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Tuesday's letters: Voter suppression
Published: Tuesday, September 17, 2013 at 4:30 a.m.
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To the editor: A recent column by Susan Hanley Lane was staggeringly deceitful. I, too, am a New Jersey transplant. Ms. Lane chose not to tell you some critical data about her home:
Jersey City is the home of voter suppression. In this case, it is suppression by a political party the Democrats. And this suppression has been going on since the start of the 20th century.
In the majority of major cities/urban areas, Democratic machines maneuver voting rolls all the time; the dead vote in perpetuity.
Yes, there are Republican areas that perform the same political service, but no one has a leg up on the Democrats; they are good at it, they are proud of it, and they never apologize for it ever!
Redistricting is voter suppression? Since North Carolina was controlled by Democrats for multiple decades, am I to assume that Democratic voter suppression is the history of my adopted state? Well done, North Carolina. You are following in the proud Democratic tradition of my corrupt birthplace, New Jersey.
Since any act of voter corruption negates my vote, people like Ms. Lane are supporting voter suppression. She should be ashamed.
Jim Griffin
A major asset
To the editor: The Johnson Farm at 3346 Haywood Road, a gift to the Henderson County Schools from Vernon and Leander Johnson, is a major asset of our county. It contains about 15 acres with many old buildings, antique farm equipment, animals and walking trails.
Ingrid Bergman does a great job managing the farm and entertaining visitors. Many volunteers donate their time to keep the farm looking nice. Gifts of money help to feed the farm animals and make necessary repairs and are much appreciated.
If you are an employee or retiree from General Electric, your gift of $25 up to $50,000 will be matched by the GE Foundation Matching Gifts Program after you report the gift. You can report your gift by calling 1-800-305-0669, or if you have a GE SSO ID and password, you can access the GE Foundation website and report your gift there.
Mail your gift check to the Henderson County Education Foundation, 21 Upper Red Oak Trail, Hendersonville, N.C., 28793, or drop it by the Johnson Farm. I contribute every year and on several occasions have taken them a gift load of hay for the donkeys and sheep.
Mitchell Osteen
Free tax clinic
To the editor: The Henderson County AARP Foundation Free Tax Clinic is looking for new volunteers. We would like to give a very big thanks to Lou Parris for printing our request in his Mountains to Molehills column. Since many people were probably on vacation, its always a good idea to repeat our request.
Our free tax clinic did more than 4,000 tax returns last year. This is the largest number in North Carolina and the fourth largest in the nation. Our clients are mostly the elderly and low-income families living in Henderson County.
The program is looking for new volunteers to be trained as tax aides and client facilitators. Tax aides prepare and check the actual returns on computers, and client facilitators meet and greet our clients. Main qualifications are an interest in helping serve some of the needs of our county as well as an interest in working with people.
Training classes will take place during the month of January. These classes include seminars as well as computer training.
For those interested in learning more about our volunteer program, there will be a meeting in the Kaplan Auditorium of the downtown Henderson County Public Library at 10 a.m. Oct. 29.
Tui Weinman
Misplaced praise
To the editor: It is strange to me that Henderson County would bestow rewards and praise on the manufacturing of a product that brings destruction to home, workplace and highway, such as beer and other alcohol. Just a thought.
Eddie Freeman
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Ignoring Real Problems
Published: Sunday, February 3, 2013 at 12:08 a.m.
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A recent headline read, "Obama Unveils Sweeping Gun Plan." I have a problem with that. It's not that curbing assault weapons is not important. It's that our president has a whole lot of more pressing problems on his plate.
Medicare and Social Security are headed for insolvency and need immediate, measured action now instead of having a crisis down the road.
His own ex-Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner said that in the trustee's report.
The debt ceiling, and our country's bankruptcy, is fast approaching. The deficit is out of control.
So why worry about guns now? Because this president would rather play the blame game than address serious problems — that would be too hard. When the gun plan fails, he can blame the Republicans, the National Rifle Association, outdoorsmen and hunters.
Ronald Reagan once said, "There are simple answers to every problem. There are just no easy answers."
Medicare and Social Security need to have cuts made and their taxes raised. The same applies to the debt.
But this president would rather take on the easy problems than step up and do his job.
Harry Truman had a sign on his desk in the oval office: "The buck stops here."
I think that sign has been removed by this president.
Winter Haven
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JUDGEMENT FUND HEARING M.O.D. WHAT IS IT REALLY ? On November 22, at 7:00 p.m. in the St. Ignatius Community Center, a public hearing will be held to present the Tribes proposed distribution of $550,000 judgement funds awarded to the Tribes in 1966, and held in escrow until a plan of disrribution and to include this record in a presentation to Congress for their approval. The judgement funds were awarded to the Tribe by the Court of Claims for compensation of lands erroneously surveyed-out of the Reservation boundary. The survey took place in 1887 along the , Northern boundary, and in 1893 along the Southwest boundary, under provisions of the Hell Gate Treaty of 1855. Over 15,000 acres of land and water were deleted in the survey, and the proposed plan of the Tribal governing body is to seek reacquisition of 10-585,86 acres which lies along the Southwest boundary of the Reservation. This land has been placed in National Forest, and not having third parties involved,would not be difficult to reaquire. However, the remaining 4,000 plus acres, mostly lying along the northern boundary, have either been patented to third parties Continued on page 2 Montanans Opposing Discrimination has a majestic, democratic sounding ring to q it. Is it really a place for those of any race, color, or national origin to unite against injustice and discrimination? Very noble sentiments indeed, if they are true. Yet many M.O.D. statements and actions have not appeared to favor the Indians. The Char-Koosta felt that perhaps some of its readers would appreciate more information. ( Continued on page 6 ) Koostahtahy Volume 5 Number 14 Full Moon of Autumn November 15,1975 12 FILE FOR COUNCIL JUDGE FINDS ZEMPEL GUILTY TRESPASS SUIT Dixon: Seven more candidates for Tribal Council have tossed their hats into the political ring. Among the twelve to file as of the 5th of November, are two incumbant Councilmen, Robert McCrea and Vic Stinger. The Candidates are as follows: Arlee.....Ted Pellew .....Tom McDonald .....Virginia Brazill St. Ignatius....Al Sloan .....Noel Pitchette ......Richard McElderry ......Joanne Kuntz Dixon.....Robert McCrea ......Joseph Dumontier Pablo.....Vic Stinger ......George Garcia Hot Springs...Ron Matt Deadline for filing is Nov. 28, 1975 at 4:30 p.m. The election committee will verify legal requirements for candidates and an official list will be post ten days before election. Continued on page l Missoula: U.S. District Court Judge Russell E. Smith found Darwin Zempel, 19 year old St. Ignatius resident, guilty of fishing on Tribal land without a permit, and has fined him $50.00. Judge Smith's decision, handed down Nov. 3, states, " By Ordinance No. 44, adopted by the Tribal Council and approved by the Secretary of the Interior, non-members of the Tribe are forbidden to go upon Tribal trust It.dian lands or waters of the reservation without a permit. Defendent • did not have a permit and hence was fishing upon Indian lands without lawful authority. he added,"......defendent had lived on the reservation for six years.....he had been previously arrested for fishing in Tribal waters;.....he was a member of FREE ( Flathead Residents Earning Equality) an organization interested in the relation ship between Indians and non-Indians and generally opposed to the Indian fishing permit system. " Zempel was charged with illegally fishing through ice on the Lower Crow Creek Resi-voir on March 21, 1975. It is not known at this time if Zempel intends to appeal f% Judge Smith's decision. A trespass suit has been filed by the U.S. Attorneys office on behalf of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes against the Mountain Bell Telephone Co. The suit charges the Montana Corporation with trespassing and laying,and utilizing an underground cable in December of 1971. The telephone line was laid along a right-of-way granted only for county road construction for highway 200. The Mountain Bell Company had not obtained consent from the Secretary of the Interior or from the Tribal governing body. Nor had the company compensated the Tribe for the use of such right-of-waV. The suit was filed in U.S. district Court, in Missoula on October 28, 1975, and asks for costs of litigation and other such relief as is deemed just and proper by the Court.
