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A regular reader emailed me, saying, "All of my married female friends talk about sex like it's a disease you can catch. They whine and complain about their husbands wanting to get it on. Am I crazy for loving sex? Who's abnormal, them or me?"
On the same day, a friend emailed the following quote:
"Marriage has many pains, but celibacy has no pleasures."—Samuel Johnson (1709-84)
Apparently Samuel didn't know about this thing called The Celibate Marriage.
I have a take on sex and marriage that isn't always very popular among women. It's this: sex is good. We should all try to have more of it. If you don't want to have sex with your spouse, something is wrong and it's probably one of the following 8 problems.
8 Reasons Why You Don't Want to Have Sex
You are not attracted to your husband. Has he let himself go? It's really okay to talk to him about various turn-offs that he can take steps to do something about. Does he need some more work in the brushing and flossing department? Would you like him to do something about those nose hairs? Do the two of you need to start a fitness program together? Would you like him to dress up every once in a while? Those ratty old sweat pants with the paint stains just aren't doing it for you? He can't know that you need these things unless you ask. Believe me: if he thinks he's going to get rewarded for trimming his nose hairs, he will trim his nose hairs.
You have equipment failure. If sex is uncomfortable, mention it to your gynecologist. You might have endometriosis or another condition that makes sex uncomfortable. If vaginal dryness is an issue, try organic coconut oil. It's safe. It's effective, and it feels like the real thing. It's better than any vaginal lubricant sold at any store. Seriously. I've tried all of them. Just don't use it with condoms because it can break down the latex.
You have an underlying medical problem. Usually, it's depression, but any number of other health problems can completely obliterate your sex drive. It's worth getting a full check up.
You are embarrassed by your naked body. Do something about your body image, then, because it's probably ruining more than just your sex life. I suggest the following. 1) Go to the beach or a swimming pool. Check out other women who are larger than you. Ask yourself, "Does she really look terrible?" The answer to that question, if you are looking at a truly confident woman who carries herself well, is, "No. She looks great." 2) Start a health program that will allow you to feel good in your body. Note I did not say "diet program." Some of the most tortured women wear a size 2. They don't need to lose weight. They just need to learn how to feel good. So get fit. Eat healthy, and do other things that allow you to feel healthy. 3) Stand naked in front of your husband. See what happens. He likes your naked body, and he can prove this to you without using his words. 4) Have sex with the lights on and with your eyes open. Do this as often as needed, until you feel good about yourself. 5) Ask him to tell you that he thinks you are sexy and beautiful, because he really does think this. He just forgets to tell you, because he thinks you already know.
You work too much. Stress and exhaustion can obliterate your sex drive. Instead of feeling horny, you just feel tense. Learn to interpret tension for what it is: You really need to get laid, sister! Trust me. An orgasm is the best tension release there is. It's better than running. It's better than meditation. It's even better than wine and chocolate. Also, do something to reduce your stress load. Delegate household tasks. Make it a firm rule that you will not work at night or on the weekends. Build relaxation into your daily routine. Make it your goal to always be a little bit bored. Your drive will return.
You were sexually abused. Whenever men tell me that their girlfriends or wives "don't like sex," my first question is always, "Was she abused when she was younger?" I've yet to get a "No." Past sexual abuse can really do a number on your sexual psyche. Even if you think you are "over it," you probably aren't. This is a complex topic, and I delve deeper into it in Sex Advice: Part 2.
You don't feel adored by your husband. Sex requires a certain amount of vulnerability. If your spouse belittles you whenever you are out of the bedroom, it will be difficult for you to let your guard down and relax in the bedroom. It takes a full 24 hours for a woman to get in the mood. If your spouse does anything during that 24 hours to annoy you, it's an automatic turn off as far as sex as concerned. Explain this to him, and take some time to teach him how to romance you. If you feel absolutely adored by your husband, you will want to have sex with him.
He doesn't know how to please you in bed. If his idea of sex is crawling on top of you and banging away until he's done, then I can understand why you'd rather be filing your nails than lying underneath his body. You can do something about this though. It starts with you. Spend some time pleasuring yourself. That's the only way you are going to figure out what you like and need. Once you've become a Jedi Master at bringing yourself to orgasm, teach him how to do the same thing. Also, give him the book How to Give Her Absolute Pleasure by Lou Paget. Lou is a woman, by the way.
Did I miss a good reason not to have married sex? Do you wish I provided more advice? Do you have a sexual issue that I did not address? Do you have a suggestion for something you'd like me to explain in a future blog? Do you disagree with every single thing I wrote? Email me or leave a comment.


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|Tokyo, March 22, 2001 -- Honda
Motor Co., Ltd. announced that it has developed a breakthrough emissions
control system in conjunction with Catalytic Solutions, Inc. (CSI), of Oxnard,
Calif. The new system greatly reduces the use of costly precious metals,
while reducing emissions to a level 50% less than those set by the Japanese
government in 2000.
Honda holds a 10 percent stake in CSI. The company was founded in 1996 by Steve Golden and has focused on the development of advanced materials technologies and their applications to catalysts.
The emission control technology uses perovskites and other metal oxides, allowing for a 50 to 70 percent reduction in the use of precious metals such as platinum, palladium and rhodium. To achieve the full benefits of the system, control of the air/fuel ratio and early catalytic activation are important. These are key attributes of Honda's advanced low emission technology.
Honda has been evaluating the performance benefits of the technology with CSI since 1999. The technology will be implemented for the first time on a new Honda StepWGN model to be introduced in Japan this April. Plans call for the technology to be applied to other Honda models in markets around the world in the years ahead, including the U.S.
CSI developed the new catalytic coating materials used in the perovskite three-way catalyst. These materials include unique crystal structures that convert and reduce oxides of nitrogen, hydrocarbons and carbon monoxide. The two companies worked together to optimize the properties for Honda's automotive catalysts, with Honda's air/fuel ratio control and early catalytic activation capabilities playing a key role.
In September 1999, Honda announced its Year 2005 targets for fuel consumption and exhaust gas purification for automobiles sold in Japan:
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In this free mini-class, Kristin Link of Sew, Mama, Sew! leads you through two fun and easy projects you're sure to love.
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What materials did you use? An Australian Print with former Famous Food Brand Labels, I picked up as a skirt in a thrift shop, unpicked it to create a bag for each of my grandchildren to carry their precious toys around in. The Soft Bag is lined, features a handle and hook loop for mum. There's a pocket that goes all around the bag and I topped it off with a pretty cool, pieced base. All up, I made four and the project took me a week of evenings in my sewing room. Enjoy
What are you most proud of? My attention to detail. Double stitched seams for detail and some basic quilting.
Very cute and recycle fabric, way to go!
Thank you Nana C
These are wonderful. Love the fabric. I'm impressed with how you have matched everything so it looks like one piece.
Thank you Lynne - heaps of fun.My eldest daughter wants one for her knitting. She's given me tonal requirments.
Very cool, how great you are creating for your grand children! very fun.. making great memories for you and them :)
Thank you mlfritz - my grandchildren are one of my main focuses when it comes to my sewing projects. Hugs
excellent work! your grandchildren are sure to get lots of fun out of these - your pieced bottoms are a nice touch
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Walton Goggins on SXSW 'Predators' Preview, New FX Series 'Justified'
Throughout his 20-year career, actor Walton Goggins has been everything from a pilot to a frontiersman, but is best known as Detective Shane Vendrell, the loose cannon cop he played for seven seasons on FX's gritty police drama "The Shield." On March 16, Goggins returns to FX in "Justified," a modern-day Western based on Elmore Leonard's novella, "Fire in the Hole." On the show, Goggins plays Boyd Crowder, a white supremacist and nemesis to Timothy Olyphant's U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens.
The native Southerner also stars in "Predators," a Robert Rodriguez-produced sequel to Arnold Schwarzenegger's 1987 action thriller, which is sneak-peaking at the South By Southwest Film Festival in Austin, TX later tonight. (The film opens nationwide July 9.) "Literally every movie my business partner and I have made has played the Austin Film Festival or SXSW," Goggins recently told Speakeasy, "so I think the world of that town."
