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Black Stone Cherry
Well, they finally did it. After nearly a decade of being hailed as the new kings of southern rock, and receiving favorable comparisons to Zeppelin and Skynyrd, western Kentucky's Black Stone Cherry have released an album that's worthy of all the praise.
I've always liked the IDEA of Black Stone Cherry. I mean, what's not to like about a bunch of good ol' (young) boys flying the rock 'n' roll rebel flag? I was a bit lukewarm on the band's actual music, though. BSC always sounded more like Alice In Chains with a twang than any of the classic-rock heroes people seemed so eager to compare them to. Southern-rock poured through a thick filter of down-tuned grunge. Black Label Society minus the showy guitars and pretend biker-gang ethos, if you will, or maybe Stone Temple Pilots dressed up in overalls and a stars-and-bars shirt (that analogy owing in part to Chris Robertson's drony Weiland-like vocal style). I wanted to like BSC, and checked out every new release, waiting for them to break out. If they could just put together a whole album of songs like "Hell And High Water," "Soul Creek" or "White Trash Millionaire," we'd be in business.
With their fourth album, Magic Mountain, Black Stone Cherry have finally made the record I'd been hoping they would. The band's essential sound hasn't changed: the guitars are still tuned low, and Robertson's voice is still a deep baritone. But the band has managed to convey a real sense of fun and tunefulness that was sometimes lacking in earlier material. And they're able to maintain that spirit and high level of quality throughout Magic Mountain. The melodies are stronger, the songs are catchier, and the overall performance is just better than on any previous release. You listen to the guys harmonize on a song like "Peace Pipe," the thick, soupy guitar leads of "Holdin' On...to Letting Go," or the heavy thump of leafy-green celebration "Me And Mary Jane," and it just restores your faith in this band, and of young people (i.e. my age or younger), who came of age in the postgrunge era, to make rock that really rolls, without sounding self-consciously retro. Even the dreaded Fucky Effect can't derail a pounding party anthem like "Fiesta Del Fuego." On the mellow side, "Sometimes" goes beyond the trite shrink's-couch whining of their contemporaries, and the predictable together/forever, remember/December lyrics of their own past ballads, instead reeking of genuine emotion.
There's really only one stinker in the bunch, and it comes in the form of "Hollywood In Kentucky," an attempt at a lighthearted "country checklist" song. This is a trope well-known to listeners of pop-country, but may not be as familiar to hard-rock listeners. Basically, it's just a rhyming list of all the things you might see and do outside the city-limits sign. Food, front porches, outdoor recreation, pickup trucks, and church usually figure prominently in these kinds of songs, as well as a kind of defensive belligerence. Like, "You think yer better'n me?!" They're predictable and stupid, but a certain type of person never seems to tire of them, and so Nashville keeps barfing them up. Black Stone Cherry knows this, but they do one anyway, and even include a line about how we all need to lighten up. But I don't wanna lighten up about a song that contains lines like these: "You'd open up a truck door takin' out your lover / She might be your cousin but she wouldn't be your lover." So what are they saying, that incest is preferable to homosexuality? And later, "Every pair of boots would get a little muddy / Your ass would get a job if you ran out of money / ... if Hollywood was in Kentucky." Note to BSC: research the percentage of your home state's population collecting some form of welfare. (Hint: it's pretty high, as states go.) But you wanna know the weird thing? As pandering as the lyrics are to the lowest common denominator, it's still an enjoyable little tune musically, and when they kick into a triple-time jam at the end, like bluegrass played with hard-rock instrumentation, you can't help but smile.
PITRIFF RATING - 88/100 - It's so nice to be pleasantly surprised by a new release. You check it out for the four or five good songs, and it turns out, almost the whole damn thing is a good listen. Black Stone Cherry seem like a totally likable bunch of guys who came up the hard way, and it's hard not to root for them. I'm glad to say Magic Mountain is the album I'd always hoped they would make.


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SORRY for leaving a huge XF shaped hole in your life last week, I chose to get drunk and be hung over and didn't write up a recap of last weeks show! It wasn't really all that though was it? I'm gutted Melanie got booted off though! Oh well, onward and upwards (maybe?) as it's Big Band Week CLUB CLASSICS WEEK!!
Start of the show!
The XF intro gets more and more dramatic each week doesn't it? Freeze-frames a plenty and health issues with everyone. Tonight is either going to be really dramatic or just full of pointless sob stories isn't it? Eurgh!
Dermot is brought out in the messiest entrances of all time. Some poor stunt double has been dragged on and done a few backflips. I really hope the producers have embraced the pure ridiculousness of this "bit" and not actually serious…
The judges are unleashed from their cells – Nicole looks gorgeous, and isn't looking like she's wrapped in baco foil like last week. Louis, again looks like a Bond villain while Tulisa impresses with her ability to make anything she wears look like it is from Primark.
Dermot has a little chat, and Gary is still reeling from Carolynne's exit, Nicole says the week's theme will suit Rylan and Louis gets booed for no reason. Well-done audience.
Chris Maloney (Overs – Gary)
I genuinely couldn't face watching his face on my TV, so I went to make a cup of tea and a ham roll. I don't understand how his nerves went so quick? Not here for a cruise ship style performance who will release a pointless album, which no one will buy. AINT NOBODY GOT TIME FOR THAT. I get back in time for one of the best lines from Tulisa by calling Chris the Stilton to Rylans Babybel. It's official! Tulisa hates Chris. I'm a fan of ghetto Tulisa. She's been a bit quiet and nervous looking the last few weeks…
MK1 (Groups – Louis)
The urban duo clearly weren't happy with their Glee type performance last week and they are hoping to make things a bit more edgy by combining underground with over ground. Their planned mash up of Crystal Water and Pass Out looks good on paper, but what is it with all these mash ups? THIS IS NOT GLEE. With that said, the performance was much better than last week, but I really wish they just skipped out the Tinie Tempah tune. It wasn't needed in my opinion. Nicole thought it was "SHAMAYZING". I think I love her. Pork scratching's, beer and made up words – perfection.
Jahmene (Boys – Nicole)
After a tough week, Jahmene brings it to the stage with a not so club classic song. Say A Little Prayer is more of a disco song, but because he gave me sad eyes in his VT, I will forgive. The performance as a whole was a bit all over the place, and very Jahmene. I really want him to sing something out of the blue and just get loose. Louis compares him to a little Ray Charles. WUT?! Throughout the judges feedback, Jahmene is welling up and it is all very touching. His little quivering lip nearly killed me off!
Jade Ellis (Girls – Tulisa)
Jade has had a terrible week. That hotel is full of the dramz isn't it?! She's only gone and been put on vocal rest hasn't she?! Blimey! She manages to make it through her performance of Ultra Nates Free. I found the performance very boring and really think she should of owned the stage a bit more. It's not all about a perfect vocal – I would have loved to have seen this bishh work her sass a bit more! Nicole seems to agree with me and doesn't think Jade believed in the song; whereas Louis thinks she is at a risk. Pipe down Louis! Although you might be right!
James Arthur (Boys – Nicole)
The nightmare week continues as clips from last weeks show are shown when James gets carted into an ambulance. Why they didn't share such important information with us on last weeks results show, I will never know. It turns out he suffered from an anxiety attack. This means the mentor to act chat isn't filmed in a pub this week. WOE! James is singing the not so classic, yet overhyped song by LMFAO – I'm Sexy and I Know It. It was intended to be an original version, but fans of the US X Factor will know this isn't the case. Mr Walsh, in true fashion embarrasses himself by saying James did a great rendition of the LMFO song. Bless. Gary says it is the best performance of the series so far. My YouTube history of watching Rylan from last week ten times disagrees…
Union J (Groups – Louis)
Time for boy band numero uno to take to the stage! They are singing the departed judge from last year Kelly Rowlands hit, When Love Takes Over. It was an OK performance, that dark haired one obvs is the talent in the group. Tulisa loved it, and Gary thinks we are witnessing the birth of a brand new boy band. Does someone want to tell him we are in week 3 and they were pretty much born a few months ago? Thanks.