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TED enforcement raises questions
Published: Monday, August 20, 2012 at 8:20 p.m.
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When our elected officials of consolidated government started adding TEDA and South Central Planning to the list of getting permits and so forth, and the trip to China, plans of opening Lee Jean Company, what else do you expect?
When the turtle excluder device regulations come in effect, guess they'll be buying up the shrimp platforms.
Wonder if the people really know what these shrimp are raised on.
We need more education on pond shrimp. If you knew, you wouldn't touch the bag, much less the shrimp.
Hooray for the turtle. He's taken more away from our table and pocketbooks.
Raise some more turtles and turn them lose in Barataria Bay so you will find more of an excuse.
Also, I wonder whether the Parish Council is sending a violation letter to the person who resides at the corner of Grand Caillou and Industrial Boulevard in a travel trailer with boat and pickup parked outside of it for the last five weeks or more.
No sewer. No lights. No water.
But yet they will pester a man for a clean trailer behind his business who is overseas to remove it in five days or be fined.
Way to go, Terrebonne Parish. I couldn't do a better job either.
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Anyone looking to quit smoking is invited to a free eight-week program at Ochsner St. Anne General Hospital in Raceland.
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BPC seeks vendors for fall Lawn Sale
MOUNT VERNON— Brewton-Parker College's Women's Fellowship announces the date of its 2nd Annual BPC Lawn Sale. Vendors and bargain hunters are invited to participate Saturday, October 1 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the front lawn of the campus, which fronts Highway 280.
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Indy 500 Track Report - May 18 "Fast Friday"
Fast Friday at Indianapolis Motor Speedway was just that as the engines were given an increase in boost pressure which resulted in 40-50 additional horsepower and higher speeds. Chevy-powered cars claimed eight of the top 10 slots with Marco Andretti posting the fastest speed of 227.5mph. Mike Conway was 20th overall with a top speed of 224.3 mph in the No. 14 ABC Supply Honda. Driving the ECat/ABC Supply Honda, Wade Cunningham set his quickest lap of 222.8 mph in the beginning of the day's session.
Drivers will have a another chance to dial in their cars with 90 minutes of practice starting at 8 a.m. Pole Day qualifying begins at 11 a.m. The fastest 24 cars will be locked in by 4 p.m. with positions 10-24 set at that time. From 4:30 to 6 p.m. those drivers who qualified in the top nine will have a chance to qualify for the pole or improve their position. On Sunday's Bump Day, positions 25 - 33 will be determined.
Mike Conway: "We're as prepared as we can be. We got a few runs in today with as low downforce as we could get and the ABC Supply car feels pretty good but we're looking for just a little bit more speed. We wanted another mile an hour to be looking really good. Just have to try and polish the car as much as we can tonight and hope the speed comes in the morning but right now we're not quite as happy as we want to be. Have to go through the pit data tonight and see if there's anything we can find there and come out stronger tomorrow."
Wade Cunningham: "Unfortunately not. We went out this morning in the ECat/ABC Supply car and we were relatively happy in terms of times to the other guys with similar downforce level and we rolled back to the pad in the middle of the session with the goal to go back out later with low downforce level. Unfortunately there's something going on mechanically with the car and I wasn't able to complete a run after we went back out. So now there's a big old question mark about where we're going to be in our performance and where we're going to slot in the field. After each day of positive momentum, it's disappointing to roll into Pole Day tomorrow having probably our worst test so far. The first thing we have to do is set the car down and find out what's going on mechanically. Until we know where the car is, we can't really determine what's wrong. We have a couple hours of practice tomorrow and then we can go out and make a couple of attempts so all is not lost; it's just not the ideal situation."


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Rita Spira, of Snowmass Village, CO and Houston, TX passed away peacefully early January 7, 2013 at Heritage Park Care Center in Carbondale, CO. She was born and raised in Augusta, GA and graduated from the University of Georgia. Shortly afterwards she married Dr. Melvin Spira, of Chicago, IL and provided him with loving support as he completed his plastic surgery residency in Houston, TX. There they raised three children while his career flourished and she devoted herself to her children's activities and gained a broad circle of lifelong friends. After attending a medical conference in Snowmass, she discovered a passion for skiing and a love of the mountains. Upon retirement, she and Melvin became permanent residents of Snowmass Village where she not only enjoyed her skiing but also golf, hiking and a devoted network of friends.
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Despite concerns from some that the community would lose a tree older than the college campus it sits on, a Bemidji State University representative said the tree must come down to complete improvements to its football field.
Three trees sit on the west end of Chet Anderson Stadium, where crews are replacing the natural grass with a synthetic turf. One of the trees is more than 100 years old, said Caitlyn Schuchhardt as she sat under the large white pine Tuesday.
An online petition to save the trees had almost 100 signatures by Tuesday evening.
Erika Bailey-Johnson, BSU's sustainability coordinator, said a state Department of Natural Resources specialist who visited the site Tuesday afternoon determined it would take a lot to save the trees, considering the nearby construction.
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Q and A: Dr. Scott Beslin
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As Lent begins, Big Fun Correspondent Angie Pitre Pellegrin questioned Dr. Scott Beslin, Nicholls State University's head for the Department of Mathematics and a parishioner of St. Thomas Aquinas, the Catholic church on the Thibodaux university's campus regarding his faith and the observation of Lent.
