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Volumen played its first show as a two-piece in summer 1996 with only a drum machine and effects rack. In December 1999, the duo—Shane Hickey and Doug Smith—formed a one-night-only band called Spiders From Mars with bassist Bryan Hickey, drummer Bob Marshall and keyboardist Chris Bacon covering David Bowie's Ziggy Stardust. That lineup quickly became the new Volumen. Ten years later, and after four albums, several tours, hundreds of shows, one one-week break-up, and the usual personal maturation—marriage, children, etc.—the stalwart sci-fi, heavy rock, new-wave band drops a new album, Skipper of Reverses, recorded at Club Shmed.
We sat down with guitarist Shane Hickey and keyboardist Chris Bacon to discuss the secret to the band's longevity and to see how time has—or hasn't—changed its music.
Indy: Now that you're getting older, are you going to start offering senior discounts to those of us who have been coming to your shows forever?
Shane: You know how Denny's is, where you can get the senior specials if you eat dinner at 4 p.m.? We need to have the Badlander have old rocker night where shows start at 7 and they're done by 10 and then you can go home and watch whatever shitty TV show you're addicted to, because you're old.
Indy: What's different about Skipper of Reverses?
Shane: We wanted to strip down our sound. We decided it doesn't count as a song unless two dudes can play it drunk on an acoustic guitar around a campfire. Then we started calling it classic rock from the future but then The Lights [Seattle band] were busting our balls like, "Doesn't that mean present rock, like nü metal?" That's depressing. I'd like to think that classic rock from the future would be like this [album]. I think it's the most cohesive record we've made. We'll see. I always get my hopes up and then I see the first review and it's like "Joke band Volumen makes new joke record," and I'm like, "What the fuck?" We made one joke record. One!
Indy: Are the songs mostly about your wasted youth?
Shane: Not really. Let's see. "Time Travel" is about how if you had access to a time machine you're still going to fuck it up. Every human male in his 20s would use it to go back to that one relationship that he fucked up...It's about somebody who goes back but because he still remembers [the breakup] he ruins it anyway.
Indy: The time machine thing is tricky.
Chris: Yeah. It's never going to be right; you can't fix it.
Shane: Scientists, please read the comics!
Shane, getting back to the new songs: "Meoth" is about if you see something terrible you can't make it go out of your head. I was trying to find my dog and we were in Nashville in 108 degrees. Brutal hot. I finally went to the station wagon and opened the door and he'd been in there the whole time and he had died but he'd tried to claw his way out. His eyes were all bulged out and his tongue was black. That burned in my brain. I was 10 years old and I'm never going to forget that. And there's this dark part of you, you could keep looking for those things and that's dangerous. So, that's a scary story...
Chris: I sort of thought it was more of the candle burning at both ends kind of circular idea—
Shane: It is. It's the moth chasing the light of a candle that's tied to the moth.
Indy: You guys have never shied away from your sci-fi roots. So, Shane, I hear they're raising the level cap to 85 in World of Warcraft (Cataclysm version). How do you feel about that?
Shane: [Laughs] I hadn't heard that....There's going to be a Star Wars one that's going to be the shit. You can be a Sith or a Jedi, and it's back in the old republic. This time I'm going to make the right move and make the bad guy. All the douchebags make the alliance or jedis.
Indy: Kirk v. Picard?
Chris and Shane: Kirk.
Shane: I say that because I want to back up Bacon, but I'm a Picard guy. Are we saying they're fighting? Kirk's a wild card but he might be unbalanced enough that Picard will outthink him. But if it's instinct or pure manpower, it's Kirk. But if Picard knew he was going to be facing Kirk he would come up with a ruse...
Chris: Like he might try to dress up like a woman.
Shane: Exactly. Bacon has probably watched every original "Star Trek"...40 times. He's a fountain of knowledge.
Indy: Frodo vs. Bilbo in a battle?
Chris: Bilbo. He learned from his experience, whereas I feel like Frodo still doesn't get it at the end of the whole thing.
Shane: And he's a whiner, right? Jesus. Okay, the ring is heavy, I get it! Bilbo, well, he killed a fucking dragon.
Indy: What should the headline of this article be?
Shane: Volumen: Still Alive.
Chris: Still crazy after all these years.
Shane: Volumen: Still living. Also...still a band!
Indy: Will this band ever break up?
Shane: I hope we play until somebody dies—that seems like a terrible way to say it... I'd want to put out a record every other year. Play every third month. We basically have to get out differential equations and solve matrices in order to figure out when everyone can practice. But since 1999 it's been the five of us and at this point if somebody left, it's over. We'd do something else. We can't do a Menudo or a Ramones. This is the band that's going to be the band.
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I've got a new Think Again column, "Another Unnecessary War? Another Media Misstep?" here, and a new Nation column, "The Post-Imus Conundrum," here.
Meanwhile, what's the craziest thing in the new Time?
Is it Nelson Mandela (the most significant/inspirational figure alive on earth, perhaps) on ... Oprah Winfrey?
Or William Kristol (the wrongest person alive on Earth, about Iraq at least) on ... why the next president will have to listen to guys like William Kristol about Iraq?
We note also for the record that Kinsley also is in the magazine, but on a totally non-political topic, and so Time's columnist count this week is, once again, right-wing Bush-loving Iraq hawks 1, the view represented by approximately 70 percent of Americans 0.
And by the way -- and this is a comment more on the entire MSM rather than Time per se -- look how many "business" leaders are among the celebrated 100. I counted 15. How many labor leaders? (Clue: if you're counting only Americans, the number is the same as pundits representing the views of 70 percent of the country. If you throw in South Africa, you get a total of one.)
(Uh-oh, there I go again. Every time I write about Time, I now have to ask myself, What if Joe Klein wants to fight about it? What if Justin Fox wants to blog about it? What if Ana Marie Cox wants to send her husband [New York Observer party-reporter Chris Lehman] to write a letter to Romenesko about it? What if ...)
This just in: National Review is worth reading, 2x:
First, because Bruce Bartlett is absolutely right, here:
To right-wingers willing to look beneath what probably sounds to them like the same identical views of the Democratic candidates, it is pretty clear that Hillary Clinton is the most conservative. John Edwards is the most liberal, and Barack Obama is somewhere in between.
Given the views of the Democratic base and the enormous unpopularity of the Iraq War, it is a real act of courage for her to steadfastly refuse to say her vote for the war was wrong. Of course, like all Democrats and most Americans, she opposes the war today and favors a rapid pullout.
That is why the easy thing for Sen. Clinton to do would be to just throw in the towel, admit her vote was wrong, and move on. And that's why it is an act of courage for her to refuse to do so. If conservatives weren't so blinded by their hatred for her, this would be obvious.
On economics, it is reasonable to assume that Sen. Clinton's policies would not be altogether different from Bill Clinton's. This is not a bad thing. On trade, his record was outstanding, and on the budget was far better than George W. Bush's. While Clinton raised taxes in 1993, it should be remembered that he cut them in 1997, including a cut in the capital gains tax. On regulatory policy, Clinton was no worse than the current administration and probably better on net.
At some point, politically sophisticated conservatives will have to recognize that no Republican can win in 2008 and that their only choice is to support the most conservative Democrat for the nomination. Call me crazy, but I think that person is Hillary Clinton.
And second, because at least one of its contributors has gone so crazy he is wondering if it might not be a good idea to have a military coup against the elected government of the United States. Thomas Sowell actually writes, "When I see the worsening degeneracy in our politicians, our media, our educators, and our intelligentsia, I can't help wondering if the day may yet come when the only thing that can save this country is a military coup." These people really do hate America.
