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Playboy.com Exclusive Interview with Neon Hitch
We talk with the gorgeous Neon Hitch about life on the road, her gypsy past and what inspires her creativity.
By the end of this interview I can guarantee that Neon Hitch will be your new dream girl. She's sexy, outgoing, hilarious and has a really nice ass, which you've probably already had the pleasure of meeting in the Gym Class Heroes' "Ass Back Home" music video. This feisty redheaded gypsy is known to her friends as the girl who has been scaling the trapeze since the age of seven and will blow fire at anyone that gets in her way. Her debut album, Beg, Borrow, and Steal, produced by Benny Blanco, paints the incredible story of her one-of-a-kind life growing up on a school bus with her mother, traveling from town to town in the U.K. to perform at carnivals and circuses. "Lyrically it's inspired by my upbringing," says Hitch. "So there's a lot of stories that sound fictional but they're actually real." When we asked her to describe the album she compared it to a good makeout session: "It's emotional, it's very passionate."
After her rather rocky start moving to America on the tragic day of September 11th 2001, Neon began cowriting alongside acts like Bruno Mars, Imogen Heap, Sia and even cowrote Ke$ha's hit "Blah Blah Blah." Shortly after, she signed with Warner Brother Records to release her own debut album and wrote all of the songs save for the dance-pop track "Gold" which playboy Bruno Mars helped cowrite. "It feels a bit phony singing what someone else has written. I don't think anyone can tell my story better than I can so I think I'm best to just write my own songs. I have a lot that I need to say."
While Hitch has been taking the U.S. by storm, appearing on The Today Show, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon and The Voice while performing at Madison Square Garden and even stopping by our own Playboy Radio studios, we had a chance to sit down with Hitch in Chicago to talk about her career, her love for Playboy and what it's like living on the road.
Playboy.com: With such an eclectic background, what kind of music did you grow up with?
Hitch: I grew up with my mom playing folk music around the fire, and my dad introduced me to Madonna and Michael Jackson. So I had like the hippie element and I had the pop element; that helped create who I am today.
Playboy.com: We love that it's something that you can really see in your personality, the free-spirit glam pop star! What was your childhood like, constantly being on the road?
Hitch: Pretty much like it is right now! But now there are no bearded ladies or trapeze artists.
Playboy.com: When I was reading about your life it reminded me of Big Top Pee-Wee.
Hitch: Oh my god! [Laughs]
Playboy.com: How did you start performing? Where were you first discovered?
Hitch: Kara DioGuardi discovered me in America, but before that I had been a part of the hip-hop scene with The Streets and kind of an underground hip-hop artist. It's really about who you know in the business and just through one person I met another person…it's all about making connections.
Playboy.com: Are there any recordings of you working with The Streets?
Hitch: Well there was one video that we did together called "Derek," back in the day. It's so old, it's kind of embarrassing. You know if you look at baby pictures, it's like that when you're listening to your old music, you just think, "OH GOD!"
Playboy.com: You were living with Amy Winehouse for a bit, right?
Hitch: She is the most beautiful human being I have ever met and just bless her, I love her.
Playboy.com: Did you guys ever collaborate together?
Hitch: Not really, we did different styles and I was off doing my own thing and she was off doing her own thing. We did a lot of jam sessions in the house, which was fun.
Playboy.com: Is there anything you can't tour without?
Hitch: Uh…My vibrator! Absolutely.
Playboy.com: Do you get to breathe fire or do any cool tricks on your tours?
Hitch: Not this tour. I did when I was a kid, but right now I have to keep it a little bit tame while I'm doing a radio tour so I can't. I don't think I even could! There's a time and place for breathing fire, and I don't think radio is the place. [Laughs]
Playboy.com: You were on Playboy radio; did you have fun?
Hitch: I did and wow, that was the raunchiest interview ever! It was 10 a.m. and this guy was calling in talking about all kinds of sexual things, it was insane., I'm a potty mouth and even I was shocked.
Playboy.com: Speaking of potty mouth, what is the story behind the song "Fuck You Betta"?
Hitch: It's about an ex-boyfriend who dumped me and who told me he started dating a model and I'm like, you know what? That's fine. She's prettier than I'll ever be but has she got the connection that we have and can she swim through sexy black oil like this? I just wanted to make a song that celebrated my breakup rather than mourning over the death of a relationship. I wanted to have fun with it and I wanted to make a sexy video to show my ex-boyfriend what he was missing.
Playboy.com: You seem to be really open about sexuality and your body, and it's no secret that we're all for that over here. How important do you feel it is to celebrate a woman's figure?
Hitch: I am all about embracing sexuality. I am a woman and whatever shape or size you are, you need to feel beautiful and be grateful for what you have. If you feel sexy, you look sexy and that's my approach.
Playboy.com: What's your first memory of Playboy?
Hitch: I remember seeing the magazine and thinking, I am going to be in that magazine one day. I was probably about five. I've always known that I'm destined to be in Playboy, that's one of my goals. I just think the whole thing is amazing! The Bunnies living in a mansion and all boning one dude, it sounds fantastic! I like the lifestyle; I mean, I would love to be a Playmate for a day, that would be incredible. Maybe we can swap positions; a Playmate could go on tour for a day and I bone Hugh Hefner for a day. I think that would be hot!
Playboy.com: So we asked some of your fans on Twitter to send us questions they've been dying to ask you; do you want to hear them?
Hitch: Yes!
@Estevanc530 asks: What are three things you look for in a guy?
Hitch: They've got to be driven. I don't like lazy boys, that is a turnoff! They have to be a good sensual kisser, very romantic and passionate, and I like a dude with tattoos as well.
@xo_Lisamariie asks: Because you influence me to live each day to the fullest, who is your biggest influence and why?
Hitch: In life it's my mom because she's such a free spirit and she's very creative. I definitely get my creativity from her. But as far as musical influence and a woman of power, it's my girl Amy Winehouse.
@DjAudio asks: Do you have any favorite positions?
Hitch: Dad, I hope you're not reading this, but I like it on top! I like to be in control. Maybe I'm a control freak but I like to be more in control, absolutely on top.
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Recent Acquisitions: Mircea Cantor's Deeparture and Cao Fei's COSPlayers
Doryun Chong
Jun 2006
The Walker has recently acquired videos by two remarkable young talents, Mircea Cantor (b. 1977) and Cao Fei (b. 1978). Hailing from Romania and Southern China and living and working in Paris and Beijing, respectively, both Cantor and Cao have become increasingly notable presences at many important art events and museums around the world, although they are still considered early-career artists. Their…
8-Ball: Sharon Lockhart
Apr 2006
Sharon Lockhart is known for making formally rigorous films and still photographs in staged settings. Represented in the Walker collection by a multimedia work, photos, and multiples, the artist recently took a moment to answer some of life's most—and possibly least—pressing questions. What's the last (or favorite) book you read? Joan Didion's The Year of Magical Thinking. What is one of the most…
Recent Acquisition: Kiki Smith, Kitchen, 2005
Kim Birks
Apr 2006
One of the most iconic artists of her generation, Kiki Smith makes work containing unflinching and often exquisite meditations on the body, myth, and spirituality that, as Walker director Kathy Halbreich says, "possess the power to bring one to a complete stop." Smith exhibits great fluency with a wide variety of media, yet she has often gravitated toward humble materials such as paper, clay, and fabric…
Pondering "America"
Paul Schmelzer
Mar 2006
"It's impossible to be bound by national borders when one talks about aesthetics. Nationality is not an aesthetic category, and I truly hope it never will be." —Philippe Vergne This year's edition of the Whitney Biennial, opening in New York City on March 2, is a historic one: it's the first to be titled and the first organized without an American-born curator. Subtitled Day for Night, the survey is…
Rirkrit Tiravanija
Mar 2006
Rirkrit Tiravanija's relationship with the Walker goes back to the 1995 exhibition Economies: Hans Accola and Rirkrit Tiravanija and his subsequent artist residency. Since then, he has realized many projects around the world and become one of the most influential thinker-practitioners in contemporary art. Fittingly embodying his peripatetic, gregarious existence, Tiravanija's open, generous art often…
Kiki Smith: Keeping the Faith
Lynne Tillman
Mar 2006
By calling Lynne Tillman's work "so striking and original that it transforms the way you see the world, the way you think about and interact with your surroundings," the Los Angeles Reader might as easily be describing Kiki Smith's powerful yet vulnerable art as the writing of her longtime friend. The Walker exhibition catalogue Kiki Smith: A Gathering, 1980–2005 describes Smith's craft in similar…
Two-Minute Wash Cycle
Fei Dawei
Oct 2005
On December 1, 1987, Huang Yong Ping placed a classical Chinese art history book and a Western art history book into a washing machine and washed them for two minutes. These two long-standing histories were transformed into a pile of unreadable pulp within two minutes. One of the most important Chinese artists on the post-1990s international contemporary art scene, Huang was born in Xiamen, China, in…
Change Is the Rule
Hou Hanru
Oct 2005
Huang Yong Ping's art is an entire ontology in itself. It's a universe unto itself, and like the universe itself, it's a complex system generated out of paradox and perplexity, which endow it with ultimate dynamism and vitality. His art is powerful but intelligent, revealing the essence of existence: that the truth of the world is that there is no unique ontological truth. The world is an eternal…
An Artist and His Doppelgangers
Richard Flood
Sep 2005
An amazingly complex American artist, Paul Thek (1933–1988) began his career in New York in the 1960s with a series of works collectively titled Technological Reliquaries, created as a reaction against the war in Vietnam. They combined pristinely assembled, minimalist containers with brutal, wax-modeled chunks of meat or severed limbs (one of them, Hippopotamus, is in the Walker's collection). Now, some 30…

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The New Yorker receives around 1,000 cartoons each week; it only publishes about 17 of them. In this hilarious, fast-paced, and insightful talk, the magazine's longstanding cartoon editor and self-proclaimed "humor analyst" Bob Mankoff dissects the comedy within just some of the "idea drawings" featured in the magazine, explaining what works, what doesn't, and why.
