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Across the Great Divide: Environmentalists and Animal Rights Activists Battle over Vegetarianism. (Cover Story)
Motavalli, Jim, E Magazine
Do Real Greens Eat Meat?
In September, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) shocked its foes and supporters alike by putting up a billboard in Vancouver, Canada, the launching pad for many a whale watch. PETA is well known for its provocative ad campaigns, which sometimes feature nude models proclaiming they'd rather go naked than wear fur. But this was different. "Eat the Whales," it said.
Had PETA gone mad? Could the group really want people to chow down on the largest, most majestic mammals on the planet, simply because they offer a greater meat yield than domestic pigs and cows? What's more, the group seemed proud to be alienating environmentalists. "Anti-whaling charities are spitting mad," it crowed in a press release.
A PETA spokesperson, Andrew Butler, says pissing off the greens was precisely the point. "I hope that environmentalists will see past their anger," he says. "They're always ready to condemn file Japanese, Norwegians and Native American whalers like the Makah, while ignoring the greater suffering from the buckets of chicken wings or fish sticks that they harvest at the drive-through or haul home from file meat counter. What we're saying to them is that it's rime to get real."
Iain Kerr, CEO of the Massachusetts-based Ocean Alliance (which includes the Whale Conservation Institute), is one environmentalist who takes exception to the PETA campaign. "I really like PETA, but I also think that environmentalists need to work together instead of upsetting each other," he says. "Environmentalists need all the help we can get, and we can't go around saying, `I can't take your data on PCBs because you're not a vegetarian.'"
Dick Russell, a veteran environmentalist and author of Eye of the Whale, agrees. "PETA is seriously stretching a point," he says. But whale campaigner Annelise Sorg, a spokesperson for the Canadian group No Whales in Captivity, believes PETA's campaign has merit. She admits that some activists are hypocrites "for advocating on behalf of one species while eating another."
PETA is not the first animal rights group to try to persuade environmentalists to go vegetarian. But the effort, to date, has been strikingly unsuccessful. An informal E survey of top environmental leaders found that most of them still eat meat, though they usually express support for those who choose a vegetarian path. Comments ranged from, "I'm cutting down on red meat," and "I think people should move in a vegetarian direction," to "I'm 60 percent vegan and 95 percent vegetarian," and "I'm not a vegetarian because I like to eat meat."
Voices from the Top
PETA's campaign puts in stark relief one of the key differences between environmentalists and animal rights advocates. Environmental leaders tend to think strategically about bringing the greatest number of people into the fold. Since the great majority of people leaning green eat at least some meat, alienating them with vegetarian absolutism is anathema. But personal ethics and choices are very important to animal rights groups. At a recent national conference, "Animal Rights 2001," there was strong sentiment that becoming a vegan (a vegetarian who also eschews all animal products, including dairy) was an essential commitment. Although some expressed concern that this was alienating potential support, the general feeling was that vegetarianism was not negotiable. Many attendees, in fact, criticized PETA itself because of what they termed "sensationalist media campaigns." PETA's representatives pointed out with some justification that the media ignores any campaigns that aren't sensationalized.
The environmental community tends to see animal issues through the lens of wild populations, not individual suffering. Right whales get considerable attention, for instance, not only because they are so-called "charismatic megafauna," but also because there are only about 350 of them left. …


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The Cramps: Stay Sick! [Slipcase]
1 CD / Vengeance Records / 2014-12-02Tracks: Bop Pills; God Damn Rock 'n' Roll; Bikini Girls with Machine Guns; All Women Are Bad; Creature from the Black Leather Lagoon, The; Shortnin' Bread; Daisys Up Your Butterfly; Everything Goes; Journey ...
Artists: The Cramps
The Cramps: Lux Interior (vocals); Poison Ivy (guitar); Candy Del Mar (bass); Nick Knox (drums).
All tracks have been digitally remastered.
Personnel: Lux Interior (vocals); Poison Ivy (...continue...
FF (Seattle): Lord
1 CD / Couple Skate / 2014-12-02Tracks: Deadhead; Dusted; It's Alright; Caught In a Dream; In a Day; Past Year; Theme; Come To Pass
Artists: FF (Seattle)
Personnel: Harley (guitar); Michael (drums).
Recording information: Seattle, WA (2014).
While lots of 2010s groups bring back the sounds of the '90s, FF's debut album Lord actually sound...continue...
Duane Eddy: The Complete US & UK Singles and EPs As & Bs 1955-62 *
2 CD / Acrobat (USA) / 2014-12-02Tracks: Soda Fountain Girl; I Want Some Lovin' Baby; Ramrod; Caravan; Moovin' n' Groovin; Up and Down; Rebel-'Rouser; Stalkin'; Ramrod; Walker, The; Cannonball; Mason Dixon Lion; Lonely One, The; Detour; Yep...
Artists: Duane Eddy
Liner Note Author: Paul Watts.
Recording information: Audio Recorders of Arizona, Phoenix, AZ (03/02/1962); Master Recorders, Hollywood, CA (03/02/1962); Phoenix, AZ (03/02/1962); Ramsey Record...continue...
The Peppermint Rainbow: Will You Be Staying After Sunday
1 CD / / 2014-12-02Artists: The Peppermint Rainbow
Baltimore's the Peppermint Rainbow got their big break when Cass Elliot of the Mamas & the Papas caught their act at a club in Georgetown, VA, and was impressed enough to help them land a record contr...continue...
White Plains: My Baby Loves Lovin'
1 CD / / 2014-12-02Artists: White Plains
White Plains was one of a multitude of studio projects based around the sugary-sweet vocals of British session vocalist Tony Burrows. Burrows managed to score hits under a variety of monikers includin...continue...
Chris Montez: Time After Time
1 CD / / 2014-12-02Artists: Chris Montez
Chris Montez Time After Time album was a quick follow-up to his The More I See You/Call Me LP in 1966, the singer's entry into the world of easy listening music. Here, Tommy LiPuma, Herb Alpert, and M...continue...
The Cuff Links: Tracy
1 CD / / 2014-12-02Artists: The Cuff Links
Primarily a studio vehicle for the songwriting and production team of Paul Vance and Lee Pockriss, the Cuff Links' scored a major hit single in the summer of 1969 with "Tracy," an upbeat bit of neo-bu...continue...
Various Artists: Hang on Sloopy: The Bert Berns Story, Vol. 3 [Digipak]
1 CD / Ace (Label) / 2014-12-02Tracks: Let the Water Run Down - Arsenio Rodriguez/Ben E. King; Am I Grooving You - Freddie Scott/Baby Washington; Love (Can't You Hear Me) - The Knight Brothers/Barbara Lewis; I've Got Nothing to Say But Go...