Why the new Note sucks in the same way the old Note sucked (but, alas, is nowhere near as crazily comprehensive). Its author believes that the proper link for another Edwards' haircut story is this nonsense instead of Boehlert's far more intelligent, comprehensive and sensible discussion of the story here. And by the way, if you want to compare the quality and intelligence of the insider MSM, with the so-called liberal blogosphere, let's, just as an experiment, compare Simon with Boehlert.
Eric R. on George W. Bush and the presidency of cheerful despair, here.
Congrats to Michael Chabon for this:
Pulitzer Prize-winning Jewish author Michael Chabon is basking in the strange glory of being branded an anti-Semitic writer by a creative critic at the New York Post. "It's a badge of honor, I think, to be condemned by one's own people, when you're a Jew," he told me at the launch of his latest novel, "The Yiddish Policemen's Union."
"My mother, when she saw this item in the Post, she was kvelling. She said, 'Now you know you've arrived as a Jewish-American writer. When you've been condemned by other Jews as an anti-Semite, you know you've made it.' "
The followup to his award-winning "The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay" is a murder mystery set in a world where the Jews settled in Alaska, not Israel -- and are about to get kicked out.
So does he have any idea where the Post's interpretation came from?
"A not very thoughtful and close reading of the book, I suppose."
(Post critic Kyle Smith did not respond to an e-mail asking if Smith is in fact Jewish.)
Here is Patti Cohen on same.
P.S. Someone tell Jon Stewart "irregardless" is not a word.
Olbermann named Beck "Worst Person" for comparing Gore to Hitler
On the May 1 edition of MSNBC's Countdown, host Keith Olbermann named CNN Headline News' Glenn Beck the winner of his nightly "Worst Person in the World" segment for, as Media Matters for America documented, comparing former Vice President Al Gore to Adolf Hitler during the April 30 edition of his nationally syndicated radio show.
CNN's Glenn Beck to host hour-long global warming smear-fest
A CNN press release declared that Glenn Beck's upcoming "special report" will "deflate what Beck perceives as the media hype surrounding global warming" and "question[] the accuracy of Al Gore's claims in the Oscar-winning documentary An Inconvenient Truth." Beck has repeatedly advanced falsehoods related to global climate change, cited debunked scientists to support his doubts that "we're causing" global warming, and regularly attacked Gore.
In preview of special, CNN host allowed Beck to repeat comparison of global warming consensus to Hitler eugenics
On the May 2 edition of CNN Newsroom, while previewing his May 2 special, "Exposed: The Climate of Fear," CNN Headline News host Glenn Beck told host Don Lemon that he is doing the special because "the scientific consensus in Europe in the 1920s and '30s was that eugenics was a good idea," adding: "I'm glad that a few people stood against eugenics." Those comments recall remarks Beck made on the April 30 broadcast of his nationally syndicated radio program, in which he likened former Vice President Al Gore's fight against global warming to Adolf Hitler's use of eugenics as justification for exterminating 6 million European Jews. On that program, Beck stated: "Al Gore's not going to be rounding up Jews and exterminating them. It is the same tactic, however. The goal is different. The goal is globalization. The goal is global carbon tax. The goal is the United Nations running the world. That is the goal. Back in the 1930s, the goal was get rid of all of the Jews and have one global government."
Schlussel claimed Media Matters is "Nazi-funded"
In a May 1 weblog post, right-wing pundit Debbie Schlussel speculated that a Canton, Michigan, resident who had allegedly suffered "extensive" injuries to his hand when a homemade "cherry bomb" he and his friends created accidentally exploded might be Pakistani. Asserting that "[s]ince Muslim terrorists are generally more clandestine -- and occasionally more clever," Schlussel said that the alleged cherry bomb maker and his friends in fact "might not be Muslim." The only basis she cited for her speculation that they might be Pakistani was that, according to her, there is a "large Muslim Paki, er ... Pakistani population" in Canton. As Media Matters for America noted when Schlussel used the term in an April 16 blog post, "Paki" is a disparaging term for a person of Pakistani descent. Schlussel used the term "Paki" twice in the May 1 post, and said in her second use of the term: "I would be remiss in not pointing out the large Muslim Paki, er ... Pakistani population in Canton. After all, I wouldn't want to disappoint my friends from the deceptively-named, Nazi-funded Media Matters for America."
Name: John B
Hometown: Des Moines, IA
So the Wall Street Journal is actually going so far here as to advocate the need for a strong leader who is above the law! Obviously they didn't have Bill Clinton in mind, but GWB seems to fit the job just fine. The whole thing leaves me absolutely stunned, not because there are some power-mad individuals who think this way, but because their existence within the US government isn't the biggest scandal of the day. This is truly fascism and it's time to describe it in those terms. Sure, there is no "final solution" on the horizon (that we know of) but a government with the unlimited power of the Bushies' Unitary Executive has all he needs to impose one at a whim.
Name: Rick Kane
Hometown: Locust Grove, Virginia
I appreciate LTC Bateman's notes and believe that he has correctly analyzed what happened in Tillman's case was a very inside group (the 75th Ranger Regiment and the Special Operations Community) trying to protect their reputation and their immunity from the SNAFUs and FUBARs of the kind that typify lesser military organizations. However, I would still wonder about the involvement of the Office of the Secretary of Defense and their awareness of the inaccuracy in the Silver Star award presented to the Tillman family at SGT Tillman's memorial ceremony.
Name: Joanne
Hometown: Santa Barbara CA
I just saw a poster on campus here that this total fraud [John Stossel] is giving a "lecture" at Campbell Hall tomorrow night and it is "free." Good thing right-wing propaganda is free these days. I have given a call concerning this appearance and was told it is being backed by the College Republicans -- to quote Gomer Pyle, surprise, surprise, surprise. I will be giving Arts and Lectures a piece of what's left of my mind this afternoon. Keep on truckin'.
It's always struck me that way more people would call themselves liberal if they truly knew what being liberal meant. However, as it is, the cartoonish definition of liberal we hear from mainstream American media outlets is closer to one proferred by some orotund right-wing jackass, rather than a real liberal with some historical insight. Thus the proposed title of your book, Why We're Liberals, seems a bit exclusionary. A better title might reflect a more expansive sentiment, along the lines of "more liberal than you know."
Name: Alison Smith
Hometown: Fremont, California
Coming to the defense of Robbie Robertson is a little like speaking up boldly for Microsoft, and I agree Robertson sounds a tad snippy in the Salon chat, but if you had been fending off for decades accusations that you didn't write songs you actually wrote (forgive me, "creative workshopping" is not the same thing as actual songwriting), you might be a little insistent on that point yourself. Robertson's ability to keep his eye unerringly on the ball and the bottom line may not be the most attractive of traits, but he is the one who kept the group going when everyone else was boozing, drugging, and getting into car accidents and he's the one looking after the group's legacy now. "The Last Waltz" is inflated and self-aggrandizing, but it's also a superb concert movie and for a long time to come it will serve as many people's introduction to the Band's music. And we wouldn't have it if not for Robertson. I liked Helm's book, too. He's a very appealing guy and you want to root for him, but I can't help thinking that if he had managed to hold on to more of his dough we'd never have heard a peep about songwriting credits or the lack thereof.
Name: Steve Hirsch
Hometown: Ashton MD
"Helm's chief beef is that the one-for-all, all-for-one spirit of The Band was sucked away when Robertson began hogging sole songwriting credit for tunes that had been heavily shaped by communal workshopping."
Well then it's interesting that when Big Pink appeared "Chest Fever," "The Weight," To Kingdom Come," and others are credited to J.R. Robertson and no one else. And "In A Station," "We Can Talk," and "Lonesome Suzie" are credited to R. Manuel and no one else.
I've read Levon's book and met him. He's a great guy, but if his chief beef is that Robertson took too much credit, why did he stand by when Big Pink and the "brown album" appeared and the song credits weren't spread around?
