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I CANT GO ON, ILL GO ON Western Massachusetts-based
singer-songwriter Mark Mulcahy is well
acquainted with the Capital Region music scene,
having played our areas finer nightclubsboth
solo and with his former band, Miracle Legionsince
the 1980s. But to the world at large, his star
has never risen above cult status: Radioheads
Thom Yorke calls Mulcahy his favorite singer,
and author Nick Hornby gave him a chapter in his
Songbook, but you wont see Fathering
on too many of your friends playlists. Last year,
Marks beloved wife, Melissa, the inspiration
for many of his excellent songs, passed away suddenly
and unexpectedly, leaving Mark to care for their
two young daughters by himself. For a songwriter
of modest renown, this kind of event could prove
damning, both emotionally and financially.
Thankfully, Mark has some great friends and supporters.
This week, Shout! Factory released Ciao
My Shining Star, a compilation of covers
of Mulcahy-penned songs, performed by folks like
Yorke, Michael Stipe, and the National, plus a
bunch of regional acts (Spouse, School for the
Dead, Winterpills). The tribute aims to raise
money to help Mark continue on his creative path
in this difficult time. Its available as a 21-track
CD with the option to download the additional
20 tracks; or, the entire 41-song bundle can be
downloaded for one price from iTunes. Its a beautiful
project, and you should buy it. Info is at markmulcahy.com.
DIFFERENT KIND OF TRIBUTE Heralded as the
areas foremost jug bandhell, they may be the
areas only jug bandRamblin Jug Stompers
have been winning over crowds for the last four
years now, with their good-time live shows and
as unique a songbook as youre likely to hear.
(A typical Jug Stompers show might feature tunes
penned by anyone from Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs
to Ronnie Lane and Ronnie Wood.) This week the
jolly foursome unleash Hobo Nickel,
their first studio CD. The disc follows in the
vein of their 2006 debut, Crooked Songs: Live
at Caffe Lena, with a slightly slicker sound
(naturally); its 10 songs dip into blues, bluegrass,
and Down in the Boondocks, with a few sprightly
instrumentals added to the mix. Get in on the
fun when the Stompers celebrate the albums release
at the Linda in Albany tomorrow (Friday, Oct.
2). More info is available at thelinda.org or
jug stompers.com.
VACATION The chaps in Albany punk-rock act
After the Fall are, contrary to their name,
planning a very busy autumn. Tomorrow (Friday),
they begin a two-week European tour with Dutch
band Antillectual; the trip takes them through
several cities in Germany, plus dates in the Czech
Republic, Switzerland, Austria, France and the
Netherlands. Theres little rest upon their return:
Theyll do a weeks worth of shows between Manhattan
and home before heading to The Fest 8 (that is,
indeed, the name) in Gainesville, Fla., where
theyll play alongside acts like 7 Seconds and
Two other Capital Region acts are jetting off
across the pond this month. Sean Rowe got
a surprise call last week to open two weeks of
shows for U.K. buzz act Noah and the Whale, requiring
him to pack and get to the airport in about 36
hours. He must have made it, because his last
Twitter dispatch was, he claims, from Leeds, England.
Also heading in that direction are Phantogram,
whose seemingly neverending tour will take them
overseas for a month starting in late October.
Well be publishing tales from the road from all
three acts in our upcoming Local Music Issue,
which will be out Nov. 5.
AT THE TALENT SHOW The preliminary rounds
are over, and tonight (Thursday) marks the first
round of finals for Capital Regions Got Talent
at Revolution Hall. The field is down
to 20 performers, an interesting blend of established
singer-songwriters and promising newcomers. Tonights
round will thin the herd to 10, and it should
go down in dramatic fashion as the contestants
must choose from the hits of the 1980s. Will anybody
dare to take on Take on Me? Youll have to show
up to see. Next Thursdays round is Beatles-themed;
the five that survive move on to the finale on
Oct. 16, where theyll compete for a $5,000 prize.
All the shows are free and audience members have
a say in the voting, so be sure to get to Troy
and do your civic duty. Visit 518fever.com/CGRT.htm
to view last weeks performances and learn more
about the competition.
PROJECT You like animals, we like animals.
Rory Block likes animals, too: The blues
singer performed before a packed house at the
Church of St. James in Chatham on Sept. 18, in
a benefit for the Columbia-Greene Humane Society/SPCA.
Her efforts helped to raise more than $6,500 for
the shelter, which helps more than 1,000 animals
each year supported only by the generous donations
of those in the community.
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Is there a single Republican candidate that can take on President Barack Obama? My early money is on Jon Huntsman, although the wingnuts in his party may not let him get anywhere considering he is a Mormon. If the GOP can get over that, he could be a tough challenger. Beyond him, I see Romney as another possible tough challenger, except for his Mormon "problem" too. Others say Mitch Daniels has a shot, but he has a lot of baggage he's dragging around, being budget director for President W. and someone who helped get us into the financial mess we are in. Can Tim Pawlenty fire people up enough to win? He has overcome his mullet problem, but the photos are still out there. :)
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If we vote for Obama, how many more wars can he declare?
Four more wars! Four more wars!
Comment by frank | April 4, 2011 |
I was forced to watch Faux "News" last month for about a week in Morocco (if I wanted U.S. news from home and not from the BBC, France 24, Russia Today, Deutsche Welle, Al Jazeera…BTW better real journalism than we get from U.S. MSM). My hotels were owned by the Starwood hotel group…Le Meridian, Sheraton, Westin…that didn't even offer CNN (and one NEVER sees MSNBC in hotels/cruise ships).
BEFORE Obama intervened in Libya, the REICH was screaming all over Faux "News" about Obama not showing leadership and would have the blood of the rebels on his hands if Gadhafi were to massacre them.
However, as soon as Obama did join in with the UK, France, and the Arab League, they FLIP-FLOPPED and were suddenly against him (just like China and Russia). I hope Obama will realize he can never do anything to please the REICH-wing, many who deep-down hate that we elected a black president.
Comment by Grant in Texas | April 4, 2011 |
Not just fixed news but MSNBC as well. One shining example being Chris Mathews, all saying how we need to do something, suggesting that Hillary was more decisive than Obama, etc. Once Obama does go in with Nato and UN and non-NATO support bam! Chris is all what is the mission, etc casting doubts and making it sound like Obama did something wrong.
I've also seen it on other parts of the media. Either way the mission was pretty clear from the beginning and the media was too stupid to realize what the mission was. Start and maintain a no fly zone with limited ground troop involvement.
The entire media circus has made me so sick that I won't be watching MSNBC or any news outlet for awhile.
Comment by Jeff | April 4, 2011 |
I liked that foreign media was so impartial, as REAL journalists should be. They let their guests panelists express their opinions and the network moderators were good at throwing them the needed questions to stay on topic. The French shows were the most hawkish to go after Gadhafi and the Russians mostly against intervention. Could be that France's Total/Elf Oil Company has many operations in Libya while Russia's Gazprom is a late-comer there. Of course Russia has plenty of oil in their domestic reserves so aren't dependent on foreign oil.