Did you grow up Catholic?
Where did you grow up?
St. Martin Parish.
Did you attend parochial schools?
I attended a Catholic elementary/middle school from fifth through eighth grades.
Were you an altar server as a boy?
Yes. As an altar boy, I learned the importance of community service.
What does your faith mean to you?
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Are you a parishioner of a local church?
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Why St. Thomas?
I enjoy the community of people.
As we enter this Lenten season, what do you hope people keep in mind?
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My wife and I own a small business in Medford, so that makes us one of those small business owners many in Congress keep referring to in the heat of the debate over the fiscal cliff when they say that ending the Bush-era tax cuts for household incomes above $250,000 a year will hurt small business job creators. But the truth is, we won't be affected because our business doesn't earn enough to get us close to that quarter-million-dollar threshold. Nor do the earnings of 98 percent of all small businesses.
Here's why:
We don't pay taxes on the gross amount our business earns. We deduct our business expenses first. The rent, payroll, utilities, insurance, etc. All the way down to the brooms we use to sweep the floors. If I have a 10-percent profit margin, we'd need a gross business income of $2.5 million to take home a profit of $250,000.
Even then, before we pay taxes on our profits we get to take our personal deductions. Got a house with a mortgage? Deduct the interest payments. Got kids in college? Deduct tuition costs. Paying into a 401(k) for retirement? More deductions. After all of this is subtracted, we go to the tax tables and figure out what we owe.
Few would pay more
The upshot is that only a fraction of small business owners — between 2 percent and 3 percent — earn enough to have $250,000 in taxable income left after applying all of these business and personal deductions.
Here's another wrinkle. Tax rates are "marginal." The guy taxed on $10 million will pay the same amount on his first $250,000 of earnings as he does now. Only the income above that threshold is subject to a higher rate.
Take a small business owner whose profit after deductions is $350,000. The proposed increase applies only to the $100,000 above $250,000. If his current tax rate is 25 percent, he is paying $80,000. That would become $83,000. Less than a 1 percent increase in his overall tax rate.
Bottom line? The new rates will save the country almost a trillion dollars over 10 years. It will not come from the middle class. It will come from fairly comfortable people, who I would call wealthy, and who could cover any tax increase with a good day in the stock market.
A trillion dollars could go a long way. It could strengthen Medicare and Medicaid, be invested in our infrastructure and pay down our debt. It could provide paychecks to people hired to rebuild roads and bridges.
Those newly employed workers would pump dollars into the economy, pay more taxes to the Treasury and be able to afford the services of our business. We could hire more workers to handle their business, and our workers would pay taxes. Our profits would go up and, despite any increase in taxes we might have to pay, our after-tax income would increase. So we could travel more, buy more cars and donate more. Everyone wins.
It's time to do what's right for small businesses and the country: end the Bush tax cuts for the richest 2 percent. As a small business owner, I'm all for it.
Mark Kellenbeck co-owns BrainJoy LLC in Medford and is co-chairman of the Main Street Alliance of Oregon.
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This is an excerpt from EERE Network News, a weekly electronic newsletter.
August 10, 2005
Energy Act to Increase Energy Efficiency in Federal Buildings
The Energy Policy Act of 2005, signed by President Bush on August 8th, will require reduced energy use in federal buildings, federal purchasing of energy efficient products, and more sustainable designs for new federal buildings. And for the first time, the act requires congressional office buildings to meet the same efficiency standards as the rest of the federal government.
The energy act requires federal agencies to cut the energy consumption in their buildings to 20 percent below their energy use in 2003, in terms of energy use per square foot, by 2015. The act allows some exceptions for energy-intensive processes and matters of national security. The act also allows federal agencies to retain the funds not spent because of energy savings, but requires the agencies to invest the funds back into energy efficiency or renewable energy projects. To help agencies pay for energy improvements, the act extends the Energy Savings Performance Contracts program, which allows private companies to pay for the improvements and to be paid back with a portion of the energy savings. The act also requires federal agencies to buy either Energy Star products or products designated as energy efficient by the Federal Energy Management Program.
New federal buildings will be designed to use 30 percent less energy than a building that meets the minimum standards of the International Energy Conservation Code (for homes) or the relevant 2004 standard from the American Society of Heating, Refrigeration, and Air-Conditioning Engineers. New federal buildings will also have to incorporate water conservation technologies and meet sustainable design principles. See pages 22 to 40 of the energy act (PDF 2.6 MB). Download Adobe Reader.


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Richard Littlemore | December 4, 2007
By Richard Littlemore • Tuesday, December 4, 2007 - 07:01
This China View article gives a simple, compelling argument for why the developed world should, in the short term, carry the lion's share of the responsibility for climate change: first, we created the lion's share of the problem; and second, we have the capacity to do so while letting the developing world pull their populations out of poverty.
It also includes what, for me, was an interesting statistic. The all-time high for greenhouse gas production from industrialized countries occurred way back in 1990, at 18.7 billion tonnes. As of 2005, the second-highest year, we were emitting at an annual rate of 18.2 billion tonnes. That is compelling evidence that while some laggards (Canada) were snivelling about how impossible it would be to address this problem, everybody else seems to have been getting on with the job. While Canada's emissions went UP more than 30 per cent in that period, the rest of the developed world has held the line.
Imagine how well we could be doing if we were ALL actually trying.
Steve L replied on Permalink
'cool' factoid
Interesting that the second most in the developed world (mostly northern hemisphere) since 1990 was 2005, a year when the northern hemisphere was very very warm. Lays waste to the excuse, "Canada is a cold country and therefore needs to use more energy," and I suppose shows that it takes more energy to stay cool than to warm up. But I should probably read the article before I speculate too much. Too late?
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What "problem"?
"first, we created the lion's share of the problem[?]; and second, we have the capacity to do so while letting the developing world pull their populations out of poverty."
Okay, explain to me again how the Kyoto Accord is not a socialist wealth redistribution scheme?
Explain to me
how reducing poverty is a bad thing?
rob replied on Permalink
At least
Since you acknowledge that the ultimate goal of the Global Warming agenda is socialist wealth redistribution, perhaps you can give me a single example where any socialist scheme has ever successfully reduced poverty, rather than increased it?
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Forgot to add
… aside from party-members, that is?
Just to be clear,
I acknowledge no such thing. The goal of reducing poverty around the world is humanitarian, not socialist. Are you telling us that you would cut all humanitarian aid and let the poor go to hell?
Carl Szczerski replied on Permalink
Heyo just figured it worth
Heyo just figured it worth pointing out that the goal is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions….who would have thought, that by setting targets to reduce emissions that was the primary goal…..clearly not you it seems, see the post a couple down, which by the way I'll point out that the UK and Germany met their targets, and have no need to buy credits, or face punishments. Well done UK and Germany, you have succeeded in reducing your emissions, the primary goal of what the protocol was designed for.
