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Serotonin is an important brain chemical that acts as a neurotransmitter to communicate information among nerve cells. Serotonin's actions have been linked to alcohol's effects on the brain and to alcohol abuse. Alcoholics and experimental animals that consume large quantities of alcohol show evidence of differences in brain serotonin levels compared with nonalcoholics. Both short- and long-term alcohol exposure also affect the serotonin receptors that convert the chemical signal produced by serotonin into functional changes in the signal-receiving cell. Drugs that act on these receptors alter alcohol consumption in both humans and animals. Serotonin, along with other neurotransmitters, also may contribute to alcohol's intoxicating and rewarding effects, and abnormalities in the brain's serotonin system appear to play an important role in the brain processes underlying alcohol abuse. KEY WORDS: acute AODE (alcohol and other drug effects); chronic AODE; serotonin receptors; brain; AODU (alcohol and other drug use) development; neurotransmission; synapse; neurotransmitters; serotonin uptake inhibitors; GABA; dopamine; receptor proteins; AOD abuse; AOD intoxication; AOD dependence; reinforcement; animal model; literature review
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Habitat for Humanity International is a nonprofit, ecumenical Christian housing ministry dedicated to eliminating substandard housing and homelessness worldwide and to making adequate, affordable shelter a matter of conscience and action. Habitat invites people from all faiths and walks of life to work together in partnership, building houses with families in need. Under the direction of the Board of Directors, HFHI retains complete control over the use and distribution of donated funds in furtherance of its mission.
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3 people found this review helpful
You know, it's funny when CEO'S and higher echalon are reluctant to tell their salary. It appears that Mr. Johathan Reckford's salary must be too large to give to the public. Besides he probably has never donated any free labor to help anybody. Back in the 80's the United Way was exposed to high salaries and overhead perhaps Mr. Reckford's regime needs it also. Let's wake up and spend money where it is needed, not in millionaires pockets.
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Put everyone on hourly wages and make them donate their time to building a better America.
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People are losing their homes, older people. If you are younger, have a couple of kids+, you need a home, try for a Habitat home, you need an income, yes I understand this, but HOW does a single mother with 3 kids move into a H.H. pay $350.00 a month, have $900.00 a month left over and pay whatever it takes to raise HER Kids? I called Habitat today, asked if these people can be receiving any type of AID, WELFARE...yes, they can, so as I look at it once again the tax payers are helping these people get into a H.H. when a lot of TAX PAYERS are losing thier homes...I was told they can get food stamps...well where in the hell do people think food stamps come from???? TREES???? If this is a Christian ran organization why doesn't the CHURCH pay for these homes? I as with MANY other tax payers do not have medical insurance but becuase she has 3 kids, she gets free medical WE pay for? She loses her job as a lot of people are doing in this day and age, then what?
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I read a factual accounting about the founder of Habitat, who pretty much donated his talents and time to the cause, and how the current administrators took control of the Board and he was ungracefully elliminated. The chairman and administrators then gave themselves heafty salaries. Shame shame on them.
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eliminate salaries, reimbursements given for expensis only.
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I guess it's just me being cynical, but after looking at Habitat's financials---or maybe I'm just reading it wrong. But for a charity to be sitting on $201,579,376 in assets and doing nothing with it in the face of the housing crisis is...obscene.
IS there something in the bylaws that PREVENTS your charity from stepping in, developing a program, to lend a hand to some EXISTING homeowners who are in crisis because the mortgage lending industry is taking full advantage of the low fed lending rates AND the depressed real estate market to DENY approving mortgages?
And here's another thing that keeps me from shopping in the Habitat stores.
At one time, long before the "net assets" topped $200 million, I suppose, the donations to Habitat's stores were also giving a helping hand to those whose budgets were under strain already by keeping prices on the donated material within the budget of the lower income segment.
Not so anymore.
The donated items are comp-priced by using the internet at the stores here in Charlotte, NC, and probably across the country? I don't actually know for sure, but I can't see one "district" operating outside the corporate line.
And I just realized I said CORPORATE...it just flowed into my head automatically. Uncomfortable, that.
The prices in the Habitat for Humanity stores here in Charlotte, NC now are above what low-income families can afford, but are "bargain priced" for the upper middle-class. Their practice of pricing via internet listings have changed the demographic of the store, and eliminated a resource for lower income families.
All things considered, Habitat for Humanity seems to have morphed into a "charity corporation" resembling those "religious corporations" that also sit on their assets like King Midas of old.
Why would a charity need to sit on $200,000,000?
How can a charity justify sitting on $200,000,000?
Any CHARITY?
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This charity once benefited the buying public who struggled in the lower income bracket. No longer. The Habitat stores in Charlotte, NC are going for top price now.. ..checking prices on the internet. But we "economically challenged" people can't afford those prices. So now instead of a store where a young couple, or an elderly lady on Social Security could afford a nice cabinet, or carpet, it's a store for and better heeled---middle class Rather like "two Faces of Eve" charity, if you get my drift.
