands that are looking for shows. Every time we perform there the crowd is sick. We book our shows for Sammy's Patio through Killer Robot Promotions, and they are hands down one of the best bookers we have worked with. Highly recommend these guys to any band looking for a place to perform.
You had a flourish of shows around the end of 2014. What was that like?
It was a great experience. This is what we love to do so any show opportunity we come by, we will take it if we can. We grew a lot and the amount of shows helped us become a bit better with our performances each time.
Can you talk about the Angie's Angels benefit show you'll be playing on April 25?
This is a benefit show to help battle cancer. All of the proceeds go right to the Boston Children's Hospital. Angie's Angels is a group that helps with people that have cancer. It is going to be held at DV8 in Providence and promoted by Rocksteady Promotions. This is a great show, and we are very excited to be performing this show with our friends Til Our Collapse. Below is a link to the donation page. Please donate for this cause. Every dollar counts. You can also check out the Facebook event page.
Link to donate: http://fundraise.childrenshospital.org/site/TR?px=1302775&fr_id=1231&pg=personal
What do you find to be the best method of getting your music and band news out as an unsigned band?
Social media seems to be the best way of getting our name across. We use any social media you can think of. Word of mouth is also a great way.
What is your approach to and process for writing original music?
Usually Mike comes up with a riff or bare bone structure of a song, and during practice we will jam with him and come up with the other parts of the songs. If anyone else comes up with lyrics, a riff, or anything, we just start jamming to that part and it all just comes together naturally.
Are there certain lyrical themes you explore?
Mike usually writes a lot of the lyrics, and it is usually anything that comes to his mind. A lot of it is about his life and what goes on.
Can you talk about the songs you're currently working on?
We are experimenting with a more aggressive style than what we usually play. All of our songs usually have a different tone and uniqueness about them because we don't like to be bound by one style.
Are you planning any physical releases?
We did just finish a rough draft EP. We don't have much money so it's hard to plan anything now. We are saving for bigger things, though, so keep an ear out!
What else does 2015 have in store?
Hopefully we will have a lot more shows. We would like to get some new recordings and possibly more merchandise. We would also like to expand our reach throughout the New England area—possibly farther—and expand our fan base. Hopefully!
Somewhere in between trips to SXSW and appearances at the Comedy Central roast of Justin Bieber, Will Ferrell and Kevin Hart, the stars of Warner Brothers' new comedy Get Hard sat down with a group of college reporters to discuss the film.
Ferrell and Hart were both predictably charming and affable, cracking jokes between themselves, lauding praise on first-time director Etan Cohen, and responding to questions covering a breadth of topics.
In a sense, they compose themselves in much the same way throughout the film — this is not Ferrell or Hart at their most brash, both turning in performances that are about what you'd expect from them at this stage in their careers. Unfortunately, this laissez-faire approach ends up hurting the movie more than it helps it. Hart in particular is likable as the emotional center of the film, but neither star is able to elevate the movie beyond its rather odious premise: Successful hedge-fund manager James King (Ferrell) is convicted of a series of embezzlement and fraud charges and sentenced to 10 years in a maximum security lockup. Because his thoughts immediately turn to an inability to handle 10 years of prison-rape, he offers his car washer Darnell (Hart) $30,000 in exchange for a month of prison readiness training, based on the assumption that Darnell had spent time in prison. (When Darnell tells his wife about the new arrangement, she presses him for more explanation on where that assumption comes from: "I was being black," he responds). And that, sadly, is where most of the film's humor come from.
This is the kind of movie where one type of joke is hammered into your skull so many times you almost give up questioning the setup out of pure exhaustion. If you wanted to know how King, who we're repeatedly told is brilliant (he holds a degree from Harvard Business School and makes partner at his investment company) is dumb enough to make repeated assumptions and continually mis-read social cues, you're going to have a tough time digging through ethnic and rape jokes to find an answer. A trip to a gay hookup spot designed to teach King how to properly fellate a fellow inmate (because, the film reasons, this will prevent him from being raped) similarly relies on gay-panic humor and a full-frontal semi-erect penis as a sight gag.