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The Lady Broncs lose to Laramie 33 to 42.
Big Horn Wins over Sundance 49-43!
2-A STATE BASKETBALL - The Tongue River Lady Eagles and the Sheridan Lady Broncs advanced in post season play while the Big Horn Rams were relegated to the consolation bracket at the state tournament.
The Big Horn Rams got beat 61-49 in their first round state tournament game by Wind River. Matt Wigglesworth and Tony Mort led the Rams with 12 points each.
The Rams play Sundance in a loser out game at noon at the Casper events center we will have it live on 14-10 KWYO and 95.9 FM. Sundance was knocked into the losers bracket by Lovell.
The Buffalo Bison boys were the only Johnson County high school basketball team to win at Thursday's tournaments, defeating the Newcastle Dogies 51-33 in their first round matchup at the 3A East Regional Tournament.
They will now move on to face Wheatland in the semifinals at 3pm today, with the winner qualifying for State.
Kaycee's Lady Bucs lost their opening round game to Farson-Eden in the State 1A Tournament Thursday and will now move into the consolation bracket where third place is now the goal.
Kaycee lost the game to Farson-Eden 44-39 in overtime.
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At the Half: Lady Broncs lead Cheyenne South 33 to 4.
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Final Score: Lady Broncs defeat Cheyenne South 49 to 19.
The Tongue River Lady Eagles beat Shoshoni 49 to 40.
The Lady Eagles play Lovell in the semi finals Friday at 4:30 live on 14-10 KWYO and 95.9 FM.
Big Horn lost 61-49 vs Wind River the Rams play Sundance Friday at Noon in a loser out game.Hear it live on KWYO and 95.9 fm
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The Sheridan Lady Broncs will play an elimination game tonight at 7:00 against Cheyenne South we will broadcast it live on 14-10 KWYO and 95.9 FM.
The Lady Broncs beat South in blow out fashion in both regular season games and Head coach Sean Yeager says the Lady Broncs need to get off to a fast start against the Bison.
If they advance they will play Laramie in tomorrow's semi finals
As we reported on Monday, the Bison boys' swim team finished second at the State Meet last weekend, behind powerhouse Lander, who won their sixteenth consecutive title.
Coach Ron Chapin was impressed with his team's finish at State, saying "This was such a great finish to the season. Every swimmer finished with their best time of the year. These guys poured every ounce of energy they had into this meet."
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Located in the Theatre District and in the heart of downtown Boston, the Emerson College campus is two blocks from the city's famous "Freedom Trail" and our residence halls look out over Boston Common toward the gold dome of the Massachusetts State House.
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Emerson's central location puts everything within close reach. Walk a few blocks north of campus and you'll find yourself in Beacon Hill, a historic neighborhood known for its cobblestone streets and gaslight streetlamps. Just one block east is Chinatown, a favorite spot for late-night cheap eats. To the west is the Back Bay, home to Boston's Victorian brownstones and upscale boutiques.
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Boston's historic subway/street trolley system, the "T," is affordable and easily connects Emerson to many of the city's exciting cultural attractions, historical sites, entertainment and recreational escapes – directly from Emerson's "front door" at the Boylston Station.
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Common Thumb Injury
Have you ever slammed your finger in the door or has your child hit their thumb with the head of a hammer? If this has happened to anyone in your family you may recognize the bruised and bloodied nail bed, which is called a subungual hematoma. Essentially this is a collection of blood, like a bruise, beneath the nail.
This kind of trauma, albeit not life threatening, can cause a lot of pain and discomfort. Because the blood has no where to go due to the overlying protective coating of the nail, the injured finger or thumb just pounds and throbs as the blood pools under the nail.
If the hematoma is fairly small and the injury minor, the nail just looks dark and the pain goes away fairly quickly and the nail may not even fall off. But with a bigger crush injury and more damage, the hematoma involves the entire nail bed and it is pretty painful and won't stop pounding.
The treatment is really fairly simple and I can remember keeping a large paper clip at home for just this reason. With my own children and friends and neighbors, I often was the "hero" Mom for a second or two as I would clean the injured finger and then heat the tip of the paper clip and just "magically" poke a hole through the fingernail to let the oozing blood out!!! Voila, no more pressure or pounding and really no pain with the procedure. Kids loved to watch his trick!
Modern medicine has advanced and we have now moved to an electric cautery in the office. It does the exact same thing, puts a hole in the nail and relieves the pressure of the blood beneath the nail. It is just a little "slicker" than that handy dandy paper clip.
So.....here you go, my last patient was happy to oblige with this picture of the procedure and I promise you there were no tears. Maybe a few tears of joy when the nail quit throbbing!
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Wow thats great Dave. Your about 6 weeks post surgery and are making great progress!! How long until you could ride woods do you think? How is the rom and strength at about 1 week post sling? My shouder is drying up and getting stiff. I'm just wondering how long to get it back up to speed. I am thinking about 2 months post sling to regain enough strenght and allow the repair enough time to get strong enough before we can get back at it. I think another couple months after that before we can go fast. I am hoping maybe 4 weeks and maybe I can get to dirt roads? I will do what ever the doc says but from reading, a lot here, ( good info) this may be about what we are in for..
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ATR Opposes Gregg-Conrad<br> Bipartisan Tax/Spending Commission Bill
Posted by Ryan Ellis on Wednesday, December 9th, 2009, 1:24 PM PERMALINK Follow @ryanlellis
Americans for Tax Reform President Grover Norquist sent the following letter today to Senators Judd Gregg (R-N.H.) and Kent Conrad (D-N.D.):
I write to express in the strongest possible terms Americans for Tax Reform's opposition to your "Bipartisan Task Force for Responsible Fiscal Action Act of 2009." As written, it would lead to a guaranteed tax increase.
The bill establishes an eighteen-member task force comprised of ten Democrat and eight Republican Congressmen, Senators, and Administration officials. A report from the commission would need to gather fourteen votes in order to make an expedited recommendation to both bodies. The recommendation would only pass with a supermajority vote in each chamber.
Despite the appearance of protection for taxpayers, this commission would guarantee a net tax increase be in its proposal. Every Democrat on the commission would insist on tax increases to "balance" spending cuts in the recommendation. There is no conceivable scenario whereby the commission would issue a report that does not contain tax hikes. Therefore, this commission is unacceptable from a taxpayer perspective.
In order to make this commission acceptable from a taxpayer perspective, language must be included that explicitly removes tax increases and/or new taxes from commission consideration.
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Top 5 Reasons U.S. should Withdraw from Paris Climate Treaty
Posted by Adam Johnson on Friday, May 26th, 2017, 3:50 PM PERMALINK
In 2016 the United States, under former President Obama, entered into the Paris Climate Treaty as part of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). By setting what the UNFCCC calls a "Nationally Determined Contribution" (NDC) individual countries would each pledge emissions reduction goals.
As was typical of the Obama administration's policies, the Paris Climate Treaty is a deal that is all cost and no benefit for American taxpayers, U.S. businesses, and the nation's economy. Due in part to the regulations imposed under Obama in order to satisfy the country's NDC pledge, such as the Clean Power Plan, Fuel Economy Standards, and methane rules, Americans will see increased costs for the affordable energy they rely on every day.
While developed countries are expected to finance their respective sides of the agreement, the smaller developing countries that cannot afford the changes are financed by the UNFCCC's Green Climate Fund (GCF). This fund's goal is to raise $100 billion a year through voluntary contributions from countries who have signed the Paris Climate Treaty. Thus billions in U.S. taxpayer dollars are currently, and will continue to be, sent abroad to finance projects in foreign nations.
While on the campaign trail President Trump consistently pointed out the Paris Climate Treaty as being a "bad deal" for Americans. The Trump administration should now work to withdraw America from this costly and burdensome deal.
Below are the top five reasons the U.S. should withdraw.
- Cost to U.S. taxpayers. The direct cost to U.S. taxpayers of the Paris Climate Treaty and GCF is very high since former President Obama unilaterally pledged to give $3 billion dollars to the fund and has already sent hundreds of millions abroad.
- Increased energy costs for U.S. consumers and businesses. If the Paris Climate Treaty moves forward, as does the accompanying regulations proffered under Obama, American consumers will see costs skyrocket. The costs of combined measures such as the Clean Power Plan and CAFE standards would amount to the same as a $30 per ton carbon tax, or $20 billion in annual costs. Household electricity costs are projected to increase up to 20%, and an average family of four would see total income loss of over $20,000.