The Wall Street Journal: You initially turned down the role of Boyd. Why?
I didn't want to play another Southern character. But then I got a call from Tim Olyphant, who's an old friend, and [executive producer] Graham Yost, and I told them, if you'll let Boyd be the smartest man in the room and on the same intellectual level with Rayland, and we do something that hasn't been done before and help break these stereotypes, then I'm in.
Your character undergoes a religious conversion. Would you consider yourself a spiritual person?
I characterize myself as seeker. I grew up in a Southern Baptist church and was disillusioned by it. But later in life I did this movie with Robert Duvall called "The Apostle," and that greatly influenced me as a person and an artist. There are remnants of that experience in Boyd's proselytizing. In one episode, Boyd gets the opportunity to preach in front of 50 people and it was an extraordinary experience.
You have a production company, and many people may not know but you've won an Oscar.
My first short film, "The Accountant," was actually nominated for an Oscar the first season I was on "The Shield." I remember Michael Chiklis saying to me that I should submit the short. Luckily we had already gone down that road, and it was fortuitous, to say the least. To use the metaphor of wearing multiple hats, it's true, they are stacked 10 high on your head when you're making an independent film. Going through that experience on the short just whetted my appetite for keeping that busy mentally.
You play a lot of emotionally tortured characters. How do you relax after a job?
For the last 10 years, whenever I finish a job, I take a trip alone and loose myself in a new culture for anywhere from a month to six or seven weeks. I stay in hotels that cost $3 a night and eat for $1 a day. It's wonderful, and I upload the pictures to my blog.
Where do you want to go next?
I want to take "Predators" to the troops. I'm trying to get a screening set up for the soldiers in Afghanistan. I think they would love the movie and it would be a great evening. So if that's a possibility, I would swing through Budapest, Egypt and Jordan. That'd be a great trip.
Speaking of "Predators," what can we expect at the film's SXSW debut?
I haven't seen it yet, but I saw the dailies, and it's unf—ing-believable. We started in Hawaii before moving to Austin, TX, where they built this 360 degree stage that mimicked Hawaii. There are quite a few CGI elements, but there wasn't a lot of green screen work — that's us in the scenes. There's one shot that happened in real time, of a fall off a cliff down a waterfall, that no one — including me, if I hadn't been there — will believe is real. It's the most stunning shot I've ever seen.


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Free public domain sheet music from IMSLP / Petrucci Music Library
Page for the Gaylord Music Library Acquisition Project
- Webpages: Special Collections, Krick Guitar Music Collection.
The general goal is to serve as a mirror for PDFs presently located in the online catalogs of the Gaylord Music Library of Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. It will not be possible to duplicate every title from the Gaylord Music Library because of Canada's 50pma copyright term, however most of the approximately 1200 titles in the Gaylord catalog are public domain in Canada, too. Contributors need to take note of the death date for the last surviving author, as any work of an author who died less than 50 years ago remains under copyright in Canada.
Project Leader: Perlnerd666
Carolus, KGill, Mikemoral, Jawher MATMATI
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- {{GaylordURL}} — use in "Scanner" field
Uploading is underway.
Completed composers
- Foden, William (1860-1947)
- Bayly, Thomas Haynes (1797–1839)
- Vieuxtemps, Henri (1820-1881)
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10:00am – 327 Graff Main Hall
July 15, 2009
Members: Joe Heim, Kerrie Hoar, Becky LeDocq, Adrienne Loh (via conference call) & Bart Van Voorhis
Visitors: Bob Hoar
Chair's Report:
- Furloughs: January 15, 2010, and January 14, 2011, have been forwarded to UWS as official all-university furlough days for UWL. Since these dates fall during J-term, they will need to be approved by Faculty Senate as non-instructional days. SEC will bring the following motion to the first Faculty Senate meeting of the 2009-10 academic year for approval. The Faculty Senate designates January 15, 2010, and January 14, 2011, as non-instructional days. (M/S/P)
- Dates: The following dates will be scheduled for fall semester Faculty Senate meetings: 9/17, 10/1, 10/15, 10/29, 11/12, 12/3 & 12/17 (if needed). Spring dates will be scheduled as soon as the BOR has approved their spring meeting dates.
Posterous Website (Bob Hoar): This website could be used to keep the campus
community and committees updated on what is going on in Faculty Senate and
its committees. Very simply, this website is a free service for educational
entities. Each committee would have its own "blog" site to which all
agendas and minutes could be added by simply including the blogs email
address in the committee email list.
- How does this site differ from the Faculty Senate website? Agendas are not posted to the FS website and there is a significant time lag for the posting of minutes.
- What if something is posted by accident? Someone will be in charge of monitoring this site and committee chairs/secretaries would need to be instructed on what items should be included on this website.
- When would we begin using this site? Fall 2009 implementation.
- SEC will discuss Posterous further at its next meeting.
- Committee Nominations:
- Joint Promotion Committee: (M/S/P)
2-year continuing term
Gwen Achenreiner
Tom Kernozek
Kim Vogt
Gubbi Sudhakaran (replacement for Bruce Riley)
1-year continuing term
Roger Haro
Sharon Jessee
Aaron Monte
Ronda Smith
3-year continuing term:
Gary Walth
Jodi Vandenberg-Daves
Gary Gilmore
Steve Senger
- Consultative Layoff: (M/S/P)
2-year continuing term
Joe Anderson (CLS) – Associate
Eric Kraemer (CLS) – Professor
Mark Gibson (SAH) - Assistant
1-year continuing term
Sandra Krajewski (CLS) – Professor
Gwyn Straker (SAH) – Assistant
Andrew Stapleton (CBA) (replacement for Paul Keaton)
3-year continuing term
Diane Morrison (CBA)
Bruce Osterby (SAH)
Bradley Butterfield (CLS)
- IAS Career Progression Committee: (M/S/P)
2-year continuing term
Suzanne Anglehart – SAH
Kerrie Hoar - SAH
1-year continuing term
Elise Denlinger (IAS Committee Rep) – CLS
Melissa Wallace - CLS
3-year continuing term
Betsy Knowles – CBA
Thomas Reinert - CLS
- Committee on Faculty Committees: (M/S/P)
Steve Brokaw - convener
Virginia Crank
Tom Gendreau
Jeff Baggett
Deb Hoskins
- Senate Elections Committee: (M/S/P)
Joe Anderson
Jennifer Miskowski
Sarah Shillinger
- Ombudspersons: (M/S/P)
Mike Abler - SAH
Kim Vogt - CLS
Keith Sherony – CBA
It was mentioned that the role and availability of Ombudspersons needs to be better communicated to the campus community.
- Faculty Senate Replacements: Both Bruce Riley (at-large senator) and Brian Udermann (SAH senator) will need to be replaced due to their new administrative duties. Chuck Lee may be a viable candidate for the at-large seat. The SAH seat has no backups from the latest election, so names will need to be submitted. SEC will discuss seat replacements at its next meeting.
- Faculty Senate Standing Committee Charges for 2009-10: Special charges were discussed (through Hearing committee). The discussion will be continued at the next SEC meeting.
Adjourned at 12:06pm.
Respectfully submitted by Kerrie Hoar, secretary


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Washington Capitals hockey player Alexander Ovechkin watches a second round women's doubles match between Serena Williams and Venus Williams of the United States against Maria Kirilenko and Nadia Petrova of Russia at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships at Wimbledon, England, Wednesday, July 4, 2012. Game, set and goal for hockey's Ovechkin and tennis' Maria Kirilenko, who are planning to tie the knot.THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Alastair Grant
2012-12-31 12:57:00
WASHINGTON - Game, set and goal for hockey's Alex Ovechkin and tennis' Maria Kirilenko, who are planning to tie the knot.
The Washington Capitals forward and two-time NHL MVP took to Twitter on Monday and announced: "We are engaged !!!!!!! )))))))))"
Ovechkin's agent also offered congratulations to the Russian couple.
Ovechkin is 27 and has been playing in Moscow during the NHL lockout. Kirilenko is 25 and is 14th in the WTA world rankings.


