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U.S. Troops Show Higher Morale, Fewer Mental Health Problems: Report
(Associated Press: Pauline Jelinek)
A new report says U.S. soldiers had higher morale and suffered fewer mental health problems in Afghanistan last year as they handed off more duties to Afghans and saw less combat themselves.
Global Defense Spending to Grow After Years of Decline
(Bloomberg: David Lerman)
Global defense spending will increase this year for the first time since 2009 because of surging military budgets in Russia, Asia, and the Middle East.
Iran Gets First Tranche of Assets Under Sanctions Relief
(Reuters: Mehrdad Balali, Anna Yukhananov)
Iran's official IRNA news agency earlier on Monday reported the money went into an Iranian Central Bank account in Switzerland.
Senators: Kerry Admits Policy Failing in Syria
(The Hill: Jeremy Herb)
Sens. John McCain and Lindsey Graham say Secretary of State John Kerry told a congressional delegation that the Obama administration's Syria policy is failing and needs to change.
Recruiting Fraud, Kickback Scandal Rocks Army
(USA Today: Tom Vanden Brook)
More than 800 soldiers are under criminal investigation for gaming a National Guard program that paid hundreds of millions in bonuses to soldiers who persuaded friends to sign up during the darkest years of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Karzai Arranged Secret Contacts With the Taliban
(The New York Times: Azam Ahmed, Matthew Rosenberg)
Peace talks with the Taliban could explain why the Afghan president has held up a security deal, straining his relationship with the United States.
Fake Zombie Attack Shows Major Flaws in U.S. Cybersecurity, Study Warns
(The Washington Post: Craig Timberg, Lisa Rein)
Agencies fail to take basic preventive actions such as creating strong passwords, a Senate report says.
Hacker Group Accuses Angela Merkel Government of Helping to Spy
(The New York Times: Melissa Eddy)
The Chaos Computer Club accused the German chancellor and members of her government of violating the law by helping intelligence agencies in the United States and Britain to spy on German citizens.
Internet Giants, Amid Grumbling, Release New Data on Government Spying
(National Journal: Dustin Volz)
Google, Microsoft, and other companies are thrilled to be able to tell their customers more about the government's surveillance orders—but are still seeking more transparency.
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U.N. Nuclear Agency May Press Iran on Rare Isotope in Probe
(Reuters: Fredrik Dahl)
The U.N. nuclear watchdog says it wants Iran to clarify past production of small amounts of a rare radioactive material that can help trigger an atomic bomb explosion.
Iran Minister: Final Nuclear Deal Possible Within Six Months
(Time: Andrew Katz)
Foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says final deal within reach if "good will" exists.
A Pocket Guide to the Military's Many Scandals
(National Journal: Sara Sorcher, Jordain Carney)
Don't be surprised that the military is starting to focus more on ethics training.
Pentagon Looking for 'Big Mechanism' to Mine Health Data
(USA Today: Ray Locker)
The Pentagon is planning to embark on a $45 million data-mining program.
Why the U.S. Military Can't Kill the Benghazi Attackers With a Drone Strike
(Time: Mark Thompson)
Even if they could be found, the U.S. has effectively tied its own hands.
Study: Less War Improves Mental Health of Soldiers
(USA Today: Gregg Zoroya)
The imminent end of the U.S. war in Afghanistan has triggered some of the highest morale and lowest levels of mental illness among deployed U.S. soldiers in years, according to an Army mental health study released Monday.
Deputy to U.N. Syria Envoy Steps Down
(Associated Press)
Nasser al-Kidwa, the deputy to international Syria mediator Lakhdar Brahimi, is stepping down.
Russia Says Syria Committed to Abandoning Chemical Arms
(Reuters: Alexei Anishchuk)
Russia stepped up its defense of Damascus on Monday.
Syria Meeting in Rome Endorses Immediate Action to Ensure Humanitarian Access
(Associated Press)
The U.N. humanitarian chief says a meeting of key international players involved in trying to end the Syrian conflict has endorsed a dozen steps to ensure immediate humanitarian relief.
Why al-Qaida Kicked Out Its Deadly Syria Franchise
(Time: Aryn Baker)
After a protracted turf battle, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria finds itself on the outs. That will likely make things even more dangerous.
Bill to Help Veterans Pay Tuition Advances
(Associated Press)
The House passed legislation on Monday that would require public universities to charge veterans in-state tuition rates or face a financial penalty.
Another Big Blow to the Iran Sanctions Bill
(The Washington Post: Greg Sargent)
The push for a new Iran sanctions bill may have stalled in the Senate, but it's still alive and kicking in the House.
HASC Race: Thornberry Has Edge in Helping GOP Candidates
(Defense News: John Bennett)
One candidate to take the House Armed Services Committee gavel next year has donated vastly more to GOP political candidates than his rivals.
Inhofe Slams Obama for Benghazi 'Lie'
(Politico: Burgess Everett)
The senator accused Obama of telling an "outrageous lie" about the attack on a consulate in Benghazi and alleged the administration is orchestrating a cover-up that will eventually rival Watergate in scope.
North Korea May Be Able to Build Own Missile Launchers
(Global Security Newswire: Rachel Oswald)
North Korea appears to have developed some domestic capability to build mobile missile launchers, according to independent researchers.
Role of U.S. Contractors Grows as Iraq Fights Insurgents
(The Wall Street Journal: Dion Nissenbaum)
Hundreds of contractors working for America's biggest defense companies are taking on a broader role in helping Iraq's military learn to use new weapons.
Abbas Seeks NATO Force in Future Palestine
(United Press International)
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says he proposed to Secretary of State John Kerry a U.S.-led NATO force patrol a future Palestinian state indefinitely.
E.U. Ambassador Warns Israel of 'Increasing Isolation' if Peace Talks With Palestinians Fail
(Associated Press)
Lars Faaborg-Andersen told Israel's channel 2 TV Monday that such a scenario wouldn't necessarily be a result of European policy, but rather the actions of private companies.
'Patrol-bots' Eyed as Surveillance Answer
(Defense Tech: Bryant Jordan)
A California start-up is turning out capsule-shaped robots that it says could serve as the eyes and ears of base police units.
22,500 Face Cuts This Year
(Air Force Times: Stephen Losey)
The Air Force is planning to cut roughly 22,500 airmen this year alone through its massive force-management programs.
USAF Leaders Hint at Platforms, Personnel Cuts
(Defense News: Aaron Mehta)
A number of statements, both in public appearances and during interviews, provide a sense of direction for the Air Force's plans.
2013: Year One of 10?
(Air Force Magazine: Amy McCullough)
Meet the new normal. It will probably include tiered readiness, abandoned missions, grounded squadrons, and canceled classes.
Interview: Gen. Michael Hostage, Commander, U.S. Air Force's Air Combat Command
(Defense News)
Hostage is charged with keeping the combat air forces ready to go at a moment's notice.
U.S. Marshals Take Accused Air Force Deserter Into Custody
(The Columbia State: John Monk)
A captain who disappeared from Shaw AFB in December and who the Air Force Office of Special Investigations considers a potential deserter has been arrested in Alabama.
Guard Bureau Outlines Counterproposal for Army Aviation Restructure
(Inside Defense)
The National Guard Bureau has outlined a counterproposal to the Army's aviation restructure plan that would retain some AH-64 Apaches in the reserve component, according to an NGB document obtained by Inside the Army.
Military Sniper Links His String of Armed Robberies to PTSD
(Los Angeles Times: David Zucchino)
As an Army sniper in Iraq and Afghanistan, Gabriel Brown craved danger.
Submarine Base 'Never Better' Despite a Tight Budget
(The Day: Jennifer McDermott)
When the new commander of the Naval Submarine Base hosts visitors, he takes them to the gym.
The One-Way Mission of the H.L. Hunley
(Naval History Magazine: Brian Hicks)
One hundred and fifty years ago, an unusual, innovative craft viewed by many as a failed experiment made naval history when she became the first submarine to sink an enemy warship.
Navy Names Ship in Honor of Astronaut John Glenn
(Associated Press)
The former Ohio senator attended the ceremony in San Diego at General Dynamics' National Steel and Shipbuilding Company.
Marines Raise Money From Their Powerful 'Brand'
(USA Today: Jim Michaels)
Over its storied 238-year history, the Marine Corps has built a powerful brand.