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Lower the salaries of the executives. Develop a program to help current homeowners by perhaps underwriting loans that banks are unwilling to write because standards now are so high Make the stores completely transparent by writing the "SOLD price" on the ticket for others to see. Why should the price be private? I'd like to KNOW what John Jones who bought all 10 of the items I needed one of paid for them. i.e. Charge cost+ 10% to builders, decorators, etc by reminding them that Habitat is a charity.
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Skip to comments.Newt Gingrich Wins South Carolina Primary[90% Voted Based On Debates: Gingrich=41%, Romney=27%]
Posted on 01/21/2012 6:38:57 PM PST by Steelfish
Newt Gingrich Wins South Carolina Primary
By Mark Z. Barabak January 21
Newt Gingrich surged to victory Saturday in the South Carolina primary, riding a pair of strong debate performances to overtake Mitt Romney and stop his seemingly relentless march to the GOP nomination.
Former Massachusetts Gov. Romney appeared headed for second place, with former Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania and Rep. Ron Paul of Texas trailing well behind.
With a tight smile, Romney addressed supporters in Columbia about an hour after the polls closed and immediately displayed a more pugnacious style.
Without mentioning his rival by name, Romney contrasted his business background with his chief opponents long Washington resume and sought to turn back Gingrich's attacks on Romney's business success.
The results were a fitting addition to a roller-coaster campaign, marking the first time that three different contestants have won the first three Republican contests.
More important, the outcome stripped Romney of the brief air of inevitablity he enjoyed after seemingly winning Iowa -- an outcome reversed this week in Santorum's favor -- and romping to victory in New Hampshire.
It promised, at the very least, a costly and heated fight ahead of the next primary, Jan. 31 in Florida, and possibly beyond -- to Nevada on Feb. 4 and into March when a rush of contests begins.
South Carolina, a state notorious for its unruly politics, lived up to its reputation, hosting one of the most raucous weeks of the tumultuous presidential campaign. (snip)
Interviews with voters leaving the polls Saturday showed why: Just over half made up their minds in the last few days, and nearly 90% said a big factor was the debates, ...
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That's going to leave a mark.
Switch parties Mittens.
NEWT'S GOT CLASS. Listening to his victory speech. I'm getting excited about this campaign!
Willard is toast. He should drop out.
FL is the next challenge for the anti-Romney voter; Romney has a very good chance of winning there.
NV will go Romney without question because of the concentration of Mormons.
Ha, good one. According to this Reid Wilson fellow, not to worry, the race is still Romney's.
I think Willard might as well drop out too.
This dill be Newts last stand. He is an angry sleepy man
"FL is the next challenge for the anti-Romney voter; Romney has a very good chance of winning there."
A "very good chance"? I thought it was supposed to be a Florida cakewalk for Romney. (due to the well-known demographics in Florida, of course)
""""Willard is toast. He should drop out.""""
Willard should run as a democrat where he belongs.
Correction will be Neets last stand. And sleezy
Correction will be Neets last stand. And sleezy
Correction will be Neets last stand. And sleezy
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Don't underestimate the liberal media.
They will be extremely unfair and dirty.
They will be unbelievably filthy.
They will start their attacks now -- probably tomorrow -- and the attacks will increase as it becomes more and more evident that Newt is the nominee. They will come up with hundreds of ways to portray Newt as mean and nasty -- from unflattering pictures, to skits on Saturday Night Live, to whiny remarks from celebrities, to unfair interpretations of everything he says and does.
Be prepared. Obama's billion dollar negative advertising war chest and the liberal media will be an overwhelming force.
Much more so than McCain, Romney and even Bush, Newt is susceptible to these attacks.
The level and nastiness of the attacks will be *far* beyond anything we've ever seen before. In nine months, the world that listens to and believes the MSM will think that Newt is the most evil man of our generation.
Be prepared to fight it. We have to fight it. We can't sit back and say that's just the way the liberal media is. We have to expose them like Newt did in the debate.
We have to fight the liberal media or Newt will get buried.
Drunk, eh?
Izzat you, Marianne?
I thought the Mormon concentration was in Utah.
It's like many of us on FR have been saying: except for a handful of states, Romney has a relatively small base of support that is constant at about 25 to 30 percent -- AND NO MORE.
It's surprising that there are people out there who don't understand this.
I'm not crazy about Newt, but he's better than Romney.
Many of us on FR have been hoping that 2012 would be a landmark year for economic conservatives, when we could finally convince most of the country that the Big Government policies of the past are ruining the country. With the Republican Establishment winning the primaries, I have my doubts that this will happen; but Newt, who is in many ways the ultimate insider, is now our best chance to carry that flag.
Yeah, I am surprised that the LSM hasn't called it a "toss-up"!
