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MASKED MAN: A worker walked away from a burning barricade during a protest over back wages outside a shipyard in Gijón, Spain, Tuesday. (Eloy Alonso/Reuters)
HOWLING MAD: A man protested against the Portuguese government's 2013 budget in front of parliament in Lisbon Monday. Portugal's coalition government announced steep tax increases in its draft budget—one of the harshest budgets in the country's recent history. (Patricia de Melo/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)
SPLASHING THROUGH: A man rode a motorcycle with passengers along a flooded road in Nigeria's Delta state Monday. Vast stretches of Nigeria have been submerged by flooding in the past few weeks. More than 100 people have died. (Afolabi Sotunde/Reuters)
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A DIFFERENT MAN? Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic smiled during his long-running war-crimes trial in The Hague Tuesday. Mr. Karadzic, who is accused of genocide and crimes against humanity in the Bosnian War, said he is a 'mild man, a tolerant man' during his defense statement. (Robin van Lonkhuijsen/Associated Press)


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I have tried using my smart BluRay for Netflix and Hulu and it is not great (especially the remote). It had to be connected via Ethernet cable as the remote is very difficult to use. So I have decided I want a second Roku for the TV upstairs (the Phillips flatscreen) and I have moved the LT downstairs (tried a digital TV converter box and same indoor antenna as upstairs but got only 1/3 channels so not worth it).
I really like my LT and after the recent updates it has worked well. I am noting some buffering on Hulu Plus now that I have downgraded my internet speed.
Before I moved the Roku I checked network connection on both locations and in both cases, the connection is rated as excellent by Roku.
My best choices as far as price goes are a new Roku HD (appears to be the current generation but on sale for $48 as the local Walmart had this model on clearance) or a reconditioned 2 XS with HDMI cable from Amazon for 59.99 which could be connected by Ethernet. If I replace the old tv next year, I will need a larger screen so it might end up being 1080. I don't play games and I can stream photos from my cell phone to the TV with the Roku cell app. What suggestions and advice can anyone give me? Thanks!!
If it's a factory-reconditioned XS, that's a good price. I'd spend the extra money for the XS to get the USB, LAN port, and the bluetooth remote. While I'm not big on games, the bluetooth remote opens that up for you, family, and guests.
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If the previous owner still has his accounts saved on the box [like his roku account, netflix login, etc.] then you could do a factory reset to wipe his/her information from the box. Unless of course....4Eyes wrote:Is there any thing special like doing a factory reset (which I can't remember how to do) that I would need to do on a factory reconditioned unit that is different than a new unit?
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4Eyes wrote:I am waiting on a new pair of hearing aids from Oticon which have some connectivity options my 6 year old pair doesn't have. One of the things the new hearing aids will have is a remote/streamer device for streaming via blue tooth phone calls from cell phones. (think of it as a fancy Bluetooth headset with a mike) if one wants to spend another $150, one can get a box that allows the TV volume to stream from said box right to the hearing aids (blue tooth ?? Not sure). Given the streaming bluetooth nature of this remote/streamer, do you think it is possible that either of the Roku remotes will end up with interference from the hearing aid streamer? (The Oticon website is short on tech details). Thanks
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Suzanne Carbone curates words as a creative writer for The Age spanning celebrity, fashion, TV, film, radio, entertainment, food, culture, trends, personal profiles and major events. Sometimes stories land on a silver platter: in 2010, she was at a private dinner in Toorak with surprise guest Oprah Winfrey and landed an exclusive. She previously wrote Postcode 3000, a column about Melbourne and its people, and sometimes encountered true royalty. She wrote about the 2012 royal visit by Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, the Queen's visit in 2006 and Prince Charles' visit in 2005. While covering the so-called red-carpet round, she has covered the AFI Awards, Logies, the Australian Open, the Brownlow Medal, the Allan Border Medal, the Australian Grand Prix, polo, the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games, and the Flemington quadrella: Derby Day, Cup Day, Oaks Day and Stakes Day. She is skilled at saying her name to pass through the velvet rope and juggling a notepad, pencil and mobile phone while wearing a lanyard and wristband.
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Suzanne Carbone Veteran Chinese restaurateur Gilbert Lau is over the moon about being named a Member of the Order of Australia for services to hospitality.
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Suzanne Carbone Devi Purnami, 19, has come so far as a former ward of the state with no family in Australia but now the budget is akin to a ''Stop'' sign.
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Suzanne Carbone Vinyl records are but a dusty, distant relic for the new wave of groovers. Melbourne band goodbyemotel is expressing its indie-rock sound with the ''world's first 4D live music experience'' because...
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Thumfart, J; Jung, S; Amasheh, S; Kraemer, S; Peters, H; Sommer, K; Biber, J; Murer, H; Meij, I; Querfeld, U; Wagner, C A; Muller, D N (2008). Magnesium stimulates renal phosphate reabsorption. American Journal of Physiology. Renal Physiology, 295:F1126-F1133.
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In the kidney, about 80% of the filtered phosphate (Pi) is reabsorbed along the proximal tubule. Changes in renal Pi reabsorption are associated with modulation of the sodium dependent Pi cotransporter NaPi Type IIa (NaPi-IIa) and Type IIc (NaPi-IIc) protein abundance in the brush border membrane (BBM) of proximal tubule cells. NaPi-IIa is mainly regulated by dietary Pi intake and parathyroid hormone (PTH). The purpose of the present study was to elucidate the effect of alteration in dietary magnesium (Mg(2+)) intake on renal Pi handling. Urinary Pi excretion and renal expression of NaPi-IIa and NaPi-IIc were analyzed in rats fed with normal (0.2%) or high Mg(2+) (2.5%) diet. High Mg(2+) diet resulted in decreased renal Pi excretion and increased protein expression of NaPi-IIa and NaPi-IIc. Serum FGF-23 (fibroblast growth factor 23) levels were unchanged under high Mg(2+) diet. Serum PTH levels were slightly decreased under high Mg(2+) diet. To examine whether the observed changes in renal Pi reabsorption are PTH dependent, NaPi-IIa and NaPi-IIc expression were also analyzed in parathyroidectomized (PTX) rats fed with normal or high Mg(2+) diet. In PTX rats Mg(2+) had no significant effect on renal Pi excretion or NaPi-IIa protein expression. Mg(2+) increased NaPi-IIc protein expression in PTX rats. This experiment shows for the first time on the molecular level how Mg(2+) stimulates renal Pi reabsorption. Under high Mg(2+) diet NaPi-IIa expression is dependent on PTH levels, whereas NaPi-IIc expression seems to be independent from PTH levels.