- Puts U.S. at a competitive disadvantage. This agreement will cost the U.S. an estimated 6.5 million jobs by 2040 and reduce GDP by over $2.5 trillion, putting the country at a huge disadvantage to countries like China, India, or Russia. Also, these countries, which are signers of the agreement, are allowed to increase or have no cap on their emissions of greenhouse gases. For instance China has asserted its emissions will "peak" around 2030 putting the U.S. economy at a severe economic disadvantage in the interim and moving forward.
- Paris Climate Treaty will have negligible benefits to the environment. According to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), which compiled the combined impacts of the various pledges under the Treaty, it found a global temperature reduction of 0.2 degrees Celsius by 2100.
- The Paris Agreement is a Treaty and needs to be ratified by Senate. Since the Paris Agreement is a signed agreement between 195 countries for a similar goal it can be defined as a treaty and should be subject to a vote by the U.S. Senate. This is stated in Article 2, Section 2 of the United States Constitution where it says, "He shall have Power, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, to make Treaties."
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Forty-Four Free-Market Groups to White House: Withdraw from Paris Climate Treaty
Posted by Justin Sykes on Thursday, May 25th, 2017, 9:48 AM PERMALINK Follow @JustinDSykes
Americans for Tax Reform (ATR) has joined a coalition of over forty free-market and conservative groups calling on the White House to fully withdraw from former President Obama's Paris Climate Treaty, and to cease all taxpayer funding of United Nations (UN) global warming programs.
The forty-four-member coalition sent a letter to President Donald Trump this month expressing support for the President's campaign commitments to withdraw from the Paris Climate Treaty, reiterating the fact that the treaty is not in the interest of the American people. The letter offers several options for President Trump to withdraw the U.S. from the Paris treaty.
First, the President could submit the Paris Climate Treaty to the Senate for its advice and consent with the recommendation that the treaty not be ratified. Second, the President could withdraw from the underlying UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
The first two options being the most preferable, the letter also suggests that President Trump can announce his intentions to withdraw from the treaty according to a four-year schedule specified in the treaty and continue the process of repealing regulations that the Obama administration submitted as part of its Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC).
This week the head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Scott Pruitt, reiterated his long held position that the U.S. should withdraw from the treaty, stating it is "a bad business deal at its core." Pruitt went on to say "Paris represents basically the rest of the world applauding as we penalize ourselves and our economy."
During his 100-day rally in Harrisburg Pennsylvania this year, President Trump expressed his opinion that the Paris Treaty is not in the interest of the American people, in line with his stated goal of withdraw while on the campaign trail.
The full coalition letter can be found here.
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Confirmed: Obamacare Repeal Bill Cuts Taxes by $992 Billion
Posted by John Kartch and Alexander Hendrie on Wednesday, May 24th, 2017, 5:16 PM PERMALINK
The House-passed American Health Care Act (HR 1628) cuts taxes by $992 billion over the next decade, according to an analysis by the Congressional Budget Office.
As a presidential candidate in 2008, Barack Obama had promised repeatedly that he would not raise any tax on any American earning less than $250,000 per year. He broke the promise when he signed Obamacare. With the passage of the House GOP bill, tens of millions of middle income Americans will get tax relief from Obamacare's long list of tax hikes.
The bill abolishes the following taxes imposed by Obama and the Democrat party in 2010 as part of Obamacare:
-Abolishes the Obamacare Individual Mandate Tax which hits 8 million Americans each year.
-Abolishes the Obamacare Employer Mandate Tax. Together with repeal of the Individual Mandate Tax this is a $332 billion tax cut.
-Abolishes Obamacare's Medicine Cabinet Tax which hits 20 million Americans with Health Savings Accounts and 30 million Americans with Flexible Spending Accounts. This is a $6 billion tax cut.
-Abolishes Obamacare's Flexible Spending Account tax on 30 million Americans. This is a $19 billion tax cut.
-Abolishes Obamacare's Chronic Care Tax on 10 million Americans with high out of pocket medical expenses. This is a $126 billion tax cut.
-Abolishes Obamacare's HSA withdrawal tax. This is a $100 million tax cut.
-Abolishes Obamacare's 10% excise tax on small businesses with indoor tanning services. This is a $600 million tax cut.
-Abolishes Obamacare's 0.9% Medicare Payroll Tax hike starting 2023. This is a $59 billion tax cut
-Abolishes the Obamacare health insurance tax. This is a $145 billion tax cut.
-Abolishes the Obamacare 3.8% surtax on investment income. This is a $172 billion tax cut.
-Abolishes the Obamacare medical device tax. This is a $20 billion tax cut.
-Abolishes the Obamacare tax on prescription medicine. This is a $29 billion tax cut.
-Abolishes the Obamacare tax on retiree prescription drug coverage. This is a $2 billion tax cut.
- Abolishes the Obamacare "Cadillac tax" on high cost employer provided health plans until 2026. This is a $66 billion tax cut.
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ATR Supports Congressman Posey's Seniors' Tax Simplification Act
Posted by Virginia Birkofer on Wednesday, May 24th, 2017, 2:00 PM PERMALINK
Congressman Bill Posey (R-FL) is introducing H.R. 1397, the "Seniors' Tax Simplification Act." This legislation simplifies the tax code for American seniors by creating a new tax form.
By including information for the most common types of income reported by seniors - interest, dividends, capital gains, Social Security benefits, pension payments, IRA distributions, wages, and unemployment compensation, this bill streamlines the process for many of the 23 million seniors who file taxes each year.
A similar form currently exist for young taxpayers – the 1040EZ—and should be utilized as a model for tax simplification. Supporting this legislation would help many Americans navigate the complicated tax system when they file.
Read the letter here or below.
May 24, 2017
The Honorable Bill Posey
United States House of Representatives
120 Cannon Hob
Washington, D.C. 20515
Dear Congressman Posey:
I write in support the "Seniors' Tax Simplification Act," legislation that simplifies tax filing for American seniors by creating a new tax form.
This bill would instruct the IRS to create a new form in the 1040 series designed especially for senior citizens with relatively-simple tax filing situations. The most common types of income reported by seniors would be on it—interest, dividends, capital gains, Social Security benefits, pension payments, IRA distributions, wages, and unemployment compensation.
For younger taxpayers, a similar form exists today—the 1040-EZ. It only reports wages, interest, and unemployment compensation. Any (childless) single taxpayer or married couple under age 65 making less than $100,000 is eligible to file this short form. Nearly 5 million taxpayers take advantage of this convenient form every year.
There is no reason why a similar form can't be made available to seniors. 23 million tax returns are filed every year in households where the primary taxpayer is over age 65. Many of these taxpayers could use this form easily to make tax season less complicated.
Passage of the Seniors' Tax Simplification Act is a common sense measure lawmakers can support to help seniors across the country. All members of Congress should have no hesitation supporting and co-sponsoring this helpful legislation.
Grover G. Norquist
President, Americans for Tax Reform
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Ways and Means Committee To Consider Bills Improving Healthcare Tax Credits
Posted by Alexander Hendrie on Wednesday, May 24th, 2017, 9:39 AM PERMALINK
Today, the House Committee on Ways and Means will markup three pieces of legislation that compliment the recently passed American Health Care Act, legislation that repeals Obamacare and replaces it with free market, patient centered healthcare.
The AHCA repealed close to one trillion in Obamacare taxes, reduced spending, enacted entitlement reform through block granting of Medicaid, and expanded health savings accounts. The legislation will ensure states are able to implement a healthcare system that best fits their needs, and is a giant step forward in lowering taxes and reforming our nation's health care system.
The three pieces of legislation to be considered by the Committee further compliment the gains made by ensuring that veterans and Americans who recently lost their jobs have the access to the care they need, and implementing robust verification for the AHCA's tax credit. All Members of the Committee should vote in favor of each piece of legislation.
H.R. 2372, the ''Veterans Equal Treatment Ensures Relief and Access Now (VETERAN) Act," Sponsored by Rep. Sam Johnson (R-Texas)
The Veteran Act Puts into law an existing regulation that ensures veterans who are not already enrolled in and receiving health insurance through the VA have help to purchase coverage on the individual insurance market. There is no reason that veterans should not receive all the help they deserve, and this legislation helps ensure that is the case.
H.R. 2579, the "Broader Options for Americans Act," Sponsored by Congressman Pat Tiberi (R-Ohio)
H.R. 2579 ensures Americans who have lost their jobs have access the AHCA's tax credits. Additionally, it ensures that Americans in similar circumstances who work at churches or other houses of worship can access these tax credits. There is no reason that these Americans should be barred from affordable healthcare simply because of their unique circumstance. This legislation corrects this oversight.
H.R. 2581, the "Verify First Act," Sponsored by Congressman Lou Barletta (R-Pa.)
The Verify First Act protects taxpayer dollars from waste, fraud, and abuse by tightening verification requirements to ensure that subsidies under current law and tax credits under the AHCA aren't dispensed until the legal status of an eligible recipient is verified.
Numerous reports by government watchdogs (see here, here, here, here, here) have found that existing controls are insufficient resulting in billions of taxpayer dollars being sent out without verification. This common sense legislation helps correct this weak system by ensuring that controls are stronger and federal resources are not wasted.