Comment by Grant in Texas | April 4, 2011 |
Frank is either a right winger or a firebagger so if he's a right winger he's displaying the typical right wing hypocrisy. He didn't complain when Bush lied in this country into Iraq and he probably called anti-Iraqi war critics anti-American.
If he's a firebagger then they will enable more wars by helping the Republicans to retake the senate and the White House by sitting out the election.
But what pisses me off about the firebaggers they wonder why there is "Don't Ask,Don't tell", they wonder why we're fighting in Iraq and they wonder why we have a supreme court that believes corporations are people and money equals free speech.
I can tell you firebaggers why. When you sit out elections you let people who want to take this country back to the 1950s decide the outcomes of elections.
Comment by Johnny C | April 4, 2011 |
I subscribe to Truthout, Reader Supported News, Common Dreams, New Cafe (Utne), etc. and notice how often they print pundits "from the left" who sound little different from the writers at Townhall, even Free Republic. Obama is too hawkish, not "green" enough, too soft, etc. For several years I was a regular poster at AlterNet until that website drummed out us no-name "commoners" to promote BIG NAMES like Huffington, Moore, Scheer, etc.
I think the far left is Jonesing for another Bush in 2012 so they can really get back to their favorite sport—bashing Republicans. At least the GOP, even with the teabaggers, so far is not "eating their own"! You can count for the conservatives to "circle the wagons" in 2012 and support whoever will be running.
Comment by Grant in Texas | April 4, 2011 |
@Grant in Texas
I gotta admit I'm one of those lefties that likes bashing Republicans but I have no intentions of aiding their conquest to retake the senate and the presidency by knee capping this president.
And it's a shame some progressives haven't learn the lessons of 2000-2008. The economy was on solid footing before Bush took over and he tanked it in 13 months. And can you image what this country will look like if a Repug president along with a Repug senate takes over during a slow and fragile recovery?
Comment by Johnny C | April 4, 2011 |
I forgot to add during the Bush years we saw Bush appoint two right wing corporatist justices that are young for Supreme Court standards.
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So says Evette Leavy about the gift of a kidney that she made to her 14-year-old son, Brian, in July.
Her husband, Brian De Vale, obviously shares her belief; he donated a kidney to Brian's twin brother, Alan, in 2009.
The transplants were necessary because of a kidney-scarring disease, focal segmental glomerulosclerosis, or FSG, that both twins have. Kidney transplant offers a potential cure.
Kidney donations by both parents to their children are "very uncommon," said Sandip Kapur, M.D., Chief of Transplant Surgery at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell. "This is the first time I'm seeing it in 14 years of doing transplants." Dr. Kapur performed the transplant surgeries on both Brian and Alan.
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Chinese solar-panel manufacturers dominate the industry, but a new way of making an exotic type of crystalline silicon might benefit solar companies outside of China that have designs that take advantage of the material.
GT Advanced Technologies, one of world's biggest suppliers of furnaces for turning silicon into large crystalline cubes that can then be sliced to make wafers for solar cells, recently announced two advanced technologies for making crystalline silicon. The new approaches significantly lower the cost of making high-end crystalline silicon for highly efficient solar cells.
The first technology, which GT calls Monocast, can be applied as a retrofit to existing furnaces, making it possible to produce monocrystalline silicon using the same equipment now used to make lower quality multicrystalline silicon. It will be available early next year. Several other manufacturers are developing similar technology.
It's the second technology, which the company calls HiCz, that could have a bigger long-term impact. It cuts the cost of making a type of monocrystalline silicon that is leavened with trace amounts of phosphorous, which further boosts a panel's efficiency. This type of silicon is currently used in only 10 percent of solar panels because of its high cost, but could gain a bigger share of the market as a result of the cost savings (up to 40 percent) from GT's technology. The technology will be available next year.
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Brazzaville (Agenzia Fides) – The Republic of Congo is destined to become the first country in Africa to provide special legal protection to its indigenous peoples. In a declaration by Jean Ganga, president of the Association for the Protection and the Promotion of Indigenous Peoples, one reads that with the adoption of this new law it is hoped that many things will change, and especially the emancipation of the indigenous will receive favour, who constitute about 10% of the population of the Congo and live in almost every region throughout the Country. The new law aims to counter marginalization, which manifests in their exclusions from the education system, in the high levels of illiteracy and in the lack of access to state services such as health care structures.
With this Act, the indigenous, many of whom are known as Pygmies, will be protected and enjoy the same rights as the Bantu, and will no longer be treated as inferior. "In the past the Africans from South Africa lived in slavery, like the blacks in the United States. The same occurred in the Congo to the indigenous. The new law will change everything. It will be a revolution for the rights of these peoples," according to the director for human rights for the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights. Sanctions have been provided for those who treat the indigenous people like slaves.
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Instructions:This holiday version of concentration is twice as memorable as the classic game. It's played with homemade cards decorated with pictures of favorite family moments and milestones from the previous year. To make a deck, first ask your child to choose six events she'd like to feature. For example, one might be the night you watched the Perseid meteor showers, or a day spent building a model car or finger painting. Next, cut out images from old magazines, newspapers or greeting cards to represent the chosen events. If you come up short, your child can always make a sketch of her own. Remember, you'll need to find two identical or at least similar images per event. Glue the images onto colored index cards (alternatively, you can use 4-inch squares cut from card stock or poster board), and the deck is ready for a match.
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Biden Says U.S. Is Prepared to Give Chen a Visa 'Right Away'
The U.S. is prepared to grant Chen Guangcheng a visa "right away," Vice President Joe Biden said, and American officials are in contact with the legal activist over his desire to leave China.
"We expect the Chinese to stick to that commitment," Biden said in an interview with NBC's "Meet the Press," after China said May 4 that Chen had the right to apply for permission to study abroad. U.S. embassy officials are in daily contact with Chen and his wife, a U.S. official said on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the case.
Chen has been invited to be a visiting scholar at New York University, where his friend and adviser Jerome Cohen is a professor. His flight from house arrest to the U.S. embassy in Beijing and efforts to secure a deal over his fate last week overshadowed two days of annual strategic and economic talks in the Chinese capital between the world's two biggest economies.
"I think his future is in America," Biden told "Meet the Press" yesterday. "The Chinese have told us that if he files the paper to be able to have a -- be able to go abroad, that will be granted."
Chen told the Washington Post in a telephone interview yesterday that he doesn't expect to go to the U.S. "very soon," citing health reasons including an intestinal inflammation. He said he hadn't met with U.S. diplomats since May 4 and that supporters have been barred from seeing him at the hospital. Chen wasn't available today on his mobile phone.
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Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei declined to comment today when asked if Chen had applied for a passport. Hong said the U.S. interfered with China's internal affairs in Chen's case and should reflect on its actions.
On May 4, another Foreign Ministry spokesman, Liu Weimin, said that if Chen "wants to study abroad, he can, like any Chinese citizen, go through proper channels." Later that day, State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said the U.S. expects China to "expeditiously process his applications."