Ha ha yea. Love the way Christian conservatives go to the side of an angry bigoted sleezy. Politician. Shameful our founding fathers would cringe. It's not an angry pit bull we need it is aman of consistent character and a love of what is good for everyone.
Perhaps you are not aware that Gingrich is a historian and wrote a documentary about Pope John Paul II.
He's no sleepy old man.
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Newt can change we all can change. But if your Mitt and change your a flip flipper. So which is it? Newt can change his views. But unfortunately he cannot change who he is. He is an angry grump that looks down at anyone who doesn't see it his way. Get ready to hear how mr speaker really was. Can't change the stripes. Sorry.
Newt can change we all can change. But if your Mitt and change your a flip flipper. So which is it? Newt can change his views. But unfortunately he cannot change who he is. He is an angry grump that looks down at anyone who doesn't see it his way. Get ready to hear how mr speaker really was. Can't change the stripes. Sorry.
Newt Gingrich surged to victory Saturday... Former Massachusetts Gov. Romney appeared headed for second place, with former Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania and Rep. Ron Paul of Texas trailing well behind....but not "former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich? Of course, maybe it's in the original, I'm lazy and didn't check.
I thought the debates didn't matter.
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Newt should adopt this as a strategy..
Challenging Mormons to vote for the country not for their religion..
This may work with some of them..
If Myth wins Nevada and Utah could expose these areas as the "MORON-I belt"..
The Mormons will vote for Mittens the same way blacks vote for 0bama. All the "I'm a Mormon" ads on TV are there as a way of making Mittens palatable. Lots of Mormons were more or less recruited to run in last years' Republican primaries at the local level.
Newt isn't peeling off any Mormons.
Hume also said that debates in the general election have marginal influence. He cited only the Reagan-Carter debates as the last one that he recalled making a difference.
I dispute Hume's recollection.
I think that the first Bush-Gore debate was a turning point for Gore. Going into that debate, Bush was the "dummy" and Gore was the "seasoned debator." However, Gore was so obnoxious and arrogant during the debate that most people thought that Bush won it. SNL devastated Gore in the same manner that they devastated Palin eight years later.
Gingrich should take a lesson from Gore if he is the one who ends up debating Obama. I'm not saying that Gingrich should go soft, but Gore was so pompous during the first debate with Bush that he never recovered from it.
Newt for the win.
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My head is full of stupid puns, and so when I see this pun I always think Hong Yum and I know I said this before, but there it is again. You can't change my brain, I guess.
This was good though. Very juicy and dark and strong. Not as good as Wild Mountain teas, but good.
I drank this earlier but can't quite recall everything about it, except that it was maltier than other blacks and had a few raisin notes as well. It was good, but not my favourite of the Taiwan Tea Craft teas. I've got several cups left to play with though!
(I was tempted to order the Hong Yun from Butiki but couldn't justify it, so that was why I chose this cup today. I imagine they would be very similiar, at least to my semi-unrefined palette!)
Well Sun Moon Lake Assam, we meet again and I am very happy about that. This really is a great black. Fruity and smooth with the faintest touch of malt. Thank you Sil for sending more of this my way. I think I will take one more cup and pass the rest on to Roswell Strange. Hopefully she also enjoys it :)
The makers of this tea did a nice job of scenting this tea. They managed to keep the rose subtle, juicy and spicy and minimised the bitterness you can sometimes get in rose teas. The rose in this tea ranges from bright citrusy tea rose to sweeter and spicier damask. The base tea underneath is soft with cream, lemon, honey and peach and pineapple notes. It is also savoury with notes of white sweet corn, green beans, sandalwood and aged cedar. This tea resteeps quite well and has an interesting and changing taste profile. The floral notes are mostly from the scenting as any in the base tea seem very subtle. It took a couple steeps for the rose to develop in flavour. My favourite steep was probably the third but I came to really appreciate this tea.
Is Mi Xian a type of tea? Or a place where tea is grown? I only ask because I can only recall having one other Mi Xian tea (Butiki's) and I am really not a lover of either. Not that I think they are bad teas but I don't enjoy the flavor profile as much as I have some other black teas. I find myself wanting some more malt and dessert-type notes but instead it is more flat and with a touch of fruit at the end of each sip. Nonetheless, thank you Cavocorax for sharing.
Hey! I drank this last night too! :) Tea twin fistbump!
And I was wondering the same thing? I noticed this one was similiar to Butiki's but I really enjoyed both. I think I taste honey, but geez, I swear I taste honey in most black teas. :P
Wow is this Songboling good! I was expecting an aged taste which would be roasty and have little aftertaste but boy was I wrong. While the roasty taste was a bit strong, overall its superb. I know I've always had a bias against roasted oolong's, oops!
Shipping took a while but since the teas are vacuumed sealed and shipped directly from Taiwan I had no problems with it. Its difficult to match the price/quality for this tea and I definitely recommend it to anyone!