Robbie wrote the songs, and he had the foresight to think there would be some value down the road to the Band catalog. He didn't hold a gun to anyone's head and make them sell him their future rights to the music. Levon resents him and runs him down, but Robbie's been fairly low key in responding, but if he stresses he wrote the songs it's his right because he's right.
Name: Stephen Anderson
Hometown: LA, CA
Since you posted about the Band today, here's a story about playing the master tapes I did back in Feb. Check this out, you might find it interesting, I know I sure did. I've been lucky enough to have had my hands on many original masters over the years; I've played the 1" 8 track of "I Heard It Through The Grapevine" several times for various transfers, it's pretty cool. With all the new technology I have to keep up with, there is still no way to record things any better than in the past.
When I played a Nat "King" Cole master (3 track) for the first time at Capitol, it was a religious experience: orchestra in stereo on tracks 1 & 3, Nat's vocal, recorded behind some studio baffles at the same time on track 2. I solo'd the vocal, you could hear orchestra leakage, the rustling of his sheet music, and then the most marvelous thing: I heard him smack his lips as he took a breath before crooning the first note. I'll never forget it.
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In its annual report on global risks, the WEF cautioned that the financial crisis and the ensuing recession have created a more vulnerable environment.
The report, which will be submitted to the forum's annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, this month, said: 'Many countries are at risk of overextending unsustainable levels of debt, which in turn will extend strong upwards pressures on real interest rates. In the final instance, unsustainable debt levels could lead to a full-fledged sovereign debt crises.'..."
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On 9 November 2016, the Law Enforcement Conduct Commission Act 2016 was passed. This creates a new civilian agency, the Law Enforcement Conduct Commission, or LECC, to oversight the NSW Police Force and NSW Crime Commission. It will take over functions currently undertaken by the Police Integrity Commission and the NSW Ombudsman's Police Division. It will begin operations on 1 July 2017.
Currently we are in a period of transition, transferring our responsibilities to the LECC. It is likely that many of complaints currently open, or that we receive, will be overseen by the LECC and not our office.
On this page we discuss the legislative reviews that we have completed this year into the use of police powers.
Terrorism (Police Powers) Act
In 2017, the Ombudsman completed the fourth review of the NSW Police Force's use of the preventative detention and covert search warrant powers in the Terrorism (Police Powers) Act 2002. This is the Ombudsman's last review of the operation of this Act. Those review functions are being transferred to the newly-established Law Enforcement Conduct Commission.
The preventative detention powers in Part 2A of the Terrorism (Police Powers) Act 2002 were used for the first and only time in September 2014. In 2016, police were given new 'investigative detention powers' that effectively made the preventative detention powers redundant.
Our report recommends that the preventative detention powers be allowed to expire in December 2018 in accordance with their sunset clause.
Download our report on the Terrorism (Police Powers) Act
Police providing name and place of duty
Police are required to provide their name and place of duty when they exercise certain powers such as arrest and search. This requirement encourages accountability and transparency on the part of the officers and assists members of the public if they wish to complain about a particular officer. Changes to the law introduced in November 2014 mean that, even where an officer fails to provide this information, their use of the power will still be valid in most circumstances.
For the first 12 months after the changes to the law, between November 2014 and 2015, the Ombudsman kept under scrutiny whether police officers still complied with the requirement. This was to ensure that the changes did not have the unintentional purpose of undermining the safeguard.
The report observed that police used powers that required them to give their name and place of duty on 400,000 separate occasions, affecting 266,000 people, in those 12 months. Unfortunately, due to limitations to the data that was available to complete our review, the Ombudsman was unable to assess the impact of the legislative change. However, community consultations revealed broad support for the laws requiring police to provide their name and place of duty when exercising certain powers, and a perception that this does not always happen.
Download our report on name and place of duty
Criminal Organisations Control legislation
In November 2016, the Ombudsman completed a review of powers given to police under the Crimes (Criminal Organisations Control) Act 2012. Under the Act, the Supreme Court can declare that an organisation is a 'criminal organisation' and make control orders which can prevent members from associating with each other, recruiting others to the organisation, and to stop them from participating in certain activities, including working in high risk industries.
Our report found that no organisation has been declared to be a criminal organisation under the scheme. We conclude that police found the scheme too cumbersome and resource-intensive to use and preferred using the alternative powers available to them to disrupt criminal organisations. Our report therefore recommends that the Act should be repealed.
Download our report on Criminal Organisations Control [PDF, 324.1KB]
Restricted Premises Act search powers and offence provisions
In 2016, the Ombudsman completed a review of amendments made to the Restricted Premises Act to help target gun crime and premises used by serious criminals. The amendments introduced offences that can be committed by owners and occupiers of declared premises and powers to search for firearms on declared premises without a warrant.
A court can make a declaration under the Act in relation to certain premises where prohibited activities take place. Police can search these premises under a warrant, and declared premises at any time without a warrant. Police previously had the power to search for alcohol and drugs. After the amendments, they can also search for firearms, weapons and explosives.
Our report found that the amendments have not enhanced police's ability to disrupt OMCGs or detect firearms. Police did not obtain any restricted premises declarations, conduct searches without warrant or lay charges for any of the new offences during the review period.
Our report also found that police did obtain warrants under the new provisions of the Act to search seven suspected OMCG clubhouses, however those searches could have been done under the old provisions. Our report outlines concerns about the way in which the seven searches were executed.
Our report recommends amendments to the legislation to provide police with specific powers to manage the risks associated with potentially dangerous premise searches and also proposes that police clarify their powers to seize certain items.
Download our report on Restricted Premises Act [PDF, 614.9 KB]
Police use of Firearms Prohibition Order search powers
In 2016, the Ombudsman completed a review of the operation of new search powers, which enable police to search a person subject to a firearms prohibition order (FPO) whenever reasonably required.
Our report found that there were approximately 1,500 interactions where police used the powers to conduct searches. In those interactions police conducted over 2,500 separate searches. Police found firearms, ammunition and firearm parts in 2% of the interactions. In the two years, they seized 35 firearms, 26 lots of ammunition and 9 firearm parts.
In total, 400 people subject to an FPO were searched. We also found that police searched over 200 people who were not subject to an order. Police conducted these searches on what appears to be an erroneous application of the FPO search powers and the searches may have been unlawful.
Our report also found a lack of clarity in police understanding of the circumstances in which they are authorised to search an FPO subject. The law permits an FPO search only when 'reasonably required' to determine if an FPO offence has been committed. It is not a roving search power to be used randomly on FPO subjects.
Our report recommends changes to legislation and internal procedures and practices that guide the way police use the FPO search powers. Other measures are also proposed to ensure that police use FPO search powers fairly and reasonably, including that FPOs should automatically expire after five years.
Download our FPO search powers report [PDF, 958.9KB]
The consorting law
In 2016 we provided our report of the review of the operation of the consorting provisions to the Attorney General and the Commissioner of Police, and it was tabled in Parliament by the Attorney General.
The new consorting law makes it a criminal offence for a person to continue to associate or communicate with at least two people who have previously been convicted of an indictable offence, after receiving an official police warning. It aims to prevent crime by disrupting or deterring associations that may lead to the building or continuation of criminal networks.
The breadth of the new consorting law means that the main constraint on its application is the exercise of discretion by police officers. Police have significant discretion in deciding who they will warn, who will be warned about, and whether to bring charges. There is no legal requirement for the associations targeted by police for consorting to have any link to planning or undertaking criminal activity.
Our report outlines use of the consorting law in relation to members of criminal gangs, but also in relation to people experiencing homelessness, children and young people, and people with no criminal record. In some areas the proportion of use in relation to Aboriginal people was very high.
Our report recommends the adoption of a statutory and policy framework to ensure police apply the consorting law in a way that is focused on serious crime, closely linked to crime prevention, and is not used in relation to minor offending.