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146 Dances for Harpsichord (Anonymous)
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Work contains 146 dances of various types: French and Italian titles, some generic, some programmatic, some taken from theatrical works. Most are anonymous, but some have been identified, and are listed in this item's RISM entry. Several pieces ascribed to 'Julien', in this case violinist Louis-Julien Clarchies (1769-1814). Other named authors are harpist Nicolas Dezède (1740-1792), Vincent, Goraud, Shellin. A detailed listing of the contents of this work can be found in RISM-A/II-000124740.
- Scores from the University of Louisville Music Library
- Scores from the Ricasoli Collection - University of Louisville Music Library
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- Waltzes
- Dances
- Country dances
- Polonaises
- Allemandes
- Anglaises
- For harpsichord
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Lem's latest: Martinez faces pressure of pride vs. Garcia
Puerto Rico's Roman "Rocky" Martinez will put his WBO junior lightweight belt on the line against RING featherweight champion Mikey Garcia on Saturday.
Puerto Rico's Roman "Rocky" Martinez will put his WBO junior lightweight belt on the line against RING featherweight champion Mikey Garcia on Saturday.
RING featherweight champion Mikey Garcia could rise into the junior lightweight ranks to challenge WBO beltholder Roman "Rocky" Martinez.
Mikey Garcia could challenge junior lightweight beltholder Rocky Martinez in the fall.
Giovanni Segura could return to the ring against unbeaten Jonathan Gonzalez on Aug. 17.
Featherweight champ Mikey Garcia believes Floyd Mayweather Jr. will remain undefeated and win a unanimous decision over Canelo Alvarez.
IBF welterweight titleholder Devon Alexander broke his hand in the first round of Saturday night's seventh-round technical knockout victory over Lee Purdy.
IBF welterweight beltholder Devon Alexander said that he wants "to send a statement to everybody at 147" that he's "a force to be reckoned with" by defeating Lee Purdy on Saturday, perhaps by knockout.
Shane Mosley's lawyer says the fighter will challenge Paulie Malignaggi on April 27
Former beltholder Juan Manuel Lopez wiill try to rebound from his second knockout loss to Orlando Salido when he returns to the ring on Feb. 2 against Aldimar Silva Santos in Lopez's native Puerto Rico.
Retired Shane Mosley lists the top 10 fights that meant the most to him over his illustrious career.


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> Is it possible to somehow trigger an SSH session from inside a network,
> so that I can use an SSH session from outside the network into the
> network? For example by having a program (crontab) or something
> initiating the SSH session from inside the network to a specific
> IP-address and port number? The problem is that it is not possible to
> directly ssh into the network from outside the network.
I believe you could setup an ssh session from inside to outside
machine. As part of that session, try including port forwarding, of
say port 6666 of the outside box to the inside box port 22. See the
man page for ssh and look at the -R option.
insidebox$ ssh -R6666:127.0.0.1:22 email@example.com
This will forward all traffic hitting outsidebox port 6666 to port 22
of the insidebox.
Then, if you have an ssh server setup on the inside box,
outsidebox$ ssh -p 6666 firstname.lastname@example.com
I think would get you where you want to go.
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My parents used to sell a cake in their bakery which was made of two brioche-like sponges, sandwiched together with a thick, bright yellow custard and sprinkled on top with flaked almonds. This vanilla-rich cake was called a Bee-Sting, a funny name for a cake which I didn't think much about as a child, preferring to concentrate my efforts on how many slices I could eat before my mum would put the remaining slices out on the counter to sell. Thinking now about the name, I can only laugh out loud at what it might imply!
When I first flicked through The Cake Stall by The Australian Women's Weekly, I came across this recipe for Rhubarb Custard Tea Cake and was instantly reminded of the Bee-Sting. But unlike the Bee-Sting where the custard is added after the cake is baked, here, the custard layer is baked as part of the cake, producing a wonderfully layered cake straight from the oven. I couldn't wait to try this recipe but first had to wait for rhubarb to come into season. And when I spotted the bright pink stems at the supermarket recently, I knew that I had a treat in store.
Being an Australian Women's Weekly recipe, this cake is fairly easy to put together, not least because the custard is made using custard powder, an ingredient which is also incorporated into the cake batter to provide some colour (yellow), add flavour (vanilla) and also create lightness (from the cornflour). I used Bird's custard powder in this recipe, but you could use any brand you like.
Although the recipe stipulates 300 g (about 4 stalks) of rhubarb, I found that I barely used one stalk. My husband would be the first to tell you that maths is not my strong point, and I couldn't for the life of me work out how to fit more rhubarb onto the cake, particularly if I was using the photo in the book as a guide. I guess one could squeeze in more rhubarb on top of the cake, with the prerequisite of some geometry skills. The rhubarb shrinks ever so slightly on baking but more or less keeps its shape.
The cake itself tastes delicious and is sure to impress at any afternoon tea party. I was relieved to find that the custard layer was firm upon slicing, yet with still enough wobble to provide a contrasting texture to the cake. Though I can't help but feel that the cake could have benefitted from some more rhubarb, perhaps as an additional layer above the custard. Maybe I'll try that next time. For now, I'm super-pleased with this recipe and would happily make it again.
Rhubarb Custard Tea Cake … the long way
If custard powder is not available where you live, I would suggest replacing the custard powder in the cake batter with an equal quantity of cornflour (cornstarch) plus a teaspoon or two of vanilla extract. For the custard layer in the cake, I would suggest making a custard from scratch using cornflour (cornstarch) as a thickener.
The following is a recipe which I have tried and tested, producing an equally-delicious cake. You won't have the same bright yellow colour in both the cake and custard, but this version is certainly much more elegant, owing in part to the pale yellow custard which is flecked with vanilla seeds.
As a slight variation to the cake above, and in an attempt to squeeze more rhubarb into the cake, this time I sliced the rhubarb into 1 cm pieces and arranged them on top of the cake before sprinkling with granulated sugar. The result is a much more rustic-looking cake than the previous version, but it still looked and tasted delicious.
A Few Notes
Thank you to those who have tried this wonderful cake and have left some valuable feedback. Your comments are always much appreciated, both for me and other readers who would like to try this recipe.
When making this cake, please bear in mind that, because the batter does not contain any liquid, it will be quite thick but it should still be spreadable. So rather than pouring the batter into the cake tin as you would usually, here, you will be spooning and dolloping the mixture into the tin, coaxing it with a small spoon or spatula to make it cover the area of the tin. The stiff batter had me a little worried when I first made the cake, but I was pleasantly surprised by how it turned out. Though, I shouldn't have been surprised since the recipes by the Australian Women's Weekly are triple-tested!
So don't be too alarmed if your batter is thicker than your usual cake batter. Trust that it will work out in the end 🙂
When applying the batter on top of the custard, one trick is to dollop small spoonfuls across the surface, and to then use a small spoon or spatula to join up each dollop before evening out the layer. This is much easier than dolloping half the batter onto the custard and trying to spread it out!
Despite these tips to handle the thick batter, this recipe is rather simple to follow and I hope you will give it a try 🙂
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If you love this recipe for Rhubarb Custard Tea Cake, you might also like these delicious Rhubarb & Vanilla Friands …
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Because stupid things always happen on Clark Street, and stupid things tend to happen on or near me.
Friday, September 03, 2010
Mike Wolfe's Non-Fake Girlfriend: The Interview
To truly understand this post, you need to read Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3. I'll wait.
OK, let's roll.
I have a confession to make. I actually do know Mike Wolfe's non-fake girlfriend. Her name is Jodi, and she is now my roommate. See, once she figured out Mike was trying to win me back and NOTHING could stop him, she realized that their relationship couldn't handle the strain. Poor thing.
So Jodi packed her bags and showed up on my doorstop one night in the pouring rain. When I opened the door, that really sad music from that one sad movie was actually playing in the background. I have no idea how she got a sound-system to follow her around like that, but it was very dramatic and effective.