Chen was imprisoned for more than four years after representing villagers who opposed forced sterilizations and abortions, and then was held under house arrest until he escaped in late April. His case attracted the attention of U.S. leaders, including Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who visited Beijing last week for the annual cabinet-level talks.
Chen told American diplomats during his week-long stay in the U.S. embassy that he wanted to remain in China, and he left the compound for the hospital in a deal worked out with Chinese leaders. He later said he feared for his wife and children and wanted to travel outside China.
"He said 'I don't want to leave China, I just don't want to go back to my village,'" Biden told NBC News. "That was arranged."
After going to the hospital and talking to friends, they told him "you want to get out of here," Biden said.
"And then he came to us and said, 'I want to leave, and I want to leave with my family,'" Biden said. "And we got to work."


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|Detection of nanobacteria in patients with chronic prostatitis and vaginitis by reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction.
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|PMID: 21461284 Owner: NLM Status: PubMed-not-MEDLINE
|PURPOSE: We aimed to investigate the detection of nanobacteria (NB) from expressed prostatic secretions (EPS) in patients with category III chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS) and from vaginal swabs in patients with vaginitis by reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and to evaluate the association between NB and Neisseria gonorrhea, Chlamydia trachomatis, Ureaplasma urealyticum (U. urealyticum), Mycoplasma hominis, Trichomonas vaginalis, and Mycoplasma genitalium.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: A group of 11 men attending a specialized CP/CPPS clinic and a group of 157 women who reported symptoms of lower genital tract infection were enrolled in this study. NB were detected by RT-PCR. A Seeplex Sexually Transmitted Disease Detection assay (Seegene Inc., Seoul, Korea) was used that could detect DNA for 6 types of sexually transmitted pathogens.
RESULTS: In EPS samples, the detection rate of NB in patients with CP/CPPS was 9.1%, and 9 (5.7%) of 157 vaginitis patients showed positive results in RT-PCR for NB in vaginal swabs. Associations observed among the 7 microorganisms included 6 (54.5%) patients who tested positive on EPS and 75 (47.8%) patients who tested positive on vaginal swabs. Five patients with vaginitis were found to have monoinfection of NB (6.7%).
CONCLUSIONS: We found that conventional RT-PCR for NB was rapid, simple, low in cost, and easily available for the detection of NB, and that NB may be a possible etiological factor for vaginitis and CP/CPPS. The prevalence of U. urealyticum among the four patients with NB coinfection was 75%; the presence of U. urealyticum might therefore raise suspicion for nanobacterial infection.
|Tae-Hyoung Kim; Hye Ryoun Kim; Soon-Chul Myung
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TEA Party Patriots: Meets at 6 p.m. today at the Red Barn Family Steak House, 708 Silver Heights Blvd. Doors open at 5 p.m. for those wishing a meal. The topic of the meeting will be AWSA water issues in the Gila Basin. A presentation will be given by Norm Gaume critiquing the proposed diversion projects that will affect SW New Mexico and the Silver City/Grant County area. All are welcome.
Silver City Rotary Club: Meets at noon today in the Sunset Room, Student Cafeteria, WNMU Student Center. The club invites members of the local business and professional community to join them. Cost is $10 for lunch with dessert and coffee. Info: Linda Telaak, 575-534-1135.
Kiwanis Club: Meets from noon-1 p.m. today at the Red Barn Family Steak House, 708 Silver Heights Blvd. Info: 575-538-3396.
Alzheimer's and Dementia Care Givers Support Group: Meets from 1-3 p.m. today at the Silver City Senior Center, 205 W. Victoria St. Info: 575-388-2545.
Slow Flow Yoga: From 11:30 a.m.-12:45 p.m. today at First Church of Harmony, 609 Arizona St., with Becky Glenn. For beginning students and anyone who enjoys a slower class. $10 per class or 10-class card is $80. Info: 404-234-5331 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
Meditation for Everyone: From 5:30-6:15 p.m. today in the education rooms, Billy Casper Wellness Center, 300 E. 16th St. A new class series, Modern Practices for Training the Mind, runs through June 17. Attend one, some, or all classes. Free. Info: 575-538-4844 or 575-313-4087.
Grant County Federated Republican Women: Meets at 11:30 a.m. today at the Republican Headquarters, in Arenas Valley. This will be a potluck lunch meeting, but for those who can't bring something, a donation of $2 is welcomed. Info: 575-388-3717.
AARP Driver Safety Class: From 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Wednesday at the First Presbyterian Church, 1915 N. Swan St. The class is open to anyone aged 55 and older. Cost is $15 for AARP members and $20 for nonmembers. Pre-register or info: 575-590-0540.
Recreation Center Summer Program: Registration from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Wednesday at Silver City Recreation Center. The program is open to children ages six to 12. It is on a first-come first-serve basis. A $10 registration fee per family and original birth certificates are required at the time of registration. Info: 575-388-3087.
Digital Photo Editing Class: From 5:30-6:30 p.m. Wednesday at CATS/KOOT Studio, 213 N. Bullard St. Editing digital photos into a movie format is easy. Free for members and $10 for nonmembers. Info: 575-534-0130.
Medicare Assistance: From 9-11 a.m. Wednesday at Silver Health Care. Volunteers are available to answer questions about Medicare and help with applications for medication assistance. Info: 575-538-2981.
Trivia Night: At 7 p.m. Wednesday at Little Toad Creek, 200 N. Bullard St., with quizmaster Josh White. Bar food, local beer and spirits, with no cover charge, and prizes of gift certificates for $25 and $15. Team of six people, max.
Lego Club: Meets at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Silver City Public Library. 515 W. College Ave., for ages four to 10. Info: 575-538-3672.
Gin Rummy: At 1 p.m. Wednesday at Yankie Creek Coffee House, 112 W. Yankie St. Everyone invited.
Vinyasa Flow Yoga: From 11:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. Thursdays at First Church of Harmony, 609 Arizona St., with Becky Glenn. For students with some yoga experience. $10 per class or 10-class card is $80. Info: 404-234-5331 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
Guided Group Meditation: From 5:30-6:15 p.m. Thursday in the education rooms, Billy Casper Wellness Center, 300 E. 16th St. Free. Info: 575-538-4844.
Silver City Blues Festival: Kick-Off dance from 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Friday at the Little Toad Creek Brewery, 200 N. Bullard St., featuring Felix Y Los Gatos. Silver City's Roadrunners opening the show at 7 p.m. Tickets are $12. The Blues Festival runs through Sunday at Gough Park. Complete schedule, tickets or info: 575-538-2505 or mimbresarts.org.
Nature's Gifts Quilt Show: From 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday through Sunday at the Silver City Women's Club, 411 Silver Heights Blvd. Sponsored by the Southwest New Mexico Quilters Guild. There will be vendors, bed turnings, a quilter's boutique, hand quilting demonstrations and an opportunity quilt drawing. Info: Aunt Judy's Attic, 575-388-1620.
Silver/Bayard VFW Post 3347: Entertainment every Friday from 8 p.m.-midnight at Highway 180 and Burnham Road, in Arenas Valley. Come listen and dance to great music. Open to all members and their guests. Info: 575-574-8109.