Stephen Berg replied on Permalink
"Okay, explain to me again
"Okay, explain to me again how the Kyoto Accord is not a socialist wealth redistribution scheme?"
OK, Mr. Harper. That is not true.
If one were to be able to meet the Kyoto GHG-reduction targets, not one penny would have to go to the developing world. This "redistribution" of which you speak is a substitution for a penalty for not meeting the targets. Simple as that.


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You can get a lot of info about North Carolina on this website.
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Italian Irish startup MySmark moved to Dublin in 2011 to take advantage of a more advanced digital support system that did not exist in Italy at that time. Nicola Farronato and his co-founder Paolo Panizza took the big decision to relocate to the Guinness Enterprise Center in Dublin to build their new age marketing company.
This week the company signed a strategic partnership with one of the most disruptive italian agencies LIFE Interaction, with the aim of launching MySmark as a key marketing service for italian brands internationally.
What kind of changes did the company/product go through in early stages?
Generally I would say quite a few changes, though around the same core business idea: emotions matters, in marketing and in business too. Very often you start with a consumer App/product, and then most of the times you end up redirecting to its enterprise solution, in order to keep on doing, make it appealing to investor and sustainable in the mid run.
In 2010 me and my co-founder Paolo (Panizza) decided to test an SMS based idea in the area of mood-tracking. Basically we have built our prototype codifying a numeric response to a text message to record the mood of some friends in certain hours during the day. This first trial gave us some useful feedback, we discovered what was interesting and what absolutely not working. In 2011 we started from scratch moving from Italy to Ireland (in bad shape, but with a far better digital ecosystem) to develop MySmark, also thanks to the admission to LaunchPad acceleration programme at NDRC.ie. Our main focus was to develop an online tool to "tag content emotionally", thus providing a user a new widget to do it with one-click. It was not a social network idea though, rather a utility to be used as a social plugin (for FB and TW), a bookmarklet, an improved comment box for blogs (http://wordpress.org/plugins/mysmark/).
From here we understood that we could not take off as a consumer product with that setup. So we kept on iterating and evolved developing all the business proposition, looking at insight-driven marketing as a segment, and actionable insights as main deliverable.
In 2012 we have piloted few business early adopters with MySmark as a marketing tool, and in 2013 we have kept on adding features and fine tuning the spectrum of the value proposition in the most captive sectors we could find: tourism, art, events.
Do you have investors? Are you looking for further investment?
We have raised $ 500K keeping a lean management and startup approach. Our investors are italian private investors and some irish seed funds.
We are working on a new round, in 2014, targeting $ 1 million to accelerate our developments and go-to-market targeting Europe and US.
What kind of growth has your company experienced?
MySmark is a venture willing to unlock new potential within the emotional marketing and consumer interaction space. So I would focus the term growth not in users number (we do not have a community) but in prospects and marketing brand owners that are showing great interest in what we are doing and starting to ask us for MySmark. Consider that many startups have tried to connect a user with a brand emotionally, most of them could not survive, so the challenge is set high. We have been working silently for the last 3 years and now we think we have really something to say in this regard. We expect 2014 as a great year for achieving market endorsement.
How many customers do you have now?
We have got a pilot phase with some 15 different projects (hightlights here: http://www.b-smark.com/services/usecases/) and now we have about 10-15 serious prospects in discussion for a project in 2014 (all high profile brands and organizations in Europe). We are also in advanced talks with a couple of relevant US brands, and plan to get our first US customer in the second half of 2014.
Tell us about your industry: What was it like to break into?
1. Market Research: for so many years brands have been spending a fortune in old school market research, buying well known researches for very expensive prices. Digital has accelerated time and space of data acquisition, starting changing the rules of the market research game and shifting to new paradigms. Though, surveys are still nowadays boring and very poor in terms of appeal. This is a market problem to us, and with MySmark new survey capacity we aim at contributing to fix it, leveraging instant consumer understanding, rich data, fun survey experience. See MySmark widgets attached.
2. Digital engagement: brands and social media specialists are (still) measuring engagement counting the # of like, RT, +1, pin etc. We think this is quite poor and raw data to take major decisions in terms of (social) CRM. Sentiment analysis is very accurate on its side, but cannot show a positive engagement, since it is about data harvesting. With MySmark we are capable of measuring emotional engagement and bring the richness of this information to the next level.


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Candy Ass is a person who is a wimp or acts like a pussy. People who cant take jokes or people who are afraid of something stupid are Candy Asses.
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wuss, wimp, someone who is easily scared or avoids dangerous situations
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An ineffectual person; someone who is afraid of risk or shrinks from conflict.
Only a candyass drinks lite beer; heroes specify Guinness!
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A word filter on 4chan that comes about by saying "faggot."
OP is a candy-ass roody-poo fucker.
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A guy who is basically afraid of his own shadow; a real wuss type
Lenny is such a candy ass he won't walk any further east than Avenue A.
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(noun) A person who displays insufficient fortitude or toughness in a difficult or uncomfortable situation; by extension, a person or thing which is inadequate to the purpose at hand. Can be turned into an adjective by adding -ed ("candy-assed"). Frequently heard in the military.
"He was too much of a candy ass to do a hundred push-ups and run ten miles before breakfast."
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Richard Simmons.
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This is harvest season for California's vineyards, where nearly all the excitement and celebration is reserved for the most glamorous produce -- the cabernets, chardonnays and other wine grapes. Meanwhile, their quiet country cousins, the table grapes, barely muster any notice at all.
California's green, red and black globes of goodness account for 99 percent of the nation's supply, but somehow, even in the locavore-obsessed Bay Area, table grapes are relegated to lunchboxes, not the halls of haute cuisine.
That may be changing.
At San Francisco hot spot Incanto, executive chef Chris Cosentino combines grapes with calamari, octopus and capers. At Michelin-starred Baumé in Palo Alto, Bruno Chemel uses giant white princess grapes in a caviar dish, and fresh, unfermented juice from syrah grapes to make sorbet.
"I didn't really use grapes a couple of years ago," Chemel says. "Now I'm using them more. As a chef, you need to evolve, and grapes have given me new ideas."
The fruit may be more than a passing fancy for Chemel, who is known for his cerebral, cutting-edge cuisine that uses the techniques popularly known as molecular gastronomy. Chemel says he has been inspired by the different colors, sizes and textures of the grape varietals he has spotted at farmers markets this fall, and he has been spending time thinking about how to best use each type before putting it on the menu.