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In her syndicated column of June 30, gossip columnist Liz Smith said that the affair between Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky reminded her of the affair between John F. Kennedy and Judith Exner. Noting that Smith identified JFK's lover as "the Catholic Judith Exner," Catholic League president William Donohue opined as follows: "We're disappointed... [Read more...]HBO SPECIAL ON "CELIBACY" MALIGNS CHURCH
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The HBO series "America Undercover" aired a special documentary, "Celibacy," on June 28. It purports to be an examination of celibacy as it is practiced in the world's religions. After a cursory glance at celibacy in eastern religions, it focuses almost exclusively on Roman Catholicism. The overall theme is voiced at the outset: "The... [Read more...]ARCHBISHOP O'MALLEY TARGETED BY MEDDLERS
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Boston Archbishop Sean O'Malley has come under increasing criticism for his decision to close sixty-five parishes in the archdiocese. Addressing this issue today is Catholic League president William Donohue: "No one wants to see a parish closed. The ties that Catholics have to their parish are thicker than blood, and it is for this reason that... [Read more...]JEWISH NEWSPAPER RIPS CATHOLIC BISHOPS
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The lead editorial in the June 25 edition of the Forward, a prominent Jewish weekly newspaper, accuses Catholic bishops of being a threat to democracy. Commenting on the editorial is Catholic League president William Donohue: "Never have I read a more anti-Catholic editorial in my life. It is the height of arrogance and intolerance for a Jewish... [Read more...]Why Jewish Groups Passionately Hate Mel Gibson
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by Rabbi Daniel Lapin (Catalyst 6/2004) Surely it is now time to analyze the vitriolic loathing demonstrated by various Jewish groups and their leaders toward Mel Gibson over the past six months. This analysis might help forestall some similar ill-conceived and ill-fated future misadventure on the part of self-anointed Jewish leadership. At the very... [Read more...]BISHOPS RIP PRO-ABORTION POLS; DISPUTE OVER SANCTIONS
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A growing number of bishops are speaking out on the subject of pro-abortion Catholic politicians. But there is disagreement over what should be done. Fargo, North Dakota Bishop Samuel J. Aquila said in May that denying Communion to pro-abortion politicians is part of Catholic teaching. Portland, Oregon Archbishop John G. Vlazny said that "Catholics... [Read more...]SCHOOL CHOICE SUCCEEDS
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When school voucher programs are instituted, it stimulates public schools to improve. That, at least, is what the Florida experience shows. In Florida, if a school receives two failing grades in a four-year period, its students can elect to go elsewhere. Performance is measured by standardized tests, and students who choose to use a voucher can attend... [Read more...]CHURCH AND STATE IN AN ELECTION YEAR
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - Gordon Gee is returning to West Virginia University as interim president, five months after controversial remarks led to his retirement as president at Ohio State University.
The West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission approved Gee's hiring Friday, a day after the WVU Board of Governors made its recommendation to replace Jim Clements without announcing a name.
The 69-year-old Gee retired at Ohio State in July after remarks he made jabbing Roman Catholics and Southeastern Conference schools were made public.
Gee was WVU's law school dean from 1979 to 1981 and served as university president from 1981 to 1985.
The WVU Board of Governors has said the interim president won't serve in the permanent job. Clements accepted the presidency of Clemson University in November.
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(Mis)managing Expectations: No EFSF Leverage Decision To Be Reached This Weekend
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We're going to need a rumor volatility index, and options on said index immediately.
Now...spin? Or another headline in 10 minutes refuting this one. Stay tuned and don't touch that dial while we break for commercial.
All of this spin is making me dizzy...and nauseaous.
And its still only THURSDAY and we're seeing this level of spin and desperation already? Damn what will FRIDAY look like?
...while we break for commercial.
Do we have a TOTUS stand-up today? I missed the last episode on the jobs bill live tour.
While TOTUS experienced only a brief moment of liberation. We regret to report, TOTUS will be undergoing Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for some time.
Just bring in some hookers and turn it into a orgy.
Gotta get Mario Draghi up to speed on the CB lifestyle.
Party while Athens burns!
Party like it's 1999!
Like rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic.
Iceberg, what Iceberg?
Gemany can't leverage without court approval, since a leverage EFSF is a second-order sovereign bailout, contravening Maastritche Treaty.
Germany will have to go to a referendum. And with 90% of German in the Nein camp leverage EFSF is non-starter. If I were Greek, I'd start buying property in Deutscheland to protect my wealth.
you are classic TD
i dont agree with all your views (that gold is savior I suppose is main one I disagree with) but you are so on top of getting news out with cogent clear color -highly gifted Tyler Durden is yes....
as to EU -they are opening all the doors and realizing there are brick walls behind most of them, monsters behind many, and Amish women behind the rest
This is sheer artistry...to look like one is doing something while not actually doing something that really needs to be done but can't so let's pretend we're doing something or at least not announcing that we are not investigating a plan to form a scheme to avoid doing something.
Spin?! This is pure quantum chromo financial dynamics baby!
WYNN down 5%+. #WYNNING!
They are just managing expectations. If they went into the weekend talking and then came out with nothing, the markets would freak on Sunday night/Monday. Now no one expects anything and nothing will come this weekend so they are just kicking the can down the road.
Since there's no viable answer to the problems, expect more of these, "we won't be reaching a decision this weekend" announcements in the coming weeks/months.
Go long rumors and you'll make a killing.
But isn't Greece AT THE CLIF EDGE?
Exactly. Schaeuble talking of "expectation management", lately.
Lenin would be proud of him.
We already know what the decision will be. They will do the normal things bankers do and leverage the 400B to 4-16 trillion. The people taht make and or change the rules are the ones in trouble. Therefore they will do whatever the hell they want.
In singapour, if someone lies like this, his tongue would be cut.
Bullshit... Minister Mentor and his hand picked court lies constantly... Most democratic communist government around.
jsphctrl Joseph Cotterill
Ah, German EU summit reluctance explained! MT @TeraEuro@jsphctrl school autumn holidays starting tomorrow here (additional info from germany here)
The can has been kicked so much its now just a little nub of aluminum.
market probably loves it. more space/potential for baseless rumors and retard melt-ups. As long as the market doesn;t tank on reality, space for lies/deceit and fraud is always welcomed by these motherfuckers.
I like turtles.
Why make a decision today when you can put it off until tomorrow? The Politician's modus operandi
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Ha ha , he said "dial". This SHOULD be a TV show- "As The World Burns".