RYLAN (Boys – Nicole)
RYLAN IS GETTING HIS GOATEE SHAVED OFF. I really don't know why. His rendition of JLo's On The Floor and Rihannas Please Don't Stop the Music is a tad bit boring. It's like he has given up himself. Compared to the sheer brilliance of last week, I was expecting a lot more from this years answer to Chico. A few ass wiggles and winks to the camera are not enough to save this shower of sh..
The comments are recycled from previous joke acts. "_______________(insert joke act name here) we need you in the competition, you have the fun factor!". Nicole is all over Gary Borelows comment with some clicky fingers – GWORRRRLLLL…
Lucy Sprags (Girls – Tulisa)
After having a few too many cider lollies and being thrown out of a hotel with Rylan, Lucy Sprags has proper #BeerFear (yes this is an actual thing now..) She isn't braving an original song this week, and is covering the popular hit, Titanium. Gary calls her version clever and Louis thinks she is a brilliant storyteller. Maybe I'm just not cool anymore, but I really don't get what Lucy is still doing in the competition. She should be on BGT. I've said it before; she is not made for this show.
Kye Sones (Overs – Gary)
A VT has not bought me this much LOLZ for a while. Gary takes Kye into another room out of the way from the cameras and microphones to basically throw shade to his performance last week. WE SEE AND HEAR EVERYTHING. This show is getting more and more like The Only Way is Essex every week. Kye is performing the song he performed in his first audition, which is ridiculous and the safest thing a contestant can do. This should only be allowed on the final, to show how far an act has come. Kye is sitting on top of some sort of bonfire trying to look on point and edgy #KyeFawkes tbh. Pointless production and making a few bum notes did not deserve him to be compared to Chris Martin by Nicole. He may have sounded ok, but I'm very annoyed that he sang his audition song.
District3 (Groups – Louis)
Boy band numero two – last weeks bottom 2 saved act are up next. They seems to be up for the challenge of club classic week and they bought it! Finally welcome to the competition guys! The vocals were on point, they didn't sound too American and they worked the stage like it was a matter of life and death! Thumbs up all round from the judges! Brilliant performance and song choice!
Ella Henderson (Girls – Tulisa)
Carrolynne was the last performer in week one. Melanie was the last performer in week two. Ella is last to perform and in the new death spot. Can she prove us all wrong? She's singing You've Got the Love, and with support from Adele on Twitter, and a few dance moves, Ella delivers a brilliant vocal with a side order of a few cheeky wiggles of her arms too! Gary says she should stop dancing and just sing, saying she is the Adele of the competition. He is obvs pounced on by Tulisa and she even lets out a little Kelly Rowland impression from last year. Twitter went into meltdown! I actually had a mental image of Kelly throwing her weave at the TV screen in anger and being held back by her entourage! Tulisa went there – and threw the shade!
What did you think of the show? Who's your fave? Who will be going? TELL ME!!!
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I have been following sports ever since I can remember, and I have been playing fantasy sports ever since Al Gore invented the internet. I grew up a fan of all the Chicago sports teams, but now I just follow the Cubs, the Bears, and the Bulls. I like to consider myself an expert on everything sport, with my research experience including watching SportsCenter a minimum of twice daily for the past 10 years or so, and reading every sports article on the internet that I can find.
My Proudest Moment in Fantasy Sports Include: Winning a 12 team hockey league where I was one of 2 Americans with 10 Canadians. Picking Adrian Peterson off the waiver wire right before the first game of the season, and then trading him for 2 WR the game before he got hurt.
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You can help. Please give a read and "pay this forward" Some things are bigger than sports.
Hey Isaac,
There was a touching moment in the Mariners game last night, made possible by the best pitcher I've ever gotten to watch - Randy Johnson. Watching history unfold inspired to me take a look at his incredible career and count down his five best moments, in my eyes. If you get a chance, take a look at it, I'd appreciate it. Thanks a lot.
Hey Isaac,
Ryan Zimmerman's hit streak halted at 30 games last night. As one streak ends, another is admired. Read about how Joe DiMaggio forever redefined '56,' and how his feat may never be broken. It is a record that thankfully cannot be broken through steroid use, and represents all that was once right in a game that has since gone so wrong.
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Thanks for the POTD Isaac.
Who do you think will go down?
Oh and how do you think the KC Royals will do this season?
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thanks for the pick issac
A Story From A True Patriots Fan...check this one out...
hey isaac,
i have written an article that might interest u. if u can, give it a read. your comments will definitely be appreciated. here is the link:http://bleacherreport.com/articles/131004-are-bundesliga-teams-actually-out-of-the-picture-in-europe
Willie Mays, Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Cy Young, Nolan Ryan. Yes, we think we know who the best ever are. Please comment. This is one I did more research than usual on.
Brooks Robinson is a baseball legend. He hit 268 homers and won 16 Gold Gloves. But what's his story. I got it for ya.


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ovember 18, 2002
Bothell advances to 4A quarterfinals
BOTHELL - They did not score first, but they scored in every quarter displaying their strengths on both sides of the ball in a Class 4A preliminary round last Tuesday at Pop Keeney.After a slow start, the Cougars score cut down on their mistakes and used a strong running and passing attack to defeat the Federal Way Eagles 37-6.
Senior running back Sean Gallacher scored the first of his two touchdown runs - a 28 yarder to put Bothell in the lead 7 to 6. He led the Cougars with 95 rushing yards for the night.
Senior quarterback Ricky Sorenson led the Cougar offense scoring a 27-yard third quarter T.D. pass to Travis McKee his big target.McKee, a 6-foot, 5-inch junior had seven receptions for 96 yards.
The Cougar defense was solid forcing four Eagle turnovers. Mike Lisenby, asenior tackle got the Bothell safety and scored a touchdown in the fourth quarter.


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Sounds an interesting idea....perhaps this might be a little more fair minded than the current dispute site mentioned elsewhere in the Staffroom.
We are setting up a new organization, something like a Better Business Bureau for the ELT world, where teachers and schools can resolve their differences through binding arbitration.
Our website is not up yet---www.esljudge,com---no discussion forums or anything. We just want to help teachers and reputable schools resolve disputes in a clear and fair way.
But we need your help. We are looking for 100 people from all areas of ELT, from the teacher to the DOS to the school owner, to participate in the dispute resolution process. With enough volunteers we hope that you will only be committing yourself to 5 hours per year.
If you are interested, please email me at firstname.lastname@example.com
Sounds an interesting idea....perhaps this might be a little more fair minded than the current dispute site mentioned elsewhere in the Staffroom.
LDMA - Ajarn Forum Admin
Don't get me wrong - I don't want a 'serious' board but I'd like posts to be either genuinely amusing, informative and/ or thought provoking.
Ian McNamara - July 2000
A clash with the management will not serve the purpose of your inner peace and therefore will deprive you from happiness. Thai Language School DOS, 2009
Only the bad person say the bad thing about the good thing.
Anon. Thai DOS
Depends whose interests they are set up to serve I suppose
I'd be interested to know where the funding was coming from for this organisation before signing up, if it's all voluntary then it can only be a good thing I guess.
I wonder what incentive there would be for schools and employment agencies to comply with any arbitration service that probably wouldn't carry any legal clout. Any agency owners or school employers out there? What do you think?
I'm certainly not knocking the idea, I think it's a good one. But I'd be interested to know more about the idea and how to interpret the phrase 'binding arbitration'. I guess I could e-mail for details, but I'm sure there are other folks interested too - maybe the OP could come back and answer a few questions?