In a twist on the traditional Waldorf salad, Ryan Shelton, chef at Bonny Doon Vineyard's Le Cigare Volant in Santa Cruz, cooks red seedless grapes in a grape juice gastrique to heighten their flavor before adding them to a salad composed of apples, celery root, candied walnuts and a celery sorbet.
The common thread among these restaurant dishes: Grapes frequently are paired with something salty, such as capers, caviar or celery, which has a surprisingly high sodium content compared to other vegetables.
"When I think of grapes, my mind doesn't go to desserts. I think savory items," Shelton says. "Grapes have an almost tomatolike savoriness."
With that in mind, home cooks don't necessarily need to use expensive ingredients or labor-intensive preparations to cook with grapes. Paired with the right foods, grapes can be used to wonderful effect. One of the best examples of that is the grape focaccia in Daniel Leader's book "Local Breads" (W.W. Norton, 2007). This Italian specialty often is made during the grape harvest, and Leader recommends trying it with wine grapes, if possible, although any red table grape works just fine.
The sweet grapes mingle atop the focaccia with a generous scattering of rosemary and sea salt, a combination that's downright addictive. It's wonderful as a snack or with a meal. If you take it to a larger gathering, don't count on having leftover bread to take home.
Substituting grapes for other fruits or vegetables in certain recipes can wake up a tired standby. Instead of using the usual onions and peppers with Italian sausages, add red grapes to the pan when the sausages are just about done, along with a splash of balsamic vinegar or -- better yet -- some verjus, if you can find it. Cook until some of the grapes begin to soften. The same technique works with pan- or oven-roasted chicken, too.
White grapes are featured in Sole Veronique, the classic French dish. Modern recipes call for the addition of flour and cream to the sauce and unpeeled, halved grapes, but Auguste Escoffier's original version used a white wine broth for poaching and a garnish of whole, peeled and seeded muscat grapes.
Peeled grapes? Really?
"If people only understood what a luxury it is to have peeled grapes," Shelton says. It's not just the labor-intensive aspect that makes it a luxury, he says. Peeled grapes are delicate and need to be used immediately.
"They're just juicy, delicious, tender fruit," he says.
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The only audio of this show is that which was also recorded at the same time as the video. It's unfortunate, because a few of the versions of these songs shine compared to other versions from '87.
Wilson features a long intro, but it is Antelope that is the early highlight. An 11-minute version, this building section features some serious dissonance by the whole band. A raucous screeching version, it's interesting to hear how loud the band could get and how they were intent on extending the song.
Very standard Golgi. Back Porch Boogie Blues, the Max Creek Cover, is next and it is a great take on the song, in what would build to be the best-ever 8/21/87 version. It has multiple breaks for Fish and ends nearly 3x faster than it started.
The Lushington here is, like the 5/11 version, essentially 'the Chase' and containing the 'Dog Log' bridge. Like 5/11, it moves into Possum quite well. Possum is short, but sweet. This version of Hood solidly establishes the band's parts in the song, and from this point on, the band plays all the composed parts more or less the same. Unfortunately, this tape cuts out the end of Hood.
Fish is still at this point trying to figure out how to deal with the first sections of YEM, but other than that, this YEM is strong for 87. Trey is the star of the day, and he even uses some wah for the ending jam. At a solid 15 minutes, this shows the band starting to inch outward.
Alumni Blues features some guests who were also playing that day. So as not to confuse them, there is no LTJP segment in the Alumni, although it is quite a fun, if chaotic, version.
Really, this show is much better viewed than heard, as the shots of a grungy and shaggy band are really funny to see. This would be the last show of the Spring 87 semester, and the band wouldn't get back together until August where they would play a run of shows that introduced a handful of some of Trey's best writing.
I see this show as the final notch in the band's 'very early days' period. After this show, the band would play nearly every week, and in 88, about 10 shows a month, until the Fall, before any substantial break. From then on, the band would play constantly with only 1 or 2 month breaks until 1993 when they would be off for 4 months and record 'Hoist' in the fall. From here on, the band practices much more and the gigs are playing much more professionally and the music (and recordings) seriously improve.


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Lou Reed of the Velvet Underground Dies
Lou Reed, one of founders of the band The Velvet Underground and a leading figure in rock music, has died. He was 71 years old.
According to the Associated Press, he died of a liver-related ailment.
Born in Brooklyn and raised on Long Island, Reed was a guitarist, songwriter and photographer, and wrote such well-known songs as "Walk on the Wild Side," "Sweet Jane," and "Heroin." His influential work helped changed the course of rock music in the 1960s and 1970s and his solo career spanned several decades and was marked by great shifts in style.
What made Reed's songwriting special was its unflinching approach to documenting the New York scene and alternative culture. Sometimes clinical, sometime lyrical, and at times both, Reed wrote about the life (and death) he saw around him and captured it in his songs. Sex, drugs, homosexuality, depression and suicide were all topics in his songwriting, and nothing was off limits.
In his preface to "Pass Thru Fire: The Collected Lyrics," Reed wrote that he learned a work ethic and "the value of repetition" from Andy Warhol. He added "But I'd also learned that long ago from rock and roll and blues. I wanted to do these great monologues to a drum and guitar. I wanted to act the song. I wanted to write the play with the music of my heart. I love the New York accents. The psychology of the streets. And now as I am older the terrain of meditation, the lessons to be learned. And most of all: what to write about now."
Although the Velvet Underground, which Reed founded along with John Cale, never produced huge popular hits, the producer Brian Eno once famously remarked that the few people who bought the group's early recordings went out and "started a band."
In 2009, after gathering some friends together, folk-rock performer Beck recorded a track-by-track cover of the 1967 recording "The Velvet Underground & Nico." In an interview, Beck told Speakeasy that it was "an obvious choice. Everybody was familiar with it. It took us a couple of minutes to figure out the songs."
Reed remained engaged in pop music through this year. This summer, he reviewed rapper Kanye West's new album "Yeezus" for the website The Talkhouse. Reed wrote, "The guy has a real wide palette to play with. That's all over Yeezus. There are moments of supreme beauty and greatness on this record, and then some of it is the same old sh–. But the guy really, really, really is talented. He's really trying to raise the bar. No one's near doing what he's doing, it's not even on the same planet."
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WASHINGTON (January 16, 2013)—A National Rifle Association video referencing President Barack Obama's daughters is "repugnant and cowardly," administration spokesman Jay Carney said.
Carney said most Americans agree that a president's children should not be used as "pawns in a political fight."
The statement was in reference to an online video from the pro-gun lobby that calls Mr. Obama an "elitist hypocrite" for having armed Secret Service agents protect his daughters at school while not committing to the NRA's proposal to place armed guards in all schools in the U.S.
The NRA released the video ahead of Mr. Obama's announcement Wednesday of proposals for curbing the nation's gun violence.