OT-Turkey and Kurds hittin it again
Sarkoz: ECB will leverage EFSF
Merkel: No
Sarkoz: Wait I will come to you
Merkel: Ok
Sarkoz: So how about that leverage
Merkel: No
Sarkoz: Wait my wife is having a baby, talk later
Merkel: Ok
Sarkoz: Hey, I´m back - it´s a girl !
Merkel: No
Sarkoz: What ?
Merkel: Ok
What should be now clear to even the most simple minded German politician is that Sarkozy is showing clear signs of desperation. It means that he's either a megalomaniac, who is obsessed with getting his own way, or the France is in a far worse situation than has been revealed, or both.
The reason why Sarko is willing to gamble France's AAA rating to leverage the fund is because he knows the AAA is no reflection of reality, and it's either leverage or bust.
Hey, Sarko - how much debt lies hidden in all these state owned entities and local authorities? What tricks have your clever bankers done with loans disguised as derivatives to keep them off balance sheet? How come France is so wealthy when nobody appears to do very much?
Whats France so worried about? Just do like Bank of America and JP Morgan and transfer trillions in bad CDS bets to the backs of the peasantry! Why not!
Oh yea, dont worry about that we're still having our meeting! After all, the catering was paid for and we're not going to let another opulent feast most people of the world could never DREAM of seeing even once in their lives go to waste, or get donated to the starving peasantry....but of course we will decide nothing. Now sit down and shut up, peasants! Youre lucky we let you live at all!
It's amazing to watch the market move up and down based on each headline. This must be why the market just headed south.
There is no solution. There will not be a solution. To believe Germany and France who have so different interests going forward can quickly negotiate a deal AND get the others to pass it as well is not only naive. It is outright stupid! Look at the efficiency of the EU administration and parlament. Look at regional and even national agendas. It simply will not pass.
That said; the can will be kicked. Election time is coming up. No one wants to look weak and incompetent. No one wants to lose the elections. All that is needed is patch work.
Be sure that the wound (Greece) will be patched. Perhaps will this give time for banks to deleverage (read; sell their toxic assets to stupid long term thinking Sovereign Wealth Funds and others.) Then again, they have had plenty of time, so guess the short lived rally to provide nothing but inflated shareprices and sweet tooth bonuses for the high paid, criminal thinking execs. If the shareholders survive in this round, expect them to get extremely well paid off before it all crashes next time around that recession comes knocking on the EZ door.
Anger time.
To say this is like watching paint dry would be an insult to paint.
NASDAQ megaphone pattern on daily chart indicates big move ahead.
USD weekly chart remains bullish and as predicted for some time further dollar upside expected.


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2013-14 Cross Country (Senior): Competed at the Fresno State Invitational where she finished 12th for the Bulldogs and 42nd overall with a time of 21:20.4. 2012-13 2011-12 2010-11 Prior to Fresno State: Personal: CAREER BESTS
Outdoor(Senior): Competed at three meets during her senior season... ran a season-best time of 2:25.90 in the 800m run at the Fresno State vs. Cal Poly Dual meet where she placed 15th.
Track (Junior): Competed in three meets for the Bulldogs... ran a season-best time of 2:24.22 in the 800m at the Bulldog Open.
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Competed in the Run For the Dream competition with a time of 2:33:45 in the 800-meter race.
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Competed in the Roadrunner Invitational in Bakersfield, Calif. ... Finished the 5k in a time of 21:53.
Four-year letterwinner in both cross country and track and field at Clovis West...three time League and Valley Champion in track and field...captain of both her cross country and track and field team her senior year...a scholar athlete as well as a member of FCA and the athletic leadership council...had a best time of 2:20 in the 800m and 58.2 in the 400m.
Born May 19, 1992 in Fresno, Calif. ...parents are Kevin and Kristin...has two brothers Kendyl and Kyle who played football for Fresno State from 2006-2009...Kelly enjoys running, eating, church and spending time with family and friends...her favorite athlete is Allyson Felix because always competes with class and a smile...most admires her parents and coaches because they push her and help her to be the best.
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Well, since yesterday was all about eating here in the USA (Thanksgiving, in case you missed that), I thought I'd share a partially inked panel from The Project, of a meal in progress. I got a bit of quiet time to work on it this evening, while listening to Jimi Hendrix and then Freddie Hubbard. They helped a lot. It is at times like this I wonder what insanity has come over me that has me making design choices which mean I end up having to draw a page full of panels like this, with a dozen people in each… A page with 50 figures is kind of ridiculous. But on I go…
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A beautiful pictorial from the Notre Dame Academy Varsity 2009 football season.
This season began like most others in late summer, but soon the Tritons were without head coach Nowak due to unforeseen circumstances. The first three games of the season were losses and played without coach in attendance. All assistants were holding the Tritons together by making solid game plans and motivating them - but when Coach Nowak returned on the night of that 4th game, the Tritons won and went on to win the rest of their season.
A Season Inspired is a review in pictures of the season. It features a few scattered quotes from Coach Nowak as remembered by the players and was created as a memory book to sign for the coach so loved by his team.
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May 2009
One Profane Man
Yesterday afternoon, the Twins and Red Sox hooked up for a pretty intense duel, with the Sox coming out on top 3-1. Things really got interesting in the seventh inning, for both clubs:
Top: With the Sox batting, a close play at the plate from Kubel (a great throw) to Redmond was called "safe" for the Sox when replays seemed to show that he was actually out. Redmond popped up and did his best "Yogi Berra after Jackie Robinson steals home" impersonation. He was immediately run from the game (which hurt the Twins by losing the DH and thus not pinch hitting for Matt Tolbert in the game's key moment an inning later) and closely followed by manager Ron Gardenhire.
Bottom: Up until the seventh inning, Josh Beckett had been absolutely mowing down the Twins' batters (besides the one Joe Crede bomb). Yet, throughout the game I noticed that he was incredibly angry and often (even after a 1-2-3 inning) would stomp off the mound uttering terrible profanities. I never really got the feeling that he was being squeezed at the plate, but obviously he thought differently. Thus, in the seventh, a very close pitch was called a ball and Beckett immediately told the umpire that he could "go have carnal relations with himself" (to put it nicely). Boy, was Beckett ever hot, almost throwing a temper tantrum right on the mound! Within minutes, both Jason Varitek and Terry Francona were joining Gardy and Red Dog in the bowels of the Dome. Why Beckett didn't get the old heave-ho as well is completely beyond me. Personally, I lost some respect for him for that little tirade. I have rarely seen a pitcher get so angry out on the mound (especially when dominating the opposing team) and it makes Beckett seem like just a hot-headed jerk who happens to have some nasty stuff.