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ATR Statement in Praise of Trump Budget
Posted by Alex Hendrie on Tuesday, May 23rd, 2017, 1:17 PM PERMALINK
President Donald Trump's Fiscal Year 2018 budget proposal released today is a conservative blueprint to reverse the nation's frail fiscal state, enact tax reform, and grow the economy.
"Trump starts by respecting taxpayers. Trump's budget shows that he realizes every dollar being spent by Washington is first earned by American workers and then taken from them," said Grover Norquist, president of Americans for Tax Reform. "Spending wisely, ripping out wasteful, duplicative and counterproductive spending programs, is step one. The budget blueprint, titled 'The New Foundation for American Greatness' is a dramatic U-turn from the policies of the last administration. The proposal will ensure that the federal government lives within its means, programs are run efficiently, and taxpayer dollars are responsibly spent," said Norquist.
Highlights of the budget include:
- Reduces IRS budget by $239 million
- Demands tax reform, not tax increases: The Trump Budget calls for desperately needed tax reform that simplifies the code, promotes economic growth, and allows businesses to compete and innovate. Specifically, the Trump budget calls for a 15 percent rate on corporations and small businesses, drastic tax cuts and simplification for families, elimination of the death tax and AMT, and territoriality for businesses operating overseas.
This proposal is in stark contrast to the budget proposals from President Obama in the past eight years, which were replete with tax increases. In his last year alone, Obama proposed a net $3.4 trillion over a decade including a $320 billion energy tax for wasteful new spending on bullet trains and self-driving cars. This would increase federal taxes to the point where they are 20 percent of the economy, far above historical averages.
- Calls for strong economic growth: The policies in Trump's budget call for strong economic growth of three percent. Over the past decade, the economy has struggled at just two percent GDP growth as the country has experienced the worst recovery in the modern era. While the post-World War II average remains at three percent GDP growth per year, the Congressional Budget Office projects that under current policies, two percent growth will continue into the next decade.
Strong growth is also the best way to balance the budget, as every 0.1 percent in growth can result in $315 billion in federal revenue over the next decade. The Trump budget does this, instead of relying on higher taxes that suppress economic growth and hurt American families.
Cuts Wasteful Spending Programs: The Trump budget addresses Washington overspending by reducing spending by $3.6 trillion over the next decade.
The budget takes aim at unnecessary federal agencies to ensure states are able to set policies that best fit their needs, free from unelected federal bureaucrats:
- Cuts the EPA by 31 percent.
- Cuts the Department of Agriculture by 21 percent.
- Cuts the Department of Commerce by 16 percent.
- Cuts the Department of Education by 13 percent.
Enacts Welfare Reform: The Trump budget calls for welfare reform that ensures finite federal resources are well spent and encourages able-bodied individuals to return to the workforce. The budget tightens eligibility of SNAP, EITC, and the child tax credit to cut down on waste and abuse.
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The Marketplace Fairness Act: a Huge Internet Sales Tax
Posted by Matthew Adams on Tuesday, May 23rd, 2017, 9:47 AM PERMALINK
Failed Vice-Presidential nominee, Sen. Tim Kaine (Va.) has reintroduced a bill, the Marketplace Fairness Act (S.976), in the U.S. Senate that would impose an internet sales tax on Americans. Under the proposed legislation, states would be able to tax across their borders, and businesses would become tax collectors beholden to the states.
As it stands, you pay no sales tax when purchasing from a business that has no physical presence in your state. But that would change under this latest revenue grab.
This carries a litany of issues. It subjects a business of one state to the tax laws of another state- one they have no political representation in. What happened to no taxation without representation?
It shifts the tax burden onto businesses as they would now have to collect a sales tax in these types of transactions and report and file to dozens of other states. This all results in taking even more money out of your pocket.
Worst of all, it discourages tax competition and business incentives amongst the states, and instead encourages higher tax rates.
While presented as a protector of America's small businesses, the bill would only subject our already struggling mom-and-pop shops to a greater regulatory and tax burden.
If the objective of the bill is to help small businesses, it clearly misses the mark. In fact, it's clear the bill only serves big box stores wishing to stomp competition, and state and local governments who want more money in the piggy bank to fund big government.
The bill is bad for small businesses and consumers alike, more like the "Marketplace Unfairness Act".
#KilltheBill #NoNetTax
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Trump Plan Lays the Groundwork for Biggest Tax Cut in American History
Posted by Elizabeth McKee on Monday, May 22nd, 2017, 12:26 PM PERMALINK
President Trump released a proposal for "2017 Tax Reform for Economic Growth and American Jobs," which he labels the "biggest individual and business tax cut in American history." In its current state, the plan enumerates a series of principles that would reduce the tax burden on American workers and generate new economic growth. In the coming months, the president will work with lawmakers to develop these principles into comprehensive, pro-growth legislation.
Elements of the plan, such as eliminating the death tax, reducing the business tax to 15% and simplifying the tax code, represent the cornerstone of Republican fiscal policy. These policies will make the United States a competitive business environment, end the pattern of stagnation that has been plaguing US economic productivity, and create new federal revenues generated by economic growth. According to the Congressional Budget Office, increasing economic productivity by just 1% over the next decade will strengthen the economy and create $3.15 trillion in additional federal revenue.
These principles represent an encouraging first step toward comprehensive tax reform, but there is room for improvement before Trump's finalized legislation is unveiled.
First, although Trump's plan does not directly address full business expensing, allowing businesses to immediately recover costs must be a crucial element of tax reform. If businesses were able to immediately deduct the full value of their capital investments, they would face increased incentives to acquire new machinery and expand productive capabilities.
The Tax Foundation models the effects of expensing over the next decade, reporting:
The model estimates that expensing increases the nation's stock of plant, equipment and buildings by nearly $4 trillion, an increase of over 14 percent. The added capital raises worker productivity. Wages are about 4 percent higher, and hours worked about 1 percent higher, representing nearly a million full time equivalent jobs. These income gains from growth generate added federal revenues in the long term.
This policy would unleash a new era of investment and economic growth, and help Trump to live up to his campaign promise of bringing back American manufacturing.
Second, tax reform will be most successful if it is permanent. Permanency in tax policy creates a culture of certainty that allows business owners to establish clear expectations for the future. Grover Norquist, in a statement to the House Ways and Means Committee, explained, "Certainty means a business owner can plan ahead to invest without concern for their ability to afford the investment and cash flows in the future."
While members of Congress may still be deliberating on tax reform, the American people are ready for action. According to a poll released by Fox News, 73% of Americans and 61% of Democrats want to see tax reform passed this year. The president plans to galvanize this popular support by hosting roundtables, traveling the country, and bringing industry experts to Washington.
The Trump administration's dedication to tackling tax reform reflects an historic moment in the course of the United States economy. The GOP must seize this opportunity by enacting tax policies that will restart economic growth and improve the business climate for American entrepreneurs.
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FCC Chairman Ajit Pai on the Grover Norquist Show: Repealing Title II Regulations
Posted by Demri Scott on Monday, May 22nd, 2017, 11:44 AM PERMALINK Follow @Demslauren
On May 18, FCC Chairman Ajit Pai kick started the regulatory process of repealing Title II regulations on Internet Service Providers. Despite decades of a bipartisan light touch regulatory approach, championed by the Clinton Administration, the FCC under the Obama Administration imposed Title II regulations in 2015 through a 1934 law intended to reign in the Ma Bell monopoly, "treating the internet like a utility." As a result, Title II regulations have stifled growth and innovation from small and large providers within the market.
Grover Norquist, President of Americans for Tax Reform, recently interviewed Pai on his fight to repeal Title II regulations, his nomination process, the recent history of the FCC and the future of 5G.
"The biggest [decision under the Obama administration's purview of the FCC] was net neutrality," Pai explained. "The FCC was heading down one path, a more relatively free market path, and after [President Obama's] instruction in 2014, the agency took a very different road and imposed utility style regulations on the internet which I've called ' a solution that wouldn't work for a problem that really didn't exist'"
Pai then goes on to explain the crippling effects of Title II regulations on the internet.
"If you want your internet to run as well as your water company or the DC metro, congratulations, [Title II is] a regulatory framework that does that. But if you want the internet to be free and open, if you want people to invest in building out networks further and increasing competition, you want the free market approach that started under President Clinton… that light touch regulatory approach was proven to succeed for the better part of two decades."
The fight to repeal Title II regulations, led by Chairman Pai, has only just begun with the start of the public commenting period that will end on August 16. This will be followed by a decision by the FCC on whether to repeal Title II regulations on Internet Service Providers.
Listen to the rest of Chairman Pai's interview here:
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In Support of Rand Paul and the REINS Act (S.21)
Posted by Matthew Adams on Monday, May 22nd, 2017, 9:45 AM PERMALINK
A new regulatory killer will soon make its way to the Senate floor.
Sen. Rand Paul's (R-Ky.) "Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act" (REINS Act) made it through committee this week, putting our ever-growing bureaucratic behemoth in its sights.
The REINS Act would reassert Congressional authority over governmental agencies and organizations by requiring every new regulation that will have an annual economic impact over $100 million dollars to be authorized by Congress.