DOJ Investigates Big Banks' Dealings With Libya: Report
The Justice Department is investigating investment deals made around the time of the financial crisis and afterward and whether the firms violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
U.S. Urges South Sudan to Honor Ceasefire, Free Political Prisoners
(Reuters: Lesley Wroughton)
The United States urged South Sudan's leaders to implement a January 23 ceasefire between the government and rebels as an advance team of regional monitors arrived in the country
Europe, U.S. Offer Ukraine Help
(USA Today: Olga Rudenko, Louise Osborne)
The offer could put President Viktor Yanukovych under increasing pressure to step down.
American Tanks Return to Europe After Brief Leave
(Stars and Stripes: Michael Darnell)
American tanks have returned to military bases in Germany where they had been a heavy presence since World War II.
The U.S. Must Reconsider Its Failed Syria Policy
(The Wall Street Journal)
For months Mr. Kerry has been assuring the world that Syria's epic carnage could be best addressed by peace negotiations in Geneva.
Hillary the Hawk?
(National Interest: Usha Sahay)
If comfort with overseas intervention and the use of force is considered a point-blank disqualifier, liberals will find themselves with precious few options come 2016.
Bitter Pills
(Air Force Magazine: Frank Oliveri)
The U.S. can't pay its troops enough for their service, but it also can't afford continually rising compensation.
Open Letter to John Kerry: Tough Talk in Munich Threatens to Undo Peace Process
(The Huffington Post: Abraham Foxman)
Describing the potential for expanded boycotts of Israel makes it more, not less, likely that the talks will not succeed.
U.S. Missile Defense Isn't Ready for Prime Time
(Defense One: Tom Collina)
In the next few months, the Pentagon plans to conduct a test of its troubled long-range missile-defense system.
Media Coverage of Olympic Terror Threats Shines Spotlight on Wrong Players
(The Daily Beast: Dean Obeidallah)
The media's focus on the Olympic terror threats tells the bad guys they can take home gold.
The U.S. Dilemma in Egypt
(Defense One: Bernard Gwertzman)
The army's heavy-handed crackdown against the Muslim Brotherhood has the United States concerned "that Egypt is going down a path of persistent instability," says Egypt expert Michele Dunne.
The Talks, Round Two
(The New York Times: Roger Cohen)
For six months now, Israeli and Palestinian negotiators, led respectively by Tzipi Livni and Saeb Erekat, have been tied up in U.S.-mediated peace negotiations.
Holding Sri Lanka to Account
(The New York Times)
Washington is once again trying to put pressure on the government of Sri Lanka to commission a credible, independent investigation of crimes and human-rights abuse.
For Terror Suspects, Wheels of Justice Grind Slowly
(The Wall Street Journal: Gerald Seib)
The slow prosecution of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed—confessed murderer of Danny Pearl and alleged 9/11 ringleader—shines a light on the U.S.'s troubled terror-justice system.
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Celebrity Cricket League 2014
Celebrity Cricket League 2014 | CCL 4
Celebrity Cricket League Season 4 is scheduled to start from 25th January 2014. Celebrity Cricket League (CCL) is a non-professional men's cricket team based in India.
The official breakdown of teams is eight teams of film actors from eight regional Indian film industries. The event has grown since its inception in 2011 and is becoming a mainstay in India where its popularity is rising. The event will be covered by a number of Indian TV networks. The eight teams have been divided into two groups, which will reduce the actual number of matches played.
The fourth season of the Celebrity Cricket League (CCL 4) season four was inaugurated by legendary cricketer Sachin Tendulkar in Mumbai on Friday. A tentative match schedule for the new season was also released.
Defending champions Karnataka Bulldozers will start their campaign on January 26, 2014 against the Bengal Tigers in Bangalore. The two semifinals and final will be held in Hyderabad on February 22 and February 23.
The event witnessed various celebrities from across 8 Indian languages such as Sonu Sood, Suneil Shetty, Sudeep, Ritesh Deshmukh, Genelia D'souza, Venkatesh, Huma Qureshi, Boney Kapoor, Dhanush, Shruti Haasan, Manoj Tiwari, Mahesh Majrekar, Mahesh Babu, Pooja Chopra and Charmi. Over and above, the event also witnessed the legendary cricketer Sachin Tendulkar along with wife Anjali Tendulkar.
When asked to speak more about this collaboration, Tendulkar said "It is an honour to witness this versatility in my friends. I have seen a few matches that have been played. Great to see the passion that stars have for cricket and indeed surprising to see the competition taken to another level."
There seemed to be a perfect blend of entertainment and fun when Usha Uthup called Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar over on the stage and dedicated a song to him from a Telugu movie in which Dhanush had acted.
Vishnuvardhan Induri, the Founder and Managing Director of CCL present at the launch said, "CCL-4 will take entertainment to a different level altogether . It will be more colorful and gripping and will keep the fans engaged."
The Celebrity Cricket League journey has come a long way ever since 2010. There has been a considerate increase in the number of teams and the level of competition has got bigger and tougher.

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In WordPress: Creating Custom Widgets and Plugins with PHP, Drew Falkman teaches PHP developers how to create custom functionality for WordPress 2.0 through 3.0 using widgets and plugins. This course starts by installing and setting up WordPress 3.0 on both Mac and Windows, then provides an in-depth look at tasks related to these WordPress add-ons: installing and administering, building and customizing, creating editable options and database tables, working with posts and pages, and utilizing jQuery and AJAX. There are also tutorials dedicated to promoting a widget or plugin, adding security, and localizing the interface. Exercise files are included with the course.
WordPress is powered by a MySQL database. The main way that we can access this database directly is using the special wpdb class, which is loosely based on EasySQL. It's an abstraction of the SQL language for MySQL, and it does require a little bit of knowledge of Structured Query Language. Keep in mind that while you can access most of the data in the database directly, you probably don't want to do. There are a lot of different functions made there to get options and get posts and pages and things like that. You want to use those where possible.
Eventually, you may be creating your own database tables, and this can be helpful to know. I have a dbinfo.php plugin that I created in our plugins directory, and it's set up to be a widget in the admin. So you can see I've added this dashboard widget function which registers that function, and then I added the action. So I am all set up, just like we learned how to do in the admin widgets video. What I am going to do now is I am going to access the wpdb class, so the first thing I need to do is set it into the global scope.
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So we'll save it, and let's go into the Plugin screen and activate it, and then we can go to our dashboard, and we should see it up here. So you can see, it's output all this data. We have show_errors, suppressed_errors, last_error, num_queries, num_rows, rows_affected, and all kinds of different information that tell us about the database. All the different fields are available as properties. You can see I have the categories field. I have some other things, the users table, the taxonomy table--all this information I can access.
We don't need to see all that though, but maybe we do want to see a couple of things. So let's add something that will output the last query. So to do that, we simply echo $wpdb-->last_query. I am going to close the paragraph. We'll do another one that will show the last error. It's just for admin users, so they can see what's going on in the database.
Let's go ahead and refresh. So you can see we have our last query, which is something in regards to generating the menu, and the last error, which is nothing, because we haven't had any errors yet. All right, so let's go ahead and get some more information. There's a special query method that will run the query, but it'll returned how many records were affected by that query. And a lot of times we use this for insert and updates and things. But it can be a good way to get a count of something. So Total Users, and then we can just say echo $wpdb-->query and then in here, we can just say SELECT ID from wp_users.
And you can type in the fields directly, although usually you're going to want to use these variables, which I'll show you in a second. So you can see I have two users currently in the database. If you want to access data from the database, there's basically four ways you can do it: You can get a single field from the database, you can get a single column, you can get an entire row, or you can get a whole result set from a query. So if I wanted to just get a single field, I am going to ahead and get the Last post, and we are just going to say echo $wpdb-->get_var, and then I want to say SELECT post_title FROM and then to use table names that are built in, you can just concatenate on the properties, wpdb, and this is going to be in posts, dot.
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Question: What is the difference between baleen and toothed whales? Exactly what is baleen?
Answer: Baleen whales are passive filter feeders with no teeth. Instead of teeth they have flexible plates of dense bristles (called baleen slats) attached to their upper jaws. Baleen is a unique material made of keratin – the same substance as human fingernails. When they feed, baleen whales fill their mouths with sea water and use their powerful tongues to push the water through the baleen plates and out of their mouths. The baleen acts as a filter: as the water passes through the baleen, tiny organisms living in the sea water are trapped against the bristles and then swallowed. These small food items are mostly plankton, krill and small fish.
Toothed whales, on the other hand, are active predators that each much larger prey. They use their teeth to catch and hold their prey and generally swallow it whole.
The presence and absence of teeth and baleen is not the only difference between the toothed and baleen whales. Baleen whales are generally large in size with huge jaws, despite their tiny prey items. In fact the Blue Whale, a baleen whale that feeds almost exclusively on krill, is the largest animal alive today. The toothed whales are generally smaller and have smaller, more streamlined jaws. The other major difference between the two groups is that baleen whales have two external blowholes whereas toothed whales only have one.