Flavors: Char, Earth, Wood
Change of pace ad reviewing a high mountain Taiwanese Oolong tea rather than the Darjeelings I've been tasting and reviewing.
What I like about Oolongs is it's more forgiving than the temperamental Darjeelings. Meaning, I eyeball the amount of tea and the amount of water. I really don't have to measure carefully like I do with the Darjeelings
I flash rinse the Oolong tea for 5 seconds.
1st steep 20 seconds-moderate aroma very light, vegetal and fruity taste.
2nd steep 20 seconds-very grassy and vegetal taste. The fruity taste is still there but slightly overshadowed by the above two tastes.
3rd steep 20 second- very good aroma and the fruity sweet taste is really coming out. The leaves have unfurled and the sronger fuller taste and aroma of the Oolong is very very good.
4th steep 25 seconds-The tea is becoming smoother yet still retains the fruity taste
I can probably get 6 very good steeps from this Oolong with the taste giving out and becoming thinner on the 7th, 8th, and 9th steep. This is avery good tea from Taiwan Tea crafts and I have to thank them for this sample. I am always amazed at how much change the Taiwanese High Mountain teas go through between steeps and I enjoy every steep for different reasons.
Another BBBB tea, this one from Sil.
It's funny, I'm just not into taiwanese teas as much as I was. I know I've said it before, there is this one taste, that I can't quite place. It reminds me of coriander a little, & a little sour….I dunno. Anyway, it is, of course, in this tea as well, & although it's not bad, it's also not really all that appealing to me.
I'm off to run errands with mom, & BTW, today is my Mom & Dad's 62nd wedding Anniversary!
So I wanted a TTC tea and it was either one that I had lots of, or this one to finish it up and I went for the sipdown. I know I like it and that I want more. It's on my shopping list. I can savor the rest and say goodbye for now. :)
Today I'm tasting cinnamon and warm baked bread with honey. OMG. YES.
Thanks again Terri and Sil for passing this on from your split order!
Flavors: Baked Bread, Cinnamon, Honey
I drank this first thing in the morning, and I'm enjoying the resteep of it now. It's just so good. I'm tasting honeyed notes, and juicy fruits, and this tea is just so smooth and easy to drink. Even AFTER I sorta oversteeped this round by double what it should have been!
I worry sometimes about rating a tea to make sure that I know which ones to buy but really that's a little dumb. I think anything I rate over 85 is guaranteed to make me happy and if I chose this tea over another TTC tea in an eventual order, it doesn't mean I made the wrong choice. Not when they are ALL good choices. So, I'm just going to chill and focus on that.
A lovely tea, whose dry leaves smell of sweet tobacco, aged wood, and crushed chestnut leaves in the fall. The taste is mild (for an Assam), sweet, and smooth. Although this is a fine tea (even after 2 years from harvest), I enjoyed the smell of the dry leaves more than the taste of the liquor!
First infusion – 3 g. per 8 oz water, 90 deg., 1:30 min.
Second infusion – 3 g. per 8 oz. water, 90 deg., 5:00 min.
Third infusion – 3 g. per 8 oz. water, 90 deg., 10:00+ min.
I find the SUL to be milder than a good Ceylon-sweeter, too. But there is a similarity between the two, for sure.
Thank you Sil for sharing this one with me!
I'm really enjoying this as I sit in the office, blasiting this Angry Females playlist from 8tracks: http://8tracks.com/lifeofshi/angry-females-pump-up BOOM! Get stuff done!
So this tea is not roasty like I would have expected from 'baked' in the description. It's green and fresh. Grassy? Also a little sweet. Yay! Thank you!
Thank you for sharing Cavocorax!! This tea is nice and fruity but there is a hint of something metallic in the cup that I am not loving. Moreover, I think I underleafed this which could be why I am experiencing a strange mix of flavors. Thankfully I have more leaf in the generous sample so I can try again.
Another sample from Terri HarpLady – thank you
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Thick waivy black leaves. Nice deep flavor. It's not that sweetness that I associate with Taiwanese blacks. It has more Assam profile. While it's not my favorite, I'm very happy that I tried it.
Thank you Terri !
I am not entirely sure if this is the Hong Yun Cavocorax shared with me but it is the only one from Taiwan Tea Crafts that she has in her cupboard so I am going to assume it is the right one. Anyways, thank you Cavocorax for sharing. I have only tried one other Taiwan Tea Craft tea (Sun Moon Lake Assam) and I really enjoyed it so I am excited to have others to sample. This, like the last TTC tea I had, is a pretty solid cup. It has an amazing smoothness that suits the sweetness of the tea.
this is another from cavocorax from her recently splurge with TTC. Honestly, i highly recommend trying them out – free shipping if your cart only has samples in it and hits a 25$ mark. The samples have enough for several cups of tea without overwhelming your cupboard with a ton of tea!
this is a nice roasty oolong, with that familiar charcoal sort of flavour. it's not overly intense, which i like. This is a gentler sort of roasty oolong. really nice!
mmmm i like this one! it's got an interesting flavour to it. The usual TTC flavour profile but then in the background theres almost like a plum-y sort of deeper feel to it…kind of like a stone fruit sort of taste. Interesting for sure and fun to try out! Thanks again Cavocorax
i have a confession. I don't love Mi Xian blacks. The one from stacy is good, but i don't love it like others do. There are teas that i like better. All that aside, i don't DISLIKE these teas either. they're just lower on the totem pole than some others :) this one is very similar to the one that stacy carries, though slightly different and reminds me more of some of the other TTC teas that i've had. Over all, a nice cup of tea from this morning. Thanks Cavocorax!