As of late, Congressional Republicans have utilized the Congressional Review Act (CRA) to eliminate Obama era regulations. Signed by President Bill Clinton in 1996, the CRA gives the legislative branch the ability to overrule regulations set by executive agencies. However, Democrats have scrutinized its use, arguing that its current use is not how it was intended. This May, Sen. Corey Booker (D-N.J.) has gone as far as introducing a bill that would repeal the CRA.
Regardless, the REINS Act sole purpose is to put an end to reckless bureaucratic nonsense, continuing the efforts made by Congress in the past few months. It would undoubtedly reign in the overbearing regulatory mess by mitigating needless spending and opening up our economy to a freer and more productive atmosphere. Between the cost of the regulatory burden, and its negative impact on the free market, the REINS Act is a common sense solution to shrinking the size of government.
Accompanying the REINS Act is the Regulatory Accountability Act which is much less extensive, but takes a step in the right direction, requiring federal agencies to run cost/benefit analyses on new regulations. A floor vote is expected soon.
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This 24-input model is suitable for serious live sound applications in which a substantial number of sources must be handled efficiently. The MG24/14FX also feature dual Yamaha SPX effect processors built in, so you have everything you need for great sound right in the console. A comprehensive complement of auxiliary and group buses provides extensive mixing and signal routing versatility.
Serious Consoles for Live Sound or Installations
The MG24/14FX is a full-featured sound reinforcement consoles with capacity and capabilities that can handle demanding live sound applications. Professional features, including two renowned Yamaha SPX effect processors are built in, along with extensiv...
Serious Consoles for Live Sound or Installations
The MG24/14FX is a full-featured sound reinforcement consoles with capacity and capabilities that can handle demanding live sound applications. Professional features, including two renowned Yamaha SPX effect processors are built in, along with extensive routing capability for monitoring and external signal processing, as required by your application.
High Input Capacity for Live Sound
The MG24/14FX has 16 mono inputs and 4 stereo inputs. Input gain controls and pad switches allow optimum matching with the widest possible range of sources: microphone levels can be adjusted from -60 dB to +10 dB, while line levels can be adjusted from -34 dB to +10 dB. Channel peak indicators are provided to facilitate optimum level matching.
Versatile Inputs
The monaural inputs, channels 1 through 16, provide both balanced XLR and phone jacks. Two of the stereo inputs offer phone jacks as well as RCA pin jacks. Independent 2-track RCA pin jack inputs are also provided for input from CD players or other stereo line-level sources.
Top-quality Microphone Preamps
Microphone preamplifiers play a vital role in determining the final sound of your mixes. The MG-series mixers feature low-noise, high-performance microphone preamplifiers that will bring out the best in dynamic and condenser type microphones. Microphone preamplifiers are provided on input channels 1 through 16 of the MG24/14FX.
Switchable Phantom Power
The MG mixer microphone preamplifiers provide 48-volt phantom power for studio-quality condenser microphones. Phantom power can be switched on or off for in 8-channel groups.
Insert I/O
Mono input channels feature insert patch points that can be used to insert external signal-processing devices into the channel's signal path. Insert I/O points are also provided on the stereo bus (L and R) and on the four group buses.
Mid-sweep 3-band Mono Channel EQ, 4-band Stereo Channel EQ
The mono channels on both the MG24/14FX offer advanced EQ facilities: 3-band EQ with a 10 kHz shelving HIGH control, a 250 Hz ~ 5 kHz sweepable MID control, and a 100 Hz shelving LOW control. The microphone inputs also have switchable 80 Hz high-pass filters for low-frequency noise reduction. The stereo channels feature 4-band EQ with 10 kHz HIGH, 3 kHz HI MID, 800 Hz LO MID, and 100 HZ LOW controls.
Multi-bus Configuration with a Total of 14 Buses
In addition to the main stereo bus that feeds the console's main outputs, the MG24/14FX features four group buses for convenient sub-mix grouping, six auxiliary buses for monitoring and external effect send, and send buses for the two internal effect processors. That's a total of 14 buses in all for exceptionally flexible signal routing. The channel send knobs and bus assign switches make it easy to send the signal from each channel to the stereo, group, internal effect, and auxiliary buses as required.
Ample Sends and Returns
All input channels have a total of six auxiliary sends: AUX send 1 through 4 can be switched for pre- or post-fader operation, while AUX sends 5 and 6 are post-fader. Two EFFECT sends are provided in addition to the six AUX sends. That's more than sufficient send capability to handle monitoring and effects for all but the most complex applications. Two stereo AUX returns are provided in addition to the internal effect returns, providing an extra margin of return versatility for wet monitoring, for example.
Comprehensive Output Connectors
The mixer's main stereo program signal is simultaneously delivered to the main stereo outputs (XLR jacks), the sub-stereo outputs (phone jacks), the REC OUT connectors (RCA pin jacks), the mono out (XLR jack), and the headphones output (stereo phone jack). Independent phone-jack outputs are also provided for group buses 1 through 4. So even if you need to feed a front-of-house system, monitors, a subwoofer, a master recorder, and other output lines simultaneously, the MG32/14FX will handle it.
Reliable XLR Output Connectors
The main stereo outputs and mono output feature rugged, reliable XLR type connectors. Not only do these connectors lock to minimize the chance of accidental disconnection, but they provide superior electrical contact for long-term dependability as well.
Variable LPF on the Mono Output
A low-pass filter with a roll-off frequency that can be varied from 80 to 120Hz is provided on the mono output for convenient connection and optimum matching with a subwoofer.
12-segment Level Meters
Four high-visibility 12-segment meters are switchable to allow precise visual monitoring of levels on the main stereo bus, the four group buses, the stereo 2-track input, the PFL (Pre-Fader Listen) bus, or the AFL (After-Fader Listen) bus.
High-performance Digital Effect Processors Built In
The MG24/14FX contains a powerful pair of Yamaha digital signal processors that provide a useful selection of 16 advanced digital effects. Effect programs include reverb, delay, pitch change chorus, phaser, voice doubler, and distortion. The effects include editable parameters so they can be customized as required, and processor "B" even has a TAP switch for real-time tap-tempo entry. With these top-performance effect processors built in, you won't have to transport and set up racks of external effects to create your sound.
Illuminated Switches for High Visibility
The channel ON switches, PFL (Pre-Fader Listen) switches and phantom power switches are original Yamaha illuminated types, so it's easy to visually check vital console settings.
Talkback for Convenient Communication
A talkback microphone input is provided for easy, efficient communication between the sound engineer and musicians and staff in live-sound applications, during setup, rehearsal, and the actual performance.
Intuitive Controls and High Reliability
The design of the faders, rotary controls and switches used on the MG mixers, as well as the way they are laid out, allow easy operation and visual confirmation of settings.
Audio & Video
|Total Harmonic Distortion
|Less than 0.1 % (THD+N) 20 Hz - 20 kHz @ +14 dB 600 Ω (ST OUT)
|Frequency Response
|0 +1, -3 dB 20 Hz - 20 kHz @ +4 dB 600 Ω (ST OUT)
|Input Hum & Noise
|-128dB 20 Hz - 20 kHz, Rs=150 Ω, Input Gain=Maximum, Input Pad =OFF, Input sensitivity=-60 dB
|-70dB @ 1kHz, Mic: 16+1 (Input A 1 - 16, Talk Back: XLR), Line: 16 (Input B 1 - 16: TRS)
|CH Input
|Stereo: 2 (Ch 17 18, 19 - 20:TRS) * Ch17, 19:L (MONO) 2 (Ch 21 22, 23 - 24: TRS/RCA), Insert I/O: 16 (Ch 1 - 16: TRS T: Out, R: In, S: Gnd)
|Send: 6 (1 - 2/Post-Pre selectable, 3 - 4/Post-Pre selectable, 5 - 6/Post: TRS), Return: 2 Stereo Sub In (L/MONO, R: TRS)
|Send: 2 (1, 2: TRS)
|In: 1 Stereo (L, R: RCA)
|1 Stereo (L, R: TRS)
|Group IN
|REC Out
|1 Stereo (L, R: RCA)
|1 Stereo (L, R: XLR)
|Out: 1 (XLR)
|1 Stereo (L, R: TRS)
|Group Out
|1 (TRS Stereo)
|Phantom Power
|CH & ST Ch Input Gain Control
|44 dB valiable
|CH & ST High pass filter
|80 Hz 12 dB/Octave
|CH EQ (MONO) ±15 dB (Max.)
|10 kHz (Shelving)
|0.25-5 kHz (Peaking)
|100 Hz (Shelving)
|CH EQ (STEREO) ±15 dB (Max.)
|10 kHz (Shelving)
|3 kHz (Peaking)
|800 Hz (Peaking)
|100 Hz (Shelving)
|MONO Out Low Pass Filter
|80 - 120 Hz 12dB/octave
|Internal Digital Effect
|SPX x 2 (Effect 1: 16 Programs, Effect 2: 16 Programs :Parameter Control)
|Product Dimension (W x H x D) / Weight (lbs.)
|33.54" x 5.90" x 21.25" / 46.29 lbs.
|Power Requirements
|UL/CSA: 60 W 120 V/60 Hz
Optional Accessories
Custom Audio Backing Tracks for Rehearsal or Live Performance
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- Awesome Live Sound
- It Has Serious Capacity
- Very Nice Effects
- Well Built
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Best Uses
- Be Used With D-jay Mixer
- Live Sound Application
Comments about Yamaha mg24_14fx:
This is absolutely one awesome mixer for Serious Capacity for Live Sound and Installations, if needed. Its built road tough. It has a very nice built in effects processing.