Gleemaiden Concert: At 7 p.m. Friday at the Fort Bayard New Deal Theater, in Ft. Bayard. Elizabeth DeMoss, Maria Casler, Wind Markham and Kori Wilken sing traditional, gospel and patriotic music. Sponsored by the Fort Bayard Historic Preservation Society. Info: 575-388-4477.
Art Opening: From 5-8 p.m. Friday at Leyba and Ingalls Arts, 315 N. Bullard St. New work by Paul Hodvedt and Zoe Wolfe, with special guests Luis Eduardo Tobon and Juan Pablo Solarte. Info: 575-388-5725 or LeybaIngallsARTS.com.
Opening reception: From 4:30-7 p.m. Friday at Raven's Nest, 106 W. Yankie St., featuring Mark Bowen. Info: 575-534-9323.
Iya Khan: Performs at 6:30 p.m. Friday at Diane's Parlor, 510 N. Bullard St. Info: 575-538-8722.
Exhibit Opening for Gila Wild: A Celebration of the 90th Anniversary of the Gila Wilderness and the 50th Anniversary of the Wilderness Act will take place from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday at the Silver City Museum, 312 W. Broadway St. The exhibit runs through December. Ray Torres, District Ranger of the Wilderness District, will provide opening remarks and be available during the opening to answer questions about the Gila Wilderness. Smokey Bear will also be available to greet visitors to the exhibit. Info: 575-538-5921 or silvercitymuseum.org.
Vinyasa Flow Yoga: From 10 to 11:30 a.m. Saturdays at First Church of Harmony, 609 Arizona St., with Becky Glenn. For students with some experience. $10 per class or 10-class card is $80. Info: 404-234-5331 or email@example.com.
Community Arts and Crafts Street Fair/Market: From 9 a.m.-2 p.m. every Saturday at 703 N. Bullard St. Local handmade artwork, live music, artists, food, entertainment, and more. New artist every week. Come meet the artists. Info: 575-313-6468 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
Silver City Farmers' Market: From 8 a.m.-noon every Saturday at the Big Ditch, Seventh and Bullard streets. Enjoy fresh produce, meats, and fixin's from local farmers, as well as accompaniment by local musicians. Info: 575-388-2343.
The Roadrunners: Performs at 6:30 p.m. Saturday at Diane's Parlor, 510 N. Bullard St. Info: 575-538-8722.


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Inconsistent Smart Cover performance mystery solved
updated 03:30 am EDT, Wed March 21, 2012
New iPad requires a particular polarity
Earlier this week, MacNN noted that despite similar specifications, some iPad 2 accessories don't quite work with the third-generation iPad. Form-fitting accessories such as hard-plastic shells, for example, may not fit the iPad's slightly thicker depth. Reports of inconsistencies with both Apple branded Smart Covers and third-party covers that offered the same functionality has been clarified by an enterprising user, reports Mashable.
Photographer Mark Booth has posted a video that unravels the mystery. Ahead of the debut of the new iPad, Apple began making Smart Covers that oriented the built-in magnets to a specific polarity, ostensibly to solve the problem of unintentionally putting the iPad 2 to sleep when the Smart Cover was flipped onto the backside of the tablet.
Booth explains that the iPad 2 sensors do not care about polarity, but the new iPad does -- so newer Smart Covers made by Apple in the later part of 2011 work correctly with the new iPad, as do third-party covers that happen to have gotten the polarity correct. Older Smart Covers and similar third-party covers no longer work, or work inconsistently.
Booth indicated that he's heard that Apple Stores may exchange improperly-working Smart Covers for newer ones if customers can demonstrate the issue. Apple has not commented publicly about the change and solutions for third-party covers will be up to the individual manufacturers. Booth points out in a late update that the maker of the cases featured in his video, Maroo, is offering free replacements for cases that don't work to their customers. [via Mark Booth via Mashable]


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So now I need to buy two hole cord locks?! You guys are killing me ;)How is it with the end of the cord hanging out? I'm assuming they use and end nub instead of just a knot and melted tip, more crap I have to buy huh. I'll try it on one and see what I think. -Tim
The cord lock on mine has just one hole, and a knot is tied in the cord.
I was just bustin balls. I'm gonna get one built to test and see what I think-Tim
It does pull hard on the short cord side with an offset drawcord. Maybe put the same length cord on both sides of the drawcord exit so that they end up at the same place/snugness. Seems the user wouldn't have to fool with pulling more on the long side's cord this way. I haven't tried that, but I think it would work.Ryan
Tim, any way to save weight over buying a wide quilt by using extra material on the sides of the regular instead of a full spread quilt? Would this work to trap heat, but lose weight? Trying to get things to the point that I would pull the trigger, but also wanting to save more than a few oz. from the weight of replacing my 1.5 lb., WM Caribou bag that I use as a side sleeper, 6', 160-165 lbs for summer use in the Sierra Nevada.Duane
I'm not a big believer in quilt wings. To me it seems if you need the width to block drafts you need it to be insulated because one layer of nylon between you and the cold won't do much. -Tim
Edited by MarshLaw303 on 07/27/2012 12:53:25 MDT.
Thank you, it'd only be used in the summer, temps lowest in the Sierra to the upper 20's. Most of the time.Duane
Tim, I have two of your quilts and absolutely love them. A 20F overstuff wide X and a 8d/8d 40F wide Rev. The only thing I've been able to come up with as an improvement would be to do away with the elastic cords and cord locks you include and just swe elastic straps in place of the loops, each with a snap similar to the very top one by the neck. That way you don't have to bother with carrying the extra cord and locks and then finding them in the middle of the night, cinching the quilt up tight is built right in.
I'm surprised this wasn't the first one. I don't include attached straps because I know a lot of people don't use them at all. That said I'd love to find a better solution that is still removable and light. I've considered a snap on version of the webbing or flat elastic and flat buckle but it is heavy and those buckles always break on me. Ive also considered the flat webbing with a buckle on each side to make it removable but those dang things just break on me. Ideas?-Tim
Edited by MarshLaw303 on 07/27/2012 19:07:14 MDT.
Tim I really like the way Katabatic does itCould you do something similar?
Their system is great, I was thinking that their buckle was exclusive and a key part of their design. Any ideas how to accomplish the same thing without custom hardware?-Tim
Neck Drawcord: A drawcord on the inside of the quilt would be more useful than one on the outside. When I want the cord loosened or tightened, my hands are almost always inside of the quilt.Neck Drawcord: A collar or padded tube of some sort that runs between the cord and your neck would be comfortable, especially when sleeping without insulated clothing.Strap system similar to Katabatic: Not to infringe on what I think was Aaron's brilliant pad connection idea, but a poor man's version could be improvised with mitten clips or maybe a mini biner attached to the quilt and prussic loops tied to a line wrapped around a sleeping pad.
Just thought I'd share that I just got the shipping info for two EE quilts I ordered. One is a 6' Rev X 40* wide w/overstuff. The other is a 6'6" Rev 20* wide w/overstuff. Should be here next week, I can't wait!