Artists: Various Artists
Liner Note Author: Mick Patrick.
Following Ace's first two volumes of The Bert Berns Story by nearly five years, Hang on Sloopy is by design quite light on well-known hits. Those popped up on t...continue...
The Cowsills: The Cowsills
1 CD / / 2014-12-02Artists: The Cowsills
Featuring "The Rain, The Park, And Other Things," this really isn't half-bad mainstream late-'60s pop, with a heavy Mamas & The Papas fixation. It's not nearly as good as The Mamas & The Papas, of cou...continue...
Girl Tears: Tension
1 CD / Sinderlyn / 2014-12-02Tracks: Kill for Love; Jinx; Lobotomy; Hate; Dream Baby; Candy Darling; Never Again; Alone; Because; Suffocate; Tension; Nothing
Artists: Girl Tears
Lyricist: Kam Andresen.
Illustrator: Peter Hujar.
L.A. punk trio Girl Tears don't mess around with things like guitar solos, complicated bridges, or virtuosity of any kind. Instead, thei...continue...
The Brady Bunch: The Brady Bunch Phonographic Album
1 CD / / 2014-12-02Artists: The Brady Bunch
Includes liner notes by Lisa Sutton.
All tracks have been digitally remastered.
Out of all the Brady Bunch albums, The Phonographic Album is the weakest. It follows the same formula as i...continue...
The Aquadolls: Stoked on You [Digipak] *
1 CD / Burger Records / 2014-12-02Tracks: Don't Mean Jack; Our Love Will Always Remain; Guys Who Sk8; Tweaker Kidz; Cool Cat; Better Off Without Her; So High; Wander; Long Hair Don't Care; I Like Fruit; Big Headed Alien; Mine; Sinus Infectio...
Artists: The Aquadolls
Personnel: Melissa Brooks (vocals, guitar, percussion); Ryan Frailich (vocals, guitar); Josh Crawford (bass guitar); Colin Moore (drums).
Audio Mixer: Joe Cardamone.
Recording informatio...continue...
Lenny Kravitz: Strut
1 CD / / 2014-12-02Artists: Lenny Kravitz
The very title of Strut makes Lenny Kravitz's intentions for his tenth album plain: he wants to swagger, he wants to get off on his moves. To underscore the whole carnality of it, Kravitz calls the al...continue...
Joe Meek: Let's Go! Joe Meek's Girls
1 CD / RPM / 2014-11-25Tracks: Hobbies; My Friend Bobby; Dumb Head; Heart and Soul; This Little Girl's Gone Rockin' - (previously unreleased); Mama Didn't Lie - (previously unreleased); Please Don't Say Goodbye - (previously unrel...
Artists: Joe Meek
Performers include: Yolanda, Jenny Moss, Valerie Masters, Pamela Blue.
Recording information: 1960-1966.
When you take the plunge into a Joe Meek rarity CD, you have fair warning that yo...continue...
Wand (Los Angeles): Ganglion Reef
1 CD / God? / 2014-11-25Tracks: Send/Receive (Mind); Clearer; Broken Candle; Fire on the Mountain (I- II-III); On Ganglion Reef; Flying Golem; Strange Inertia (Ctrl Alt Death); 6661; Growing Up Boys; Generator Larping
Artists: Wand (Los Angeles)
After a handful of singles, Los Angeles power psych band Wand arrived with Ganglion Reef, their debut full-length and a nonstop parade of acid-dipped, pop-minded forays into both heaviness and wavy fo...continue...
Lloyd Price: Music, Music
1 CD / Essential Media / 2014-11-25Artists: Lloyd Price
Various Artists: Superstar Christmas
1 CD / / 2014-11-25Artists: Various Artists
Superstar Christmas delivers exactly what it says it does -- 16 superstars singing Christmas carols. Of course, that doesn't guarantee that the album will hang together, since the album contains super...continue...
Gary "U.S." Bonds: Certified Soul
1 CD / Essential Media / 2014-11-25Artists: Gary "U.S." Bonds
In the wake of Gary U.S. Bonds' early-'80s comeback, Rhino Records released this compilation of singles he made between 1968 and 1970 for producer Jerry Williams, Jr.. Williams cast Bonds in the late-...continue...
Big Joe Turner: I Understand
1 CD / Black and Blue / 2014-11-18Artists: Big Joe Turner
Chris Rea: Whatever Happened to Benny Santini? [Limited Edition] [Digipak]
1 CD / Culture Factory / 2014-11-18Tracks: Whatever Happened To Benny Santini?; Closer You Get, The; Because of You; Dancing With Charlie; Bows and Bangles; Fool (If You Think It's Over); Three Angels; Just One of Those Days; Standing in Your...
Artists: Chris Rea
Though he had already cut a single, "So Much Love," for Magnet Records in 1975, this was Chris Rea's first full-length album. While "So Much Love" had basically disappeared quickly upon its release, t...continue...
Redbone: Message from a Drum [Digipak]
1 CD / Culture Factory / 2014-11-18Tracks: Message From a Drum; Niji Trance; Sun Never Shines On the Lonely, The; Maxsplivitz; Emotions; Jerico; Witch Queen of New Orleans, The; When You Got Trouble; Perico; Fate; One Monkey; Chant: 13th Hour...
Artists: Redbone
Personnel: Lolly Vegas (vocals, guitar, acoustic guitar, organ); Pat Vegas (vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, piano); Tony Bellamy (vocals, dobro); Pete "Last Walking Bear" Depoe (vocals, drum...continue...
The Kalin Twins: When
1 CD / Jasmine Records / 2014-11-18Tracks: Jumpin' Jack; Walkin' to School; When; Three O'Clock Thrill; Forget Me Not; Dream of Me; Cool; School Bell Dream; Spider and the Fly, The; You Mean the World to Me; Tag-A-Long; Clickety Clack; It's O...
Artists: The Kalin Twins
For once, Bear Family Records has compromised on a retrospective -- the Kalin Twins left behind 38 songs, but only 30 of them are here, obviously to hold this to a single disc. Some of the stuff not p...continue...
Jimmy Clanton: Venus in Blue Jeans
2 CD / Jasmine Records / 2014-11-18Tracks: I Trusted You; That's You Baby; Just a Dream; You Aim to Please; Letter to an Angel, A; Part of Me, A; Ship on a Stormy Sea, A; My Love is Strong; My Own True Love; Little Boy in Love; Go Jimmy Go; I...