All in all, though, a sweep with the Sox isn't the end of the world by any means. The real test now will be going into Tampa Bay and trying to play just as tough. Much like last year, the Twins won't become a legit contender unless they can even just play below-average (not God-awful) ball on the road.
-Joe Crede is coming around. His defense alone is darn near enough to keep him in the lineup every game, especially considering the struggles of Brian Buscher, while his bat is showing good pop.
-Glen Perkins may not have a job when he gets healthy. Anthony Swarzak has been VERY impressive in both his starts in the majors so far.
Preview (24-25, 2nd, 3.5 GB DET): Scott Baker (2-5, 6.32) vs. James Shields (3-4, 3.63).
"Getaway" Gardy
Truth be told, I think that Ron Gardenhire is a good manager for the Minnesota Twins. For a team that is always developing young players because we don't have enough money to spend on the big boys, Gardy also seems to have the right touch to bring the young guys along in the best possible manner. He may play favorites (Nick Punto, Jesse Crain) and once you get in his doghouse (Delmon Young) it's tough to get back in the main living quarters, but all in all he seems like a good guy who works hard and demands the same of his team.
That being said, there are some days that I just want to hate on him…and today is one of those days. As is his custom, Gardy put out his "Getaway" lineup featuring a stretch of batters that included Brian Buscher, Young, Mike Redmond, Punto, Carlos Gomez, and Matt Tolbert. Joe Crede (hit by pitch the day before), Joe Mauer (general day off), and Denard Span (flu-like symptoms) were all out of the lineup. While I agree with the Span "benching", why were BOTH Crede and Jo-Mo on the bench at the same time against arguably the best team in the American League right now?! The Red Sox trot out the likes of Ellsbury, Pedroia, Bay, Youkilis, and Lowell, while the Twins counter with that above quintet of guys who will make more outs than hits and inspire little confidence.
I guess it just really hit home to me after Mauer hit the home run in the bottom of the ninth off Papelbon, thinking "what would have happened if Mauer (and Crede) had been in the lineup all game long?". Mauer would have probably gotten a couple of hits (he is so locked in right now), while Crede wouldn't have let three balls by him in one inning (yes, they were tough plays, but Crede may have made them).
When playing the BoSox, one has to expect that many runs will need to be scored to win the contest, and Gardy just didn't put out a viable lineup today to do that. Of course, he can probably justify every move, and perhaps be correct in the long run, but I still just want to pout for awhile anyway at a loss that could have been a whole lot different.
Preview (22-24, 3rd, 4.5 GB DET): Jon Lester (3-4, 5.91) vs. Nick Blackburn (3-2, 3.83). Blackie has been carrying the pitching staff as of late, and I look for that streak to continue.
Bye, Bye, Breslow
Yesterday, the Twins announced that they had placed relief pitcher Craig Breslow on waivers and he was claimed by the Oakland Athletics. In his place, the Twins brought up Anthony Swarzak…
…who will make the start on Saturday against the Brewers in place of Glen Perkins.
One down, two (Crain and Ayala) to go!
Preview (18-23, 3rd, 5.5 GB DET): Nick Blackburn (2-2, 4.38) vs. Bartolo Colon (2-3, 4.21). This season is on the brink of spiraling out of control before the end of May. Blackburn needes to turn in a quality outing and have the pen back him up.
Must Be A Horrible Feeling
For almost a decade, the Minnesota Twins have laid a claim to having the best control coming from a starting pitching staff. While other staffs may have "that one guy" who can throw gas but can't find home plate with any frequency, the Twins consistently pound the zone and, while giving up a high frequency of home runs, also get a lot of outs.
Thus, the struggles from Scott Baker in the early innings of tonight's 6-2 loss against the Chicago White Sox were almost painful to watch. For whatever reason, Baker could not command any of his pitches and made catcher Mike Redmond look like a human pin-ball with the way he was reaching to-and-fro and blocking pitches behind the plate. I actually started to feel bad for Baker during those second and third innings, as it was clear that he just couldn't control any of his pitches.
After that horrific second inning, Baker came into the dugout and was given an earful from pitching coach Rick Anderson, who looked as if steam were about to come out of his ears. Though Twins announcer Bert Blyleven defended Anderson and liked the fiery persona, I don't know what good it did and whether it was called for. I mean, if Scott Baker wanted to control his pitches, he would have…it's as simple as that. Anderson can stew all he wants, but it still comes down to Baker hitting his spots.
Considering that Scotty-boy has had troubles locating pitches all season so far, I hope that he doesn't have some sort of mental block (sort of like the Rick Ankiel syndrome). Of course, it could also just be the typical Scott Baker "off" season that has plagued him his entire career. Baker has never pitched 200 innings in an entire season, nor has he had too really impressive years in a row.
-Ozzie Guillen is a joke (as if that is new knowledge, I know). A Pale Hose batter (Podsednik, I believe) bunts the ball down the first base line, the ball looks like it hits him, yet no call is made. Ron Gardenhire comes out to argue the play, and the home plate umpire decides to call a "conference meeting" and the play is overturned. Why, then, does Ozzie need to trot out and give the umps an earful? The umps would not have changed the call unless "indisputable visual evidence" (to steal an NFL phrase) was utilized, in this case one of the other umps seeing the ball hit the batter. I don't like managers who argue just for the sake of getting steamed up, and that is EXACTLY what Guillen was doing. Just sit down and shut up.
-Sean Henn made his Twins debut tonight…and now has a 13.50 season ERA. Will this ever end?
-Seriously Gardy…walking Paul Konerko to GET Jim Thome to the plate? I don't care if Carl Hubbell or Steve Carlton suddenly descended from the sky to take the mound for the Twins, I don't put guys on for the greatest Twins Killer in history (with respect to Griffey Jr. and A-Rod).
-Finally, I don't like to complain about the announcing a whole lot, but Bert: When Span bunts the ball unsuccessfully with the infield playing way back, he loses the "element" of surprise, not the "ultimate" of surprise. I only say this because I have heard it before.
Preview (18-22, 3rd, 4.5 GB DET): Francisco Liriano (2-4, 5.21) vs. John Danks (2-3, 4.82).