It's not all that bad, however. Ferrell's hilariously white-collar prison-yard trash talk ("I hope you brought your rewards card, because the 8th d*** is free!", "I'm about to put a hashtag on your a** and see how many hits it gets") and backhanded snipes at Yale offer occasional glimpses of what could be an original take on the setup — but too often the film tosses these ideas aside in favor of easy jokes about people of color, rape, and homosexuality.
You get a sense that Cohen had some legitimate social issues on his mind when making the film; the opening credit sequence shows the disparity in basic living conditions between LA's wealthy and poor, the ostensible "villain" of the film is a disgustingly wealthy billionaire who buys an entire island as a tax shelter, and King misses the irony in claiming he "never asked for handouts" despite being born to a wealthy family. But nobody involved seems interested in making that kind of movie (Hart and Ferrell, for their part, entertained questions about the prison system and their preparation for the roles, but their responses indicate that research was not a big part of their process). Cohen is ultimately more interested in winding up his two stars and letting them play with the material. They're undoubtedly a great comic pair — you can't help but smiling every time 6'3" Ferrell physically lifts the 5'4" Hart — but in the end, they're underserved by the script (also by Cohen, along with Jay Martel and Ian Roberts) which settles for a tone that wouldn't be out of place in any Adam Sandler movie from the 1990s.
And in the end, this is a Will Ferrell/Kevin Hart movie from the 2010s — at this point, we should know what to expect.


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Wolfe, Steven H. and Noss, Reed E. and Reidenauer, Jeffrey A. and Flannery, Michael S. and Bland, Michael J. (1990) Ecological characterization of the Florida springs coast: Pithlachascotee to Waccasassa Rivers. Washington DC, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Biological Report, 90(21))
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This report covers the upper coast of west-central Florida. This region includes the drainage basins and nearshore waters of the west coast of Florida between, but not including, the Anclote River basin and the Suwannee River basin. The name Springs Coast wash chosen because this area contains a multitude of springs, both named and too small or inaccessible to have been names. Much of the area is karstic limestone. Most recognizable among the springs are the famous Crystal river, Weeki Wachee, and Homosassa. This territory includes large expanses of marsh and wetland and, along its shores, the southern end of the largest area of seagrass beds in the state -- the Florida Big Bend Seagrass Beds preserve. It also possesses numerous spring-fed rivers and streams along the coast, whose constant discharges provide unique, relatively stable estuarine environments. This document is a summary of the available information on the Springs Coast area of Florida, for use by planners, developers, regulatory authorities, and other interested parties. An understanding of the factors affecting their plans and the possibly unexpected impacts of their actions on others will, it is hoped, promote intelligent development in areas capable of supporting it. We have tried to provide a clear, coherent picture of what is currently known about how the physical, chemical, and biological factors of the environment interact. (343 pp.)
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Orlando Bloom close to joining 'The Hobbit'; Armie Hammer in talks to play Leo DiCaprio's lover
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Orlando Bloom is close to signing a deal to reprise his role as Elven archer Legolas in
"The Hobbit". Fans can expect a lot more than just a cameo appearance. Ian McKellen, Andy Serkis, Hugo Weaving are reportedly still in talks. [
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COLUMBIA — The cockroaches keep coming.
Shirley Hargis, 67, has tried everything to stop them from invading her two-bedroom apartment in Quail Run, a complex off Range Line Street and Route VV. She said her landlord had her duplex sprayed once but never followed up for a second treatment. For now, she sticks to Combat roach products. She's learned that it works best.
"If all the roaches set their minds to it," Hargis said, "they could pick up the building and move it."
Hargis has experienced a host of other problems since moving into her apartment 10 years ago and is frustrated with what she calls the poor maintenance standards in her community. As a woman with multiple sclerosis whose husband is in a nursing home after suffering from major strokes, she cannot physically repair her apartment. She is seeking other options for low-income housing.
"If they called tonight, I'd be packing," Hargis said. "I've got boxes in that bedroom impatiently waiting."
For years, the Boone County Commission has received complaint calls from tenants about public health concerns in rental housing. The commission, however, is unable to address these issues because it lacks the statutory authority to require county rental standards or perform inspections, unlike the city of Columbia.