The president is calling on Congress to enact universal background checks and ban assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines, measures the NRA opposes.
The gun lobby has instead called for armed guards in schools.


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Golgi starts and almost immediately cuts into the second verse and then sounds like another source was patched in, so I can't really say it was good or bad. My Friend has some rough spots in the intro while everyone gets settled in. The song itself was good. Rift had some bad timing as Fishman is a little fast in this one and it almost breaks down multiple times. Trey's solo was also sloppy because of this. Bouncing was good. Melt had a few spots, but a great jam. Reba, again, had spots, but was overall pretty good. The recording source changes again for a good "special" Lawn Boy. Chalk Dust rocks as usual. The Wedge is still being played the original way featuring Page, and was ok tonight. Paul was well played as was Antelope to round out this pretty good first set.
Nice rocking Axilla to start the second set. My Sweet One is well played although a little fast. Stash was pretty uneventful and is unfinished again. Not sure why they are doing that on this tour? It almost sounds like Trey is teasing Manteca after they blew it the last time. Lizards was pretty solid, maybe a few tiny spots off. Punch is getting better each time, but this one is a little too fast and still sloppy. ATR was well played. Mike's was a little more reserved tonight and had kind of a weak jam to it. Again the recording cuts into some talking over the beginning of another sloppy Hydrogen. Weekapaug was also a little fast and led into a surprising Nellie Kane debut. Not sure what prompted that, but it was ok. Weekapaug then goes unfinished right into HYHU. This brings Fish out for a slow Terrapin, the usual vacuum solo and an introduction of Paul only? Possum has a few rough spots, but is otherwise a good jam bringing the second set to a close.
Trey thanks someone for the monogrammed ears? And then everyone gets shushed for a pretty good Adeline which Trey says they just wrote on the fly tonight. Very funny... More bluegrass as we have a fast, sloppy Poor Heart to send everyone on their way.
Just pretty average overall tonight. Nothing too special, to my ears anyway, from this show, so I'm sticking to about three stars.


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By the time he joined the club, they had already transformed themselves into the Calgary Flames thus making Peplinski an original team member. From that point forward, the Ontario boy that became a man of Alberta, his adopted home.
Over his nine seasons with the club, he established himself as a solid and consistent performer who missed only 21 games during that time?five of which were lost so that he could play in the Calgary Olympics in 1988. During most of his career as a Flame, he was a team leader, skating alongside his co-captain and linemate, Lanny McDonald. Together, they lead the Flames through the great battles of Alberta that were waged against their provincial rival, the Edmonton Oilers.
The sad irony of Peplinski's career is that when the Flames finally won the Stanley Cup in 1989, he was scratched from the club's lineup for the final game. It was one of the toughest decisions ever made by coach Terry Crisp who was choked up at the thought of denying his team captain the final stroke of his long journey to the top.
Peplinski came back for six more games the following season before retiring to the broadcast booth where he established himself as an articulate colour analyst for the CBC. Five years later, however, at age 34, he inexplicably attempted an ill-fated comeback with the Flames that lasted only six games.


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AUGUSTA, Ga. – University of South Carolina Aiken volleyball player Shannon Byers has been chosen as the Peach Belt Conference Volleyball Player of the Week.
The league office made the announcement on Monday afternoon.
Byers (Morristown, Minn./Faribault HS) is the second Pacer to be named the league's Player of the Week this season. USC Aiken freshman Ashley Deidrich (Orlando, Fla./Dr. Phillips HS) received the honor on Monday, Sept. 17.
A three-time All-Peach Belt Conference selection, Byers wins the weekly honor for the first time in her career.
Byers hit .303 for the Pacers in their perfect 4-0 week last week. She averaged 4.18 kills per set. The senior in total had 46 kills and 29 digs last week.
Byers opened last week with a double-double in USC Aiken's 3-1 win over Augusta State. She closed out the win over the Jaguars with 16 kills and 11 digs.
In the Pacer win over UNC Pembroke on Friday, Sept. 28, Byers claimed 12 kills while hitting .478. She pounded out 13 kills in the win over Francis Marion on Saturday, Sept. 29. She had eight digs in both the wins over UNC Pembroke and Francis Marion. Byers closed out the week with five kills in a dominating Pacer win over Clark Atlanta.
She also had two service aces, two blocks and three assists last week.
Byers is presently 10th in the PBC in kills with 148 on the season. She is ninth in the league in kills per set (2.74). In conference matches only, Byers leads the league in kills (41) and kills per set (4.10).
Byers is also currently 16th in the league in digs with 144.
Byers and the rest of the Pacer volleyball team are currently in the midst of a nine-match winning streak.
USC Aiken next begins what will be a six-match road swing with two matches in Montevallo, Ala. on Saturday, Oct. 6. The Pacers will play league foe Montevallo first at 1 p.m. They will then square off with Alabama Huntsville at 3 p.m. The Alabama Huntsville match is USC Aiken's final non-conference match of the season.


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CONCORD -- A recent treatment breakthrough at John Muir Medical Center's Concord and Walnut Creek hospitals isn't pharmacological, surgical, or even strictly "medicine." It is music.
The one-and-a-half-year-old in-house Horizons Choir brings sweet relief to palliative care patients and their families. Palliative care bypasses medicine's pursuit of a cure and aims to relieve symptoms of stress and pain for seriously ill patients, regardless of their prognosis. John Muir Health Staff Chaplain and Horizons Choir director Erika Macs says her small band of singers seeks to be comforting and peaceful.
"This is singing for care, not for performance," the classically-trained pianist and onetime baritone sax player says. "Peace, light, and love are the themes we chose."
After a visit to John Muir's Walnut Creek campus from the Bay Area's Threshold Choir, an organization that now has approximately 100 chapters worldwide and sings for "those at the thresholds of life," Macs thought, "Why don't we do that here?"
Through word-of-mouth and an internal newsletter, advertising for the troupe has resulted in eight members, including chaplain residents and nursing administrators. The choir is currently all women, but Macs reports one man has expressed interest, and she hopes to attract more participants.
"We invite anyone who can carry a tune," she says. "We seek to create a mood, an atmosphere, not a performance."
The choir rehearses weekly, with one rehearsal period each month devoted to singing for patients. The repertoire includes popular songs, hymns, and even original compositions. Macs and the choir look for songs with inclusive language and adapt their selections to suit the patient's background or interests.
"We like to close with a Brahms lullaby. We hum when we sing it for adults, because the lyrics are right for children, but infantilizing for older patients," Macs says.
Spiritual Care Chaplain Birte Beuck says caring for the whole person is crucial.
"Offering music is part of that. John Muir (the preservationist) said we need both bread and beauty. Music is beyond the physical medicine and contributes comfort."