I explained to her that I can't control Mike Wolfe. He will do as he pleases. She was shocked and horrified to learn of our whirlwind fake love affair via the Internet. Especially when she sat down on the couch, cuddled up with the superfly kittehs, and realized how amazingly hot I am. Especially when I'm in my comfy pants and haven't showered for two days. I decided to put on deodorant, offer her some stale wine my sister left in the fridge a year ago, and interview her.
BLONDIE: Jodi, I'm sorry this is happening. Well, not really. But whatevs. How long have you been with Mike?
JODI: 16 years! He played on the fact that we were both Scorpios and convinced me to go on a bicycle ride with him in the country.
BLONDIE: Yeah, he's totally sneaky like that. He likes to prey on people's weaknesses. But 16 years!! I've only been in my fake relationship with him for like 2 seasons? It's amazing how such a long-term relationship could be knocked out in such a short amount of time. BUT BACK TO ME. Focus! So I know there are fans out there who adore Mike and all, but how do you feel about ME being such a priority in his life? I mean, look and what he and my sister have been up to!
JODI: I know! I'm shocked. He has always been so loyal to me and our girls (Scout & Ruby)! You must have something he can't resist and this is why I am on your doorstep in the rain to find out.
I interrupt this interview to bring you the beloved Ruby:
And the superfly Scout:
At this point, I just kind of lifted my hands up and suggested that she look around the house. And at me in my comfy pants. I mean, come on. What is there not to love??
BLONDIE: When Mike is on the road, I know he's always trying to call me. For some reason my phone doesn't receive these calls, but I know they are ALWAYS coming in. How do (or should I say did) you two deal with the long-distance element?
JODI: Well, I see him every 2 weeks and now I will be monitoring his Blackberry for these calls when I am with him! I also fly out to join him and the crew on some picks occasionally which breaks up our time apart. But wait. I guess it doesn't matter now...
BLONDIE: No it doesn't. I can see from the moving van you brought with you (sigh, you are embarrassing me with that thing in front of the neighbors and the goats, but I feel sorry for you so I won't make you move it--for now) that you are planning on moving to Farmsville. I know you want to live with me and all, and I suppose I can make room for you on the couch (no, you can't have that spare bedroom that no one sleeps in) to be closer to Mike somehow through me. But what can you tell me about LeClaire?
JODI: Excuse my large moving van. You don't recognize it as the Antique Archaeology van anymore as I took a sledgehammer to it and painted it lime green the minute I found out about you! As for LeClaire, I consider it one of the most beautiful places in Iowa! We gaze at the Mississippi River right out our bedroom window. We watch the pelicans in the summer and the eagles in the winter (that is, before you came along), and we absolutely love the history of our Riverboat town. The people are amazing and you just know you're "home" when you come to LeClaire.
Pauses to throw up stunningly beautiful photo of what she's talking about:
BLONDIE: Oh, that is lovely. Go back. I mean. Um. Next question. I can only support you financially for so long. What are you going to do to contribute to my household? I mean, what do you do for a living?
JODI: I work in the agricultural equipment industry as an accountant. When I first met Mike, he told me he was looking for an accountant and that's how he kept me talking to him for 4 years. Don't tell me he tried this on you as well?
BLONDIE: (BLEEP! I'm TERRIBLE at numbers!) No, um. He hasn't tried that with me. He's more attracted to the incredible amount of time I spend with my parents even though I'm a grown woman. But moving on. I field phone calls from The History Channel like allllll day long because they want me to appear in public with Mike or do press for American Pickers. We haven't seen you on the scene--why not?
JODI: The show isn't about me and Mike. The show is about finding that lost treasure and discovering those forgotten places. There is enough drama on TV already. Let's keep this show about what we all know and love--JUNK!
BLONDIE: Well said. I like that one a lot. Here, have a cracker. Good girl. For all of the people who come to my blog with the keyword search "Mike Wolfe's girlfriend," is there anything you would like us to know about him? Is there anything I should know about him since he isn't going to stop courting me until we are surgically conjoined?
JODI: Mike is exactly the guy you see on Monday nights. He's full of energy, passionate about what he does, and is the funniest person I have ever met. We laugh every day. He is also a very creative person--ideas bounce around in his head 24/7. I love that about him. I'm never bored.
BLONDIE: And what should we know about you? Other than the fact that (clearly) you are now obsessed with me as well?
JODI: I am just a girl from Iowa. I love my dogs (and all animals for that matter). I hold my friends as close as my family. I'm passionate about gardening, doing anything outdoors, and good wine! I also love to go picking, however sometimes Mike doesn't like that as I like to keep things and he likes to flip them!
BLONDIE: Sigh. You're purty and neat. I think I will keep you.
At this point, I had to stop the interview because the dear heart burst into tears. I calmed her down by taking her outside and hosing her off while I watered the garden. Then I gave her some extra birdseed to munch on and locked her in the attic.
Meanwhile, somewhere out there in picking land, Mike Wolfe was busily trying to call me and email me and wondering why there were women's clothes left in his closet because he had INSTANTLY forgotten about Jodi's existence the minute she left. Because he was so focused on ME. Of course. I took her moving van/Antique Archeology van down to the river and dumped it in there next to the dead bodies of other people who have tried to mess with me over the years. Wait. Did I say that out loud?
That night, as I snuggled into bed with my cats and my book, I could hear Jodi whimpering from the attic. She tapped on the door that leads from my bedroom to the attic a few times, but it was all muffled from all of the things I had piled in front of the door. This was like a week ago. She's stopped making noises now, so I think she's settled in nicely. But she totally must need a shower because there is a funky odor in Farmhouse Villa now... Oh well. It will go away eventually. It always does.
NOTE: A big thank you to Jodi for being the amazing woman she is--and for having such a sense of humor about my fake relationship with her real-life boyfriend. In reality, she's been in on the gag since right AFTER the very first post, and I thank her for it. So now that we all know she's out there and Mike loves her: DREAM ON LADIES! Including me.
20 comments:
- Jenny, the Bloggess said...
Love it.
Even though Mike never returns emails.
- Average Jane said...
Sometimes you scare me just a little bit...but in a good way. :D
- Timothy said...
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Thanks,it is great we finally get to meet his real girlfriend. She has to be awesome to deal with his trips etc. and obviously string of women he has left behind cooing for his attention.
Old Blonde One
- Blondie said...
Yes, she's amazing! Or she was anyway... until I put her in the attic.
- Rita Arens said...
OMG, I am crying. I can't wait to go tweet Mike. Which I'm doing right now. He's going to kill you.
Blondie had permission to do this entry.Old Blonde One
Well, I guess that I'm the stupid thing that happened on Clark Street. After reading this installment of your blog, I realize that I am the mouse in your maze that has arrived at the end only to find that the cheese is in actuality a nugget of truth instead. I suppose that is better than cheese in this case. I don't care that this probably all sounds quite lame to you. As a writer, you should already know that many readers feel insulted when they have been tricked by an author. If that was your intention, then I sure hope the three of you had fun with your experiment.
- Blondie said...
Um, you really thought Mike Wolfe was in love with me? And that I killed his girlfriend? Not so much.
I'm sure you're not that dense. The truth was that you pretended to be like the rest of us out here...just trying to make it through each day with our happy thoughts and fantasies. These are just private thoughts that everyone has throughout their day...just for fun. Of course it is not about the specific content that you wrote or even that it was about anyone in particular (Wolfe or Rowe or whoever). It is the fact that you actually know these people and pretended otherwise-that's all. People enjoy knowing that their guilty pleasure is not so guilty after all if others are feeling the same way. When the truth came out, I felt kind of embarrassed to myself..like the joke was on me. Come on, it's not like it's the end of the world or anything. It was just frankly very disappointing to discover that you were posing.
- Blondie said...
Ooooooh. I see. Well, then I should clear something up. I didn't know Jodi before this at all. She read my first post and sent me an email to say it was funny. I've never met her, and I've never met Mike Wolfe. I still am amused at myself for the fact that I've never emailed him or twittered/facebooked, etc. through this whole thing. But through writing that first post, I did get in touch with Jodi, who said it was OK to keep crushing on Mike. I'm sorry if you feel misled.