I wish you luck, but I predict the following:
1) judgement against the teacher - school is happy, teacher screwed
2) judgement against the school - teacher is happy, until the school ignores the finding
^ a ridiculous claim you make.
youre telling us that schools abroad do as they wish?
are you possibly suggesting that some schools would hire a consultant and brush off their suggestions, because its not their place to run, and hey- this is how we do it here.
woah. ive neeeeever heard of that in thailand
--dude, getting a thai school to sign into arbitration would be a nightmare. this of course needs to be done in formal, written thai- as an english contracts are worth as much as toilet paper.
if you were a school who had a problem with an english teacher- would you really put yourself through arbitration- which is like a judge- except the verdicts are usually compensated monitarily. ---which is exactly why successful, money grubbing school owners and bosses wont put up with a 3rd party cleaning out their underwear drawer.
i wish you the best. i know if i had a grieveance, id want arbitration. in fact ive had a couple lousy EFL jobs that would have done well with it.
but the teacher dont pay for it. its the school m8-- gotta convince the school you wont make them do things that will hurt their bottom line- or make them lose face. just cant see how you can avoid those two things
not sure why a school would be interested in arbitration...
"so please show no pity as we come up from the ground, and please remember as you kill us and cut us down that time will not wash clean the bloody face of history, and someone will breathe here again and they will hate you for what you leave." m.g.
Excuse me, but who exactly are "we"?....Originally Posted by esljudge
That was, of course, my other point. I just forgot to write it.Originally Posted by stfranalum
You should check your facts before venturing an opinion about something you know sweet FA.dude, getting a thai school to sign into arbitration would be a nightmare. this of course needs to be done in formal, written thai- as an english contracts are worth as much as toilet paper.
English contracts are legal and you can check with any Thai lawyer to confirm that
Odi et amo. Quare id faciam, fortasse requiris? Nescio, sed fieri sentio et excrucior.
The cruical word in the OP is "binding". How would it be "binding"?
Arbitration, in Thailand, is very specialised and needs to conform to strict rules, requirements.
This link should give you some ideas of what to look for http://www.arbiter.net/ThaiAct2002.htm
Yep. If the good judge could please detail and demonstrate how such an abitration would be binding, I'd be more interested.
true.Originally Posted by haltest
youre right.Originally Posted by haltest
but the practicality of a thai school doing this #1---and following the arbitration #2 is a bit absurd, no?
Arbitrator X: "Well Mr Head Honcho, you're going to owe this farang who made you lose face, 120,000baht."
H. Honcho: "well, i dont have it"
Arbitrator: "im going to have to ___________ to you. and i really mean it."
man theres no school owner, living in a poor country that doesnt know how to hold onto their dosh in the face of people trying to rip it from their hands. many business owners are connected. but school owners- dude they are real connnected. that there, aka those connections, are as binding as any private arbitrator firm.
Arbitrator X: "ahh H. Honcho, you owe this farang 200,000"
H. Honcho: "im going to call my brother in law who is a general. he will fix this"
Arbitrator X: "no you see, we have a binding english document here"
H. Honcho: "I said General, dude. Dont you know thailand?"
It's a nice idea - arbitration.
In the U.S., if you win a judgement, you can totally f*ck with someone and put a lien on their house and car until they repay you.
But that just ain't gonna happen in Thailand.
I would hazard a guess that the OP is looking at dispute resolution, rather than arbitration


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"What fresh hell is this?"
-Dorothy Parker, reportedly as she cast her first glance upon a poster for Disaster Movie
Let's get this out of the way: Disaster Movie is indeed a disaster first, and a movie barely, pure pop culture pablum for da masses (say it aloud, there you go) as can only be expected from the likes of Aaron Seltzer and Jason Friedberg. It's another opus that, despite opening titles done in the style of Armageddon's and a feeble thru-line borrowed from Cloverfield (mixed with some of The Day After Tomorrow), is as much a send-up of disaster-related films as Epic Movie was a spoof of actual epic movies.
It takes two minutes for the first crotch shot, four minutes for the first belch gag, thirty for someone to get breast milk on their face, forty-five for someone to get feces on their face, and about sixty for a record scratch to tell us that something peculiar just happened. In between, the characters relentlessly name-check movies and celebrities and websites and any other manner of the vaguely familiar, the bulk of which I've taken to listing below (because if you're still going to see this willingly, I still doubt that you care much for reading at all).
(As for the rest of you: You're welcome.)p>
Okay, for the three of you in the back who always want to know what the plot is, even in this case: Will (Matt Lanter) has a vision that the town he lives in will soon be destroyed on August 29, 2008 (pause for effect), and sure enough, the destruction of his 'trendy loft district' sends him after estranged girlfriend Amy (Vanessa Minnillo) as she bolts for the natural history museum in an effort to return the Crystal Skull to its proper place. Along the way, he's paired up with black best friend Calvin (Gary 'G Thang' Johnson), his girlfriend (Kim Kardashian - seriously, who is she and why should I care?), pregnant teen/snark machine Juney (Crista Flanagan), and a drug-addled princess (Nicole Parker) as they run from conveniently spacious location to conveniently spacious location. No, really, it's Studio Apartment, Camera Shakes and People Wobble, Nearby Warehouse, Camera Wobbles and People Shake, Local Museum. And that about covers it...
Oh, right, the movies. The year's worth of films that are less than fondly recalled over the course of eighty eye-scraping minutes: 10,000 B.C., Alvin and the Chipmunks, Beowulf, The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, The Dark Knight, Enchanted, Get Smart, Hancock, Hellboy II: The Golden Army, The Incredible Hulk, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Iron Man, Jumper, Juno, Kung Fu Panda, The Love Guru, Never Back Down, Night at the Museum, No Country for Old Men, Sex and the City, Speed Racer, Step Up, Superbad, Wanted and You Don't Mess with the Zohan.
There, curiosity satisfied -- but wait! There's more! You also get "treated" to "jokes" about the following hip-and/or-now topics: Ambien, Amazon.com, "American Gladiators", Amy Winehouse, Brangelina, cell phone commercials, Dr. Phil (who already made a cameo in Scary Movie 4), eBay, Facebook, Flava Flav (allegedly parodied in Epic Movie last year), generally effeminate behavior, Girls Gone Wild, Hannah Montana, those Head-On commercials, "High School Musical," "I'm [Blank]ing Matt Damon," Jessica Simpson, Justin Timberlake, the Jonas Brothers, Kanye West (again, Epic Movie), Michael Jackson (a target of both Scary Movie 3and4), "My Super Sweet Sixteen," priest pedophilia, Rachel Ray, the Spice Girls, and frightened supermodels in bikinis claiming to have defecated themselves in fear.
Better yet, the wonder duo manage to rip themselves off with gags borrowed from Date Movie (the transparent appearance of a black man as a white woman's stunt double) and Scary Movie 3 (a person of small stature hits a ceiling fan and is subsequently shot out a window) that had actually been mildly amusing the first time around. In a similar ratio, roughly one joke here works for every ninety-three that don't. For example, take the instance when Will, flaunting his Jumper-like knack for teleportation, lands himself upon the sword of Prince Caspian (Ike Barinholtz of "MADtv", in one of seven roles, up from three in January's Meet the Spartans), after which Caspian recognizes the impaled as "that guy who ruined Star Wars." It's an intentional jab at Hayden Christensen's wooden acting, sure, but considering that Lanter recently provided the (whiny) voice for young Anakin in The Clone Wars ... well, they had to stumble into legitimate humor at some point, I suppose.
Barinholtz ends up flanked by "MADtv" co-stars Parker and Flanagan, who themselves manage to take on mulitple roles but differ in coming significantly closer to comedy with their efforts. There's something about the sight of Parker's relentlessly bubbly Amy Adams riff violently car-jacking the likes of Speed Racer that I'm almost certain could've been funny in any other context. Flanagan's overly mannered hipper-than-thou Ellen Page send-up, though, is a little easier to meet halfway, but that's a matter of Juno itself more than anything on display here. Meanwhile, Tony Cox and Carmen Electra make appearances because, well, no one told them not to.