One Advice to all Sound Engineers, if you want the best live sound mixer, this is it and I would recommend this mixer to anyone that's looking for an awesome Analog mixer.
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However, the night-guard that was perched in his little tree-hut above us was another story. I'm sure he found it hilarious.
Also, Matt had a terribly scarring experience in the middle of the night when he had to suddenly go to the toilet. His fear was compounded with the fact that he had to climb out of the tent and navigate his way through the ants in the dark
This morning we visited Jinka's market, only held twice a week. It was a colourful, chaotic place, with lots of livestock and cabbage for sale. It reminded me of when I used to live in northern Ghana and had to visit the local market every week for fresh produce, buying mangoes and onions from the same women so not to get ripped off. The smells, colours, and village chatter all came flooding back, and it made me nostalgic for the simple life again.
What I don't miss is the constant begging and asking. Here in Ethiopia it seems more severe. Kids and adults are incessantly shouting out: "You you you you! Give me pen!" Substitute 'pen' with 'dollars, money, Carmella (sweets, as they say in Italian), and Highland' (which we later found out refers to the big plastic water bottles), and you begin to dread who you'll meet around the next corner.
While driving in the afternoon, Christoph and Chiho's tire went flat, but they are so used to changing tires now they were finished in under 10 minutes
We arrived at the Green Hotel in Konso just as it was getting dark. For 30 birr/car and 90 birr for the use of a toilet/shower, we camped in their gravel parking lot. It was listed as the best camping option in Konso; we didn't want to think what the other options were like.
We walked into town and had dinner at Edget Hotel, where the "food is the best Konso has to offer". We devoured our first injera dinner in Ethiopia, along with a mountain of and tibs and eggs. Well, Matt and I did at least. Between the two of us we ate twice as much as the other three combined. It was delicious.
~ Happy Wedding Mike and Kat! Wish we were there with you all drinking champagne in Niagara Falls!
Start: Jinka Resort, Jinka, ETH. 13:30
End: Green Hotel, Konso, ETH. 18:30
Distance Traveled: 137 km
Road Conditions: lots of windy detours, average speed of 34 km/hr and max speed of 72.5 km/hr.
Temperature: camping at an altitude of 1450 m, very pleasant.


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A diesel-powered Jaguar XF with CO2 emissions of just 100g/km will be in production by 2020, according to the company's chief powertrain engineer.Ron Lee said the plan will involve Jaguar dropping today's V6 diesel powerplant for a 1.8-litre four-pot producing 240bhp, and driving a nine-speed auto 'box.Future petrol XFs will get a four-cylinder unit of between 1.5 and 1.8 litres, expected to produce 170bhp per litre. LinkI just find it a bit funny that they're talking about a car ten years from now when they usually don't have the correct information on cars that will come out within the next year...
Do they speculate on whether Tata will still own Jaguar/Land Rover in 2020? haha I keed, I keed.But yeah...ten years out is a bit of stretch. Let's try to make it through to at least 2012 first, right?
I'm sorry, but 9 gears is just ridiculous. I also don't think anybody would buy a 4 cylinder 240hp XF. It's like having a V6 corvette.
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Considering that performance is supposed to be equal with the V-6, then people may buy it. Plus, Europeans are crazy about diesels.
=================================No, Brian, it's a foreign car, the "T" is silent. Sweet, I'm getting an Audi!
ChaiLatte:I'm sorry, but 9 gears is just ridiculous. I also don't think anybody would buy a 4 cylinder 240hp XF. It's like having a V6 corvette.Well assuming this report is spot on(which I highly doubt) I'm guessing that would only be for the UK, either way BMW said it is introducing a 3-cylinder engine; people will buy them for the badge alone. Agreed on the 9 speed though...


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Muslim militants in southern regions of Thailand continued their bloody campaign against the government by ambushing a military unit that was protecting teachers from being killed. As a result of the fighting, eight soldiers were killed. These deaths were the highest number of military killed in any single combat since the beginning of the year. During the ambush, the militants beheaded one person, it was the 37th beheading since the insurgency began four years ago. The patrol was returning to camp after escorting teachers to their school. Teachers have been a major target of militants who regard them as agents of the Thai government and claims they are attempting to indoctrinate children. Earlier this month, 10 Mulsim mmbers of security forces were arrested for aiding the millitants.
It incrreasingly becomes apparent the continued focus on military action, in itself, will not result in bringing peace to southern Thailand. There is need for political efforts that would empower local Muslims by giving them more say in the government of the three southern Muslim provinces. This, together with economic efforts, might be able to reduce local support for militants.


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New York Jets quarterback Tim Tebow has the highest ratio of airtime to playing time in NFL history. We in the media all are complicit in this statistic.
But one four letter network admits it led the charge a little too aggressively.
ESPN president John Skipper said he has told producers to dial back all the network's Tebow coverage, according to Sports Business Journal.
Skipper said he was bothered by a quote from former ESPN radio host Doug Gottlieb, who once was told by a producer that "you can't talk enough Tebow."
"The quote that I hated was from Doug Gottlieb," Skipper told John Ourand of the Sports Business Journal last week. "I didn't love that. I want people to think about what works for the next 10 minutes might not be the best thing for us for three years. That one hit home with me."


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Carey Mulligan. Back to blonde for the summer after a dark spring on Broadway. According to Schwarzkopf she's a "Diamond Blonde" with the following descriptors: sensual, romantic, luxurious, radiating, soft, sweet, shimmering, sleek. Yep, that's Carey.
This is Carey at Comic-Con for Drive and, as noted in my original post after I interviewed her, click here for a refresher, Carey is exquisite in person, and that day she was glowing. Because she's engaged? That's the story floating around, originated in one of the UK tabloids which means I am not discussing. Because if we had to report on every rumour/thread that originated in a UK tabloid, we would not have room for anything real.
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World War II Color Footage George Stevens, USA, 1944–1945
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Hollywood directors John Ford, George Stevens, and Samuel Fuller entertained audiences with American cinema classics like The Grapes of Wrath, Shane, and The Big Red One. But their most important contribution to history was their work in the U.S. Armed Forces and Secret Services, filming the realities of war and the liberation of Nazi concentration camps. Their documentation provides an essential visual record of WWII. Filming the Camps presents rare footage of the liberation of Dachau with detailed directors' notes, narratives describing burials at Falkenau, and the documentary produced as evidence at the Nuremberg trials, among other historic material. Now, for the first time in the U.S., this material is being made available to a general audience.
The exhibition, curated by historian and film director Christian Delage, was designed, created, and circulated by the Mémorial de la Shoah (Paris, France), and made possible through the generous support of the SNCF. The New York presentation of Filming the Camps is made possible through the generous support of the Pickman Exhibition Fund.
For film clips and more background about the exhibition,
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text: It has been about 90 degrees the last two days. The bottom board on the outside (landing area) is covered with a single layer of bees. There are bees covering about one-third of the first super in the front. A few bees are fanning. The rest are backing up in a straight line, moving forward and backing up again. They are moving quickly too. I have two hives doing this. There is a honey flow going on now. Does anyone know what they are doing?


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PLHS graduate release adventure novel
R.j Ruud, who grew up in Crosslake and graduated from Pequot Lakes High School, has released his second novel, inspired by mountain living in Gilpin County, Colo.
In "Lost Creek," Ruud gives readers a glimpse into mountain living while tapping into mythic archetypes of the American West. Nestled along Peak to Peak highway, the town of Lost Creek is nothing more than a few scattered homes and a saloon, run by Sheriff Campbell and his family. While the Campbells seem harmless, a string of murders dating back 100 years unravels a conspiracy of control and power in this small mountain town.
"Lost Creek is an outside the beaten path journey of self discovery," Ruud said, and "provides a different view of the world, an escape from the ordinary." Drawing on his experiences hiking the James Peak Wilderness area, Ruud paints a vivid picture of unconventional life in the mountains filled with adventure, friendship, love and a twist of murder.
When Jack Leery suddenly finds himself the owner of a rural cabin in Lost Creek, he leaves his city life to set out on what turns into the adventure of a lifetime. At first completely alone in his primitive shack, Jack must learn to survive the unfamiliar mountain.
After a run-in with his neighbor, Clancy, a crotchety old Vietnam vet, Jack becomes entangled with the bartender at the local saloon and the bait in a plan to oust her as a serial killer.
But is Clancy's story about the murderous Campbell family just another one of his tall tales far too fantastical to be true? By the end of this action-packed novel filled with dizzying twists and turns, Jack will have laid his earlier identity aside and found out who he really is.
Ruud now resides high in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado where he spends his days skiing, snowboarding, hiking, biking, fishing, climbing and camping — when he's not up all night writing. For more information about Ruud and "Lost Creek," visit www.rjruud.com.