The Pattern
Since last September, a new TV show from mastermind J.J. Abrams entitled "Fringe" has captivated many viewers with its pursuing of a string of strange crimes called "the Pattern". Well, when the Minnesota Twins have played the New York Yankees in the Bronx in recent years, another type of "Pattern" has emerged. Get your checklist ready, because here it comes:
#1: Joe Nathan (or any other Twins closer) blows a save and the Yankees win. "Check" (Friday night)
#2: Alex Rodriguez single-handedly wins a game (either in walk-off or just plain dominating fashion). "Check" (Saturday afternoon).
#3: A member of the Twins' bullpen (it really doesn't matter which one) takes the long, slow walk back to the dugout while New York fans and players are celebrating. "Check" (Sunday afternoon).
Now, I have to give the Twins credit for battling in all three contests so far, and the pitchers aren't worthy of all the blame due to the nonexistent clutch hitting, but those three things seem to happen nearly every time the Twins and Yanks hook up in NYC.
Oh, Hideki Matsui usually has big games against us as well, so perhaps he can be Monday's hero?
Preview (18-20, 3rd, 3.0 GB DET): Glen Perkins (1-2, 4.27) vs. Andy Pettitte (3-1, 4.00).
The Next Timo Perez?
One of the surprises of the 2009 Minnesota Twins' season so far has been the reduced playing time of Carlos Gomez. Whereas last year Gomez seem to be the catalyst of the batting order more times than not, this year he starts about one in every four games or so. Conspiracy theorists like to point out that perhaps Delmon Young is "stealing" Go-Go's playing time to maximize his trade potential come mid-season, but I think the fact of the matter is that Young can keep his batting average above .250, while Gomez cannot.
Right now, Gomez (while improving defensively…he is taking much better routes to balls and I haven't seen him overrun a grounder yet) is completely lost at the plate. He takes swings that often embarrassing and his pretty much a goner if the pitcher ever gets two strikes on him.
I hope I am wrong in this parallel, but currently Carlos Gomez is falling into the pattern of another young, exciting player who never lived up to his potential:
During the late 1990s, with the Twins a perenniel cellar-dweller, I jumped on the bandwagon of the New York Mets, partly because I hated their chief rival the Atlanta Braves and partly because I just wanted to cheer for someone in the playoffs! Thus, during the 2000 playoffs, I remember watching young Timo Perez make a tremendous impact for the Mets. Timo only played about 20 games for the Mets that entire '00 season, but he made a big enough impact with his torrid September play that he made the playoff roster. For that one month and during most of the postseason, Timo was the catalyst for the entire Mets' lineup, whether it was getting on base, stealing them, or hitting line drives all over the field. Unfortunately, Perez is probably best remembered for his baserunner blunder that may have cost the Mets a game in the 2000 "Subway" World Series with the Yankees, but he was the kind of player that seemed to have a bright future in New York.
However, a telling sign was the two hits that Perez collected the ENTIRE World Series. Thus, it was obviously that pitchers were finally figuring out how to get him out, and it was time for him to make the most crucial adjustment that a batter ever makes (that first one after pitchers find a weakness). He never did. He played a few more seasons with the Mets (one decent), then became a journeyman, popping up in Chicago with the Pale Hose most recently, I believe. However, he was never able to regain that flash of talent he showed late in the 2000 season.
Like I said, I hope this isn't true, but right now Gomez is following that same path. Gomez single-handedly won games for the Twins early last season, but by the end of said season he had been replaced by Denard Span as leadoff hitter and was striking out at an enormous rate. The pitchers finally figured him out, much like they did to Timo Perez, and he has yet (as far as I can see) to make the adjustment to start getting hits again.
The ray of hope I see for Gomez, though, is that he really hasn't gotten enough playing time yet this season to show his current talent level. Whereas Timo Perez got many years to try and recapture that once-attained talent, Gomez has primarily been riding the pine in his second season as a Twin. It is a sticky situation, as the Twins like Cuddyer and Span in the lineup but also have high hopes (and Garza/Bartlett) invested in him. It will be interesting to see how the entire situation pans out.
Wow…That Was Fun!
Glen Perkins had another terrible start.
Luis Ayala gave up more runs.
Matt Guerrier initially blew it.
Jesse Crain is done.
Greatest game of the season so far!
Frankie 2006 vs. Frankie 2009
A week or so ago, Jim Souhan (a columnist for the Minneapolis Star Tribune newspaper) wrote an article about how the "2006" Francisco Liriano (with the essentially unhittable slider) will never return, but maybe the current version can recreate some of that success. The article can be found here:
After reading the article, although I know that Souhan was just trying to "tell it like it is", I really didn't think that Souhan was making a fair comparison.
In 2006, Liriano came up from the minor leagues and absolutely sent the league on fire. His stats were incredible (12-3, 121 IP, 144 K, 2.16 ERA), and starts like these proved that hitters just couldn't touch that sizzling fastball and devastating changeup:
Yet, come September of '06, Liriano felt his arm "snap" while out on the mound…
Likely due to a violent delivery that put extra strain/torque on his arm, Liriano ended up needing Tommy John surgery on the arm and missed the entire 2007 season. When he finally made it back in 2008, his early-season outings ended with many conversations like this…
He did manage to make some quality starts after a long stint in the minor leagues, but the jury was still out as to whether he could even come close to the same type of domination he showed in '06.
So far this season, Liriano (2-4, 40 IP, 33 K, 5.75 ERA) has had very mixed results. In some starts he has been very solid (http://minnesota.twins.mlb.com/media/video.jsp?mid=200905054423501&c_id=min), while other times batters have seemed to tee off on him (like most other Twins starting pitchers this year).
Clearly, a little more time is needed to see whether or not Liriano can make a comeback from his arm injury, but let's not compare him back to his former 2006 self. He's trying to dominate again without the violent delivery and wrist motion, and sometimes he has done so, while other times he has struggled. Remember, Mr. Souhan, if he goes EXACTLY back to his '06 form, he had better keep up to date on his health insurance premiums. Personally, I'd rather have him healthy and battling then spectacular but always one pitch away from disaster.
Preview (15-17, 3rd, 3.0 GB DET): Armando Galarraga (3-2, 4.08) vs. Kevin Slowey (4-1, 5.50). We're only three games out?! What a division!
An Off Day, A New Format
When I started this blog last summer, I was unemployed after graduating college, and thus had pretty much an unlimited amount of time to devote to my writing on it. This past fall however, I snagged a part-time job at my local Wal-Mart store as a sales associate. Thus, I had a bit less time, but was still able to update the blog on a pretty regular basis.