At one point, one of our protagonists has the nerve to utter a line like "Oh, I coulda did without that." Really? Just that? Only one thing in this entire garish display? Then the whole full-length recap ends itself with a recap of the very film that had just unspooled before ourselves, like the rotten cherry on top of some warped MTV/VH1-exclusive Ludovico-like experiment. It almost seems impossible to read into the fact that the end of the world within the film is given the exact same date as when it actually opens, but we all know that the world won't end today...
It'll end the day that Aaron Seltzer and Jason Friedberg actually make a movie, and one that's funny to boot.


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How to Harken Back to Simpler Times: Vol. 2
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No "repost" disclaimer in the caption? Does this mean I get to whine at you? OR MAYBE THE COPYRIGHT DATE IS OFF AGAIN LOLOLOL. Only, y'know, backwards this time.
Scott - your voice didn't sound nasally at all! And not only that, you were very entertaining (I didn't expect anything different). Thanks for participating, I really enjoyed it.
I saw the panel on the webcast: Your skin will make a fine poncho.
No it won't. For one thing I'm smaller than you! For another I suffer from dry skin so it won't tan that well (I'm half Italian, of course I tan well, I mean tan as in making leather!)
So I just used your Amazon link to buy your ebook as a gift (I bought mine the day after it came out) and it seems to me that it's kind of "meta" for you to get affiliate links credit on your own book! :) But, the more the better, right?
I'm trying to get as many of my friends reading your stuff as I can. Since I live in Oregon, I always start them off on that strip about how the only use for our state is as a filter for Washington. ;)
Is that the same one where you take a dig at Coos Bay?
I love your strip, and like you a lot as well! I have one concern though -- if you really get into writing more books (yay!), will you then be creating less comics (please, no! Anything but that!)?
'Cause we'll all have to go into mourning, and BI withdrawl will not be pretty! Life will become dark, cold and without laughter.
I think there might be way too many punctuation marks in this post.
I am always impressed with your brothers' facial furniture. I've never seen your dad, so I'm going to assume you all take after your mom in the moustache stakes.
Magnificent moustaches - but didn't one of them used to sport mutton-chop whiskers? Is he becoming more conventional as he matures? Promise me you won't join the establishment. . .
A fine followup to one of my all-time favorite strips of yours, "Christmas in the Scablands."
Pet stylistic peeve, consider that "hark back" might be more authentic, although it's not clear that "harken back" is actually wrong, and it has become common.
"Bicker us to sleep" makes up for it, though.
Read through Off to Be the Wizard in 24 hours. I only wish I had found it 10 years from now when I could immediately gorge on the next 8 books you will have written.
Three good news in one post (one being the excellent new comic itself), yay!
I enjoyed a lot rick's column, so I am all in for more. Let's see that =)
I hereby hypothesize one of the following things is true: either Rick IS Scott Adams or Scott Adams is writing the advice column in Rick's name.
Why do I propose something so silly? As a long time reader of Dilbert books, the Scott Adams (SA) Blog and the DNRC newsletter that predated the SA Blog by years – "Rick's" writing style, tone and sense of humor so closely resemble Scott Adams' that it feels like reading one of the aforementioned SA works. Even beyond the tone/style of the work, the premise (answering reader questions with bad/sarcastic advice) was done by SA for years as "Dogbert answers reader's questions" in the DNRC newsletter. We also all know that The Scotts have a relationship of sorts since many regular BI readers, including myself, found BI based on SA's recommendation in his blog a few years ago. A final parallel is SA's continual habit of giving advice in his SA Blog and then insisting that readers "not take the advice of a cartoonist".
Am I crazy. Am I right. Vote here.
"We'd go clamming, crabbing, fishing, or picking blueberries."
Oddly, these were all things I did with my family as a kid. Creeeeepy.
I agree with Paddy's comment about the mustaches. Your older brother looks to be a high level pugilist.
When we camped, it was sometimes hard to get to sleep; our mother would start complaining (hilariously) about the other campers' television (if you need your television, don't camp) My father would add his remarks, then my brother would join in, and I'd just lie there giggling. I'm just lucky they didn't have "glamping" back then, or I might have died laughing (it's very rare, but if you absolutely can't stop, sometimes you get a heart attack)
Your book was fantastic, I blew through it much too quickly, and now I desperately want more. I didn't notice too many errors for a self-pub, most were along the lines of unclosed quotation marks and such.
I only found you about a month ago, and spent a few days reading through the archives.
As a native Washingtonian and current Oregonian, I especially appreciate your strips about the NW, they're always just as painfully true as the rest of your work.
The interview link has stopped working. Just saying...
Hi Scott; I've been reading your comics long ago and it's been a very pleasant and funny experience, except when you DO NOT public all of my posts, ha-ha just kidding, I know there are a lot of people besides me who reads and comments your comic.
Today I just wanted to point out how particular seems to me (however is extremely common in these globalization and social media epoch) the fact of how it's possible for one person who lives thousands of kilometers away from another person to get to know gradually some aspect of that other person, example: firsts I knew your Help is on the Way book, so I knew your name and your drawn character, then I visited your Basic Instructions web page which, along with a ton of laughs, led me to your Basic Instructions facebook page where I could see your real picture and now with the Next Market podcast I'm able to relate a voice to that picture which came from a I drawn character, it's like if your realistic identity is emerging progressively, so in that order of ideas, I hope someday in a good comics convention (or during the world tour proclamation of the Scott Meyer's multi media empire), get to put a shake hands to the owner of the voice and the face and the books and the web pages.
Thanks for all the fun.
I used to do those things with my dad in Maine. We didn't have bigfoot or rattlesnakes though.


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J.P. Morgan Poaches Barclays Tech Banker
J.P. Morgan today announced to the troops that Drago Rajkovic, who led the technology mergers and acquisitions team at Barclays Capital, will jump to J.P. Morgan.
Here is the company memo from Chris Ventresca and Jim Woolery, the head of North America M&A for J.P. Morgan:
We are pleased to announce that Drago Rajkovic will join the firm as a Managing Director, Head of Technology Mergers & Acquisitions, based in our San Francisco office. He will provide strategic advice on major M&A opportunities and work closely with our colleagues in the Technology sector. He will report to the both of us.
Most recently, Drago headed Technology Mergers & Acquisitions at Barclays Capital where he oversaw all aspects of strategic advisory and M&A execution for firm's technology clients. His clients have included Nokia, Cisco, IBM, HP, KLA-Tencor, EDS, SAP, Symantec, Qualcomm, Motorola, Lenovo, Tibco, Solectron, Ericsson and PeopleSoft, among others.
Prior to joining Barclays Capital, Drago spent most of his investment banking career at Morgan Stanley and Merrill Lynch. Before joining Merrill, Drago was a co-founder and COO of a financial services software start-up, Chase Global Data & Research Inc., which was sold to Thomson Financial. Drago also worked as a management consultant with KPMG based in New York.
Please join us in welcoming Drago to J.P. Morgan and supporting him in his new role.
Chris Jim


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Singapore Airlines sets sights on India
23 Sep 2013 - 0:00
The first A380 delivered to Singapore Airlines arrives at the Airbus Delivery Centre in Toulouse Blagnac, southern France. Almost 13 years after pulling the plug on its last attempt to enter the Indian market, Singapore Airlines is taking another stab at the country.
SINGAPORE: Almost 13 years after pulling the plug on its last attempt to enter the Indian market, Singapore Airlines Ltd is taking another stab at the country by again teaming up with the Tata Group as part of a broader strategic shift.
Last week, the two companies applied to set up a new New Delhi-based full-service carrier, pledging a combined $100m to get it going. This follows an unsuccessful attempt to do the same in the mid-1990s and a failed attempt to buy state-owned Air India in 2000.
The new carrier, if approved, will initially serve the 1.2 billion Indian market. Barring no political or regulatory obstacles, it could be airborne in about a year.
SIA, which will have a 49 percent stake in the carrier, will be banking on its success.
