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first interview of 2003. This one is a doozy. Boston Zine
SAGEkillz: hi caroline
her: hi :)
how's it going?
SAGEkillz: i would love to do the interview
her: rad, thanks so much
SAGEkillz: lets do it!!! right this instant. happy new year too. but lets go...interview time. here we go!
her: ahh! for real?
SAGEkillz: yeah. lets go. gotta go
her: i dunno i wanna give you decent questions so i gotta do my homework first
SAGEkillz: questions suck
her: hehehe well i also don't have adequately developed concepts as to what to talk about. i mean if you're up for it that's cool
SAGEkillz: concepts are played out
her: why don't you just start telling me shit then. i'm sure you got plenty of stories
SAGEkillz: I do. What do you want to hear.
her: well how about getting into hiphop when you were a kid, being white in a predominantly black culture
SAGEkillz: Who wants to hear about that??? How about how I am currently moving out of my apartment in Providence due to a Slumlord who wouldn't supply me with heat, operable windows, or a smoke detector? That's a little more personable and original, no? Ok...I was a white kid in a predominantly black culture. It made me bust my ass in order to be better than the next man so I could get my props. It's a new era though.
her: it is. do youlive in providence?
SAGEkillz: Yes, I do.
her: i know a lotta kids who move there from boston 'cause it's so much cheaper
SAGEkillz: And a much better place than Boston. Got my RI pride, baby.
her: i've only been there a few times, it seemed pretty weak but then again i wasn't there for long....you did havea vegan hotdog stand before us....and boston is pretty gross now.
SAGEkillz: Boston has great Vegan and Vegetarian spots. Too bad they are in Boston. Providence is weak when you go there without a native to hold your hand and take you to the special spots. Next time you're hear, I'll show you why I am reluctant to leave.
her: score! are you vegan?
SAGEkillz: No, but it looks like I am leaning more in that direction. I think that dairy is fucking my body up.
her: before i lost touch w/ so many people, i had friends in ri who would come up to boston justfor our great restaurants......yeah it's pretty fucked up in general. dairy, i mean, not their travelling long distances for fine eatings
SAGEkillz: haha
SAGEkillz: I just get excited about breast excretion. I don't care where it comes from.
her: hahahahaha
SAGEkillz: Tit juice is tit juice, ya know? love it.
her: who doesn't, really. you're straightedge/drugfree too,right?
SAGEkillz: Errrr. I don't even like talking about shit like this. It's almost silly. If not completely silly. But I deteste the socialization of drugs and drinking. I hate what drugs and drinking make people do. Very selfish indulgences. Like music and fast food.
SAGEkillz: and lots of things
her: do you think it's weird that people you've never met know these kinds of things about you?
SAGEkillz: No, because I know I have advertised aspects of myself in my music. More so in the beginning of my career. I never know what people are familliar with though, so I accept any possibilities. I accept that some people think they know things about be that are completel lies. That's how I balance it all out. I promote lies sometimes...so I can feel comfortable in knowing that everyone is confused. heh
her: hehe sort of like "based on a true story" movies?
SAGEkillz: they're all filled with lies
SAGEkillz: half-truths
SAGEkillz: blurry accounts
her: not moreso than the news shows they get their info from. it's all about getting the proper reactions out of people
SAGEkillz: no, but I think we all need to accept that we can get a grasp on how great or horrible another person is by what they say about themselves. Or what other people tell us about them. Their name just becomes a concept.
SAGEkillz: I still don't know that the world is round, and I've been all around it
SAGEkillz: so it doesn't really mean much to me that a bunch of trivial, half-truth information about myself is floating around
her: has it ever gotten you in trouble with people who actually do know you?
SAGEkillz: Definitely
her: what do you say to them? is it reconcilable or just something you need to pray passes over
SAGEkillz: Here's an example
SAGEkillz: The Providence Journal (biggest local paper in RI) did a feature on me. When the reporter inquired about my family I said, "I would rather not talk about my family."
He printed that. I didn't WANT him to print that, but he did. Some family members seemed a bit hurt by that, and that hurts me right back. However, I can't feed into this media machine with personal info that would make my loved ones vulnerable to the public by ANYTHING I say or do. Hopefully this all makes sense to them when...
SAGEkillz: Also
SAGEkillz: In the same article, I was quoted as saying, "I don't care if the people in my hometown know what I am doing right now. I didn't like the people I grew up with. My friends know what I'm up to."
Apparently, MANY people took offense to this. Especially some friends who I thought would get a big kick out of some shit like that. Disappointing.
her: well what about myths you create yourself, within your lyrics? are there any, intentional or un-?
SAGEkillz: What's the point of a myth?
her: well i think there comes a point in one's life where people are either in or out, and it's apparent. the connection isn't forced like in highschool, if someone cares to keep in contact then they probably would.......didn't say say you had some, and they counteracted the truths? or did you mean solely in the media like newspapers,etc
SAGEkillz: restate that question please.
SAGEkillz: I'm not sure I understand what you are asking.
her: ok. let me reread something from a while back in the conversation to make sure i understood you correctly as well
ok. you said you promote lies.
SAGEkillz: eh. I don't think that's fair to say. I don't discourage them though when they come about
her: ok. so they're not ones you intentionally create so people don't know so much about you
SAGEkillz: they have their purpose. Especially when it is on some personal shit.
her: do people in your family feel uncomfortable about you speaking about such personal issues that involve them?
SAGEkillz: Probably. I don't talk to them about it usually. A couple relatives became VERY upset. But how the hell is one supposed to avoid something like that? Everything I say or do involves them in one way or another. I refuse to let things like that restrain my subject matter. I am a free thinker and a free writer. Anyone who I disturb...pardon me.
her: i agree. i have the same problem with one of my zines. my mom said no one wants to get close to me because i'll publish all their wrinkles i find.
SAGEkillz: well, I am not a supporter of things like that
SAGEkillz: I don't really dig the poet who gets up on stage and reads their diary.
SAGEkillz: I don't care how bad your girl's ass smells after she takes a shit
her: haha
SAGEkillz: tact. tact.
her: totally. i don't think i ever say anything bad about anyone though. people can be afraid of compliments though.....oh well. so speaking of poets on stage, you did/do slam poetry, right?
SAGEkillz: Unfortunately, yes. Haha. I have been involved in the slam scene since 97
SAGEkillz: It has taken a definite turn for the worse, but there's still glimmers of hope that exist outside of HBO
her: this may not bother you as much as it bothers me, since you're also involved in the hiphop scene, but in slams i've been involved with i've been disgruntled by people being more interested in rhyming about how great a poet they are, rather than about something people care about or don't know
SAGEkillz: I DESPISE that shit. DESPISE.
SAGEkillz: DETESTE
SAGEkillz: I roll with a good bunch of people who all fight that current.
SAGEkillz: it is herrendous.
SAGEkillz: I have been attending poetry readings for a long time. I have been writing for a long time. I have been performing for a long time. I am so turned off by the arrogance of suck-ass "poet-rappers" who don't have a damn thing to contribute to the community at large.
her: good me too......and judges always seemed so into it, because they did have a good rhythm and gave a good performance......but to me, there was no point. they might as well have been dancing around with vanilla ice or some other empty rapper with nothing to say.........so you got a good team? do you think poets have an affect on people outside their poet/hiphop circle?
SAGEkillz: The good ones do.
her: .....i suppose it depends on the individual.
SAGEkillz: No, it doesn't depend on the individual at all.
SAGEkillz: it depends on their art.
SAGEkillz: It depends on what they communicate and how.
her: but then there are also things outside poetry that incorporate their ideals but not their art, as poetry. like helping out in community projects. those things would be individually based, though maybe the strength or the passion may come from being around such passioned people within their poetry culture
SAGEkillz: And since I was digging on Boston in the beginning, I would like to add that Boston has some outstanding poets who don't involve themselves in the slam scene much anymore. Why don't they involve themselves in the slam scene? Because things like HBO and Pepsi Blue have inspired a bunch of faux-poets to get up on stage and spew a bunch of a capella battle raps.
SAGEkillz: I have no respect for it.
her: well, i know the first time i ever heard slam poetry was when i was in jr high, and i heard it on mtv, and right afterwards i walked around my house and spewed out lines....so isuppose itdoes have it'sgoodside.
SAGEkillz: See, I am in a unique position.
SAGEkillz: Not only can I criticize these fools for how wack they are, but I could actually get up on stage and beat them with their own style. haha. It is an urge I get FAR too often. "Ok...let's freestyle. Ok...let's dis each other."
Most people have to keep quiet about their opinions because they're on some, "Well...I couldn't do any better."