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The General Assembly of the United Nations will hold a special emergency session Wednesday on the crisis in the Middle East, spokeswoman Susan Markham said Tuesday.
The session -- which is expected to condemn Israel for excessive use of force against Palestinians -- was called after the UN Security Council turned down a request by Palestinian officials for a meeting on Thursday.
At the time, the US ambassador to the United Nations, Richard Holbrooke, told reporters he would use the US power of veto to defeat any council resolution critical of Israel.
The previous Saturday, October 7, the United States had abstained when the rest of the council voted 14-0 for Resolution 1322, which condemned Israel's "excessive use of force".
Holbrooke said the resolution was "biased and one-sided and unhelpful to the situation."
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This has happened only once before, but evidence of water has been in the basement from time to time, so I suspect it's happened more than that, we just haven't see it because we're not down there often.
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Compare him with Ronald Reagan, who would not sit in the oval office without a suit and tie because of his belief that to do so would not show proper respect; who cherished and loved the American people, but even more trusted and believed in them. Our current president mocks citizens who are worried about security on our borders, that despite all his efforts they are not satisfied. He ignores the will of the people and usurps his power by bypassing Congress in order to achieve his goals; installs a regime who takes every opportunity to control the lives of citizens and build barriers to businesses that don't suit his fancy.
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Recap: 'American Idol' Top 12 Performances - Songs From the Year You Were Born
Songs From The Year You Were Born. No, not songs from the year I was born. Songs from the year the "American Idol" singers were born. It's almost never a good theme, unless your definition of "good" is "makes everybody watching feel old."
How did this year's singers do on Wednesday (March 16) night? Click through...
Singer: Naima Adedapo
Song: "What's Love Got To Do With It?"
My Take: Well, we now know that Naima got her sense of style from her father. Naima's doing Tina Turner, which is another of those perpetually awful choices for Idol contenders. It turns out that no matter who you happen to be, you're probably not Tina Turner. And Naima, alas, is no Tina Turner. The song is too low for Naima at first, especially since she's concentrating on not falling down the steps. There's a little extra rockin' in the backing track. She tries to strut her way through the song, which isn't anywhere near trying to sing her way through the performance. There's energy here. Naima doesn't lack for energy. And there's style. Naima doesn't lack for style. But good gracious there's no singing. There's hardly even shouting. The arrangement and her presence are so loud she seems to be figuring she needn't do anything else. Ummm... We're only two weeks past it, but does anybody remember just how good Naima was in her Wild Card song? I swear I do. But I'm becoming increasingly less sure.
Steven, J-Lo and Randy Say: "You've got a sorcerer's grasp of melody"? That's what Steven Tyler says. J-Lo says that last week she gave Naima a pass on the whole "singing" thing, but this week? No pass. Randy admits that he enjoyed last week's performance more in person than when he rewatched it. He calls this performance "all over the place." Naima says she can understand what the judges are saying and she can roll with it. Guess what? The show is one performance in and it's hard for this writer to imagine Naima avoiding quick elimination.
Singer: Paul McDonald
Song: "I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues"
My Take: Paul was a stylish child and it's no wonder he's covering Elton John tonight. I hate to say this, but we're early in the season and I'm tired of this version of Paul. This is Rod Stewart singing "Maggie May" singing Elton John only with a cold. He does his shambling thing and fights with every bit of the melody, but it's like a drunk guy standing up on the bar counter and trying to be heard over the rabble. Part of the problem is the hoarseness that the producers made sure to introduce into the equation before he sang a note, but it's much more than that. He's hoarse on the notes he can hit, but he has no upper register at all. The ending is absolutely excruciating. Embarrassingly bad. Those last few notes are as brutal to listen to as any singing in the history of the "American Idol" finals. I know he's sick. I feel so sorry for him. It's awful that he has to perform for 20 million people in this condition. But I shouldn't need to be tortured and then go, "Oh, it's OK. You were ill." I still had to listen to the pillaging of a song that I normally quite like. Paul ends with a "Lord, I'm So Sorry" smile.
Steven, J-Lo and Randy Say: "I know you felt like you were struggling out there," J-Lo says. She insists it still sounded good. She was listening to an entirely different performance. "I'm not gonna give you a pass because you have a cold," Randy says. The he proceeds to say give Paul McDonald a pass. "Get the notes right," Randy says. "You define 'cool dude and loose mood,'" Steve Tyler says.