Now, however, the Wal-Mart position has morphed into some pretty steady fulll-time hours for me, leaving me with less time and energy to be blogging all the time. So, from this point forward, the format of this blog is going to take on a bit of a different look. Instead of recapping the events of the previous game and previewing the next one, I will now just blog about the Twins topics that I find interesting, new, or intriguing.
To be honest, I never really got into the whole "recapping" thing anyway…the way I see it, all you out in the blogosphere probably already know what happened. You're just reading blogs because you enjoy the personalities that are writing them. In the future, I am going to try and do more of that…emphasizing my own opinions/experiences with the Twins (and all of MLB) in place of nightly recaps.
Thanks for reading this blog from time to time and hopefully you have found it to be interesting!
Rainy Days And, Well, Pretty Much Any Day These Days
Wednesday: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPmbT5XC-q0 (pretty accurate?!)
Unfortunately, things didn't go much better tonight. Glen Perkins was on the hill against the Orioles and allowed four runs through the first three innings. The Twins managed to claw back and tie the game, but Jose Mijares couldn't hold the lead in the eighth inning and the Twins lost yet again.
I've been working a lot lately and thus not able to update this blog as frequently as I would like to, but suffice it to say that the Twins are in a pretty big rut right now. The bats go silent all too often, the bullpen is in shambles, and it seems like at least once every five days a starting pitcher gets tattoed in the early innings like Perk did tonight.
Troubling stat: the Twins have allowed 35 homers this season…and hit 19. And this is with Carlos Silva, Brad Radke, and Johan Santana NOT on the staff!
-The Twins also recently sent Alexi Casilla down to the minor leagues. Personally, I think that was an overreaction on the part of whoever made the decision, but hopefully it snaps Casilla out of the funk he is in. I just don't see it working out, as I don't think that Tolbert is as good as Alexi.
Preview (13-16, 4th, 5.0 GB KCR): Chris Jakubauskas (1-3, 5.76) vs. Scott Baker (0-4, 9.15). With the way King Felix and Erik Bedard (Saturday and Sunday's starters) are pitching for the M's, we better beat Jaku tomorrow night or things could get even uglier.


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Italy and the IMF
IMF Concludes Article IV Consultation with Italy
On June 5, 2000, the Executive Board concluded the Article IV consultation with Italy.1
Following a decade of slow growth, the Italian economy entered a phase of cyclical upswing since mid-1999, which, however, remains weaker than elsewhere in the euro area. Exports, which had been strongly affected by direct and third-market effects of the Asian crisis, rebounded markedly after mid-1999, helped by a recovery of world demand and the depreciation of the euro; investment has accelerated, including in construction; but household consumption remains relatively subdued. Employment growth held up relatively well for the second year in a row in 1999, mainly reflecting the impact of the 1997 liberalization of temporary and part-time work contracts. On the other hand, higher participation left the unemployment rate above 11 percent, the second highest in the euro area, and large regional disparities continued, with the unemployment rate in the South well above 20 percent. Inflation accelerated to 2.5 percent in the spring of 2000, as oil prices rose and the euro depreciated. The differential vis-à-vis the euro area for underlying inflation has stayed at around ¾─1 percentage point, in part due to higher aggregate unit labor cost growth and relatively slower liberalization of some product markets. This has implied a moderate loss of competitiveness relative to the euro area, but on a multilateral basis the euro's depreciation has maintained price and cost competitiveness at a very favorable level.
Substantial progress was made in consolidating the public finances in 1999. Notwithstanding lower-than-expected GDP growth, the general government deficit was limited to 1.9 percent of GDP, well below the 2.4 percent ceiling set in March 1999. This favorable trend reflected a lower interest bill, as well as improvements in tax administration and robust growth in labor income—resulting in higher tax and nontax revenues, which more than compensated for primary expenditure slippages, including on health care. Gross government debt declined to 114.9 percent of GDP from 116.3 percent in 1998, helped also by privatization proceeds. The 2000 budget targets a further reduction of the general government deficit to 1.5 percent of GDP, in line with the Stability Program's goal of achieving approximate balance by 2003. The budget includes various measures to limit expenditure, and tax cuts equivalent to the estimated 1999 structural revenue overperformance (close to ½ percent of GDP).
With monetary conditions expected to remain supportive of activity and a broadly neutral fiscal stance, the cyclical upswing is likely to continue over the next two years: strong growth in exports and investment and a gradual recovery in consumption would support GDP growth of around 2¾ percent, versus 1.4 percent in 1999. The risks to this short-term projection seem broadly balanced: upside risks relate mainly to stronger growth in partner countries and in employment; on the downside, domestic demand and exports could suffer from stronger-than-anticipated effects of the oil price increase or a disorderly adjustment in the euro exchange rate and in equity prices. The outlook for the medium term is more uncertain: the economy's growth potential will depend crucially on the direction and pace of structural reforms, discussed below.
Executive Board Assessment
Executive Directors commended the authorities for pursuing stability-oriented policies that had achieved a remarkable reduction of the fiscal deficit and a sharp decline in inflation, and for initiating far-reaching structural reforms, including privatization. At the same time, Directors indicated that there was no room for complacency. With the exigencies of short-term stabilization largely behind it, Italy could now focus on longer-term structural issues: mitigating the fiscal impact of population aging; reducing the tax burden; and improving labor and product market performance. Progress in these areas was seen as essential for achieving sustained and regionally balanced growth and, more generally, was considered beneficial for the euro region as a whole.
Directors considered the near-term economic outlook to be favorable. They viewed monetary conditions as remaining supportive, and external competitiveness as broadly satisfactory; in this context, real growth should be above potential in the near term (although it would remain weaker than elsewhere in the euro area), while inflation was expected to abate as the effects of higher oil prices diminished. However, Directors saw risks to competitiveness if the euro were to appreciate sharply. Noting that the growth rebound in the recent period owed much to a good export performance, they considered that broader-based growth would depend crucially on continued wage moderation together with a firm pursuit of structural reforms, in particular far-reaching liberalization of labor and product markets and carrying through of the planned privatization programs.