- Blondie said...
Here is a post to clarify the true story:
Blondie, I thank you from the bottom of my heart for understanding what I was trying to get at. I read your post on-not-knowing-celebrities and I am humbled by your truth and clarity. I just finished e-mailing you about it and I am sorry too, for my part. Did you know that we can blame Mike Wolfe for all of this? The dirty rat...making us girls catfight all because of that cute smile of his! Yours in friendship, the troll
- Brenda said...
Oh my goodness. Civility resolving a misunderstanding on the internet. You just gave me a little more hope for the future, ladies. You really did.
- Blondie said...
I know, right? It's lovely what can happen when people are nice to each other on the Internet. :)
WOW. What a story-within a story-within a story- within a story on the comments.
Mike is unlikeable on the show...and I am thinking he is the same in person.
Oh my gosh this is too funny! Keep it up! I love it! :)
I know this post is super-old, but I just wanted to say that I met Mike randomly the other day and he was so incredibly super nice - exactly like he is on the show. So nice to know that he really is as genuine as he appears!
I met him and Jodi today! They are both so down to Earth and personable! It was awesome and my kids were really happy that he took the time to chat with them and make Them feel like they made his day!


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The Safe Haven of the Nordic Currencies Is No More
The currencies of Northern Europe are vulnerable, with their fate tied to a yield play and an exit from what has become known as "the safe haven trade."
Now, the perception that there is containment of the contagion risks that had scared people away from the euro-zone has investors scurrying for the Nordic exits.
What started in fixed income markets as a run on the so-called "risk off, safe haven trade" is now spilling over to these currency markets.
Yields on Swedish 10-year debt have climbed 52 basis points in 2012 to a high of 2.15%. Danish yields have risen nearly 46 basis points to a high of 2.08% while the anchor of Northern Europe, Norway, has also seen investors back-pedaling. Norway's equivalent yields have climbed to a 2012 high of 2.58%, a 32-basis-point pop from 2012 lows in February.
Can a coincident drop in the value of the currencies of Northern Europe be far behind this bond price decline?
A key driver of this could be the run-up in yields within the reserve currencies of the dollar and the euro.
As the euro zone fear trade has worn off and as the economic outlook has improved in the U.S., both German bunds and Treasurys have fallen in price in anticipation of an eventual tightening in monetary policy and shift into riskier markets. That has pushed their yields up to levels that look comparatively attractive against the Nordic fixed income markets–with the 10-year bund yield now equivalent to that of Swedish and Danish bonds–in turn hurting the latter's currencies.
When U.S. 10-year Treasurys fell aggressively in price during the first two weeks of March, so fell the currencies of Northern Europe against the greenback. Denmark sank by as much as 3.5%, Sweden by 4.6% and what is supposed to be the safest bet of all, Norway, by nearly 5.3%.
Pressure for investors seeking yield has also put a bid under the euro versus the Scandinavian currencies. Traders report on Tuesday that fresh demand from Switzerland is pushing the EUR/NOK cross to a crucial resistance level of 7.6200. A comprehensive break of that level will target 7.8500, weakening the Norwegian currency considerably which will pull the rest of Scandinavia down with it.
But Fundamentals are driving price action as much as technical's.
Sweden, the Nordic bloc's fastest growing economy, is now expected to grow by only 0.7% in 2012, according to the European Union Commission, marking a downward revision from 1.4%. And just last week the Norges bank, the central bank of Norway, cut its benchmark rate by 1.0% both outcomes pointing to currency weakness.
If we are indeed at the bottom of the U.S. rate cycle, the interest rate differential between the U.S. and the countries of Northern Europe will continue to favor the dollar.
This turn in sentiment should see the dollar 5% higher against the Nordic bloc currencies before the Easter bunny lays her first egg.
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It's like a musicology degree in a box
Garrett Harris 4 p.m., Aug. 26
Richard Filaccio: undetermined | Dane Conover: Keyboards, Vocals | James Krieger: Guitar (acoustic), Guitar (electric) | Nino Del Pesco: Bass guitar
Genre: Rock
RIYL: Trees, PopGems, the Beat Farmers
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Puppies featured keyboardist Dane Conover, guitarist James Krieger, and bassist Nino Del Pesco. Krieger and Del Pesco later joined with Country Dick Montana for a band called the Snuggle Bunnies.
In 1981, Conover got a Kim Fowley-inspired record deal with MCA and released one album as Trees in 1982 on MCA Records, Sleep Convention, produced by Earle Mankey.
It was a critical success but a commercial failure, a fact that has been blamed on mismanagement by the label. Conover ended Trees shortly after and began making music with his wife, moving to Northern California. Conover also wrote a popular Beat Farmers song called "Happy Boy," popularized by the late Country Dick Montana.
As of 2014, Del Pesco was still composing songs as well as writing scripts and plays.


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For a new edict repeating old rules, the U.S. Education Department's "Dear Colleague" letter on sexual violence has caused quite a stir. Two months after it went out, several colleges have already announced new policies or plans for revision.
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- Creating character joints that really work
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So, now we have the walk pretty much animated. Now all we need to do is add a few final touches to really bring it to life. Let's take a look at what we have so far. Now, at this point we have a pretty good solid walk, but we can also add in little bit of squash and stretch, as well as one other little thing, which is how this line of this shirt is animated. Let me show you what I mean. I'm going to go ahead and turn off the arms, so we can see this completely. Let's take a look at the line between the shirt and the pants.
So, as we scrub through it, you will see that well, it doesn't change. But what this line represents is really the angle that we are looking at this particular part of the body. So, as the hips rotate up, this line will change. So, by animating that edge, you're going to get a much better type of animation. So, what I'm going to do is just turn on a little bit of shape animation on that shirt. So, what it does is it now, instead of going from basically concave, it goes to convex and what this does, just by changing the animation of just this little line, it makes it look like his hips are moving.
It gives them a much more 3D effect and all I'm doing is really just animating that edge using a little bit of shape animation. So, just by doing that we have a much more realistic walk. In fact, let's go ahead and turn the arms back on and take a look at this. So, as you can see he has got a much better kind of a hip sway just by animating that. Now, we can add a little more fun to the animation just by giving it some more squash and stretch. We're just going to go ahead and start by squashing and stretching the body at the hips.
So, as he comes down into this recoil position, he is actually going to scale up just a little bit. Again, he is stretching and his mass wants to stretch down and then as he pushes up into the passing position, then we're going to have actually much more of a squash. So, now we have something like this. So, as he comes in he squashes up and then he straightens out again.
So, now let's go ahead and copy this to the second half of the cycle and let's go ahead and play this. So, you can see just by adding a little bit of scaling to the body, you get much better kind of a bounciness to the character. Now, there's one more little detail that I'd love to play with it and that's the character's hat. Because this hat is going to squash and stretch as well and actually because it's right there at the top of the head, it's a really good indication of how the character squashes and stretches. So, I'm going to go to this recoil position and I'm going to go ahead and stretch the hat.
So, I'm going to go ahead and squish it down this way and lengthen it this way and maybe even pull it up a little bit on his head. So, now as he is coming down, that hat is resisting the motion. Again, this is just secondary motion. It wants to stay in place and then as it pushes up, the hat squashes and again, I'm just going to go ahead and set it down on his head a little bit.
This is going to be pushed up into his head and then all we have to do is just finalize that for the cycle. So, now we've got the hat kind of coming off of his head, being pushed up and then coming back down. So, if we cycle this, we'd get something like this. So, there you have it. We have a complete walk cycle with a lot of squash and stretch, a little bit of realism and it looks pretty good.
So, as you animate your walk cycle, remember the general process is to make sure to pin down the hips and the feet. Then you can fill in with legs and then work your way up the body. And if your character is a little cartoony, you can add in some squash and stretch. So, be sure to take all of these bits of advice into consideration when animating your character's walking. Now, every character is going to be different, so you're going to have to pick and choose which bits of advice to use, but it all kind of comes together and you can see how a walk, it really is a whole system of body parts moving together.