Singer: Thia Megia
Song: "Colors of the Wind"
My Take: Thia Megia has only two purposes on "American Idol": To sing a little and to make me feel OLD. 1995? Oy. Thia is going to KILL on Song of Disney Princesses Night. Almost the anti-Naima, Thia doesn't believe in big arrangements. Or performance. she believes in standing in the middle of the stage and singing, preferably with as little accompaniment as possible. There's no doubt that she's taken Jimmy Iovine's advice to emote a bit more this week. By that, I mean that her eyes are actually open. She has at least vague awareness of the camera. She even smiles, as she advises me to paint with all the colors of the wind, whatever that means. Perhaps because she's distracted by that responsibility to connect, there are some rough notes here, more than in any performance she's done previously. I think Thia may be a stealth genius though, picking these middle of the road ballads that she can't screw up and little the field thin a bit as the more adventurous singers go down.
Steven, J-Lo and Randy Say: Randy thought the vocals were OK, but he has a problem, as the booing begins. "There was nothing special, unique about it," Randy says, urging Thia to take a risk and not be boring. Steven says it was beautiful, but he asks, "Is that song who you think you are?" Thia says that she felt the song fit with the world today. Thia swears that she's not just a ballad singer. J-Lo felt that Thia was unique when we first met her and that she hasn't be unique since. J-Lo also would like to stop thinking about Thia's vibrato. She's no question that the little girl with the jazzy voice we met in the auditions has vanished entirely.
Singer: James Durbin
Song: "I'll Be There For You"
My Take: Sadly, we've already been told that James Durbin's actual childhood sucked. Rather than dwelling on that, we get lots of footage of fat-cheeked Baby James. He's workin' out a little rock balladry tonight, tackling Bon Jovi. James appears to have followed Jimmy Iovine's advice: Don't kiss Paul McDonald and get his cold. After the first three performances James' confident rock proficiency is a welcome change of pace. This isn't even slightly inspired and the obligatory wail is introduced and then vanishes so fast you wouldn't know it was there at all. But after a slightly off beginning, James finds the melody, hits the notes and even navigates the stage without running out of lung-power. I may not be telling anybody how awesome this performance was, but I also won't be telling anybody how bad it was, which Naima and Paul can't say.
Steven, J-Lo and Randy Say: "I got leftover sandwiches under my bed older than you," says Steven Tyler, who tells him not to get too poppy. James jokes that he's holding onto the Aerosmith for the finale and Tyler agrees that he'll sing it with him. The shake on it. J-Lo loves that James made her want to sing along. Randy says James figured out how to make it his own and raves at the tasteful inclusion of his patented high note. Now we pause to see the leather bandana and dog collar that has been added to James' boots.
Singer: Haley Reinhart
Song: "I'm Your Baby Tonight"
My Take: Haley Reinhart's dad had a mullet and her mom had the biggest of big hair. She's now become extra awesome. This is a smart arrangement. It's been remixed as a jazz song, which plays to Haley's strengths -- the growl, the teasing phrasing -- and prevents anybody from saying that she didn't sound like Whitney Houston, which she doesn't. One of these days, she's going to figure out how to handle stairs, though with her six-inch heels, who can blame her for a bit of uncertainty? But maybe going down the stairs at the most lyrically complicated part of the song wasn't such a super idea? There's a long stretch where instead of singing, she's practically sneezing the lyrics they're coming from so high up in her head. She ends with a growl. It's not just that Haley has been a different type of performer each week. This individual performance has five or six different styles and personalities to it.
Steven, J-Lo and Randy Say: Uh-oh. J-Lo begins by saying that Haley looks beautiful. J-Lo recognized the tension in Haley's movement and her body. That's actually constructive. Go J-Lo. Things pause while Ryan Seacrest attempts to wipe lipstick off of Haley's chin. She's mighty embarrassed and coos, "It's my first red lipstick massacre." Randy thinks Haley was only OK and that he still doesn't know who she is and what she wants to sing. "That was sweet and tough," Tyler says, before lamenting the disappearance of the Janis Joplin/bluesy side to her voice. Haley stands around wondering why Janis Joplin didn't record any good songs in the year she was born and feeling self-conscious about her make-up.
Singer: Stefano Langone
Song: "If You Don't Know Me By Now"
My Take: James Durbin told us that 1989 was a year for some of the greatest music ever. Stefano appears to have been less convinced. Because he couldn't find a song from 1989, he decided to cheat. BOO. You'd have been better off singing "Funky Cold Medina." Leaving aside the cheating, this is a really good performance from Stefano, easily the least distracted I've been by his flawed phrasing and his faulty breathing. He's still a stinkin' cheater, but he's good tonight.