Northern District Commissioner Skip Elkin has been on the receiving end of complaint phone calls, but he has to be upfront with callers: There's nothing he can do to require landlords to fix problems. To gain authority, the commission is now drafting legislation creating language asking the state for the ability to enforce rental standards.
Sometimes when Elkin receives a complaint call, he calls the landlord to inform them that a complaint has been made, but there is no formal process for such complaints, and Elkin cannot make the landlord address the issue.
Sometimes, Elkin said, the problem results from a miscommunication between landlord and tenant. But sometimes the landlord refuses to fix the problem because the tenant hasn't paid his or her rent.
An instance that sticks out to Elkin was a call that came from a duplex on Moberly Drive, a street in Bon-Gor Estates. The unit next-door had burned, but the fire department used water to douse the flames, and it smelled. Only plywood had been placed over the windows.
Elkin wants to make it clear, however, that the majority of landlords in Boone County keep their rental property in good condition. There are, though, isolated instances of apartments that turn into public safely issues.
"We're talking about just a small number of landlords. The vast majority of landlords are good, responsible landlords," he said.
If given authority from the state, the commission will look at rental properties on a complaint basis. If the county receives a complaint of a serious nature — a public health concern such as a leaky roof, broken windows or a gas leak — the county commission can perform an inspection and notify the property owner.
The amount of time the owner will have to fix the problem will depend on the severity, Elkin said. If a screen is broken, the owner might have 30 days to fix it, for example, whereas a leaky pipe might have to be fixed immediately.
"We want to be reasonable and practical with it," Elkin said.
Most counties, Elkin said, do not typically have standards for rental housing because in rural areas there are not as many rental units. Because cities have higher populations and more rentals, there are standards in most larger cities. However, with Boone County's size and growing number of rental properties, it would be helpful to establish minimal standards.
"We're at the point, size-wise, where it would be in the best interests of public health and safety and property values to establish some minimal standards for rental properties," Elkin said.
Short on cash
Hargis said she has had experiences with her apartment that have put her health in danger. Perhaps the most hazardous was when her sewer backed up for six months to a year, she estimated, making it difficult to flush the toilet.
"Every time you turned around, it was stopped up," she said.
The toilet eventually backed up into her bathroom and damaged her floor. The black stains, whether caused from the sewer or mold, remain. When workers dug up the sewer line to repair it, the pipe was crushed.
"You can still smell sewage. You aren't supposed to smell that," Hargis said.
Dan Peterka has owned the Quail Run property since March 2004. He said his problems with maintaining good living conditions stem from problems with finding a good property manager. According to Peterka, his former property manager filled the apartments with people who had not undergone background or credit checks. As a result, people who could not afford to pay rent were living in the apartments, and there was not enough money for proper maintenance.
"I'm short on cash. It's difficult in this economy," Peterka said.
He added that he should have more money coming soon to address maintenance needs, but now he uses 433-Stop.com LLC for his management.
"Finding management is a problem," Peterka said. "I finally have a good one now."
Peterka said he cares about the welfare of his tenants, but he doesn't support the idea of giving the county authority to require minimal rental standards.
"I personally keep my properties up," Peterka said. "I'm one for small government. Government is too intrusive already, and I don't think we need it. If a tenant doesn't like where they live, they can move. For the most part, landlords take care of their property, and I take care of my property. I care about my tenants, and I always have."
Never-ending problems
But Hargis' laundry list continues. Another incident happened when her furnace pilot light was out. Hargis called the maintenance man, but he didn't know how to fix it. It took another week before they sent someone to repair it.
The carpet where her cat, Sugar, lies has completely flattened into a thin sheet from wear. It hasn't been replaced in 10 years. Hargis said it was supposed to be replaced two years ago but was only cleaned.
Pictures leaning against her wall by the front door cover up water damage from a time when a leaky overhang on her front porch allowed water to seep in under the door and collect near the wall. The previous owner fixed the roof before selling the property, but the wall remains warped.
Walking past the television, briefly interrupting the game of "Wheel of Fortune" playing on the screen, Hargis banged on the shared wall of her apartment, alerting her neighbor to come over.
"That's our signal," she quipped.