And if you animate a character walking effectively, you should be able to animate just about anything else.


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With clay dust swirling around the tree-lined Foro Italico courts, the American former world number one suffered a scrappy, undignified exit as her fabled power game misfired.
Robson will now try to complete a rare double as top seed Serena Williams, winner in Madrid, awaits in round two.
Venus, who has been out of action since early April when she lost to sister Serena in the semi-finals at Charleston, lost her serve three times in the first set and conceded the opener with two wild forehands that landed metres over the baseline.
Robson, who returned to form in Madrid with a notable win over world number three Agnieszka Radwanska after a series of early defeats following a strong run at the Australian Open, was the more solid of the two in the swirling breeze.
The 32-year-old Williams continued to struggle and dropped serve to trail 3-1 in the second set when Robson belted a forehand on to the baseline.
Robson, 19, who recently split from coach Zeljko Krajan after nine months, wobbled when serving for the match at 5-1, throwing in an eighth double-fault.
Two Williams double-faults in the following game allowed Robson to reach match point but she made a hash of the first one before Williams saved a second with a thumping forehand winner.
Robson completed victory at the third attempt with a simple forehand put-away off a loopy Williams miss-hit.
Ninth seed Samantha Stosur eased through with a 6-2 6-3 win over Hsieh Su-Wei of Taiwan while Italian wildcard Nastassja Burnett, ranked 141, enjoyed a surprise 6-2 6-2 win over France's Alize Cornet.
In the men's draw Marin Cilic was one of the few seeds in action on Monday, the Croatian seeing off Kazakhstan's Andrey Golubev 6-4 6-2.
Men's top seed Novak Djokovic will hope to make up for an early defeat in Madrid when he begins in the second round on Tuesday against either Spain's Albert Montanes or Slovakian Martin Klizan.
Rafael Nadal, winner of four claycourt titles already this season after returning from injury, will begin with an Italian opponent in round two, either Fabio Fognini or Andreas Seppi who were battling it out later on Monday.
WTA Rome results
Laura Robson (Britain) beat Venus Williams (U.S.) 6-3 6-2
Simona Halep (Romania) beat Svetlana Kuznetsova (Russia) 6-1 6-1
Jelena Jankovic (Serbia) beat Tsvetana Pironkova (Bulgaria) 6-3 6-0
9-Samantha Stosur (Australia) beat Hsieh Su-Wei (Taiwan) 6-2 6-3
Melanie Oudin (U.S.) beat Ekaterina Makarova (Russia) 2-6 7-5 4-2 (Makarova retired)
Garbine Muguruza Blanco (Spain) beat Mathilde Johansson (France) 1-6 6-0 6-2
Nastassja Burnett (Italy) beat Alize Cornet (France) 6-2 6-2
Peng Shuai (China) beat Monica Niculescu (Romania) 4-6 6-3 6-2
Sabine Lisicki (Germany) beat Mallory Burdette (U.S.) 6-1 6-2
Ayumi Morita (Japan) beat Sorana Cirstea (Romania) 6-1 6-3
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An off-duty police officer injured in a motorcycle crash on the 605 Freeway remained hospitalized in critical condition Friday, authorities said.
Officer Ryan Stringer, 25, was injured in the 8 a.m. crash Thursday on the northbound 605, just north of Whittier Boulevard, California Highway Patrol Officer Bradley Hopkins said in a written statement.
"The next 72 hours are critical," Alhambra police Lt. Jennifer Wiese said, adding that Stringer remained in a medically induced coma since Thursday.
Stringer, who has been been with the Alhambra Police Department for less than two years, had just entered the freeway from the Whittier Boulevard onramp on a 2005 Honda motorcycle when he lost control of the bike "and it collided with the ground," Hopkins said.
"The motorcycle continued to slide on the roadway and collided with the rear of a 2002 Freightliner" big rig, he said.
The big rig's driver, a 23-year-old Corona man, was not injured. Officials said their investigation into the crash was continuing.


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LEITERSBURG — The 34th annual Leitersburg Peach Festival will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 10, and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 11, at the Leitersburg Ruritan Community Park. Admission is free.
The annual festival sponsored by the Leitersburg Ruritan Club will include more than 90 craft stands, a petting zoo, antique tractors, a quilt raffle, children's barrel train, pony rides and a peach-eating contest.
The weekend will also include a plethora of foods such as fresh peaches, peach pies, peach ice cream, sausage, ham and barbecue beef sandwiches, fresh cut french fries and funnel cakes.
Proceeds raised go to community projects.
For more information call Tom McCall at (301) 733-0231, James Edgel at (301) 791-0219 or Lee Finfrock at (301) 824-3606.
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Crude Oil Declines on Economic Outlook; Brent Slides
Oil fell for the third time in four days after Iran agreed to resume talks on its nuclear program and economic reports in the U.S. and China raised concern about fuel demand.
Futures slid as much as 1.6 percent as trading resumed after the Easter holiday weekend. International negotiations with Iran's government are scheduled to start this week. China said inflation in March accelerated more than forecast, reducing the government's leeway to boost the economy. The U.S. created 120,000 jobs in March, fewer than forecast and the smallest increase in five months, an April 6 report showed.
The American payroll data "raises the old question mark about the speed of the U.S. recovery," and whether it will depress oil demand, Olivier Jakob, managing director of Switzerland-based consultant Petromatrix GmbH, said by telephone today.
Oil for May delivery fell $1.53, or 1.5 percent, to $101.78 at 7:58 a.m. in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange, after dropping as low as $101.61. The contract gained 1.8 percent to $103.31 on April 5, the latest settlement. Prices have gained 2.9 percent this year.
Brent crude for May settlement slid $1.63 to $121.80 a barrel on the London-based ICE Futures Europe exchange. The premium of the European benchmark to New York futures was at $20.02. Markets were closed in New York and London on April 6 for holidays.
Iran Talks
Iran and the five permanent United Nations Security Council members plus Germany will meet for nuclear talks starting April 14 in Istanbul, Michael Mann, a European Union spokesman, said yesterday. Their last meeting was in January 2011. The government in Tehran is under increasing economic pressure from trade, financial and energy sanctions, including U.S. penalties on banks that process payments for Iranian crude.
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Iran will continue its nuclear course even if the whole world stands opposed, state-run Al Alam TV reported today.
Iranian officials "don't want the oil price to come down," said Jeremy Friesen, a commodity strategist at Societe Generale SA who forecast oil in New York will average $125 a barrel in the second half of the year. "The best strategy for them is to keep a high oil price."
Brent crude may rise to $135 a barrel if there is no release from strategic petroleum reserves held by developed nations while sanctions are imposed on Iran, Friesen said in an interview with Bloomberg Television.
China Inflation
Consumer prices in China rose 3.6 percent from a year earlier after gaining 3.2 percent in February, the National Bureau of Statistics said on its website today. That was more than the median 3.4 percent estimate in a Bloomberg survey of 33 economists. Faster inflation may limit the government's options to stimulate growth in the second-largest crude user.
"The high price of oil and commodities is still problematic in the West and the Far East," said Jakob of Petromatrix.
In the U.S., job creation in March lagged behind the median estimate of 205,000 in a Bloomberg survey.
"The payroll number seems to be quite negative, so probably people are thinking there will be a slowdown in the economy in the U.S.," said Tetsu Emori, a commodity fund manager at Astmax Ltd. in Tokyo. "It might be regarded as a downside risk for the oil market and also for oil demand."
Stockpiles Rise
Speculators reduced bullish bets on oil by the most in more than three months as U.S. output grew to the highest level since 1999, boosting stockpiles, according to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's Commitments of Traders report on April 6. Money managers reduced net long positions, or wagers on rising prices, by 10 percent in the seven days ended April 3, for the biggest drop since Dec. 20, the report showed.
Hedge funds and other money managers cut bullish bets on Brent crude by 11,809 contracts in the week ended April 3, according to data from ICE exchange.
Speculative bets that prices will rise, in futures and options combined, outnumbered short positions by 139,074 lots, ICE said today in its weekly Commitment of Traders report.