Artists: Jimmy Clanton
Straight up reissue of Clanton's post Army album. The big ticket here is the title track, fortified by the entries of "Darkest Street in Town," "I Just Wanna Make Love," and "Twist on Little Girl." Th...continue...
The Everly Brothers: It's Everly Time/A Date with the Everly Brothers
2 CD / / 2014-11-18Artists: The Everly Brothers
It's Everly Time and A Date With the Everly Brothers, both from 1960, were excellent albums, a match for any other albums they did (including their earlier ones on Cadence). It's a shame that this CD,...continue...
The Manhattans: After Midnight
1 CD / Funky Town Grooves / 2014-11-17Tracks: Shining Star; It's Not the Same; Girl of My Dream; Cloudy, With a Chance of Tears; Closer You Are, The; If My Heart Could Speak/One Life To Live; Just As Long As I Have You; It Couldn't Hurt; Tired o...
Artists: The Manhattans
Liner Note Author: Matt Bauer .
Recording information: Jennifudy, Los Angeles; Mediasound, New York; Penny Lane, New York; Sigma Sound Studios, Philadelphia; Universal Studios, Chicago.
Bruce Springsteen: The Album Collection:1973-1984, Vol. 1 [Box]
8 CD / Sony Legacy / 2014-11-17Tracks: Blinded by the Light; Growin' Up; Mary Queen of Arkansas; Does This Bus Stop at 82nd Street?; Lost in the Flood; Angel, The; For You; Spirit in the Night; It's Hard to Be a Saint in the City; E Stree...
Artists: Bruce Springsteen
Lyricist: Bruce Springsteen.
Personnel: Bruce Springsteen (vocals, guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, electric 12-string guitar, 6-string guitar, mandolin, harmonica, recorder, congas); ...continue...
Johnny Thunder: Loop de Loop: The Very Best of Johnny Thunder *
1 CD / Essential Media Mod / 2014-11-13Artists: Johnny Thunder
Not to be confused with Johnny Thunders, the legendary junkie guitarist of the New York Dolls and the Heartbreakers, Johnny Thunder was a dynamic R&B and rock & roll singer who originally sang as a ba...continue...
James Darren: Love Songs From the Movies
1 CD / Essential Media Mod / 2014-11-13Artists: James Darren
The Globetrotters: The Globetrotters
1 CD / Essential Media Mod / 2014-11-13Artists: The Globetrotters
Ruby & the Romantics: Our Day Will Come: The Very Best of Ruby & the Romantics
2 CD / RPM / 2014-11-11Tracks: When You're Young and in Love; Moonlight and Music; Till Then; Our Day Will Come; Every Day's a Holiday; Think; Lonely People Do Foolish Things; My Summer Love; Much Better Off Than I've Ever Been; I...
Artists: Ruby & the Romantics
Liner Note Authors: Malcolm Baumgart; Mick Patrick.
Ruby & the Romantics have been poorly served by best-of collections, which are too brief and skimpy. This two-CD, 42-song set goes too far in...continue...
The Hour Glass: Power of Love
1 CD / / 2014-11-11Artists: The Hour Glass
Hour Glass: Gregg Allman (vocals, guitar, piano, organ); Duane Allman (lead guitar, electric sitar); Paul Hornsby (piano, organ, guitar, vocals); Jesse Williard Carr (bass, guitar, vocals); Johnny San...continue...
Icky Boyfriends: Live in San Francisco [Digipak] *
1 CD / Castle Face / 2014-11-11Tracks: Intro Bit; 22 Fillmore; Miss Nevada; Cuckoo; Ecophobia; My Disciples; I'm Not Fascinating; Frank's Mom; Don't Read the Bay Guardian; I Was...; Toenails; Even Richard Nixon's Got a Soul; Bay Colony Ba...
Artists: Icky Boyfriends
Personnel: Jonathan Swift (vocals); Shea Bond (guitar); Anthony Bedard (drums).
Audio Mixer: Chris Woodhouse.
Recording information: The SF Eagle, San Francisco, CA (08/08/2013).
Nots: We Are Nots [Digipak]
1 CD / Ex-Cult / 2014-11-11Tracks: Insect Eyes; Decadence; Reactor; Strange Rage; Get Along; Black Mold; Static; Monochromatic; White Noise; Televangelist; Talk Show
Artists: Nots
Recording information: Memphis, TN (2014).
Natalie Hoffmann, the former Ex-Cult bassist who now plays guitar as the leader of Nots, was asked to describe her band's music during a television ap...continue...
Pat Boone: Pat Boone Sings Guess Who?
1 CD / The Gold Label / 2014-11-11Tracks: Love Me; Teddy Bear; Hound Dog; All Shook Up; One Night; Wear My Ring Around Your Neck; Love Me Tender; Don't Be Cruel; Blue Suede Shoes; My Baby Left Me; Heartbreak Hotel; It's Now or Never
Artists: Pat Boone
Personnel: Pat Boone (vocals); Bob Gibbons, Tony Rizzi (guitar); Justin Gordon (flute, tenor saxophone); Ted Nash (alto saxophone); Don Fagerquist (trumpet); Paul Smith (piano); Larry Bunker (vibrapho...continue...
Monalisa Twins: When We're Together
1 DVD Video / / 2014-11-10Artists: Monalisa Twins
Various Artists: The Hillbillies: They Tried to Rock, Vol. 2 [Digipak]
1 CD / Bear Family Records (Germany) / 2014-11-07Tracks: (I Got) A Hole in My Pocket; Long Tall Sally; Stop, Look and Listen; Crazy Man Crazy; Heartbreak Hotel - George Jones; Hello Baby; Country Boy Rock 'N' Roll - Red Smiley; Dig Boy Dig; Let's Go Rockab...
Artists: Various Artists
Liner Note Authors: Hank Davis; Scott Parker ; Roy Forbes.
The second volume of Bear Family's riotous 2014 series The Hillbillies: They Tried to Rock is every bit as good as its companion, poss...continue...
Various Artists: The Hillbillies: They Tried to Rock, Vol. 1 [Digipak]
1 CD / Bear Family Records (Germany) / 2014-11-07Tracks: Teenage Boogie; You're Humbuggin' Me; I Gotta Know; How Come It; Have You Heard the News; Let the Teardrops Fall - Patsy Cline; Tennessee Rock 'N' Roll; Honey Love - The Carlisles; Blue Suede Shoes; ...
Artists: Various Artists
Liner Note Authors: Hank Davis; Scott Parker ; Roy Forbes.