Robert Barney, who was next door visiting but also lives in the complex, knocked on the apartment door within seconds. Barney agrees that the Quail Run apartments are in bad shape, with the landlord refusing to fix problems because other tenants don't pay rent.
"How long did it take to get your patio door fixed?" Hargis asked Barney.
"Which one?" Barney chuckled. "They don't do a thing around here but mess up. They don't want to fix anything. They just want to collect the rent."
Drafts and doubts
Stan Shawver, Boone County Planning and Building director, is working on a proposal for the legislature.
"We're reviewing what other communities do and what their standards and ordinances are," Shawver said.
Once the legislation is drafted, they'll look for lawmakers to sponsor it.
Boone County sheriff's Detective Tom O'Sullivan, who has wanted to adopt rental standards for quite some time, agrees with Elkin that most landlords are responsible, but he thinks there should be oversight for those who aren't.
"Most of our calls for service are to communities that are rentals immediately outside the city limit," O'Sullivan said. "Some are in deplorable standards, but not all rental property is substandard. A lot would not be allowed to operate if it were in the city."
The sheriff's office, O'Sullivan said, handles the call but lacks the authority to do anything about rental conditions.
"The city has rules, regulations and ordinances that landlords have to abide by. We don't have that in the county," he said.
The city uses the Rental Unit Conservation Law, which requires that rental units meet the general licensing ordinance, zoning ordinances and the Property Maintenance Code. If tenants have problems with their apartments, they can file complaints with the city.
"They have the right to file a written complaint with our office," Brenda Canaday, senior building inspector with the Office of Protective Inspections, said in an e-mail. "There is a $15 deposit, which is refundable at the time of the inspection, if violations are found. If no violations are found, the city retains the deposit and you are sent a receipt in the mail.
When violations are found, a letter is sent to the landlord to repair the violations. A re-inspection appointment is prescheduled at that time."
O'Sullivan added that when he started with the sheriff's department 21 years ago, there were fewer people living in the county. With population growth comes more rental properties and also the need for rental standards.
"We're well past the time where we need some rules, regulations and ordinances," he said, "but because of our county form of government, we're unable to develop them. We're asking the legislature to pass the bill that would allow the county to regulate rental standards."
Still, Barney is skeptical that any oversight authority would do any good.
"If you bring them in to inspect, what would they do?" he questions.
Hargis thinks that even if the county did inspect her apartment buildings, they would have to condemn them.
"They need to get out here and do what they need to do," Hargis said. "I'm not trying to be a crank tenant, but you're not living up to your expectations. Period."


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Generation of nondiffracting quasi-circular polarization beams using an amplitude modulated phase hologram |
JOSA A, Vol. 28, Issue 8, pp. 1716-1720 (2011)
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We propose an approach to the generation of nondiffracting quasi-circularly polarized beams by a highly focusing azimuthally polarized beam using an amplitude modulated spiral phase hologram. Numerical verifications are implemented in the calculation of the electromagnetic fields and Poynting vector field near the focus based on the vector diffraction theory, and the polarization of the wavefront near the focal plane is analyzed in detail by calculating the Stokes polarization parameters. It is found that the electric field, magnetic field, and Poynting vector field can simultaneously be uniform and nondiverging over a relatively long axial range of
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OCIS Codes
(050.1960) Diffraction and gratings : Diffraction theory
(140.3300) Lasers and laser optics : Laser beam shaping
(230.6120) Optical devices : Spatial light modulators
(260.5430) Physical optics : Polarization
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Original Manuscript: May 4, 2011
Revised Manuscript: July 1, 2011
Manuscript Accepted: July 2, 2011
Published: July 27, 2011
G. H. Yuan, S. B. Wei, and X.-C. Yuan, "Generation of nondiffracting quasi-circular polarization beams using an amplitude modulated phase hologram," J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 28, 1716-1720 (2011)
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This is a remake of my old song 8bit clouds! :D as requested from quite a number of people on youtube.
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"It is morally, ethically outrageous if we impose high-stakes exams on children who haven't been given the same opportunities as other children to develop their skills. There's something deeply hypocritical in a society that holds a child responsible."