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Pennsylvania Voters Exemplify Evolving Electorate
Rhodes Cook is a veteran Washington political analyst who tracks national elections and voting trends and publishes a bimonthly political newsletter. Click here for Mr. Cook's full bio.
Both John F. Kennedy and John F. Kerry have a lot in common. They were wealthy Massachusetts senators and war heroes. And when they ran as the Democratic nominee for president – Mr. Kennedy in 1960, Mr. Kerry in 2004 – both carried the battleground state of Pennsylvania by a narrow margin of roughly two and half percentage points.
But their victories in the Keystone State have little in common. A generation ago, Mr. Kennedy took Pennsylvania with an alliance of urban and blue-collar voters from Philadelphia and the state's ethnic, heavily Catholic, coal and steel strongholds. Four years ago, Mr. Kerry won Pennsylvania with what was largely a coalition of urban and suburban voters from the Philadelphia area.
In short, each JFK took a different route to winning the Keystone State that, in its way, illustrates the ever-evolving nature of the nation's presidential politics.
Over the last half century, the parties have solidified their bases. The Democrats are stronger than ever in the cities; the Republicans are increasingly dominant in the small towns of rural America.
However, the suburbs, once a reliable part of the GOP coalition, have shifted toward the Democrats. And the small industrial cities that were once a faithful source of Democratic votes are more open to Republican inroads than they were several decades ago.
A 'Must Win' for the GOP
All of these strains of political evolution are on display in aging, deceptively static-looking Pennsylvania – a "must win" state for Republican John McCain next month and a "must hold" state for Democrat Barack Obama. Democrats have carried Pennsylvania in eight of the last 12 presidential elections, but often it has not been by much. Five of the victories have been by less than five percentage points.
Democratic success starts in the state's largest city, Philadelphia, a mixture of liberal, minority and ethnic votes. Over the last half century, the size of the city's electorate has shrunk and it has grown more Democratic as Republicans have exited Philadelphia in droves. In 1960, Mr. Kennedy won "the city of brotherly love" by slightly more than 330,000 votes out of more than 900,000 cast. In 2004, Mr. Kerry swept Philadelphia by more than 410,000 votes out of less than 675,000 cast.
As Philadelphia has become more Democratic, the state's GOP heartland has voted more heavily Republican. In 1960, Richard Nixon defeated Kennedy by roughly 350,000 votes in the Republican "T" – a large swath of small cities, towns, forests and bucolic farm land that encompasses the center and northern tier of the state. In 2004, President George W. Bush took this region of "God and guns" by roughly 450,000 votes – in essence, offsetting the Democratic gains in Philadelphia.
But Democrats have maintained their Pennsylvania advantage by flipping the Philadelphia suburbs from red to blue. The demise of moderate Northeast Republicanism has not played well in the affluent, socially moderate suburbs outside Philadelphia. What was a 95,000-vote advantage for Mr. Nixon over Mr. Kennedy in 1960 in Philadelphia's four suburban counties was a nearly 90,000-vote lead for Mr. Kerry over Mr. Bush in 2004.
A countervailing trend is quite evident in the state's blue-collar bastions. Loyal to the Democratic Party since the "New Deal" days of Franklin D. Roosevelt, blue-collar voters have wavered of late in their support of the party's national ticket.
GOP Makes Progress on Values Issues
This has been particularly noticeable in western Pennsylvania around Pittsburgh — "Deer Hunter" country where patriotism and traditional values are the way of thinking. Organized labor used to be a major part of the mix, pushing workers to vote their economic interests. But Republicans have made headway on "values" issues as the importance of coal and steel, the region's economic backbone, has waned.
In 1960, Mr. Kennedy carried western Pennsylvania by more than 150,000 votes, better than twice Mr. Kerry's margin in 2004. Even Cambria County, which includes Johnstown, the home of Democratic Rep. John Murtha, defected to President Bush in 2004, the first time since George McGovern headed the Democratic ticket in 1972 that the county had voted for a GOP presidential candidate.
Sen. Obama faces a big challenge in trying to match Sen. Kerry's modest 2004 showing in working-class Pennsylvania. The Illinois senator tanked there in the Democratic primary this spring against Sen. Hillary Clinton. And in a number of blue-collar counties – including Cambria in the west, and Luzerne (Wilkes-Barre) in the northeast – there are fewer registered Democrats now than there were four years ago.
But large Democratic registration gains in other parts of the state could prove to be an ace in the hole for Sen. Obama. In Philadelphia, Democratic registration is up more than 50,000 from November 2004. In the Philadelphia suburbs, the number of registered Democrats has risen more than 100,000. In the Republican "T," the Democratic registration gain is more than 150,000 voters. And all this has occurred as Republican registration has dropped by nearly 200,000 across Pennsylvania during President Bush's second term.
In short, as unchanging as Pennsylvania may look from afar, that is hardly the case when one takes a closer look. As in other states, the local political geography is steadily evolving. And sooner or later that will bring perceptible changes to the national electoral map as well.
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News 12 at 6 o'clock / Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2013
DENMARK, S.C. (WRDW) -- Marteesha Williams still has a lot of healing to do.
"I was stabbed twice here. Once in the neck. Twice in this area right here, and once in my back," she shows News 12. "I didn't even feel the stabs until, you know, the third or fourth strike."
Just last week, she says she was stabbed on campus at Denmark Technical College. A video News 12 has obtained shows what happened. Williams says even though she and her alleged attacker had words in the past, she didn't provoke the attack and didn't want to fight. The video appears to show Williams, in a red dress, backing up before the attacker returns.
"She used a pair of small scissors to stab me," says Williams. "It was a bunch of blood. It was so much blood to where two security guards got drenched."
But after a visit to the hospital, Williams got a surprise. She has been expelled, along with her daughter, too, who Williams says jumped into the fight to protect her mom. Documents show both have been charged with assault and battery and expelled for disrupting school.
"It hurts me to know that my child was crying saying that the only thing I did was come to my mother's rescue. You have to excuse me. And she gets kicked out of school for coming to my rescue, so that makes me feel very bad," says Williams.
Denmark Tech Public Safety Chief Judy Halmon tells News 12 indirectly that the incident report is still not done, and requests for more info, including the name and any charges against the person shown in the video attacking Williams, weren't answered.
News 12 did get an email from the school's attorney. Denmark Tech's attorney tells us they can't give us an incident report, since the case is still under investigation.


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Mayor Booker Says Newark Is on the Rebound
In his sixth State of the City speech Thursday night, Newark Mayor Cory Booker said that the city is starting to rebound after a crippling recession and has $1 billion in development on tap for the next two years.
"Newark is flexing its muscles," Booker said during the 40-minute speech at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center.
Booker highlighted two hotels being constructed in the city, along with college housing, entertainment and loft projects coming to downtown.
"We find ourselves now a stronger city," he said. "We can take pride that Newark, N.J., in a time of urban despair, has become a city of emergent hope."
He acknowledged that crime increased between 2010 and 2011, but said that the trend was starting to reverse. Gun recovery is up 108% this year, Booker said, and the city will expand a nationally recognized violence deterrence program to other neighborhoods this year.
He also gave his support to a tenure reform bill that is now being considered by the state Legislature. The bill is set to have a hearing in Trenton on Monday.
And he rallied Municipal Council members to get behind his city budget, including cutting their own salaries. To sweeten the pot, he pledged that there would no "significant layoffs" or furloughs in 2012 for the first time in three years.
"Here in Newark we have seen tough times before, so the last six years we as a city have rolled up our sleeves," he said.
The speech drew applause, but wasn't without critics: two members of the Municipal Council walked out mid-way after Booker spoke about the need for them to tighten their belts and approve his plan to create a Newark water authority. The issue has caused tension between the mayor and the council, which voted down the proposal in 2010.
Booker is midway in his second term as mayor of New Jersey's biggest city, and though a rising Democratic star nationally, he said last week that he could see himself run for a third term.
Newark does not have term limits for mayor, and most past heads of the city have run for several terms. Former mayor Sharpe James served five four-year terms until he stepped down in 2006.