Download our consorting report [PDF, 1.42MB]
Review of police oversight by Mr Andrew Tink
In 2015 the NSW government announced that it will establish a new police oversight body, called the Law Enforcement Conduct Commission, to perform functions currently the responsibility of the Police Integrity Commission and the NSW Ombudsman.
This followed a review by Mr Andrew Tink of police oversight in NSW. The terms of reference for that review were to provide advice to the government about options for a single civilian oversight model for police in NSW.
The government has accepted all the recommendations made by Mr Tink. These included a number of recommendations made in our submission to the review, which can be downloaded to see our recommendations [PDF, 654.16KB]
Police providing name and place of duty
Police officers are required to provide their name and place of duty when they exercise certain powers such as arrest and search. Changes introduced in November 2014 mean that, even where an officer fails to provide this information, their use of the power will still be valid in most circumstances.
The Ombudsman was required to keep under scrutiny whether police officers are still complying with the requirement to provide their name and place of duty, for the first 12 months after the introduction of these changes. We have provided our report to the Attorney General, the Minister for Justice and Police and the Commissioner of Police. The Attorney General will table the report in Parliament.
Operation Prospect
On 20 December 2016, the Acting NSW Ombudsman, Professor John McMillan AO, tabled his report on the Operation Prospect investigation.
Related publications
- The consorting law: Report on the operation of Part 3A, Division 7 of the Crimes Act 1900
- Review of police use of firearms prohibition order search powers - August 2106
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Order a latte and be prepared to get a glass of milk. Order a café au lait "to go" in France and it will be given to you in an 8 oz. plastic cup. Order a large, non-fat, extra hot, sugar-free mocha with two added shots of espresso and no foam in most European cafés and you'll get a death stare.
Americans typically have their coffee on the go as a crutch to help them tackle busy days with their caffeine fix conveniently in hand.I wouldn't be surprised if these situations happen frequently to caffeine-seeking American tourists in Europe. They'll most likely end up with something they don't expect. But they aren't exactly to blame. Most American coffee shops provide a broad range of options that cater to both low and high maintenance customers–anything from a small cup of coffee to a quad-shot extra foamy low-fat mocha. In Europe, you aren't given as many options because locals are all about the basics: espresso, cappuccino, and café au lait. As a barista at Peet's Coffee and Tea who has been to Europe, I've experienced both coffee cultures and discovered that there isn't only a difference in what you order, but also a difference in how you savor your coffee–or not.
For those of you who aren't coffee drinkers or are unfamiliar with coffee-speak, espresso is the product of forcing highly pressurized hot water through finely ground coffee. It's the basis of popular drinks such as lattes, mochas, and caramel macchiatos. A cappuccino is made of espresso topped off with freshly steamed foamy, creamy milk whereas a café au lait is simply brewed coffee with added steamed milk.
Euro-sounding size terms popularized by American coffee shops such as "grande" and "venti" aren't taken for anything more than their literal Italian meanings in Europe: "big" and "twenty," respectively. Instead, European cafés serve drinks according to the number of espresso shots desired (i.e. single cappuccino or double espresso). Americans typically have their coffee on the go as a crutch to help them tackle busy days with their caffeine fix conveniently in hand. Europeans typically don't have coffee "to go" since they consider coffee drinking to be more of a social activity. I went to a café on the famous Parisian open-market street Rue Cler and observed the patronage sip their coffee with ease, some having vibrant conversations while others people-watch or read the daily newspaper Le Monde. Coming from the fast-paced environment of my workplace, it was nice to be in a setting where I could actually sit and enjoy my cappuccino because everyone else was doing the same.
It's interesting how espresso drinks have become such marketable U.S. commodities in recent years, yet they have been an integral part of European life since the beginning of the 20th century. After coming back from Europe and diving back into the "daily grind" of my job, I definitely gained a newfound appreciation for coffee and what it really means to savor it.
For further reading and recommendations on where to sit back and enjoy your espresso doppio in Rome or café au lait in Paris, consult Moon Metro Rome or Moon Metro Paris.


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The shoe game's been seeing some heavy changes recently. The latest addition to brands hitting your local racks is SPECTRE by Supra—Lil Wayne's lifestyle shoe brand through One Distribution. Not to be confused with Supra, SPECTRE is a completely separate brand curated and influenced by Tunechi himself. And considering Weezy's newfound love for skateboarding, it's only natural he'd recruit a skater to rep the kicks. Handpicked by Lil Wayne, Chaz Ortiz is now on SPECTRE by Supra. Straight off his flight from Miami back home to Chicago, Chaz hopped on the phone for a few minutes to talk about the launch party, what it's like to chill with Wayne, and how the new shoes skate. Read the interview below, as well as additional info on SPECTRE.
Words by Kevin Duffel, photography courtesy One Distribution.
You just got back from the SPECTRE launch party in Miami. How was that?
It was great. A lot of the [Supra] team came out. Ellington was there, Neen, Boo, Keelan, Stevie. So it was good times. It was my birthday actually, too, at midnight, which was even better. It worked out perfect.
Damn, that's not a bad birthday present right there, getting announced onto a new shoe company.
Yeah, for sure. And I got tattooed by Wayne [laughs]. He put "skate life" on my arm. It's like three inches long. It's pretty funny.
Had you known Wayne for a while before all of this?
I met him at Tampa two years ago. And then I was in Cali and his manager hit me up to go skate. We went to the Berrics and exchanged numbers, and ever since then, he always hits me up to skate whenever he's in Cali or hang out when he's got time. So I mean, that's kind of how it started. He's such a cool dude. I hung out with him a couple times this past weekend.
"Even when he watches people skate his eyes light up, like, 'Oh shit, that was sick.' He always gives props. Why would you hate on a dude for wanting to skate?"
So he specifically reached out to you and handpicked you to rep the brand, right?
Yeah. I was already talking to some people at Supra, so this worked out perfect. Me and Wayne had a relationship going, and me and Supra were trying to do something, so this just really worked out perfect.
You went from being on DC with a whole team to now being the only skater on the squad at SPECTRE. Is there a lot of pressure being the only skater on a brand?
Nah. I might still go on other Supra trips and be a part of that crew. But it's through his brand. I don't know how it's going to work, but it should be cool.
So are there any other people besides you and Wayne signed on to rep the brand, or is that it for now?
I think that's it.
What were you doing before this came knocking? There were a couple years where you didn't have a shoe sponsor, right?
Yeah, I just kinda waited. I told myself I wanted to be on Supra more than any other brand. I just thought it would be a good look for me. They were sending me shoes and I were rocking them for a while. And then finally this all came together. But I was just kinda skating in whatever I got. I knew a lot of people so I was getting shoes—I think I had more shoes when I wasn't sponsored than when I was sponsored [laughs]. Which is funny, but yeah, I just kinda skated whatever and wasn't thinking about it. But then, like I said, it all just came together and worked out.
From what I've seen of all the SPECTRE shoes, it's definitely more of a lifestyle-inspired brand with some crazy high-tops and streetwear shoes. What shoes have you been skating in? Are there any skate friendly shoes?
Yeah, there is. It's like a low-top vulc, really good to skate in. I've skated in them [the Griffin] and they're really good, so I'm hyped on that. It's not a crazy shoe—just super mellow and plain. It looks cool and skates really well. So I'll just skate those and rock the lifestyle ones.
Were you a fan of Weezy's tunes before this?
Oh yeah. I grew up listening to him. I used to watch his documentaries. It's Lil Wayne, ya know? When I was coming up, he was huge. And now to just be chilling with him, it's pretty crazy. But he's such a cool dude. He's so funny, so chill, and just down to skate and hang out. He's rad.
I'm sure you've watched him progress a bunch in the past couple years.