Intense competition on its mainline medium and long-haul markets from Gulf carriers like Emirates Airline and neighbours such as Garuda Indonesia and Malaysian Airline, and weak demand on services to Europe, means that SIA, Asia's second-biggest airline with a market value of $10bn, has changed course in recent years.
Sources familiar with the airline's strategy say that the management, led by low-profile chief executive Goh Choon Phong, is pushing ahead with a "portfolio" strategy that revolves around increasing the company's exposure to the fast-growing Asia Pacific and the low-cost markets.
By diversifying its revenue streams and creating new ones, like the Indian joint venture, Goh and his team plans to reduce SIA's dependence on the flagship carrier over the medium term, say investors and analysts.
"They just have to address why their brand should still be at a premium. They still have a lot to do to actually get investors to be a bit more confident of their prospects," said Kristy Fong, an investment manager at Aberdeen Asset Management, which holds a stake of about four percent in SIA.
Despite the near term pressure on profits, SIA's cash pile of $4.5bn — the biggest among Asian airlines — means that it has the ability to invest in existing and new airlines, the Centre for Aviation (CAPA) said in a report.
It started Scoot, a long-haul low-cost airline, last year to tap the low-fare leisure markets that SIA left behind as it focused on the premium business. Its one-third stake in short-haul LCC Tiger Airways Holdings Ltd could also potentially go up to 46.5 percent.
SIA bought a stake in Virgin Australia Holdings Ltd in late 2012 and increased this to 19.9 percent, ensuring access to the important Australian market.
Silkair, SIA's fully-owned regional subsidiary, will retire its fleet of Airbus A320s and induct new Boeing 737s over the next few years as it grows its network of Asia-Pacific services. SIA itself has ordered dozens of new Airbus A350s, and Boeing's 777-300ERs and 787-10s.
The Indian venture has its challenges. SIA must successfully chart a course around India's political and bureaucratic minefield for regulatory approval.
Under existing regulations, it must serve the domestic market for five years before it can operate international flights. Taxes and airport fees are high, and profitability rare for the country's airlines.


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Man, Melissa sure has nice memory glands!
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USB flash stick, SD card or any other storage device that you keep on your person.
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Mr. Tumnus from the Narnia books and movies is a faun.
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
|Look up Mickey or mickey in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Mickey may refer to:
Computing and technology[edit]
- MICKEY, a stream cipher algorithm that is part of the eSTREAM portfolio
- Mouse dpi or mickey, a measure of distance reported by a computer mouse
- Mickey or 1850XLD, which was developed into the Atari ST home computer
Media and entertainment[edit]
- Mickey (1918 film), a silent comedy-drama film by F. Richard Jones
- Mickey (1948 film), a drama film based on the novel Clementine
- Mickey (2004 film), a baseball film
- Mickey (TV series), a 1964–1965 TV series
- "Mickey" (song), a 1981 song by Toni Basil
People with the given name[edit]
- Mickey Cohen (1913–1976), American gangster
- Mickey Curry (born 1956), American drummer
- Mickey Gilley (born 1936), American country music artist
- Mickey Guidry (born 1966), American football player
- Mickey Hart (born 1943), American drummer with The Grateful Dead
- Mickey He (born 1976), Chinese television actor and singer
- Mickey Hole (1892–1969), NFL player
- Mickey Jones (born 1941), American musician and actor
- Mickey Lolich (born 1940), American former professional baseball player
- Mickey Mantle (1931–1995), American professional baseball player
- Dean Ween or Mickey Melchiondo, guitarist for Ween
- Mickey Redmond (born 1947), Canadian professional hockey player
- Mickey Rooney (1920–2014), American film actor
- Mickey Rourke (born 1952), American film actor
- Mickey Russell, American football player
- Mickey Spillane (1918–2006), American detective fiction author
- Mickey Tettleton (born 1960), American professional baseball player
- Mickey Weintraub (1907–1987), American major league baseball player
Fictional characters[edit]
- Mickey Goldmill, a character from the Rocky franchise
- Mickey Mouse, a Disney cartoon character
- Mickey Smith, a character in the British sci-fi series Doctor Who
- Mickey Crespo, a character in Halo 3: ODST
- Mickey Milkovich - one of the characters in the television drama, Shameless
Other uses[edit]
- Mickey Hot Springs, a small hot spring system in Oregon, United States
- Mickey, a Canadian slang term for a 375 mL bottle of liquor
- Mickey Finn (drugs), a drink laced with drugs
See also[edit]
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"Stephen McCarthy is another great addition out of the Dallas Texans. While he has a quiet personality off the field, his impact on the field is what impressed me the most. He has great presence in the midfield by winning balls but also in dividing them. His club team is proven to be among the best in the country and in my mind he is a big reason for their success."
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"I was flabbergasted that [Chris] Higgins played as well as he did. That [John] McCarthy played as well as he did. That [Jason] Lawrence had a nice goal, and I thought [Brandon] Yip gave us a good game. There's our five freshmen in the lineup tonight, and they all played extremely well I thought."
"We have established that Ms McCarthy was entitled to housing benefit which she has never claimed so we have reinstated her tenancy."
"[Recreation Director William McCarthy sought the new arrangements after inspecting the damage to a turf field by Milford Shoreline players after a game last month at Milford Academy. If the degradation continued, the academy field would have become unusable later this season, he said.] It is a win, win, win, win, ... Everyone is happy because the games will not have to be canceled or postponed. The parks department will not have a mess on their hands next spring."


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This sale has ended, but the resources in the bundle are still available to be purchased separately.
If you missed the party, you can still enter the giveaways until Friday April 25th @ 11:59:59 EDT. Just go HERE to see what prizes are up for grabs. Don't miss your chance to win!
Tonight we're going to party! It's been too long since Intentional By Grace let her hair down, threw on her jammies, and hung out with her readers.
Since The Ultimate Homemaking Bundle went on sale yesterday, I figured it was as good a time as any to throw a party!
What you need to know about the Intentional By Grace Facebook Party
When: Tonight, April 24th at 9pm EDT
Where: Intentional By Grace Facebook page (be sure to like us!)
Put on your jammies, pour a hot drink, and join us for some fun and fellowship!
We're going to have some pretty amazing prizes for all you party animals!
What we're giving away:
- Kindle Fire + an Ultimate Homemaking Bundle ready for loading
- 2 more Ultimate Homemaking Bundles
- 3 Amazon Gift Cards
- 3 copies of my eBook 20 Minute Meals: Giving Weary Chefs Grace While Keeping Families Healthy
- 2 Gospel Homemaking Printable Packs from Gospel Homemaking
- 2 DoTerra Essential Oils (Lavender & Lemon) from Essential Oils for the Family
- Lies Women Believe and the Truth and the Truth that Sets Them Free by Nancy Leigh DeMoss
- Lies Young Women Believe and the Truth and the Truth that Sets Them Free by Nancy Leigh DeMoss & Dannah Gresh
- True Woman 101 by Nancy Leigh DeMoss & Mary Kassian
- Seeking Him by Nancy Leigh DeMoss
- Brokenness, Holiness, Surrender: A Revive Our Hearts Trilogy by Nancy Leigh DeMoss
- Beyond Bath Time: Embracing Motherhood as a Sacred Role by Erin Davis
- Confessions of a Boy Crazy Girl by Paula Hendricks
- Together Growing Appetites for God by Carrie Ward
- Becoming God's True Woman While I Still Have a Curfew by Susan Hunt & Mary Kassian
- Fierce Woman: The Power of a Soft Warrior by Kimberly Wagner
Wow! That's a party, y'all!
A big thanks to Gospel Homemaking, Essential Oils for the Family and True Woman (Revive Our Hearts) for helping sponsor many of the giveaways!
If you're new to Facebook parties, then no worries! Let me tell you how they work.
First, you want to head over to the Intentional By Grace Facebook page when it's time to party (9pm EDT!). While you're there, go ahead and like our page!
Then watch the Intentional By Grace Facebook page for updates. The party will be moving pretty fast, so you'll want to refresh your page often! You can click the refresh button in your browser or just keep pressing F5.