My revelation 20* wide is on its way too. USPS says Monday! Pretty quick considering Tim originally thought I'd have it mid August when I first ordered.
Finished one with an offset cord. I really hate it. You have to figure out which side to pull on and once it is all snugged up it just moved an inch or two anyway and the cord was still in my face so I just pulled it inside like I always do. I appriciate the feedback on this one, you guys made me take notice. I just don't think this one is for me. Anybody who wants it on theirs can just email me and we'll take care of it though. -Tim
Ideas for improvement?Not really an improvement but, how about matching down hoods for some of your quilts?Btw, I've really liked my Rev X quilt during the 2 outings I've used it so far. It's been warmer than warm.
Here's what I did to improve on the cords: I used the cordlocks provided, but pushed a loop through the cordlock (tried to thread from the end and couldn't make it work but pushing a loop through did). I then attached mitten hooks that I got from Quest Outfitters to the loop on either end to hook to the loop on the quilt. Haven't had a chance to use it on the trail yet, but looks like it should work well.Only 1 additional piece of plastic, still lightweight.
I've considered the mitten hooks too and could easily go that way. I really want to keep the amount of hardware under the sleeper to a minimum. I used to use cord loops instead of webbing loops. I'm going to try it again. The thinking is it will hold the lock better when under tension with less chance of slipping then with the web loops. Will let you know how it goes. -Tim
That might work better, Tim. I just kept waking up and having to fuss with the cordlocks, then later would wake up and find that they had popped out again.I haven't actually used the quilt in really cold temps, so it really hasn't been an issue yet. The last few trips, I've just snapped the snap at the neck, which has wrapped the quilt around me well enough at the relatively warm temps I was using it at (52 degrees the lowest I've seen this season). However, we're planning a trip at the end of September where we'll be sleeping at 5940 feet, so we will eventually see cooler temps.
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Cedric Peerman was slated to be a restricted free agent, but as the team has done in the past with some RFA?s, they signed him to a two-year deal.
With less than a week until the start of free agency, the Bengals have re-signed running back Cedric Peerman while extending tenders to linebacker Vincent Rey, wide receiver Andrew Hawkins and safety Jeromy Miles.
Peerman was slated to be a restricted free agent, but as the team has done in the past with some RFA's, they signed him to a two-year deal.
"It is a great thing for me and I'm hoping I can use these next two years to be the best Bengal that I can be," Peerman said.
Peerman, who will be entering his fourth season, averaged 7.2 yards per carry last year with his two longest gains coming on fake punts (48 yards in Week 4 at Jacksonville and 32 yards at Kansas City in Week 11). On offense, he had 34 carries for 178 yards (5.2 ypc) and 9 receptions for 85 yards. He as also fourth on special teams in tackles with nine.
Peerman missed two games due to an ankle injury but said that it is healed up and that he should be ready for the start of offseason workouts on April 15.
When asked if he considered last season a bit of a breakout year, Peerman said: "I guess you can call it that. I got some carries from scrimmage and was thankful for every opportunity. I'm hoping to make the best out of each carry."
Before coming back to Cincinnati next month, Peerman, who is an ordained minister, will go on a five-day mission trip to Panama next week.
Miles received the low tender, which is the right of first refusal and worth $1.323 million. Miles, who is also entering his fourth season after signing as an undrafted rookie in 2010, was second on special teams in tackles with 12 last season while also posted a career-high 15 tackles on defense. He played in every game and got the start in Week 2 against Cleveland.
As an RFA, Miles will have the right to negotiate with other teams, but the Bengals will have the right to retain him by matching any signed offer. An RFA can remain with his original team by signing the one-year tender, or by negotiating a longer-term contract with his club. The deadline to sign an offer sheet from another team is April 19.
Hawkins and Rey, who are both going into their third season, are exclusive rights free agents and also have the option of signing the tender offer or negotiating a longer-term contract. The tenders for each player have a cap number of $555,000.
Hawkins was the team's slot receiver and was third on the team in receptions (51) and receiving yards (533) while scoring four touchdowns, including two of 50 yards or more. Rey played in every game last season with one start (Week 2 against the Browns). He was third in special teams tackles with 12 and had 18 stops on defense.
"It's great to have Cedric's situation wrapped up; he's a smart and productive player who keeps getting better for us," said head coach Marvin Lewis in a statement. "And the guys we've tendered have also contributed to us reaching the playoffs each of the last two years. They are players we want to retain, and this (tender process) is a step in that direction."
Now the next step is re-signing most of the 22 unrestricted free agents who are slated to hit the market on Tuesday.


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It looked like a terribly overcooked crayfish. Actually, it looked like something out of a nightmare.Its armor-like exoskeleton gleaming black, its claws splayed out in front of it and its jointed tail curling over its back, tipped with a stinger that was visible to the naked eye, the emperor scorpion sat in the little plastic box at the pet store in Rome. I hadn't noticed it at first. I hadn't noticed the box of live crickets that apparently were waiting to be its dinner, either. The person I was with noticed them, and when I started looking around for something that would eat them (assuming that there's not that great a demand for pet crickets), I saw the scorpion. At first I recoiled with the natural reaction of someone who has seen something repulsive. But then, with the perverse fascination that repulsive things sometimes evoke, I examined the creature more closely. A closer examination didn't make it any prettier, but it did affix the scorpion's image in my mind's eye. So, the next time I had access to the Internet, I entered "emperor scorpion" into my favorite search engine. As it turns out, I'm not the only one apparently fascinated by this creeping horror. I don't think I'm libeling the emperor scorpion by labeling it a "creeping horror." According to "Petbugs.com" one of 98,900 Web pages listed from my search "These scorpions are popular animals in scary movies, because they are big, black, and they can have close contact with actors." But despite its popularity as a nemesis for buxom blondes in horror flicks, Petbugs.com is quite enthusiastic about the bug which technically is an arachnid (like spiders) rather than an insect. "If you are choosing a scorpion, the Emperor Scorpion won't let you down," says the site, as if it were referring to a car or a washing machine. Personally, I can't imagine why someone would be "choosing a scorpion" in the first place. But to each his own, the old saw goes. Different strokes for different folks, they say. They also might say, at least in the case of the emperor scorpion, don't judge a bug by its exoskeleton. Despite its frightening appearance, compared to some other scorpions, the emperor is fairly harmless. Petbugs.com says that "most people are not affected by (the venom of) this species." Actually, says DesertUSA.com, only about 21 of the approximately 1,300 scorpion species are considered dangerous to humans. And only one of those lives in the U.S. in the deserts of Arizona, extreme southeastern California and perhaps in Utah. However, KidsHealth.org says a person should see a doctor if he is ever stung by any scorpion, since it's hard to tell poisonous and non-poisonous ones apart. A doctor can administer medicine to ease the pain and, if necessary, control allergic reactions to the venom. Which brings me back to the emperor scorpion. Petbugs.com notes that although the emperor is generally considered harmless, "some people may be allergic to the venom, or just more sensitive, making it a dangerous situation." For this reason, the site says, while the emperor scorpion is "one of the only species of scorpion that is known to be handled this is not recommended." After my close encounter with that hideous thing in Rome, all I can say is, don't worry about me. I may be fascinated, but I'm not stupid. Clay Wilson is the education reporter for the Daily Herald. His column appears on Wednesdays. He can be reached at (770) 957-9161 or by e-mail at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Describe the country's physical landscapes, political divisions, and territorial expansion during the terms of the first four presidents.