Yeah, he's been killing the miniramp. Every time I see him he's got some new tricks. And you can tell he loves it. He just skates wherever, whenever. It's so rad. You can tell he loves it. I went to his house and I think he had like 50 completes. He's got boards on his walls. He just loves it.
Yeah, so I was gonna say, obviously a lot of people give him shit and say he doesn't belong in skating and whatnot. Now, riding for his brand and being pretty good friends with him, what would you have to say to all those people?
Yeah, I don't get it. I mean, sure, he's a rapper, but let him live. If he wants to skate, I don't know why the skate community would make it such a big deal. I just see it as the dude loves skating and he skates. He's only been skating for a year and a half or two years or something, so it's not like he's going to be [super good]—that shit takes a while to learn. People are just crazy about it. They think he's just trying to get into skating for whatever reason, but you can tell, even when he watches people skate his eyes light up, like, "Oh shit, that was sick." He always gives props. Why would you hate on a dude for wanting to skate?
Yeah, totally. And at the end of the day, he's giving people like you opportunity to continue skating and make a living off of it.
Exactly. Look at what he did for me.
What can we expect to see for SPECTRE in the future? Any plans that you know of?
All I know is that the skate shoes are gonna be really good. They're gonna make some cool shoes. I'm just going to go with it. I haven't really talked too much about that whole situation, but I know it's going to be good. It's going to be big—especially with the shoes they've got. They have a really good skate shoe and I really like it. All the kids will like it. And then a lot of sneaker heads will like the lifestyle shoes. So it's cool.
For sure. And now you get to skate to Weezy's songs whenever you want for your parts, free of charge, right?
[Laughs] I know, right?
Stand up on stage and do kickflips while he's playing shows.
[Laughs] I'm down. But no, I'm psyched on it. Finally it seems like something's happened. It was worth the wait. It was well worth it. It's above anything that I could possibly imagine. And he's not stupid. He's gonna do it super proper.
That should be all good, unless there's anything else you want to say?
I just want to thank Supra and Wayne for giving me the opportunity. I'm looking forward to the future.
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Lil Wayne's new shoe company, SPECTRE, launched at an event in Miami on Friday, May 3 (one day before Chaz Ortiz's 19th birthday). At the event Lil Wayne announced that Chaz Ortiz will be riding for SPECTRE.
While some SPECTRE designs are influenced by skateboarding, and Wayne enjoys skating himself, SPECTRE is a lifestyle footwear brand.
SPECTRE by Supra is a footwear brand. Lil Wayne and One Distribution partnered to create a third brand under the One Distribution umbrella SPECTRE.
SPECTRE will be releasing three styles to the line: Chimera, Griffin, Kondor. The Griffin is a skate inspired design and is the one Chaz is most hyped to skate in.


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See the details of my disastrous previous trip here: http://www.handgunforum.net/range-report/10300-frustrated-what-am-i-doing-wrong.html
I think my dry-firing practice has paid off a little. Although I was using different ammo today as well (S&B Brass 115 GR instead of WWB), so I suppose it's not a true comparison. Everything else is the same. Same targets and still shooting from 7 yards, and still left-handed. Here are the results:
My first target of the day. I seem to have fixed my elevation problem, but am still hitting to the right. You can see the one shot where I flinched and/or jerked the trigger:
Second target. I reverted to my old ways, but then managed to get control and zero it in for a couple shots. At least it's all in the black, right?
Probably my best one of the day in terms of accuracy and grouping:
Can anybody "read" these targets and give me some more advice? I'm sure I just need to keep up my trigger control exercises.
Still loving the gun. No malfunctions yet. Except I did experience for the first time, the slide going forward upon inserting a full magazine. I must have slammed it home too hard. Before that point I had only been firing 5 shots at a time.


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Bills Fall 23-13 Against Kansas City - Game Recap
The Chiefs grabbed a Week 9 victory over the Bills on Sunday, winning 23-13 at Ralph Wilson Stadium.
Kansas City won and also put money in the pockets of their supporters by covering the 4.5-point spread as favorites. Totals bettors, meanwhile, saw the game go UNDER the closing number of 40.5.
Alex Smith completed 19 of 29 pass attempts for 124 yards and 0 TDs for the Chiefs in the win. He did not throw an interception in the game.
C.J. Spiller rushed for 116 yards for Buffalo, while Fred Jackson added 77 yards. Jeff Tuel threw for 229 yards for the Bills, while receivers Marquise Goodwin and Robert Woods had 64 and 44 yards respectively.
Buffalo outgained Kansas City 470-210 yards in the game, while the battle of first downs was won 25-15 by the Bills.
Kansas City lost the time of possession battle 30:14/29:46, leaving their defense on the field more than they wanted.
Kansas City looks to continue their winning ways next game with a battle against the Broncos. The Bills will aim to get back on the winning track at Pittsburgh.


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Sure, laugh now, but when Skynet becomes aware once Wayne "The Terminator of Contemporary Rock" Static plays the Wilma, we'll all be enslaved to throwing the rawk fist. Dope, Smile Empty Soul and Thira open. Doors at 6 PM, show at 7. $25/$23 in advance at Rockin Rudy's and jadepresents.com.


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Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney has opened up a 1-point lead in the key battleground state of Wisconsin, according to a poll released Tuesday.
The poll by Democratic-leaning Public Policy Polling shows Mr. Romney leading President Obama 48 percent to 47 percent in the Badger State. The results are identical to those from a Rasmussen Reports poll released last week.
Mr. Obama, who won Wisconsin by 14 percentage points in 2008, consistently has led in state polls but has seen his lead evaporate in the two weeks since Mr. Romney announced Wisconsin GOP Rep. Paul Ryan as his running mate.
The poll showed that Republican voters have rallied behind the Romney-Ryan ticket, with 93 percent saying they will vote Republican, and that Wisconsin independents have shifted away from the president, who holds just a 4-point lead with them after enjoying a 14-point lead last month.


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This was epic, and I can't stand either man. Jones came off like a nut job, and had he calmed down he could have really buried Piers. Morgan sounded more like a sympathetic mother. This is part two of two videos.
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Alex, Alex, Alex, calm down, Alex, Alex, Alex
Sounds like a fucking parrot.
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Jones destroyed that cunt.
I can't condone the shouting or the accent tho.
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No idea who that Jones cunt is, but boy that freak needs to get laid fpalm
Alex Jones is always over hype but that's only because he's passionate about what he's talking about. Haven't seen the interview but I'm sure he's 100% right. Preech.
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I can't wait for you to see it.
I'm against gun control but I think this is just one of the funniest things I've ever seen.
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Morgan did an awesome job good luck on interviewing someone acting like an angry paranoiac..maybe he really needs those pills he was talking about..
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Alex Jones obviously didn't go there to debate, seeing as Morgan has the redeeming habit of doing the exact same thing that Jones did by being obnoxious and talking over people. Jones, in a sense, beat Morgan at his own game and forced Morgan into looking like a little bitch. I found it quite entertaining, and while Jones could have done without the yelling at the top of his lungs he is 100% correct.
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Ann Romney Goes For The Heart, Says She And Mitt Used To Be PoorOften portrayed by Democrats as a wealthy out-of-touch businessman, Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney appeared as a man who achieved the American dream when his wife Ann made her national debut with a speech Wednesday night in Tampa.
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Ann Romney Discusses Husband Mitt, Their Vision For America During Rousing Republican National Convention SpeechAnn Romney, the wife of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, spoke Tuesday night about her husband, and their shared vision for the future of America during a personal, candid speech at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla.
'Teen Mom' Season 4 Finale On Ustream: Where To Watch Catelynn Answers Questions LiveThe series finale of "Teen Mom" is premiering on MTV tonight at 10/9c and the country will have to say goodbye to their favorite young mothers in a 90 minute episode.