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- The Kansas City Chiefs' Run at Perfection (2-0) Some analysts would've been the skeptical that the Chiefs managed back to back wins all season, much less in the first two weeks. Already at 2-0 Kansas City is off to its best start since 2005, back when Larry Johnson first stepped up as a backfield beast and Matt Cassel was a third string quarterback behind Tom Brady and Doug Flutie. Now with LJ serving as a big name backup for the 'Skins and Cassel the current face of the franchise, the Chiefs look to have some life for the first time in nearly 5 years. Credit Scott Pioli with finding some gems through the draft and free agency as this year's rookie class has already made their presence felt on defense and special teams and 2008 3rd round pick Jamal Charles emerging as one of the biggest home run threats in the league, alongside a host of solid if not spectacular early round linemen.
- Can't-Win Dallas Cowboys (0-2) Perhaps the Cowboys weren't a consensus preseason Super Bowl pick, but few, if any, onlookers expected this team to be fighting for their playoffs lives so early. In a quick 0-2 hole, that is precisely where the 'Boys are now, leaving themselves little margin for error if they are to become to first team to play a Super Bowl home game. It's not just that Dallas has opened with two straight losses, it's the quality of teams they've fallen victim to. Sure, the Redskins are supposed to be better under McNabb but by no means is their on-field remake of Grumpy Old Men supposed to contend for the NFC East. The Bears are a surprising 2-0 squad in their own right, besting the Cowboys just a week after they probably should have lost to the Lions were in not for a questionable ruling on Calvin Johnson's would-be game winning catch. Sure, new Romo girlfriend Candice Crawford got the Cowboys over the playoff hump, but if the team stumbles to miss the post-season entirely the Dallas faithful may start to reminisce more fondly on the Jessica Simpson era.
- No Quarterback, No Problem for the Steelers (2-0) In most years seeing the Steelers towards the top of the standings would hardly qualify as a mild surprise must less a shocker. But without QB Ben Roethlisberger for the first 4 games of the year, the Steelers were supposed to be lucky to escape with a split record of 2-2. Now a 2-2 record is worst case scenario for Pittsburgh fans, as the stellar Steelers D looks like it's returned to 2008 form behind a healthy Troy Polamolu. After dispatching of the Falcons and Titans, two teams with realistic playoff expectations of their own, it feels as if even Kordell Stewart (not just Slash-Kordell, Bears-Kordell as well) could come out of retirement and still lead this unit to victory. Through 2 weeks, the Steelers have allowed a combined 76 yards on 35 carries to two of the NFL's premier running backs in Michael Turner and Chris Johnson. With Tampa Bay on the horizon and a Baltimore team that's had its share offensive struggles in Week 4, the Steelers have a realistic shot at going 4-0 before Big Ben makes his return.
Honorable Mention:MV7 and the Philadelphia Eagles (1-1) Ok, it's not surprising to see the Eagles lose to the Packers and beat the Lions, but to see Michael Vick outperform Kevin Kolb with a game and a half of inspired regular season play feels like a time warp back to the Bush Administration.The Upstart Bucs (2-0) The Kansas State Wild- Excuse me, Tampa Bay Buccaneers are certainly among the league's most unexpected undefeateds, however they are penalized for a particularly weak schedule thus far. Still, the Bucs have proven to be better than the Browns and Panthers, though all that may have really accomplished is effectively screw up their draft pick in April.


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Sharing materials sounds awfully altruistic but there would have to be strict controls on cost....and what happens when you want the raw sienna and someone else has just used up the last bit? Unfortunately some folk can be greedy and "pooled resources" could only ever work in groups where there's total trust.....or with a husband/wife or very long-term friendship.
I find groups distracting; too much chatter. I am happiest when working alone, where I can talk to myself and work through problems without fear of ridicule. Guess some of us are just happy being lone wolves.
This post gives only the positives which I agree are great, but I have been in a shared studio situation that ended badly because I trusted the person would keep his end of the bargain with only a hand shake and his word. I lost my beautiful prime location studio because of his bad behavior - like not paying his share of the rent and using my supplies without asking or offering to replenish and worse things I can't repeat here. I encourage any artist who wants to share space to have everything written down and signed. Especially if it is a paid space with a lease involved. Especially if you are friends, lovers, etc. Establish the rules of the road to address all contingencies.
I have been sharing a studio for several years with various artist friends. We have our own materials and designated wall space but the actual working area is communal. There are benefits from having a shared studio. Of course there is the companionship of other artists but best of all you can problem solve and learn from each other. We even have an open studio day when other artists can come in for the day to work and commune with us. It all works out quite nicely.
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FSU/Asolo Conservatory Announces 2014-15 Season
BRADENTON –On Monday, The FSU/Asolo Conservatory for Actor Training announced its line-up for next season. From a thrilling Mamet adventure to a Shakespearean comedy, the students of the elite graduate program will have plenty of chances to show off their dramatic chops.
In October and November 2014, Asolo Rep and the FSU/Asolo Conservatory for Actor Training will once again present the New Stages Tour, which features third-year Conservatory students. The New Stages Tour brings condensed, new adaptations of classic literature to schools and community venues throughout the state of Florida. This season's production will be Shakespeare's magical romantic comedy, A Midsummer Night's Dream.
The season will then kick off on November 5 with David Mamet's The Water Engine, a dark drama story of an industrious inventor who creates an engine that runs on water, and finds himself the victim of nightmarish persecution by mysterious figures from the oil industry.
The season will continue December 31 with Shakespeare's beloved comedy As You Like it, a brilliant comedy that will be performed by the entire company of second-year Conservatory students.
Jeff Bowen's musical sensation Title of the Show hits the stage February 18. This hilarious and often bittersweet play focuses on two struggling young artists and their two friends who race to write a successful piece in just three weeks, resulting in the very musical the audience is seeing!
Closing out the season, Anton Chekhov's brilliant portrait of a society poised on the verge of the 20th century, The Cherry Orchard, will be directed by Andrei Malaev-Babel and opens April 8.For more information visit the Asolo Rep website.
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The new Thule 623 Force Alpine cargo roof box is the narrowest model available in Thule Racks exceptionally well designed, extremely durable, affordable and easy to use mid-level priced Force Series of hard-shell, protective, waterproof luggage-cargo gear and snowboard-ski containers for mounting to roof rack cross bars. The narrow design of the 623 Force Alpine box is ideal for maximizing car rack cross bar space when you want to attach other gear carriers at the same time to the cross bars. Perfectly sized to fit a very broad range of vehicles -- including sedans, wagons, minivans, CUV and SUV models, pickup truck cabs, Jeeps etc. Provides a generous 12 cu./ft storage capacity - plenty of space for all kinds of luggage and cargo gear, vacation supplies and camping equipment, skis-snowboards (holds up to 5-6 pair skis / 2-3 snowboards) and more. Includes locks and keys for total system security. Dual-side opening design for convenient opening and closing the roof box from either side of the vehicle. Features a matte black finish with diamond-textured AeroSkin box lid. The Force 623 Force Alpine replaces the previous generation Thule 602 Ascent 1100 roof box with significant upgrades and all-new features.
- Universal Mounting to Roof Rack Cross Bars - Connects directly to virtually all factory rack cross bars, any aftermarket base rack system cross bars from Thule (including AeroBlade and Xsporter Pro load bars), Whispbar, Yakima, Inno cartop base rack crossbars etc.
- Unique Narrow Design - The 623 Force Alpine is ideal for maximizing car rack cross bar space when you want to attach other gear carriers at the same time to the cross bars. Perfectly sized to fit a very broad range of vehicles -- including sedans, wagons, minivans, CUV and SUV models, pickup truck cabs, Jeeps etc.
- Dimensions: 81.5(L) x 24.5(W) x 17(H)
- Diamond-Textured AeroSkin Box Lid - The unique AeroSkin box lid serves up premium good looks, exceptional long-lasting durability and an aerodynamic shape that dramatically minimizes fuel cost. Reinforced construction makes the lid strong and easy to open and close.
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- Thule Over-Sized SecureLock System (locks and keys included) - Ensures all cargo gear, luggage, camping equipment, skis, snowboards etc. are safely locked, and the cargo roof box is properly closed prior to driving. When locked, the Thule 623 Force Alpine cargo container itself is also secured to vehicle base rack system cross bars and safe from theft.