You can be a party lurker, but it's far more fun to answer the questions and interact with others at the party!
When a giveaway is announced, click the link provided and go ahead and enter the giveaway. We'll be using a Rafflecopter form for each giveaway.
If you don't want to take time to enter the giveaways on the spot, then just leave the tab open to come back to later. Just be sure you do come back!
It's good etiquette to like the Facebook pages of the sponsors of the giveaways. You're not required to do so, but they are the ones helping make this party awesome with all the fun prizes! So giving them a pat on the back is a good thing to do.
If you stay through the end of the party, it's quite likely you'll receive something really cool. {Hint! Hint! Nudge! Nudge!} So make sure you try to hang around until the end!
To sum it up, to participate in a Facebook party is easy. You just show up and follow along with the conversation! I'll guide you through the rest.
So tell me! Are you coming or what?
Don't forget to get your copy of The Ultimate Homemaking Bundle!
Did you know that it's cheaper if you go in with friends? There's a deal at checkout where you can purchase 3 bundles for the price of 2!
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The coal industry is continuing to provide financial support to Republican Andy Barr in his race against Democratic U.S. Rep. Ben Chandler in Kentucky's 6th District.
Barr filed a financial report Monday with the Federal Election Commission showing that coal executives and their political action committees contributed at least $45,000 to his campaign since July 1. That's on top of at least $40,000 contributed from April through June.
Coal issues matter in Lexington, the 6th District's largest city that's home to a sizable bloc of Appalachian transplants as well as offices for the Kentucky Coal Association and several major mining companies.
Barr has raised more than $1.8 million for his general election bid, but he still trails Chandler, whose fundraising topped $2 million.


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>>A Microsoft-sponsored study cites "higher cost of Linux
>> administrators" as a factor why Linux "total cost of ownership" is
>> higher.[/color]
> Generally your average xNIX admin is smarter, works smarted. and has
> more[/color]
Possibly has better tools. But I dont hold with that. You probably have
zero idea of the feature rich gui based network tools that the MS guys
Why smarter? Certainly not smarter in any general sense.
> education. Can manage a whole lot more machines at once with higher
> uptimes, less viruses and less patching. In fact, many of them learn Linux,
> then learn Microsoft and can do both. But this is rare with MS-Windows
> admins doing the opposite. Of course there are exceptions, but the above is
> the rule.
> However companies get into issues with MS-Windows proliferation. Every app
> gets it's own machine and soon it grows out of control multiplying
> like rats[/color]
That is nonsense. In some systems each app has its own machine. Not in
all by any means.
> with too much food. With xNIX, put 2-3 or more on the same system! The
> efficiencies a smart xNIX admin gets make them look cheap compared to the MS
> Windows stuff all things told.
> Take the top super computer clusters, they are almost all xNIX. I think
> Microsoft has a few in the 400-500 down the list. This is because
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Panasonic joins the 3D TV party
If we want the glasses
AVATAR HAS A LOT TO ANSWER FOR. In 2010, 3D technology has moved from the preserve of cinematic events to something which we will be seeing more and more in homes and pubs.
Panasonic is the latest company to show its hand with 3D technology, last night officially revealing 3D capable 'Viera' television sets and Blu-ray players that are soon to be available in UK stores.
The company joins the likes of Samsung and LG in looking at 3D as the driver for new TV sales. The Avatar effect has possibly pushed this forward faster than many might have expected, but it does look like 3D technology is nearly here, and will be here to stay.
That's even though many of us probably didn't even think of 3D as something we needed or even wanted. HD was the last big TV technology, but many of us don't have the right channels or the right Blu-Ray capable equipment to watch it.
Yet the big TV manufacturers have spoken, and it will be common to see flagship top of the range HD TVs that have 3D capability as standard. At Panasonic's 3D product launch held at Air Studios, Panasonic product manager for plasma displays Fabrice Estornel said it is simply the next natural step in TV evolution.
From black and white, to colour, from standard definition to high definition, TV technology has simply moved on, but as with the technology used in mobile phones the pace has gotten much faster.
Estornel described how Panasonic's new generation of plasma display panels, which it called NeoPDP, could provide HD 3D by running with a 1080p HD signal for each eye. To get the full effect you need to be watching full HD Blu-ray, working by using a frame second shell technology and active shutter glasses.
Attempting to differentiate Panasonic's 3D from its competitors, he said, "We've developed a brand new panel generation which we call NeoPDP 3D. One of the main advantages is the eyespeed 3D drive technology.
"We have a very fast panel. Already plasma technology has a natural advantage of response time, but we make it even faster in order to display a lot more frames per second."
As well as improving 3D picture quality, Estornel said it improved the 2D picture as well. He added, "We need a very fast panel because of 'crosstalk'. In order to make sure you get the best picture quality for the 1080p HD signal for each eye, you need to make sure there's no overlap between the left and the right picture."
Older 3D technology had problems with response time, which created overlapping. With the NeoPDP 3D technology crosstalk reduction, Estornel claimed that Panasonic has made sure there is no overlapping, so that the left eye was only seeing the left frame, with no remnants from the right frame.
This meant that there should not be any of that 3D blur effect that would ruin a 3D picture. The active shutter glasses themselves will cost about £100 and carry technology specially developed to work with the plasma panels. This means that they will not work with the 3D TVs of other manufacturers.
Panasonic officially launched its VT20 series of TVs, showing off the 50-inch and 65-inch models. The 50-inch 3D TV will launch at the end of April in the UK, and the 65-inch version later in July.
Having a 3D TV is kind of useless without having content though, and Panasonic also announced a Blu-Ray player in the BDT-300, which can run 3D and will be available at the end of this month.
To actually film in 3D requires a specialised camera, and Panasonic will also launch a 3D dedicated twin-lens broadcast camera later in the year.
Many of course will be sceptical. The price for this equipment will at first be prohibitive, and then you have the question of whether people will be willing to put up with the glasses. To answer doubts, Panasonic wheeled out Bob Johnston, a 3D content producer from the US, who said that 3D was simply the next step for a whole range of programming.
He said, "We know that consumers are going to go after it. Whether that content is going to start in the movie theatre and move to Blu-ray, everything is pointing to the fact that everybody wants their own 3D."
To give a sense of how 3D is penetrating cinema, he quoted 35 feature films that want to be produced in 3D, while 41 are confirmed to be in 3D without a release date. It is also reaching broadcast TV, with some networks already confirmed to be running 3D channels, such as Sky in the UK.
Mike Hope-Milne, enterprise director for cinema advertising company Pearl and Dean, was also certain that 3D isn't a passing fad. "There is no way it is a gimmick. It is here to stay. Consumers are really enjoying this, and getting to the point already where they are starting to expect it."
The gaming world was also excited about what 3D could do. Phil Brannell, senior brand manager for Ubisoft, worked with James Cameron in developing the Avatar video game in 3D.
"There has been a significant cultural shift, and that's because of Avatar," he said. "It drove cinema to install 3D projectors and is now the number one box office film of all time."
Cinemagoers also pay a premium for the privilege, and this is important. "What that showed was that there was was a consumer acceptance that they don't mind paying for 3D."
Sky also made moves this year to bring 3D into UK homes, with a 3D broadcast of Man Utd versus Chelsea to be shown this weekend in pubs and clubs around the UK.
One important note to all of this is that the industry has worked very hard to ensure there will be no format war when it comes to 3D, which can obviously hamper the beginnings of a new technology.
The 3D TVs bought today from any company will be compatible with any 3D Blu-ray player or gaming equipment like the Xbox, and will obviously help with the goal of bringing 3D into the home. µ
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D-Wave launches new quantum computer with first 2,000-qubit processor
We're actually a little bit scared of it
Apple's new MacBook Pro is reportedly coming in 'late October'
Latest report points to OLED touch bar and AMD Polaris graphics
NHS trusts are still using unsupported Windows XP PCs
'At least' 42 organisations still running defunct operating system
Polish car mechanic is still load-balancing with a Commodore 64 after 25 years
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Years after revealing how Pennsylvania nickel-and-dimed the jobless with hidden fees to collect unemployment via debit cards, I regret to inform you that the Corbett administration is inflicting new insults to injury on folks already battered by the endless recession.