Fuck that.
her: but by showing the american masses that slam poetry is just about discrediting another artist, it sort of discredits the art. so you gotta fight that, or do you give in sometimes, just to prove shittalkers wrong?
SAGEkillz: I have supressed those urges. I just do my thing and hope people understand the difference.
SAGEkillz: It's not a "rap" thing
her: totally
SAGEkillz: you aren't good because you linked a few sentences together with rhymes.
her: well, it is a skill i suppose
SAGEkillz: It is the weakest of literary techniques, for christ sakes
SAGEkillz: a SKILL???
SAGEkillz: we were ALL rhyming at age 4
her: i mean, the art is gone, but to do it in front of a large crowd probably takes something
SAGEkillz: It takes arrogance.
SAGEkillz: It takes falkse confidence.
her: yes.
SAGEkillz: whatever it takes, it certainly doesn't have much to do with contribution
her: are there are poets out there who do a lot of battle-style poems but are still intelligent and could, even if they don't always do, write a poem with social urgency of some sort?
SAGEkillz: Very few. Very few.
SAGEkillz: They are out there though.
SAGEkillz: And they are making an impact.
SAGEkillz: And it is almost necessary to have a style like that, in order to appeal to the young people.
her: do you think making an impact is the number one reason for getting on stage like that?
SAGEkillz: But that's what feels cheap about it. It's like...a lowest common denominator
her: what, using that style to get people's attention?
SAGEkillz: I feel it is a special opportunity to give your listeners something new to consider. I love leabing a performance feeling like I had just taken a trip to a somewhere interesting.
her: it must be great
SAGEkillz: you have never experienced that?
her: i've sometimes blanked out on stage and have just been sucked into my poem and it's like i'm not on stage, or i can't stop the words from coming out of my mouth. but nothing like having taken a trip somewhere
SAGEkillz: I am talking about as an audience member. Not as a performer
her: oh oh i see. that makes more sense
her: yeah totally.
i was at this slam in michigan and this person had a poem about being transgendered, and all she did was switch between "he" and "she" but it totally gave the feeling, you got totally sucked in to her life as she sees it
SAGEkillz: well it is far too often that I leave a poetry slam or rap show feeling like I had just watched a boring rerun of a wack tv sitcom. Rerun...after rerun...after rerun.
SAGEkillz: that's very cool. There are so many things that could and need to be spoken on that go neglected.
her: yes
her: have you heard really great poets talk about things you are strongly against
SAGEkillz: well...not to that extreme, but I have experienced things of the sort.
her: do you have an example?
SAGEkillz: there have been many instances. To recall the poem and the point in a way that would do the poet justice wouldn't be possible at this moment. But there was one about a woman who killed her child because she snapped. She brought you inside the mind of burned out mother. It was intense. a cop got up on stage and explained the horrors of his job in such a way that I almost felt bad for cops. Hahaa. Well...I definitely love this guy, but I can't dig cops in general.
her: hehehe
SAGEkillz: he actually got second place in the indie finals last year at the National Poetry Slam. A great guy.
her: it's a hard thing to dissect, cops. my dad's a cop, he used to do forenzics and now he works in the airport. and i used to work at a camp with a bunch of cops. and they were all such wonderful people, trying to help others out. but then there's the whole issue of their jobs created solely to protect property, and instances of police violence spurred on by ignorance and hatred on behalf of the cops.
SAGEkillz: There are many reasons why cops in general will never appeal to someone like me. And it's not because I am a criminal.
her: what do you mean by "someone like me"?
SAGEkillz: Well, maybe a soccer mom needs cops to patrole her suburb at all hours of the night in order to feel secure. I don't. In fact, getting pulled over by a police officer because he "THOUGHT" I didn't have my seatbelt on feels very restricting. And threatening. I think the kind of person who wants to put themselves in the position of power that cops have over "civilians" have foul motivations. As much as I have experienced in my years on this Earth, it is evident to me that most of them are not out to serve and protect the common man. They are bullies. They are irrational. Those kind of people do not appeal to me at all. My kind of person...rejects people like that. And nothing great will come of a community who operates under fear of an irrational, power-abusing overseer. Horse and all.
her: the ones with whom i have come into contact on their accord, not those other things i've already mentioned, have been very uncomfortable, like trying to get myfriends to speed so they could pull us over, getting trampled by police horses at a peaceful protest, etc. but i thinkthere are twotypes of cops. and it depends on what department one goes into as well.
SAGEkillz: Two types of cop...just one type tends to be much more prevelant than the other.
her: it is. and the few good cops that are there, are not getting into people's faces over dumb shit so no one knows about them......but as an overall occupation, i agree, it could definately go.
and in the meantime, while society figures out how to manage without patrolpeople, itcould use a serious makeover
SAGEkillz: to be quite honest, a "good" cop is put in too many shitty situations to stay "good" for too long without burning out. A job like that is just not condusive to positive thoughts considering the kind of people you have to deal with on a constant basis, coupled with how these people are viewing how shitty you are. Because you're a cop.
SAGEkillz: It's not a pretty thing, I'm sure.
her: yeah. i suppose when you're around so much negativity all the time, even those with the best intentions can sour
SAGEkillz: This cop/poet, whose name is Corbate Dean, offered some very enlightening pieces on the life of a police officer.
SAGEkillz: Yes.
SAGEkillz: SOUR. Unless you are emotionally-deficient and mentally retarded...as I am willing to believe some of the best cops are. Sorry. I know your dad is cop.
SAGEkillz: I just want my rap friends to know that I'm still cool.
her: (in my basement we have pictures, which my dad either took or is in, in frames and tucked into many many books, of deadbodies mutilated or skeletoned.....no one can say it hasn't affected him)
her: hahaha. don't worry, my major audience is punkrock anyway
SAGEkillz: as is mine
her: in music preference or lifestyle? or were you talking aboutthe pictures of deadbodies in thebasement?
SAGEkillz: my audience.
SAGEkillz: As well as my preference and lifestyle. heh
her: so what else do you listen to?
her: does this mean you don't really think metal is all about killing moms? hehe
SAGEkillz: at this very moment I am listening to Fugazi. Before this, I had Bob Dylan's "Blonde on Blonde" tape in my radio.
SAGEkillz: haha...I used to.
her: that's ok, when i was a metalhead i thought rap was all about the same thing
SAGEkillz: Operation Ivy is next.
SAGEkillz: I dig punk rock for the same reasons I dug hiphop in the beginning.
her: i guess it's just about not understanding what people are saying......and also because the rap i was hearing was gangsta rap........oh man, they're so much fun........because it's fun and rebellious and parents don't like it?
SAGEkillz: and it's smart. and it's autonomous.
SAGEkillz: music of the people of our age.
SAGEkillz: it's our tool
her: they are most definately tools, possibly the most efficient ones for reaching the people they do right now....do you go to many punk shows in ri?
SAGEkillz: I used to go to a few. We had a club in Providence called Baby Head which hosted MANY punk and hardcore groups. It was great. My cousin used to roadie for the Circle Jerks, which results in many interesting holiday stories.
her: haha woah!
SAGEkillz: in other punk rock news, Epitaph has been talking to me about maybe having an album of mine on their label. I thought that was very interesting.
her: are you considering it?
SAGEkillz: I've been listening to a lot of Bad Religion, and Brett owns that label. They have put out a lot of music that I dig. They also put out a couple Tom Waits albums on a subsidary label. I would like to be on their roster for sure, as long as everything was worked out properly. Definitely.
her: yeah even though they're a fairly major label, they seem to have good business ethics. andit'sa good way to get shit out
SAGEkillz: I think it would help me out a lot.
her: i would go for it, if i were you......if it were sony i would say it's not worth it, but it's not.....i like that they've been expanding genre horizons. sorta lets kids know that, hey, it's ok to listen to more than just one genre of music, nevermind just one style of that genre
SAGEkillz: People are too insecure. If they define themselves by the music they listen to, they feel insecure when their music gets mixed up. haha. People need to learn some humility and accept it before they can enjoy all the great things this world has to offer. That also opens up doors to many horrors as well, but fuck it. Lets see how vast this spectrum is.
her: if you don't experience some horrors in your life, then it makes me wonder how much you are actually living
SAGEkillz: horrors are inevitable. they are unspecial in that way. I dis them to their face, ma. They are peons. Piss ants. I laugh at their jokes out of pity.
her: hahahahaha. i think you pretty much said everything necessary about horrors. i have nothing to add.
SAGEkillz: Well that means this interview is over then
SAGEkillz: thank you for talking to me and having fun with it.