At times, the line between country and rock & roll was very thin indeed, but Bear Family's two-volume, 2014 set The Hillbillies: They ...continue...
Various Artists: Essential Radio Hits of the 60s, Vol. 3
1 CD / MVD Audio / 2014-11-04Tracks: My Boyfriend's Back - The Angels; Wipe Out - The Surfaris; You're So Fine - Ike Turner/Tina Turner; Hang on Sloopy - The McCoys; Lover's Concerto, A - The Toys; Traces - Classics IV - (featuring Denn...
Artists: Various Artists
Pop music exploded into several youthful and divergent paths during the 1960s, and the commercial beginnings of rock, soul, and so much more began in a decade that seemed to promise the moon, the star...continue...
The Beatles: As It Happened: The Classic Interviews [Box]
4 CD / Enlightenment / 2014-11-04Tracks: Ask Me Why; All Together Now; That Means a Lot; Ticket To Ride; Think For Yourself; Revolution; Happy Christmas; Ballad of John and Yoko, The; It Won't Be Long; Remember; Yesterdays; I've Just Seen a...
Artists: The Beatles
A four-CD set of interviews with bandmembers from various stages of the Fabs' career, including Paul McCartney's reminiscences on his early years with John Lennon, comment on Lennon's infamous mid-'60...continue...
The Cramps: Smell of Female [Digipak]
1 CD / Vengeance Records / 2014-11-04Tracks: Most Exalted Potentate of Love, The; You Got Good Taste; Call of the Wighat; Faster Pussycat; I Ain't Nuthin' but a Gorehound; Psychotic Reaction; Beautiful Gardens; She Said; [Untitled]
Artists: The Cramps
The Cramps: Lux Interior (vocals), Poison Ivy, Congo Powers (guitar), Nick Knox (drums).
Recorded live at The Peppermint Lounge, New York on February 25-26, 1983.
All tracks have been di...continue...
Various Artists: The London American Label, Year by Year: 1965
1 CD / Ace (Label) / 2014-11-04Tracks: Have Mercy Baby - James Brown & His Famous Flames (mono); Just Once in My Life - The Righteous Brothers (mono); Time to Love, A Time to Cry, A - Lou Johnson (mono); Story of John Hardy, The - The Sir...
Artists: Various Artists
Liner Note Author: Tony Rounce.
Illustrators: Ady Croasdell; Tony Rounce; Mick Patrick.
Ace's 1965 installment of their ongoing series The London American Label, Year by Year captures a ...continue...
The Cramps: Fiends of Dope Island [Digipak]
1 CD / Vengeance Records / 2014-11-04Tracks: Big Black Witchcraft Rock; Papa Satan Sang Louie; Hang Up; Fissure of Rolando; Dr. Fucker M.D. (Musical Deviant); Dopefiend Boogie; Taboo; Elvis Fucking Christ!; She's Got Balls; Oowee Baby; Mojo Man...
Artists: The Cramps
The Cramps include: Lux Interior (vocals); Poison Ivy (guitar).
Personnel: Lux Interior (vocals, harmonica, maracas); Poison Ivy (guitar); Harry Drumdini (drums).
Recording information: ...continue...
The Ventures: Going to the Ventures' Dance Party!
1 CD / Hallmark / 2014-11-04Tracks: Mr. Moto; Theme From "Come September"; Ya Ya Wobble; Night Drive; Venus; Intruder, The; Gandy Dancer; Sweet and Lovely; Limbo Rock; Lolita Ya-Ya; Loco-Motion; Gully-Ver
Artists: The Ventures
This is a pleasant album, though some of it lacks the edge and focus of its direct predecessor. And, yet, Going to the Ventures' Dance Party! is notable on several levels, most especially the drumming...continue...
The Crystals (Girl Group): Twist Uptown
1 CD / Hallmark / 2014-11-04Artists: The Crystals (Girl Group)
The Bloodhounds: Let Loose! [Digipak]
1 CD / Alive Naturalsound Records / 2014-11-04Tracks: Indian Highway; Wild Little Rider; Saint Dee; Dusty Bibles & Silver Spoons; Crackin' Up; They Call'm the LSC; Wolf, The; Hey Lonnie; Security; Try a Little Reefer; Olderbudwiser; Bottle Cap Blues
Artists: The Bloodhounds
Personnel: Branden Santos (vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, slide guitar, harp); Aaron "Little Rock" Piedraita (vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar); Johnny Santana (vocals, banjo, harp)...continue...
Davila 666: Pocos Años, Muchos Daños [Digipak]
1 CD / Burger Records / 2014-11-04Tracks: Primero Muerta; Sabes Que Quiero; Pingorocha Y La Diva Rockera; Casi Las 3; Me Va Muy Mal; Alverez; Telefono; Ohhh; Dos O Tres; Mariel; Killer Bitch, La; Y Me Pregunto; Borrando El Negro [She's a Rai...
Artists: Davila 666
Personnel: AJ Davila (vocals, guitar, sequencer); Sir Charles Davila (vocals, tambourine); Johnny Otis Davila (guitar, background vocals); The Latin Snake (drums, background vocals); Panda Davila (mar...continue...
AJ Davila/AJ Davila y Terror Amor: Beibi [Digipak] *
1 CD / Burger Records / 2014-11-04Tracks: Vámonos Lejos; Borderline; Oh Mama (Solo Quiero Pecar); Todo Lo Que Quiero; Qué Bien; Rubyouwrongtime; Puma, Party, Cero Prisa; Media Naranja; Tú Quieres; Quiero Infierno; Sé De Ti
Artists: AJ Davila/AJ Davila y Terror Amor
Personnel: AJ Davila (vocals, guitar, synthesizer, sampler); Daniel Enrique Ortiz (guitar, synthesizer); Johnny Otis Davila (guitar); Nelvin Lara (drums).
Audio Mixer: AJ Davila.
The Coasters: The Very Best of the Coasters
1 CD / / 2014-11-04Artists: The Coasters
The Coasters include: Carl Gardner, Bobby Nunn, Leon Hughes, Billy Guy, Obie "Young" Jessie, Cornell Gunter, Will "Dub" Jones, Earl "Speedo" Carroll.
Producers: Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller.
Chuck Berry: Rock and Roll Music: Any Old Way You Choose It [Box]
16 CD / Bear Family Records (Germany) / 2014-10-28Tracks: Maybellene; Wee Wee Hours; Thirty Days (To Come Back Home); Together (We Will Always Be); You Can't Catch Me; Roly Poly; Berry Pickin' [Instrumental]; Down Bound Train, The; No Money Down; I've Chang...