Hurricane Isaac 2012: Tropical Storm Strengthens Into 'Robust' Form, On Path To New OrleansAfter targeting the U.S. Gulf coast Monday with ponderous rains and strong winds, tropical storm Isaac's path is now directed toward New Orleans with threats of a projected landfall Tuesday night, nearly seven years to the day since Hurricane Katrina wrecked the city.
Ron Paul Delegates, Shunted To Republican National Convention's Outskirts, May Lash OutRon Paul's delegates will have to enjoy the cheap seats during the Republican National Convention, after the GOP assigned states whose delegations are flush with the Libertarian Congressman's representatives to the outskirts of the convention center in Tampa, Fla. The GOP hopes the whole process will go off without a hitch -- but Paul's followers could still ruin Mitt Romney's coming out party.
Weekly Summary on USD, EUR, GBP, JPY, AUD, CAD, MXN and RMBThe dollar begins the week within in its recent ranges as investors find little direction with thin summer trading and a lack of major economic data. Stocks and commodities are generally lower as investors and economists alike discount the probability of a third round of quantitative easing with economic data having registered mostly positive as of late. While Fed Chairman, Bernanke, says the central bank still has "scope for further action to ease financial conditions," each successive ro...
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Romney A Birther Too? 'No One's Ever Asked To See My Birth Certificate'Generally one to stay away from the birther movement, presumptive GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney on Friday reminded his hometown crowd just where he was from. Appearing to take a poke at President Barack Obama, Romney told the crowd, "No one's ever asked to see my birth certificate. They know that this is the place that we were born and raised."
Hail, Late Freezes And Drought Means Fewer Apples This YearIf you notice the price increases in apple cider this fall, blame it on the wacky weather.
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Once flower buds pop, snow melts, and temperatures rise, thoughts of summer come flooding in. To prepare, many of us, including myself, think about how they might look in their swimsuit and summer shorts this year. All spring long we prepare by eating more salads, less junk, and making more of an effort to fit in a workout. Then summer rolls in and attempts to sabotage our efforts. My five rules of the road help me not only survive summer, but thrive and enjoy myself to the very fullest. Here's how you can too.
1. Thou Shall Eat Whatever She Desires, But Shall Eat Her Vegetables Too
A few days ago my good friend, Emily, who was on a detox diet, guiltily admitted to jumping off the proverbial diet wagon. I told her, "I'm not a big fan of wagons." Instead, I enjoy any food I want, just in smaller amounts. I strive to fill half of my plate with vegetables and fruits, not only because I enjoy eating them, but because they are filling, nutrient rich, and lower in calories. To stay on track while dining out, either my husband or I typically order a lighter meal of fish and vegetables, and the other orders the heavier meal that we are dying to try. Then we share each other's and get the best of both worlds. The two photos above and below show two plates we shared at the Queen Creek Olive Mill, one of our favorite places near our home.
Here is my other approach: When I'm on vacation or at a conference overflowing with amazing food, for the first couple of days I consume nearly everything in site, while still eating until only comfortably full (that also means more room for the next fabulous meal that crosses my path). I make sure to enjoy a light salad, soup, or luscious platter of vegetables along with whichever decadent dish I want to try.
2. If Thou Drinks, Thou Shall Do So Responsibly
Beach parties. Barbecues. Visits from the in-laws. These summer occasions seem to overflow with alcoholic beverages. But that doesn't mean that social drinking and a healthy waistline can't happily coexist. Dry white wine is a smart choice, with only 110 calories per glass. I love a good margarita, but they can be outrageously high in calories, added sugar, and artificial coloring. Enter my new summertime BFF: Skinnygirl Margarita. 4 ounces of this lightly sweetened, natural, ready-to-drink cocktail contain only 100 calories. And while embibing alcohol, I'm sure to drink enough water to prevent dehydration, therefore avoiding headaches, fatigue, and a false sense of hunger.
3. Thou Shall Stay Hydrated
Water is usually the best way to stay hydrated, but that can get boring. After I can't bring myself to sip one more drop of plain water, I reach for lime flavored sparkling water, hibiscus iced tea, or cucumber mint water.
4. Though Shall Snack Smartly
Whether you're on a road trip, on an airplane, or hiking in the great outdoors, satisfying snacks are crucial to have on hand. My fridge-less favorites include baggies of dried fruits and nuts, apples, bananas, whole grain crackers, peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, and energy bars. If I have access to a cooler or refrigeration, I keep cheese snacks, yogurt cups, and baby carrots handy. A refillable water bottle accompanies me whenever possible. I savored the peanuts and olives above in Paris while sitting in an outdoor cafe watching passersby.
5. Thou Shall Eat Until Comfortably Full
I didn't always understand this way of thinking and used to be a member of the clean plate club. As a "starving" college student, if there was food on the plate, I ate it. Then one summer I worked at a girls' weight loss camp (yes, I'm serious) and took with me some valuable lessons about mindful eating. Now I eat slower. If I'm not especially enjoying a food, I don't finish it. And once I realize I'm satisfied, I put the fork down and ask for a to-go box.
How do you handle your favorite summertime foods?
SELF has selected four of the top nutritionists from around the country and now it's your turn, readers, to help us choose who's next. They'll blog about every bite they eat and share their nutritional know-how all month long. The R.D.s will take turns blogging from May 16-June 10. Vote for your favorite!
Michelle Dudash, RD is an award-winning registered dietitian, Cordon Bleu certified chef, and specializes in teaching people how health and food can deliciously co-exist. She is a writer, television personality and recipe developer through her consulting firm, Chef Dudash Nutrition. She is competing in the Eat Like Me blog-off to become SELF's next blogger.
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Maybe it's because this is baby #2, or maybe because it still feels really early to me (I'll be 19 weeks tomorrow), or because I'm not looking obviously pregnant, I am just kind of having a hard time getting excited about collecting whatever gear we'll need for this kiddo's arrival. I had assumed that once we found out the sex, I'd go into high gear with it, but that didn't really happen. I know I've certainly got a lot of time still, but we're pretty much starting from scratch this time, and I know it would be wise to spread out the costs over the next few months.
The closest I've come is obsessively stalking the diaperswappers fsot:) But even there, I just don't feel like I can even commit to what kind of cloth diapers we're going to use this time! Maybe I'm feeling overwhelmed, or maybe I'm just not as susceptible to the whole "you need every single baby gadget in existence, and now!" propaganda thrown at pregnant ladies this time around.
Is anyone else feeling "meh" about collecting for your new little one?
Me! I've bought a sling and a babyhawk carrier and that's it. I'll get some clothes when it gets closer to D day :) I think I resonate more w/ your latter guess - I don't feel like I need a bunch of plastic crap to invade my home. I probably will get another boppy at some point because that is something I really did use ( and got rid of because we were done :D ) and I have dipes. What else do I *really* need?
This is our 3rd and we have a boy and a girl. We didn't find out the sex of the other two so all our NB clothes are green and yellow :) The only thing we needed to buy was a new bucket carseat and let's face it, they aren't that exciting to shop for! So I got one on Amazon and that's about all we need. Yeah, I will wash newborn stuff when it's closer but other than that, I'm done shopping and so on (which is nice in a way ;) )
ETA: I forgot....we did buy a minivan too. Makes up for not having to get anything else and then some ;)
I have some of the same feelings.... our budget is super tight and other than a carseat there isn't anything we "need-need" this time round (baby 4). We have tons of baby carriers (a moby wrap, a WAHM sling, a New Native pouch, an Ergo, and two different snugli style soft front carriers since those are the ones DH prefers), toys and books and games, blankets and play mats and cloth diapers, boppys and baby clothing (if I do laundry every day which I already do so, yeah) and a bassinet and a pack/play with changing table thingie and even the dreaded minivan!