SAGEkillz: come to my show in Providence on Jan 25 at Lupos. I am touring with a live band.
SAGEkillz: info at
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Wed Jan 01, 2003 7:13 pm
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cool. thank god an interview without the same boring cliche questions.
Wed Jan 01, 2003 7:46 pm
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they should put interviews like this up in the windows of gun shops and make people read them before they get to go in and buy a gun. watch the sales of guns decline...
Wed Jan 01, 2003 7:59 pm
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Sage just likes this interview because it is more human...more of a conversation, thats ok, it's why i like it....
Wed Jan 01, 2003 8:24 pm
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Location: Right here, fool.
You're an Operation Ivy fan, Sage? Their old singer, Jesse Michaels, is doing music again. It's this really energetic band called Common Rider, they do a reggae/rock thing that's incredible. I think Jesse's come a long way as a vocalist and a lyricist.
Wed Jan 01, 2003 8:53 pm
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cool interview holmes
her: if you don't experience some horrors in your life, then it makes me wonder how much you are actually living
SAGEkillz: horrors are inevitable. they are unspecial in that way. I dis them to their face, ma. They are peons. Piss ants. I laugh at their jokes out of pity.
thats the best
Wed Jan 01, 2003 9:55 pm
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this girl is a friend. good peoples.
Thu Jan 02, 2003 10:33 am
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That's dope that Epitaph wants to put out an album by Sage. They definitly have had an impressive roster of punk bands like Bad Religion, Joe Strummer, Offspring, Rancid, etc. They do seem open-minded though. One album they're putting out that I'm anticipating is an album by DJ Muggs from Cypress Hill called Dust. It's actually coming out on the same sub-label that put out Tom Waits' shit. It's gonna be a different kind of album for him though: dark music, downtempo trip-hop, hip-hop, rock, drum'n'bass, R&B,ambient, different experimental shit, a mix of every kind of music that he's into all meshed into one big bowl of soup. A lot of different guests are going to be on the album: Greg Dulli from Afghan Whigs, Everlast from House Of Pain, Josh Todd from Buckcherry. There is a female singer that is going to be a large part of the album, i forget her name though. I'm really looking forward to this though. That'd be dope if Sage put out an album with Epitaph though.
Thu Jan 02, 2003 4:48 pm
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KFC, bitch
Thu Jan 02, 2003 5:13 pm
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advice from me
GO for epitaph sage, that would be some seriously hot distribution and (even if only thru their name recognition) publicity. god damn that's a good opportunity.
and dairy is poison to the body and the world.
Thu Jan 02, 2003 5:21 pm
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robert just sent me a link to this. sick.
i'm glad you enjoyed the interview, i was kind of nervous since i had no idea what we were gonna talk about (you caught me wicked offguard).....i suppose we never really do beforehand, if we're really listening to one another in a conversation.
just for the record, or whatever, i actually live in santa fe, nm, now. but it can still be a boston zine if you want it to. doesn't really matter :)
but, yeah, thanks for playing along, it was a good time for sure.
Fri Jan 03, 2003 12:12 pm
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Sage, good luck going vegan. It's worth it. I've been for a year and a half- it feels great.
Fri Jan 03, 2003 4:20 pm
Sage Francis
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A Santa Fe Zine.
It was a pleasure speaking with you.
Sat Jan 04, 2003 11:41 am
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Petty simpletons will never learn, I guess.
Sun Jan 05, 2003 1:17 am
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If there was a hip hop scene, OF ANY SORT, in Santa Fe...I would have never left. ...Albuquerque is another story...
Great interview; hope to see it published somewhere...
Sun Jan 05, 2003 4:08 pm
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Sage Francis wrote: I appreciate that. I don't know why it would be frustrating that we were "amping" Hesitation Wounds, but that is his latest solo album. I think it's great. Just as I think Christopher is great. But, yeah, both albums have been available on all the sites I've stated in my last post since they've been in our hands. And we're chomping at the bit to hear this new album of his. This is going to be a good year.
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Senate lawmakers will introduce legislation this week to address the short-term health-care needs of veterans caught in the wake of the Veterans Affairs scandal. But a longer-term fix will require an overhaul that includes a bureaucratic reshuffling, more flexible patient options and potential criminal prosecution, lawmakers said Sunday.
Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee Chairman Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.), discussing the scandal that led to Eric Shinseki's resignation as secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs on Friday, said the system was "gamed" in many parts of the country where the VA lacked the doctors or other staff to ensure the delivery of timely patient care.
This "must be dealt with through criminal prosecution and bureaucratic reshuffling," Mr. Sanders said on CBS's "Face the Nation." Lawmakers will introduce a bill on Monday or Tuesday to enable veterans on long waiting lists to get the care they need at a private facility, community health center or through the Department of Defense, he added.
Resolving longer-term problems will require ensuring veterans have primary-care physicians and other staff they need to get timely quality care, said Mr. Sanders, who carefully avoided blaming Mr. Shinseki and said–when asked whether he or Congress is responsible–that "everybody" can bear some responsibility for the problems.
Sen. John McCain (R., Ariz.) said the scandal qualifies for a Justice Department investigation that "should've started some time ago."
"Clearly, there are some serious allegations that laws were broken," Mr. McCain said on CBS "Face the Nation."
"It's not just a scheduling problem in the VA. It is, as in the words of the inspector general, a 'systemic problem,'" said Mr. McCain, who said President Barack Obama "seems to be blaming it on a scheduling problem."
One key to resolving the issues, Mr. McCain said, is to give veterans choice about where to get care so they can do so closer to home or at places with the most availability. "Why should a veteran have to get into a van and ride three hours to get to Phoenix in order to have routine medical care taken care of?" he asked.
Mr. McCain likewise avoided placing blame on Mr. Shinseki, describing him as a "great man" and "fine patriot" he was reluctant to call on to resign.
Still, "it's a fact that they've lost the confidence of the veterans," said Mr. McCain, who suggested a good replacement would be Sen. Tom Coburn (R., Okla.), the medical doctor who is retiring at the end of the year with two years left in his term.
Rep. Jeff Miller (R., Fla.), chairman of the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs, said his committee "instigated" many of the reports the VA inspector general issued since 2005 about the Veterans Affairs scheduling problems.
But "when we went to the VA to ask if the recommendations in fact were going to be followed up on, they said yes, and then when we asked them about their numbers, they lied to Congress in regards to their numbers," Mr. Miller said during an appearance on "Fox News Sunday." He added that it is "very difficult" for him to believe that the central veterans affairs office in Washington didn't have any idea about "the cooking of the books."
Mr. Miller said contentions that the VA lacks doctors are misleading because many of the doctors don't see enough patients. The agency has the money to provide the necessary care, he said, though not all veterans need to be treated at a VA hospital.
The vast majority of new enrollees are older people in need of aging-related care that is not traumatic and could be done through the private sector, he said. "We have a unique opportunity to help change the system to better serve veterans and not serve the bureaucrats who work inside the system."
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Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee Chairman Bernie Sanders (I, Vt.) appeared on CBS's "Face the Nation" Sunday. An earlier version of this article incorrectly said Mr. Sanders made his remarks on NBC's "Meet the Press."


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A Yahoo! User Apr 27, 2013 19:34 Flag
A perfect response from the Reds
Proud of the lads. No quit in these Liverpool men.Nine more matches until we get our striker back, and the BIASED DISGRACEFUL FA can go straight to hell. I do feel bad for Newcastle....who are a decent side and certainly not as bad as this scoreline. But an excellent response from the men in red.Sort: Newest | Oldest | Most Replied Expand all replies
dsteer_lfc_68 dsteer_lfc_68 Apr 29, 2013 13:51 Flag
Just the tonic we needed after a rough week. No Suarez but no need to worry on the goals front. For me it shows how well the system is working, so credit to BR and all the lads for a great team effort. But especially big praise for Coutinho who really pulled the strings. Really a shame he did not get on the score sheet, but think it was clear to everyone he was man of the match.
LFC_Armchair_Supporter LFC_Armchair_Supporter Apr 28, 2013 00:16 Flag
Excellent result just what we needed.. However why are Yahoo in their headlines calling it a "appalling" Newcastle.. rather than a "clinical and classy display by LFC"?
I never thought we'd do that. Some days it seems everything goes our way while on others we couldn't hit the side of a bus from two yards. Cracking response all the same.
On your Suarez point. I haven't got much issue with the 10 games when I see he was given 8 games in Holland for the same offence. Where it does gripe me is that the punishment is completely out of sorts with other issues some of which are potential career enders or at the very least a lengthy lay off. Then there's those issues that are deemed to have been dealt with because the referee saw it.