Lost Creek is available for purchase on Amazon.


text: Hi guys! My name is Luis (a.k.a. lewita, that's my nickname, so don't call me luis, hahaha) i'm about to turn 26 and I'm from Argentina, born in the deep south of the country, but now living in Buenos Aires, the country's capital city. I've been reading this forum for quite a long time now, but always in a silent way. Today I thought it was time to start talking. I am the proud owner of some argentinean made bikes, most of which were locally produced knock offs of schwinn, graziella and other foreign brands during the sixties, seventys and eighties. I will be posting pics soon. I did have the chance to find some schwinns and sears here, but they are really scarce, both the bikes and the spare parts, so it's always challenging to buy one of those. Anyway, thanks for having me in the forum, and I hope I didn't suck that much, it's been ages since I've written in english for the last time! cheers! lewita!


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Martha Woodmansee
Martha Woodmansee received her MA and PhD in German and English at Stanford with a specialization in literary theory. She has been a member of the English faculty at CWRU since 1986, and the Law faculty since 2002. She has also taught at Columbia, Harvard, and the University of Pittsburgh. Since 1990 she has been Director of the Society for Critical Exchange, a national organization devoted to collaborative interdisciplinary research in theory.
Professor Woodmansee has published widely at the intersection of aesthetics, economics, and the law. Her books include The Author, Art, and the Market (Columbia UP 1994); a collection of essays co-edited with Peter Jaszi, The Construction of Authorship: Textual Appropriation in Law and Literature (Duke UP 1994); and the collection , The New Economic Criticism: Studies at the Intersection of Literature and Economics (Routledge 1999). A volume devoted to Contexts of Invention: Creative Production in Legal and Cultural Perspective , which she is completing with Mario Biagioli and Peter Jaszi, will be published by the University of Chicago Press in 2008. A monograph in progress, Commerce in Ideas , concerns book piracy and the emergence of international copyright during the nineteenth century.
She has held fellowships from the American Council of Learned Societies, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the National Humanities Center, and the Ford, Fulbright, and Rockefeller Foundations.
As director of the Society for Critical Exchange she has been instrumental in fostering scholarly research across traditional disciplinary boundaries, especially those dividing literary, economic, and legal studies. These initiatives have resulted in burgeoning new research focuses in "authorship studies" and "new economic criticism," and they have drawn in lawyers and economists to grapple with the historical and theoretical roots of issues of such pressing public concern as the legitimacy and limits of intellectual property.
At CWRU, Professor Woodmansee is presently devoting her energies to developing the department's PhD concentration in Writing History and Theory and to establishing a university-wide Center for the Study of Writing . She teaches a range of courses, from 18 th and 19 th century British and European literature and culture, to history of the book, critical theory, and law and literature. Recent law and literature offerings include a University Seminar on intellectual property pirates and privateers, an advanced undergraduate collaboratory on rights in traditional culture and bioknowledge , and a graduate seminar devoted to intellectual property and the construction of authorship . She also coordinates (and intermittently directs) the Arts and Sciences Dissertation Seminar, which she developed with support from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation in 1996.
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Don't know why some here think Ray Lewis is going to fade into oblivion. I can totally see him being a coach or analyst and annoying plenty for years to come
lol you should look over at the 49ers forum in 49ers web zone at the game thread. all you see is the refs this and refs that. did they not see that crabtree pushed off the defender in the endzone at the very end of the game? plus crabtree had no shot at catching that ball anyway. it was way out of bounds.
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I knew holding grudge against the Giants was counter-productive. The Niners needed to move on from last year, or it would just weigh them down.
Anyway, the Ravens deserved to win. They practically eliminated the Giants in the playoffs, went through Luck, Peyton and Brady. And they pretty much left the Niners for dead until the convenient power outage.
Niners, way to go ruining the undefeated record in the Super Bowl, by the way. LOL!
So lets talk about the commercials. I thought there was some good ones this year. Mostly crappy ones, and a few repeats of said crappy ones unfortunatly. (Dang power outage!) but I really liked a couple.
Thought this one was really good. If you've never lived around or worked on farms, you really take for granted what these guys do.
And then the Deion Sanders one was hilarious. Loved that one, might be the best ad of the SB.
Also loved the Joe Montana Tide commercial lol
I loved all three of those. The farmers one was deep. The other two were so funny lmao.
Mood: WOOF!
I thought the Doritos ones sucked tbh. Like having the dudes in drag? Kinda lame if your really think about it. The only funny part is when the mother asks if its her wedding dress and the guys like "maybe"..
And that creepy KIA one with the robot women. That was just bizarre.


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I'm setting up a cone/box/trapout under a trailer (my neighbor's as I'd written the other day, will let it get robbed out after I'm done. Trailer probably will never be used again is my guess).
I need to seal up the seams of the underneath skin of the trailer. I worked for an hour yesterday getting the cone and box set up and started on the seams. Much of it is not separated, just some areas of openings I have to block. I have the cone opening into a feeder hole in center of a lid at their main entry, a medium box, entrance closed but they will be able to move in and out around the cone. I added some empty frames, one with some empty drawn comb, and I prematurely added a frame with capped and open brood. They were going in on their own as I worked and through the cone.
The problem I'm having, with limited work space reaching under the trailer to tape those seam openings, the tape is sticking to my glove if I don't get it on trailer on first try, then getting twisted and messed up.
Maybe something better than tape at those seams once I get cone fully attached? Right now the cone is only 3/4 taped on because of my problem with tape and not enough work area. I'm sure I need to tape the cone, but maybe I can use something else at the seams? Or some way I can keep the tape from sticking to my gloves? I use leather gloves.
There are 2 more colonies under this trailer. This first colony was extremely tolerant of my work so far and the easiest to get to.


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Pequot Lakes Library dates to note
Dates to note
• Every Wednesday, 11 a.m.: Preschool Story Time. Bring your young children in for one-half hour of stories, songs and fun.
• Second Saturday of each month, 10 a.m.-noon: Reading with Rocky.
• Thursday, March 7, 10:30 a.m.: First Thursday Book Club meeting. Book to be discussed is "Far From the Madding Crowd," by Thomas Hardy. April's book will be "Night Birds," by Thomas Maltman. The book club is open to anyone interested. There's no need to call ahead.
• Thursday, March 14, 6:30 p.m.: "A Visit with Emily Dickinson ..." (see column for information).
• Saturday, March 26, 6-7 p.m.: The Easter Bunny is coming to the library (see column for information).
• All of March: A display will be shown by the Pequot Lakes Area Historical Society about some of the women who have helped make Pequot Lakes the special place it is.


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The Temple Mount is a complex historic site. Traditionally the site of Solomon's Temple, it later housed the Second Temple before being destroyed by the Romans. King Solomon was the son of David and his temple was built at the dawn of Judaism in 1000BC.
Prior to its destruction, the temple housed the Ark of the Covenant, which contained the tablets of the 10 commandments. It also marks the site where Abraham was asked to sacrifice Isaac.
The rise of Islam saw the Arabs sweep into Jerusalem in 630AD and seize the Temple Mount. The Dome of the Rock was built a few years later, on top of the old temple site. It was one of the first and finest achievements in Islamic architecture. Intended to proclaim the superiority of Islam, the majestic gold-domed building remains a letterhead of Jerusalem.
For Muslims, the Temple Mount is a sacred site because it was from here they believe Muhammad left the Earth on his Night Journey.
Judaism's most sacred site is the Western Wall. The towering stone-slabbed wall is the only surviving piece of the Second Temple. After the Arabs seized control of Jerusalem, Jews were banned from accessing the Temple Mount, and this wall was the only part of the ruins they were allowed to approach, hence why it is often called the Wailing Wall.
Non-Jews are allowed to approach the wall, although decorum is expected at all times.


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Tips for Avoiding Tennis Traumas
Tennis can be a demanding, injury-inducing sport. You throw your elbows and shoulders into serves and strokes. You stop and go constantly, and most recreational players pound their legs on hard surfaces instead of clay or grass. If you incur a tennis injury, you risk more than losing a few games. You could be sidelined from tennis and other sports for months. Luckily, recreational players who do not hit the ball as hard or as often as advanced and elite players have a lower risk of injury. But, some tennis players, no matter what their skill level, are prone to injury. So, whether you head out to the local courts occasionally or you are heading for the pro tour, here is what you need to know about the most common tennis injuries.
Tennis Elbow
Tennis elbow is an overuse injury of the wrist extensor tendons that attach at the outside of the forearm near the elbow. The injury is painful and may or may not be accompanied by swelling. You may also be limited in how you can move your forearm.
Follow some of these tips to avoid tennis elbow:
- Take lessons to learn proper technique and have someone monitor it occasionally.
- Use a neutral wrist position when hitting the ball.
- Use the correct grip size.
- Start out slow and gradually increase intensity.
- Use a 2-handed backstroke.
- Do proper stretching and strengthening exercises, even in the off-season.
Tennis players have more than just their elbow to worry about. Tennis can often affect several parts of the moving body.