But I guess I'm feeling almost, well, not guilty, but... I don't know. It's as if some of the "fun" is missing this time round. Not that I shop a lot, but I do love thrifting and finding that perfect item, and I enjoyed the sort of "thinking/dreaming" about the babe on the way that I did while browsing the baby racks at the thrift shop. I'll probably continue picking up baby clothes here and there and I'm starting to save for a belly bandit, but I feel like I'm going to be really hurting when I'm 8 months along and don't have the "fun stuff" like shopping to keep myself amused.
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I know the feeling though don't have the word either. I have heard it before from friends with more that two but to feel it is totally different. :( If you have one of each there's no "need" to get anything really though it is fun. Part (for me) is not having the time and/or energy to do some of the "fun" shopping. If I have a few minutes, I am going to use them to sleep and not shop! lol
Maybe it'll change but really, we do have what we need. Anything else is icing on the cake so to speak ;)
I am kind of feeling the same way....this is baby #3 and we recieved all gender neutral clothes for our baby shower with our first. Newborn clothes get outgrown so fast that we don't really need any clothes at all for the newborn stage. If this is another boy, we are all set...we don't need anything, but if this is a girl, we will want some gender specific clothes, but not until after the 3 month stage anyway...
We are all set with cloth diapers, baby carriers, even car seat....
The only thing that we really need is a minivan...lol,
A couple of things I have my eye out for on craigslist etc are a pack and play (to use as a diaper changing station on our first floor) and a Joovy Ultralight...
haven't bought anything yet though :)-
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I have pretty much everything already! I got a new car seat...I WISH we were getting a minivan hehe. I have been starting to stash up with OS diapers now since I have enough NB diapers. I don't want her to suddenly outgrow the newborn dipes and have to scramble to sell those for my OS stash! too much pressure with having a newborn around :)
I don't want a bunch of stuff until I have the baby. I already have things that I would need to buy ahead, like the crib and car seat. But beyond that, with how I am feeling, I might wait until I have her in hand to buy stuff. If she had been a boy, there would have been nothing to buy.
Yeah, there isn't really anything I NEED. So, all I've bought so far is a onesie. Just one. LOL This is my 4th kid and at some point I'd like to get a swing and bouncy, but they aren't necessities. I like using them though.
Mandy -
Well I finally bought something! I got a couple gen-y diaper covers that I *love*, so it feels nice to be excited about something to do with getting ready. I wish I was in the there's-not-really-anything-i-need boat, but that's not really the case! We were living in very small spaces with negligible storage until we bought our house last year, and also weren't sure we'd even have another kid, so we kept almost nothing. Thought I'd be able to reuse ds's old carseat, but then I got it out and took off the cover to wash it, only to discover there was a huge chunk of styrofoam broken off of the side. I don't know what happened! It was never in a wreck expired or anything. Maybe it happened in storage or moving. Anyway, we'll have to get a carseat, a breast pump, little bouncy chair, a whole diaper stash, and most clothes. We kept some, but it's mostly the older stuff (2t+), and anyway they're totally opposite seasons so that wouldn't have been much help for the first year anyway. I guess I'll also get a stroller at some point since we're not going with a bucket seat (for times when I can't wear or carry), and a swing, although I wouldn't consider those pre-baby must haves.
Anyway, I'm happy to get things moving a bit, even two diaper covers at a time:)
I've bought a onesie and a pair of slippers.
There isn't a lot we need, I don't want to spend much money, and I don't want a bunch of plastic junk. Plus DD is not really keen on baby shopping or me shopping online.
But I am missing the excitement of getting ready.
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Hi Craig, I did some further testing with this strange error. I've added some debug code to org.apache.cocoon.components.classloader.RepositoryClassLoader to find out when the class that's causing the error (javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest) is being loaded. I did find a difference when running under NT or Linux: Under Linux HttpServletRequest is loaded near line 120 with the call 'c = findSystemClass(name);'. Under NT this call fails and HttpServletRequest gets loaded near line 130 with the call 'c = cl.loadClass(name);'. Again, under NT everything works just fine, where under Linux I get 'java.lang.LinkageError: Class javax/servlet/http/HttpServletRequest violates loader constraints' resulting in a major :-(( May be someone knows what's causing this. Thanks, Christian Schmitt > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: Craig R. McClanahan [mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com] > Gesendet am: Mittwoch, 13. Dezember 2000 17:59 > An: firstname.lastname@example.com > Cc: firstname.lastname@example.com > Betreff: Re: [C2] C2 and Tomcat 4.0 CVS (Class > javax/servlet/http/HttpServletRequest violates loader constraints) > > > I'm not sure what is causing this either, and the stack trace > starts pretty deep > inside the Cocoon processing hierarchy. A couple of notes > that might help > investigate: > > * This particular error message appears to be generated by > Cocoon, not Tomcat. I cannot find such an error message text > in Tomcat's message files (or Strings in the code). > > * One thing guaranteed to cause problems would be an attempt > to load a "javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest" class from a > JAR file underneath WEB-INF/lib (or from an unpacked class > under WEB-INF/classes). Tomcat disallows such an attempt > to override one of the standard API classes. > > Craig McClanahan > >
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if (vw_get_message(buf, &buflen)) // Non-blocking { int i; int z=1; digitalWrite(led_pin, HIGH); // Flash a light to show received good message // Message with a good checksum received, print it. for (i = 0; i < buflen; i++) { char myChar = buf[i]; drawstr(atxy(i,z), myChar); } z++; digitalWrite(led_pin, LOW); }
and the method drawstr is: static void drawstr(uint16_t addr, const char s) { while (s) { uint16_t w = pgm_read_word(cp437_pic + 2 * *s); GD.wr(addr, lowByte(w)); GD.wr(addr + 64, highByte(w)); s++, addr++; } }
and a drawstr input that works is: drawstr(atxy(1, 1), "0)");
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What does aphrodisiac mean?
Definitions for aphrodisiacˌæf rəˈdi zɛˌæk, -ˈdɪz iˌæk; ˌæf rə dəˈzaɪ ə kəl, -ˈsaɪ-
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word aphrodisiac.
Princeton's WordNet
a drug or other agent that stimulates sexual desire
aphrodisiac, aphrodisiacal, sexy(adj)
exciting sexual desire
That which (as a drug, or some kinds of food) stimulate sexual desire.
A food or drug having such an effect
Arousing or intensifying sexual desire
Origin: From ἀφροδισιακός, from Άφροδίσιος.
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alt. of Aphrodisiacal
that which (as a drug, or some kinds of food) excites to venery
An aphrodisiac is a substance that increases sexual desire. The name comes from Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of sexuality and love. Throughout history, many foods, drinks, and behaviors have had a reputation for making sex more attainable and/or pleasurable. However, from a historical and scientific standpoint, the alleged results may have been mainly due to mere belief by their users that they would be effective. In particular, Western medical science has no substantiated claims that any particular food increases sexual desire or performance. Some purported aphrodisiacs gain their reputation from the principles of sympathetic magic.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
af-ro-diz′-i-ak, adj. exciting to sexual intercourse.—n. that which excites to sexual intercourse.—adj. Aphrodis′ian, belonging to Venus, devoted to sensual love. [Gr. aphrodisiakos—Aphroditē, Venus, the goddess of love.]
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of aphrodisiac in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of aphrodisiac in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
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Power is the great aphrodisiac.
Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac.
If Power is aphrodisiac, and imagination is power, then imagination is aphrodisiac too....that's exciting,
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- veneremLatin
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- афродизиа́кRussian
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Rough Idle
Ok I know the title says it all...oh know not another one of these. I am a new member to the forum but I have been search everyone's post for about 3 weeks now trying to figure out my problem. With no luck thus far here goes the thread.