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LFC_Armchair_Supporter LFC_Armchair_Supporter Apr 28, 2013 08:44 Flag
Now we need an equally good display against Everton..


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In New York on Tuesday, the anti-Wall Street protesters got personal, marching past the homes of some of the wealthiest executives in America jeering, "Tax the rich!" and "Where's my bailout?"
In Washington, D.C., a handful of protesters were arrested after demonstrating inside a U.S. Senate office building.
But in San Jose, they remained polite, shaking hands with police officers even as they were given citations. And in Oakland, a city official has joined their cause to show solidarity.
No matter the prevailing mood, hundreds of members of the growing Occupy Wall Street protest movement around the country and in the Bay Area are staying on message: Corporate greed and social inequality must be reckoned with in a country facing 9.1 percent unemployment and little hope of imminent change.
As the Occupy Wall Street protests have spread, they've become a political issue, with Republicans accusing the demonstrators of waging "class war" and President Barack Obama saying he understands their frustrations.
In Manhattan, protesters paused outside buildings where media mogul Rupert Murdoch, JPMorgan Chase Chairman and CEO Jamie Dimon and oil tycoon David Koch have homes, and decried the impending expiration of New York's 2 percent "millionaires' tax" in December.
"I have nothing against these people personally. I just think they should pay their fair share of taxes," said Michael Pollack, an office worker in a law firm. "It's time for a new New Deal."
In D.C., police on Tuesday charged six protesters with unlawful conduct for protesting inside the Hart Senate Office Building, where some senators have offices. Video footage from television news stations shows the demonstrators attempted to unfurl a banner inside the building that said, "Tax the Rich." The banner was grabbed by a police officer.
Cheers in Bay Area
Support for the effort is coming from some notable places.
In San Jose, Mayor Chuck Reed on Tuesday said he hopes the protesters have an impact on the Obama administration's willingness "to do something about the lying, stealing and cheating going on on Wall Street," he said.
"I didn't hear anybody out there complaining about Apple making big profits," he said. "So it's not just corporate greed in general. It's a little more targeted than that."
Like other cities, Reed noted, San Jose has filed suit against some Wall Street investment banks for "ripping us off on some bond issuances."
Since Oct. 2, a few dozen Occupy San Jose protesters have been camping out in the City Hall Plaza, a violation of the city's municipal code. By Tuesday morning, five members of the group had been issued citations for trespassing or camping on city property.
But the city's shrinking Police Department -- reeling from three homicides and an officer-involved fatal shooting in the past few weeks -- has "a lot of things to do" said Reed, who noted that camping violations are not a priority.
Camping out in Oakland's Frank H. Ogawa Plaza also violates city code, but that didn't stop about 50 people from sleeping there Monday night as part of the Occupy Oakland protest, including Councilwoman Desley Brooks.
On Tuesday morning, Brooks was among the protesters emerging from several tents pitched outside City Hall, saying her goal was to show solidarity with the demonstrators. Oakland Mayor Jean Quan has allowed the protests while U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Oakland, and Rep. Pete Stark, D-Fremont, expressed their support in emails.
"I understand their frustrations," Stark said. "People want to work, they want to make a fair wage, and they don't want to see the out-of-control transfer of wealth that has gone from the middle class to the wealthiest of Americans. It's not right. Hopefully this movement will focus Congress on what should be our top priority -- creating jobs and opportunity for all Americans."
A Monday afternoon demonstration in Oakland drew about 500 people, and followed the Occupy San Francisco demonstration in front of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco last week.
On Tuesday, another group of East Bay protesters struck similar chords at an oil giant's headquarters.
Chanting "Hey, hey, ho, ho, corporate welfare has to go," several dozen members of the public policy advocacy group MoveOn.org gathered outside Chevron's corporate headquarters in San Ramon to protest government subsidization of Big Oil companies.
The demonstrators, who hailed mostly from the Tri-Valley and other cities in Contra Costa and Alameda counties, included several former and current Chevron employees.
"We're looking at the power of big money and it's controlling our country like it hasn't since 1929," said Sheilah Fish, a retired marriage counselor from Moraga and organizer with MoveOn's Central Contra Costa chapter.
Spreading rage
The 13-year-old nonprofit is separate from the Occupy Wall Street movement, but MoveOn's leaders said they wanted to take advantage of the public's growing anger to raise awareness of related concerns -- namely the lobbying power and government subsidization of Big Oil companies.
More protests are scheduled Wednesday in Walnut Creek and Palo Alto, according to organizers in both cities, as well as a protest against banks by the San Jose chapter of People Acting in Community Together.
In Walnut Creek, two groups -- Occupy Walnut Creek and Contra Costa 99 Percent -- plan to protest near a Bank of America branch Wednesday afternoon. Demonstrating in Walnut Creek makes sense, said Mike Veiluva, a member of Contra Costa 99 Percent.
"There is wealth inequality here," Veiluva said. "We have people who are just barely getting by and then we have the 1 percent living in these palatial homes on the hills that surround us."
Sergio Lub of Occupy Walnut Creek said he is protesting because some media outlets portray protesters as young people who don't have jobs and therefore have nothing better to do.
"I am almost 60 and employ a dozen people in my business," he said in an email, "so myself and my neighbors are so removed from the stereotype that corporate media is trying to sell us."
Staff writer Elisabeth Nardi and The Associated Press contributed to this report. Contact Tracy Seipel at 408 275-0140.


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Northport holds public meeting about schools
Published: Tuesday, March 26, 2013 at 3:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Monday, March 25, 2013 at 10:58 p.m.
Northport officials want to hear what the city's residents have to say about possibly forming a Northport city school system.
A community meeting to discuss the issue and its feasibility will be held April 8 at 6 p.m. at the Northport Civic Center, 3500 McFarland Blvd.
City leaders have said they want to gauge public support for the idea before deciding whether to move forward.
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The Texas A&M - Corpus Christi men's basketball team remains on the road for its third straight contest when it takes on McNeese State on Thursday in Lake Charles. The Islanders are coming off a 61-57 loss to Sam Houston State, while McNeese is playing its fourth game in a span of eight days.
• The Islanders have one of the youngest teams in Division I, with an average age of 20 years, four months and nine days heading into today's matchup.
• The Islanders have shot 60 percent or better from the line in 11 of their 12 games, and have a .694 free-throw percentage – second best in the Southland and an improvement of .094 from a season ago.
• Johnathan Jordan leads the team in points in the paint, with 74, despite the fact that he is the shortest player on the team at 5-foot-10. He has also posted five rebounds or more six times this year.
• The Islanders had six different players score at least six points against Sam Houston State, their best scoring distribution this season. Freshman Cole Martinez had a career-high six in the loss.
• The Islanders won the battle of the boards at Sam Houston State, 31-30, just the third time this season that they have outrebounded their opponent.
• Texas A&M - Corpus Christi is ineligible for the postseason because of poor results in the NCAA's Academic Progress Rate. No Islander who has played under Wilson had anything to do with the subpar score.
The Islanders will face the Cowboys for the eighth time since the program ascended to Division I for the 1999-2000 season. McNeese State has a 4-3 lead in the all-time series, including a 3-0 mark in Lake Charles. McNeese State has won three straight games over the Islanders, including a 71-69 victory last year at the American Bank Center.
The most recent contest was an interesting one between the two teams. The Cowboys never trailed in the game, but the Islanders gave them everything they could handle. After McNeese went to the locker room with a 39-31 lead, the Islanders scored the first five points of the second half to make it a one-possession ballgame. The home squad got as close as one point, at 61-60 with 1:56 left, but a Rudy Turner three-point play changed the momentum and the Cowboys were able to hold on for the two-point win.
Among returning players, the Islanders got 11 points each out of Johnathan Jordan and Nate Maxey. Jordan added nine assists, while Maxey had seven blocks – at that time matching the school record. McNeese State had four players in double figures in the contest – departed players Rudy Turner and Patrick Richard, and returners Jeremie Mitchell (18 points) and Dontae Cannon (14 points, six rebounds, five assists).
In a scheduling oddity, the Cowboys will be playing their fourth game in the last eight days, while the Islanders will be playing just their second contest over that same span. McNeese fell to Northwestern State, Stephen F. Austin and Nicholls in their opening three games, the first two coming on the road. The Islanders fell in a back-and-forth affair at SHSU, 61-57.
He's only a sophomore, but Houston native Johnathan Jordan has been thrust into the role of leader on the young Islanders squad. Jordan led the Southland in assists per game in 2011-12, and despite his newbie status was also among the leaders in minutes per game. He was recently named to the Bob Cousy Award Watch List by the Basketball Hall of Fame, recognizing the top point guards in the nation.