Artists: Chuck Berry
Liner Note Author: Bruce Pegg.
Editor: Evelyn Gerstenberger.
Illustrators: Colin Escott; Jean-Marie Périer; R.A. Andreas; Uwe Krüger; Bill Greensmith; John Beecher; Brian Smith...continue...
The Blind Shake: Breakfast of Failures [Digipak]
1 CD / Goner Records / 2014-10-28Tracks: Old Lake; Parachute; Dots In the Fog; Breakfast of Failures; Go Lie; Young Carnival Waste; Pollen; In a Trance; Mildew; Nobody Else
Artists: The Blind Shake
Recording information: The Dock, Sacramento, CA.
Unknown Contributor Roles: Mike Blaha; Jim Blaha; Dave Roper.
The Blind Shake charge out of the gate with their high-octane mixture of ga...continue...

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Rahman has been nominated for "Nenjukkule" from Mani Ratnam's Tamil movie "Kadal", while Honey Singh has been selected for his song "Bring me back".
Apart from that, three chartbusters - "Badtameez dil", "Tum hi ho" and "Manjha" - have also been nominated in the same category, said a statement.
The category will see participation of artists across genres and regions that have been divided into 10 clusters.
India, Africa and Middle East are part of one cluster and the nominations will compete with each other. Gradually the winner of clusters will battle it out for the final award. MTV has nominated five artists-songs from each country.
Rahman is keeping his fingers crossed.
"It feels extremely nice to be nominated, especially an awards like EMA which recognises musicians on a global scale. I am keeping my fingers crossed ... may the lucky one win," said Rahman in a statement.
Indian music has begun to have international impact and the nominations prove this, says Aditya Swamy, EVP and Business Head, MTV India.
"Having five Indian artists nominated at one of the world biggest music platforms says so much about what we have going on in India," said Swamy.
MTV EMA will take place Nov 10 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
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California students score fifth from bottom in national vocabulary tests
Dec 06, 2012 (San Jose Mercury News - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- California lags behind nearly all other states in students' vocabulary-- a critical part of reading -- although some minority groups improved in two years, according to results of national standardized tests released Thursday.
Overall, California fourth graders in 2011 scored below all states except in Arizona, Louisiana, New Mexico and the District of Columbia. But Asian, African-American and Latino fourth-grade scores improved, compared with 2009, the only other time that vocabulary was tested and scored separately from reading.
California eighth graders also scored fifth from the bottom, just above Hawaii, Mississippi, Louisiana and the District of Columbia.
The National Assessment of Educational Progress, also known as the Nation's Report Card, is administered to representative samples of students in grades four, eight and 12. The newest scores are from tests given in 2009 and 2011.
Nationally, scores barely budged overall and in specific demographic categories. The average national score in 2011 was 263 for eighth graders and 217 for fourth graders; California students' average was 9 points below at both grades.
Twelfth graders were tested only in 2009 and only in 11 states that volunteered; California was not one of them.
With few exceptions, California scored poorly when broken down by demographic characteristics like gender, ethnicity and poverty. For example, in 2011 the state's Latino fourth graders scored 7 points below Latinos nationwide, and the state's Asian eighth graders scored 2 points below Asians nationwide.
With the scale running from 1 to 500, does that mean scores indicate a vocabulary crisis "There's not any more of a crisis than we see in reading," said Margaret McKeown, a professor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Education, said in a NAEP a conference call on Wednesday. But, officials concede, many U.S. students score below and even way below grade level in reading.
It is difficult to parse out the meaning of the vocabulary scores, which NAEP officials have not assigned rankings, such as what point on the scale defines proficiency or basic mastery.
But test officials said that the words tested -- about 15 for each grade level -- include those that students should reasonably be expected to understand at their grade levels. "There are no trick questions," said Jack Buckley, a commissioner with the National Center for Education Statistics.
On the 2011 tests, three-quarters of the eighth graders tested understood "anecdotes," "edible," "enticing" and "replicate," for example, but fewer than half understood "urbane." Vocabulary mastery is critical to reading, officials said. "Kindergartners' vocabulary predicts reading comprehension later in elementary school," said McKeown.
NAEP seeks to assess students' knowledge of words in context, rather than asking them to choose definitions. Words tested generally are those found in written, not spoken, language and are examples of the kind of words that students need to be successful in reading and writing.
The national tests have been conducted since 1969 in reading, math, science, writing, U.S. history, civics, geography and other subjects.
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Scary news for the NBA: Blake Griffin 2.0 is on the way
Blake Griffin has some disturbing news for the rest of the NBA.
He didn't know much about playing in the league a year ago.
Sure, he averaged 22.5 points, 12.1 rebounds and 2.6 dunks a game as a league newbie, became the first unanimous winner of Rookie of the Year in more than two decades, jumped over a car to win the Slam Dunk Contest and made all of it look ridiculously easy.
But on the afternoon Griffin met with the media during his youth basketball camp, the Oklahoma City native admitted he had to learn as he went last season.
"A year ago today, I obviously hadn't had any games under my belt and I was still rehabbing," said Griffin, who was still working to strengthen a surgically repaired left knee that had sidelined him for an entire season. "That was the biggest thing — all last summer, I had to rehab and make sure my knee was ready. This summer, it's all been about skill work and improving in every aspect.
"Hopefully, the improvement I make is significant."
Brace yourself, NBA.
Blake 2.0 is on the way.
Perhaps this will be the motivation that the owners and the players need to end this lockout. A longer break means more time for Big Blake to work on his skills and improve his game.
That can't be good news for anyone who has to face this guy.
After all, he took the league by storm last season as a newbie. I mean, people knew he was going to be good — he was the national college player of the year in his final season at Oklahoma and the No. 1 pick in the 2009 NBA Draft — but could anyone have foreseen he'd be this good?
What he did this past season was stunning.
He transitioned to the NBA with such ease, and yet, he played with such force. The way he got to the basket. The way he blocked shots. The way he dunked. He just destroyed opponents.
And he did it relying largely on instinct.
"I think I have a somewhat solid foundation to work off of," Griffin said in a big-time understatement. He's the son of one of the best high school coaches in the state. He was taught the game early and taught it correctly.
"But I think a lot of rookies are just working off of instinct and the foundation that they have to that point just because you have no idea what to expect coming in."
That may be true, but few rookies end up playing like Griffin did. Because of his solid base and his freaky athleticism, he was way ahead of the norm. Way, way, way ahead.