Steven, J-Lo and Randy Say: Randy calls it the best performance of the night, which is hard to debate. "You're gonna make Jimmy Iovine more famouser," Tyler says. "You could take this thing," J-Lo says, urging Stefano to sing more to her.
Singer: Pia Toscano
Song: "Where Do Broken Hearts Go"
My Take: Pia Toscano was a TERRIFYINGLY intense child. It's another Whitney Houston cover. When did the "Idol" singers get so bold? This is definitely more up-beat than Pia has been previously. That is to say that she is actually walking at the beginning. She definitely has the voice to pull this song off, but how can I listen to her sing when I'm being distracted by the background screen, which appears to be all spinning Prince-style glyphs. What the heck does any of it have to do with this performance? Anyway, big notes aplenty. Big notes nobody else in the competition can hit. This wasn't a version of the song that had to be rearranged to coddle Pia. Again, though, she's not quite dynamic. But she's really pretty. Is she the non-country equivalent of the Carrie Underwood-bot? And yes, Pia is a good deal more expressive than The Carrie-Bot, but the makers of The Carrie-Bot have had five or six years to make refinements. Top notch work!
Steven, J-Lo and Randy Say: "You are why this show is called 'American Idol'" Steven says. "You're perfect every time you get up there," J-Lo says. "Pia is in the competition to win it," Randy raves, cautioning her fellow singers.
Singer: Scotty McCreery
Song: "Can I Trust You With My Heart"
My Take: Scotty idolized Elvis. Elvis, however, sang no songs in 1993. Travis Tritt, however, sang this song that I've never heard before. Will Scotty do it justice? I have no idea. I don't know why Scotty refuses to keep his head straight. And I don't know why he doesn't quite seem to know how to hold a microphone. And the lip-curl is getting a little silly. But when I turn my attentions to the college basketball on my TV, the vocals that I'm hearing are flawless. Again, I've never heard this song before. And I wasn't all that interested here. But I know with certainty that this will make Scotty fans happy and I know you could put this on the radio tomorrow with no complaints from country listeners.
Steven, J-Lo and Randy Say: J-Lo's relieved that Scotty is expanding his range a bit. She urges him to keep growing. Randy is Travis Tritt's buddy and says Scott did his friend proud. Tyler predicts that Scotty is going to go far.
Singer: Karen Rodriguez
Song: "Love Will Lead You Back"
My Take: We've been joined tonight by Retro-Futuristic Karen Rodriguez. Why is Karen Rodriguez's mother Elvira so much more genuine and likable than Karen is? That's a charming woman. In contrast, Karen looks like Jennifer Lopez. In one of the fetish sequences in "The Cell." Karen has utterly lost confidence in her voice since last week stumbling. She's anxious and floundering melodically, rushing notes, rushing runs. Maybe she's confused by the pacing of the arrangement? Maybe she's unconvinced she can hit the notes she's supposed to be hitting? Because she can't and she isn't. And then, for no legitimate reason, she starts singing Spanish for two lines, before returning to English. Singing a sing half-and-half? That feels natural. Two lines? Pandering. Nothing was added to that performance by singing 10 seconds out of 90 in Spanish, other than to remind that portion of the viewership that you sang in English last week and made the Bottom Three.
Steven, J-Lo and Randy Say: "It was definitely better than last week," Randy says, in a fine backhanded compliment. Tyler raves about her "Ethnic what-it-isness." J-Lo gives a great piece of advice, which is that you don't need to sing notes you can't hit. J-Lo has made a career of this.
Singer: Casey Abrams
Song: "Smells Like Teen Spirit"
My Take: Kudos to Casey for becoming the season's first contestant to pick up an instrument, even if he's pandering to Randy with his electric bass. I love Casey [Not in the same way I love the Pia-Bot]. I'm saying absolutely nothing else. This is a tiny bit freakishly odd, but it's a good deal more freakishly awesome. Kurt Cobain is happily rolling over in his grave.
Steven, J-Lo and Randy Say: Tyler says that Casey was part of the goop that talent is made of. Or something. J-Lo warns Casey that he was a bit too shout-y. Yes. Because Kurt Cobain was absolutely never raw and shout-y. Especially when he performed live. You could just NEVER find a live performance by Cobain where he was a bit harsh and raw. Randy talks about his own talents. "I like that you're fearless," Randy ends.
Singer: Lauren Alaina
Song: "I'm The Only One"
My Take: Lauren Alaina is sick. Thus, we aren't allowed to critique her performance at all. Sorry. I'm totally superfluous. You can definitely hear the strain on her voice. Especially at the end. But kudos to Lauren for trying. That's what I'm supposed to say, right? I'm not supposed to note the countless notes she missed in her illness?
Steven, J-Lo and Randy Say: J-Lo felt that Lauren stayed true to the song and made it her own. Randy calls it "Very nice" and urged her to have a cold every week. Tyler agrees that colds are awesome and we should all get them before every performance. I'd say, "Paul wasn't so lucky," but the judges loved Paul and his horrible, horrible performance. Lauren coughs all over Peaches. Infected Peaches is the name of my new punk band.