Jordan was outstanding as a distributor a season ago, but his growth as a scorer is notable. After averaging 6.5 points last year, the point guard has contributed 11.9 points per game, largely on his ability to get to the rim and the free-throw line. Despite his 5-foot-10 frame, he leads the team with 74 points in the paint and has hit a team-best 47 free throws. Of his 45 two-point field goals on the season, 37 of them have come in the paint. He has shot 42.1 percent inside the arc on the year.
Perhaps more impressive is Jordan's all-around game. His distribution is what he is most known for, and with 4.2 assists per game this year, he sits third in the Southland, a statistic that is at least partially hampered by the Islanders' shooting struggles on the season.
Jordan is also strong on the glass, having grabbed five-plus rebounds six times this year. He shows high on the stamina scale as well, where he is second in the Southland at 34.8 minutes per game. Shackled by three first-half fouls, he was on the court for just 29 minutes at Sam Houston State.
The diminutive guard is one of the most athletic Islanders, as evidenced by his two slam-dunk contest championships, thanks to his 48-inch running vertical leap. His 138 assists last season set a school record.
The Islanders have one of the youngest teams in Division I, with an average age of just over 20 years, and are one of just a handful of teams nationally that have no seniors on their roster. In a fact that will make most reading this feel old, only one player – Will Nelson – was born in the 1980s. Just half of the Islanders roster is over 20 years old, and 10 of the players on the team are freshmen and sophomores.
Texas A&M - Corpus Christi is also one of just eight teams that entered the season with an average of less than one year of experience per player. The Islanders had 14 years of college playing experience among their 15 players, though only nine of those years were at the Division I level.
In total, the Islanders started this season having played a total of 2,933 minutes in Division I, which comes out to just under 196 minutes per player.
One of the major characteristics of the recent Islanders struggles has also been the number of offensive fouls they have commmitted. In the last eight games, A&M - Corpus Christi has 25 offensive fouls, accounting for over 20 percent of their turnovers. The Islanders had five offensive fouls at South Alabama, in a game they lost by just seven points, and four at Iowa. They committed three against UTSA in addition to two each against SFA, at Texas A&M and at Toledo. After going without an offensive foul at Oklahoma, the Islanders were whistled for a whopping seven offensive fouls last game at SHSU.
Despite the Islanders' struggles in the win column and with offensive fouls, the team has been surprisingly efficient when it comes to turnovers. A&M - Corpus Christi is averaging 12.6 per game – fewer than their opponents' 13.1 per game – and ranked 81st in the nation as of Jan. 6. The Islanders posted just nine turnovers against Stephen F. Austin, their third game this season with fewer than 10 turns. Earlier in the year, the Islanders took care of the ball like no other time in program history.After posting six turnovers at Utah State – the second lowest total in school lore – the Islanders matched the school record with only five turns against Houston.
The Oklahoma contest was an obvious exception, though. The Islanders turned the ball over 18 times, and unlike previous contests where offensive fouls were the primary culprit, many of the turns were unforced. In fact, with the score 32-18, the Islanders turned in defensive stops on five straight possessions – but on each offensive possession that followed, committed a turnover. It marked just the third game this season that the Islanders had more than 15 turnovers (19 against TLU, 16 at Toledo).
Nonetheless, it is a marked improvement from the ball control for the team from last season. A&M - Corpus Christi averaged 15.2 turnovers per game and ranked 291st in the country out of 338 teams. The Islanders had 14 games with 15 turnovers or more last year, and just three with 10 or fewer.
The Islanders have played one of the toughest schedules in the nation this season, with RealTimeRPI showing their opposition as the 48th toughest in terms of Division I opponents. The Islanders are one of three Southland teams in the top 50, with McNeese State (16) and Northwestern State (7) also in that group. The website does not factor in games against non-Division I foes, of which the Islanders have played one (Texas Lutheran). Northwestern State has four wins over opponents not in D-I, while McNeese State has three.
The Islanders have played six games against teams that have at least 10 wins, and eight of their first 12 games have come away from the American Bank Center. The Southland has three teams ranked in the top 100 of the RPI – Northwestern State (45), Stephen F. Austin (62) and McNeese State (81). Oral Roberts is next at 147, though ORU's ranking dropped after two wins.
In the loss at SHSU, one of the main reasons the Islanders were in the game was because of the contributions they got from their role players. Due to foul trouble, Johnathan Jordan and Will Nelson – the top two scorers on the team – were limited to 14 combined minutes in the first half. But the Islanders had six different players score at least six points – Jordan, Nelson, Joy Williamson, Brandon Pye, Hameed Ali and Cole Martinez. Martinez' six were a career high, as he knocked down a three and finished off a three-point play.


text: As happy as I was with the Big Brother outcome (which I feel like I can't reveal here since this post isn't explicitly labeled as a spoiler reveal and the first rule of the Internet is that you can't say anything about anything anyway) and as much as I enjoyed Honey Boo Boo's bodily functions, Maya Rudolph's appearance on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon took the cake where last night's TV is concerned. She and her friend Gretchen Lieberum are in the Prince cover band Princess, and they brought their take on Tipper Gore's all-time fav Prince song "Darling Nikki" to network TV after Maya spent some time with Jimmy on the couch. Supported by the Roots, Princess' cover is so straightforward that they even do that backwards part that's on the album. Ingenious, but oops, there I go with the spoilers again.


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Friday, 04/12/1991
Barrymore Theatre, Madison, WI
Set 1: Llama, Uncle Pen, DividedDivided Sky, GuelahGuelah Papyrus, Oh Kee PaThe Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > SuzySuzy Greenberg, Stash, Rocky Top, GolgiGolgi Apparatus
Set 2: LandladyThe Landlady > Runaway Jim, YEMYou Enjoy Myself, Fluffhead > Cavern > Tela > Buried Alive > Reba, MSOMy Sweet One, GTBTGood Times Bad Times
Encore: Contact > BBFCFMBig Black Furry Creature from Mars[1], CoilThe Squirming Coil
[1] Fish on vacuum during one of the pauses.
· Theme from Leave It to Beaver tease in Big Black Furry Creature from Mars
· Good Times tease in You Enjoy Myself
Average Song Gap: 4.41
Performers: Trey Anastasio, Page McConnell, Jon Fishman, Mike Gordon
Notes: Mike teased Good Times (more popularly known as Rapper's Delight) in YEM. BBFCFM featured Fish on vacuum during one of the pauses and teases of the Leave It To Beaver theme (aka The Toy Parade) from Mike.
Song Distribution:
5 A Picture of Nectar
5 Junta
4 Lawn Boy
2 Stash
2 The White Tape
1 The Man Who Stepped into Yesterday
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This show was part of the "1991 Winter/Spring Tour."
Fluffhead , Tela, GTBT are classic for any year in my opinion. The fuffhead in particular.
Great tape to hand someone if they have never heard the homeys and u don't wanna overwhelm with ,say ,the Campus Club 3/13/92 :-)


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Fixing my Leaky Faucet
Last week I was trying to figure out how to fix my leaky faucet, which has been dripping a ton of water down under the bottom of my sink. I had heard that if you leave a problem like that for too long that you can end up developing mold or mildew, or could even get some type of water damage from the water dripping. While I am not a person that tends to take on too many challenges when it comes to fixing things, I decided to roll up my sleeves and give it a go. However, I had no idea how to go about fixing this type of thing, what the processes were, or even what tools I would need to get the job done.
Luckily, there are a ton of sites online that have detailed information for people that are looking to fix things up in their homes, so I hopped online and started to look around for some sites. After searching on Google, I found some information and videos that also had a link that said tools site here, so I ended up clicking through and watching the videos that they had posted. What I found was a step by step instruction based video that let me know exactly how to repair my leaky faucet. I ended up saving a lot of money, as I did not have to call a plumber, and in fact, the job was way easier than I thought it was going to be.


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quote: You can agree or disagree if freedom of the press applies and outweighs everything , even when the outcome causes harm is totally up to you. I certainly disagree with you there but opinions are opinions.
quote: Even freedom of speech is curtailed when it causes harm. How about you yelling fire in a theatre and say you have a bomb at an airport to test that theory out.
quote: Oh goodie. Now we are arguing which is the best format for separating a quote from a response.
quote: Sorry Bu I would ahve to side with apple here even if the judes don't. I'm all for free- of speech but I think people need to be accountable for what they say and print.
quote: I can at this piont print anything i want about any one and say a source told me and I'm protected. it Might be legal but I think its crap. I think all jorunalist should have to produce proof of what they print or if the the information is clearer a link, then be responisble for the damages it causes. I know this will never be the case, but Free Speech should not the freedom print anything.
quote: They need to protect their intellectual property.
quote: They aren't protecting "intellectual property" here.
quote: I can see how you could call it "intellectual property" - but your right, it wasn't as if they posted pages and pages of engineering schematics. It was only concerning a firewire interface for GarageBand which AFAIK didn't provide any technical info.