America, otherwise known as the United States of America, comprised of states primarily on the East Coast during the terms of the first four presidents. The country was first made of colonies created by British settlers that wished for a new life. After they received the Louisiana territory their whole size doubled.
James Monroe and Robert Livingston were U.S. representatives that President Jefferson, the third president of the United States, sent to France to attempt to buy New Orleans. Jefferson threatened to form an alliance with Britain if New Orleans wasn't turned over, so Napoleon, emperor of France, who had taken Louisiana from Spain, not only relinquished New Orleans but the entire Louisiana Territory for fifteen million dollars. This new territory pleased Jefferson; it would provide more and cheaper land for farmers in the next generations to come. With the signing of the treaty of the Louisiana territory the size of the United States doubled in size.
Manifest Destiny, a phrase used by leaders and politicians in the 1840s to explain continental expansion of the United States, gave the Americans a sense of mission or national destiny. Their destiny was to expand the size of the United States because more land represented potential income, wealth, self-sufficiency and freedom, or "from sea to shining sea".
Political divisions changed many times; viewpoints in political matters had changed greatly when President Jefferson and Hamilton debated their issues. They created two political parties, the republicans and the federalists. The republicans were people who disagreed with the federalists who supported the ratification of the Constitution. Federalists stood for a vigorous federal government, while the republicans wanted to give as much power as possible to the people, so they could have their liberties. When big industrial buildings and farms began to develop, the United States divided into two sections, the north and the south. In the North were all the big buildings and worker factories. In the South were all the farms and slaves.
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Discusses the Manifest Destiny in details.
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The Americans: The National Experience
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A People's History of the United States: 1492-Present
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MONTPELIER The Shumlin administration briefed lawmakers Friday on a plan to create five specialized opiate treatment hubs and a support system for community providers who treat addicts.
Dubbed the hub-and-spoke initiative, officials said it could be carried out without any additional state tax dollars and over two years would provide treatment to nearly 2,000 more opiate addicts than last years caseload of 3,415.
I think we all know we are in a crisis, Human Services Secretary Douglas Racine told the House Appropriations Committee. Its a both a law enforcement and a treatment crisis, he said. The state ranks second in the country, behind only Maine, in per-capita admissions for treatment for addiction to prescription opiates.
The Shumlin administration has made addressing the drug problem a priority. Racine said his staff has worked for months to develop a systems approach to replace the fractured treatment system that fails to meet demand.
What you will hear about today will really get us to a better place, Racine said, then introduced a team to outline the hub-and-spoke initiative.
Barbara Cimaglio, deputy commissioner for alcohol and substance abuse in the Department of Health, said the plan calls for developing two addiction treatment centers in the first year in Chittenden and Rutland counties. Three more in the Northeast Kingdom, central Vermont and the states southeast corner would come on line the following year.
These hubs would provide comprehensive assessment of addicts seeking treatment, provide methadone if warranted or prescribe buprenorphine, also known as Suboxone, and coordinate other counseling, medical and mental health services.
To support those on the front lines of treatment doctors, psychiatrists and addiction professionals the initiative would pay to expand community health team networks and establish communication links to enhance treatment integration.
The Shumlin administration pegs the new cost for the first years expansion at $4.136 million. That is in addition to the $44 million the state now spends on clients receiving methadone or buprenorphine for their opiate addiction.
Officials expect most of the new expenses could be covered by federal funds if the state wins approval for the initiative under a special provision of the federal health reform law. The states share would be $35,411, which Mark Larson, commissioner of the Department of Vermont Health Access, said the agency would find within its appropriation.
Rep. Phil Winters, R-Williamstown, asked how the state would pay for the expanded services when after two years the extra federal funds are no longer available.
Cimaglio said that to get the funding, the state has to show the program will be able to continue. State officials expect to see savings because more people will be stabilized quicker and require less expensive interventions.
What percent of people graduate? Winter asked. Do you expect them to be on it for life?
For some folks, yes, they will require ongoing medication to address their addictions, just as diabetics need insulin, Cimaglio said.
Even before unveiling this initiative, the Shumlin administration was ramping up its opiate treatment. This years budget included funds to offer methadone to 150 more addicts in Chittenden County and to open a methadone clinic in Rutland County.
Rep. Ann Manwaring, D-Wilmington, asked the Human Services team what they wanted from the budget-writing committee.
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IEC employees affiliated to the National Education, Health, and Allied Workers' Union (Nehawu) had planned to down tools ahead of the last voter registration drive this weekend.
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Q+A: Lars Frederiksen
Punk rock has always flirted with mainstream success. Every couple of years a new batch of punk bands will explode onto the scene, and more often than not, within six months, they are never heard from again. Or they turn pop. Only a few stay the course and keep making great music. Rancid is one of them.
Driven by a deep love of music instead of dollar signs, Lars Frederiksen has been playing guitar for Rancid since its inception 20 years ago. "Rancid would be doing the same thing whether it were for 10 people or 1,000 people," he says.
Only Frederiksen's passion for the art of tattooing rivals his passion for punk rock. Since getting his first tattoo at the ripe old age of 11, he has embraced the culture wholeheartedly. Today he owns a stake in the legendary New York Hardcore Tattoo, and on occasion will pick up a machine to ink his buddies. "I figured that if I was going to be owner of a tattoo shop, I should be a tattooer too," Frederiksen jokes. Whether it is in the tattoo shop, onstage, or at home raising his two sons, Frederiksen always holds dear what he has learned through the punk rock scene: "All I've ever done is try and make a better life for myself without stepping on anyone's
toes. That's what the music taught me—that's what my culture taught me."
INKED: Can you believe that Rancid has been around for 20 years?
LARS FREDERIKSEN: Actually, yeah. The whole deal with us is that we have always put the friendship before the band. When you have a strong, solid friendship as your foundation, that means that you're going to have longevity. I also think that coming from our working-class backgrounds and not having a college education to fall back on has motivated us as well. I wouldn't say that was the full driving force—the friendship is. There are so many factors in keeping a band together; it's like being in a marriage with the other three members, and we get along.
You mentioned not having anything to fall back on if the band had been a failure. Do you think that lack of options helps hold the band together?
The success that we had was, mind you, 17 years ago with …And Out Come the Wolves. It's not 1995 anymore; it's not like we are millionaires with mansions and limousines. We're just regular dudes. It's nice to be able to make a living off of what we do, but at the same time that's not the motivation behind it. I don't make music for money. If I made music for money I wouldn't have become a skinhead again and started an Oi! band. Rancid has always been a working-class punk rock band and will always be a working-class punk band.
What was it about the skinhead and punk culture that attracted you initially?