But now he's taking what he learned last year and working to elevate his game to another level?
The truth is, Griffin isn't the finished product. He can be a better outside shooter. He can be a better man-to-man defender. He can be a better free-throw shooter. But after the way last season went, it would've been easy for him to say, "Things went so well, why change a thing?"
Griffin knows better.
What's more, he knows now just how little he knew a year ago.
"Right now, I'm working on being more of an offensive player," he said, "adding more and more skill to my game and also getting smarter, being a better defender and ... being a better leader. Those are all the things you have to bring together to be one of the best."
And here everyone in the league thought Griffin already was one of the best.
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We wanted to let everyone know that we're working to address the miscommunication that occurred regarding the introduction of new item level 371 PvP gear, and share our current plans.
For background, many players spent their Honor Points on item level 365 gear once Season 9 ended only to find that more powerful item level 371 gear was available when season 10 started. We should have communicated ahead of time that this was going to be the case, and we apologize for the mistake.
We've been working over the past few days to evaluate and determine the best course of action to offer players some kind of compensation for those who were caught off guard by the new gear. The plan we've found to be achievable within an acceptable amount of time is to provide players who were affected with 4000 Honor Points. This extra Honor would function similarly to the currency down-conversion in that it would stack over the cap, but you would not be able to earn more until you spent under the 4000 cap.
The process of determining who was affected is certainly the most difficult task of this issue, and the entire process of figuring out who should receive the Honor or not and then delivering it isn't anything less than a giant undertaking. We're still evaluating many of the processes that will be required to make this happen. Although we're fairly confident we can pull it off, there is still a chance it may not be possible. Due to other service related work the soonest we would be able to distribute this Honor is the 7/19 Tuesday maintenance. More complicated solutions we discussed could take months to implement, but we felt getting something to those affected as quickly as possible was more important.
Although some of this is still uncertain we felt it best to let people know as far in advance as possible to allow for adequate planning. We'll be able to provide more information and specifics on how this process will be carried out, and the requirements to receive the 4000 Honor, next week.
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Hm... interesting. Looks like we might have a better Tile Map Editor here, seeing as this one has the ability to re-adjust the size of the town map. Not just change the layout and the mapping of the graphics as well as the graphics image.
This could be an even more successful tool for generation 3 hacks, it'll be interesting to see what the developers of generation 3 ROM hacks could make using this tool, it's bringing generation 3 even more open to modifying the town map.
This just edits the TileMap, if you want to make the game use bigger TileMaps for anything, you need to hack the ROM with ASM.
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Gun issues dominate Sen. Tom Coburn discussion at Oklahoma City town hall
A weary U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn tried to steer the conversation away from guns after responding to a couple questions about the topic during a town hall meeting Wednesday night. But questioners were determined to talk about gun control legislation, especially background checks.
"I know you want to get off guns, but that's why I'm here," a woman told Coburn, R-Muskogee, after he twice told a crowd of about 150 at the Metro Tech Technology Center he that didn't want to field any more questions about guns.
Coburn, who traveled more than 1,000 miles since Monday hosting 11 town hall meetings, said he would fight to uphold the Second Amendment. He said he isn't interested in limiting the types of weapons Americans may buy.
"There isn't a gun that's made that isn't an assault weapon," he said in response to a man who suggested military-style assault weapons be banned. "I believe that the Second Amendment is one of the most important amendments in the Bill of Rights.
"It's important for us to be very clear what our rights are and not infringe on those rights as we try to take a real valid attempt to keep the guns out of the hands of criminals and those that are mentally impaired," Coburn said. "What I'm trying to do right now is both protect the Second Amendment and the 10th Amendment for Oklahoma if we want to do something different."
Coburn scoffed at proposals to certain types of semi-automatic weapons and ammunition clips.
"We have a right to own those," he said. "We have the right to have as many bullets as we want under the Constitution."
Asked by four people about background checks, Coburn said he's working on the issue.
"I want to change it so that somebody who has a gun and wants to sell a gun can know they're not selling a gun to a criminal or somebody not mentally impaired. That's about as far as I'm willing to go in going toward any infringement on the Second Amendment. … I'm not going to infringe on any of our rights guaranteed under the Constitution, period."
Health care debate
Coburn also predicted Congress eventually repeal the Affordable Care Act, called Obamacare by its critics. He said news reports indicate that insurance rates will at least double next year for individuals and small businesses.
"The Affordable Care Act is a tragedy that we will repeal very soon after it is fully implemented because Americans won't be able to afford the cost of it and seniors won't take the rationing that's going to come with it," he said. "So what we have is an absolute mess on our hands that's going to get worse."
After taking questions on illegal immigration and why the U.S. Homeland Security Department is buying large amounts of weapons and ammunition (Coburn said he is looking into that but so far it's unfounded), Coburn encouraged the crowd to focus on the country's economic condition.
"Why are we talking about guns and immigration when our country's going broke?" Coburn asked.
A man who said he is a federal worker complained about wasteful spending at his agency. The man, who declined afterward to give his name or the agency where he worked for fear of being fired, said the agency spent $1.1 million on flagpoles and $800,000 on playground equipment in the past year.
Coburn, who has looked into wasteful spending practices at federal agencies, encouraged the man to go to his website and provide the information.
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From Now On You Can Call Me The Anti-ultracrepidarian
ul·tra·crep·i·dar·i·an [uhl-truh-krep-i-dair-ee-uhn]
adjective 1. noting or pertaining to a person who criticizes, judges, or gives advice outside the area of his or her expertise: The play provides a classic, simplistic portrayal of an ultracrepidarian mother-in-law.
1800–20; ultra- + Latin crepidam 'sole of a shoe, sandal' (< Greek krepis 'shoe'); in allusion to the words of Pliny the Elder ne supra crepidam sutor judicare 'let the cobbler not judge above the sandal'; cf. the English proverb "let the cobbler stick to his last".
With thanks to Alastair Roberts for telling me about this delightful word which perfectly summarizes the concept of dilettantism.
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FREDERICK, Md. (WJLA) - Outrage by hundreds of people delayed a major meeting on a proposed Frederick gun range on Thursday night.
When the Frederick County Board of Appeals called the July 24 meeting, it was clear it never expected such an overwhelming response from the public. So many people showed up to talk that the meeting was postponed. Those opposed to the gun range insist their show of force sent a clear message.
Longtime activist Doug Kaplan, of the Sugarloaf Alliance, says this is a first for public hearings in Frederick.
"This is probably the largest crowd that this county has ever seen on any issue," he said.