The Thule Racks 623 Force Alpine roof box delivers 12 cubic feet of storage space - plenty of room for skis, snowboards, sports gear and equipment, luggage, vacation and camping supplies, shopping bags and much more. Easily transports up to 5-6 pair skis / 2-3 snowboards. Unique narrow design is ideal for maximizing roof rack cross bar space, allowing you to mount other gear carriers at the same time to the cross bars. Universal Thule Quick-Grip mounting hardware enables the 623 Force Alpine box to quickly attach directly to virtually all factory rack cross bars, any aftermarket base roof rack system cross bars from Thule (including AeroBlade and Xsporter Pro load bars), Inno, Whispbar, Yakima base rack system cross bars etc.
Advanced aerodynamic design styling (includes diamond-textured AeroSkin lid) effectively minimizes wind drag and improves vehicle fuel economy. Enhances the look of any vehicle. Very durable and stiff construction that is scratch and scuff resistant and resistant to UV sun rays, ensuring the slick looking matte black color exterior appearance never dulls or fades. Features water-proof protection as well. Significantly expanded range of mounting points and adjustable positioning on roof rack cross bars for rear trunk and back hatch door clearance, allowing you to open your vehicle's rear hatch door or car trunk up completely without contacting the back of the box. Lid on the box features diamond-textured AeroSkin design for added strength and improved aerodynamics. Thule Over-Sized SecureLock system (locks and keys included) is a cinch to operate, simultaneously locking all gear and equipment inside the cargo container, as well as locking the container itself to the cartop roof rack cross bars.
Dimensions: 81.5(L) x 24.5(W) x 17(H) / Weight: 36 lbs.
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Mystery Babylon
(Rev 17:5 KJV)
And upon her forehead was a name written,
(Rev 17:1 KJV)
And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will show unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters:
(Rev 17:3 KJV)
So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.
(Rev 17:15 KJV)
And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.
|Drunken with the blood of the saints
|Become the habitation of devils
|I sit a queen, and am no widow
|Burn her with fire
|Was clothed in fine linen
|She made desolate
|The voice of the bridegroom
(Ezek 36:33, 34 KJV)
Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the day that I shall have cleansed you from all your iniquities I will also cause you to dwell in the cities, and the wastes shall be builded.
And the desolate land shall be tilled, whereas it lay desolate in the sight of all that passed by.
Drunken with the Blood of the Saints*
Become the Habitation of Devils
I Sit a Queen and am No Widow
Make Her Desolate and Burn Her with Fire
Was Clothed in Fine Linen
She Made Desolate
The Voice of the Bridegroom
(Rev 17:6 KJV)
And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration.
(Rev 18:24 KJV)
And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth.
(Mat 23:35-37 KJV)
That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.
Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation.
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!
Become the Habitation of Devils
(Rev 18:2 KJV)
And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.
(Jer 7:32, 33 KJV)
Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that it shall no more be called Tophet, nor the valley of the son of Hinnom, but the valley of slaughter: for they shall bury in Tophet, till there be no place.
And the carcases of this people shall be meat for the fowls of the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth; and none shall fray them away.
(Jer 9:11 KJV)
And I will make Jerusalem heaps, and a den of dragons; and I will make the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant.
I Sit a Queen and am No Widow
(Rev 18:7 KJV)
How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow.
(Jer 3:8 KJV)
And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also.
Make Her Desolate and Burn Her with Fire
(Rev 18:8 KJV)
Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her.
(Rev 17:16 KJV)
And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire.
(Mat 24:2 KJV)
And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
(Mat 22:1-3, 7, 10,11 KJV)
And Jesus answered and spake unto them again by parables, and said,
The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son,
And sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they would not come.
But when the king heard thereof, he was wroth: and he sent forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city.
So those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together all as many as they found, both bad and good: and the wedding was furnished with guests.
And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment:
Was Clothed in Fine Linen
(Rev 18:16 KJV)
And saying, Alas, alas, that great city, that was clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and precious stones, and pearls!
(Ezek 16:10,11, 13, 16 KJV)
I clothed thee also with broidered work, and shod thee with badgers' skin, and I girded thee about with fine linen, and I covered thee with silk.
I decked thee also with ornaments, and I put bracelets upon thy hands, and a chain on thy neck.
Thus wast thou decked with gold and silver; and thy raiment was of fine linen, and silk, and broidered work; thou didst eat fine flour, and honey, and oil: and thou wast exceeding beautiful, and thou didst prosper into a kingdom.
And of thy garments thou didst take, and deckedst thy high places with divers colours, and playedst the harlot thereupon: the like things shall not come, neither shall it be so.
She Made Desolate
(Rev 18:19 KJV)
And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas, that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate.
(Dan 9:27 KJV)
And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.
The Voice of the Bridegroom
(Rev 18:21- 23 KJV)
And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.
And the voice of harpers, and musicians, and of pipers, and trumpeters, shall be heard no more at all in thee; and no craftsman, of whatsoever craft he be, shall be found any more in thee; and the sound of a millstone shall be heard no more at all in thee;
And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived.
(Jer 7:34 KJV)
Then will I cause to cease from the cities of Judah, and from the streets of Jerusalem, the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride: for the land shall be desolate.


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fuel reprocessing facilities, designed both to increase international confidence that significant diversions from declared facilities would be detected and to strengthen the ability to provide timely warning concerning covert facilities and activities.
Recommendation 1a
The countries that currently provide nuclear fuel services should redouble efforts, with other countries and the IAEA, to establish mechanisms for increasing reliability of supply of nuclear fuel, so that countries that do not now have enrichment technology would have reduced incentives to build their own uranium enrichment facilities.
Recommendation 1b
The international community should help countries provide adequate capacity for safely storing spent fuel (on their own territory or elsewhere), or reliable reprocessing services from existing providers, to reduce countries' incentives to establish their own reprocessing facilities. Separated plutonium or fabricated plutonium fuel should not be sent to countries that have not previously received such material and do not have reprocessing capabilities. The spread of separated plutonium to additional countries poses many of the same proliferation risks posed by the spread of reprocessing capabilities.
Recommendation 1c
For similar reasons the United States and other nations should reduce and seek to minimize commerce in and the transfer of highly enriched uranium (which poses proliferation risks) except if sealed in a reactor core.
Second-level findings:
To ensure a reliable supply of nuclear fuel, a country needs reliable fuel fabrication services as much as it needs reliable sources of uranium and enrichment services.
To assist in the international fuel assurance programs, it would be helpful if nations with fuel fabrication facilities made those available.
Fuel fabrication technology for uranium oxide fuel with low-enriched uranium is not sensitive from a proliferation perspective. Hence, if countries choose to establish their own fabrication capabilities to produce fuel assemblies for their own nuclear power stations, without establishing uranium enrichment or spent fuel reprocessing capabilities—as South Korea has done, for example—this should not pose significant international concerns.
Finding 2
Several messages are clear from the NAS-RAS workshop and other recent discussions in Vienna about assurance of supply:
Few countries have declared a willingness to forgo forever a right to develop their own uranium enrichment or spent fuel reprocessing nuclear technology in the future.3


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This Week's Obsession: Patterned Tights
We always love Serena's outfits, but we can't stop talking about the amazing tights she wore in Season 4, Episode 12: "The Kids Are Not All Right." They're so bold and unique, and we're dying for a pair just like them!
You may not have noticed, but Blair's minions also sported incredible hosiery. It added something special to their otherwise matchy-matchy outfits.
If you buy patterned tights, take a cue from the Gossip girls and go all out. Select a strong pattern (geometric ones really pack a punch), and don't be afraid to mix and match with other patterns and textures in your ensemble.
Notice how Serena's skirt is a different pattern from her tights? Well, the outfit still works because she kept an all black palette. Patterned tights are a simple and inexpensive way to spice up your wardrobe. We'll make it easy for you, too! Here are some of our faves::


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How long does it take for a guy to cum?
i love receiving blow jobs from my girl, but the problem is I don't come fast enough and she get tired so I don't ever get to finish. ~how long does... Show More
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They don't call it a 'job' for nothin'! =D It's hard work!
I can go for a while, but if it feels like it's taking him a long time, I usually combine using my hand too for a while, then go back to it. I like being able to pleasure the guy I am seeing to an orgasm. Time goes by really slow for us down there, but 10 minutes is not too long - nor is 15-20. But let her change it up, pull her on top of you for a bit if you feel like it's still gonna be a while, then send her back down there when you feel closer to coming.
I also wonder if guys sometimes feel bad expecting a blow job and taking a while so they want to come soon so we don't cool off or tire out and putting that pressure on themselves makes it harder to come.