Teacher and education activist Jonathan Kozol In a talk titled "The Artificial Meritocracy: The Silence of Our Academic Leaders on the Savage Inequalities and Deepening Resegregation of the U.S. Public Schools" Johnson Chapel, Nov. 17, 2004
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Geology major Charles Hoxie '05 Talking about the conversion of the Charles Pratt building from a museum to a dorm In The Amherst Student, Dec. 1, 2004
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"The general view is that potentially our economy could grow between 3 and 4 percent per year. But we haven't grown that fast in the last few years. If you [compare] how we've actually grown to [the mid-point of] that potential, which would be 3.5 percent, the cumulative gap over the last four years is equal to approximately $1.7 trillion. I don't know how you feel about that, but to me that's a lot of money."
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Vashon lacrosse takes down Garfield
The Vashon Lacrosse Club's boys high school team took its game to a higher level with a victory on the road over Seattle's Garfield High School on Tuesday, April 2. The win established Vashon as a contender in Division II of the Washington High School Boys Lacrosse Association.
From the opening face-off, Vashon demonstrated focus and intensity. However, the team did not immediately hit its stride. It took most of the first half for realigned midfield and defensive units to find their rhythm.
Vashon's powerful offense came through to keep the game close at the half with attack men Luke Hembree, Caz Mozeleski and John Smith leading the way to an 8-8 halftime tie.
In the second half, Vashon's defense fortified to limit Garfield to two goals. Led by junior goalie Aaron Bomber, defenders Matt Amundsen, Ian McWhirter, Max Croonquist and Eli Sedgemore repeatedly thwarted and frustrated the Garfield offense.
At the other end of the field, Vashon's offense continued to score, even on two occasions when Vashon was a "man-down" serving a penalty.
Garfield's defense could not find an answer for Vashon's multi-dimensional scoring machine. After Garfield narrowed Vashon's lead to 10-9 toward the end of the third quarter, Vashon pulled away again to finish with a 14 -10 victory.
The Vashon victory was a classic example of teamwork. Ten of Vashon's goals came off of assists from teammates. In addition, goalie Bomber took the lead in the league with the most saves.
The team will take a break before finally playing its first home games. They will play Highline at 5 p.m. Wednesday, April 18, and they'll face Seattle's Nathan Hale High School at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, April 21.
— Charley Rosenberry is the coach of the high school boys lacrosse team.
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The battle for abortion reform
Lifetimes of hard work to legalise abortion in Australia by a Monash University staff member and her late husband is the basis of an upcoming ABC telemovie.
Dangerous Remedy is a police drama inspired by the story of Adjunct Associate Professor Jo Wainer, from Monash University's Eastern Health Clinical School, and her late husband Dr Bertram Wainer, and their first steps on a 40 year journey to make abortion safe and legal. Associate Professor Wainer continues this work today.
"I started in 1967 when I was an undergraduate at the University of Melbourne, from there I became the inaugural secretary for the Abortion Law Reform Association, which is how I met Bert," Associate Professor Wainer said.
"We set up Australia's first abortion clinic in 1972."
Associate Professor Wainer was part of a small team that worked for four years to support state MPs and ministers, including Candy Broad, Maxine Morand and Daniel Andrews, to introduce the Act in 2008 that took abortion out of the Crimes Act and left it as a normal medical procedure, with the decision in the hands of the woman and her doctor.
Dangerous Remedy is a 'cops and docs' drama based on the story of their struggle to expose police corruption in an effort to change the law on abortion and put an end to the illegal backyard operations that were killing young women.
The journey took them deeper than they ever imagined, putting their lives at risk in the process as they discovered that the trail of police corruption went all the way to the top, making a lot of powerful people very nervous.
Subsequently, Bertram was stabbed and left for dead, his sister's house was firebombed, Professor Wainer's brakes were cut, and a colleague of theirs, Lionel Pugh, died under suspicious circumstances. To top off the violence, both Associate Professor Wainer and her husband were shot at.
"I learnt to carry a pistol, check for snipers and gelignite in the exhaust of the car, and always drive checking the rear vision mirror," Associate Professor Wainer said.
Neither Associate Professor Wainer nor her husband knew what they were getting into when they started identifying illegal abortion and its risks to women and doctors.