Macs says she sees an energy shift when Horizons sings, similar to the phenomenon she has observed at memorial services. Emotions held in check find their release and flow within what she says is "music's safe space."
Beuck agrees, recalling one family's tension and divisiveness.
"When we sang to them, it was a moment when they could come together," she remembers. "And for the family to see there are choir members giving attention to their dying loved one--it was comforting and moving."
Brenda Lippincott, a buyer in the John Muir Health Concord purchasing department since 2009, felt an urge to find a creative outlet and joined Horizons.
"I've always been musical," the Walnut Creek resident says, "I dropped it for years, then decided to pick it up."
She's discovered that patients aren't the only people who benefit from sharing the gift of music.
"A hospital isn't a great place to be, and if we can get somebody to be in a peaceful place, even for three minutes, it's a great gift. For them and for us. You can see a smile on their face, they relax. As a buyer, I don't have patient contact, so that's the benefit: seeing comfort in their eyes."
Macs says Horizons is not only singing for end-of-life patents -- resident chaplains on every unit of the hospital are finding patients eager to receive the choir. As the group grows and jells, they are increasingly able to respond to patient or family requests. "Amazing Grace" is the most commonly asked-for song, but one recent patient came from the Buddhist tradition and Macs found herself donning her compositional hat.
"I wrote a piece called 'Metta,' a reference to loving kindness meditation about being free from suffering and dwelling in the light," Macs says. "I changed a few words about healing that might have been too much to unpack for a seriously ill hospital patient. We don't perform stress; we aspire to peace."


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Driven by a more optimistic outlook among restaurant operators, the National Restaurant Association's (NRA) Restaurant Performance Index (RPI) rose to its highest level in five months.
The RPI—a monthly composite index that tracks the health of and outlook for the U.S. restaurant industry—stood at 100.6 in January, up 1.0 percent from December and its highest level since August 2012.
In addition, January represented the first time in four months that the RPI rose above 100, which signifies expansion in the index of key industry indicators.
"Although the current situation indicators were mixed January, restaurant operators were decidedly more optimistic about sales growth and the economy in the months ahead," says Hudson Riehle, senior vice president of the Research and Knowledge Group for the Association. "Operators' outlook for same-store sales, capital spending, and the overall economy all improved, which propelled the Expectations Index to its highest level in eight months."
The RPI is constructed so the health of the restaurant industry is measured in relation to a steady-state level of 100. Index values above 100 indicate that key industry indicators are in a period of expansion, while index values below 100 represent a period of contraction for key industry indicators.
The Index consists of two components: the Current Situation Index and the Expectations Index.
The Current Situation Index, which measures current trends in four industry indicators (same-store sales, traffic, labor, and capital expenditures), stood at 99.7 in January, up 0.6 percent from December's level.
Although restaurant operators reported net positive same-store sales results in January, softness in the customer traffic and labor indicators outweighed the performance, which resulted in a Current Situation Index reading below 100 for the fifth consecutive month.
Although restaurant operators reported net positive same-store sales for the 20th consecutive month, results remained mixed in January. Forty-four percent of restaurant operators reported a same-store sales gain between January 2012 and January 2013, while 37 percent of operators reported lower sales.
In December, 42 percent of operators reported higher same-store sales, while 38 percent reported a sales decline.
While overall sales remained positive in January, restaurant operators reported a net decline in customer traffic for the second consecutive month. Thirty-three percent of restaurant operators reported higher customer traffic levels between January 2012 and January 2013, while 40 percent of operators said their traffic declined.
In December, 31 percent of operators reported an increase in customer traffic, while 48 percent reported lower traffic levels.
Despite the mixed sales and traffic results, restaurant operators reported an increase in capital-spending activity. Fifty-two percent of operators saying they made a capital expenditure for equipment, expansion, or remodeling during the last three months, up from 45 percent who reported similarly last month.
The Expectations Index, which measures restaurant operators' six-month outlook for four industry indicators (same-store sales, employees, capital expenditures, and business conditions), stood at 101.6 in January, up 1.3 percent from December's level.
January's solid gain was driven by improvements in each of the forward-looking indicators, and resulted in the highest level for the Expectations Index in eight months.
Restaurant operators' outlook for sales growth continues to improve from the uncertain period surrounding the fiscal cliff at the end of 2012.
Forty-six percent of restaurant operators expect to have higher sales in six months (compared to the same period in the previous year), up from 37 percent last month and the highest level in seven months.
Meanwhile, 17 percent of restaurant operators expect their sales volume in six months to be lower than it was during the same period in the previous year, essentially unchanged from 16 percent last month.
For the first time in four months, restaurant operators have a net positive outlook for the overall economy. Thirty percent of restaurant operators said they expect economic conditions to improve in six months, up from just 17 percent last month.
Meanwhile, 20 percent of operators said they expect economic conditions to worsen in the next six months, down from 29 percent who reported similarly last month.
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13 Excuses Super-Fit Chicks Never Make
Hate to exercise? These expert tips will motivate you to reach for your running shoes
The trick is to continually search for workouts that are fun so you actually enjoy exercising. Aside from trying new classes at the gym, Williamson says, "I browse YouTube a lot to see what new stuff folks are trying out; it's interesting to see what some people do with little to no equipment."
But even if you do stick with your regular routine, Barry Jay, co-founder of Barry's Bootcamp, says you can create a fun environment to motivate yourself to get through even the most mundane routine. "Lighting, amazing music of all genres, and humor can help you push through a workout," he says.
Another way to keep exercise from getting old is to add in the element of competition, says Dr. Amir Vokshoor, MD, a neurosurgeon who studies the brain in relation to athletes at the DISC Sports and Spine Center in Marina del Rey, Calif. He explains that after awhile, anything we do repeatedly (like lifting weights or 30 minutes on the elliptical) becomes easier, and that's when our brain starts to resent the exercise. "When an exercise isn't fun anymore, the brain needs surprises, risk, and danger," says Vokshoor. "Competitive sports can give you that risk and danger."