Just relax and don't make yourself try to come quick. Just enjoy it - she is doing it to make you happy and give you pleasure, so just enjoy it. The goal is pleasure and connection... orgasm is sometimes a wonderful result of that, but doesn't always have to be the main goal.
Also, I agree with one of the commenters below... sitting up and being able to see her will help you come a lot faster!
What Girls Said 8
My guy often takes 10+ minutes and I love it. It lets me try all kinds of moves and helps me find out exactly what he likes. The get him off ASAP, I combine a really strong suck with a gentle flicking of the tip of his shaft. Definitely speeds things up. If you don't feel like telling your girl how to give a job, try holding her head and getting into to the in/out action. Make sure you are sitting up and watching her suck on you, my hubby says that watching me do the deed is almost as hot as the act itself. If all else fails, just enjoy!
Its actually very common that guys find it difficult to come from a bj. I presume the sensation is different from sex (I'm a chick obviously).
Plus its really difficult for a chick to keep the momentum going when giving a BJ and be constant. I see BJ's more as a tease and see it as part of foreplay anyway and don't expect or get upset if my guy doesn't cum.
That's how I see it I mean if your guy cums your probably all turned on but you haven't gotten any attention yet and know he's not interested in sex. I mean I love eating a girl out but if after that she was like I'm done lets go to bed I don't need for you to stick it just lick it, I don't think I'd give her oral anymore. I don't think a girl would give oral long if that was her whole sex life either
Guys can really differ on the amount of time need to get off. Probably not anything wrong with you, just your a guy that takes longer. Maybe she could start off with a hand a job and when your close she could finish you with a blow job. But please don't expect her to do a forever long blow job. I have been there and it really sucks. But as encouragement, you will have no problem with this in sex... its better to be a guy that takes longer to get off when having sex lol
Yea. but its become a problem. she always feel bad because she can't make me come even during sex.
Well if your having that much of a problem coming, it wouldn't hurt to talk to a doctor and see if there is anything that can be done about it. I totally get the feeling of not being about to get some one to cum... it happens some times especially if you don't wait long enough to go again. But maybe try talking to her and reassuring her that its not its not her fault.
What Guys Said 18
First off relax about it if you pressure yourself to come you wont. Second if your really just relaxed and enjoying the experience and it takes over ten minutes than you will last longer for other activities.
I have had a one hour strait bj and it was amazing one of those experiences you never forget. but I voiced my pleasure and told her things I like didn't like complimented etc. She knew she was giving me pleasure! This is crucial if you talk longer like me you need her to know that she is giving you pleasure every second so that she can enjoy it as well.
depends on the day for me. Sometimes, only like 10 mins during a blowjob. other times, I have the unfortunate problem of getting it up but can't finish, even during sex. All depends on how much or whether or not I have alcohol in my system. The problem is, if I can't come in the first few mins, I honestly start to worry about it, cause I don't want her to think she's not doing a good job, almost to a point of anxiety, which makes it impossible to cum.
Try drinking a lot of water during the day, and don't jack off for a day or 2, and it will go faster. Maybe have her change her technique, just tell her in a nice way (don't be like, you are bad or anything).
The key is, don't worry about it, just enjoy it
it isn't based on time but on sensation of a particular sort. you could be about to come and then she changes the pace a little and then it is lost. the same applies to women. we aren't machines that take a predestined amount of time. my girl has given me head for over half an hour. typically I don't come from that, I pull out at one point and have her suck my balls while I jerk off until I come and let her pick if she wants it on her face, chest, or in her mouth. I have probably never came purely from the blowjob itself, the stimulation is never quite right, just brings you close. one girl here said finish with the BJ but that is wrong, you need to start with BJ and finish with sex or your hand.
Half the time I can't come when my girls giving me head. A lot of the time it depends on the mood and also the skill of the girl. If I'm getting head and I want to cum, we have sex. That solves that problem every time. If you guys aren't at the level where your having sex yet. Once you notice your girl get tired get yourself off and if she's into it put it on her face or something. Its way easier for me to get myself off that a girl by any means. Unless it involves her vagina.
Takes me significantly longer to get off via a blowjob than from PIV sex, and way longer than masturbating. I think it has something to do with me being less comfortable with just letting loose when it's her head down there. Like I'm always concerned about hurting her, which is distracting.
One thing that helps get me off is when she lightly traces her fingertips across my scrotum. Don't know about anybody else, but that totally works for me!
For me; when getting a blowjob it takes me (oh, maybe) about 30-45 min. The more she's into it, the quicker I'll get there. With a handjob, it's takes me about 30-45 min also. unless I'm just jacking myself, then I can do myself in about 10 min or so. Now, full intercourse is another animal: if you subtract the fore-play (which it's so much better with the fore-play) then we can go for straight out humping for a good 20 to 30 min (that's pure, full fledged penis into vagina/ in-out in-out intercourse). But we usually go for about 45min or 1hr of fore-play first!
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Posted by Kevin on 03/14/2014
This is without a doubt the best cheesesteak in NYC. The authentic Amoroso's bread, the thinly sliced chopped ribeye with your choice of cheese and toppings. Such a simple recipe but so hard to execute properly. These guys perfect it time and time again. Add waffle fries and killer onion rings and it is food nirvana!
Posted by Michelle on 06/02/2011
My fiance and I went here for dinner last night and it was great! The sandwiches were flavorful and served piping hot. The service was quick and friendly. Best thing is that you can customize your sandwich to fit what you want. If you can't make it to Philly for a real cheesesteak then this is definitely the next best thing.
Posted by johnny utah on 04/26/2011
Had one yesterday and it was SLAMMIN! Great job guys! Lovin it!
Posted by MW917 on 12/04/2010
This place seems more like worlds away from Philly (or NYC even!) than any distance that can possibly be measured in miles. I had a better cheesesteak in Lincoln, Nebraska once (apologies to anyone reading this who is from Lincoln. I just wouldn't have expected to get a decent cheesesteak there!). Despite this place being a C- at best, Carl's (the only good cheesesteak in NYC) doesn't deliver, and sometimes you just need a sandwich and you need it delivered. I've tried to order from this place 4 times in the last month and a half. I was on hold for a minimum of 10 minutes each time, and two of the calls were off peak hours (2PM and 3:30PM respectively). The staff is all rude, which would be one thing if this place were Jim's, Gino's or Pat's, but hell; the sandwich can't even hold Carl's proverbial jockstrap. In addition, the cheese fries and onion rings are tasteless; a footnote, but important nonetheless. The unpleasant attitude becomes even more annoying when you consider that the two times I did actually get through a "complete" delivery, my large order of attitude came with several sides of " this order is completely wrong". Between the subpar food and the inability to get a simple order of "one wit whiz and onions and a side of cheese fries" correct, it really made me want to call them back and advise them to be on top of things (both in terms of flavor and competence) if you want to be that condescending.
Posted by used to be a regular on 08/09/2010
this place used to be the best cheesesteak in town - now the people who work there have changed and the food sucks, the delivery system is dysfunctional, and the people there have a huge attitude problem! hey guys, you're not doing us a favor by selling us a cheesesteak, we're doing you a favor by continuing to patronize your restaurant. but hey, this is the east village - i'm not even looking for polite, i'm looking for delicious. 99 miles, you used to have that going for you at least but now you've fallen off. you can keep your ice cold, fatty, stale breaded sandwich and your clumsy, greasy interpretation of waffle fries. i'll get my cheesesteak love elsewhere, and you can keep working on your goal of being left alone by your customers - the good news is your staff seems completely focused.
Posted by Dreamboat Annie on 07/09/2010
I went to college in Philly, and this is as good as I've had anywhere. It is the ONLY place to have a cheesesteak in NYC. I will order it with extra cheese whiz next time, but it was great the way it was with tender chopped beef a la Pat's and great sauteed onions on a soft roll just as it should be and sooooo delicious! If you've never experienced a cheesesteak you are missing something great and this place is the remedy.
Posted by ksisaacs on 04/16/2010
The Philly Cheesesteak deal was $12 for a can of soda, fries and the cheesesteak, of course. The waffle fries were nicely seasoned but cold and the cheesesteak was in need of more cheese. As mentioned, place is small, so grab and go and fhe cashier dude wasn't too friendly but the others behind the counter were cool. For me, I can bet there are other places to go for a better hoagie, so would I go again? Maybe if I was in the area but this is nothing to go out of your way for.


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The legislation will become a law Sept. 1, unless vetoed.
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Folk Espresso, early morning folk music to get your week started. A different host each week.