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Obama: Privilege to use King's Bible in inaugural
Published: Monday, January 21, 2013 at 4:47 p.m.
Last Modified: Monday, January 21, 2013 at 4:47 p.m.
President Barack Obama says it was a privilege to take the oath of office using a Bible that had been owned by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
Obama paused by a statue of King in the Capitol Rotunda after a luncheon hosted by members of Congress. He was accompanied by his wife, Michelle, and Vice President Joe Biden and his wife, Jill.
"You know this is the first time I have seen this," he said.
The King bust — a bronze sculpture 36 inches high on a 66-inch high Belgian black marble base — has been in the Capitol Rotunda since 1986, according to the Architect of the Capitol.
King's Bible was one of two Obama used for the ceremonial inauguration.
"I had the great privilege that the Bible we used was his Bible and they asked for it to be inscribed," Obama said. The other Bible belonged to President Abraham Lincoln.
Monday was the federal celebration of King's birthday.
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Heavy rains flood Polk County roads
Published: Saturday, July 20, 2013 at 7:04 p.m.
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A severe thunderstorm moved through Polk County on Saturday afternoon and left some roads impassable.
The flooding left Vaughn, East Howard and New Market roads in Tryon underwater and closed to traffic temporarily. Those roads were expected to be back open Saturday night, Polk County officials said.
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A Denver PR firm is receiving thousands of dollars from the Board of Directors for the Black Forest Fire/Rescue District.
An open record request by KRDO Newschannel 13 uncovered that Webb Strategic Communications has been paid $5,826.90 up to date.
The firm was hired to handle communications during the independent investigation launched by the board into a dispute with El Paso County Sheriff Terry Maketa about the timeline of the early hours of the Black Forest Fire.
"It's a fire department. I don't see any reason for my money to go toward a PR firm," said Pete Claus who owns property in Black Forest.
"I don't think they should be using a PR firm to defend what they did. I think facts should just come out and people can interpret that however they want to interpret it," said Black Forest resident Ken Mann.
Fire Chief Bob Harvey and the entire Board have remained silent since the investigation has been launched, declining to answer both the public and the media's questions.
Another open records request by KRDO Newschannel 13 earlier this week discovered that the investigator hired by the Board, Dave Fisher, has been paid $13,016.88 as of January 15th.
Mann says he wishes the district would have saved their money.
"Human nature is to be defensive about every decision we make, but if someone from the outside looks at it and says, yeah, you thought you were doing the right thing but really you should have done this, then learn from that so the next time something like this happens, then we respond differently and maybe we don't have the same outcome of what we had," Mann said.
The investigation into the disputed timeline is expected to be finished by the February 19th meeting.


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Please read the entire Listing.
We are located just a two to three minute walk to the Blue Line train. Because we're in such close proximity to the train there will be noise. This is the price we pay for this convenience. Please consider earplugs if you feel that might be a problem. If you want to rent a car, we are walking distance to Budget/Avis Car Rental.
The private room is located on the first floor close to the front door. It has a twin bunk on top and a full size on the bottom, a roll away bed and two air mattresses.
There is also a mini fridge, microwave and a water cooler available just outside of the room.
Please read the house rules.
A shared bathroom is on the second floor. Because we have just one bathroom, as a courtesy to all the guests in the home we ask that you shower quickly and get ready in you room.
Our home is a great home for the independent traveler. There are times when the house is full of people and others when there might be only a few. During high season (summer, Lollapalooza for example) the house may be very busy giving you the opportunity to meet a lot of new people.
We have dogs and cats, in case of allergies or sensitivities, who live in a different part of the house with the hosts. If you have any issues with pets at all, or think you might have issues, this is not the home for you. I repeat if you have any possible sensitivities to pets do not book a room here.
Coin laundry available just one stop away -- about 7 minutes.
All reservations must go through WIMDU including last minute reservations.
No local resident rentals please.
We are located in a very safe neighborhood called the Arts District of Oak Park. A wonderful artsy vibe is what you will find in this neck of the woods. We are around the corner from great restaurants, shops and art galleries. There is a fantastic beading store for those who'd like to explore this art. Val's Halla is legendary for those who love old vinyl.
We are very convenient to all the attractions such as the Sears "Willis" Tower, Millenium Park, Shedd Aquarium, Field Museum, Adler Planetarium, Museum of Science and Industry, the Art Institute, Lincoln Park Zoo, Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum (with the free flying butterflies. Best nature museum and I've been to many) and Navy Pier, just to name a few (and that's really just a few. There are so many more things to do!)
We are walking distance to the Jewel and CVS (about 5 blocks). Next door to the Jewel is a Budget/Avis car rental for those times you just want to drive around. Free parking for up to 30 days only.
We are around the corner from Yoga Trek (has drop in classes), Val's Halla records (if you're into music, this is a must see place) some great restaurants, Italian and The Buzz Cafe (great free range beef burger, gluten free, organic) for Eclectic fare, and just one train stop away from Brazilian, American, more Mexican food, Hole in the Wall for ice cream (yum) and a Pans, a small family owned grocery store. A laundry is next to the Brazilian restaurant. Don't forget to try the passion fruit mousse - delicious!
For the architecture buff, Frank Lloyd Wright's home and studio is located here in Oak Park along with many of his buildings. Guided tours are available.
It's also the birthplace of Ernest Hemingway.
Each room has a mini fridge and access to a cold water cooler and microwave. On site host's living quarters are private. Coin laundry just a stop away (about 7 minutes).
Our house is great for the independent traveler. We have a great self check in system so you can arrive at your convenience s anytime after 4 pm on the date of your reservation. Our family lives in a separate part of the house. There are times when I will be around all the time and others when you might never see me. If you're looking for a place to rest and not a lot of host contact, this is a great place. If you want heavy host involvement, this probably would not meet your expectations. However, I am able to be reached at all times by text.
Please bring a towel.
I will quickly let you know of the rules, which are really based in courtesy.
*Clean up after yourself in the bathroom. There are cleaning items for your convenience.
*Shower quickly and finish getting ready in your room as we only have one bathroom.
*Quiet time begins at 10pm. Please use headphones.
*No smoking in the house. Please, smoke outside and do not try to blow it out the window. Do not throw your cigarettes on my neighbor's lawn or put your cigarette out on my house. Throw the butts in the dumpsters in the alley. Do not throw them on my roof.
*Do not dismantle the smoke detector (and try to smoke).
*No drug use at all in this home and this includes pot.
*Please take out your garbage every night to the cans outside.
*Do not unplug the fridge.
*No guest that were not on the reservation.
I ask is that you remember that this is my home. A home that I really love, that I have raised my family in and where life happens. We have dogs and cats. Please let me say that again. WE HAVE DOGS AND CATS AND ALL THINGS THAT COME WITH PET OWNERSHIP. If pets will be of any issue here, please do not book a room here and then complain about my pets.
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Unfortunately we did not meet Tamara, because we only had a short stay for one night and arrived late in the evening and left early in the morning for the marathon. But from her messages I am sure she is a very kind and likeable host.
I can confirm all the other feedbacks given before.
We were provided with detailed information and had no problem to find the house which is close to the CTA indeed. The way from downtown Chicago is indeed a bit long. For one night, that was absolutely no problem. For a week, it might be bothersome.
Compared to others I can not confirm that the train or the highway nearby were disturbing. But maybe that was due to our stay from 10 pm until 5 am.
Wifi worked well too.
We even got an additional bed as we stayed there with 3.
Sharing the bathroom with others was ok, which might also be due to the downtime we had been there. We even got help by other tenants as we forgot our power adapters.
The problem was that we also slept in the room downstairs, that had no lock (also no problem when only staying 7 hours). So we were also annoyed by the smell of cat pee. And we were surprised by two coons in the window of the doorway. But as they were coward, they did not get in.
Tamara was very helpful and pleasant. Our only issue was the over powering smell of cat pee. Wouldn't recommend staying in downstairs room...upstairs may be OK.
Tamara is a great host, we enjoyed the stay at her place.
Very good connection to the blue metro line.