It was my brother. He brought home all of the music. The Oi! stuff, the Jamaican reggae, the Ramones, and the U.K. Subs. I owe all of my musical taste to my brother, who is no longer with us. As a younger brother you look up to your older brother, so if he drank beer then you drank beer. Back then there weren't a lot of people into this type of music—I remember being chased home from school because I was different—so those who were gravitated toward each other. It was very tribal, in a way.
A lot of people tend to associate all skinheads with the racist element. What's it like having to deal with that ignorance?
I dealt with that a lot back in the '80s. This was the time when that whole racist thing was big and cops would pick you up off the street if you even resembled one. They would give you what we used to call the "Black Eye Elevator Ride." You'd go in on the first floor and by the time you made it to the third floor you would have two black eyes. There's always going to be a stigma. Anything that's rebellious is going to have one. The media will never report that skinheads came from Jamaican reggae in the '60s.
Would you consider your Oi! band, The Old Firm Casuals, a new band or a side project?
I definitely wouldn't call it a side project because it is definitely a full-time band. It means as much to me as Rancid does. This is the band that I always thought the Bastards would be. That first Bastards record, I wanted to make a street punk record, which we did. That first record was definitely what I envisioned it to be, but then the band took on a life of its own and became something else. That's the thing with music—it has its own legs and sometimes you just got to roll with it. The Old Firm Casuals is what I wanted the Bastards to be in a way. It's something I've wanted to do for a very long time.
What are your plans with it going forward?
We have so much stuff scheduled to come out. We just released a seven-inch split with a great band from Italy called Klasse Kriminale. There's so much stuff coming out and we have been doing all seven-inch releases because I'm a record nerd.
The digital age has really changed the way people take in music. When everything is coming in through a computer it takes away a lot of the visual aspect that goes along with picking out records.
I'm a dad now. I've got two kids and my oldest loves listening to music. I try to re-create that whole experience. I'll put three or four records out and let him choose which one he wants to listen to. He's 4 and he'll tell you what bands he wants to listen to. He was really into Sham 69 for a while.
That's fantastic. What are you going to do if he decides that he doesn't like Rancid?
That's his choice, man. He would be missing out, though. We were driving in the car and I put on Sham because he wanted the song with the drums. All of a sudden he says, "Hey, Dad, I don't want to listen to Sham
anymore." I go, "Oh shit, what do you want to listen to?" And he goes, "Cockney Rejects." Inside I'm totally celebrating.
Were you afraid he was going to say The Wiggles?
Nah, that's all good too. He listens to Yo Gabba Gabba! and loves it. All I really care about is that he is responding to music. He likes all the music that I like, so that's great—although he also likes his mom's music, which is Cyndi Lauper and shit like that.
When did you start to become interested in tattooing?
I got my first tattoo when I was 11 years old. On the street where I grew up there were a lot of bikers, a motorcycle club who pretty much ran the street. Those were the guys that were always really nice to me and my brother. A lot of these guys had tattoos, so that was my introduction to the world of tattooing. I thought it looked cool and when I got a chance to get my first tattoo it was with a homemade machine with one of those slot car motors. I got it on my leg because I figured I better hide it from my mom. I got "Oi!" tattooed on my shin, but it's now on my ankle. When you're 11 you're still growing so it moved a bit.
You've definitely spent a lot of time getting tattooed, but we heard you've also done a little tattooing of your own. Tell us how that ended up happening.
In about '96 we had just gotten home from all of our touring for …And Out Come the Wolves, and I was pretty bored. There used to be a shop here in San Francisco called 222 Tattoo run by Eddy Deutsche. Scott Sylvia, Jeff Rassier, and Gary Kosmala all worked there. Scott and I were pretty good friends. A month or so after 222 opened Scott called me and said that their shop girl had quit. I ended up becoming the shop boy for about three or four months. I don't even remember how it came about—they thought it would be funny if I tattooed them. So that's how it started.
In addition to moonlighting as a shop boy, you've also had a stake in a few tattoo shops, right?
Tokyo Hiro used to work in L.A. I met him for the first time when he worked with Eric Maaske at Classic Tattoo in Fullerton before Hiro could really speak any English. He was apprenticing under Bob Roberts are the time. A few years later we got another partner named Shaw Tanaka and we ended up starting Skunx Tattoo in Tokyo. The last time I was in Japan I got home a week before the tsunami hit. Shortly after, our lease was coming up at the shop and we made a conscious decision to close it for now. I just didn't feel right keeping a shop open at that moment. In a way I had taken a lot from Japan and at the point all I wanted was to give something back.
You also own part of New York Hardcore Tattoo.
In New York we have our crew, our little family called DMS. Jimmy Gestapo from Murphy's Law and Vinny Stigma had the shop on the Lower East Side. Basically they wanted some new blood in there as far as partnership goes, so me and a few guys from upstate, Mike Valente and Tragedy, got in on the shop and became partners. It's a Bowery tattoo shop. Some tattoo shops I don't even want to walk in because they look like Walmart. I wanted to be part of New York Hardcore because if I was in New York looking for a tattoo that's where I would go. It's part of my culture of hardcore punk music.
Tell us a little bit about the ink that you have and which tattoos mean the most to you.
I have so many old tattoos. I like to refer to them as hamburgers because they're all blown out now. I got tattooed by Pinky Yun, for Christ's sake. Tim Lehi is another guy that I've been tattooed a lot by. He's an amazing tattoo artist—one of the best, in my opinion. I've got a tattoo from Jimmy Gestapo, and it's just a Murphy's Law tattoo. He did it in three minutes and it hurt like a motherfucker. To me that's what it's all about, the experience. I've been tattooed by Peter Wells, before he passed away. Wells was a big influence to me as a guitar player, so having a tattoo by him, one of the best slide guitar players ever—that means the world to me. Those are the types of tattoos that mean the world to me. They might not be the best tattoos, but I don't really want to have the best tattoos in the world either. I have my sons' names on my hands and that's really important to me.
If you are close friends with the person tattooing you, it elevates the experience beyond just a simple picture on your skin.
I've got tattoos by both Eric Hogan and Maaske, who have both passed away, and they were my good friends. So having their tattoos still on my body, I can look at them every day and remember them. These guys are all my friends, my homeboys, and that's what means much more to me than the actual tattoos. That's the thing with tattooing: It's a very vulnerable situation. It's almost like you have to trust the guy. So for me it's one of those things where it's a personal thing. I've always shied away from doing any sort of tattoo magazine interviews or photo stuff because the tattoos are so personal to me. I don't want people taking pictures of my tattoos. The thought of having photos of my tattoos taken makes me cringe. I don't know why; it's just a reaction.
Do you feel that it is judgmental?
No, that's not it. I mean, I have tattoos on my fucking face—it's not like I give a shit. Believe it or not I have a hard time with the "look at me" shit. I'm not comfortable in that environment. So when it's focused on my tattoos the focus is on the real me since they are so personal. I don't really like the attention.
Do you think that the current mainstream acceptance of tattoos has changed tattoo culture in a negative way?