This pain is mental and financial.
The psychological anguish comes from spending hours, days - weeks, even - dialing and redialing a toll-free number that's always busy and criminally understaffed.
The monetary blow is collateral damage. If you can't get through, you don't collect. Cue the ripple effect, from missed child support payments to near evictions.
"Trying to reach anyone at unemployment is a full-time job," grumbles Jennifer Kaminsky, a Montgomery County food broker who filed a new claim Aug. 29 and has yet to receive a dime.


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To think of Berlin as a dreary city still struggling to escape the shadow of its communist past is to do the German capital a great injustice. Vibrant, fascinating and truly unique – Berlin today is simply bursting with culture, history and a huge array of world-class entertainment.
The contemporary and the historic collide in this wonderfully diverse city. Alongside the world-famous Brandenburg Gate and iconic Reichstag building stand incredible feats of modern architecture like the dazzling Sony Tower at Potsdamer Platz. The remaining Berlin Wall at East Side Gallery and infamous Checkpoint Charlie border crossing are unsettling, yet fascinating, reminders of the city's troubled history. Cycle around Tiergarten then quench your thirst with a refreshing pils in a sundrenched beer garden. Admire artistic treasures on Museum Island then relax in a deckchair at Strandbar Mitte urban beach. Sip cocktails at a cosmopolitan bar in Charlottenburg before grooving to techno beats in hip Prenzlauer Berg.
Berlin is synonymous with hip, fashionable people experimenting with art, music and film – so its festivals are sure to share these qualities. Pop-Kultur is being held at various venues across Neukölln – affectionately called 'Little Istanbul' due to its Turkish inhabitants. The German capital's cultural elite will be holding events, talks and concerts from 31 August to 2 September exploring the diverse nature of Berlin's scene. On 10 and 11 September, big name bands and world-famous DJs come to Treptower Park, between Kreuzberg and Friedrichshain, to wow the crowds at Lollapalooza – an exciting import from the USA, where Radiohead and Kings of Leon are headlining.
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One of my greatest joys in life is growing food, but nothing compares to the added pleasures of sharing the harvest with neighbors in need. Whether you're a first-time gardener or a seasoned veteran, sooner or later your garden will be so productive you'll find yourself wondering what to do with the bounty.
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Open source software is still software and vulnerabilities are expected. Unlike a filesystem bug or a kernel panic, they cause no pain until they strike.
Open source code drives collaborative innovation from a larger pool of developers at a lower cost, which is why federal agencies are adopting the "open source first" model. In fact Sonny Hashmi, CIO of the General Services Administration, recently announced that implementing open source software is... Read more
The government of India has recently announced a big push into open source as a part of its Digital Initiative. For a country of more than a billion people and thousands of government organizations, it is hope for the faltering free and open source software communities there. Indian native and... Read more
Every municipality should have an open data champion. The City of Raleigh, the capital city of North Carolina, is fortunate to have Jason Hare, an open data program manager and an open data consultant. Last year, Hare lead the effort to deploy a beta version of the first open data portal for... Read more
Daniel Alvarez—Legal Advisor for Wireline, Public Safety, and Homeland Security at the FCC (Federal Communications Commission)—spoke at a forum last week with the North Carolina Technology Association about the FCC's deliberations on a framework to "protect and promote Internet openness."
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Dan Uggla, the Marlins' all-time franchise home run king, hit his 29th homer of the year tonight. But that's not the blast he was talking about here. He was impressed by Cameron Maybin and Logan Morrison becoming the first Marlins to lead off a game with back-to-back homers in a 7-1 win in Atlanta.
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American Airlines Celebrates National AMT Day
American Airlines is celebrating National AMT Day throughout its system this week, honoring its 10,600 Aviation Maintenance Technicians (AMT) who work on its fleet of almost 600 aircraft.
American's three overhaul bases -- Alliance Fort Worth, Tulsa and Kansas City -- held their activities on Wednesday. Line Maintenance stations will have their activities either Friday or Saturday.
Most states officially recognize May 24 as AMT Day, but AMTs gained special recognition on April 30 when the U.S. House of Representatives passed House Resolution 444 honoring "the professional men and women who ensure the safety and security of our airborne aviation infrastructure, and recognize the life and memory of Charles Edward Taylor, the aviation maintenance technician who built and maintained the engine that was used to power the Wright brothers' first controlled flying machine on December 17, 1903."
The Kansas City base will also give the Charles Taylor Award to an AMT in recognition of his 50 years of committed service and Knowledge.
During the 2007 AMT day American's Maintenance & Engineering Department announced that the Gold Wrench Award program was being brought back, which recognizes outstanding AMTs. The FAA has identified 6,327 individual American Airlines AMTs who have earned the bronze, silver, gold, ruby or diamond training awards. That program encourages AMTs to take advantage of initial and recurrent training annually.
"This year, more than any other year, our AMTs truly deserve to be singled out," said Carmine Romano, American's Senior Vice President - Maintenance & Engineering. "They have done an outstanding job in the face of adversity this past year."
Don Videtich, International Representative, Transport Workers Union - Airline Transport Division, said, "Our AMTs have exhibited both the spirit and professionalism when called upon to perform their trade. They have brought immense value to American Airlines by generating revenue and productivity improvements. These aviation professionals are all serving something greater in the interest of public safety. I am honored to represent such a wonderful group of men and women."
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Miguel Ángel Beltrán, formerly a sociology professor at the National University and University of Antioquia, was extradited last May from Mexico City to Colombia. He's been in jail since. Judicial proceedings began late last month on charges he recruited students for the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).
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Raul Castro has said that the global economic crisis means tougher times ahead for Cuba, but the country has no-one to blame but itself for poor farm production. In a speech marking Revolution Day, the Cuban president said that the island can't simply pin all its problems on Washington's 47-year-old trade embargo.
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The mediation efforts of Costa Rican President Oscar Arias in the Honduran situation seem to be headed for failure. Elected, yet deposed, President Manuel Zelaya says he is the only legitimate head of state, as does the entire world. The coup president, Roberto Micheletti, says he is the constitutional president and the military coup was a normal succession to power.
EDITORIAL Climate change: Taking responsibility, aiding the vulnerable
As negotiations continue on worldwide goals and timetables to cut emissions of greenhouse gases, it is increasingly clear that industrially developed countries must take responsibility for the great bulk of the pollution that has caused global warming to date.
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Moving to a no-nukes world? Obama, Medvedev agree on nuclear weapons cuts
In a turn away from years of stalemate and heightened tensions between the U.S. and Russia over nuclear weapons, President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev agreed Monday to reduce U.S. and Russian stockpiles of nuclear warheads to as few as 1,500 each, lower than any existing arms control agreement.
'Underlying conditions' for Honduras coup?
The generals, oligarchs and corrupt politicians who perpetrated Sunday's coup d'état against Honduran president Manuel Zelaya are beginning to sweat as militant demonstrations and strikes continue in the capital of Tegucigalpa and elsewhere, as stories of possible dissent on the part of military units begin to surface, and as the entire world expresses its repudiation of what Venezuelan president Chavez correctly called a reversion to "troglodyte" (cave man) methods of changing governments.
50 years of Cuban Agrarian Reform: overcoming challenges to feed the people
The food needs of Cuba are vast and present a ready market for US farmers and agri-business corporations. Surprisingly, Cuba's largest supplier of food and agricultural products is the US where it gets 70% of its corn and 40% of its wheat. When the restrictive blockade falls, Cuban imports should rise dramatically. For example Cuba gets the bulk of its rice all the way from Vietnam instead of nearby Arkansas.