"Each step of the way we had to ask ourselves; is this new risk worth it? And each time the answer was; women are dying, if we do not act, who will?" Associate Professor Wainer said.
"If we want a just and democratic society then abuse of power has to be confronted. We were willing to do whatever it took."
Associate Professor Wainer has published her book Lost: illegal abortion stories with Melbourne University Press.
"As an historian, I realised that the experiences of women who lived through the horror of illegal abortion would be lost if they were not recorded, and any community which refuses to know its own history is established on a false foundation," Associate Professor Wainer said.
"At the time women were stigmatised, terrorised, humiliated and abused if they became pregnant and could not continue the pregnancy. As a nation we must acknowledge that dark chapter in our story."
Dangerous Remedy will premier on ABC1 at 8.30pm on Sunday, 4 November 2012.
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It is true: Israel did use "disproportionate force" when fighting Operation Cast Lead. It was also "collectively punishing" the Palestinians.
"The testimonies we have heard… have been very difficult to hear, but I believe it is important that we listen to these stories," said UN investigator Richard Goldstone, presenting his committee's report this week.
Again, that is hardly a stunning insight. People who reside in war zones have ugly stories to tell, and regular consumers of both Israeli and Palestinian press reports already know the gory details — many accurate, some invented — of Israel's invasion of the Gaza Strip.
Some actions by IDF soldiers should be condemned, investigated, maybe even prosecuted by Israeli authorities. Others were taken in the aggressive pursuit of achieving the war goal, of stopping the shelling of Israel.
So there is very little new evidence in this report, few new revelations. The committee could even argue that it suffered from lack of information because Israel did not cooperate with it — a cause, or an excuse, for errors.
One example: the committee could find no evidence proving that Hamas men were hiding in hospitals. Israel could have provided such evidence.
However, Israel decided not to play this game of bias-under-the-fig-leaf-of-the-UN. This was the only reasonable decision to be made. And the proof of that pudding is in the eating. Judge Goldstone might reasonably claim he is innocent when confronted with questions of accuracy and detail, of shady sources and one-sided reliance on the Palestinian side, because Israel was not cooperative. But the way the committee analysed the facts it did have shows that Israel had no chance of being treated fairly.
For example, the report says that Israel carried out "direct attacks against civilians with lethal outcome".
That civilians were killed is known. That in some cases more caution should have been used is also clear. But had Israel practised "direct attacks" against civilians in Gaza — had this been Israel's policy — the number of Palestinians killed would have been in the thousands, not hundreds.
When the vast majority of the killed and wounded are gun-holders and Hamas members, one should assume that killing civilians was not Israel's intention. Mostly it was a mistake. Occasionally, over-zealous pursuit by unruly soldiers was to blame.
But the judge did not just want to highlight the "outliers", to say that in some instances IDF soldiers used too much force. Judge Goldstone wanted to indict the government and the military, to claim that the policy was criminal in nature.
In essence, he was playing a role. Judge Goldstone himself is one tool — call it a weapon — that Palestinians learned to use skillfully against Israel. They cannot win on the battlefront, they do not seem to want to compromise or invest more energy in building their "institutions". But they can use the Goldstones of this world, the Human Rights Watches and the international legal circus as a way of harassing Israel.
This should not be treated lightly. As modern Israeli history has shown again and again, systematic delegitimising is dangerous.


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Space Week Roundup: The Right Stuff
Well, last week's space theme was exciting for readers and staff alike, not least of all because we had a real actual NASA astronaut baring his soul daily. Here are the highlights:
Sex In Space: When's Someone Gonna Get Freaky in Zero G?
In his final installment as Gizmodo's cherished Astroblogger, real-life astronaut Leroy Chiao covers the taboo topic of sex in space. Will it happen? Has it happened? Guess you'll have to read to find out...
The First Feelings of Space
Contributing astronaut Leroy Chiao kicks off his Gizmodo guest blogging with the answer to that most frequently asked question, "So what's it like?" Here are his very first impressions of life in space:
Meet Leroy Chiao, This Week's Contributing Astronaut
Leroy Chiao has flown on the Space Shuttle three times, spent six months commanding the ISS, and logged over 36 hours walking in space. This week he's blogging for Giz. We're excited.