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That's true not because you are skinny you can't eat anything. Exercise and proper nutrition is the key to be a healthy you
by Carl30 Friday, April 19, 2013 at 08:26AM Report as inappropriate
Great tips!
by tallredamanda Thursday, January 10, 2013 at 03:41PM Report as inappropriate
Interesting tip's... great advice if only I wasn't sick with LUPUS def. would love to be able to it all..
by Tlee Tuesday, January 8, 2013 at 10:12AM Report as inappropriate
Dang! I just got my slap in the face.
by Sari Monday, January 7, 2013 at 09:34PM Report as inappropriate
Love this. It just killed every excuse I've ever made and some I never even thought of.
by NillaButterfly Monday, December 24, 2012 at 09:18PM Report as inappropriate
Darn, this article shot down all my excuses. Now I guess I'll have to get off my lazy butt and exercise!
by WiccanLady Tuesday, November 27, 2012 at 02:40PM Report as inappropriate
Great article.
by nicky22 Tuesday, November 27, 2012 at 11:41AM Report as inappropriate
This article does a nice job at pointing out hurtles in adopting a lifestyle of working out. It does not however emphasize the lifestyle changes needed to keep fit beyond working out. Simply creating habits like walking a mile to work from the bus stop and going out of your way to be thoughtful of the food you eat, makes a much greater difference in health than a rigorous work out regime without lifestyle change.
by summerlotus5 Tuesday, November 27, 2012 at 06:11AM Report as inappropriate
Definitely guilty of a few of these
by kimihavens Monday, November 5, 2012 at 12:57PM Report as inappropriate
excuses come so easily! i used to do that and ever since i just stopped making them, i have been feeling so much better about myself and it feels great!
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This is from BowieNet earlier today. The interpretation is not mine, but another fan's. I posted earlier in the "news, views, etc" forum the complete lyrics of New Killer Star. Now here is one fan's interpretation of them:New Killer Star See a great white scar - The planes coming to the WTC Over Battery park - Where the WTC was located near Then a flare glides over - The planes Hit the WTC But I wonĺt look at that scar - Sailor won't look at the holes, like all the vistors do when they come here..I have yet been there.. Oh, my nuclear baby - Bombs , or planes used as a bomb Oh, my idiot trance - shocked by the whole thing All my idiot questions - " Why , Why, Why Letĺs face the music and dance - Concert for NYC - I was there.. Donĺt ever say Iĺm ready, Iĺm ready, Iĺm ready - We ( NYC) were so unprepared I never said Iĺm better, Iĺm better, Iĺm better - I living in the USA, and in NYC, never said I was better than anyone in this world, we are all equals..People THINK we see us as better..wrong.. Donĺt ever say Iĺm ready, Iĺm ready, Iĺm ready - Same as above I never said Iĺm better, Iĺm better, Iĺm better than you All the corners of the buildings - which are not there anymore Who but we remember these - I see still them there ( In my mind) The sidewalks and trees - Which were replanted and starting to look good Iĺm thinking now - Wishing for a better future for all I got a better way - No more War and Hate.. I discovered a star - The mind, and understanding I got a better way - Lets live in peace..please Ready set go - Lets START now.. I got a better way A new killer star I got a better way Ready set go I got a better way The stars in your eyes I got a better way Ready set go I got a better way I discovered a star I got a better way Ready set go All my life in a comic - Living in love and fear Like the way they did the bible - Lots of shit happen back then With the bubbles and action - living life The little details in color - Dreams and memories.. First a horseback bomber - The highjackers Just a small thin chance - Never thought it happen in that way.. Like seeing Jesus on Dateline - so unbelieveable Letĺs face the music and dance - Get real - REALITY Peace to all my brothers ans sisters around the word.. I as a person, love everyone, and I am not better than anyone, BUT no one is better than me either.. No one has the right to take a life.. Lets just work on our own lives and make it better for each other.. Hey we all live on the same plant, dammit.. Interesting, innit? Zigbot
This was Sailor's response to the fan interpreting New Killer Star:"Very touched by your interpretation of NKS. It's extremely close to what was in my mind at the time of writing. I won't be more specific as, to my mind, it's important to leave space for others interpretations."Sooooo, anyone else have a different interpretation, or want to add anything to the first? Nice song. sailor Zigbot
You know, the person behind the name "Sailor" is not David Bowie. Its' his wife Iman.But honestly I'd delete this post if I were you. I'm sure you can write a better one.
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You know, the person behind the name "Sailor" is not David Bowie. It's his wife Iman.
You mean she wrote the lyrics for New Killer Star and he's taking the credit for it? What a bastard.Research has pierced all extremes of my sex
My only problem is with the interpreation of the Bible bit. Whoever wrote it just took apart that whole lyric, and made in meaningless! "Like the way they did the bible - Lots of shit happen back then" and "The little details in color - Dreams and memories.. " -- what? I'm much more inclined to think that rather than being all dreamy, he's being critical. He's saying the events have been reduced from their true complex form to a comic book, good-and-evil. The subtlety and ramifications of a work like the Bible turned into an "action" cartoon, easy to understand. Especially, since as nigelp pointed out, "New Killer" is a pun on "nuclear," this seems to be a slightly bitter commentary on the war, and how instead of tackling the complex issues that incited the attack, we're just sending our enemies our "nuclear baby." So much easier that way.Marc.But I didn't throw up, and that's what's important. --Glitterbot
Thx for those Lyrics Zigbot, ill wait myself until ive even heard the song before i do an interpretation.Having said that....I will say this much struck me as plain.There is a twisted comparison between Jesus and Bin Laden."First a horseback bomber Just a small thin chance Like seeing Jesus on Dateline "Jesus riding on horseback into Jerusalem prior to his death is compared to the bomber. "Like seeing Jesus on dateline" is saying Bin Laden public appearances have a messianic impression (Bin Laden with his long beard and penetrating eyes). And the numbers of followers worldwide he is attracting."I discovered a star like the stars in your eyes"The new killer star is also new testament related (in addition to other relations), Star appeared in the sky over Bethlehem before Jesus Birth. Also he discovered a new star on the Stars and Stripes flag of america. "Like the stars in your eyes" is also a reference to patriotic fanaticism gripping the US post 9/11, this is also a reference to not being able to see clearly, vision clouded, "Stars in your eyes".
Okay, so if that's what Bowie really wanted to say, then why didn't he just say it?This would have been a better lyric (I just copy and paste from your translation/interpretation):"New Killer Star" Planes came to the World Trade Center Planes hit the World Trade Center I won't look at the holesLike all the vistors do when they come hereI have yet been therePlanes used as bombs I'm shocked by the whole thing Why, Why, Why Concert for New YorkI was thereWe, New York, were so unprepared I, living in the USA, and in New York, never said I was better than anyone in this worldWe are all equalsPeople THINK we see us as betterWrong---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Much better. YOU'RE WEARING A MASK
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Jesus riding on horseback into Jerusalem prior to his death is compared to the bomber.
Jesus rode a donkey into Jerusalem.Don't believe in yourselfDon't deceive with beliefKnowledge comes with death's release
First impression, I'd take the word star like superstar, not light in the sky. Maybe like Bin Laden WAS the superstar of killing...now we're (America?) the new Killer Star? I dunno, like gnoome, I'll have to come back later. I should've quit when I was a Head.
I concur totally with eraserhead; the new lyric's much better. All we need now is a meaningful title. and santa claus is drunk... in the ski room