In one way, tattoos have become so popular that people don't even really see them anymore. You'll see these kids who are barely 21 years old with full neck pieces and you just think, Wow! That's how far it has come. I don't have a jaded look on it. I'm not trying to sound like the old guy, but I remember back when if you had a tattoo that was basically saying, "Come and fight me." A lot of fights I got into as a kid were started by tattoos. Now everybody can get a tattoo, which is rad. You see soccer moms with fucking tattoos now. It's cool that it's been accepted in that sense, but at the same time it used to be a way to separate yourself from society.
One last thing: After 20 successful years, what does the future have in store for Rancid?
It's been 20 years for us, and that is definitely a big deal; it's a big milestone. Rancid will keep going for a while. While it is a special year for us, we are spreading it out. Yeah, there is some touring and recording scheduled. We're not going to go kill ourselves for nine months to get it all done this year. We're going to continue to do our thing and do it on our own time schedule.


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Lee Harvey Oswald, accused assassin of President John F. Kennedy, reacts as Dallas night club owner Jack Ruby, foreground, shoots at him from point-blank range in a corridor of Dallas police headquarters, in this Nov. 24, 1963, photo. At left is Detective Jim Leavelle. / File photo by Bob Jackson, AP
DALLAS (AP) - The man in the cowboy hat seen handcuffed to Lee Harvey Oswald in the iconic photo of the moment when Oswald was shot received the police commendation award Tuesday for his years of service on Dallas' police force.
The award was presented during a ceremony for retired Detective Jim Leavelle. Police Chief David Brown said the award for detective of the year will be named in Leavelle's honor.
Leavelle, 92, joined the Dallas police force in April 1950. He was among the lead detectives assigned to investigate the Nov. 22, 1963, assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
In accepting the honor, Leavelle said he was thinking of other deserving officers, including Officer J.D. Tippit, who was shot and killed by Oswald.
Leavelle said that being an officer was a job he always enjoyed and that he took a pay cut to pursue a career in law enforcement.
In brief comments after the presentation, Leavelle said that when he saw an armed Jack Ruby approach in the basement of Dallas police headquarters, he tried unsuccessfully to jerk Oswald behind him to shield him from harm.
"You don't stop and think," Leavelle said. "You have to react."
The iconic photo that captured the moment Ruby shot Oswald won a Pulitzer Prize.
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This Tuesday, Feb. 17, will be the New York-debut of Philip Rizk's documentary This Palestinian Life at All Angel's Church in Manhattan. Please see below for more info.
This Palestinian Life shares stories of nonviolent struggle in Palestinian rural communities in the face of the Israeli occupation. Filmmaker Philip Rizk meets with villagers in the Gaza Strip, Jordan Valley, and the South Hebron Hills who have endured home demolitions, imprisonment, settler attacks, and other forms of oppression that threaten their very way of life.
This film exposes the rarely told story of community-based resistance against the unjust policies of an occupying state.
The film's co-creator Philip Rizk was detained by the Egyptian government for four days last week after participating in a peaceful solidarity march for Gaza just north of Cairo. [SEE NYT ARTICLE] After Rizk was released, he expressed the wish for all the attention his arrest received to be transferred to the crisis in Gaza.
This film screening is one way we can carry out Rizk's requests.
This event is sponsored by the New York Faith and Justice (NYF&J) and All Angel's Church in Manhattan. There will be a discussion with film co-creator Julie Norman following the screening.
Please see http://philiprizk.org/ for more info on Philip's arrest. And this Facebook invite for the event.
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Here's my favorite Iowa rule inmates on parole etc. can not go into establishments that sell alcohol. All hard liquor in Iowa has to be bought by liquor stores etc. from the state. Guess who works in the state liquor warehouse? Inmates.
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Tuesday June 3, 2014Gators to Face Alabama in Game 2 of WCWS Finals
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Seeded fifth in the 2014 NCAA Tournament, the University of Florida softball team will meet Alabama in Game 2 of the best-of-three championship series of the Womens College World Series. First pitch is set for 8 p.m. (all times Eastern), with ESPN, televised on ESPN and carried on WGGG (1230-AM). In addition, live stats will be available through Gametracker on the GatorZone.com schedule page.
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Postseason History
The Gators are 80-56 (.588) all-time in postseason games: 22-24 (.478) in the SEC Tournament and 58-32 (.644) in the NCAA Tournament.
BitesSetting Up Game 2
Florida is 54-12 (15-9 SEC), while Alabama comes in at 53-12 (19-5 SEC) The Crimson Tide lead the all-time series, 32-27 UF leads 8-3 at neutral sites.
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The Orange and Blue were 3-3 in the regular season against the WCWS field During the regular season, Florida faced Alabama three times (1-2), Florida State twice (1-1) and Oregon once (1-0).
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Kelsey Stewart reached 100 hits for the season in Game 1, one shy of Michelle Moultries single-season UF record (101, 2011).
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Boulder Police say they got a call Monday morning reporting shots fired at Boulder Stove & Flooring, located at 2887 30th St.
"Officers arrived on scene and treated this as if it were an in-progress call," Sarah Huntley, a spokeswoman for Boulder Police, said.
When police got there at 11:10 a.m., they say the door to the shop was unlocked because it was open for business. Inside, they say they found three bodies.
The business is owned by Sean Griffin. His wife also works at the business.
Police won't say if they are investigating a double-murder suicide, but they tell 9NEWS they are not looking for suspects.
"Arriving officers tell me they did not see anybody running from the building or any vehicles fleeing from the parking lot," Huntley said.
Authorities covered the license plate of a BMW parked at the scene.
Pam Ortega does bookkeeping and payroll for the small business.
"We had tried faxing an order into them this morning, my husband couldn't get anybody to pick up the phone ... I know all 5 employees, I know the husband and wife that own it, I've known them for a long time," Ortega said.
Ortega says the BMW belongs to the Griffin's.
When 9NEWS arrived at the Griffin's Longmont home, police were on the scene and someone was there to pick up the couple's dogs, and take them away.
Neighbors say the couple has lived there for a year, and they have a daughter.
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Alice at Charlotte Tilbury's House of Rock n' Kohl
To celebrate the launch of her exclusive to Selfridges makeup line Charlotte Tilbury held a week long beauty festival at the iconic department store. Alice, along with Laura Bailey and Caroline Issa joined Charlotte on the red lip sofa for one of the nightly Q&A sessions. Caroline Issa, wearing the Crest Neck Tie Shirt with the Pleats and Lace skirt from Pre Fall 13, hosted the conversation on the topic of 'The Enduring Influence of British Style and Beauty'. While sipping on champagne the guests were treated to insights from the panel on what epitomises British style and what it means to them individually.
Alice's kiss joins the wall of fame alongside Kate Moss, Carine Roitfeld, Cara Delevigne and more
From Alice's Instagram: Backstage Photo
Exclusive light installation portraits of Kate Moss were unveiled in the window to celebrate the event
Limited edition make up bags carry a Charlotte Tilbury mantra on their reverse
Alice's Kiss on the front of the makeup bag
Watch the video from the event here