Singer: Jacob Lusk
Song: "Alone"
My Take: Ew. "Lusky stank." Never again, Jacob. Say this for Jacob, he starts off with the dial turned to "11" and by the end, he's somewhere around a 15 or a 16. This is a big, bold, preening performance. And it's a bit hard to listen to at times it's so over-the-top. But after last week, this is a return to at least being impressed with Jacob's ridiculousness.
Steven, J-Lo and Randy Say: Randy calls it a "very nice" performance. You know what Randy loved the most? He loved the way Jacob caressed the last notes. Jacob is also in it to win it. "The Gospel had a baby and they named it Jacob Lusk," Tyler says helpfully. J-Lo loves Jacob's full commitment. J-Lo and Randy agree that "American Idol" is a competition.
TONIGHT'S BEST: I like the audacity and musicality of what Casey Abrams did more than anything else all night. Stefano Langone cheated, but at least did well in cheating. James Durbin was solid. Pia Toscano was solid.
TONIGHT'S WORST: Paul McDonald was the night's worst. Nobody else was close. That doesn't mean there weren't lots and lots of other bad performances. Naima was bad. Haley was not good. Melodically, Thia was not good. Karen was not good.
IN DANGER: Naima's going home. I just can't see any alternative. I'm guessing Haley and Paul for the rest of the Bottom Three, but only because of my foolish belief that America won't cut Paul the same slack the judges did. Karen's going to get a one-week bounce off of singing in Spanish and being in the Bottom Three last week, but she'd be my alternative Bottom Three-er if Paul skates by.
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Interior Secretary Kenneth L. Salazar placed a 20-year moratorium Monday on new uranium mining claims in the Grand Canyon region over the objections of Western Republicans, who insisted the ban would deliver an unnecessary blow to the Northern Arizona economy.
The moratorium, which comes after two years of study, represents "a serious and necessary step" to protect the iconic canyon and the watershed, said Mr. Salazar. Four million people visit the mile-deep canyon each year.
"A withdrawal is the right approach for this priceless American landscape," Mr. Salazar said in remarks before the National Geographic Society. "We have been entrusted to care for and protect our precious environmental and cultural resources, and we have chosen a responsible path that makes sense for this and future generations."
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer and other Republicans immediately denounced the order, saying that it would cripple economic activity and energy production despite evidence that yellowcake uranium had been mined safely in the region for years.
"This is yet another instance of the federal government engaging in excessive and unnecessary regulation, which is impeding the creation of jobs and economic growth," Mrs. Brewer said in a statement. "The 20-year ban comes at the expense of hundreds of high-paying jobs and approximately $10 billion worth of activity for the Arizona economy."
Protecting the Grand Canyon area's environment and expanding the local economy "are not mutually exclusive. We could and should have both," she said.
The order withdraws 1 million acres for 20 years from new mining claims, but does not prohibit previously approved uranium mining or other natural resource development, including mineral leasing, geothermal leasing and mineral materials sales.
As many as 11 uranium mines could still operate during the 20-year moratorium, including four that have already been approved but are not yet operating. Without the ban, the department estimated that 30 uranium mines could be developed over the next 20 years, with as many as six operating at one time, according to the department's Environmental Impact Statement.
"The withdrawal maintains the pace of hardrock mining, particularly uranium, near the Grand Canyon, but also gives the department a chance to monitor the impacts associated with uranium mining in this area," Bureau of Land Management Director Bob Abbey said.
Environmental groups cheered the move as an important protection for both the popular tourist attraction and the vital Colorado River basin. The river, which runs through the canyon, delivers water to 26 million people in seven states, raising the stakes for any contamination that could result from a mining accident.
"We strongly applaud the Obama administration's decision to protect one million acres around the iconic Grand Canyon from dirty and dangerous uranium mining," said the League of Conservation Voters in a statement. "This is a huge win for conservation and the countless Americans who enjoy the Grand Canyon's natural splendor each year."
Rep. Rob Bishop, Utah Republican, said the decision represented a cave-in to environmental groups at the risk of the nation's energy supply. He said the uranium being withdrawn from production amounts to 40 percent of the nation's domestic uranium resources.
"It is unconscionable that the administration has yet again caved to political pressure from radical special interest groups rather than standing up for the American people," Mr. Bishop said.
He noted that Mr. Abbey had testified that the draft EIS found that "there was incomplete and unavailable information" about the mining's potential risk.
"In light of these findings, or lack thereof, there is clearly not enough evidence to justify this radical decision," Mr. Bishop said. "Lacking the scientific evidence to support this ban, the administration opted to bypass Congress to unilaterally impose bad policy."
In October, Western Republicans introduced the Northern Arizona Mining Continuity Act of 2011, which would have blocked the administration from imposing a uranium-mining moratorium.
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