Shoulder Pain
Shoulder pain can be caused by a number of ailments, but the most common is rotator cuff injury. Serving is largely responsible for shoulder pain. Using the correct service motion is less likely to cause shoulder problems. Learning proper serving mechanics from a qualified instructor can help you avoid doing any damage to your shoulder. Also, before you sign up for tennis lessons, strengthen your rotator cuff muscles off the court. A few simple exercises with light weights, cords, or resistance bands will go a long way in helping you protect your shoulder.
Back Pain
Tennis players often experience low back pain. Back injury can come from twisting and rotating when trying to hit the ball. The hyperextension of the back during a serve is also a time when the back can be injured. The repetitive action can put considerable stress on the muscles, ligaments, and tendons around the spine. Also, the discs in the back can be damaged.
During your serve, it is important to keep your stomach muscle flexed while bending at the knees. Do not arch your back very much during the serve. Proper form will help prevent your back from injury. While you workout your rotator cuff muscles, add some exercises to strengthen your core and back.
Ankle Sprain
Ankle sprains are common in sports and occur when you injure your ankle ligaments. This can happen when you accidently twist or turn your ankle.
The key to avoiding ankle sprain is to keep the muscles well-balanced, strong, and flexible. Balance exercises can also help. Take some time to warm up before playing tennis. Look around the surface to see if it is even and there are not any places where you can trip or twist your ankle. Wearing proper footwear is important. Make sure you have sneakers that are approriate for tennis and fit you well. If you feel pain or fatigue, slow down your pace, or stop completely. Remember to gradually build intensity to prevent overuse.
Hamstring Strain
Many athletes experience hamstring problems, and tennis players are no exception. Hamstring muscles need to be flexible and strong. Warm up first with brisk walking or a slow jog. When you get your blood flowing, gently and slowy stretch. Keep your hamstring muscles strong by doing exercises.
Knee Cartilage Tear
A common knee injury in tennis is a meniscal tear. Basically, it is torn cartilage in your knee resulting in pain. You can reduce your chances of knee injury by taking the time to strengthen and stretch the muscles around the knee, like the quadriceps or hamstrings. Exercises that focus on the hips and knee joint will also help.
Achilles' Tendon Injury
Playing tennis could lead to either a strain or tear of the Achilles tendon. Good flexibility is the best preventive measure you can take. Always warm up first before you start playing hard. When you land, try to avoid the ball of the foot. Work on increasing flexibility in that area on off-court days, too.
General Injury Prevention
Perhaps the most important actions you can take to prevent injury in tennis—as in many sports—is being in good condition and engaging in a good warm-up before playing. Take several minutes to ramp up your heart rate with a slow jog or some jumping jacks. When you are ready, start to slowly stretch your muscles. Hold each stretch for 30 seconds. Take your time and do not rush the process.
Start playing slowly by hitting the ball with your opponent. Serve several times until the shoulder feels loose and ready for hard play. When the match is over, cool down your muscles with more stretching.
Good habits start before you hit the court. Make sure you are properly fitted for a racquet. This will help prevent wrist or elbow injuries. Support your ankle with the correct athletic shoes and supportive padded socks.
Take some lessons and learn the proper way to hit a forehand, backhand, or serve. Technique is the most important component of playing tennis and it goes a long way in helping you stay safe.
American Council on Exercise
American Orthopedic Society for Sports Medicine
Canadian Orthopaedic Association
Health Canada
Ankle sprain. EBSCO DynaMed website. Available at: http://www.ebscohost.com/dynamed. Updated September 19, 2014. Accessed January 2, 2015.
Basic knee injury prevention. American College of Sports Medicine website. Available at: http://www.acsm.org/access-public-information/articles/2012/01/10/basic-knee-injury-prevention. Updated January 10, 2012. Accessed January 2, 2015.
Kerkhoffs GM, Rowe BH, Assendelft WJ, et al. Immobilisation for acute ankle sprain. A systematic review. Arch Orthop Trauma Surg. 2001;121(8):462-471.
Lateral epicondylitis. EBSCO DynaMed website. Available at: http://www.ebscohost.com/dynamed. Updated December 5, 2014. Accessed January 2, 2015.
Sprained ankle. American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons website. Available at: http://orthoinfo.aaos.org/topic.cfm?topic=A00150. Updated September 2012. Accessed January 2, 2015.
Tennis and back pain. Spine Health website. Available at: http://www.spine-health.com/conditions/sports-and-spine-injuries/tennis-and-back-pain. Updated October 2, 2012. Accessed January 2, 2015.
Tennis elbow. American College of Sports Medicine website. Available at: http://www.acsm.org/docs/current-comments/tenniselbow.pdf. Accessed January 2, 2015.
Tennis exercises for beginners. Optimum Tennis website. Available at: http://www.optimumtennis.net/tennis-exercises-for-beginners.htm. Accessed January 2, 2015.
Tennis injury prevention. American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Ortho Info website. Available at: http://orthoinfo.aaos.org/topic.cfm?topic=A00186. Updated September 2009. Accessed January 2, 2015.
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- Reviewer: Michael Woods, MD
- Review Date: 01/2015
- Update Date: 01/02/2015


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If you're using Instagram to share photos on Twitter, you've probably noticed that the photos you post look like they've been cropped improperly. Before you panic, it's not the end of the world. No need to run down the street and show people what you ate for breakfast just because you can't tweet it.
The reason behind this is that Instagram has disabled their Twitter cards integration, so photos are displayed in what you may call their raw form. As a result, photos appear cropped of off-centered.
Twitter is aware of the issue as stated in a tweet:
"Users are experiencing issues with viewing Instagram photos on Twitter. Issues include cropped images. This is due to Instagram disabling its Twitter cards integration, and as a result, photos are being displayed using a pre-cards experience. So, when users click on Tweets with an Instagram link, photos appear cropped."
No word yet from Instagram if this was intentional, if it will be a permanent thing, or they're already working on a fix.
Twitter has more users than Instagram and losing the connection between the two would probably have Instagram on the losing end.
"I doubt this will be a long-standing issue for Instagram-Twitter users," SiliconANGLE Senior Editor Kristen Nicole said about the issue. "Twitter's too big a platform for Instagram to ignore."
Rivalry at its best
This is a long shot, but one possibility is that it could have something to do with rumors that Twitter is making their own photo-sharing tool that would trump Instagram. A pre-emptive strike from Instagram to encourage photo-sharing on Facebook instead of Twitter?
Another possibility is that it's Facebook's form of revenge. Not everyone on Twitter is on Facebook, so you can say Twitter is gnawing at Facebook's success. So if users want to share their Instagram photos to the rest of humanity, they would have to do it on Facebook, not Twitter since they'd look like crap on the microblogging site.
3 Instagram alternatives for sharing photos on Twitter
For those who love Twitter more than Instagram and Facebook, you can still share your photos on the microblogging site via these photo sharing services:
Burstn – a free app for iPhone but can also be used as a web app and offer photo filtering just like Instagram, that allows you to share on Twitter or Facebook.
Camera360 Ultimate – a free app for Android phones that also offers photo filtering and shares photos on Twitter and Facebook.
Steamzoo – this free app lets you share photos on Twitter, Facebook and anywhere on the web, available for iOS and Android, plus it allows you to put filters on photos so you can always make yourself feel like a professional photographer. ;)


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Northern Europe's largest carnival
The carnival in Aalborg is the largest carnival in Northern Europe with up to 60,000 carnivalists in the Grand Parade and more than 100,000 spectators watching the magnificent wave of colours and fantasy along the parade route. Don't miss this spectacular event! Be a part of a world full of colours, impressive costumes, music, rhythms and dance from all corners of the world. You are the entertainer - the street is your stage.
The Grand Parade. You are the entertainer!
What distinguishes Aalborg Carnival from most other carnivals is that everyone can participate in the Grand Parade on May 28th. The parade moves through the streets of Aalborg and ends in Kildeparken, where the festivities reach their climax and the biggest and most colorful party of the year takes place!
Festive atmosphere
A diversified entertainment program in Kildeparken contributes to a festive atmosphere. The park is transformed into a giant festival area where happy and dressed up people enjoy entertainment that stretches from competitions to dance and music from different stages. Rock, pop, afro, reggae, samba and the latest disco vibes enchant the park. Moreover, you can enjoy drinks with pirates, princesses and fantasy figures in different theme bars. The party continues until just before midnight where an amazing fireworks show symbolizes the end of Aalborg Carnival.
The international carnival – The Battle of Carnival Bands
The Battle of Carnival Parade takes place on Friday May 20th, and here groups that have been invited to participate in the parade will perform. Between 15.30 and 17.30 o'clock international and local groups will perform in the spirit of the carnival at C.W. Obels Plads and at Gammeltorv. At 18 o'clock, the beautiful carnival parade begins from John F. Kennedys Plads (near the busterminal), and it will continue via Boulevarden and end at Gabels Torv.
The Childrens Carnival
The Children's Carnival Parade takes place Saturday May 21th at Gabels Torv. From here, about 5,000 dressed up children and their parents march along the parade route to Kildeparken. On this day, the park turns into a kingdom for children of all ages - a kingdom of magic and bubbling joy: a wonderful universe full of singing and music and with a wide range of entertainment and activities. The Children's Carnival offers the whole family a joyful and entertaining day. So bring your family and enjoy a day of fun together
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