We would like to share our experience in this property in order to other people know what they are going to find in this house:
1) The situation of the house is very close of the train stop
2) Tamara was very kind and sent us all the information we needed via email
3) The room was clean and it has a fridge and microwave, and also, they provide to us shampoo and some soup.
4) The wifi works very good
5) We had a fan in our room
6) The twins beds were confortable
1) The door of the room has not any lock, so we had to trust that nobody of the other tenants opened our room... (nothing happened to us)
2) The bathroom is shared for four bedrooms, in my opinion this is too much
3) The smell in the main entrance, corridor and bathroom is awful, I think because of the cats' urine
4) The train takes a long time to arrive to the Austin stop
5) We've never met our host or anybody in the house. Only other tenants going to the bathroom. Everything was very impersonal.
6) The room has not A.C. but we could sleep with the fan.
7) The noise of the highway and the train rail is quite high because the house is just in front of them. We had to close the window to sleep. Take this into account if you go during the summer and want to have the window opened.
The room is clean, spacious and well-equiped. There is a spacious closet and a comfortable bed. The refrigerator and the microwave work. The house, located in the quiet suburb of Oak Park, is close to downtown thanks to its close proximity to the Blue Line el.
Tamara is a great hostess. She is personable and concerned about the comfort of her guests. For example, when the microwave in my room « died », she replaced it the same day. She keeps the bathroom clean and provides clean linen each week. She is always just a text message away. I am so pleased with my stay with Tamara that I have extended it.
Tamara is very welcoming and kind. Her property is indeed conveniently located, just a few minutes from the metro line. The room was clean and comfortable.
Tamara's place was what I needed for a quick couple of nights in Chicago: a clean bed and access to Wifi. We didn't get a chance to meet, but she made sure someone was home to let me in and give me the code to the door for my stay. Parking was a little bit tricky (had to be off the street by 8 a.m.) because of street sweeping, but she offered to give me a parking permit.
Tamara war sehr freundlich.
Das Badezimmer, was ich mir mit den männlichen Mitbewohnern des Hause teilte, war sehr schmutzig. Die Dusche (Badewanne) konnte ich überhaupt nicht benutzen. Das WC war ebenfalls verschmiert und dreckig.
Da ich vor meiner Abreise keine Gelegenheit hatte Tamara auf die Unsauberkeit anzusprechen, erfolgte das erst bei Abreise.
Daraufhin meinte sie, dass ich das Bad unten bei ihr hätte benutzen könne. Sie habe es mir vermutlich vergessen zu sagen.
Das Zimmer ist zum Nachbarzimmer und Flur nur durch Falttüren getrennt, was es etwas hellhörig macht.
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Depression can happen to anyone regardless of their position in life. It is a real condition that people should seek help for, just as an individual suffering from cancer would. Here's a list of ten celebrities who suffer or suffered from depression.
Andre Waters–Former NFL Player–committed suicide.
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Lockport boy receives mail from across country
Published: Monday, July 22, 2013 at 10:45 a.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, July 18, 2013 at 1:45 p.m.
Every day when 8-year-old Austin Loupe gets home from school, he excitedly walks to the mailbox, eager to see what's waiting for him inside.
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Address: 96 Comeaux Drive, Lockport, LA 70374
Austin likes Mickey Mouse, cats and the color pink. He also enjoys reading, dancing and going to church.
He has a right to be excited. Since June, Austin, of Lockport, has received more than 180 birthday cards, letters and packages in the mail.
Inside his family's house, boxes full of birthday messages are lined up next to the refrigerator.
"I got cards!" Austin shouts as he jumps up and down and points at the boxes with a grin on his face.
Austin was diagnosed with Prader-Willi Syndrome at 3 weeks old.
His mother, Rebecca Loupe, said the syndrome causes low muscle tone, difficulty speaking and autistic tendencies.
In addition, PWS causes insatiable hunger, which can pose a deadly threat to children Austin's age.
"You have to watch them constantly," the 38-year-old Rebecca said. "It's really dangerous because they can eat so much that their stomachs burst."
Since people with PWS never feel full, Rebecca said she and her family have to lock up food in their kitchen to keep Austin from getting to it when no one can closely monitor how much he is eating.
She said she used to throw birthday parties for her son, but the cakes and snacks are often too tempting. Austin spent the last birthday party they attended crying because he was so hungry for the sweets that were served.
The family also lost Austin's 3-week-old brother, Cullen, on Aug. 2, 2009, the day after Austin's fifth birthday. Cullen died from multiple chromosomal abnormalities.
Rebecca, mother to Austin and 13-year-old brother Caleb, said she was eager to find something to focus on and remind Austin that, though the family still mourns this time of year, his birthday is something to celebrate.
This year, a friend suggested celebrating his birthday a different way.
In late June, Rebecca posted her address on her Facebook page and asked for friends to send her son a card for his birthday. Within a day or two, cards started arriving in the mail.
She said she expected her friends to share the idea with their friends but didn't think it would go any further than that.
"I guessed maybe we'd get 30 or 50," she said. "I never expected this."
Loupe said letters have come from all over the country — and one as far away as Europe.
"I don't even know anyone who's in Europe," Rebecca said.
When they collect the letters from the mailbox each day, Rebecca reads aloud where each one is from, and Austin cheers the same for all of them, whether they come from across the country or down the street.
She said she had planned to let Austin open all the cards on his birthday, Aug. 1, but they may have to start earlier to get through all of them.
"My plan was to wait," Rebecca said. "But we have so many; maybe I'll let him do one a day until his birthday."
She got the idea from her friend Bobbi Harrigan, of Madisonville, who said she got the idea for her son from Facebook.
Loupe and Harrigan met through a support group. Harrigan's son, Matthew Surgenor, also suffers from PWS.
Surgenor received more than 200 cards when he turned 18 in May.
"So many of them were just from friends of friends of friends," Harrigan said. "People just responded to it really well."
And in this case, she said, a small gesture can go a long way.
"A card puts a smile on anybody's face," Harrigan said. "It's amazing what it does for these kids."
She said the cards are almost as big a gift to the parents as they are to the recipients.
Since the syndrome impacts one in 12,000 to 15,000 people, Harrigan said parents have a difficult time finding others going through the same thing.
"We are isolated," she said. "When people reach out to our kids, it's good for us too. It's good to know someone cares."
Rebecca agreed.
"It's not always easy," she said. "It's a 24-hour job."
But Rebecca said the trials they've been through have made the family closer and stronger.
"I wouldn't trade him for the world," she said, beaming at Austin as he danced around the family's living room.
Rebecca said the family is not asking for gifts, but if any of the cards they receive contain money, she plans to buy Austin a bike with training wheels built for a child of his stature.
She said she wants to thank all the family members, friends and total strangers that have given Austin so much happiness over the past month.
"I'm still in shock. I'm in awe," she said. "I don't have any words."
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17 January 2014 - 2:07pmUnited Nations Humanitarian Chief Valerie Amos has allocated US$95.5 million to sustain emergency aid operations in some of the world's worst, yet most neglected, humanitarian crises. This funding from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) is the first of its two-part annual allocation for...
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About the Book
A breathtaking novel of love, madness, and devotion set against the extravagant royal court of eighteenth-century St. Petersburg, Russia.
Xenia is an eccentric dreamer when she falls in love with a charismatic singer in the Imperial choir. Though they adore each other, their happiness is overshadowed by the demands of the royal court, and by Xenia's obsession to have a child. When a tragic vision comes true, she withdraws into grief and undergoes a profound transformation, giving her possessions to the poor. Then, one day, she vanishes.
Years later, dressed in the tatters of her husband's mil-itary uniform, Xenia is discovered tending the paupers of St. Petersburg's slums. Revered as a soothsayer and a healer, she is feared by Empress Catherine, who perceives her deeds as a rebuke.
In this elegant tale, Dean reimagines the life of Xenia of St. Petersburg, one of Russia's most mysterious and beloved holy figures. It is an evocative exploration of the blessings of long and loyal friendship, the limits of reason, and the true costs of loving deeply.