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Folk Espresso playlist for 10/27/2014
|Chris Stewart
|Simple Poetry
|Anny Celsi
|Wayne Haught
|All the Way to Heaven's Gate
|Folding Mr. Lincoln
|Next Exit South
|Two Rivers
|Kelly Brightwell
|Hearts and Home
|Fiddle & Pine
|12 Degrees
|Self-Titled CD
|Honey Whiskey Trio
|Duncan and Brady
|Stories of Love, Death and Spirits
|Dulcie Taylor and Tony Recupido
|Lost on Some Sea
|Only Worn One Time
|Fiddle Whamdiddle
|Blacktail Weasel
|Old School Old Time
|Robyn Landis
|Slow It Down
|Vi Wickam
|Bitter Sweet
|Long Time Comin'
|Jim Faddis
|In My Dreams
|In My Dreams
|Cakewalk Into Town
|Live in Dungeness - The Summer Sessions
|Keith Alan Mitchell
|Been Buried
|This Clumsy World
|Avery Hill
|Fare Thee Well
|Fare Thee Well
|Linda McRae
|Hope It Lasts Through Supper
|Rough Edges & Ragged Hearts
|Nina Jo Smith
|Hey Songwriter
|People, Places and Sings
|Megan McLaughlin
|Eden's Daughter
|My Next Life
|The Reid Jamieson Band
|Juniper's Kitchen
|Elephant Revival
|Break in the Clouds
|Break in the Clouds
Each fall in a West Coast city a three-day conference called FAR-West takes place. This year it was in Oakland...and I managed to get myself down there for it. The event is part of the big organization called Folk Alliance, so the weekend drew hundreds of folk musicians. There they showcase their music (it's pretty much nonstop music for three days) and those who would book these artists and play them on the air get to know them and their talent. So that's what I'm bringing you this morning: tons of good music from new, up-and-coming musicians. You'll hear more from them in coming shows!
Musically yours,
Folk Espresso playlist for 10/06/2014
|The Decemberists
|The Engine Driver
|Lincoln's Beard
|Fortune Be With You
|Our American Cousin
|Jay Cobb Anderson
|Sweet Moonlight
|I'm a Rambler I'm a Fool
|Alison Rice
|Blood on Blood
|Red Horse Ranch
|Billy Hults
|Evening Blues
|Billy Hults...The Anthology
|Steve Cheseborough
|Hear Me Talking To You
|Fetch It!
|Jaime Leopold & The Short Stories
|Take A Trip Downtown
|Self-Titled CD
|Carl Solomon
|Those Two Crows
|Black Top Beauty
|Black Prairie
|Dirty River Stomp
|A Tear In The Eye Is A Wound In The Heart
|Low Tide Drifters
|Real Victories
|Music for the Rest of Us
|Creighton Lindsay
|Alela Diane
|My Brambles
|Pickathon 2007
|Jonathan Byrd
|I Was An Oak Tree
|Division Street
|Self-Titled CD
|Ages and Ages
|When I Was Idle
|Alright You Restless
|Wheel on Fire
|Ride Out the Dark
|Blind Pilot
|Keep You Right
|We Are the Tide
Support LOCAL musicians (so talented!) and support KBOO (so valuable to our community!)...
Musically yours,
Folk Espresso playlist for 09/29/2014
|The Starboard List
|The Grey Funnel Line
|Songs of the Tall Ships
|Geoff Kauffman
|Herzogin Cecile
|Fair Stood the Wind
|Tim Laycock
|The Bold Granadee/Jack's Alive
|Sea Strands
|Mary Garvey
|Tall Trees
|NW Tugboat Songs
|John Townley
|Sailing Down the Chesapeake Bay
|Chesapeake Sailor's Companion
|Bill Staines
|The First Million Miles
|The Trail Band
|Donkey Riding
|Lewis and Clark
|Pilots of Tiger Bay
|High Barbary
|By the Tale
|Jeff Warner & Jeff Davis
|Down in the Diving Bell
|Two Little Boys
|Great Big Sea
|Harbor Lecou
|The Hard and the Easy
|D Squared
|Anthology of River Songs
|Gordon Lightfoot
|Christian Island
|Don Quixote
|Bruce Molsky
|Wreck of the Dandenong
|If it Ain't Here When I Get Back
|The Johnson Girls
|A Wife in Every Port
|On the Rocks
|Kate Rusby
|I Courted a Sailor
|Little Lights
|The Finest Kind
|From Dover to Calais
|For Honour and For Gain
|Holdstock and MacLeod
|Bold Riley
|Deepwater Return
|Cormac McCarthy
|When My Boat is Built Again
|Troubled Sleep
|Off to Dutch Harbor
|Two-Man Crew
|Three Strong Winds
|Rock Yourself on the Ocean
|We Are Here
|Yankee Clipper
|Lament for the Landlocked Whale
|Hauling Home
|Gordon Bok
|All My Sailors
|Bob Zentz
|The Red Duster
|Close-hauled on the Wind of a Dream
|Tow Lewis
|Wreck of the Bayrupert
|Mixed Cargo
|Lee Murdock
|Let the Light from the Lighthouse
|Standing at the Wheel
Folk Espresso playlist for 09/22/2014
|Leslie Evers
|No Dew on the Avenue
|I Can't Remember My Dreams
|King Cardinal
|A Short Trip to Mackinac Island
|Self-Titled CD
|Lincoln's Beard
|Eyes Agree
|Honorary Sibling
|Colleen Raney
|The Boys of Mullaghbawn
|Here This Is Home
|Eric John Kaiser
|Outside, It's America
|Poor Angus
|William MacGillivray
|The Melodic
|Come Outside
|Effra Parade
|Mo Mack & Company
|Waiting for a Train
|New & Used Tunes
|Melissa Greener
|My Country Home in Summer Glow
|Jonathan Byrd
|Valerie June
|On My Way
|Pushin' Against a Stone
|Jeremy Lyons
|Do You Ever
|Make It Better
|The Appleseed Collective
|I'm A Bird
|Young Love
|Kyle Carey
|Casey Jones Whistle Blow
|North Star
|Lyman Louis
|Steam & Smoke
|Rita Hosking
|Little Boat
|Adler & Hearne
|Soup's On
|Second Nature
|Christine Parker
|Now As I Go
|Self-Titled Single Release
|James Hill
|The Village Belle
|The Old Silo
|Nickel Creek
|Love of Mine
|A Dotted Line
|Red June
|I Saw You In August
|Ancient Dreams
Got my Spring Cleaning done at home this past weekend. Yeah, I know, we're well into Fall now. Well, the joke's on you, cuz I meant I just finished my Spring Cleaning..........from 2012....
Who'd've thunk that I'd find a couple of songs that touch on the cleanin' theme? I do hope you have a chance to catch the cute lyrics of "Dust," "Clean," and "Soup's On." Nothing like some good clean fun early in the morning....!
My next show will fall during KBOO's Fall Membership Drive. I would much appreciate your support during this timeslot on Monday, October 6.
Musically yours,
Folk Espresso playlist for 09/15/2014
|The Best of Blur
|Dire Straits
|Water of Love
|Dire Straits
|Jimmy Cliff
|Sitting in Limbo
|ultimate collection
|Leon Russell
|Back to the Island
|Chris Isaak
|Only the Lonely
|The Best of Chriss Isaac
|Anna Fermin
|Oh Lonesome Me
|Down to the Promised Land
|Bob Marley
|Redemption Song
|Frankie Lee
|Finer Thing
|Maria Muldaur
|Midnight at the Oasis
|Maria Muldaur
|Ozark Mountain Daredevils
|You Made It Right
|Time Warp
|Linda Ronstadt
|It Doesn't Matter Anymore
|Heart Like A Wheel
|9 Volt Heart
|Plastic Silver 9 Volt Heart
|Rising Sons
|2:10 Train
|Rising Sons
|Ry Cooder
|Mexican Divorce
|Paradise and Lunch
|Bruce Springsteen
|Atlantic City
|Michelle Shocked
|Mercury Poise 1988
|Neko Case
|Thrice All American
|Furnace Room Lullaby
|Broad Majestic Shannon
|If I Should Fall From Grace With God
|Billy Brag
|Greeting to the New Brunette
|Talking With The Taxman About Poetry
|Jimmy Reed
|It's A Sin
|Rockin With Reed
|Los Lobos
|River of Fools
|By The Light Of The Moon
|Louis Armstrong
|What a Wonderful World
|What A Wonderful World
and life to everything."