The actual symptoms are that at idle is idling really rough almost like loping. It tries to die then comes back. It will do this in Park, Reverse, nuetral, or Drive only at stop. When driving the car runs great. good acceleration. But when I come to a stop light and just let it idle it messes up. I have noticed though that when it is idling rough if I turn on the AC the rpm's change and it quits temporarily.
Ok so I am driving a 2001 Focus Se. 2.0 SOHC. I have installed a Cold Air Intake (Short Ram) on it. I have taken it apart multiple time and made sure the was no leaks. I keep getting this code from the CEL with an OBD-II reader. (PO171) I know, System Fuel to Lean Bank 1. I have had the intake on it for more than 3 months prior to it acting this way.
What I have done so far is change the fuel filter, changed the Spark Plugs, Changed the O2 Sensor before the Cat. Tried different grades of fuel and fuel treatments. I have cleaned the MAF 3 times in the last week with CRC MAF cleaner.
My next steps are checking the fuel pressure at Idle. Does anyone know what the pressure is supposed to be at idle? Also does anyone else have any thoughts of what it could be? I am thinking that it could be a bad MAF, EGR Valve, IACV, or bad fuel Pump. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
well all focuses have a kind of lopey idle theres nothing you can do about it
Anyone else have any clues?
Have you tried disconnecting the battery to reset the computer? BTW,Welcome to FF!
Welcome to FF.com. I have noticed the same symptom in my car, but also in many of foci that I have ridden in. So I would believe the rough idle to be normal.
Welcome to FF.
You have done well, and checked or fixxed most of what I would say to look at. I would say to check the plug wires and make sure they are tight to the plugs and the coil. You can also pop the hood at night, use a spray mister and mist under the hood around all the electrical wires and plugs IN THE DARK. Watch for arcing of any kind and listen for a miss.
Also, pull the plug on the cylinder the code is for. Does it look any different than the other plugs? Let us know.
Son i have been trying to smooth out my idle for long time now, i am thinking that just a feature of the focus zetec, i own the same year as u do also, with K&N sri.
Thanks for all the welcomes, Like I said I have been here for a while now just didn't become a member until yesterday. I find it easier and more respectful to search and dig for the solution first before posting a thread that so many people have already posted....
I have disconnected the batterymultiple time to reset it, and I have also reset the CEl by usin the OBD-II reader.
I have checked all the plug wires when I replace the plugs. As for wich cylinder the code is for I have no clue, because the OBD-II does not tell me that much detail. But thanks.
I guess my next steps are to check and clean the EGR valve and lines. Then check and clean the throttle body, and the IACV at the same time.
Now it is becoming a matter of money since all the rest of the parts that are next in line are starting to get pricey.....
Does anyone know what the fuel pressure should be at Idle? That is the next thing I am going to check.
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Not trying to bring back a dead thread but I have found the problem. After many hours of pulling off pieces, EGR, IACV, Throttle Body, etc. I got it all back together and at the end when I was getting ready to give up I heard a louder hissing noise that wasn't there before. Come to find out it was a vaccuum line. This one was made of a hard plastic in a Z-shape. It was located on the back of the intake manifold and it was the center of the 3 that connected to it. I goes from the intake mani. to the (I believe) Evap for gas fumes to return. Or something like that. I took the hose to ford and it was about 40 bucks for s new one. Just wanted to let everyone know and thanks for all the help.
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Android Testing: XML Reports for Continuous Integration
This post introduces the Android JUnit Report Test Runner, a custom instrumentation test runner for Android that produces XML test reports. Using this runner you can integrate your Android test results with tools that understand the Ant JUnit task XML format, e.g. the Pulse Continuous Integration Server.
The motivation and details of the runner are discussed below. For the impatient: simply head on over to the project home page on GitHub and check out the README.
If you've been following my recent posts you'll know that I've been figuring out the practical aspects of testing Android applications. And if you've been following for longer, you might know that my day job is development of the Pulse Continuous Integration Server. So it should come as no surprise that in my latest foray into the world of Android testing I sought to bring the two together :).
Status Quo
Out of the box, the Android SDK supports running functional tests on a device or emulator via instrumentation. Running within Eclipse, you get nice integrated feedback. Unfortunately, though, there are no real options for integrating with other tools such as continuous integration servers. Test output from the standard Ant builds is designed for human consumption, and lacks the level of detail I'd like to see in my build reports.
The Solution
On the upside, having access to the Android source makes it possible to examine how the current instrumentation works, and therefore how it can be customised. I found that the default InstrumentationTestRunner may be fairly easily extended to hook in extra test listeners. So I've implemented a custom JUnitReportTestRunner that does just that, with a listener that generates a test report in XML format. The format is designed to be largely compatible with the output of the Ant JUnit task's XML formatter — the most widely supported format in the Java world. Tools like Pulse can read in this format to give rich test reporting.
How It Works
As mentioned, the JUnitReportTestRunner extends the default InstrumentationTestRunner, so it can act as a drop-in replacement. The custom runner acts identically to the default, with the added side-effect of producing an XML report.
For consistency with the SDK's support for generating coverage reports, the XML report is generated in the file storage area of the target application. The default report location is something like:
/data/data/<tested application package>/files/junit-report.xml
on the device. To retrieve the report, you can use adb pull, typically as part of your scripted build.
Using the Runner
Full details on using the runner are provided in the README on the project home page. Briefly:
- Add the android-junit-report-<version>.jar to the libraries for your test application.
- Replace all occurrences of android.test.InstrumentationTestRunner with com.zutubi.android.junitreport.JUnitReportTestRunner:
- In the android:name attribute of the instrumentation tag in you test application's AndroidManifest.xml.
- In the test.runner property in the Ant build for your test application (before calling the Android setup task).
- In the Instrumentation runner field of all Android JUnit Run Configurations in your Eclipse project.
- Add logic to your Ant build to run adb pull to retrieve the report after the tests are run.
As an example for retrieving the report in your Ant build:
<target name="fetch-test-report"> <echo>Downloading XML test report...</echo> <mkdir dir="${reports.dir}"/> <exec executable="${adb}" failonerror="true"> <arg line="${adb.device.arg}"/> <arg value="pull" /> <arg value="/data/data/${tested.manifest.package}/files/junit-report.xml" /> <arg value="${reports.dir}/junit-report.xml" /> </exec> </target>
In the Wild
You can see a complete example of this in action in my simple DroidScope Android application. The custom runner is applied in the droidscope-test application in the test/ subdirectory. You can even see the test results being picked up by Pulse on our demo server. Note that some of the tests are pure unit tests, which are run on a regular JVM, whereas others are run with the custom runner on an emulator. It's nice for all the results to be collected together!
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Give a subtle nod to the Halloween classic "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown" and serve this sharp-cheddar cheese ball with a pepper kick.
- 2 (10-oz.) blocks extra-sharp white Cheddar cheese, shredded*
- 1 8-oz.) package cream cheese, softened
- 2 (4-oz.) goat cheese logs, softened
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- Braided pretzel, muscadine vine and leaf
- Crackers and assorted vegetables
How to Make It
Stir together first 4 ingredients. Shape mixture into a ball to resemble a pumpkin. Smooth pumpkin's entire surface with metal spatula or table knife. Make vertical grooves in ball, if desired, using fingertips. Press pretzel into top of cheese ball to resemble a pumpkin stem; place muscadine vine and leaf beside pretzel. Serve with crackers and assorted vegetables.
*Extra-sharp Cheddar cheese may be substituted.
Note: We tested with Cracker Barrel Extra-Sharp Cheddar Cheese. To make ahead, wrap cheese ball in plastic wrap, without stem, vine, or leaf, and store in refrigerator up to two days. Attach stem, vine, and leaf before serving.


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