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Ways to Bond and Build Confidence
My daughter and I just returned from visiting my parents sans my husband (who couldn't get away from work stuff), which was a blast. You would think it would be a tad stressful traveling, but it was actually a primo experience, full of bonding time. We had to tap into our Mama-Kiddo teamwork with juggling bags, both of us helped each other stay patient while waiting in long security lines, we chatted about what we saw all around.
Spending time together, doing an activity is a great way to bond and build that foundation of communication, as well as boost her confidence. That special time also teaches her that happiness isn't something we can touch and doesn't come from a thing you buy, it is something you experience. Now, since we aren't jetting off every other week, I was thinking of ways that she and I can bond and keep that self-esteem growing on a more regular basis.
Learn something - Whether it's knitting or studying all of the constellations or learning a new language or work your way through a cool cookbook, something you can both start off at the same point and discover together is a prime way to bond as well as build inner self-worth. Hint: if you are learning something together and she says "I can do it, Mom!," let her! Making mistakes and fixing them and getting it right the next time is a huge confidence builder.
Start a reading club - Read the same book. This is a great idea for those of you with older girls, even off at college or out of the house.
Create playlists for each other - If she's really into her music, find common ground by having her make a playlist for you and you make one for her. Share your favorites from when you were her age. This can spark some great conversations.
Get moving together - Take a yoga class every Saturday morning or go for a speed walk Sunday afternoons or make up your own backyard exercise game you do together. Getting an adrenaline rush, racing her, boosting that heartbeat up, all of it is a good way to bond.
Have ritual nighttime talk - Whether it's a few questions each of you answer (odd thought you had that day, what made you feel happy during the day, or the like) or whether it is just 15 minutes you chill on her bed and just listen to what she has to share, connect every day at the same time.
Do you and your daughter share a hobby? What is a special way you connect and bond?
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My youngest dd and I like to play games on the Wii for exercise so I got her a Wii Fit and a balance board. It gives us stuff to talk about when I call there every week (she lives with her dad). She is also very creative and artistic like me. The other day she was asking me for advice about water color painting (something I used to do when I was younger).
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Moosejaw, a retailer which focuses on outdoor recreation apparel and gear for snowboarding, rock climbing, hiking, and camping, has come up with a creative way to encourage you to look at its catalog. In involves models, both female AND male, in various states of undress.
No, the company doesn't sell underwear or lingerie. Instead, Moosejaw has launched a free augmented reality app called X-Ray (iOS, Android).
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The Moosejaw X-Ray App is an augmented reality experience designed to work with the Moosejaw Winter Catalog (Available November 15, 2011).
Experience the latest Moosejaw Outdoor Gear and Apparel Catalog in a whole new way. Once the X-Ray App is installed and opened, simply aim your device's camera at pages in the catalog to activate the X-Ray scanner.
Through the app you'll see what our models are wearing underneath the best stuff from The North Face, Patagonia, Arc'teryx, Moosejaw and more.
Don't have a print version of the catalog?
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Or, swing by any Moosejaw Shop and use the app on our store signage.
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Love the madness,
Here's what Gary Wohlfeill, Creative Director at Moosejaw had to say, in a press release:
"Our goal at Moosejaw is to always create a unique and notable customer experience. Something that everyone who shops with us will want to tell ten friends about. The X-Ray catalog and X-Ray App are designed to create an incredibly cool, interactive and fun experience that breaks the barrier between our print and digital brand. It's also very much about seeing people in their underwear, something we're constantly prioritizing at Moosejaw."
Founded in 1992 by two wilderness guides, Moosejaw is known for a humorous marketing style called "Moosejaw Madness," which is where the "madness" reference in the app description comes from. Somehow we think this fits right in with its past history of marketing.
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Our writers imagine their final Facebook status when they finally log off the mortal coil
From flower festivals to country cottages with their own private gardens, there are some great breaks available for green-fingered tourists
So much sewage has been flushed on the route that it has acted like fertiliser to the undigested seeds within it
It can be stubborn but its wondrous display is rightly revered and applauded
The Mirror's gardening columnist performed in front of millions of people on Tom Daley's Saturday night show
I had the voyeuristic task of peering into many a private paradise through the imagery that you kindly sent me
Plus, how to make a Wellington boot planter and your garden jobs for the week
Producers of the ITV show are in talks with the former Spurs midfielder about being one of the celeb skaters in next year's series
A world away from the opulence and extravagance of the Chelsea Flower Show, the show gardens here are a little more down to earth
But what has been so striking about this year's Chelsea has been the sheer number of visitors andtheir unbridled enthusiasm
His innovative 80ft garden was awarded a special honour, Most Creative Show Garden prize - the first time it has been awarded in five years
The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh smiled as they admired his spectacular 24-metre pyramid creation
After months of meticulous planning and sleepless nights the Mirror gardening columnist' Diarmuid Gavin's creation is ready
Soaring into the London sky at 80ft high, the Westland Magical Tower Garden will be the biggest and highest in the show's history
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Gardeners, more than any other group, are exhilarated at the prospect of travel because we have an innate amazement in seeing what flourishes elsewhere.
I am ending 2011 with a small sense of achievement. We've just completed a garden makeover at a day care centre in Hereford.
I'm delighted to support older people in the Daily Mirror to raise money for Age UK by doing something I passionately believe in – recycling.
Just a week to go now until the big day and all the presents need to be bought and wrapped.
Aaah! The first week of December has passed and at last I can acknowledge it is Christmas time.
If an Englishman's home is his castle, hedges are the fortifications that mark his boundaries.
Back in the spring I bought a kalanchoe plant which flowered continually for four months.
Outside the wind is howling, the rain is lashing down and it's time to be inside curled up in an armchair
I have a small kitchen garden in which I like to grow vegetables. This year I tried to grow Brussels sprouts without success.
You can prune roses in November, though many leave it until February.
Remember to leave out diseased horse chestnut leaves as you don't want to help this pest multiply.
Welcome to the results of our nationwide gardening competition.
TIME is running out for horticulturalists hoping to win a top prize in the Daily Mirror's great gardening competition as entries close tonight.
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Keith Giles is an author, blogger and freelance copywriter in Orange County, California. WHAT IS SUBVERSIVE? It's a systematic overthrow of one system or power by those working from within. Jesus said the Kingdom of God was immediately accessible to all who follow Him. This is the Gospel message. This is subversive.
Thursday, December 29, 2005
2005- the year in retrospect
The sheer variety of tests and trials we endured were also significant.
We suffered through a miscarriage, loss of income, had shake-ups at church, went through a move and a house search, had to say goodbye to dear friends, and went through some times of poor health (without any health insurance).
Still, we've grown so much. We've learned more about what it means to walk by faith and not by sight.
Most of us go out of our way to avoid situations where we don't have control and don't know the outcome for certain. This is why God forces us into these sorts of tests so that we can walk by faith and not by sight.
God loves it when we keep our eyes focused on Him. He loves it when we put all of our trust in His providence and when we have nothing else but Him to lean on, or depend on, or place our hope in.
He really does love it.
As we look forward to 2006, we still hope and pray that it will involve much less adventure. We do not want to move again anytime soon, or change jobs, or have to receive money from anonymous donors to pay our bills, or suffer through sickness or a miscarriage, or say goodbye to any more of our friends.
But, this is life. Life is unpredictable. Things change. People die and move on. All things are temporal We ourselves are mortal. Everything is in flux. Nothing is certain.
We lift our heads and place our hands into the hands of God, one more time.
2006, here we come!
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- Laura said...
While 2005 may have been turbulent for you (to say the least), God has shown through your heart and words and I am so grateful and encouraged! May He continue to bless you, your wife and your children in 2006.
- emilyb said...
Keith, I've been reading your blog for quite some time now. In fact, I can't even remember how I came upon it in the first place. Anyway, I am a faithful reader and am always blessed by your thoughts/questioning/encouragement. I just wanted you to know that. You just never know who is reading and being touched by what you're writing. Keep it up, my brother.
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