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Folk Espresso playlist for 08/25/2014
|Nickel Creek
|Where Is Love Now
|A Dotted Line
|Shakey Graves
|Georgia Moon
|Roll the Bones
|Ages and Ages
|No Nostalgia
|Alright You Restless
|Blind Pilot
|Just One
|We are the Tide
|Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds
|Jimi Thing
|Live at Luther College
|Tenere (The Desert, My Home)
|White Rhino Marimba
|Kare Mugombe
|Crash of Rhinos
|Lindsay Lou
|O' Sun
|A Different Tune
|The Appleseed Collective
|Kentucky Sky
|Young Love
|Nora Jane Struthers & The Party Line
|Andrew Corbett
|Dance of the Twilight Forest
|Moments of Grace
|Creighton Lindsay
|Um Um Um Um Um Um
|Round by Round
|Mo Mack & Company
|Old Father Time
|New & Used Tunes
|Raina Rose
|Sun Comes Back
|When May Came
|Jim Photoglo
|The Hours
|Halls of My Heart
|Eric John Kaiser
|Dehors c'est l'Amerique
|Outside, It's America
|Lauren Sheehan
|Risin' River Blues
|Two Wings
|Aryeh Frankfurter and Lisa Lynne
|Interlace III
|Weaving Worlds
My goodness! My ears are positively AWASH in good music! There are live performances on every corner and in every nook and cranny, at nearly every moment of every day. We are in the absolute PEAK of outdoor concerts and festivals and they just keep getting better and better. From fun groups jamming at farmers markets to concerts at wineries along rivers to festivals in the forest to mega-concerts out in the middle of the Columbian Gorge: what would life be without all this sweet sunshine and super sounds? We are so lucky....
Musically yours,
Folk Espresso playlist for 08/04/2014
|Garnet Rogers
|Summer Lightning
|All That Is
|Sally Barris
|Let the Wind Chase You
|Wilder Girl
|Andrew Corbett
|Teewinot Sunrise
|Moments of Grace
|Leslie Evers
|I Can't Remember My Dreams
|Jim Photoglo
|Try Me Tomorrow
|Halls of My Heart
|Jeremy Lyons
|Special Rider
|Make It Better
|Olivia Chaney
|Self-Titled EP
|Neil Young
|Johnny Cash
|Personal Jesus
|American IV: The Man Comes Around
|Dan Frechette and Laurel Thomsen
|In Your Life
|Dan & Laurel
|Sky Bound Blue
|Self-Titled CD
|Aireene Espiritu
|Put Back Charlie
|Put Back Charlie
|Shakey Graves
|Built to Roam
|Roll the Bones
|Canary Island
|Ride Out the Dark
|Talking Trains
|Held in Splendor
|Blind Pilot
|White Apple
|We Are the Tide
|Nickel Creek
|A Dotted Line
|Valerie June
|Somebody to Love
|Pushin' Against a Stone
|Martha Scanlan
|Seeds of the Pine
|Pickathon 2006
|Danny Barnes
|Ooh La La
|Dirt on the Angel
|Ages and Ages
|Divisionary (Do the Right Thing)
It was great to see so many of you at the Pickathon this weekend--you were looking good! And the music. THE MUSIC!!!! Wow, weren't those bands great?!?! The whole festival was just wonderful: the scenery, the food, the beer, the kindness and generosity of everyone there, the cool water spritzes, the volunteers, the legions of happy kids, the garb, the vibe, the cheery bright skies, the tents (EVERYWHERE!), the lights, and the music. It was an unforgettable experience......let's go again next year!
Musically yours,
Folk Espresso playlist for 07/28/2014
|Dave Matthews Band
|Away from the World
|Shook Twins
|Time to Swim
|Jimmy Fallon
|Swimming Song
|Sing Me the Songs
|Harry Manx and Kevin Breit
|Don't Swim, Float
|In Good We Trust
|The Steel Wheels
|Waters Edge
|No More Rain
|The Blackberry Bushes
|Little Bit of Grace
|Dave Morrison
|Times Like These
|A Little Farther Down the Line
|Asylum Street Spankers
|Savor Every Day
|The Last Laugh
|Aaron Zig
|Float High Above
|The Medicine's Kicking In
|John Hartford
|Gum Tree Canoe
|Gum Tree Canoe
|Johnny Flynn
|The Water
|Been Listening
|Jorma Kaukonen
|Red River Blues
|Blue Country Heart
|Sky Bound Blue
|Scrambled Eggs
|Self-Titled CD
|Dan Frechette and Laurel Thomsen
|Love Will Leave You Where You Belong
|Dan & Laurel
|Carrie Elkin & Danny Schmidt
|If I Need to Know
|For Keeps
|Nickel Creek
|Smoothie Song
|This Side
|New Illusion
|Ride Out the Dark
|Blind Pilot
|Go On, Say It
|MusicFest NW Compilation CD
|Aireene Espiritu
|This Song
|Put Back Charlie
|Ali Marcus
|If the Littlest Light
|Americana Hotel
|Mary Flower
|Sashay My Way
|When My Bluebird Sings
Dear Listeners,
If you are still drying off from all that swimming you got in over the lovely summer weekend, then I hope you enjoyed all the nautical songs that started today's program off. Cute, eh?!?! And of course you know (if you've been listening for a while) that I'll be bringing you more Dave Matthews--mostly unplugged--over the coming weeks in the run-up to the big DMB Labor Day weekend concerts at the Gorge Ampitheatre. Hoo-boy, that will be fun!
But first comes the Pickathon. Yup, that's this weekend.......you might see about getting a ticket cuz that, too, is an extraordinary weekend of music.
It was great to bring you some new music this morning from the talented Aireene Espiritu. Carrie Elkin and Danny Schmidt, and Mary Flower. Keep listening to be the first to hear the best!
Musically yours,
Folk Espresso playlist for 07/07/2014
|Mary McCaslin
|Ballad of Weaverville
|Prairie in the Sky
|Linda McRae
|Some Of My Friends
|Fifty Shades of Red
|June Tabor
|Hard Love
|3 For Silver
|Salty Tongues
|Self-Titled CD
|Lissa Schneckenburger
|Chug A Lug
|Jim Kweskin
|Choo Choo Ch'Boogie
|Enjoy Yourself (It's Later Than You Think)
|Johnny Edson
|I Know Blues
|More Than Friends
|Struttin' With Some Barbeque
|Old Doors New Worlds
|Leo Kottke
|6- and 12-String Guitar
|Tom Waits
|Ice Cream Man
|Closing Time
|Lindsay Lou & The Flatbellys
|Lemon Squeezy
|Release Your Shrouds
|Aaron Zig
|America, I Need You
|The Medicine's Kicking In
|Nancy K Dillon
|All the Pretty America
|Roses Guide to Time Travel
|Doug Smith & Judy Koch Smith
|Stars and Stripes Forever
|Just for Fun
|Raina Rose
|Sallie Ford and the Sound Outside
|Vocal Chords
|Not An Animal
|Carolina Chocolate Drops
|Your Baby Ain't Sweet Like Mine
|Genuine Negro Jig
|Bill Morrissey
|Car and Driver
|Standing Eight
|Mary Flower
|Can't Take It With You
|When My Bluebird Sings
|Steve Cheseborough
|Let the Mermaids Flirt With Me
|Outstanding Blues
|Ahoulaguine Akaline (I Greet My Country)
|Leo Welch
|A Long Journey
|Sabougla Voices
Gosh, I hope you made it to at least some of the wonderful Blues Festival this past long weekend! So much good music and such a well-run festival. Even Mother Nature contributed to the whole affair by sending us perfect weather. Ah yes....
It was a thrill for me to meet Mr. Leo Welch.....and to bring you a sample of his sound on my show this morning. He's a sprightly 82-year-old, Deep South bluesman.....whose first CD ever was recorded when he was an even more sprightly 81!
It was also lovely to see Mary Flower there and to hear that she JUST came out with a new CD......which is being debuted this morning on Folk Espresso.
Have fun with all this great music!