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"In her excellent second novel, THE MIRRORED WORLD, Debra Dean has composed a resonant and compelling tale. . . . Dean's writing is superb; she uses imagery natural to the story and an earlier time." — Seattle Times
"For those familiar with the story of St. Xenia, this is a gratifying take on a compelling woman. For others, Dean's vivid prose and deft pacing make for a quick and entertaining read." — Publishers Weekly
"Love affairs, rivalries, intrigues, prophecy, cross-dressing, madness, sorrow, poverty—THE MIRRORED WORLD is a litany of both the homely and the miraculous. Intimate and richly appointed, Debra Dean's Imperial St. Petersburg is as sumptuous and enchanted as the Winter Palace." — Stewart O'Nan, bestselling author of Last Night at the Lobster
"THE MIRRORED WORLD explores the mysteries of love and grief and devotion. Against a vivid backdrop of eighteenth century St. Petersburg and Catherine the Great's royal court, the woman who would become St. Xenia is brought fully to life. Is there a more imaginative, elegant storyteller than Debra Dean?" — Ann Hood, bestselling author of The Knitting Circle
"With evocative, rich prose and deep emotional resonance, Debra Dean delivers a compelling and captivating story that touches the soul. Truly a wonderful read." — Garth Stein, bestselling author of The Art of Racing in the Rain
"Transporting readers to St. Petersburg during the reign of Catherine the Great, Dean brilliantly reconstructs and reimagines the life of St. Xenia, one of Russia's most revered and mysterious holy figures, in a richly told and thought-provoking work of historical fiction." — Bookreporter.com
"Dean's novel grows more profound and affecting with every page." — Booklist
"In Debra Dean's skilled hands, history comes alive. . . . Though the world she creates is harsh and cold at times, it is the warmth at its center— the power of love — that stays with you in the end." — Miami Herald
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I've been having problems getting videos with subs to stream. Checking "Definitely disable subs" does what it says but the video will still transcode unnecessarily. There are currently 2 problematic ways to get around this:
1) Use "StreamExtension=" in the renderers configuration file. This interferes with "Supported=" lines thus reducing the benefits of using "MediaInfo=True". This would need to be done for each renderer on the network which supports the video format.
2) Use the "Skip Transcode" option in the PS3MS configuration. This is a global setting and can interfere when using several different renderers simultaneously.
Proposed solution:
1) If "Definitely disable subs" is checked: Modify DLNAResource.getChild() method so that, when deciding if media should be streamed or transcoded, it should skip/fail the subtitle tests. See "Solution Part 1".
2) If "Definitely disable subs" is not checked: Perform the original subtitle test and give an option to stream supported videos from the #Transcode# folder. This option only appears properly on the PS3 (Edit: correction). We would also need to deal with the case when default subtitle = "Off". I might look into this part of the solution but it is not a priority for me... I prefer to disable subs.
Solution Part 1:
Notice that the proposed solution is consistent with statement 4 (line 549 below). "Definitely disable subs" is checked implies that we don't intend to deal with subs.
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545 // Force transcoding if
546 // 1- MediaInfo support detected the file was not matched with supported codec configs and no SkipTranscode extension forced by user
547 // or 2- ForceTranscode extension forced by user
548 // or 3- FFmpeg support and the file is not ps3 compatible (need to remove this ?) and no SkipTranscode extension forced by user
549 // or 4- There's some sub files or embedded subs to deal with and no SkipTranscode extension forced by user
550 if (forceTranscode || !isSkipTranscode() && (forceTranscodeV2 || (!parserV2 && !child.getExt().ps3compatible()) || (PMS.getConfiguration().getUseSubtitles() && child.isSrtFile()) || hasEmbeddedSubs)) {
551 child.setPlayer(pl);
552 LOGGER.trace("Switching " + child.getName() + " to player: " + pl.toString());
553 }
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(PMS.getConfiguration().getUseSubtitles() && child.isSrtFile()) || hasEmbeddedSubs
"Logical AND" the subtitle check statement with !PMS.getConfiguration().isMencoderDisableSubs() to skip/fail the subtitle check when "Definitely disable subs" is checked:
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550 if (forceTranscode || !isSkipTranscode() && (forceTranscodeV2 || (!parserV2 && !child.getExt().ps3compatible()) || (!PMS.getConfiguration().isMencoderDisableSubs() && ((PMS.getConfiguration().getUseSubtitles() && child.isSrtFile()) || hasEmbeddedSubs)))) {
This partially fixes Stream/Transcode decision logic when dealing with subtitles, and does not affect any of the other decision logic. Part 2 of the solution could potentially complete the fix.


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Simple opener, not sure how rare that is, but gets you ready right off the bat.
A strong It's Ice segues into a tentative NICU and then we really get moving with a fantastic Antelope, complete with Machine Gun Trey.
For all the flub-watchers, the transition during Guyute is rather rough...as is the end of Mule which had been really good until the transition into Oh Kee Pa.
Flubs and a rough finish during the 2nd set opener of Rift.
Bouncing doesn't really bear a review as pretty much all versions are identical.
The Reba provides a good liftoff though, pretty much nailed with some very good playing and a nice Trey solo to finish.
A rough but high-energy Axilla part 2 follows and then kind of fades out into the YEM intro which quickly morphs into Vibration of Life and then nicely back into YEM.
After some HYHU silliness and a fine Cracklin Rosie, Bowie gets a slow start with Fishman? saying "When the cows come out to play..." well this Bowie is pretty solid and sure packs the beef.
A nice trio of Nellie Kane, Foreplay/Longtime and an Amazing Grace round out a solid if not spectacular show from fall 1994.


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After seeing Nezzadar's original 2008 thread here I figured it was time to do an update for the new Kongai characters. Once again, we're looking for Sirlin's inspirations behind each of the characters (of course we could just ask him but that'd be no fun!)
So far he's shown a penchant for multiple popular culture references, as well as characters from Street Fighter, Soul Calibur and Guilty Gear. I'm going to reserve the post below if people request picture stickies from the old characters (since Nezzadar has resigned from Kongregate). Here's a gallery of the new characters: Happy hunting!
Ranec Vest as Cervantes from Soul Calibur
This is the easiest one to spot and has been confirmed. Ranec Vest is an anagram of Cervantes, and in fact, many players are calling him by Cervantes. Both wield dual swords, have straggly beards and a flowing cape. In addition, Avrous has contributed that his move LeChuck's Curse is an allusion to "LeChuck"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LeChuck the Undead Pirate from the Monkey Island adventure games.
MR-V1N as Marvin the Paranoid Android from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
This is pretty easy to spot too, the name is a dead giveaway and his depression is replicated. One of his moves is named Forlorn Poetry, a nod to the bad Vogon poetry.
B9 as Robot B-9 from Lost in Space
Excellent spot by Inst. The names are the same, and both are even nicknamed "The Environmental Control Robot". The move Protect Family is another reference to the original series.
IBO-K9 as Sony Aibo, the robotic dog
First spotted by DzjennickXL. The name pronunciations are the same. The other theory is that it's a reference to the robotic dog from Doctor Who, K-9 but the initials K-9 has been used to name dogs in many places due to it sounding like the word "canine".
Starbuck as Starbuck, Captain Ahab's First Mate from Moby Dick:
Both have the same name and job title. Coincidentally, Starbucks (as in the coffee company) is named after the same character. Since I couldn't find a picture of Captain Ahab's First Mate, I'm putting in a giant Starbucks cup as a placeholder. ^^
Floating theories:
Gorbax-Mark2 as ED-209 from Robocop Contributions by DzjennickXL and TimTebow.
Sophie Merovingian as Sophie Neveu from The Da Vinci Code: Merovingian is a symbologist whilst Neveu is a cryptologist. The Da Vinci code does reference the Merovingian dynasty of France.
Margo Curie as Marie Curie: Margo is a a potion brewer which is similar to Marie's chemist. In fact, all of the Witches are French, so if we dig into French history we can probably find all the references, like Eva Bovary as Madame (Emma) Bovary. Sirlin has shown previous inclinations towards French cultural history with Marquis Le Morte as Marquis de Sade.
Gunbjorn as Ram-Man from Masters of the Universe: They both wear similar armour and carry an axe?
Bestor as Best Western, the hotel chain: I laughed when someone mentioned this but it seems absurd enough to be true. Does Best Western set on fire a lot? :P
If you have any more to add or even theories to their origins then please post below, more the merrier!


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Bethel Woods Center for the Arts announced Friday the return of its Country Megaticket with three of country music's hottest names attached.
Tim McGraw will play Bethel Woods on July 26 as part of his Two Lanes of Freedom Tour with Brantley Gilbert and Love and Theft. Then, Blake Shelton will visit Bethel on Aug. 11 as part of his Ten Times Crazier Tour with Easton Corbin and Jana Kramer. Luke Bryan will perform Aug. 23 as part of his Dirt Road Diaries Tour, which also includes the bands Florida Georgia Line and Thompson Square.
The concerts comprise the 2013 M&M Auto Group Country Megaticket. The Megaticket allows fans to pay for the package of three country shows before the public individual show sale.
Information for the Megaticket will be available soon, according to Bethel Woods. Individual show tickets are not yet available.
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