So many citizens showed up to testify against the building of a gun range near Sugarloaf Mountain, that the line to get in snaked around the government building.
"It's Frederick; it's a close-knit community and everybody sticks together," said Elizabeth Sebastian of the Sugarloaf Alliance. "There's plenty of places you can put a firing range. Next to Sugarloaf Mountain is stupid."
Opponents say guns are OK, but putting a firing range close to pristine property is not.
"What is very scarybeyond the noiseis what is called stray bullets," Kaplan said.
But supporters insist the range will not taint the area's aesthetics.
"They will be taking all measures to ensure that there is no noise, and that there is the utmost level of safety," said Peter Fitzsimmons of the Old Line Arsenal.
Then came word of an unusual ruling; a representative of the gun range got approval from the board to postpone the meeting, on the grounds the crowd was so large that everyone would not have time to testify.
"They wanted to do the right thing and not rush forward without giving everyone an opportunity to communicate with them," Fitzsimmons said.
Trixi Summers, of the Sugarloaf Alliance, said, "I think they went in and they went, 'Uh oh.' This is a lot bigger than they thought."
But critics insist that on Thursday night, the firing range was outgunned.
"I think, very frankly, they were just plain overwhelmed with the turnout and didn't know how to handle it," Kaplan said to the crowd. "So, I want to thank everyone for showing up. It has made a difference."
The next hearing, which will likely be held in a larger facility, is scheduled for Thursday, Aug. 28.


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My father was actively involved in two congressional campaigns. He supported the Republican candidates for Congress in the 2nd District in Oklahoma in 1964 and 1966.
He'd give me a dime for every bumper sticker I could persuade neighbors to put on their cars for the GOP standard bearer. I recall the 1964 candidate George Lange being in our home when I came home from school for lunch. My best friend Phil Taylor was impressed: "Is Barry Goldwater coming to your house tomorrow?"
I remember attending rallies for the 1966 candidate Denzel Garrison. Neither candidate was successful, both lost to incumbent Democrat Ed Edmondson.
One day in 1966, I was at my grandparents' house down the street and was rummaging through the scrapbook Grandma had put together for my dad. I noticed two postcards with cordial and friendly notes from none other than Ed Edmondson. I was puzzled and asked my dad if he and Congressman Edmondson knew one another. Yes, he replied — they were friends in high school and junior college, and he still considered Ed to be his friend.
"But why do you want him out of office?" I asked. Dad replied, "Because we disagree on proper role of government."
Ed was an FDR-LBJ Democrat, and Dad was a Bob Taft-Barry Goldwater Republican: Nothing personal, just a difference in philosophy.
In 1969 I recall attending a support-the-troops pro-Vietnam War rally with my dad. The speaker was Ed Edmondson, who warmly greeted my father — they were on the same side on that issue. In 1972 I interviewed Mr. Edmondson for my high school newspaper. He was running for U.S. Senate. He had nothing but kind words for my father — they genuinely admired and respected each other despite their differences in political philosophy.
Fast forward to today. I am member of a local civic club. Fellow members include both the Republican and Democrat candidates for 2012 for a local elected position. Both express and exhibit active affection and respect for one another. I am faculty adviser at Ball State University for the student-led Economics Club. The outgoing student president of the Econ Club was also president of the College Republicans; the current president is an officer in University Democrats. They were both in my immersive film class — and worked famously together in both settings.
Political differences do not have to degenerate into ugly behaviors. Folks can disagree without being disagreeable. I have seen it throughout my life and know it is possible.
What is common to all three stories? A common purpose that transcends politics. Dad and Congressman Edmondson had been in high school and college debate together; my two Rotary colleagues have worked on projects together; and my two students coordinated and arranged Econ Club activities together.
When you are cooking eggs and bacon with someone at the homeless shelter, it doesn't matter much what their political or religious views are — you are yoked by a common purpose that transcends all that.
So here is a modest proposal. Let's require that all 535 members of Congress live together in a comfortable apartment complex in D.C. Let the apartments be randomly assigned so there are no radical-chic or tea-party ghettos. Require them to arrange for all the complex's community services, set the community rules and require their children to attend a common school.
I bet we'd get better government.
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Mentoring Campaign Seeks to Address a Wider Audience
"I asked one young girl for her opinion on what a mentor was," explained Girls Inc. Executive Director Roberta Wilhelm, "She said, 'A mentor is someone who isn't paid to be with me.'"
Across the state 80,000 youth and 30,000 in Omaha live below the poverty line. For these young people in Omaha there are currently only 3,000 mentors. A new $20,000 campaign aims to recruit 500 new mentors by...
New Building Codes Up for City Council Vote
With 2012 standards coming up for a city council vote in August, Omaha still operates under the 2006 International Energy Conservation Code (IECC). These energy codes are the minimum requirements for new or remodeled homes, adopted by every state and municipality as part of their building codes.
"The Omaha City Council will be reviewing the 2012 IECC for adoption as early as August 16 with...
The Bee Problem: Don't Freak Out, Do Something
A few months ago I received an unsolicited email from an advocacy website called Avaaz.com that warned about "the global bee emergency."
"Quietly, globally, billions of bees are dying, threatening our crops and food," said the website, the text sat beneath a large photo of a honey bee floating in front of a flower. "But a global ban of one group of pesticides could save bees from extinction."...
Organization seeks to turn food desert into oasis
Addressing the food insecurity problems that nag poverty-stricken northeast Omaha, where access to fresh, organic produce, dairy and bread products is limited, are an array of individuals, organizations, projects and initiatives. Many efforts aim to educate residents on how to grow their own food, cook healthier and eat better. That's part of the mission of a fairly new nonprofit player in the...
Omahans witnessed history at 1963 March on Washington
When Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s turn to speak came at the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, it was near the end of a long program on a hot August day featuring addresses by civil rights leaders and performances by musicians.
Omahans Robert Armstrong and Dan Goodwin were among the estimated quarter of a million people gathered 50 years ago on the National Mall for the historic...
On a Clear Day You Can See My Sinuses
I held the clear plastic bottle filled with warm saline solution up to my right nostril, leaned over the sink, closed my eyes and thought, "It's come to this?"
My family has always been plagued with bad sinuses. One of my earliest childhood memories was of my mother whispering in the darkened hallway outside the closed master bedroom, "Be quiet. Your father has one of his headaches."
Can't keep a good man down
Father Roy Bourgeois is a troublemaker.
The 74-year-old has been roiling the waters for four decades as a social justice activist. Having the courage of his convictions has cost him dearly, including prison and ostracism.