Musically yours,
Folk Espresso playlist for 06/30/2014
|Roberts and Berrand
|Get Up, Jack, John, Sit Down
|Across the Western Ocean
|Fraser Union
|Snap the Line Tight
|NW Tugboat Tales
|Peter, Paul, and Mary
|Greenland Whale Fisheries
|Carry It On
|Geoff Kauffman
|Mingulay Boat Song
|Fair Stood the Wind
|Jon Campbell
|Tanqueray Martini-o
|Keep on Fishin'
|Danny Carnahan/Robin Petrie
|The Shores of Old Blighty
|No Regrets
|Bill Gallaher/Jake Galbraith
|Shadow Boats
|The Last Battle
|David Jones
|The Glendy Burk
|From England's Shore
|Holdstock and MacLeod
|Bold Riley
|Deepwater Return
|The Rounders
|Run Come See Jerusalem
|Brave Boys!
|Jon Bartlett/Rika Ruebsaat
|Song of the Sockeye
|The Young Man of Canada
|Victoria Folk Music Comm.
|Willamette River Song
|Ramblin' Woman
|David Francey
|All Lights Burning Bright
|Right of Passage
|Bridgetown Morris Men
|Roll Down
|It's All About the Ale
|Meryle Korn
|The Gallant Sailor Lad
|The Bills
|Bamfield's John Vanden
|Let 'em Run
|Pint and Dale
|Wreck of the Lady Washington
|Hearts of Gold
|The Boarding Party
|The Farewell Shanty
|Tis Our Sailing Time
|Shanghaied on the Willamette
|Men of Worth
|Weighing Anchor
|Great Big Sea
|General Taylor
|Rant and Roar
|The Finest Kind
|For Honour and For Gain
|Big Sails
|Divas of the Dockside
|Tow Lewis
|Diesel and Shale
|Jeff Warner et al
|Strike the Bell
|Steady as She Goes
|Starboard List
|Cape Cod Girls
|Songs of the Tall Ships
|Pint and Dale
|Atholl Highlanders
|Hearts of Gold
Regards from Puerto Rico
OK..so I got my Outlook reminder for 9:30am local time and thanks to Diane, I'll be a first time listener today. Look forward to today's program.
Great week to all!
Kind Regards,
Claudio Rivera
Juncos, PR
re: new music
Hey there - I love this show, can't really get by without it!
I want to just share some music I really think could be included here, if you haven't heard:
Eddi Reader - formerly with Fairground Attraction, legendary Scottish singer whose Songs of Robert Burns changed the way people heard these songs and established her as living treasure in Scotland. Her new album Love is the Way is gaining raves in the UK. Myspace.com/eddireader - you can hear some samples.
Kate Rusby - probably Britain's most important young folk singer - Awkward Annie is her most recent album and astonishing since she writes most of the material herself. Chris Thile and Eddi Reader are both featured artists on the album. www.katerusby.com.
It would be wonderful to see them here in the US, but just getting them on the radio would be a start!
Thanks and keep up the awesome music!
Doug Smith
Hi Diane,
I'm listening to your show and was pleasantly surprised to hear our pal, Doug, doing "Anything Goes". I'll have to tell him he got some airtime when I see him next. Your voice sounds great on the air and your playlist rocks! Keep up the very good work, my friend! Tell the management they need to give you a raise.
Diane Hunt
This is Randy from Colorado, and I *loved* the show! Quirky mix of music is just right to start my day out right. Diane, when are you going to teach me how to contra dance?
Thank You
Dear Randy,
Yikes! Only today did I see your kind email from September 22 that you left on the KBOO website. I wasn't expecting any "fan mail" here at kboo.fm so I didn't thing to check...until a friend told me about the hundreds, nay, thousands of emails piling up at this website all about my show. Oddly enough, only one (yours) was positive. All the others said something to the effect of "what the *&^!%&# is SHE doing on this venerable radio station!"
That's ok.
I can take it.
So, Mr. Randy, you liked my quirky music? Hope you heard my show yesterday morning (October 27). It, too, was filled with a wide variety of, uh, good stuff. I'm on again on Monday, November 24th. I do hope you'll tune in. I'll play a randy tune, just for you.
I'm pretty big into contradancing, so I have made it my mission to play at least one contra tune each show. Next time you swing through P-Town, I'll give you a lesson. You won't ever be the same again...
Um, is this my friend who goes by the name of Randy in Colorado? You know, the Randy with the beautiful wife and the two red-headed kids? If so, thanks, my friend. If not, you, stranger Randy, have just finaigled yourself into the most elite fan club on Earth...
Warm regards,
Diane Hunt, DJ
Folk Espresso - KBOO
Portland, Oregon
8/18/08 Folk Esspreso show new DJ
I listen to your station ocasionally and enjoy it. I particularily enjoyed this mornings Folk Espresso show and the new DJ Diane Hunt. She is interesting and articulate and did great on her debut!!
give her KUDO's and tell her Contra Dancing Music is fine, fine stuff.


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Tallahassee, FL (Sports Network) - Raheem Appleby led all scorers with 27 points as the fifth-seeded Louisiana Tech Bulldogs used a strong second half to blow past the fourth-seeded Florida State Seminoles, 71-66, in the first round of the National Invitation Tournament at the Donald L. Tucker Center.
Appleby shot 12-of-19 from the field for Louisiana Tech (27-6), which snapped a three-game losing streak and will await the winner of the Charleston Southern/Southern Miss matchup in the next round. Alex Hamilton netted 16 points for the visitors.
For FSU (18-16), Michael Snaer poured in 24 points while shooting 5-of-10 from beyond the arc. Okaro White had 11 points, six rebounds and three blocks, while Montay Brandon put up 10 points off the bench for the Seminoles, who wrap up the season losers of two straight.
FSU shot 44 percent from the field in the first half while holding Louisiana Tech to just 25.8 percent shooting, as it carried a 28-24 lead into intermission.
The Seminoles improved to 48 percent from the floor after halftime, but the Bulldogs came out red-hot in the second stanza, making 65.5 percent of their field goal tries. With the game tied at 62-62 with under three minutes remaining, Louisiana Tech ran off a 6-0 surge to seal its fate.
Louisiana Tech won the rebounding battle, 36-29, and scored 26 points off of 18 FSU turnovers.
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Letters to the editor
Helping homeless youth attend camp
This summer, many children in Durham will pack knapsacks, grab sleeping bags, and say goodbye to their parents with an equal mix of trepidation and joy to attend summer camp. At least 118 local children won't have the chance to leave their homes – not for a day, a weekend, or a month. They won't stay at home, either, because these children have no home.
According to the Point-In-Time Count calculated by Durham Opening Doors, children make up 16 percent of Durham's homeless population; of the 759 known homeless living in Durham County, nearly one in five of them are under the age of 18.
As one of eight interns living in Chapel Hill and volunteering for a year of service through The Johnson Intern Program, I have no family here. I hail from one of our seven home states as a recent graduate of one of the eight different colleges and universities we attended. However, for this year, I share a home, a budget, a cooking schedule and a passion to serve with seven other people.
We have committed to secure funding for homeless children to attend summer camp with Genesis Home, a family homeless shelter in Durham. On April 26, from 8 to 11 p.m. at University Baptist Church in Chapel Hill, we will host an event with a live band and numerous prizes. One hundred percent of the proceeds will go toward sending homeless youth to summer camp. All interested parties are welcome.
Kindred Motes
Chapel Hill
Keep Sousa family in your hearts
Thanks to The Herald-Sun for publishing the story about Greg Sousa's fight against brain cancer and his dream to race in Kona.
I've had the pleasure of knowing Greg and his wife Sara since 2004 and they are truly inspirational every day as they walk hand-in-hand down this new path created by cancer.
To all your readers, I ask that you please keep the Sousa family in your hearts and remember them when online.
Greg's quest for Ironman Kona is a family dream, but they need the support of all of us, every day. Readers can vote for Greg's video daily and just as important, share the video and ask others to vote. Everyone is just two clicks away from helping make a dream come true. Go to www.bit.ly/ZRNFe3 and click on the "vote for this" button in lower left corner of video.
The Sousa family will be leading a team of almost 50 runners and walkers to raise funds for the Tisch Brain Tumor Center at the annual Angels Among Us 5K and family walk on April 20 to help fund the dreams all of those fighting brain cancer.
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* ABU GHRAIB - The beheaded body of an activist from a local human rights NGO was found in his home in Baghdad's western outskirts of Abu Ghraib, local police said.
MOSUL - Two car bombs exploded in quick succession in the centre of Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of the capital Baghdad, killing six people and injuring 60, police and hospital officials said. The dead and injured included Iraqi military personnel.
SAMARRA - Gunmen stormed the house of a teacher, killing him and four members of his family in the east of the city of Samarra, 100 km (62 miles) north of Baghdad, an Iraqi army source said. (Compiled by Baghdad newsroom)


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Although the risk of permanent sensation loss is very low, it is possible to see temporary sensation changes that take 3-6 months to return. I typically warn patients that the larger the implant that is placed, the higher the risk of sensation changes. This is because the sensory nerve to the nipple and areola will be stretched by the implant. The good news is that most cases stretch injury to the nerve results are temporary.
I wish you a safe and healthy recovery.