Newark is starting to bounce back from the recession, though the recovery is slow. The city had an unemployment rate of 13.9% in December 2011. After rising steadily in the early 2000s, building permits plummeted from 2,059 in 2006 to 224 in 2010, according to U.S. Census figures.
The city has had to be more creative about securing financing for big projects, including tapping lucrative state subsidies. And beginning last year, long stalled projects began to move forward, Booker said.
Ted Zengari, a Newark-based lawyer working on several projects in the pipeline for the city, also agreed that the city's stalled development is turning a corner.
"Within a matter of months I think there will be more cranes up in the air," he said.
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Booker sat down with The Wall Street Journal in advance of his State of the City speech on Thursday. Here are some excerpts from the discussion:
Where is Newark today compared to when you first took office?
Booker: We are seeing development that we haven't seen in generations. It's the first time in 40 years we are building downtown hotels. It the first time in 20 years you are seeing office towers begin to move back into our city … for years the headlines was always that companies were leaving Newark. Now you have national and international companies and corporation moving to Newark.
What kind of housing development is happening in Newark?
There is this creation of new neighborhoods within downtown … We have well over 100 units of new housing being snatched up quicker than I imagined. You have two major loft projects that have been swept up quickly.
Who is moving to Newark?
There's something attractive to being part of a city that is starting to charge back and has that kind of excitement. You are seeing the artist community has started to increase. You are seeing gay and lesbian families start to increase … you are seeing students starting to stay after graduating …. We've had a boom in college expansions.
I can beat my friends to Manhattan through public transportation to downtown than those from the Upper East Side. It's that close and convenient.
How did Newark deal with the recession?
It's had to operate under tough fiscal times. What we have done isn't just cry and complain and blame. We've had to make the toughest decisions since the Gibson administration in the '70s. Find me another government that cut about 25% of its employees …. and still during that time, we've increased tax collections. We've increased efficiencies in our departments …. and we've begin to massively expand the way that government is serving families that risk.
Do you feel like you are winning this effort against crime?
We're making a lot of progress … there was only one other city that had a bigger drop in shootings and murders [in 2009] than we did … [In May 2010] we had one year where everything was going against us …. I blame the moral shock of laying off about 150 police officers …. there was a significant problem with guns … We've turned the table dramatically on gun recoveries …. People had these automatic weapons that were just spraying street corners …. It was 12 months of hell …. I really feel like we regrouped.
How long do you plan on being in Newark?
For the rest of my life. I wasn't born here but I plan on dying here. Maybe not as quickly as some people want me to, those are political folks [laughs].
This is my city. This is where I came of age …. I'm a Newarker. In the same way people love being part of New York City, I will be part of the Newark story for the rest of my life.


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They showed up with maggots and bite marks on their tails and paws and now they're at the Floyd County Animal Shelter but officers say these 30 dogs are just some of the more than 100 dogs they found at a home in Jacks Creek.
Animal control officers say a neighbor's complaint of loud barking and a bad smell led them to the home in Jacks Creek where they found, 103 dogs total. Officers say all were crammed in small cages with no food or water and one was already dead.
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The Cannes Film Festival. A place where two movies a day are screened for two weeks, billions of dollars change hands and the stars pose, play and party. As the 2015 event approaches, we look back at the most glamorous Instagram photos from the last few years...
Carey Mulligan, by @Gatsbymovie
The undisputed queen of the Cannes, Carey Mulligan premiered not one, but two films at the festival in 2013 - and received standing ovations for both. Every inch the Hollywood superstar, she also looks ridiculous glam on the red carpet. We. Love. Her.
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Victoria's Secret model Doutzen Kroes looked like she was having a whale of a time on her way to the red carpet last year. 'With the police in #Cannes in my #versace dress;) #fun,' she wrote. We'll say�
Sharon Stone leaving Roberto Cavalli's yacht, by @ franckprovostparis
There's no finer way to do Cannes than from the comfort of a super-yacht. The bigger, the better, obviously. Lucky Sharon Stone.
Jessica Biel, by @JessicaBiel
Jessica Biel looked rather serious as she prepared to hit the red carpet for the premiere of hubby Justin Timberlake's film Inside Llewyn Davis. We can't take our eyes off that HUGE Bulgari necklace.
Michael Cane, by @laurabaileylondon
Laura Bailey looked back at film festivals' past when she shared an iconic snap of Michael Cane at a press conference in 1966. 'Once upon a time in #cannes. #lucky #alfie,' she captioned the snap. Sigh...
Piper-Heidsieck champagne, by @MarieclaireUK
In 2013, eponymous champagne label Piper-Heidsieck celebrated 20 years as the official supplier to the Cannes Film Festival. Apparently Marilyn Monroe was a fan. Cheers.
Macy Grey, by @Rosiehw
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It's not quite 4 a.m. and Arek Kozaczuk and Steven Frad, both junior business majors, are just leaving Mabee Library.
Frad, a management major from Topeka, arrived at 10 a.m. Tuesday and plans to return by 10 a.m. Wednesday after a nap at home. On Tuesday, he left for a final around 1:15 p.m. but was back by 2:30 p.m. and took a break only to buy a Mt. Dew from a vending machine at Henderson Learning Resources Center next door.
"You have everything you need. Everything is in one place," Frad said, hunkered down in the Academic Success Center with Kozaczuk and Kellin Garcia, a sophomore double-majoring in accounting and finance from Kansas City. The room, with walls lined in white board, is great for studying math.
Kozaczuk, originally from Poland, came to the library when he got off work at 10 p.m. to study macro-economics with Frad. The pair met Garcia, who needed some help with calculus, in the Academic Success Center early Wednesday morning.
"I got an A in calculus," Kozaczuk said, so he was happy to help her. She checked in the Academic Success Center for help, she said, "because I basically live here so I knew this was the math tutoring room." Garcia said she gets too distracted to study in her room.
Students like these three are the reason Mabee Library began its continuous hours during finals week in 2009. Increasingly common at colleges and universities around the country and the region, extended hours ensure a quiet place to study for finals, finish papers or collaborate on projects.
"This is a positive event for students," said Sean Bird, assistant dean of libraries. "For libraries in the 21st Century to be relevant, we must be about more than books. The first thing we can do is to make people the center of our service. That's what this is. It's about recognizing students need a place to study, to do research, and their schedule is different than it has been throughout the semester. We're willing to alter our schedule to meet them in the middle."
At 3 a.m. Wednesday there were 45 people at Mabee, down from 142 at Midnight. At Midnight Tuesday there were 124 people studying, down to about half a dozen between 5 and 7 a.m. During the regular semester, the library is open until 2 a.m. Sunday through Thursday. Since continuous hours began on Sunday at 6 p.m., there have been at least three students in the library at all times. The library will close at 6 p.m. Friday, at the same time the Residence Halls close for the semester. Until summer classes begin on May 28, the library will be open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays.
Cal Melick, public services librarian, was at the Mabee Library information desk at 3 a.m. Wednesday.
"There's always a few diehards," he said. "When you think about it, Washburn has 7,000 students. Hopefully the others are studying at home."
Melick arrived at 5 p.m. Tuesday for his library shift and said he was impressed with the turn out for the Washburn Student Government Association's free pizza and ICEEs on Tuesday evening. He said the line was very long. So long, Frad said, that he didn't bother stopping his work to wait for food.
Garcia had a different approach: "It was free dinner" that allowed her to keep her nose to the grindstone.
At 4:30 a.m. she was still there, working with a group of friends in one of the library's booths. She said: "
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Overland Park police are trying to find a German shepherd that bit a woman Sunday afternoon.
Police said the woman was on a walk in the 9300 block of West 93rd Street when the dog, which was on a leash with its handler, bit her on the leg.
The woman said the handler didn't exchange information and left with her dog north on Craig Street.
Police said the dog has black and brown fur and was wearing a shoulder harness. Its owner was described as a white woman in her early 20s, 5 feet 6 inches tall, 140 pounds with black hair.
Anyone with information about the dog or its owner should call Overland Park police at 913-895-6300.