During an Aug. 3 talk at First United Methodist Church, 7020 Cass St., he'll address human rights issues he's devoted his life to. In the eyes of the Catholic hierarchy,...
I read it for the articles… really.
There's this perception among my friends that the only beer I drink is Rolling Rock.
I shouldn't be surprised at this, as since the late-1980s, the only beer I've ordered when seeing bands at music venues is Rolling Rock. In fact, it's the only beer I mention by name in columns and reviews and show write-ups. It's as if I was sponsored by Rolling Rock (considering the amount I've drank, I...
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All students participating in the program will be able to choose from the research projects listed.
Select your term of interest for the latest budget information.
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Students currently receiving financial aid can use their aid for overseas study, and may, in some cases, have their awards increased. Students not currently receiving financial aid may be eligible. Those interested in financial aid for this program should contact the financial aid office on their home campus.
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IBM ILOG OPL supports the end-to-end processes of model development, debugging and testing, tuning and model deployment. Coupled with IBM ILOG ODM Enterprise, results from solved OPL models can be deployed as enterprise-class applications, all within a few mouse clicks. In this presentation, we provide an overview and demonstrations of the main product features supporting the full end-to-end process of model development through application deployment.
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OR practitioners who develop and solve optimization models of LP/MIP, constraint programming and constraint base scheduling, who want to have an efficient end-to-end development tool with opti-based language + integrated development environment + application generation with tailored application solution.
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Our breakfast meats (bacon, chipolata sausages, hog's pudding, ham, and gluten-free sausages) all come from the excellent village butcher. Eggs usually come from a smallholding a few yards away. Smoked salmon and smoked haddock are supplied by a local fishmonger. Janet makes the scones and cakes (for arrivals before 5pm), and Michael makes the breads and some preserves, the rest being made by a local lady. Other ingredients are locally sourced when the season allows.
Served between 8.30am and 9.30am in our Dining Room, looking out to the Atlantic Ocean
A typical day's breakfast menu (items may vary according to the inspiration of the moment):
Choice of fruit juice, cereals, fresh fruit salad and/or fruit compôte (or sometimes a different fruity creation), Greek natural yoghurt, porridge (traditional or with syrup)
Full Cornish Breakfast: Grilled locally-cured bacon, 2 grilled locally-produced chipolata sausages (or a foot-long Catherine-wheel chipolata, whichever we have), a slice of locally-produced hog's pudding, half a fresh grilled tomato, freshly pan-fried mushrooms, a small ramekin of baked beans, and a fried egg
Smoked salmon and scrambled eggs, on toast with a light smear of horseradish relish
Crispy bacon with scrambled eggs on toast
2 lightly boiled eggs with toast
Smoked haddock topped with a poached egg, served with half a grilled tomato and mushrooms (please order haddock the evening before)
Locally-cooked ham with a fried or poached egg
Specials – From time to time we have an additional special main-course breakfast dish. There is no regular pattern to this, as we are totally in the hands of the chef (Michael). We will tell you about 'specials', and whether you need to tell us the evening before, by putting a notice on the guests' landing table
Vegetarian Options: Poached, scrambled, or fried eggs with *vegetarian sausage, mushrooms, tomatoes and *Quorn 'bacon' rashers (Please order *vegetarian items the evening before unless we already know)
Gluten-free guests: We can accommodate gluten-free breakfast requests if we are given notice at the time of booking; our GF sausages are made by the village butcher
Toasted home-made bread – the variety will change – with locally-produced marmalade, jam amd honey, or home-made once we get around to it. Diabetic jams are available on request
Cafetière of fresh coffee, or fresh high-grown Kenyan tea (alternative infusions are available in the presentation box in the Dining Room)


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At the school I am interning at, all students and faculty have a mapped home folder known as the "M:" drive for storing files that they can access from all computers. For faculty who have laptops, we enable offline file sync for the "M:" drive so that they can access a copy of their files from home; however, we do this as a post-imaging task. Sometimes it is missed.
I've been trying to find a way to eliminate the need to manually enable offline file sync after imaging. The only possibility I've found so far is the "Administratively assigned offline file" Group Policy Object (located in User Configuration/Administrative Templates/Network/Offline Files).
If I enabled this, I can see the following situation occuring:
- Teacher A is assigned a computer and her "M" drive is automatically set to sync.
- Teacher B forgets his computer, so Teacher A lends hers to Teacher B.
- Teacher B logs in and his "M" drive, which is multiple gigabytes in size due to stored videos of the sports team he coaches, syncs to the computer.
- Teacher B never logs in again, but a copy of his files remain on Teacher A's computer, wasting space.
As the policy is not in the preferences category, I don't think that I can enable item-level targeting. I've also considered a registry edit, as they can be item-level targeted. However, I could not find a key that would allow me to enable it through the registry. Is there another way that I could make the policy only apply to a user when he is on his main computer? Thanks!
Update: After I passed along the info that there is no "nice" way to achieve this goal, my boss decided we're not going to try to frankenstein something together. However, I thought of one last thing, which might be worth looking into if anyone really wants to make something like this would work: Service control can be item level targeted, so in theory I imagine that it could be set so that the sync service gets killed for a given user if the user is not logged onto his own computer, and enabled when the primary user logs onto his own device. Just a thought!


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Ormond considers 'doggie dining' for outdoor eateries
Published: Wednesday, December 12, 2012 at 5:10 p.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, December 12, 2012 at 5:10 p.m.
The Ormond Beach Planning Board will consider tonight passing a measure that would allow dogs in the outside dining areas of restaurants.
City officials are considering allowing dogs at restaurants after resident Patrick Daughtery presented the idea to city commissioners as well as a petition with other residents wanting to bring their canines to eat with them. Several Ormond restaurants have since expressed interest to have doggie dining in the city.
Flagler Beach and Daytona Beach are the only cities in Volusia and Flagler counties that allow doggie dining.
The proposed regulations added to the city's Land Development Code would be based on provisions outlined by the state's Dixie Cup Clary Local Control Act initially enacted in 2006 as a pilot program before being renewed in 2009 on a permanent basis.
Some of the regulations include not allowing dogs, except for service dogs, inside the restaurant, requiring employees to wash their hands after touching or petting a dog, requiring owners to have their dog on a leash at all times and requiring that all waste be removed immediately and the floor cleaned.
If passed by the planning board, the code amendment will be forwarded to the City Commission.
Tonight's meeting is at 7 p.m. in the commission chambers at City Hall, 22 S. Beach St.
—Chris Graham
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