With respect to fiscal policy, Directors welcomed that, despite weaker-than-expected real growth, the 1999 budget deficit was kept well below its limit. They noted, however, that this had been partly the result of revenue overperformance. For 2000, Directors viewed the deficit target of 1.5 percent of GDP as well within reach and broadly appropriate, from both a cyclical and longer-term perspective. Several Directors stressed that, in 2000, any windfall revenues should be dedicated to deficit reduction. Beyond 2000, Directors urged the adoption of a fiscal strategy that would decisively reduce Italy's still-high debt ratio, and also avoid the need for an increase in tax rates around the demographic peak. They thought that such a strategy would call for somewhat more ambitious targets than indicated in Italy's Stability Program, notably by allocating the benefits from above-potential growth and interest savings to deficit reduction, thus maintaining the primary surplus on average over the cycle at about the level expected for 2000 (a structural primary surplus somewhat above 6 percent of GDP). This would achieve a significant overall budget surplus by the end of the decade. A few Directors, however, thought that keeping the overall budget in balance over the cycle would be sufficiently ambitious for ensuring debt sustainability, while creating room for deeper, earlier tax cuts and for additional well-targeted social expenditure.
Directors emphasized that the twin objectives of reducing both the deficit and the tax burden require firmly limiting the growth of public expenditure. In this regard, scope was seen for further cuts in public employment, taking advantage of new technologies and of the room for increased mobility within the public sector offered by recent civil service reforms, and for trimming subsidies, notably those related to the postal service and railways. On social spending, Directors noted the major progress achieved in recent years, but stressed the need for further steps to limit the budgetary impact of population aging and to rebalance spending from pensions towards programs that support labor market integration and the poor. Further pension reform could include a faster increase in the effective retirement age and an acceleration of the transition to a contribution-based system. On health care, Directors expected decentralization to improve transparency, but its success in controlling costs depended on further steps: strengthening the regions' administrative capacity and incentives to comply with the Internal Stability Pact, and introducing mechanisms to rationalize health expenditure. Noting that the main risks to the achievement of the fiscal target lie at sub-national levels, Directors welcomed the authorities' intention to prevent excessive regional budget deficits arising from decentralization. Directors welcomed the planned introduction of a comprehensive unemployment insurance system, but cautioned that attention should be paid to ensuring strong incentives to seek training and employment―a challenge that also applied to the welfare program targeted at the poor.
On tax policy, Directors urged the authorities to focus as a key priority on reducing the tax wedge on labor, thereby lowering unemployment and raising participation. They took the view that further gains from improved tax administration and a broader tax base should be allocated to reducing tax rates. Several Directors expressed reservations about the frequent recourse to ad-hoc tax incentives.
Directors noted the disappointing persistence of very large regional imbalances. In this connection, they discussed the interlinkages between labor mobility, wage differentials, and job training―elements that must be considered in the reform of labor markets. Directors welcomed the improved transparency and local accountability embedded in the authorities' new development initiatives, but stressed that success will depend on injecting broad, productivity-based wage differentiation. They urged the adoption of a comprehensive strategy, especially for the young, entailing improved job training, one-time reductions in social security contributions, and derogations from national minimum wages well beyond those under the existing apprenticeship schemes. More generally, Directors underscored the importance of improving economic performance in all regions as crucial for achieving a substantial increase in Italy's long-run growth.
Directors welcomed the progress in strengthening bank balance sheets, which had resulted in a decline in the share of nonperforming loans. They underlined the importance of reducing operating costs. In addition, as the distinction between bank and nonbank financial activities was becoming increasingly blurred, Directors stressed the continuing importance of well-coordinated supervision.
Directors welcomed Italy's role in strengthening the Initiative for Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC). They encouraged raising official development assistance toward the UN target.
Italy provides adequate data for surveillance purposes. However, fiscal data in particular compare unfavorably to most advanced economies. Directors encouraged the authorities to take the necessary corrective steps.
|Italy: Selected Economic Indicators
|2000 1/
|Real economy (change in percent) GDP
|Domestic demand
|Harmonized CPI
|Unemployment rate (in percent) 2/
|Gross national saving (in percent of GDP)
|Gross domestic investment (in percent of GDP)
|Public finances (general government; in percent of GDP)
|Overall balance
|Primary balance
|Gross debt
|Money and credit (end of year, percent change)
|Money (M2)
|Harmonized M3
|Total domestic credit
|Interest rates (year average)
|Three-month rate on treasury bills
|Government bond rate, ten-year
|Balance of payments (in percent of GDP)
|Trade balance
|Current account
|Fund position (as of March 2000)
|Holdings of currency (in percent of quota)
|Holdings of SDRs (in percent of allocation)
|Quota (in millions of SDRs)
|Exchange rate
|Exchange rate regime
|Present rate (April 24, 2000)
|Nominal effective exchange rate 3/
|Real effective exchange rate based on unit labor cost 3/
Sources: Data provided by the Italian authorities; International Financial Statistics; and IMF staff
|estimates and projections.
|1/ IMF staff estimates and projections.
|2/ Excluding workers in the Wage Supplementation Fund.
|3/ For 2000, year-on-year change for first quarter.
1Under Article IV of the IMF's Articles of Agreement, the IMF holds bilateral discussions with members, usually every year. A staff team visits the country, collects economic and financial information, and discusses with officials the country's economic developments and policies. On return to headquarters, the staff prepares a report, which forms the basis for discussion by the Executive Board. At the conclusion of the discussion, the Managing Director, as Chairman of the Board, summarizes the views of Executive Directors, and this summary is transmitted to the country's authorities. In this PIN, the main features of the Board's discussion are described.


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[EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the first of three articles taking up the topic of "death discs" of the late '50s and early '60s, and this item considers songs dealing with auto and motorcycle death.]
From the late 1950s through the 1960s, one of the most unusual and unconventional pop music cycles took place in the form of a "death rock" genre that featured songs in which the protagonist or a loved one met an unfortunate death.
The teenage tragedy songs that fit into the "death rock" theme -- sometimes referred to by terms such as "death discs", "splatter platters" or "tear jerkers" -- were noted for their sound effects and romantic views of death, and sometimes by spoken-word bridges.
Whereas the genre's cycle is considered to have run from the late '50s to the mid-'60s, the first such song ("Black Denim Trousers" by The Cheers) was released in 1954 and became a hit in the summer of 1955. The Shangri-Las' chart-topping "Leader Of The Pack" in late 1964 was one of the last major "death rock" hits, but several lesser hits appeared through the remainder of the decade.
The songs were sometimes performed by mainstream pop music artists such as Jan & Dean, Pat Boone and The Everly Brothers, and some were performed by less-famous artists or one-hit-wonders. And many of them reached the upper echelons, or even the top rung, of the Billboard Magazine pop singles charts.
The term "death rock" re-emerged in 1979 in connection with music performed primarily by West Coast punk bands, but this article focuses on teenage tragedy songs that impacted the Billboard Hot 100 between 1955 and 1969, with the death lyrics involving cars, trucks or motorcycles, and to hear any of the songs (with the year and top chart position listed), simply click on the title.
- "TEEN ANGEL" (Mark Dinning, No. 1, 1959): One of the most-popular teen tragedy songs, "Teen Angel" encapsulates the "car crash" subgenre. The lyrics -- written by the singer's sister, Jean Dinning, and her husband Red Surrey -- center on a protagonists's girlfriend who seals her fate when attempting to retrieve a high school ring from a car stalled on a railroad track. Because quite a few radio stations refused to play the record at the outset, due to its morbid contents, the song was slow to gain traction on the charts, but it finally reached the No. 1 position on Feb. 8, 1960. The singer was a native of Drury, Okla., and his sisters had success as The Dinning Sisters vocal trio.
- "LEADER OF THE PACK" (Shangri-Las, No. 1, 1964): The performers were a girl group from Queens, N.Y., consisting of sisters Mary and Betty Weiss and twins Marge and Ann Ganser. Co-written by the record's producer, George Morton, along with Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich, the song is archetypal as a teen tragedy number. The lyrics are about a girl who falls in love with the leader of a motorcycle gang, who speeds away, crashes and dies after being forced to end the relationship when the girl's parents don't approve. Part of the song's appeal comes from the "Look out, look out" climax.
- "LAST KISS" (J. Frank Wilson & The Cavaliers, No. 2, 1964): This well-known tragedy number, based on a true story, was written and initially recorded by Wayne Cochran in 1961, but it was made famous two years later by a band formed in San Angelo, Texas. The actual car-train accident took place near Grand Prairie, Texas, on June 25, 1961, involving the tragic death of 16-year-old Carol Ann Tarver. For years, it was mistakenly assumed that the song was based on an car-truck collision that killed three teenagers near Barnesville, Ga., on Dec. 22, 1962, but that couldn't have been the source of the lyrics because the song was penned in the summer of 1961.
- "BLACK DENIM TROUSERS" (The Cheers, No. 6, 1955): As the first significant "teen death" recording, it contained many of the metaphors and expressions that would be seen in later death discs. It featured a leading character who died in a vehicular accident and a girlfriend who grieved for him after begging him not to go out that night. A case could be made that songwriters Jerry Leiber (music) and Mike Stoller (music) in essence invented the genre, and in a way, the plot resembles the chart-topping "Leader Of The Pack" nine years later. The performers were a vocal trio from Los Angeles, consisting of Bert Convy, Sue Allen and Gil Garfield, backed by Les Baxter's orchestra and chorus.
- "TELL LAURA I LOVE HER" (Ray Peterson, No. 7, 1960): The vocalist, who hailed from Denton, Texas, began singing when being treated for polio at a Texas hospital in his early teens. The song, written by Jeff Barry and Ben Raleigh, tells about a young man who enters a stock car race in order to earn money to buy his girlfriend some nice things, including a wedding ring. But according to the storyline, as a young, inexperienced driver, the tragic consequences were inevitable.
- "DEAD MAN'S CURVE" (Jan & Dean, No. 8, 1964): The hit single, about a teen street race gone awry, was written by Brian Wilson, Artie Kornfeld, Roger Christian and Jan Berry, and the song concludes with one of the drivers relating his final memories of the fatal event to a doctor. Berry, of Jan & Dean, later suffered a near-fatal incident in 1966 when he crashed his car into a parked truck in the vicinity of the "dead man's curve" area depicted in the lyrics. The singers, Berry and Dean Torrence, formed a group called The Barons at a Los Angeles High School, and the duo later charted 15 Billboard Top 40 hits.
- "THE BEGINNING OF MY END" (The Unifics, No. 36, 1968): Al Johnson was the lead singer of this soul quartet formed at Howard University in Washington, D.C. Originally called Al & The Vikings and The Unique Five, the group had numerous lineup changes. Their manager, Guy Draper, wrote the song, which was a tear-jerker about a young girl who quarrels with her lover before driving off and dying in an auto accident.
- "CONDITION RED" (The Goodees, No. 46, 1968): This was the only Billboard charter for a Memphis girl trio consisting of Kay Evans, Judy Williams and Sandra Jackson. In many ways, the recording resembles the chart-topping "Leader of the Pack" by The Shangri-Las four years earlier. The girls started singing together in high school, and after winning a local talent contest, they earned an audition with Stax Records, and soon thereafter, they were signed to the label's HIP subsidiary.
- "BALLAD OF THUNDER ROAD" (Robert Mitchum, No. 62 in 1958 and No. 65 in 1962): The film star wrote and performed the song, with music composed by Jack Marshall, and it was the theme song of the movie "Thunder Road." The record appeared on the Billboard Hot 100 in both 1958 and 1962, The lyrics relate the story of a bootlegger (played by Mitchum in the movie) who hauled moonshine at dangerous speeds to avoid government agents, but in the end, "The Devil got the moonshine and the mountain boy that day."
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STRAWBERRY ALARM CLOCK was the correct answer. Forsythe wins this round!
May 14th
Strawberry Clock?
May 13th
Lol, I love that band!
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That's great!
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Strawberry Alarm Clock...!!!! YAY!!! I FINALLY GOT ONE!!!! ( I so suck at these!)
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Ellie Holcomb's gentle, worshipful music brings to mind Audrey Assad's Fortunate Fall album of last year due to its simple sincerity. Much like Assad, Holcomb sings her honest, vulnerable thoughts to God using melodic – yet uncomplicated – musical arrangements.
At her best, Holcomb can sound like an old school country singer. This trait is best exemplified by "I Wanna Be Free," which glides lazily to a warm country groove. It sounds a little like Loretta Lynn or the late Tammy Wynette -- albeit either of them going contemporary Christian -- and it's beautiful. "Roll away this sorrow," Holcomb begs at one point during the song, much the way Lynn and Wynette might have begged their men to please come home sober. In Holcomb's case, though, she's singing about spiritual doubt and entreating God to take all that doubt away.
The piano-driven title track is where Assad comparison fully comes into view. It's the opposite of the doubt expressed with "I Wanna Be Free," as Holcomb sounds sure – as sure as the sun – that God keeps all his promises.
Holcomb's approach, when she's not approximating an old time country singer, comes off like early Jesus music. There's innocence about her love songs to Jesus that is refreshing in an age when Christian artists seem to be trying much too hard to sound overly worldly wise. When she sings about the joy of experiencing the contrast of God's bright light with the world's deep darkness on "Marvelous Light," her happy spirit is infectious.


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